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{{Infobox Single | Name = People Of The Sun |
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| Cover = Peopleofthesun.jpg |
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| Artist = [[Rage Against the Machine]] |
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| from Album = [[Evil Empire (album)|Evil Empire]] |
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| Released = [[1996 in music|1996]] |
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| Format = [[Compact disc|CD]], [[vinyl record|7"]], [[12-inch single|12"]] |
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| Genre = [[Funk metal]], [[rapcore]], [[alternative hip hop]] |
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| Length = 2 [[minute|min]] 30 [[second|s]] |
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| Producer = [[Brendan O'Brien (music producer)|Brendan O'Brien]], [[Rage Against the Machine]] |
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| Last single = "[[Bulls on Parade]]"<br />(1996) |
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| This single = "'''People of the Sun'''" <br /> (1996) |
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| Next single = "[[Tire Me (song)]]"<br />(1996) |}} |
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"'''People of the Sun'''" is a song by the [[United States|American]] [[band (music)|band]] [[Rage Against the Machine]]. The song was about the [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation|Zapatista]] revolution, and was featured on the LP [[Evil Empire (album)|Evil Empire]], the CD & DVD [[Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium]], the DVD [[Rage Against the Machine (video)|Rage Against the Machine]] and the People of Sun ([[EP]]). People of the Sun also had its own [[music video]]. De la Rocha wrote the song after a visit to the Chiapas in Southern Mexico, there was rumor of a break-up because he had focused so much time supporting aboriginal uprisings in Mexico. |
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The song has a wide variety of references, most notably the destruction of the [[Aztec empire]] by the [[Spain|Spanish]] (see the article [[Five suns]]) and the [[Zoot Suit Riots]] of Los Angeles in 1943. |
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The song also showcases a classic example of Rage Against the Machine guitarist [[Tom Morello]]'s creativity, as he plays the entire song by rubbing an [[Allen wrench]] against the A-string and E-string of his guitar. {{Fact|date=May 2008}} |
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==Origin== |
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The band were known to perform this song live as early as 1992, the only difference being Zack's lyrics. A studio version was also recorded and has circulated on the internet. The original lyrics contained verses from their song "Fistful of Steel". |
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==Music video== |
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The video opens with shots of a dead [[Latino]] girl; her arm starts bleeding and the blood shows the words "Trickle down." Statistics illustrating the plight of the [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] are shown from a film projector being run in a morgue where the bodies of dead Latinos are stored. Military footage of [[US]] arms arriving in [[Mexico]] and the Zapatistas themselves are interspersed with this and shots of the band playing in front of a brick wall in about a 10 by 10 space. The version seen on MTV is the edited version; scenes of a Mexican worker being buried alive and trampled, and dead teenagers in the morgue, have been removed and replaced with military footage. The black and white documentary-style scenes of the laborer and the vaqueros are most likely from the movie "[[¡Qué viva México!]]" by [[Sergei Eisenstein]], from the 1930s. |
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==Track listing Single== |
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#"People of the Sun" |
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#"Zapata's Blood (Live)" |
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#"Without a Face" |
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==Track listing EP== |
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#People of The Sun - 2:30 |
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#Without a Face (live)- 4:07 |
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#Intro (Black Steel in the House of Chaos) (live)- 3:37 |
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#Zapata's Blood (live) - 3:47 |
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B-side |
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#Bulls on Parade - 3:48 |
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#Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox (live)- 8:09 |
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''Intro, Zapata's Blood, and Without a Face recorded live at the Pink Pop, May 27th 1996''<br /> |
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''Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox recorded live at Milan Dragway, Detroit July 9th 1993''<br /> |
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''Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (H. Shocklee/C. Ridenhour/E. Sadler/W. Drayton)''<br /> |
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''All other songs written and arranged by Rage Against the Machine.'' |
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==External links== |
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{{commonscat|Rage Against The Machine}} |
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* [http://www.ratm.com/ Official Website] |
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* [http://www.axisofjustice.org/ Axis of Justice] Tom Morello and [[Serj Tankian]]'s Activist Website "[[Axis Of Justice]]" |
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* [http://www.vietnow.org/ Vietnow.org] Rage Against The Machine news resource and forum |
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* {{allmusicguide|id=11:kpfpxqw5ldje~T1}} |
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[[Category:Rage Against the Machine songs]] |
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[[Category:1996 songs]] |
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[[Category:1996 singles]] |
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Revision as of 18:06, 9 October 2008
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