I've seen Bruce's {original} version. I will admit I'm a RAGE FANATIC, but their version is not even the same song. The RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE version is UNBELIEVABLE !!!
i do like bruce springsteen, especially his lyrics, but rage bring such a dark vibe to this song, especially with the grapes of wrath of quote "ma, where ever you see a cop beating a guy... etc." , it's just such an excellent cover, but hats off to bruce for the creation of song, but rage's dark edge just perfects it for me :)
@enestey no, there's even better. Look up Bruce Springsteen Tom Morello Rock and Roll hall of fame. They do it together and it's fucking epic. I havent been floored for a long time but it knocked me out. Do yourself a favor and look it up.
This song should be used as a call to resist the criminal shit of the Obama regime. I can't wait for the next election so we can restore conservatives into places of influence. One trillion dollars spent on a stupid stimulus and we get 10 percent unemployment! What bullshit. Now we can see that Obama can really walk on water - as long as he stays on top of the floating tar balls in the Gulf. Imposter and fraud!
@rockyracune You are insane if you think that Rage Against the Machine, or the person who actually wrote this song has any desire to use this song to restore conservatives, who got us in this trouble in the first place.
@rockyracune hahahhah obama is terrible, but if you honestly think conservatives are gonna help you, you got another thing coming, obama is pratically a conservative, he works for the bankers, money makes the world spin, he doesn't give a crap about the common american, just increasing the capital wealth of the hidden powers.
rage guitarest played this song on stage with bruce at the 2009 rock & roll hall of fame concert it was pretty amazing so springstein must respect these guys alot to do that
so amazing long live Rage Against the Machine and Bruce Springsteen thank u for writing such a good song for an incredible band to make it so much more intense
I like both versions but i got to say RATM has a much better version it's much more powerful and sticks a message in your head
look in your eyes mama you'll see me you'll see me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He does not sound like a tough grizzled old soldier but some kind of dandified nancy boy, who is afraid of wars and he is indubitably no sea-dog but the sort of pasty landlubber I have always despised. I'll warrant, the most exciting thing that has happened to this limpid prawn in a whole year, was the day when he forgot to put sugar in his porridge!
Anyone seen the vs of the vs of this song Bruce Springsteen//Tom Morello? The tube say's NO not in this country the US- Huh>? I've had it for months...
yes. it is a shame that RATM misses the mark politically and espouses simply blind violence at the system but at least they do something. and some of their videos do inform. I wish they were like Midnight Oil more but keep their aggression. Inform and inspire people. incite them to act and have direction, not just get angry and say fuck authority but do something.
Huge RATM fan, but come now, NO band will ever be like Midnight Oil and be able to get their message across in such a sophisticated/insightful way! RATM has done some great things though and introduced many youngsters to some great intellectuals, writers, poets and philosophies. As well as bringing alot of attention to issues most would have no clue about
Rage has informed and inspired me to get into politics, Rage has brought me to protests and the DNC and the RNC, not fucking Midnight Oil. Learn what your talking about. Just because Midnight Oil inspired you doesn't mean Rage doesn't inspire people, because if you hadn't been ignorant and you would have gone to one of RATM's concerts you would know they inspire much more people then stupid ass Midnight Oil does.
hey dumbass springsteen obviously didnt mind their version to badly cuz he played the song with tom morello u dum fuck....rock is a wide genre and its just as alive today as it was any time in the past
And what was originally a beautiful angry song is introduced to listeners outside of the initial artists genre, therefore making us all better appreciators of the arts. Bruce is still the Boss, he had no problem with RATM covering it, had Tom Morello has even played it with him live.
RATM also covered a Minor Threat song (on an album of covers) which sounded different to the song I love, but good in its own way.
My first ever RATM memory. I was in the first grade, seven years old, I thought it was funny when he started yelling 'You'll see me!' Started listening to them at 13 or 14, today I worship them :)
this song is so fucking original, that if it wasnt for the lyrics, it would be an original song by rage, but fuck, its considered a cover cuz of the damn lyrics
i know, i was just trying to say that if rage wouldve written their own lyrics it wouldnt be considered a cover song, because the music is completely original and sounds nothing like springsteens version, the lyrics are freaking awsome, but the music is brilliant too.
