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Atreyu - demonology and heartache. Really good lines here. (omg thinking about the lyrics something just hit me about one line that I didn't realize before ho crap lol.) Conception - Roll The Fire 2.0 Placebo - Pierrot the Clown
metal genre is so underrated and frowned upon by people who think its only screaming , yet if you dig more and more you find some of the best lyricism you can imagine
yes, some people dont understand that there are sooo many sub-genres :D 01. Alt metal - Disturbed, Korn, Papa Roach, Nonpoint 02. Nu metal - Disturbed, Drowning Pool, Papa Roach, Mudvayne 03. Hard rock - Van Halen, Twisted Sister, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent 04. Groove metal - DevilDriver, Lamb Of God, Trivium, Machine Head 05. Rap metal - Linkin Park, Papa Roach, Korn, Disturbed 06. Funk metal - Incubus, Korn, Rage Against The Machine, Living Colour 07. Metal - Iron Maiden, King Diamond, Motorhead, Megadeth 08. Metalcore - Parkway Drive, Atreyu, All That Remains, Killswitch Engage 09. Speed metal - King Diamond, Megadeth, Kreator, Nevermore 10. Melodic metalcore - Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, As I Lay Dying, Trivium 11. Industrial metal - Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Fear Factory 12. Prog metal - Queensryche, Symphony X, Kamelot, Nevermore 13. Power metal - Avantasia, Sabaton, Edguy, Dream Evil 14. Death metal - Death, Carcass, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse 15. Thrash metal - Slayer, Exodus, Kreator, Metal Church 16. Glam metal - Poison, Warrant, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot 17. Melodic death metal - Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, In Flames 18. Neo-classical metal - Symphony X, Kamelot, Angra, Stratovarius 19. Symphonic metal - Nightwish, Delain, Edenbridge, Epica, Leaves’ Eyes 20. Deathcore - Whitechapel, Carnifex, After The Burial, Suicide Silence 21. Gothic metal - Sirenia, Lacuna Coil, Tristania, Within Temptation 22. German metal - Mystic Prophecy, Angel Dust, Powerwolf, Edguy 23. Gothic symphonic metal - Delain, Sirenia, Leaves’ Eyes, Xandria 24. Stoner rock - Orange Goblin, Fu Manchu, High On Fire, Spiritual Beggars 25. Folk metal - Eluveitie, Turisas, Ensiferum, Equilibrium
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but, Serj is technically classically trained, that’s why he’s able to SO MUCH with his voice. I absolutely love his solo stuff with a symphony playing behind him.
Yes!! I was looking through the comentaries for this one, because if no one else said It I would.... Serj can Sing opera!!! He is a great vocalist and I LOVE this band...
You are never "reaching" with SOAD lyrics interpretation, this is one of the most poetic metaphoric metal bands in this genre, layers upon layers of meanings even when it sounds "silly" as I hope you'd come to see if you continue this journey. Another band you definitely need to check out and get headache from is Tool, I'd suggest you check out Ænema
Some of their silly lyrics are in fact silly. Serj has drawn influence from the ideas of Dadaism so not every lyric has a deeper meaning, or any meaning at all.
@@trickshotsmoviesandcubing2317you might be right and I admittedly don’t know what that term means in this context, but my belief is that is has meaning to the lifestyle he’s describing. Idk I’m not an Armenian living in the US so I give it all the benefit of the doubt that he’s either seriously or comically referring to the topic in hand lol
The sacred silence is achievements, wealth ( like watch me. I dont have to explain myself, you see me working fine) so you don't have issues in this capitalistic world. But can you really sleep? Also privacy of the famous ones
conversation software v 7.0 = god created us in 7 days. is looking to us through the tire hub staying eternaly calm while we spin circles in total disorder. I am not religious person, but this biblical interpretation hit me from the first hearing. and btw god went to sleep after creating us, didn't he? yah
@@AgassiPS Then he ate seeds as activity, like being bored of seing his creation behaving so dull, despite being in a amazing planet. Then it gets hectic, in way, god pointing to us, “ you owe me desorder”, your duty is to live, live life to the fullest. No surprise, in the end the lyrics says : “When I became the sun I shone life into the man's hearts When I became the sun I shone life into the man's hearts” Telling us Humans, his divine creation, that he brought us life, by putting fire in our hearts
Something to be aware of with SOAD is that while a lot of their lyrics are very political and deep, a lot of them are also absurdist and meant to be funny/ridiculous. Absolutely brilliant band!
