Killing In The Name-Rage Against The Machine

Killing In The Name-Rage Against The Machine

据国外媒体报道，近日在英国圣诞单曲排行榜上激烈进行的冠亚军之战于当地时间17日出现了逆转形势，上周日刚刚出炉的18岁选秀冠军乔·麦克尔德里 (Joe McElderry)首次击败美国老牌说唱金属乐队暴力反抗机器(Rage Against The Machine)跃居第一。由于歌迷的呼吁，制作人的挑衅，乐队的高调应战，这场榜单之争已经演变为摇滚乐与主流歌曲在商业上的对抗。排行榜的最终结果于20日揭晓，
荣得了UK单曲榜的冠军。
歌词:
Killing in the name of!
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Huh!

Killing in the name of!
Killing in the name of

And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
But now you do what they told ya
Well now you do what they told ya

Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they’re the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they’re the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they’re the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they’re the chosen whites

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Uggh!

Killing in the name of!
Killing in the name of

And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya, now you’re under control (7 times)
And now you do what they told ya, now you’re under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you’re under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you’re under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you’re under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you’re under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you’re under control
And now you do what they told ya!

Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they’re the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they’re the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they’re the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they’re the chosen whites
Come on!

Yeah! Come on!

Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!
Motherfucker!
Uggh!

上周日晚，还是学生的乔·麦克尔德里不仅赢得了英国著名的电视歌唱选秀节目X Factor(未知因素)的冠军，作为奖励，还获得了一百万英镑的唱片合同。X Factor自2004年推出以来，便成为英国最红的电视选秀节目之一，近年来更是几乎主宰了每年英国歌迷最看重的圣诞单曲榜冠军。过去几年来，它一共产生了14首冠军单曲，并推出了像利昂娜·路易斯(Leona Lewis)那样的国际歌星。如今，麦克尔德里赢得冠军的《攀登》(The Climb)更是成为今年圣诞冠军单曲的热门。这首歌翻唱自今年的新片《汉娜·蒙塔娜》(Hannah Montana: The Movie)中的主题曲，由麦莉·塞勒斯(Miley Cyrus)演唱。关于这首歌还有一点小插曲，它原本获得了本届格莱美最佳影视歌曲的提名，但是由于美国唱片学会刚刚发现这首歌不是专门为电影创作的，便于近日发表声明取消了其提名资格，取而代之的是耶耶耶(The Yeah Yeah Yeahs)主唱凯伦·欧(Karen O)为电影《野兽王国》创作的《All Is Love》(全是爱)。由麦克尔德里演唱的《攀登》已于本周一提供下载，本周三正式发行实体CD。
之前曾有歌迷在Facebook网站专门设立了一个支持暴力反抗机器的页面，主要目的是为他们1992年的单曲《Killing In The Name》拉票，确保其成为圣诞冠军单曲。由于这项运动的推波助澜，暴力反抗机器在排行榜上一直摇摇领先，直到英国当地时间16日晚上，他们还是把麦克尔德里甩在身后。排在第三名的是Lady GaGa的《Bad Romance》，比前两支单曲落后了一大截。乐迷的参与让冠亚军之争迅速升温，甚至一度传出Facebook要关闭该网页的报道。15日，X Factor的制作人西蒙·考威尔(Simon Cowell)曾对拉票运动发表了自己的看法。他批评暴力反抗机器的歌迷既愚蠢又小气，指出应该多给年轻人一点机会，并且认为这丝毫不会对麦克尔德里的超高人气带来任何影响，一切才刚刚开始，他相信那个小伙子最终会成为冠军的。相比而言，初出茅庐的麦克尔德里还是保持着谦虚谨慎的态度，他近日在接受BBC 采访时说，自己不是一个喜欢摇滚乐的人，平时听的都是主流歌曲，从未听过暴力反抗机器的歌。他说：“我从没听过这首歌(《Killing In The Nam》)，但我有必要去听一下。”对于即将于后天揭晓的排行榜结果，麦克尔德里也表达了自己的态度，“当然我很希望能够成为冠军，但这不是我能决定的。我能做的就是把这首歌唱好。如果能获得第一的位置，那将是非常不错的。我会尽我所能把我的工作做好，同时也祝暴力反抗机器乐队好运。”
暴力反抗机器也没闲着，得知歌迷的支持运动后，吉他手汤姆·莫瑞罗在乐队的网页上写道：“英格兰！现在是你们的时间了！”主唱Zack在17日的一档广播节目中对西蒙·考威尔大加攻击，“西蒙是一个有趣的角色。他似乎通过在电视直播节目中羞辱别人而得了不少好处，并且以一种独一无二的方式掌控了人们对电视，甚至包括对广播的关注。这场运动对于打破这种控制是非常必要的。”与此同时，汤姆·莫瑞罗也解释了乐队支持该运动的原因，“人们已经对于一首接一首的哀伤歌谣厌烦了，他们需要属于自己的榜单。他们选择我们的歌作为颠覆X Factor垄断的武器，这很光荣。我们在洛杉矶一个破旧的工业区创作了《Killing In The Name》，X Factor的歌则是高价雇人写的，他们只想用填鸭的方式把这些哀伤歌谣灌输给你们。所以这是两个非常不同的选择。听众们必须知道，这是一场激烈的比赛，一场真正的音乐革命，我们为成为其中的一份子而自豪。”