Well actually the lyrics are very pertinent to right now. The lyrics alluding to the New World Order...forgotten families with no resources...and plus its all the way you hear a song, it doesnt have to have any one meaning. So not saying your wrong, but it can be applied to current situations to. Cool.
Hey 'jewishkids'! Don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant!! 'Sounds like Nazi Germany'. Why don't you do some studying instead of writing rubbish comments on You Tube?
obama to start 'new world order'.. article was in 'Time' magazine.. google it..
youtube some news about it.. its kind of funny to me that bruce springstien wrote this song years before this was even made in 1997.. flash forward to now and that whole line is exactly what is going on.
This is a song that will forever ring true with the populous.. It needs to be sung by many different generations. Read the book Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck or even just watch the movie you will see what i mean...We are all Tom Joad
You guys wanna stfu about BRUCE!!omg one!. Respect some real bands rather than some pop trash. So what if RATM covered it? They put life back into it.
What dontaskmenuttin31 said, if Bruce hadn't made this version, this one wouldn't exist neither. Covers are made for a reason, they're to show respect towards other artists. You don't have to like the original one, but you still should show some respect.
not a patch on bruce.. because BRUCE IS KING. i think its good. realy trancy, but bruce is the greatest lyricist ever bord on earth. woodyguthry would have been proud
i'm sorry i tried listening to bruce's version, but i really feel the need for the ANGER that RATM brings this to this song. Love the Boss, nothing against him, but i LOVE the anger.
Kind of sucks in general. I'm sorry, but I can't be fans of these people. I'm only here to listen to what the cover sounds like, as Tom Morello joined the E-Street Band last night to play this with them. Don't bug me, this is a "comment" not an attack.
This song to me states the feelings of the novel so well, the mood gives me a feeling of wandering frustration and sadness that surfaces because of such feelings.
devilcat66 I think you're right about the tone not reflecting the spirit of the novel. Screaming doesn't always work. If you scream everything then nothing is emphasized.
I'm what some of you RATM fans would call an old fart. I'm 39. I grew up listening to Bruce and Dylan. You gotta give them respect for their contributions to rock music. Don't forget that rock wouldn't be what it is today if it weren't for those old pioneers. Having said that, now I gotta say that RATM kicks ass, and their version of Ghost of Tom Joad is friggin bad ass! It's by far the best.
everyone forgets that woodie guthrie did this song in the 40's and The Boss did his variation of it. rage and bruce are awesome, but don't forget where it came from. woodie was the original socially-conciseness music artist.
If you are talking about Guthrie's Tom Joad song, than I am afraid you are incorrect. Bruce's version is clearly not a cover of Guthrie's. I'm not sure what you mean by "variation" though. There is no doubt the fact that Bruce was inspired, in part, by Guthrie's music, but his version is an original work. Rage version is a cover, and a damn good one.
big sorry for all RATM Fans, but i think that's absolutely not good! I'm one of the biggest Springsteen Fans in the whole world, and that is bruce's song!!! That's not the right song for this band, the shouldn't sing it. Sorry
Yes, maybe you're right but thats my opinion. Really sorry 'bout that but i can't change it. First of all thats not the kind of music i like very much. But everyone has his opinion, and i respect that. Thanks for your very intersting reply, i really appriceate it.
funny how you call bringing an amazing song to a different generation in such a powerful way "incompetent." how bout you just go suicide bomb yourself and do us all a favor.
im the biggest bruce fan and think your comment was ridiculous!!! RAGE IS AMAZING AND DID A BETTER JOB THEN ANYONE COULD OR WOULD.. MY RESPECTS TO THEM!!
1:30 is so fukin funny watching zack (i guess u could call it thou i wouldnt, but i cant find another word) dancing its like michael jackson meets kurt coban
I know RATM because it's the first one I saw, some years ago. And there were the lyrics, so, because I am french, I could understand better. I know that the original is B. Springsteen, but I don't like his songs. I am a RATM addict, and I prefer to stay on this version. But I understand that some people prefers the original.
who cares if this song was done by bruce? and if rage screwed it up. there is a message in both versions!!!!!!!!!!!! hear the message talk about the message u people seem not to understand that message??? no job no peace no rest. naw didn't think u people got it. nobody is fooling. oh well do u understand a bit now?