Two SOAD songs, you've already reacted to, are from their album "Toxicity", so you should also react to "Aerials" from the same album. It's definitely worth it!
I agree, but DO NOT start with "Killing in the Name". It's the song most reactors start with and it's a great song, but not a good representation of the bars they drop on every other song. I'd suggest "Fistfull of steel" or maybe "Guerilla Radio" to check out first.
Holy crap my man. I'm loving your metal Mondays. You analysis is amazing and has made me realize I've been superficially enjoying these songs for decades. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
It really is wild listening to these songs growing up and now looking back at them through these reactions from someone with a fresh perspective is....wild. I never knew this song was about ADHD when I was a teen, and now being in my 30's restarting my Adderall script after some years of being off it to try and improve my overall focus... eating my seeds.
In the "eating seeds as a pass time activity" they were referencing how it was common for people in their home town to eat seeds to pass the time because unemployment was so high and the overall message of the song speaks out against gvt corruption. However this like most metal songs can be interpreted in many ways and it was cool to see your take on a first listen. I hope you continue your metal journey the genre is loaded with extremely deep songs with fantastic instrumentals. 🤘
Bro, so many reaction channels add metal and you can just tell they couldn't give less of a fuck about it, but they bob their head and say what a banger the song was. So thank you for actually taking this seriously and showing metal some love by giving these amazing breakdowns.
I've been listening to this song for years and watching you break it down, I realized I never understood the lyrics. Great takes and reactions. You're the best!
Conversion, software versión 7.0 (Today music is used to bring ideas to the people softly/to upload people with knowledge without them realizing it [instead of converting people with violence as in the past] to convert them into good people. 7 is the number of God.) Looking at life through the eyes of a tire hub. (Like a Rolling Stone-- wandering through life without having the conviction to build upon the stable foundation of Jesús's teachings, life will have a swirling chaotic appearance.) Eating seeds is a pass-time activity. (The many temptations and traps set for us are meant to weed-out weaker peoples' offspring from the population.) The toxicity of our city. (The evil which constantly grows among populations as random genetic mutations create disfunctional people and hedonism corrupts people in times of peace and prosperity. ) More wood for their fires, loud neighbors. (Another metaphor for the slow-motion genocide used to guide population growth. Loud neighbors being bad people, especially those who fight with their own families. Neighbors referring to the fact that we all share this planet.) Flashlight reveries... (Revering/worshipping/paying attention to an artificial light source such as fame, wealth, ideology rather than worshipping The Sun/The Son of God.) ...caught in the headlights of a truck. (A death sentence for those distracted by flashing lights.) You, how do you own the world? (How is it possible to control the population in such a way as to create peace and prosperity, while also protecting the planet and colonizing space?) How do you own disorder? (How can someone convert the population to follow Jesus when people are rebellious and their random genetic mutations cause them to slowly become useless without some type of selective pressure to guide their evolution?) Sacred Silence (Perfect Order. Those who have acheived economic liberation and moral enlightenment become crystalized, as their desire for sex and adventure disappears, and they hide themselves away from the people as to not create jealousy nor spread their crystalization.) Sleep (The darkness of the absolute chaos of nature without any conscious beings.) Now, somewhere between the Sacred Silence and Sleep. (Humanity today--the place between the perfect order of The Illuminated Ones and the Absolute Chaos of Nature. ☯️ The place where the action happens, sex/reproduction, adventure/discovery. The place where new forms of being are born and rise.) Disorder. (The purposeful introduction of Chaos to balance out Humanities natural inclination to Order our world. The balance between Chaos and Order.) When I became The Sun.... (When I achieved the enlightenment and wealth which put me above humanity and made me a true source of illumination for them. When i became a Son of God/an embassador for the growth of the consciousness of The Universe through human evolution.) ...I shone life into the man's hearts. (I illuminated/I converted softly. I showed people how to awaken their spirits so they would create technologies and families and mass movements which grow humanity's glory.)
