0:22

The world is my expense, the

0:26

cost of my desire. Jesus

0:30

blessed me with his future, and

0:34

I protect it with fire.

0:36

So raise your fists and

0:39

march around, just don't

0:41

take what you need. I'll tell and bury

0:43

those committed, and smother the rest in greed.

0:46

Crawl with me and tomorrow I'll drag

0:48

you to your grave. I'm deep inside

0:50

your children, and I'll swear you in

0:52

my name. Hey,

0:58

hey, well sit down with

1:00

the fire. Hey,

1:05

hey, sit down with the fire.

1:08

The world is my expense. Yes,

1:10

my friends, that is Rage Against

1:12

the Machine. And

1:15

I'm Michael Moore. If you're listening

1:17

to Rumble with Michael Moore, this is my podcast.

1:20

And we're going to take

1:23

a few moments tonight as

1:25

Rage was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall

1:27

of Fame a little over a month ago. And

1:30

the acceptance speech given by

1:32

Rage's guitarist, Tom Morello, was

1:36

one of the greatest things I've ever heard given

1:38

in front of a microphone or from a stage. And

1:41

I want to share it with you. So

1:43

we'll get to that in just a couple

1:45

of minutes. In the meantime,

1:47

I just want to let you know that I've

1:50

been working on something here, and

1:53

hopefully I'll have it ready in the

1:55

next week or two. It's

1:57

about what we've all been figuring

1:59

out. sends

4:00

billions of dollars to Israel every year.

4:04

The idea of that, I think, in the early

4:06

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4:09

support and be there for the people

4:11

that had faced their own slaughter, mass

4:13

executions of the Holocaust back

4:15

in the 1930s and 40s. And

4:19

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4:21

people in the world to help

4:25

the survivors of that madness.

4:29

Somewhere, we, everyone,

4:32

others, lost our way once

4:35

again. And

4:38

now, it's just

4:41

this, what we're watching every night

4:44

on the television. So,

4:46

I hope

4:49

you will look forward to this. It should be

4:52

coming together here, like I said, in the next week

4:54

or so, here on this podcast

4:56

and also on my substack. If

4:59

you're not signed up for my substack, it's free. Just

5:02

go to michaelmore.com. You can

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sign up for it. No paywall. It's

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all free. So, do that if

5:09

you can. But I'll be letting you know

5:11

about what's coming here in the next week or so.

5:14

And we'll see, maybe, if I have a good

5:17

idea or two that

5:19

can bring this slaughter to an end to

5:21

stand up for the people who have

5:25

not that many people standing up for them these days.

5:29

So, I hope you join with me in

5:32

doing that. What

5:35

we're going to do today on the

5:37

podcast is to play the

5:40

acceptance speech from

5:43

lead guitarist Tom Morello of

5:46

Rage Against the Machine as Rage was

5:48

inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

5:51

a little over a month ago. I

5:54

really want you to listen to this. It

5:57

blew me away. As

6:00

I watched him there on the stage say

6:04

the things that don't usually get said, speak

6:07

directly to the people, the

6:10

hard-working people, the barely working people,

6:13

the working poor of

6:15

this country, of

6:17

the world. Very

6:19

few people take their side

6:21

and this band has

6:25

done that for so many years. They

6:28

have had some reunion concerts. You

6:30

know, I think we all hope that they will

6:32

get back together again someday. I

6:34

became very good friends with them. I admired

6:38

them greatly. They were inspiring to

6:40

me. I ended

6:43

up doing two or three music

6:45

videos for them. Sleep Now in the

6:47

Fire and Testify and

6:50

they were great to work

6:52

with. You can Google

6:54

them or get them on YouTube and

6:56

watch them if you'd like. But man,

7:00

brave, bold, brash.

7:06

You know, take no

7:08

prisoners attitude to stand up

7:10

and fight corporate America, to stand

7:12

up and fight the military industrial

7:15

complex, to

7:17

fight racism and hatred, all

7:19

forms of bigotry. They

7:22

just put it right out there. And

7:25

you know, those of us who grew up in the 60s

7:27

and 70s, we had our

7:30

protest music as it was called back then. But

7:32

there hasn't really been a lot of that in

7:35

subsequent generations. There's been some of it and

7:37

some of it has been outstanding.

7:41

But Rage Against the Machine, wow,

7:45

four albums. That's it.

7:48

Four studio albums. Rage

7:50

Against the Machine, their first one. Evil

7:52

Empire, the Battle of Los

7:54

Angeles and

7:56

Renegades. Man.

8:01

the unbelievable

8:03

work on just those albums and then

8:06

their great tours, their live

8:08

tours, the ones I

8:10

attended were just mind-blowing.