I actually like RATM, but I don't really see how anyone can compare the original to this version. Its not the same song I agree, only the lyrics. The Bruce Springsteen original is far better IMO.
ah...oops. I see your point. I guess what I mean is that the two versions are so different, but I do like the original more. Bad choice of words on my part.
it is the case like the turn the page cover by metallica, the cover is miles ahead of the original. kudos to springsteen for the original, but if Steinbeck could have heard the two versions, i think he would go with the rage. thanks from istanbul ...
I hope your kidding, the Rage version blows Bruce Springsteen away. It's not even the same song, just the lyrics. No disrespect to Bruce, but his song doesn't come close.
you have to have a very very mature and tuned ear to hear how brilliant the springsteen version is.. you probably wouldnt like mozart and bob dylan either. listen againto springsteens version.. youll here all the urgency and pain in a true protest song but without the yelling .
Nows a good time to recommend the book "Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. It's all about Tom Joad.
johnmacward 1 year ago
I've seen Bruce's {original} version. I will admit I'm a RAGE FANATIC, but their version is not even the same song. The RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE version is UNBELIEVABLE !!!
D123B123 1 year ago
i do like bruce springsteen, especially his lyrics, but rage bring such a dark vibe to this song, especially with the grapes of wrath of quote "ma, where ever you see a cop beating a guy... etc." , it's just such an excellent cover, but hats off to bruce for the creation of song, but rage's dark edge just perfects it for me :)
danathor99 1 year ago
bruuuuuce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lambskin77 1 year ago
utter crap bruce is king
peppersdog1 1 year ago
amazing cover , great done...
a love the groove !!!
chopper3a 1 year ago
this cover is better than the original song, no doubts about it
enestey 1 year ago
@enestey no, there's even better. Look up Bruce Springsteen Tom Morello Rock and Roll hall of fame. They do it together and it's fucking epic. I havent been floored for a long time but it knocked me out. Do yourself a favor and look it up.
MickyG4444 1 year ago
This song should be used as a call to resist the criminal shit of the Obama regime. I can't wait for the next election so we can restore conservatives into places of influence. One trillion dollars spent on a stupid stimulus and we get 10 percent unemployment! What bullshit. Now we can see that Obama can really walk on water - as long as he stays on top of the floating tar balls in the Gulf. Imposter and fraud!
rockyracune 1 year ago
@rockyracune You are insane if you think that Rage Against the Machine, or the person who actually wrote this song has any desire to use this song to restore conservatives, who got us in this trouble in the first place.
invisigothds 1 year ago
@rockyracune hahahhah obama is terrible, but if you honestly think conservatives are gonna help you, you got another thing coming, obama is pratically a conservative, he works for the bankers, money makes the world spin, he doesn't give a crap about the common american, just increasing the capital wealth of the hidden powers.
danathor99 1 year ago 5
@danathor99 then you run for office
haskel420 1 month ago
Great music but it just didn't fit the text at all!
sanderass 1 year ago
rage guitarest played this song on stage with bruce at the 2009 rock & roll hall of fame concert it was pretty amazing so springstein must respect these guys alot to do that
MegaMma4life 1 year ago
My favorite Rage Against the Machine-- playing Bruce Springsteen who references John Steinbeck! "Look for me Ma..."
bardic2 1 year ago
this is absolutely amazing i think. and i love the original too. but this has a totally different feeling to it
these guys should be officialy recognized as heroes or some shit
Sandmanlaza 1 year ago
so amazing long live Rage Against the Machine and Bruce Springsteen thank u for writing such a good song for an incredible band to make it so much more intense
I like both versions but i got to say RATM has a much better version it's much more powerful and sticks a message in your head
look in your eyes mama you'll see me you'll see me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GIAMBIBROTHERS2 1 year ago
look in their eyes mom you"ll see me.
leprosy75 1 year ago
dnap 101. you are an idiot this is a pure expresion of free style and sounds so fuckin good.
leprosy75 1 year ago
I like Bruce's much better..but it gets his words out there.
