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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Wake Up (page 2/ 4) ------ performed by Rage Against The Machine Who is Cassius? | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/9/08 "Then stick and move like I was Cassius" Is a refference to the famous boxer Cassius Clay later known as Muhammad Ali. Cassius Clay publically spoke out against the Vietnam war, and ultimately became a draft-dodger as he refused to go even after he was recruited. Sent to prison (which lost him his Olympic Gold Medal as well as his Heavyweight Title), he discovered Islam, and became Muhammad Ali. Ron Paul, just another meaningless figure. | Reviewer: Joel | 4/9/08 Yes, this talks about civil rights. Yes, this talks about government oppression. Yes, this goes deeper. Movements come and movements go. Leaders speak, movements cease when their heads are flown. This is the line that all Ron Paul people should focus on. When a movement is pledged to nonviolence, they end prematurely the moment the leader is taken out. There is no continuation because the followers, ie sheep of the movement, have been indoctrinated against violence. The only threat is the leader itself. When a movement does not take war off the table, such as the founding fathers, then every individual becomes a threat. The movement can continue on after the leader's demise. And yes, I know about the changes happening to local and state GOPs across the country due to Ron Paul's delegates. Yes, I have been part of that. And yes, I would love for this movement to work through peaceful means, but it won't last. Once we get complacent in what we've accomplished, tyranny will win. It always does. You cannot unseat the true rulers of the US democratic monarchy through peaceful means. Why would a king give up his throne unless there was a sword to his throat? We can't truly get our republic back without crossing blades. Any change made through the pacifistic Ron Paul movement will only be temporary. The only difference between Ron Paul and Martin Luther King is that a lot of people in the Ron Paul camp feel the same way I do. Thus, Ron Paul will be allowed to live to keep preaching non-violence until he dies of old age. If he was assassinated, that just might be the spark required for real change. mesage of the song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/1/08 I think the song is about the civil rights movment and such they say You know they went after King When he spoke out on Vietnam refering to MLKJ being against the vietnam war and Ya know they murdered X And tried to blame it on Islam He turned the power to the have-nots And then came the shot refering to Malcom X and his problems with the nation of islam and his death basicly the whole song is about oppresion and injustice just my take A few more titbits | Reviewer: dvidby0 | 2/27/08 Undoubtebly this song was chosen as an ending to The Matrix because of its title. The song was not played entirely. The middle was snipped off, but the end, from where the music changes to the last lines, that part was preserved. The reason the last lines were preserved might be because they could be obliquely interpreted as a reference to karma and rebirth, something that had a deep relation with the storyline of The Matrix. What you reap, is what you sow. Cassius | Reviewer: anonymous | 2/19/08 I believe Cassius is not the Shakepearean reference but Cassius Clay, aka Muhammed Ali. Stick and move is a what Ali would do during boxing. He is also a Muslim and very famous during the 70s and Black Power movement. It follows the same lines as King, Wilson, and X. amasing | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/6/08 I love all rages songs i play them on guitar and i just love trying to understand their lyrics. I wish there was a site where i could research all the meanings. Its just so enlightning, Really wakes you up ;D hehe albums | Reviewer: littlenicky | 1/31/08 I just wanted to let you know that "Wake Up" was originally on there debut, self titled album, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. and it came out in 1992. but mad good song and made an amazing ending to the matrix Favorite song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/30/08 This is my favorite song and im glad they put it in the matrix because if they didnt then i never would have heard this song or Rage against the machine just a small thing... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/29/08 So... I agree with everything I have read thus far in the reviews... except for the blurb about Cassius. Cassius is a character from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. He is the man who betrays Julius Caesar by convincing the man Brutus to commit the assassination, letting Brutus take the fall. I think it is a cool reference that always jumped out at me. Also, fun fact: the role that John Wilkes Booth was most famous for in his acting career was Cassius... and then he killed Lincoln. Hmm. good song. Wake Up | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/23/08 As said before, this came out before The Matrix. This song is obviously extremely political in nature... The biggest reason they chose it for The Matrix is it's name: Wake Up. The whole point of the song is that there's illusions of power all around us, but the real power is with the people. That's true both for the song's political roots as well as The Matrix. Is the reference to "Cassius" in the song a reference to Hamlet? The twisted and treacherous ways of Cassius to get things done? Wake Up... Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4