Tom Morello - Interview, Part 1

[RyZombie619]

tom seems like such a nice dude, someone you could seriously sit down and talk history, politics and philosophy with.

[TheStimpyland]

TOM MORELLO FOR PRESIDENT

[protestagainsthename]

@thenamewithnumbers that wud b the coolest thinh ever if i got to

[maggotjoe123]

 fuck the police

[TheNamewithnumbers]

I want to meet him.

[CabbatheHot]

He is gay?? omg! ..........I wanne be gay to!

[GrungeRockabilly]

@CabbatheHot He has a son, so he has, at some point in his life, slept with a woman. And you´d think an individual like Morello, would be openly gay from the point of which he found out himself that he was gay, because it wouldn´t change him either way.

[noahs2ndchannel]

@CabbatheHot he has a wife

[nick4man3]

I'd cuddle with a Tom Morello stuffed animal.

[Octanebandit1]

His style of playing is so unique and unorthodox, one of my favorite guitarist, kind of reminds me of Hendrix

[D3R3K1600]

@ESPxTele LOL! Never noticed that before but you're right.

[Metalfanmusicfan]

@ESPxTele I was thinking the same thing. Especially his laugh.

[MTRITTS]

HYPOCRITE

[andrewniwdog]

i really don't agree with tom morrello's political views at all. but hes a damned good musician, and i got tons of respect for him. Well spoken, and calm. I'd love to sit down and talk with the dude. May not agree with ya, ill even tell you i dont agree.. but i'll never look down on you!

the interviewer though, is a dumbass.

[pps234]

Everytime i hear his voice i think of coffee :)

Don't judge me

[TheMagicmarker108]

he has a good radio voice

[tu43]

Tom's great but i really don't like the interviewer, she kisses to much ass and doesn't ask any relevant question's that no one else has asked..sorry that's my opinion

[DeadSleepers]

"I kicked your ass at Guitar Hero bro!" Good GOD I can't stand those people.

[arinlares]

Tom Morello plush dolls: Cuddy, and socially concious!

As somebody else said, the megaphone probably came from a friendly cop.

[kw1ksh0t]

This man is my greatest inspiration

[ZKNStudios]

3 people got their asses kicked at Guitar Hero.

[FightlikeABrave91]

todlers and riot police!

[rbsaanchez]

omg, him voice is like Obama =O lol

[nocturnezero]

@rbsaanchez I don't hear it.

*Listens*

HOLY SHIT

[tonesage]

Here! Here! I agree! Turn them things around on the Dirty Few!

[xxsoundofsilencexxx]

@brooklynhearts he soooo sounds like obama lol

[citizenerased1992]

that woman seems really pretentious.

[DJParkesie959II]

The megaphone probably came from a police officer who was a fan, lol. =)

[Pedspoxis]

Lmfao

[wrarwimadragon]

That is not the voice I expected...

[incaoutburst]

Ahaha I love how he goes "Are you Rage Against the MacHINE? Uhh...I don't know."

[MrRollercoasterfreak]

he suks on GH3

[Pellerrris]

"And it's my hope that they're one day able to, sort of, turn those batons and tear gas the other way." I love this guy. : )

[RasmusKudahl]

I CAN KICK TOMS ASS IN MS. PACMAN! (probaly not..)

[itreanor]

@RasmusKudahl U're gay ! you sound homo by what u just wrote .

[rjstothemax]

theres a BULLHORN!

[mypalsatan]

"The honest answer doesn't neccessarily seem like the right answer..." Yep, that's socialism for ya. Nice guy though.

[reyreaper23]

He was a male stripper...

[itreanor]

@reyreaper23 and u're a Gay FAG .

[reyreaper23]

@itreanor that's Mrs. Gay Fag to you!

[Ownography]

is it me or does tom morello sound ALOT like brian from family guy

[tynitty516]

@Ownography No He sounds more like OBAMA .....They are both half-Kenyans who went to Harvard.......

[ytrewqasfd]

@Ownography hahaha i never noticed before but your so right

[watermelonygoodness]

@Ownography I can't un-hear it now that you've pointed it out!

[RobieGate7]

@Ownography hahahahaha SSSSooooooo TRUE!!!!



[addyr100]

he seems like a nice guy i disagree with him on everything but he seems nice

[300daysandnights]

fuck you i won't do what you tell me! Cause I'm Calm Like a Bomb!

[Takenfromyou]

He has an epic laugh...