MrCopperhead1861 1 year ago
I can't believe they had the nerve to play this song this way... Such a perfect song... Yuck.
babyrebbel 1 year ago
badass zack pawned this song and headbangs!
reverend07 1 year ago
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this is fucking awful. what a fucking punk for doing this song that guys is such a punk.
dnap101 1 year ago
my song for poetry assignment tomorow...
Nwfroste 1 year ago
id best leave this song to bruce and tom....
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He does not sound like a tough grizzled old soldier but some kind of dandified nancy boy, who is afraid of wars and he is indubitably no sea-dog but the sort of pasty landlubber I have always despised. I'll warrant, the most exciting thing that has happened to this limpid prawn in a whole year, was the day when he forgot to put sugar in his porridge!
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i love this song but i hate paying itunes haha. i got it from tubemusicdownload com
ashhbrannon 2 years ago
Anyone seen the vs of the vs of this song Bruce Springsteen//Tom Morello? The tube say's NO not in this country the US- Huh>? I've had it for months...
SuzzyStohelit 2 years ago 4
fucking kickass...what else can you say about these fuckers?
phobos8888 2 years ago 3
badass.nothing els to say
krzcolombian 2 years ago 4
DITTO!
ortleyman 2 years ago
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And FUCK MIDNIGHT OIL!!!
Politics is all they had,
cept crap songs and a bald spaz for a singer!
pacificaphoenix 2 years ago
I couldn't agree with you more. The oils are bonafide crap!
they had a couple of catchy singles but the bulk of their work is musically abysmal
xtcongo 2 years ago
yes. it is a shame that RATM misses the mark politically and espouses simply blind violence at the system but at least they do something. and some of their videos do inform. I wish they were like Midnight Oil more but keep their aggression. Inform and inspire people. incite them to act and have direction, not just get angry and say fuck authority but do something.
91nickt 2 years ago
yea, I know what you mean but zachs new band one day as a lion has a bit more direction with all the anger of ratm
spazdal1 2 years ago
Huge RATM fan, but come now, NO band will ever be like Midnight Oil and be able to get their message across in such a sophisticated/insightful way! RATM has done some great things though and introduced many youngsters to some great intellectuals, writers, poets and philosophies. As well as bringing alot of attention to issues most would have no clue about
steeledge1 2 years ago 2
Rage has informed and inspired me to get into politics, Rage has brought me to protests and the DNC and the RNC, not fucking Midnight Oil. Learn what your talking about. Just because Midnight Oil inspired you doesn't mean Rage doesn't inspire people, because if you hadn't been ignorant and you would have gone to one of RATM's concerts you would know they inspire much more people then stupid ass Midnight Oil does.
BeastlyGerman 2 years ago
wow midnight oil if not in the same class on any ground as ratm
PatrickIcke12 2 years ago
hey dumbass springsteen obviously didnt mind their version to badly cuz he played the song with tom morello u dum fuck....rock is a wide genre and its just as alive today as it was any time in the past
taybb51234 2 years ago
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This is absolutely shit!! Worst cover i have ever seen of any song... They ruined a meaningful song.
lasttodie12940000 2 years ago
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Rubbish. This version is a million times better. The original is shit.
marty0mart 2 years ago
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Oh my god...........
And another great song is shot down by a bunch of angry idiots!!!!!!
RIP real rock, better than a bunch of yelling pussies.
mrwilliamjoel 2 years ago
And what was originally a beautiful angry song is introduced to listeners outside of the initial artists genre, therefore making us all better appreciators of the arts. Bruce is still the Boss, he had no problem with RATM covering it, had Tom Morello has even played it with him live.
RATM also covered a Minor Threat song (on an album of covers) which sounded different to the song I love, but good in its own way.
AnarchoKyle 2 years ago
well you are entilted to your own opinions regarding rock music, but its rather ignorant and offensive to belittle other peoples taste in music.
kimi42 2 years ago
Tarantado talaga tong si tom morello eh...
Hayup...!
