I was listening to Sabotage and the song structure and guitar work reminded me of everything Rage has ever done.
Beastie Boys had one of the first and biggest of the anti-Iraq-War songs, I can’t think offhand of one that was more “mainstream” at the time and still explicit and specific about it.
Well I’ll be sleeping on your speeches 'til I start to snore
Cause I won’t carry guns for an oil war
As-Salamu alaikum, wa alaikum as-salam
Peace to the Middle East peace to IslamAnd so on. It might not have been the best (IMO that is “Empire” by Dar Williams, with haunting sadness, historical scope, and irony), but it was big.
You may have just pissed off everyone who’s a fan of either of these bands, but you might be on to something here.
I’m a fan of both and there are now two wolves inside of me
You should see a doctor, or a teleporter chief.
AAAIIIIII CAN’T STAND IT, I KNOW YA PLANNED IT!
I felt this in my bones
Maybe Sabotage is similar but I haven’t noticed a lot of similarity overall.
Beastie Boys were a punk rock band before they switched towards rap.
They stayed political throughout (as PhilipTheBucket noted).
