24Yr Old Musician First Time seeing System Of A Down - Toxicity!
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24Yr Old Musician First Time seeing System Of A Down - Toxicity!
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My 14 year old daughter asked for SOAD, Mezmerize on vinyl for Christmas, and my 12 year old son asked for The War of the Worlds 1938 vinyl (older peeps will know what that is).
I feel like something, somewhere, went right.
It always makes me happy seeing the younger generation discovering something new, musically speaking.
Get it, lads!
just bought Mesmerize on vinyl in december last year, slaps so hard :D (also discovered Revenga which i didn't know before on this vinyl lol)
@@Okararu awesome! It's a phenomenal record!
You have great taste in music! 😊
Your son would probably enjoy Old Time Radio. X Minus One is my favorite show on there. It's all Golden Age sci-fi stories, including some by the big names like Clarke, Asimov, and Heinlein.
Find the “steal this album” too it’s before this album, truly fun tbh
I have a few different copies of The War of the Worlds... The movie from the 50's ( can't remember the exact year off the top of my head 54, 56...) and a cd that has the original broadcasting from 1938. My dad always enjoyed this and passed that down to my brother and I. And now I've passed it to my daughter as well.
The shifting time signatures are 6/4, 12/8, and 4/4. The guitarist also plays around with the time here and there. Speaking as a grizzled drummer here. Great reation, guys.
Also can be interpreted as 6/8 the whole way with a super imposed 2 against 3 aesthetic. What makes it interpreted shifting time signatures is because the 2 against 3 is subdivided. So it is a 6/8 with dotted eight notes. But because it is subdivided by drummer and guitarist to dotted 32nd and even dotted 64th notes, it becomes easier to transcribe as a time signature change. However, other instruments and even in the drum pattern are still a 3 pulse which have to be transcribed as triplets in 4/4. And then those have to be subdivided as well….
What makes SOAD amazing is the pop sensibility of all this. Any experienced jazz musician can do complicated time stuff. To make it popular like Brubeck Quartet or SOAD is legendary.
The time signatures don't actually change... there's absolutely no reason to change from 2/4 and/or 4/4 when the triplets start during the climax at the end of the song.
Even better when you listen in reverse. Entirely new track for the other side ❤
Dadrock is a funny term. A lot of people who grew up during the late 90's and early 2000's listened to this and are dads now and still listens to Soad. lol
And moms too.. i was a teenager when listening to soad.. and still one of my favourite bands ever
Yeah this doesn't seem like dad rock at all to me. This seems pretty edgy. And I did grow up thru 70s 80s and loved my late college yrs in early 90's music. this is very progressive music, I think.
Oh dadrock, i thought he said dead Rock....😂
But we are also going wild on the new stuff. BYOB and the mesmerize album came like 6 years later or something
Serj Tankian, not only a good vocalist, also a really good lyricist. He's also a poetry writer, and it shows. I like the line "somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep - disorder". Wich basicly says that existence/life is nothing but a period of disorder, while sleep and death (sacred silence) is when everything is in order. That's what I get from it.
I think you/re spot on and thank you for this
SOAD is timeless. Much love from Austria! Love your reactions and art!
System of a Down was my teenager time. One of the best bands to ever exist. 🤟🏻
Always down for SOAD!
"eating seeds is a past time activity, the toxicity of our city"
Your analysis of that makes so much sense. And I feel dumb for saying this... But I've been listening to this song for 20 years, knew all the lyrics by heart, and I never put that together 😂.
Me too
Serj Tankian - Empty Walls live is phenomenal and really demonstrates his vocals
Your analysis on the “eating seeds” line blew my mind.
Aerials is probably my favorite SOAD song. Definitely worth a listen and possibly reaction
It’s really the drums that are driving that sound fin dope
People always talk about Serj and Darren, but not enough people recognize just how musically inclined John (drummer) and Shavo (bass) are too. The drums absolutely drive this song's sound.
This is my favorite Drumline of all time
As a 60 year old grandmother of 8, I love SOAD among many artists and genres. Metallica, Alice in Chains, Linkin Park, Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, The Mamas and the Papas, Led Zepplin to Kool and the Gang, Commodores, KC and the Sunshine Band, Ohio Players to Barbara Streisand, Madonna, Alanis Morrisette to Tupac, Will Smith, Usher, Michael Jackson, Pitbull. Too many great artists to name. The world is a better place with music in our lives.
One thing I absolutely love about SOAD is how they incorporate Armenian folk reels into pretty much all of their songs.