Dude, I'm so happy that metal Mondays is a thing. I've been looking forward to it every week. I've never seen any other reactor break down lyrics like you. I appreciate you as always Knox!
I love the guy... But how do we know it's a "reaction"? Like I respect his analysis which is why I always come back. But his takes are too nuanced to be organic on the spot.
@@jcon2060 you can listen to song for decades and never really hear the song, we need to believe him, and reaction is still even when you heard it like million times, at different times in your life you can hear there something else every time
@@jcon2060one thing to note is his delayed reactions to tempo changes, particularly at the start. You can often tell when reactors already know a song as they anticipate the changes
@@metalgearbear9748 that's a very straight forward song especially for Tool. The meaning is too obvious, he's better suited doing a more lyrically layered song.
This was the first SOAD song and one of the first metal songs I ever heard, so it holds a special place in my heart. Also thanks to this song, I can never eat or even look at sunflower seeds without singing the eating seeds line 😅 Something to keep in mind Knox, you always ask could it mean this or could it mean this other thing and the answer is usually yes. Double entendres are very prevalent in metal so lyrics can always be interpreted as one, the other, both or neither
@@GhostWatcher2024 theres a whole sub genre of rap heavily influenced by metal called trap metal. Check out some city morgue they’re the closest to what you’ve described
Serj treats his voice like an instrument (which it is) and can do so much with it. It blows me away every time I hear it. One of the greatest vocalists to ever exist.
Came for Ren, stayed for metal mondays 👏 I've been singing this song acoustically around campfires at festivals for ten years, and have never ever considered some of the analysis laid out here. Excellent job sir
I love your soad reactions so much man! I always wondered if the eating seeds line refers to big Hollywood producers that use/destroy the people that want to make it in Hollywood for their personal gain. Seeds= actors/talents that have not fully bloomed yet. And they basically chew on them and spit them out if they don't need them anymore
The lyrics to this song were always a bit too abstract for me to really grasp. I could completely be out in left field, but I always felt he was saying that the natural state of the world is disorder. All that is between sleep and death is disorder. Through our governments and ultimately our cities we try to tame and control that disorder but we are just fighting a losing battle against the natural state of things. Like I said, I may be way off target, but that's kinda how the lyrics always hit me.
I think this is probably why so many of us love SOAD, there's always multiple layers and ways to dissect their songs even beyond what they meant initially. Truly one of the greatest musician artists of our generations.
One of the reasons I like Tool. I'm nowhere near the biggest tool fan but I just love how many ways you can interpret songs, my favorite example being the song Stinkfist.
Been listening to this since high school when it came out. This has been the best breakdown of the song I've come across without competition, you nailed it man Always a fan, cheers
so happy you're doing more SOAD ! I think the lyrics your might like best are in Aerials (my fave soad song), the lyrics are just incredibly deep and wonderful !
I love the faces you pull so honest and intriguing. I laugh each time. I love metal and hip-hop so it is refreshing to see you expanding out like this. Much respect!
Rap is lyricism in its purest form and it's visible in how you're able to pick out so much meaning in all these songs on a first listen. Clicking through your videos was a very good idea, I am very much not disappointed
System Of A Down is a badass band! For christmas, you should look at some of the "a metal xmas and a headbanging newyear" album that was a collab of many ledgendary metal artists including DIO.
Nailed it again bro! SOAD has such depth in their lyrics that even 20 years later you still find more and more meanings. Love your breakdowns! Also, I recommend you react to Anthony Vincent and his 10 seconds songs, I am sure you`ll just adore it!
I am SO glad you're doing metal mondays! I think your background really makes you someone who can hone in on lyricism and meaning in these songs like few people can; it's an absolute pleasure to hear what you have to say!
