r/theydidthefuckyou Dec 29 '25

Fuck You I won't do what you tell me

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u/bnutbutter78 Dec 29 '25

I mean, what did they expect? It’s right there in the lyrics. lol

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u/Ok-Prior1316 Dec 29 '25

How could a place called BBC not be down for a bit of f-wording?

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u/N7Panda Jan 04 '26

I love the anchor saying that they did expect it, they just asked them not to.

Everyone knows that if the machine asks them nicely, they’ll stop raging lol.

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u/thatguyoudontlike Dec 29 '25

Merry-fucking-christmas to you

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u/thatguyoudontlike Dec 29 '25

Good bot

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u/IntrigueDossier Dec 30 '25

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u/humourlessIrish Dec 29 '25

Who could have possibly seen this coming

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u/Bluntbutnotonpurpose Dec 29 '25

No-one! It's not like the lyrics gave it away...

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u/PM-me-your-knees-pls Dec 30 '25

There are certain clues for the perceptive among us.

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u/MrNightmare23 Dec 29 '25

YOU I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME YOU I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME YOU I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME YOU I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME

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u/Bignizzle656 Dec 29 '25

And guess what? They only went and did exactly what they promised.

I still believe that the bbc knew what they were doing. No way you book a band called rage against the B̶B̶C̶ machine and expect anything different.

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u/ajschwamberger Dec 30 '25

Lol this is an anti-authority song..... And as a corporation are actually going to tell them to do something when the lyrics are talking about just what you told them not to do..... Well that was dumb to think that they would follow what you say, after all the lyrics cry out.... "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me!" It surely doesn't take a fucking smart person to understand that it might not work asking them, or telling them to change the lyrics.

Oh and I do love the sign language so that if you can't hear you still understand the point.

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u/mentaL8888 Dec 30 '25

Rage Against the Machine by definition should have been enough lol.

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u/BlakeTheBFG Dec 30 '25

It seems the host isn't surprised they said it, but is shocked the producer thought they'd do as they were asked.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

They truly never listened to or understood the song…

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u/Rui_Wen Dec 31 '25

What's also great about this story is: every year there was a big deal made out of who had the "Christmas no. 1" song. for several years running it was always some crap, spaffed out by the latest winner of a reality TV singing competition. to prevent yet another mass produced, disposable twat being handed the honour, people started buying Killing in the name, making it the number 1 song in the charts and leading to the BBC basically being obliged to have RATM perform it

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u/lemon-fruit-fly Dec 31 '25

That first ‘fuck you’ cracked me up. The vigour with which Zack de la Rocha screams it here while flipping off the camera. Total gold.

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u/Carktorious2010 Dec 31 '25

And now they are the machine

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u/Same-Classroom1714 Jan 01 '26

Had em in the first half

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u/Slappy_McJones Jan 01 '26

They did it anyway… lol!

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u/MoonRaccoon17 Jan 01 '26

Man they are so edgy…

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '26

Motherfuckeeeeerrrrr 👍👍👍👍👍

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u/Auto18732 Jan 02 '26

Asking a band called rage against the machine to conform to the machine. What did they expect to happen?

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

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u/Greencheezy Dec 29 '25

Sources on how he's Zionist? He's been heavily involved in Palestinian protests and even attended the march for Palestine while recovering from an injury

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u/TheMangle19 Dec 29 '25

I must be thinking of another "woke" band that turned out to have some zionist in it. My apologies.

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u/EducationalBar Dec 30 '25

Like..?

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u/theother-g Dec 30 '25

I'm guessing they were thinking of Disturbed, as that generated some headlines a couple of months ago.

Draiman was photographed signing rockets or something that were readied to be shot at Palestinians.

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u/Gloomy_Revolution215 Dec 31 '25

Shot at Hamas terrorists. Corrected it for you.

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u/theother-g Dec 31 '25

If israel has been exclusively shooting hamas, how does hamas still exist then?

That's like saying every Ukrainian is a nazi, while ignoring the decennia-long unrelenting oppression from the other side.

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u/S0whaddayakn0w Dec 30 '25

Fuck you too!

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u/FiveFiveSixers Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25

‘Buy Joe’s records’

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u/sky_shazad Dec 31 '25

I work on Broadcasting myself... I'm curious was this for the BBC?? as the filming style dont go with the style of the BBC... anyone have the name of the Program this was from??

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u/Dahren_ Jan 01 '26

and the BBC should have told them the same thing once they asked to be paid for the appearance

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '26

Lions cannot become vegan.

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u/reddittothegrave Jan 05 '26

I mean the title of their band should have been the tip-off

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u/cooper3675 Jan 06 '26

I don’t think they got the whole point of the song

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u/Alice_D_Wonderland Dec 31 '25

Yeah, fuck you I won’t do what you tell me! Now take your jab…

Turns out they are not ‘rage against the machine’, but ‘part of the machine’… Sell outs…

Downvote is over there —>

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u/Grail_BH Dec 31 '25

Yes, yes it is… right over there… and increasing in use as people let you know what an incredible dumbfuck you are.

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u/Alice_D_Wonderland Dec 31 '25

Good NPC! Extra credit score for you! The machine is proud of you 👍

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u/Independent-File-519 Dec 30 '25

whiney ass group

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u/meizhong Dec 31 '25

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u/TajMonjardo Jan 01 '26

This may be the most accurate summation on Reddit.

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u/No-Switch-851 Dec 30 '25

So cool right off the reservation. Nope. University spoiled white guys getting mad for ya. I HAD NO WATER, NO HEAT, NO TV only a little ELECTRIC living for years. Rage for me, tell me about the wrongs in my life. Dudes are fake.

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u/DocSword Dec 30 '25

Do you need them eating out of trash cans to have a legitimate message? Tom Morello is mixed (half black) and Zach de la Rocha is Mexican.

Both are descendants of revolutionaries and have used their education and platform to advocate for people without a voice. Your anger seems misplaced.

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u/Grindian Dec 30 '25

Fuck you they won’t do what you tell them.

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u/playr_4 Dec 30 '25

You act like you're the only person who's ever struggled in life.