Di pa nag-lason!!!
tunying5 2 years ago
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Nothing quite as sad as angry rich kids. Great musicians, but completely FOS.
bockybalboa 2 years ago
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Please, go on.
grandmasterbeaner 2 years ago
how are they full of shit? im not instigating, i am just interested.
iTzSaLaD 2 years ago
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Rock and Roll the meaning:
1) REACT
2) COMFORT RANK
(pension/credit, laugh, prof kid, bit00, 3000 days celibate)
ans:safe engineering (maple graphing)
KristinaBrooker 2 years ago
Ghost of tom joad are a baddas song and rocks so hard zack de la rocha jumping on the stage as wilder than a crazy monkey the are so awesome
RosalieHaleOfChanel 2 years ago
My first ever RATM memory. I was in the first grade, seven years old, I thought it was funny when he started yelling 'You'll see me!' Started listening to them at 13 or 14, today I worship them :)
MarkArandjus 2 years ago
Great performance by Zach znd Co.
gobluesgogo 2 years ago 2
This turned me on to getting the springsteen album. Both performances are good. Different but good
pigeonfromhell 2 years ago 2
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They ruined a beautiful song!!!!!!
What a mess........
Michieltjeeeee 2 years ago
the boss would disagree....
SkyShaw 2 years ago
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an absolutely awesome song... completely ruined.
what a load of shit.
samjackson2000 2 years ago
Rage is making a new album!!!!
mynameisstickyjonson 2 years ago
Zach looks about 5
monsternrgy 2 years ago
wheres the bass?
shizzlepie 2 years ago
the guitar and bass are synced together making a full sound like bands are supposed to do, not scooped guitars and no bass
joed424 2 years ago
I'm talking about the quality of the video, not the bands performance. its sounds all tinny
shizzlepie 2 years ago
check out the bruce springsteen one ft. morello that they did about a year ago....best performance EVER
stormape 2 years ago 3
I love how good Tom did in the End
Miamidfinsfan1326 2 years ago
Zack makes me melttttt
asiralari 2 years ago 4
bruuuuuuce- yeah read the grapes of wrath- theres a version of morello doing this song with bruce springsteen last year- pretty cool!
codegaard 2 years ago 3
it´s very unconvertional how he uses the 12string ;)
L0rdCrazy 2 years ago
the lyrics kick ass though :)
r4scuache 2 years ago
this song is so fucking original, that if it wasnt for the lyrics, it would be an original song by rage, but fuck, its considered a cover cuz of the damn lyrics
r4scuache 2 years ago
just in case you actually didn´t realize it yet:
lyrics are damn important in any rage song
L0rdCrazy 2 years ago 4
i know, i was just trying to say that if rage wouldve written their own lyrics it wouldnt be considered a cover song, because the music is completely original and sounds nothing like springsteens version, the lyrics are freaking awsome, but the music is brilliant too.
r4scuache 2 years ago 3
except for killign in the name of, very few lyrics,
theguynumber9 2 years ago
Still packs a punch.
deathcontinued 2 years ago
great song, great cover
theSwordOfEquis 2 years ago
mjdmds knows whats up
gpa3331 2 years ago
Well actually the lyrics are very pertinent to right now. The lyrics alluding to the New World Order...forgotten families with no resources...and plus its all the way you hear a song, it doesnt have to have any one meaning. So not saying your wrong, but it can be applied to current situations to. Cool.
7TheWake7UpJourney7 2 years ago
you guys are all morons... this song was originally written about the depression. read a book mothafukas!
gpa3331 2 years ago
This performance is amazing, awesome band and awesome song by Bruce Springsteen. Prophet like lyrics.
7TheWake7UpJourney7 2 years ago
haha if you look at the facts its sociallism so maybe you should look at the fact. all this country is doing is enslaving their people
and McCain would not of done better.
look up the CFR
Council of Foreign Relations
they are all on it Obama and McCain alike
jewishkids 2 years ago
Oh yeah, I'm sure that Republican pig McCain would have been just great
hopkins4545 2 years ago 2
Hey 'jewishkids'! Don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant!! 'Sounds like Nazi Germany'. Why don't you do some studying instead of writing rubbish comments on You Tube?
