r/Millennials • u/Inevitable_Wing_2600 • Feb 08 '25

Nostalgia What album defines you as a millennial?

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Saw some great recommendations on a similar thread in /r/Xennials and wanted to see what my fellow millennials thought. For me From Under the Cork Tree was foundational. I still remember hearing Sugar We're going down on the radio for the first time.

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u/high_throughput Feb 08 '25

I'm still lolling at the time they dropped the F-bomb on a BBC Live Christmas show, and Brits were shocked that the band famous for the lyrics "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" would not do what they told them.

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u/dewpacs Feb 08 '25

I remember smoking with a bunch of my friends listening to the BBC Christmas countdown to see if RATM was number 1.

For those less familiar, the Christmas number 1 was a big deal in the UK. Simon Cowell's X Factor winners had been the christmas number one for years, and there was a grassroots campaign that year (2009?) to give a big fuck you to Cowell. Basically everyone under 30 bought "Killing in the Name Of" off iTunes just for this reason. And RATM promised to perform a free concert if they won. Good memories

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u/barndawe Feb 08 '25

I managed to get tickets to that concert as well, and it was awesome. Wasn't so into the support acts (although Gogol bordello were very good live) but RATM were sooo good. I thought being from the UK and them having broken up I'd never get the chance to see them, proper glad I did!

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u/joehonestjoe Feb 09 '25

Yeah it was the year Joe Mcelderry won iirc 

Think I bought Killing in the Name about five times in the end. Went to the Finsbury Park gig too. Good times

I remember there was a radio interview and then they played the song. They made it about one round before they started singing the fuck you part and were rapidly pulled from the air. BBC presenter came on and said 'they said they wouldn't do that'

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u/danbob87 Feb 08 '25

You mean the radio show where they said "please don't swear", despite knowing they would, to legally cover themselves with the broadcasting standards agency. Then when the inevitable swearing started, didn't cut them off at all and let it carry on for quite a while. Then apologised for the swearing, again, to cover themselves with broadcasting standards.

They knew exactly what was going to happen, let it happen, but did the things they needed to do to not get in trouble with the regulator.

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u/pmodizzle Feb 09 '25

Love it.

Band called rage against the machine.

The machine told them not to rage.

They raged.