Layers of folk traditions in popular musical compositions are almost completely unheard of these days but they kept true to their roots and it shines through with every track they put out.
Their two first albums are both sooooo special with so many unique songs you must absolutely listen 💖
And also worth to watch a live from 1997-2001 ❤❤ absolutely crazy❤❤❤❤
Greetings from South Africa. The Lyrics "when I became the Sun , I shone Life into the Mans 'Hearts" is about Christ being the Spirit of the Sun and giving himself and becoming a part of our Hearts. With System of a Down being Ethnically Armenian, their sound and perspective are very different from the average "Western "perspective.
Woooo kids im in my mid 50's and i really enjoy soad most of this music era i was in ny early thirties
BP holy shit man I've been listening to this track since it came out, and never thought of seeds as children before 🤯
Nandi Bushell covered this on the drums and its 🔥🔥🔥
Toxicitiy and their first self titled album got me through school, 90's and early 00's were the best
I feel lucky to be growing up in Europe in early 90s/2000s when it comes to music.
Our parents taught us older music (50s, 60s, 70s).
80s music was still on the radio.
We lived through amazing time for the music - we were exposed to so many genres, European, American.
You were open to everything: from rock, metal, soul, hip hop, trip hop to british 2 step or drum and base.
Beautiful times for older millenials (and maybe older ones too : D )
SOAD is a musttttt. Also Serj Tankians solo stuff is amazing!! Empty Walls Deer Dance. You name it. I’m here for all this. I’m glad you’re getting into rock and metal genres my guy!
I love Serj's first two solo albums and Daron's (the guitar player) albums as 'Scars on Broadway' are also excellent. The fact that these 4 can't make anymore music together is just sad.
Deer Dance is SOAD's song ^^
@@soadfanbg I know. I was just giving him other songs to listen to😂 I probably should’ve worded that better. My bad
I love your breakdown of songs!
I always like Andy's take on older songs. You guys make a great duo. Cheers !
SOAD has always been in a league of their own imo. I'm 42 and have listened to all kinds of music over the yrs but these guys have always been a staple I keep going back to
Just stumbled onto your reactions, love watching. I got to meet you, LA, and Kutt at the black sheep once upon a time. Love from the 719!
LOL Loved the in-sync "stank faces" at 10:11 !!
The vocal style and the spirituality of SOAD is a representation of their ethnicity. It was the singing that first attracted me to them. Keep reacting guys.
LOVE THIS SONG - hope you-guys ENJOY IT!!! The SWITCHES in time signature are MAD-CRAZY-AWESOME!!! :) HUGS!
Serj (singer) is unique in his sound and delivery, but all 4 members are amazing musicians. Shavo (bassist) has written a few songs of theirs, and actually directs a lot of the music videos. Daron (guitarist) actually is credited with writing more than half their songs, including the majority of Hypnotize/Mesmerize. John (drummer) is in my opinion the driving force in almost every song
so damn good..been stuck in my head for the last few mnths
Dad rock !!!!!!!!!! Oh my
Such a dope track!! Love SOAD
Bright young man as guest today.
I´m a Danish woman of 62, and I LOVED SOAD right from the beginning. Serj Tankian has an amazing voice. I heard him live in Copenhagen about 12-13 years ago. ❤❤❤
I kind of think of the lines "between the sacrad silence and skeep - disorder!" as a metaphor, between our sleep and our death (sacrad silence) is disorder (life), and so he asks "how do you own life? how you own disorder?" He both asks of the poeple that think they own the world, how could they think they own other people's lifes and also asks us, we who do not own the world how do we own our lives. The final lines that hint at god creating life may also speak to the messege of our free will that causes disorder.
English is not my first langage, if I mispell something is because I can't bother to check the spelling right now.
Seen them live 🤘🤟🤘🤘🤟
the whole album is 🔥
This song at it's basics is about how we would rather eat our seeds to survive one more day than help us live generations.
Actually, the song per Malakian and Serj is about ADHD, both from the reference point of a sufferer and as someone critical of how ADHD is over-diagnosed and kids are over-medicated. The lyrics are purposefully cryptic because that's how it can feel expressing yourself with ADHD. The line "looking at life through the eyes of a tire(d) hub" can be read as having a frame of reference that is spinning on it's axis AND constantly moving like one's focus is. If you connect it to the Software line before, it could also be a reference to an internet hub, which is a dumb piece of network equipment that handles all internet traffic but doesn't interact with it in an intelligent way and repeats it from one source to many sources, which is how a lot of ADHD people who are unmedicated work in school, they receive knowledge, they parrot it, but they don't necessarily absorb it.