Dude your insight is on point! I am a song writer, and sang in a band and I LOVE your views on this song man keep on reacting so people can see and hear what they couldn't before open the eyes,ears,and minds of the slumbering from their snow white dream state that the media has fed the perfect looking apple to that they precieved as organic but was really GMO
You have made Mondays turn from a dreadful day of classes and back to work to a time to relax for a couple minutes and hear amazing breakdowns of some of my favorite songs. I discovered you through breakdowns of ERB and the knowledge you have amazed me with how many lines you were able to understand as well as take every line Deeper then the surface meaning. A truly intelligent lyricist and it shows in your music as well
I've always felt the line of "looking at Life through The eyes of a tire hub" Conjures an image in my head of an orphan in a junkyard peaking at what's happening through the pile of waste and garbage This is yet another phenomenal album produced by in my opinion the greatest producer of all time Rick Rubin just imagine being attached to both this album and Jay Z's Black album within a couple years of each other And those don't even scratch the surface of the amazing things that Rick Rubin has done My personal favorite on this album is ATWA a little more melodic and yet still makes you want to kick something when it goes hard
Dude, in “Deer Dance” they say “Behind the Staple Center, you can see America”. That line has always stuck with me. System has lots of interesting lyrics.
man serj s voice is just off the charts man ive been listening to this since day 1 and never got as much as you did in one litsen your so good at breaking it down man good job
For your metal analysis you got a new subscriber, the System of a Down and Slipknot songs are so lyrical so poetic especially in the SoaD songs, keep up the amazing work👍
You may not see this but I've listened to this song more times than I can even imagine. I never drew the connection until just now... You talked about the point of owning disorder. On the cusp of chaos we as people act as if we're in full control. We control our sleep. We fight sleep. We force ourselves at times to go to sleep. But what's just beyond that, which we have no control at all.
Beautiful interpretation and that is what real music is all about, it is meant to invoke a response within the listener and how they resonate with the piece they are listening to. When it comes to music like rock and metal, it usually comes from a raw emotional place, with certain alternatives of today like Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi, it comes from the same place however presented more sensitive to the listener so that it doesn't insight rageful or depressed emotions or actions. Music is a perfect tool for expression, but we get to experience it through different styles that relate to our tastes and when we do vibe with a song we can relate to, it helps us feel, then heal and it just makes this disorder of life, just that a little more bearable. I lost my nan, my best friend and my cat in the space of just shy of 5 months (May to September), but music as well as other passions like writing has helped me get through it all and come out the other side, whilst this battle is still going on among other battles, it's really music and writing, my passions that have helped me through. Wasn't looking for any sympathy there, just hoping my experience could help some else relate, that being said, thank you Knox Hill for always educating me and giving me brand new eyes into some of my favourite media, especially your ERB segments. Keep it Knoxy!!
The line with "eating seeds", I also see a way to interprete it as eating the source of life and destroying potential for groth. As seeds are that from which life sprouts. Eating them would litterally kill the next generation. This line seems so superficial and meaningless on the first glance, because most people would take it litterally, just eating a couple sunflower seeds and chilling, but you can take it on so many different levels, i absolutely love that line. Bars.
We all know that you are a lyrics breakdown God, but the best thing about metal mondays is watching you react to another genre. Love it! I listen to a very wide range of music and I'm almost equally into rap and rock (and love crossovers) so it's fascinating to me that most of these rock bangers are new to you. Very enjoyable :)
What i get from eating seeds its poppy seeds, morphine , being doped up as a past time activity, then toxicity which is doped up ppl around the city, thats how i always interpreted it
So happy your breaking down rock and metal Knox, I've been a fan of yours for a while and it's great to hear you interpretation of this poetry that not many even care to hear. Your lyrical breakdowns are unmatched 🙏👍
I love how you step out of your comfort zone with these songs and are able to analyze and break them down so well. I'd love to hear you talk about Black Parade by My Chemical Romance and/or the Sound of Silence by Disturbed!
Hello, I believe the "eating seeds as a pastime activity" is a reference to Persephone from Greek myth. Persephone, who had been spirited away to Hades, was offered food of the underworld and because of that, she couldn't leave.
