Freedom (Rage Against the Machine song)
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| Single by Rage Against the Machine from the album Rage Against the Machine |
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| Released | 1994 | ||||
| Format | CD, 7", 12" | ||||
| Genre | Funk metal Alternative metal |
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| Length | 6:06 | ||||
| Producer | Garth "GGGarth" Richardson, Rage Against the Machine | ||||
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"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".
[edit] 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.
[edit] Track listing
- "Freedom"
- "Freedom [Live-version]"
- "Take The Power Back [Live-version]"
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Axis of Justice Tom Morello and Serj Tankian's Activist Website "Axis Of Justice"
- Vietnow.org Rage Against The Machine news resource and forum
- Freedom (Rage Against the Machine song) at Allmusic
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