That said seeds are ritalin, which has become "a pasttime activity" IE we're overmedicating our children to the point of toxicity on powerful stimulants (especially "in our city" which is a reference to inner city schools), which in the best case scenario they do have ADHD and it functions as a governor for their impulse control and they are able to focus, however even people who are successful on medication (of which I am one, certified diagnosed multiple times) will tell you it feels like something is taken from you by that medication because you feel like you're a great multitasker who can do anything. That is objectively not true (your task performance is lower on multiple tasks rather than one focused task) however it still feels like you're being robbed of intelligence and capability. Worst case scenario they don't have the condition and you're giving them amphetamines.
Which leads to "somewhere between the sacred silence (death) and sleep (cousin of death)" Which is the state ritalin, especially ritalin, can leave you in with a cognitive fog over everything, thankfully dexamphetamine is better about this, and the pure lys-dexamphetamine of the newest class of drugs don't dirty it up with levo-amphetamine.
The lines "You! What do you own? The world. How do you own disorder?!" (punctuation put in the correct places because it doesn't flow like that in the song but this is what is being "said") is a dialogue. It's the person with ADHD asking someone who has their shit together (they own the world) how they can cope, (how do you own disorder?). The then repeated screams of disorder disorder is frustration both with the idea that because they think differently and learn differently (ADHD is notorious for hyperfixation, if a kid is interested in something they will voraciously devour it) they must have a disorder as opposed to being a fully fledged person with their own needs, but also with the disordered thought patterns and focus of ADHD itself.
Overall it's a song that communicates the nucanced feelings of someone who truly suffers from ADHD, believes that feeding kids stimulants as chemical restraint in schools isn't good for them, but also recognizes the detrimental effects a lack of medication has on themselves. I'm also glad it exists, because it very much is a good example how a lot of people with ADHD actually feel about their condition, it's messy and there's no really good answer.
*two* of them sing. the guitarist does the "screeching"...
You and Andiroo need to check out Ne Obliviscaris. Some of the most ridiculously complex composition you'll find. The songs you should check out are And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope (Live in Colorado 2016), or Equus
You should definitely check out prison song by them
Talented young lad. Love it.
I remember jamming out to this with my brother and music like it on the long drive up the 46 to get home from Denver
Y'all know the lead singer of SOAD did a song with Tech N9ne right? Serj did the chorus for Tech's Straight out the Gate.
SOAD are one of the best bands of the world 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻😍
SOAD is just an incredible band!
yehh
Talking about unique vocalists, might I suggest Devin Townsend?
Try "Deadhead" from his live show "Live at Royal Albert Hall".
Alternatively, the holy trinity "Funeral/Bastard/Death of Music" from the
same London show or from the concert in Plovdiv.
He spans everything from metal to Disney.....
This has been a welcome break from my political videos I've been watching. I've watched so much of the catalog since I found this channel a few days ago.
"Eating seeds is a past time activity" instead of planting seeds for the future
Love this and thanks you guys! Also you should check some of Serjs collabs. His song with Tech 9ine is amazing!
This is their best song
Kid knows his shit when it comes to music. Keep it up, keep learning. Much love
Hey BP i wonder if you remember a previous react you did : MB14 VS SARO on a semifinal Loopstation battle ?
MB14 did that song on his 2nd round , the beat was sick but i think he lacked some grint in his voice for the chorus , but man... how he did the music was gorgeous
I hope you will soon react to his "MB14 LA cup 2018 worlwide showcase" , that is a BANGER
Peg, i always thort the line "eating seeds as a pass time activity' was saying we as humans are the chickens chasing the next day, just to do the same thing the next day. Just eat the seeds when they are infront of you
Serj Tankian is the lead vocalist. You two should really check out his solo song Empty Walls. Based on what you were describing that you like about his voice, I think you’d enjoy it!
Really enjoyed your son being on with you....
I agree with you. I had to write a small paper for my english teacher about the symbolism in this song. Eating seeds being a metaphor for eating the city eating the youth is how I took that as well. Also in the video all the L.A. stuff makes it a shot at L.A. as well
I always interpreted it as a clever jab at literally eating seeds, which, in of itself is eating and destroying something that could be planted and could grow. Another statement about how we don't value life in all forms.
Thank you for making positive entertainment I can escape our troublesome world to.
To be completely honest, BP you have to react to basically this entire album. The entire album is fire from start to finish. Not a single bad, or "meh" song on it. Its in my top 5 all time albums of all time, and I'm sure many people will agree with that
Stars are the angels.