It's awesome to see how close he gets to one layer of meaning in his outro there. Literally about ADD, Attention Deficit *Disorder* and he hits that right at 13:40, "ADD style"
That might be the best reaction of this song i saw. You pick up levels of details and make links really quickly, i'm really impressed. I grew up with their songs at home, so i'm used to their style, but since english isn't my 1st language, i'm still picking up parts of interpretation and lyrics years later. On a side note, SOAD once said their songs are up to the listener's interpretation, so there is no fixed, realer not truer meaning. Which is awesome, because even though we can still figure out what they meant, our subjectives comprehensions are given as much worth as theirs' while creating them :) Another thing, more personal this time : i have ADHD, and, probably as a correlation because of how it works, tend to mostly like and feel songs with changes in their melodies or rhythms. Serj's voice is the most obvious example here i believe (the melodious endings of his sentences in the calm phase), but they don't give you time to get bored, or used to the song : there's always something going on... kind of as in a city, a mind, a disorder, or anything built with and around complex connected elements. Everything is made up, and a total of coexisting elements, somehow gravitating together. It doesn't mean it is stable (atomes and atomic material would be a fitting example). The city is hectic. Secret silence (i'm guessing omertà about traffics of all kinds, officials or illegal ones, similar in their link with money) can be bought easily. Moreover, they're from Hollywood, if i remember well ? At least they talked about it vehemently in a few songs. And Hollywood is... maybe more chaotic and disastrous than a bunch of cities ? Once again, there's probably a parallel to make with the camera work, its' rhythm, the lighting... Lastly, we sleep too much on John Dolmayan's drumming skills. He's powerful, precise, and more than a background metronome-ish sound. It's nice to actually distinctly *hear* the drums. :)
I always thought with this song the music is done so extremely well to match perfectly what they are expressing through lyrics . That if you took the vocals out and just listened to the instruments and sound you would come out of it thinking, wow that was all over the place (disorder) It just a perfect melting of lyrics and music. Loved your reaction Knox I really don’t know anybody else that gets lyrics as fast as you do. Can’t wait for more!!
Loving this metal Mondays series. You should add Alter Bridge -" blackbird" (studio version is perfect but if you want live version go the Amsterdam one) or "words darker than their wings" (live version for sure) Amazingly talented and under-rated band.
Great reaction, SOAD is incredible. If you want to do more songs by them, my two personal suggestions would be BYOB and Aerials, though it's really hard to go wrong with any song by them.
Bro this is why I subscribed. This man is so clever. How do you think of these things so fast? Props to you. Your lighting bulbs in my head with each word out of you lol.
Always love hearing your thoughts on the lyrics. In my opinion, this is the greatest reaction channel on UA-cam. Would really like to see your reaction to Ghost for metal Monday. Kaisarion, Spillways, Twenties, Cirice, Square Hammer, Dance Macabre, Watcher in the Sky, and Mummy Dust is a small start. Some may debate as if Ghost is truly metal, but I say it’s as if Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult had a bastard child
Loving Metal Mondays. What a great way to start the week 😊 I have listened to this song so many times and still don’t know most of the lyrics (outside the hook). Then Knox comes in, like a boss, and fuckin’ beaks that shit down. Truly amazing what you do Knox; respect. Looking forward to next Monday. ✌🏻💕😊
Got a subscription from me! I love how you stop and think about the lyrics. I've watched so many reaction videos where they don't even think about the context of the song. Such a good analysis! I'm also a musician, and I love how you take it all in. The music, the lyrics, the video, the context. Well Done.
I'd love for you to react to Avenged Sevenfold's "Save Me". the raw passion in the vocals will send shivers down your spine and the lyrics will hit you insanely hard. A7X has so many beautiful hard hitting songs like "Save Me" too. so many songs I think you'd love.
For regular concerts I usually recommend checking the few days leading up to the show, because often resellers will offer tickets closer to face value (or even less,) but not sure if that would work with a festival this big
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System of a down - BYOB for metal monday and if you want to try Dutch rap Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Ik Kwam Haar Tegen In De Moshpit
Atreyu - demonology and heartache. Really good lines here. (omg thinking about the lyrics something just hit me about one line that I didn't realize before ho crap lol.)