Hicksie52 2 years ago
speaking of the new world order
obama is passing the give act
this means that we have to give two years of service to a camp which they call campus
the first black president to make slaves of us all
ironic
it also kinda sounds like nazi germany doesn't it
jewishkids 2 years ago
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jewishkids 2 years ago
A song about economic depression, un-employment and travelling to find work..........covered from a modern perspective!
mjdmds1984 2 years ago
'welcome to the new world order'
if you don't know what that is.. start researching
MacPete187 2 years ago
lol
bigrussthefuss 2 years ago
obama to start 'new world order'.. article was in 'Time' magazine.. google it..
youtube some news about it.. its kind of funny to me that bruce springstien wrote this song years before this was even made in 1997.. flash forward to now and that whole line is exactly what is going on.
and if you noticed.. its not good
MacPete187 2 years ago 2
You'll see me!
tuor1984 3 years ago 2
The quality could have been a little better and someone could have stopped that clicking noise in the background.
rapcorerocks 3 years ago
bruce springsteen's version is better but mabey because he is like the best ever... BUT this is fuckin beyond awsum.
fezztink 3 years ago
I love the echo on Zack's voice
jenesuisbla 3 years ago 2
Yea, it really adds to the power of the song. and with the big gap between lyrics it is definetly less empty. Great cover.
skatertrev7 2 years ago
what a riff
smknapp72 3 years ago
amém!
ttwerner 3 years ago
This is a song that will forever ring true with the populous.. It needs to be sung by many different generations. Read the book Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck or even just watch the movie you will see what i mean...We are all Tom Joad
WhiskeyTangoHell 3 years ago 5
I´ve done that yesterday;)
Check out my new "The Ghost of Tom Joad" Cover
ETwin666 3 years ago
best headbang, amazing
reverend07 3 years ago
Love playing this song with the guys I jam with!
We do this song mixed with Into the Void (Black Sabbath) Dr Suess is Dead (Acid Bath)...and
No Quarter (the TOOL version not the Zep version)........A medley that Destroys!
PaulP1972 3 years ago
temazo weon oh!
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aaasssaaasss754 3 years ago
I don't have enough VOLUME to do this justice!!!
impalapez 3 years ago 2
The original is beautiful, this is just fucking awesome. They're both great.
yarahahrwe 3 years ago 2
i've got the single of this. only cost 20p
someretardedboy 3 years ago
You guys wanna stfu about BRUCE!!omg one!. Respect some real bands rather than some pop trash. So what if RATM covered it? They put life back into it.
Drummerdudek 3 years ago
Respect the Writer moron.
dontaskmenuttin31 3 years ago 5
theres no doubt bruce needs to be respected. but this a was a great cover by rage
Terren831 3 years ago 10
What dontaskmenuttin31 said, if Bruce hadn't made this version, this one wouldn't exist neither. Covers are made for a reason, they're to show respect towards other artists. You don't have to like the original one, but you still should show some respect.
Juuueeel 3 years ago 11
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no no no, this is shit,bruce is the BOSS
lilnellypmc 3 years ago
yeeeah..high school memories!! thanx for posting
albass626 3 years ago
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what is this merde ???
morad2bba 3 years ago
not a patch on bruce.. because BRUCE IS KING. i think its good. realy trancy, but bruce is the greatest lyricist ever bord on earth. woodyguthry would have been proud
fezztink 3 years ago 6
classic, from one of the greatest rock bands in history
matador26reep 3 years ago
this is amazing the live its crazy awesome
mario15pens 3 years ago
one of the greatest headbang i've ever seen! dela rocha rocks!!!!!!!!
reverend07 3 years ago
this is great, but can't beat the boss, i think anyway
jimboshizz 3 years ago
BRUCE !!!!!!
dedricthere 3 years ago 3
hehe my teacher used this song for one of his debates against a student. haha. i thought it was an awesome song so i looked it up :]
flipinay22 3 years ago
i love rage's cover and i loove the original
the song is so great! it's cool seeing it being covered cuz bruce and rage are so diff XD
<3 tom morello
8182570 3 years ago 2
awesome
ugotmarooned63 3 years ago
i'm sorry i tried listening to bruce's version, but i really feel the need for the ANGER that RATM brings this to this song. Love the Boss, nothing against him, but i LOVE the anger.
sarahjeanbeans 3 years ago 6
You couldn't have said it any better ...
blitzaxis 3 years ago 3
sarahjeanbeans what do you mean bruce's "version"? It's his song!
