Mitt Romney’s Vice Presidential pick Paul Ryan was young enough to jam out to Rage Against The Machine, and has cited them as one of his favorite bands. But lead guitarist Tom Morello finds Ryan’s love for the band amusing.
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In an op-ed piece written in Rolling Stone Magazine, Morello writes:
Paul Ryan’s love of Rage Against the Machine is amusing, because he is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades. Charles Manson loved the Beatles but didn’t understand them. Governor Chris Christie loves Bruce Springsteen but doesn’t understand him. And Paul Ryan is clueless about his favorite band, Rage Against the Machine.
Ryan claims that he likes Rage’s sound, but not the lyrics. Well, I don’t care for Paul Ryan’s sound or his lyrics. He can like whatever bands he wants, but his guiding vision of shifting revenue more radically to the one percent is antithetical to the message of Rage.
I wonder what Ryan’s favorite Rage song is? Is it the one where we condemn the genocide of Native Americans? The one lambasting American imperialism? Our cover of “Fuck the Police”? Or is it the one where we call on the people to seize the means of production? So many excellent choices to jam out to at Young Republican meetings!
Shots fired. Looks like Ryan is a fan, but RAM isn’t a fan of you.
SOURCE: Rolling Stone