Conception - Roll The Fire 2.0
Placebo - Pierrot the Clown
I'm so glad you are reacting to my favorite band again 🔥💯🎶
Been wanting you to listen to their music
Ps. Can't wait till you react to B.Y.O.B. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Tool- Sober !
Tool-Lateralus
metal genre is so underrated and frowned upon by people who think its only screaming , yet if you dig more and more you find some of the best lyricism you can imagine
yes, some people dont understand that there are sooo many sub-genres :D
01. Alt metal - Disturbed, Korn, Papa Roach, Nonpoint
02. Nu metal - Disturbed, Drowning Pool, Papa Roach, Mudvayne
03. Hard rock - Van Halen, Twisted Sister, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent
04. Groove metal - DevilDriver, Lamb Of God, Trivium, Machine Head
05. Rap metal - Linkin Park, Papa Roach, Korn, Disturbed
06. Funk metal - Incubus, Korn, Rage Against The Machine, Living Colour
07. Metal - Iron Maiden, King Diamond, Motorhead, Megadeth
08. Metalcore - Parkway Drive, Atreyu, All That Remains, Killswitch Engage
09. Speed metal - King Diamond, Megadeth, Kreator, Nevermore
10. Melodic metalcore - Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, As I Lay Dying, Trivium
11. Industrial metal - Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Fear Factory
12. Prog metal - Queensryche, Symphony X, Kamelot, Nevermore
13. Power metal - Avantasia, Sabaton, Edguy, Dream Evil
14. Death metal - Death, Carcass, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse
15. Thrash metal - Slayer, Exodus, Kreator, Metal Church
16. Glam metal - Poison, Warrant, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot
17. Melodic death metal - Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, In Flames
18. Neo-classical metal - Symphony X, Kamelot, Angra, Stratovarius
19. Symphonic metal - Nightwish, Delain, Edenbridge, Epica, Leaves’ Eyes
20. Deathcore - Whitechapel, Carnifex, After The Burial, Suicide Silence
21. Gothic metal - Sirenia, Lacuna Coil, Tristania, Within Temptation
22. German metal - Mystic Prophecy, Angel Dust, Powerwolf, Edguy
23. Gothic symphonic metal - Delain, Sirenia, Leaves’ Eyes, Xandria
24. Stoner rock - Orange Goblin, Fu Manchu, High On Fire, Spiritual Beggars
25. Folk metal - Eluveitie, Turisas, Ensiferum, Equilibrium
Yes, the metal is very BIG!!!
@@Bloodbound89 I appreciate how much effort was put into this comment, very well done man
Recommending guilty gear soundtracks to my fellow metalheads.
Metal is massive but it’s also a sub genre of rock. Rock is the base term. So are those sub sub genres?
Knox is the only person I've seen that can keep up with all of these bands' lyricism on his first listen. Incredible
Seriously took me years to figure out I was singing the wrong words! lol
bro he's a rapper, he knows about music
@@ikr233that has nothing to do with it, many artist arent musically inclinled, they just have one lane and thats all they know, this man is smart haha
@@IsThatHuncho bro it's just hearing lyrics its not hard
@@ikr233 Its not at all, but not all people get what soad’s lyrics mean the first time around haha
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but, Serj is technically classically trained, that’s why he’s able to SO MUCH with his voice. I absolutely love his solo stuff with a symphony playing behind him.
Yes!! I was looking through the comentaries for this one, because if no one else said It I would.... Serj can Sing opera!!! He is a great vocalist and I LOVE this band...
I didn't know that, but that honestly does not surprise me at all.
@@astartea8426Serj is armenian and they are famous for their singing.
@@Eroshenkova obviously, I know that😅😂😅😂😅😂
Have you heard how high his pitch can go? It’s high.
You are never "reaching" with SOAD lyrics interpretation, this is one of the most poetic metaphoric metal bands in this genre, layers upon layers of meanings even when it sounds "silly" as I hope you'd come to see if you continue this journey.