MCchisel 3 years ago
koooooool
amule 3 years ago
this song is easy and fun to play on bass.
InwardZeroHeelflip 3 years ago
yepp
in fact all the ratm is easy and fun to play)
Gri6NaYaFeiA 3 years ago
Kind of sucks that the video stops before the song.
BillyJr68 3 years ago
Kind of sucks in general. I'm sorry, but I can't be fans of these people. I'm only here to listen to what the cover sounds like, as Tom Morello joined the E-Street Band last night to play this with them. Don't bug me, this is a "comment" not an attack.
bugattibowler 3 years ago
RATM is not for everyone. I can see why folks wouldn't like 'em.
But I just love their intensity.
BillyJr68 3 years ago 2
Thanks for not being a "choice word" (choose one).
bugattibowler 3 years ago
yeah rage isn't for everyone...they are not for ignorant people, and the song is not about the covers but about the lyrics
freddyotvao 3 years ago 9
this is shit
kingnichendrix 3 years ago
you better mean that in a good way!
beilzevuv 3 years ago 2
yea u be'er
troublestarta 3 years ago
This song to me states the feelings of the novel so well, the mood gives me a feeling of wandering frustration and sadness that surfaces because of such feelings.
ultimatejoeg 4 years ago
You can thank Bruce Springsteen for that. This is an interesting version but I think I like the original version better.
Godsmasher22 3 years ago 4
good cover of bruce springsteen
pkcoolio91 4 years ago 6
I like the sound of the music better in this one, but the tone just isn't right. Anyone who's read the book and studied it would see my point.
devilcat66 4 years ago
devilcat66 I think you're right about the tone not reflecting the spirit of the novel. Screaming doesn't always work. If you scream everything then nothing is emphasized.
MCchisel 3 years ago
I'm what some of you RATM fans would call an old fart. I'm 39. I grew up listening to Bruce and Dylan. You gotta give them respect for their contributions to rock music. Don't forget that rock wouldn't be what it is today if it weren't for those old pioneers. Having said that, now I gotta say that RATM kicks ass, and their version of Ghost of Tom Joad is friggin bad ass! It's by far the best.
mgm2112 4 years ago 6
No doubt. Yo, respek!!
cheguevara1970 4 years ago
everyone forgets that woodie guthrie did this song in the 40's and The Boss did his variation of it. rage and bruce are awesome, but don't forget where it came from. woodie was the original socially-conciseness music artist.
ozman40 4 years ago
If you are talking about Guthrie's Tom Joad song, than I am afraid you are incorrect. Bruce's version is clearly not a cover of Guthrie's. I'm not sure what you mean by "variation" though. There is no doubt the fact that Bruce was inspired, in part, by Guthrie's music, but his version is an original work. Rage version is a cover, and a damn good one.
headachehaver 4 years ago
I am a monster Springsteen fan, and I also love Rage so this is all I have to say:
Springsteen's version gets the message across to his fans and his generation.
Rage's version gets the message across to their fans and their generation.
I think it's really cool that Rage would show the Boss respect like that
achilles5215 4 years ago 7
rage is my second favorite band of all time and they are covering my all time favorite ever... MR BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN...
YOU CAN imangine the multiple orgasms i had when i heard this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RAGE = FUTURE LEGENDS
BRUCE= LIVING LEGEND !!!!!
arisbananatwins 4 years ago
Actually Rage Against the Machone are already legends.
sleep6when6im6dead 4 years ago
una de las mejores presentaciones del ratm en vivo
djdonchar 4 years ago
big sorry for all RATM Fans, but i think that's absolutely not good! I'm one of the biggest Springsteen Fans in the whole world, and that is bruce's song!!! That's not the right song for this band, the shouldn't sing it. Sorry
assichick 4 years ago
the fact ur one the "biggest BS fans in the world" proves ur opinion is overly biased.
rage did it justice by taking a lyrically powerful song, and giving it their angry edge.
its a fresh break from the normal watered down shitty covers of the last 20 years.
dillinjaesc 4 years ago
Yes, maybe you're right but thats my opinion. Really sorry 'bout that but i can't change it. First of all thats not the kind of music i like very much. But everyone has his opinion, and i respect that. Thanks for your very intersting reply, i really appriceate it.
assichick 4 years ago
i just noticed.
dillinjaesc . BS bullshit. whoo funny.
listened to both versions....this ones vetter
renegade2551 4 years ago
Badass song.