8:14

One time they asked me to come up, I was in

8:16

Detroit to introduce them on the stage

8:19

before they came out. Oh

8:21

man, I mean

8:24

to walk out on a stage and there's like at least

8:26

25-30,000 people there

8:30

and all the ones on the floor in a

8:32

giant mosh pit and all kinds of stuff

8:34

being thrown at the stage. It

8:39

was something I have never seen and have

8:42

not seen since and

8:44

I was asked to

8:46

speak at the counter-inaugural, the

8:48

protest against Trump's election, the

8:51

day after his inauguration in January

8:55

of 2017 where

8:57

everybody wore the pink hats and

9:00

I couldn't, you know, I'm standing on that stage down

9:03

by the Capitol looking up to the Washington

9:05

Monument. I can't even see where the crowd

9:07

ends, meaning

9:10

they're had, I know the earth is round

9:12

so at some point it does

9:14

start to curve, well at every point it curves

9:16

right, it's a ball.

9:20

I really felt like, can

9:22

I not see the horizon anymore because there's just

9:24

so many, you know, there are a million plus

9:26

people at that. So

9:30

I have had the privilege of seeing

9:33

what that looks like but

9:35

30,000 people at a Rage

9:37

Against the

9:39

Machine concert is its own

9:42

thing and I was lucky

9:44

to be able to be part of that, lucky

9:46

to be able to make these music videos for them.

9:49

They're good souls, they're still with us, they're

9:51

still making their own music and

9:54

I can't wait to hear more of it. So

9:57

to all of you who are part of this band, Zach

10:00

De La Roque, the

10:03

incredible vocalist and lyricist, Brad

10:05

Wilk, the drummer, Tim

10:09

Coneford, the bass player, and

10:12

Tom Morello, the guitarist. I

10:15

hope you guys all know what an inspiration you've been

10:17

to so many people and

10:20

we don't want your voices to ever

10:22

go silent so please a

10:25

humble plea from all of us to

10:28

keep that going to

10:31

keep testifying. So

10:34

before we get to Tom Morello's acceptance

10:37

speech at the Rock and Roll Hall

10:39

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All right, I think it's

12:27

time we turn this over

12:30

to Mr. Tom Morello, lead

12:32

guitar player and overall great

12:34

guy, guru of

12:37

the band. And again,

12:40

this was just an amazing thing at

12:42

the Barclays Center just a little over

12:44

a month ago when Rage Against the

12:47

Machine was inducted into the Rock and

12:49

Roll Hall of Fame. Tom

12:51

Morello was there to accept the honor

12:54

and to share it with all his fans.

12:56

So without any further ado, let's

12:59

turn this over to Tom Morello

13:01

from Rage Against the Machine. My

13:06

name is Tom

13:08

Morello, and I'm one quarter of Rage Against

13:10

the Machine. I am deeply grateful

13:12

for the musical chemistry I've

13:18

had the good fortune to share with Brad Wilk, Tim

13:21

Comerford, and Zach Daler-Rocha. Like most bands,

13:23

we have different perspectives on a lot

13:26

of things, including about being inducted into

13:28

the Rock Hall. My

13:31

perspective is that tonight is a great

13:33

opportunity to celebrate the music and the

13:35

mission of the band to celebrate with

13:37

the fifth member of the band, and

13:40

that is Rage Against the Machine's incredible

13:42

fans. You're

13:45

the reason we are here, and the best

13:48

way to celebrate this music is for

13:50

you to carry on that mission and

13:52

that message. The lesson I've learned from

13:54

Rage fans is that

13:56

music can change the world. Daily, I

13:58

hear from fans who have been affected by- music and

14:00

in turn have affected the world in

14:02

significant ways. Organizers, optimists,

14:04

public defenders, teachers, the presidents

14:06

of Chile and Finland have

14:08

all spent time in our

14:10

mosh pits. When

14:14

protest music is done right, you're gonna

14:16

hear a new world emerging in the

14:18

songs, skewering the oppressors of the day

14:21

and hinting that there might be more

14:23

to life than what was handed to

14:25

us. Can music change the world? The

14:27

whole fucking aim is to change the

14:29

world or at a bare minimum

14:31

to stir up a shitload of trouble.

14:36

When rage started, we were first deep in the

14:38

San Fernando Valley. This guy passed by the place

14:41

regularly and one day asked, what are you guys

14:43

doing in there? We said, we're a man. He

14:45

asked to cheer us and we said sure. He

14:47

came in and sat down. He was the first

14:49

guy to ever hear the music of rage against

14:52

the machine. We played them a couple of times. After

14:54

we finished, we asked him what he thought. He

14:56

paused, stood up and said, your

14:59

music makes me want to fight. Throughout

15:03

history, the spark of rebellion has

15:06

come from unexpected borders. Barakers,

15:08

economists, carpenters, but it's not

15:10

what Oregon day says. There

15:12

is no revolution without strong.

