Song Showdown: Rage Against The Monday

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures) 02/29/2016 at 13:00 • Filed to: Song Showdown

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I love it when I can find two images that compliment each other perfectly.

Laddies and mentalgen, welcome to Rage week. This week we’re going through the five most popular tracks from Rage Against the Machine’s Renegades album. And it kicks off with the #5 pick, the Rolling Stones hit “Street Fighting Man.”

There’s a reason Rage decided to cover “ Street Fighting Man” instead of a different Stones song. The song is the Stones’ most political piece, largely written about Pakistani writer and activist !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , an anti-war rally at London’s US embassy in 1968, and student rioters in !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Subjectively it’s definitely a Rage kind of song, but did they do it better?

The Rolling Stones - (1968)

Rage Against the Machine - (2000)

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Two hours left in the very close battle between Depeche Mode and Johnny Cash

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McMike > Dusty Ventures 02/29/2016 at 13:18

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I had to listen really, really, really, really had to the RATM version to even hear the song.

Dusty Ventures > McMike 02/29/2016 at 13:25

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It’s not so much a cover as it is a completely different song that happens to use most of the same words

spanfucker retire bitch > Dusty Ventures 02/29/2016 at 13:49

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Rage; all day, every day.

Cash Rewards > Dusty Ventures 02/29/2016 at 13:56

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That’s not a problem, though, for some others on this album. I love Maggie’s farm, and it’s not much like the original either. But I never did care for this one.

Birddog > Dusty Ventures 02/29/2016 at 14:07

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Hokey Smoke! That that flat out sucks!

Stones all the way.

Dusty Ventures > Cash Rewards 02/29/2016 at 14:16

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Agreed on all counts

Dusty Ventures > Cash Rewards 02/29/2016 at 14:18

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Also, speaking of songs from the album that don’t sound like the original, wait until Thursday. Vastly different to the original in every way but the lyrics, and in my opinion significantly better.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Dusty Ventures 02/29/2016 at 14:38

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Why not listen to both at the same time? I’m doing that right now... it’s rather interesting...

Cash Rewards > Dusty Ventures 02/29/2016 at 15:36

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But Thursday’s so far.....

Dusty Ventures > Cash Rewards 02/29/2016 at 15:42

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Tell me about it...

*eyes his already-packed rally bag*

DrJohannVegas > Dusty Ventures 02/29/2016 at 20:01

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I don’t wanna share this man’s iPod.

Nibbles > Dusty Ventures 03/01/2016 at 10:11

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Neither song is particularly good.