MotoXR4Life 4 years ago
warmonger is gay lol, on the other hand this song pwns :)
halonkandy 4 years ago
Fuck, this song sucs! Incompetent music!
Retards, this aint music ffs!
And it's Bruce Springsteens text, so dont give this idiot some glory for the text!!!
julemuslim 4 years ago
funny how you call bringing an amazing song to a different generation in such a powerful way "incompetent." how bout you just go suicide bomb yourself and do us all a favor.
itkillschris 4 years ago 3
I might be wrong but isn't this a Woody Guthrie cover?
tromafirmer88 4 years ago
Not unless Bruce Springsteen did a cover of Woody Guthrie...
Lumsden20 4 years ago
hey...fuck you
yeh what itkillschris said. go fuck seventy-two virgins
renegade2551 4 years ago
im the biggest bruce fan and think your comment was ridiculous!!! RAGE IS AMAZING AND DID A BETTER JOB THEN ANYONE COULD OR WOULD.. MY RESPECTS TO THEM!!
arisbananatwins 4 years ago
whats with the double neck?
ratmndkorn4life 4 years ago
♥♥♥
jude121484 4 years ago
tom morello is using a double necked guitar O_o
why though? hehe
crazyedd123 4 years ago
1:30 is so fukin funny watching zack (i guess u could call it thou i wouldnt, but i cant find another word) dancing its like michael jackson meets kurt coban
Talonlihou 4 years ago
shit quality u retard.
evilempire96 4 years ago
i'm backkk :)
haloniscomingkihn 4 years ago
I like the Toby Keith version!
headachehaver 4 years ago
Excellent cover.
I know RATM because it's the first one I saw, some years ago. And there were the lyrics, so, because I am french, I could understand better. I know that the original is B. Springsteen, but I don't like his songs. I am a RATM addict, and I prefer to stay on this version. But I understand that some people prefers the original.
artosane 4 years ago 3
hmmm, sorry. I wanted to say : "it's the first song I heard by them".
This is night here. ^^
artosane 4 years ago
who cares if this song was done by bruce? and if rage screwed it up. there is a message in both versions!!!!!!!!!!!! hear the message talk about the message u people seem not to understand that message??? no job no peace no rest. naw didn't think u people got it. nobody is fooling. oh well do u understand a bit now?
luwwits 4 years ago
I actually like RATM, but I don't really see how anyone can compare the original to this version. Its not the same song I agree, only the lyrics. The Bruce Springsteen original is far better IMO.
samtheband 4 years ago
Sorry, but I do have to point this out:
'I don't really see how anyone can compare the original to this version'
'The Bruce Springsteen original is far better'
Eh?
yubizume1 4 years ago
ah...oops. I see your point. I guess what I mean is that the two versions are so different, but I do like the original more. Bad choice of words on my part.
samtheband 4 years ago
rock!
owensea777 4 years ago
Thanks god, they're back !!!!!
brunohoffma 4 years ago 3
it is the case like the turn the page cover by metallica, the cover is miles ahead of the original. kudos to springsteen for the original, but if Steinbeck could have heard the two versions, i think he would go with the rage. thanks from istanbul ...
demirdensagnak 4 years ago
Cant compare the two songs, both are amazing in their own right.
Kackarot00 4 years ago 3
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fuck bruce
VegasEric 4 years ago
I hope your kidding, the Rage version blows Bruce Springsteen away. It's not even the same song, just the lyrics. No disrespect to Bruce, but his song doesn't come close.
Scadjr25 4 years ago
you have to have a very very mature and tuned ear to hear how brilliant the springsteen version is.. you probably wouldnt like mozart and bob dylan either. listen againto springsteens version.. youll here all the urgency and pain in a true protest song but without the yelling .
arisbananatwins 4 years ago
I'm a huge fan of both Springsteen and Rage and I like both versions of the song. You don't have to like one and hate the other.
Ghost of Tom Joad is far from Springsteens or Rages best work anyway.
SandorClegane 4 years ago 3