įor the song's solo, Morello removes the lead from the jack of his guitar and taps it against the bridge, while manipulating his Whammy and wah pedals, creating a squealing noise Morello sometimes uses this technique to improvise on songs live. Morello creates the sound by simply picking the open low D string and using his wah-wah pedal to slowly shift back & forth between the bass and treble frequencies. First, he sets a DigiTech Whammy pedal to harmonize a minor 7th above the note being played, and the delay pedal is set to a short, slap-back setting that almost sounds like reverb. Morello plays the sweeping sound in the song's intro and verse using a mixture of effects and techniques. 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. Rage Against the Machine opened most of the concerts in its reunion tour with "Testify". While the instrumental part was identical to the final version, the lyrics were completely different. "Testify" made its live debut under the working title "Hendrix" on January 23, 1999, at a surprise club show at the Troubador in West Hollywood, CA. 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". The song is completely unrelated to the Battle of Los Angeles track except for the title. Who controls the present (now), controls the past."Ī song titled "Testify" was performed at the KROQ Almost Acoustic X-Mas. 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. The cover of the single was taken from the 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute. It is the opening track from their third album The Battle of Los Angeles (1999), and was released as the third single.
" Testify" is a song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. Rage Against the Machine singles chronology
Rage Against the Machine, Brendan O'Brien Tim Commerford, Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk 2000 single by Rage Against the Machine "Testify"
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