SYSTEM OF A DOWN

[Derar]

yesterday i got the new cd for system of a down .......
very very nice ....... amazing lyrics , and great singing ....
has an arabic eastern style !
the lyrics are all about the revolution and anti-american policies ..... i came across these lyrics from the song ( deer dance )
" Beyond the Staples Center you can see America,
With its tired, poor, avenging disgrace,
Peaceful, loving youth against the brutality,
Of plastic existence.

Pushing little children,
With their fully automatics,
They like to push the weak around "

and these r from ( prison song )
" Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,

I buy my crack, I smack my *****,
Right here in Hollywood,

The percentage of Americans in the prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985
Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe "

i give the album ****

[libereco]

the song you quoted is my favourite song by them...
the other one i like is "prison".

the reason why i can't really stand them...are lyrics like this:

Science


Making two possibilities a reality
prediting the future of things we all know
fighting off the diseased programming
of centuries, centuries, centuries, centuries
Science fails to recognise the single most
potent element of human existence
letting the reigns go to the unfolding
is faith, faith, faith, faith
Science has failed our world
science has failed our mother earth
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Letting the reigns go to the unfolding
is faith, faith, faith, faith
letting the reigns go to the unfolding
is faith, faith, faith, faith
Science has failed our world
Science has failed our mother earth
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Science has failed our mother earth



i don't know....they seam like religious zealots to me for some reason. =0

BUT deer dance is a great song. ;)


(Edited by libereco at 5:33 pm on Dec. 6, 2001)

[Viva Zapata]

album of the year, that's for sure. anyone seen them live ?? if you get a chance to see them, see them!!!

[Derar]

maybe they have a point ......
science harmed the earth and the humankind more than it benifit it ..............
diseases , bombs , weapons , nuclear energy and warheads , different types of pollution !!!

[chencha]

I have always enjoyed the music of System of a Down. their lyrics are intelligent, as well as entertaining....I especially like the Legend of Zelda, teehee.

[July26]

I've recently seen System live. IT was a great show. The show itself wasn't very political but I coudn't expect it.
It was october something and everyone was being very sensitive.

I also got the new album. It is very good. I liked the old one too. Songs like "P.L.U.C.K." and "Suite PEE" and "War". My band did a cover of "Suite Pee" which isn't an exactly political but I change some lyrics befor our show and it came out like this.

It goes through the first verses and then...

Die
Die
Die
Why

I want to buy my way to the white house
cause every corporation needs
a sell-out
president

the following of Bush
the following of Bush
the following of Bush

the falling of Bush
the falling of Bush
the falling of Bush

[jimr]

Cant stand them, going with the nu-metal sound, The big thing is that they are armenian, but wait, they left armenia when they were 5 or something.

Anyway not very orginal and the guitariist has scary eyes

[libereco]

i might actually go see them in concert...since i was asked to.

i haven't decided yet if i should. :/

[ArgueEverything]

i like their cover of the wutang joint 'shame on a nigga'

[Taj]

I think forest is the best song but what the hell ! this band rocks