That amazing NSFW radio moment 5 Live asked Rage Against the Machine not to swear and they did anyway
It’s one of the great NSFW radio moments, when 5 Live invited Rage Against the Machine to play live and asked them not to swear because, you know, it was a breakfast show and everything.
And then this happened, a wonderful moment we can relive again after the video was shared by BBC radio producer @timoncheese on Twitter.
Remember the extraordinary time Rage Against the Machine made Christmas #1 in 2009?
I'm just re-living the moment when 5Live booked them for an interview/performance (HUGE CREDIT) & expected them not to swear (LESS CREDIT) and this incredible broadcasting moment happened: pic.twitter.com/xlF4d4jkqR— Tim Johns (@timoncheese) June 6, 2019
And for that all important context …
ps. Radio producers take note: if a rebellious band has the lyric “F**k you I won’t do what you tell me” and you tell them not to swear on air, you’re in for a bumpy ride.
— Tim Johns (@timoncheese) June 6, 2019
pps. the reference to “buy Joe’s records” was because @RATM were competing with Joe McElderry for Christmas number one. Joe was an X-Factor contestant and the point of getting RATM to number one was to stick two fingers up to the X-Factor ‘machine’
— Tim Johns (@timoncheese) June 6, 2019
ppps. It was @JonMorter who started the campaign and got them to number one. Jon = hero.
— Tim Johns (@timoncheese) June 6, 2019
Brilliant.
the best bit is the false sense of security they would have created in the studio (deliberately I hope) by holding back on the swears during the build-up and then POW! loads of swears for the crescendo. Lovely trolling.
— Sean (@seanomeara) June 6, 2019
it was expertly done (and most certainly planned)
— Tim Johns (@timoncheese) June 6, 2019
GET RID OF IT
— – ̗̀Sam ̖́- (@samuelbailey) June 6, 2019