[cornholio530]

he sounds like he doesnt even belong in rage cuz zack always says fuck and tht shit but hes like fucckin calm and in gt3 wtf??? keep humble tom

[musikrunner01]

Dooode when I started playing Guitar you were an idol!!! But now you're A FUCKING GUITAR GOD TOM MORELLO!!!

[fender102]

Brian Griffin here

[lucas6377]

he sounds like brian

[mutinybias]

This guy can talk the talk and walk the walk, more power to him!

[nrl1987]

he sounds like seth mcfarlane

[mutinybias]

@nrl1987 good point

[projoe528]

you guys might not beleive me but tom is my cusin!! he has even been to my house to hang out with my parents!!

[xxSeveredxSoulxx]

He doesn't look like his sounds..It is funny.but he is awsome...

[summerkisses00]

He is so amazing!! =D Tom Morello Forever!

[TheLafOutLouD]

he sounds like seth macfarlane when he talks . lol . weird .

[jackassdude1500]

@TheLafOutLouD haha, brian from family guy

[djramon45]

@jackassdude1500 he does sound like brian

[nagard85]

AKG headphones. 141?

[tight384]

"maybe you're good at dance dance revolution as well." "do they make stuffed animals of you?" LOL

[Backalleypeprally]

He sounds like Brian off Family Guy.

[101punkchick]

lol right?

[lamaya43]

@Backalleypeprally wow, he does, doesn't he

[easypsphacking]

I KICKED YOUR ASS AT GUITAR HERO BRAH!

[asdf69454]

@easypsphacking YOU SUCK

[1984capitalism]

Che Guevara was a killer and a murderer. He killed hundreds of innocent Cubans that wanted freedom. He was a terrorist. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro destroyed Cuba. abajo fidel!!! abajo che!!!!! Cuba Libre!!!!! Free Cuba!!!!

[cynicaldemon]

Ignorant. Only word that describes you.

[1984capitalism]

Read the book."Exposing The Real Che Guevara and The Useful Idiots That Idolize Him." by Humberto Fontova

[godfathadeth11]

tom for president!

[deathcontinued]

It is soooo true. Practice guitar, and NO one can hurt you. =)

[samisaberle]

Anybody else think Tom could do a voiceover for some Pixar movie with that voice?

[headwhop26]

yeah i know what you mean

[moiseswwe1]

ele arrebenta o slash na voz e na guitarra

[torkoal531]

He's actually alot funnier than I expected lol

[cynicaldemon]

Civilized, well mannered, friendly and anarchistic.

Fantastic man :)

[72EllieC]

My hero! :P

[lykopis]

he gives off a good vibe

[Ollvid]

Tom Morello and Adam Jones FTW!!

[10frost10]

lol, I kicked his ass on guitar hero!!!

[nzephier]

lol ME TO!

[CaptainFalcon73]

me too

[fuzzknG]

@10frost10 lol, you're pathetic. you probably can't even play guitar for shit. guitar hero is for wannabe losers who can't comprehend the difference between a scale and an arpeggio. phuh-eace!

[10frost10]

@fuzzknG Dude, it was a joke, god dammit, and I DO play guitar you douchebag

[bergAgreb]

@fuzzknG you have to watch the whole video dumbfuck

[AriClark93]

@fuzzknG I know 10frost10 was only joking, but I still think you're right. Guitar Hero players are one of the most annoying people to talk to about music, alot of them seem to think that they have ACTUAL musical talent.

[HeavyMetalMushrooms]

@10frost10 No he let you win. Don't forget that.

[NMEGAXC]

@10frost10

Get.

The.

Fuck.

Out.

[VAMPxSBR]

@10frost10 yeahhhh me to on expert YEAHH

[turingoing]

i want to cuddle tom!!

[0Genus0]

I could fall asleep to his voice. In a totally non-creepy, non-gay way.

[icerider606]

what youtube video is he talking about

[RATMempire]

tom morello is black his dad is nigerian

[folatom]

his father is Kenyan, actually

[kevan333]

@RATMempire keyna acually

[funnykid112]

is it just me or does he look black

[seasas21]

he is cool himself but i cant stand guitar solo

[funlivelife]

Dude: I kicked your ass in Guitar Hero bro...LMAO

[t3amtomahawk]

He sounds like one of my uncles. :DD

[Nickb2493]

i bet ur hoping he was ur uncle :P lol

[marclepine]

The tone, inflection, speed, and pitch make it so the listener will pay attention without getting offended or assuming insincerity. It's a lvery ikeable persona that you develop over tmie.

