Message to Castro: "FUCK YOU, I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME," screamed Chris Cornell and the other members of the U.S. rock band, Audioslave. Yes, these lyrics were screamed out, not at a U.S. concert venue, but... in Havana, Cuba. Freedom is on the march.
Audioslave, which is a band that's been around a few years now, and is composed of Chris Cornell (former lead singer of one of the best grunge bands of the 80's and 90's, Soundgarden) and Tom Morello, (formerly of Rage Against the Machine) and the other members of the band were also formerly of Rage Against the Machine.... Audioslave was the first U.S. rock band to play an outdoor venue in Cuba in nearly a half-century. They played Cuba last Saturday, May 14.
Even though most of the members of Audioslave have some socialist tendencies, they wouldn't come close to supporting a dictator, but in fact completely oppose dictatorship. Audioslave is a great band, and when I saw a news clip on MTV News on Sunday night with them covering a Rage Against the Machine song, "Killing in the Name", which features the powerful lyrics... "FUCK YOU, I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME," and seeing these lyrics echoed by tens of thousands of young Cubans on the streets of Havana, I got chills... these are the sparks of revolution... music moves people... and I can now foresee the day when Castro is also moved... out of power.
The good news: Audioslave will be making a DVD available of the concert in Cuba in the near future... stay tuned for the DVD... and the revolution.
Check out John Norris' review from MTV News.
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