Testify - Rage Against The Machine Bass FC (RB2) Rock Band 2 HD Gameplay
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My Thoughts On The Song/Chart: A massive banger from RATM and one of the few RB2 tracks on PS2 that's AMV is presented through a Music Video.
Bass was chosen here instead of the more iconic Guitar part due to difficulties consistently hitting the chorus chords, i decided just to go with Bass despite it being much easier.
Song Facts:
"Testify" is a song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. It is the opening track from their third album The Battle of Los Angeles (1999), and was released as the third single from the album.
The cover of the single was taken from the 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute. The song's lyrics notably make reference to George Orwell's novel 1984 through use of "The Party" slogan "Who controls the past (now), controls the future. Who controls the present (now), controls the past."
A song titled "Testify" was performed at the KROQ Almost Acoustic X-Mas, 12.12.1993. The song is completely unrelated to the Battle of Los Angeles track except for the title. Although the song was played only this once and disappeared, some of the lyrics were used for "Down Rodeo" and the final version of "People of the Sun".
Rage Against the Machine opened most of the concerts in its reunion tour with "Testify".
The song, like many Rage Against the Machine songs, is notable for Tom Morello's unorthodox use of his guitar to create unusual sounds, as well as his use of drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) tuning. Morello plays the sweeping sound in the song's intro and verse using a mixture of effects and techniques.
The bass in the song is also tuned to drop D, and Commerford plays the verse by simply sliding on the lower D string from the 12th fret to open string then back to the 12th fret.
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