Ah, Rage Against the Machine. The polemical lyrics of Zack de la Rocha, the massively innovative riffs of Tom Morello, and the competent rhythm work of uhh… the other ones. If I had heard Rage at the tender age of two, would I have recognized the majesty of their music and righteously rocked out, a slave to the rage? Probably not; at age two, if it wasn’t Care Bears-related, I probably wasn’t interested.
Thankfully, the next generation isn’t all total lamewads like me, as this Redditor’s two-year-old and his infant sibling proved upon hearing RATM for the first time in Guitar Hero:
Yeah, yeah, cool kid and all, but come on… you’re missing all the notes! “Bulls on Parade” isn’t even hard! Urghh, gimme the controller.