15:15

So who is to say what musicians

15:17

might or might not be able to

15:19

achieve with revolutionary intent from the thousandth

15:21

promise of rich to small. Personally,

15:24

I'd like to tell my wife and my

15:26

kids who remind me daily that the world

15:28

is worth paying. And

15:32

thanks to all the musicians and

15:35

change makers who helped shape the

15:37

players selected vision, they've all been

15:39

fortunate to have so many talented coworkers

15:41

and conspirators who have believed in the

15:43

band. When Michael Goldstone, the guy inside

15:45

us, and it says that the first

15:48

radio single being an edited

15:50

song featuring 17 customers

15:53

to the greatest guitar tech of

15:55

all time. Slim Richardson. Thank you

15:57

and thanks and deep appreciation to

15:59

the. of others, from those

16:01

who put up pliers to those who

16:03

have moved mountains to amplify the message

16:05

and the music. What I

16:07

hear in the music is this, that the world

16:09

is not going to change itself, but

16:12

throughout history those who have changed

16:14

the world in progressive, radical, or

16:16

even revolutionary ways do not have

16:18

any more money, power, courage, intelligence,

16:21

or creativity than anyone watching tonight.

16:23

The world is changed by average, everyday, ordinary

16:26

people who have had enough and are willing

16:28

to stand up for a country and a

16:30

planet that is more humane, peaceful, and just.

16:32

And that, and that, and I'm here to celebrate tonight. Stand

16:41

up and ask the world to

16:44

do awesome things. We can all

16:46

bring in and both self. Two,

16:48

aim for the world you really want

16:50

without compromise or apology. And three, don't

16:53

wait for us. Rage is not

16:55

here, but you are. The child

16:57

we set out to do is not over. Now

16:59

you're the ones that must testify. If

17:02

you've got a boss, join a union. If you're

17:04

a student, start an underground paper. If

17:06

you're an anarchist, throw a brick. If

17:08

you're a soldier or a cop, follow

17:10

your conscience, not your orders. If you're

17:12

bummed out you didn't get the sea

17:14

rage against the machine, then throw your

17:17

own ban and let's hear what you have

17:19

to say. If

17:24

you are a human being, stand up

17:26

for your planet before it's too late.

17:28

So tomorrow, so tomorrow, close

17:31

up some rooms and head out and control

17:33

justice. The other rules is all we have.

17:35

It's time to change the rules. It

17:38

is time to do some of

17:40

the shit we're talking. In

17:43

favor, in favor, in favor,

17:46

in favor of my mom,

17:48

Mary Morello, a retired public

17:50

history teacher,

17:52

a proud Rage Against the Machine fan,

17:54

and a lifelong radical who turned 100

17:57

years old a couple of weeks ago. She's

18:02

watching at home tonight, but she asked

18:05

me to tell you this. History,

18:08

like music, is not something

18:10

that happens. It's

18:12

something you make. Thank you very much. Wow.

18:24

Powerful. Man, oh man. Was

18:27

that just amazing? Share that with

18:29

your friends, people you work with, people you go to

18:31

school with. That just

18:33

was one of the best speeches I've ever

18:35

heard. It was just amazing.

18:38

And as I said,

18:40

Tom's been a friend for a long time, a

18:43

good soul, a great

18:45

leader, and an overall

18:48

shit-kicker and

18:50

fighter for the good. I,

18:52

we, all of us, thank you

18:54

Tom and Brad and

18:56

Tim and Zach for

18:59

giving us that great decade of

19:01

Rage Against the Machine, for

19:04

what you've gone on to do since

19:06

then in your various endeavors with

19:09

Audioslave, with Tom and the Night

19:11

Watchmen, and Zach with

19:13

your solo work, your poetry, your activism.

19:17

Everything all of you have done, what

19:19

you've stood and fought for, it's been inspiring.

19:21

And I know, like Tom

19:23

said here in his speech, his main

19:25

hope is that one or two

19:28

or 20 of you listening

19:30

to this right now decide that it's

19:33

your time. It's your time to

19:35

have your voice heard, to not

19:38

be afraid. I

19:41

can't tell you how much I endorse

19:44

this message. And

19:47

my sincere hope that

19:49

you don't just sit back

19:51

and say, oh well, I mean I

19:53

would never get to have my

19:55

music or my voice or my movie or whatever,

19:57

heard or seen. I'm

20:00

just me. I'm just sitting here in Willmett,

20:03

Illinois. No.

20:07

No. I'm going to tell you that's

20:09

the big lie. They want you to believe that you

20:11

have no real power. That

20:13

you have no ability or

20:16

means by which to reach

20:18

thousands or millions of other people.

20:21

You do. You hold it right now in

20:23

your hands. And

20:25

I want to personally encourage you to

20:28

make that voice heard. Do

20:32

it. All

20:35

right. I hear the band playing,

20:38

so I guess that's my cue. Thank

20:41

you everybody for listening to the show. Thank

20:43

you to my executive producer and editor, Angela

20:45

Vargos. To all the people who've helped

20:47

me on this podcast and to all of you who listen to

20:49

it. Much, much

20:52

appreciation. Let's go out now

20:56

once again with rage against the machine. Take

20:59

care everyone. A

21:26

band

21:30

called

21:35

the

21:37

machine

21:39

raises on. Those raised

21:42

up machines. That

21:44

band is an understanding of

21:46

the machine.