Also, there are TWO lead vocalists. Re-watch BYOB. You will see the guitarist is the screamer and Serj is the main singer. Serj still has incredible range of pitch and dynamics but I have always thought SOAD is the only harmonic metal/hard rock band I have EVER heard. Other metal bands have done the occasional soft song or even soft section - Disturbed, Evanescence… but only SOAD has interesting soft harmonies and then super LoUD harmonies. Nobody has the harmony.
I love my boy Slug from Atmosphere that’s dope that you say that
I always heard Deserter, only now heard Disorder, and i listened to it shortly after it came out aswell :D, but ive never bothered looking up the lyrics. Im "whydyouleavehtekidsuponthetable, you werent to!"-gang haha, doesnt matter what he says, its awesome.
Funny stuff
oh wow, soad is in the dad rock category now? just felt my age.
Now it's time for "SUGAR"!
There are some songs where you HAVE to look up what they mean or you will never understand what the artist was referring to. Such as "wake me up when September ends" and "3am" both songs are about tragedy, the former about the death of a parent and the latter about the songwriters mom going through cancer.
Have you guys heard Lonely Day from SOaD, yet? The bassist? Does the lead vocs with serj backing.
Whole album is amazing, but this song is my favorite. Had young lass wanting to learn the drums. I definitely think "When I became the Son..." to me seems to be about connecting to God in spirit and the influence on people as a result.
The screeches on BYOB are performed by Daron Malakian, the guitarist
Reading the lyrics read like it’s spoken word
Epic band
SOAD! Yes!
Thank you!
Show Andiroo
SO-SO - Lost Lands 2022
Epic looper.. epic track
Serje is his name 🥰
Song means... Life is disorder..... things like silence are order... sleep is order
Serj Tankien doing his song Empty Walls hits different you should check it out!
D and Serg are amazing
If your going down the SOAD rabbit hole you’ve got to check out Prison Song 🎵
So, you guys mentioned Serj sitting in a dungeon writing his lyrics.
There was a story going around way back in like, '00 that Marylin Manson wrote the Mechanical Animals album while locked in a room where everything was white and he was experimenting with a powdered form of an animal tranquilizer.
Trying looking up Nandi Bushell's Drum Cover of this when she was like 9 or 10 years old.
Tech Nine and Serj did a song together. Its so good. " Straight Out The Gate" check it out.
System of down is amazing you should listen to their song question
It's funny how people always say how unique his voice is yet he sounds so much like Jello Biafra from the Dead Kennedy's it ain't even funny.
You should check out their song called "prison song" if you want some real hard truths in song format. Also an absolute banger of a song. Also the song Serj did with Tina Guo - moonhearts in space.
SOAD is one of the pillars of new age American Metal in my opinion check out Sugar, Cargo, Questions , Ariels
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Do Radio/video too!
I was 11 when this album came out and my GMA got it for me for Christmas.. I had the boss anti shock discman.:
Bruh listen to the entire toxicity album. It was best alternative album 2001
Had my bone marrow biopsy today and got out of hospital yesterday for pneumonia and other stuff. I had so many antibiotics, I have to get over it this time. Strongest antibiotic they make and three others but feel fortunate to made it thru what others died from in 2020. Love to you all 🦠💚🦠💚
There's many different interpretations for this song. There's always double meanings in their songs. One of the things Serj mentioned about this song, is it was written with the representation of his ADHD and Insomnia. Part of the double meaning in the lyrics has to do with his personal struggles with disorders. That's also part of the inspiration for the music, video and time signatures jumping around. It portrays what it's like for someone with ADHD and their attention span.
If Andi isn't familiar with Bruce Hornsby, a classically trained pianist analysing that would be cool.
These brothers are Armenian Americans...they sprinkle their Mediterranean flavor all over their music and I FREEKING Love it
Sugar next ❤
Spiders is my favorite yall should check that one out😊
Pegasus reminds me of that childhood friend, who never made it past 5th grade and was still using his finger to read in his late 20s 😂
I'm 41 years old. Listened to System of a down when I was in school. Not a dad yet. For me dad rock would be something my parents would listen to, wich definately isn't SOAD, but maybe something from the 60ies, 70ies 😂
Would love to see you and Andy take a look at Sleep Token's Back To Eden Album. The titular song has some amazing lyricism.
Tyler Childers - Keep Your Nose On The Grindstone check it out outlaw country and you like johhy cash The Ballad of Ira Hayes makes me cry
check out chicago "25 or 6 to 4 Tanglewood" its live, - you will see one of the best guitar solos . you 100% will freak