Another band you definitely need to check out and get headache from is Tool, I'd suggest you check out Ænema
I said the same thing! He would go apeshit over that song!!
Some of their silly lyrics are in fact silly. Serj has drawn influence from the ideas of Dadaism so not every lyric has a deeper meaning, or any meaning at all.
@@mastod0n1yeah, while VoO has meaning, I doubt the "terracotta pie" part does
@@trickshotsmoviesandcubing2317you might be right and I admittedly don’t know what that term means in this context, but my belief is that is has meaning to the lifestyle he’s describing. Idk I’m not an Armenian living in the US so I give it all the benefit of the doubt that he’s either seriously or comically referring to the topic in hand lol
@@tgreeny I watched a video and he figured out that "terracotta pie" means s butt hole, and banana... You get the picture
Great interpretation man. “Somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep. Disorder.” Sacred silence = pre-birth; sleep = death; disorder = life. 🤘
Perhaps "sleep" and "disorder" are paired.
The sacred silence is achievements, wealth ( like watch me. I dont have to explain myself, you see me working fine) so you don't have issues in this capitalistic world. But can you really sleep? Also privacy of the famous ones
What I love about music, is it is art. So you can interpret it so many different ways.
conversation software v 7.0 = god created us in 7 days. is looking to us through the tire hub staying eternaly calm while we spin circles in total disorder. I am not religious person, but this biblical interpretation hit me from the first hearing. and btw god went to sleep after creating us, didn't he? yah
@@AgassiPS
Then he ate seeds as activity, like being bored of seing his creation behaving so dull, despite being in a amazing planet.
Then it gets hectic, in way, god pointing to us, “ you owe me desorder”, your duty is to live, live life to the fullest.
No surprise, in the end the lyrics says :
“When I became the sun
I shone life into the man's hearts
When I became the sun
I shone life into the man's hearts”
Telling us Humans, his divine creation, that he brought us life, by putting fire in our hearts
Something to be aware of with SOAD is that while a lot of their lyrics are very political and deep, a lot of them are also absurdist and meant to be funny/ridiculous. Absolutely brilliant band!
I can't wait for the i-e-a-i-a-i-o lyric breakdown
Bounce?
@@mooncalf_4534 Vicinity of Obscenity. Banana Terracotta Pie lyric deep dive, when?
@@chrisjacksonSATX lol that songs about having an orgy. Just one pogo stick tho!
@@mooncalf_4534 knowing Knox he'll get it right off the bat, dude has some crazy knowledge and patern recognition skills
Two SOAD songs, you've already reacted to, are from their album "Toxicity", so you should also react to "Aerials" from the same album. It's definitely worth it!
This
Yes please! We need this!
Agree!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤
Aerials is one of my favorite songs by SOAD
Holy fuck your breakdowns are WAAAAAY better than anyone else I've ever seen on UA-cam.
Gonna keep saying Rage Against the Machine till it happens!
Killing In The Name Of
I'm getting in on this.
Bullet In the head, killing in the name of....
Fistful of Steel is a great song for him to do
yeeees ! Calm like a bomb ! or Killing in the name of !
I agree, but DO NOT start with "Killing in the Name". It's the song most reactors start with and it's a great song, but not a good representation of the bars they drop on every other song.
I'd suggest "Fistfull of steel" or maybe "Guerilla Radio" to check out first.
Holy crap my man. I'm loving your metal Mondays. You analysis is amazing and has made me realize I've been superficially enjoying these songs for decades.
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
RATM, the simplest lyrics ever written
Yeah, I have a feeling Knox will love Killing In The Name, Bulls On Parade and Know Your Enemy
It really is wild listening to these songs growing up and now looking back at them through these reactions from someone with a fresh perspective is....wild. I never knew this song was about ADHD when I was a teen, and now being in my 30's restarting my Adderall script after some years of being off it to try and improve my overall focus... eating my seeds.
