Freedom (Rage Against the Machine song)
- Freedom (Rage Against the Machine song)
Infobox Single | Name = Freedom
Background = #999999
Artist = Rage Against the Machine
from Album = Rage Against the Machine
Released = 1994
Format = CD, 7", 12"
Genre = Funk metal, alternative metal
Length = 6:07
Producer = Garth "GGGarth" Richardson, Rage Against the Machine
Last single = "Bullet in the Head"
(1994)
This single = "Freedom"
(1994)
Next single = "Year of tha Boomerang"
(1994) |
"Freedom" was a single released by Rage Against the Machine from their self-titled album in 1994.
The song is played in Drop D tuning on the guitars and has a distinctive riff in the intro and chorus. The band would normally close their shows playing "Freedom" due to the infamous breakdown followed by an intense ending, for which they sometimes adapted parts of "Township Rebellion" (another Rage song). An example of this is featured on "The Battle of Mexico City" DVD. Since their reunion, the song has been played as part of the encore along with "Killing in the Name".
"Freedom" was also used in an episode of the MTV series Daria, entitled "Quinn The Brain" in 2001.
Music video
The video for "Freedom" is focused on the case for Leonard Peltier, who was one of the leaders of the American Indian Movement. The band is performing live in a small venue throughout the video. During the video, footage from the Peltier case is examined and detailed with shots of Peltier and other members of AIM. There is also a reenactment of what took place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The video clips of this reenactment are from the documentary "Incident at Oglala".
During most of the video quotes from Sitting Bull and general AIM information scrolls along the bottom of the screen. The video ends with a picture of Leonard in prison and the phrase "justice has not been done".
Brad plays with his drumkit facing the back wall in this video, as he was prone to doing in 1994. Supposedly, he felt like mixing up the stage scene that people are used to. After a while he set up huge truck mirrors in front of him so he could still see the crowd while playing.
Track listing
#"Freedom"
#"Freedom" (Live)
#"Take the Power Back" (Live)
External links
* [http://www.ratm.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.axisofjustice.org/ Axis of Justice] Tom Morello and Serj Tankian's Activist Website "Axis Of Justice"
* [http://www.vietnow.org/ Vietnow.org] Rage Against The Machine news resource and forum
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