A smart person understands human psychology. It's not what you say that matters. It's "how you say it".

I've never taken a public speaking course, but it wouldn't surprise me if that persona is something they try to teach students to emulate.

[stopcicles]

You mean it's carefully calculated to appeal to complete fucking bores. Use your real voice on the radio. It always works out better in the end. BTW, the "NPR voice" REEKS of insincerity. It's not likable. It's grating and trite.

[stopcicles]

I hate that dumb public radio voice. Why can't these people talk like actual humans?

[marclepine]

Do you have anything relevant to say about the CONTENT of the interview? Did you have trouble undersetanding it little boy? Are you a little upset? You wanna' maiek fun of they way they're talking? D'aww. *Pats head*

[mattfreaknparker]

i was there. i could barely hear them. even with the bullhorn. and i was only 100 feet away. it was pretty awesome though.

[birdieboy91]

his voice kinda sounds like obamas haha

[funlivelife]

he was actually in Harvard same time as Obama and they knew each other.

[hinesward867]

anbd HAHA do they make stuffed animals of you

[hinesward867]

tom so sick favorite guitarist

[SpasmOfJoy]

Morello is God

[hopkins4545]

What about the poor? That's the problem with libertarianism--if the government doesn't force people to help the poor sometimes and give funding to homeless shelters, 99 percent of people are not going to do it.

[nonmeaculpa]

Ugh. Why are there no more smart musicians?

[MrKegan123]

thats a bot of a generalistaion

[SuperSmulan92]

Check Matthew Bellamy, smart lad

[ExpectResistance66]

A revolutionary gift to this world.

[revolver188]

I hate when people think i became a fan of morello/rage because of guitar hero. I didnt even know what that was when i heard them

[JBuckland96]

yea same i mean i got guitar hero 3 but i knew about tom and rage way before guitar hero

[psychofruit]

he didnt study music at harvard, and he graduated #1 in his class

[jack09allan]

he is a smart man

[tokanite]

I don't get why musicians pick schools like Harvard to study music after they get famous. Rivers Cuomo studied English at Harvard, which makes sense, but if you're going to do music, pick a school that is GOOD for music! Go to frickin Juilliard or something lol...

[dingaling24]

tom was studying political science at harvard and started playing guitar during that time

[SCHWE1NSTE1GER7]

i didnt even know that till this vid, thats pretty sweet

[entertheredfox]

guitar hero is fucking awefull, it reinforces the instant gratification of today.. sorry but its true.

[at0micl0bster]

i play guitar hero and real guitar and guitar hero is fun but its nothing compared to real guitar but i do agree with you but its not awefull

[Joshurawr777]

I'd buy a cuddly Morello any day!

[klsyluv1994]

Joshurawr777= hey instead of getting a cuddly Morello go to one of his concerts get back stage passes and cuddle with him for real ♥♥♥ lol most likely it won't happen..but hey its an idea. :) i know i would cuddle him if i would got the chance, :)

[XxACMLxX]

his voice reminds me of barrack obama

[ClydeNut]

I love watching his interviews; he's easily the most interesting person in the music industry today.

[McSTALWART]

did tom morello rip his name from the excellent SLUG THE NIGHTWATCHMAN?

[sumrandomperson009]

hes the guitarist!!!! and he still plays in RATM! geez lol

[mccrarebear]

Have you been living under a rock?

[DaddyJut]

My son is five, and when ever I put on Guitar Hero 3, he asks for Bulls on Parade, and even when I play it for him, he happily points to the screen and says "theres Tom Morello!"

[MetalGearNaked]

LOL good for you, your son knows what good music is.

[siblingXrivalry]

So is Rage Against the Machine fond of the Republican party? Are they Republican?

[ElarUno]

yeah, you're too obvious bud.

compare them to Fascists next time.

[siblingXrivalry]

What...

You're calling Rage Fascists?

[ElarUno]

no, not at all. i took what you said as an attempt at trolling, so i gave you a tip to help you next time, but i guess you werent. silly me.

[siblingXrivalry]

I'm confused...just answer my question: What political party is Rage Against the Machine?...

[ElarUno]

Socialist/Democrat, but more toward Socialist.

[siblingXrivalry]

Ok thanks for answering my question finally. lol

[urasmore]

libertarian socialist, they were heavily influenced by noam chomsky

[Bggyyy]

Explain what a liberatarian socialist is? Seems kinda contradicting. ;)

[urasmore]

Noam chomsky explains it well, but as simply as i can, its the absence of government from your life except for the fundamental rights like healthcare and education

[Bggyyy]

Well you mean Syndicalism then, right?

[gtpck32]

In the words of Zach:

"It's like the police KNEW we were there, just to express just how much we hate the Democrats AND the Republicans!!"

[doodoobaby992]

omg I would be the first one to buy Tom Morello stuffed animal :-D

[pandavinczi]

and he knows sth about riots, police etc. no matter what guitar he use to

[harmlessgoat22]

He seems like a very likable guy. He also seems very logical political protestor. With de la Rocha's often illogical and ignorant views, it's easy to get the impression that everyone in the band is like that too. I was pleasantly surprised.

[FirstTurnKill]

Harvard grads are usually cut from similar if not identical cloth (affluent, prententious families). As a head-banging guitarist, however, Tom Morello is definitely a breath of fresh air.

[meteora8423]

thats true, but a lot of the ivy leagues have affirmative action, and want ppl from all over the world to make a diverse student body. there was an interview of tom saying that harvard deliberately accepted smart kids from the ghetto and all over the world to make his entering-class unique.

[ScumArmy]

I liked Tom Morello since I was 9 and my dad put on the first RATM while driving in his car. Changed my life!

He's one of the most kick ass guitarists to pick up a Telecaster too.

[Dyeballer610]

he sounds like a voice over guy haha

[OlbermannSucksDick]

Bull fucking shit it would've been a human rights outrage, recently two chinese college students protested communism at Tiananmen Square and they were ran over by fucking tanks.

[ElarUno]

you misunderstand. they protested communism, and were "supressed."

if a band promoting communism/socialism were killed in China, they'd be pissed off.

[MemphoSlim]

Everyone who was there should thank the police. Because of them, nobody had to listen to Tom Morello's mouth or the noise that he calls guitar playing. Thank you riot police!!

[ElarUno]

"do they have a stuffed animal of you?"

that is creepy as hell.

[EJRocky]

He sounds like Brian Griffin :L

[HEARTLESS4JG]

I remember that day @ the RNC! They did bulls on parade. The next day riot police surrounder the Target Center during their concert. They were trying to arrest us for "jay-walking."

[big12oz]

One of the best things about Morello is that he seems like a genuinely nice guy.

[canadiangoose94]

RATM is amazing stfu also $20 you don't know what Che did and why they and others respect him. He's not just a face on a t-shirt.

[sephiroth2112]

no matter how often they try to capitalize the image, Che will always be a symbol for revolution... I wish I could travel up and down south America on a beat up old motorbike...

[ElarUno]

the best way to honor Che is to not mention him, most of the people who praise him only heard of him through capitalism.

[sephiroth2112]

yeah, but you have to look at it not from the economic point of view so much as from a revolutionary point of view. He wasn't fighting for communism so much as he was fighting for the betterment of his people. And even beyond the revolutionary that he was (which seems to be a term thrown around so much it's lost it's meaning) he was just a REALLY interesting individual. If you've ever read the motorcycle diaries, it's some really trippy stuff. Sometimes it's absolutely hilarious.

[ElarUno]

yeah, that's true. but his very memory is now what he fought against. people hear of him through friends, and they go by what they hear of him through word of mouth, so much that you'd be better off not speaking of him.

but yes, he was a pretty interesting person.

[elementality4me]

not just interesting... fucking awesome

[ElarUno]

there's far more interesting people, i think. Vladimir Lenin for example.

[elementality4me]

lenin FUCKED russian up... how can you like him? he killed some of my own family members... fuckin ridiculous

[ElarUno]

i like Lenin because he overthrew a corrupt Imperialist government, with the intentions of helping the Working Class people, who for so long, have shoveled shit for the upper class, just to get what's kicked down to them.

that's how i can like Lenin. i prefer him to Stalin any day, although Stalin DID know how to get shit done.

[AcousticTyGuy]

"Stalin DID know how to get shit done"

Stalin killed around twenty MILLION people. That's helping the working class?

[ElarUno]

i never said that. i said he could get things done. he took Russia from being 15 years behind, and not only modernized it,but made them almost better than the US in 5 years.

and he was good with the military.

no, Stalin was a fucking dickhead, but, he knew how to get things done.

like i said, i prefer Lenin.