Fun fact: The great camerawork & music video was directed by their own Bassist - Shavo Odadjian 👏👏👏
In the "eating seeds as a pass time activity" they were referencing how it was common for people in their home town to eat seeds to pass the time because unemployment was so high and the overall message of the song speaks out against gvt corruption. However this like most metal songs can be interpreted in many ways and it was cool to see your take on a first listen. I hope you continue your metal journey the genre is loaded with extremely deep songs with fantastic instrumentals. 🤘
Bro, so many reaction channels add metal and you can just tell they couldn't give less of a fuck about it, but they bob their head and say what a banger the song was. So thank you for actually taking this seriously and showing metal some love by giving these amazing breakdowns.
Honestly man, you gotta do the whole Toxicity album. It's severely overlooked and by far one of the best metal albums of all time.
^^^^THIS
It would be funny to see him react to spiders or sugar lol😂
@@justinbeckstrom4986 sugar would be amazing
@@justinbeckstrom4986 Sugar would be amazing! Deer Dance and Prison Song I think he would have a great reaction to.
I whole heartedly agree.
I've been listening to this song for years and watching you break it down, I realized I never understood the lyrics. Great takes and reactions. You're the best!
Conversion, software versión 7.0
(Today music is used to bring ideas to the people softly/to upload people with knowledge without them realizing it [instead of converting people with violence as in the past] to convert them into good people. 7 is the number of God.)
Looking at life through the eyes of a tire hub.
(Like a Rolling Stone-- wandering through life without having the conviction to build upon the stable foundation of Jesús's teachings, life will have a swirling chaotic appearance.)
Eating seeds is a pass-time activity.
(The many temptations and traps set for us are meant to weed-out weaker peoples' offspring from the population.)
The toxicity of our city.
(The evil which constantly grows among populations as random genetic mutations create disfunctional people and hedonism corrupts people in times of peace and prosperity. )
More wood for their fires, loud neighbors.
(Another metaphor for the slow-motion genocide used to guide population growth. Loud neighbors being bad people, especially those who fight with their own families. Neighbors referring to the fact that we all share this planet.)
Flashlight reveries...
(Revering/worshipping/paying attention to an artificial light source such as fame, wealth, ideology rather than worshipping The Sun/The Son of God.)
...caught in the headlights of a truck.
(A death sentence for those distracted by flashing lights.)
You, how do you own the world?
(How is it possible to control the population in such a way as to create peace and prosperity, while also protecting the planet and colonizing space?)
How do you own disorder?
(How can someone convert the population to follow Jesus when people are rebellious and their random genetic mutations cause them to slowly become useless without some type of selective pressure to guide their evolution?)
Sacred Silence
(Perfect Order. Those who have acheived economic liberation and moral enlightenment become crystalized, as their desire for sex and adventure disappears, and they hide themselves away from the people as to not create jealousy nor spread their crystalization.)
Sleep
(The darkness of the absolute chaos of nature without any conscious beings.)
Now, somewhere between the Sacred Silence and Sleep.
(Humanity today--the place between the perfect order of The Illuminated Ones and the Absolute Chaos of Nature. ☯️ The place where the action happens, sex/reproduction, adventure/discovery. The place where new forms of being are born and rise.)
Disorder.
(The purposeful introduction of Chaos to balance out Humanities natural inclination to Order our world. The balance between Chaos and Order.)
When I became The Sun....
(When I achieved the enlightenment and wealth which put me above humanity and made me a true source of illumination for them. When i became a Son of God/an embassador for the growth of the consciousness of The Universe through human evolution.)
...I shone life into the man's hearts.
(I illuminated/I converted softly. I showed people how to awaken their spirits so they would create technologies and families and mass movements which grow humanity's glory.)
I was going to say the same thing- been a soad fan for years, and this brought clarity to some lyrics I'd never even thought of before..
Dude, I'm so happy that metal Mondays is a thing. I've been looking forward to it every week. I've never seen any other reactor break down lyrics like you. I appreciate you as always Knox!
It's actually incredible how well you understand lyrics/metaphores/doubles/triples etc... whatever genre it is!🙏💙
I love the guy... But how do we know it's a "reaction"? Like I respect his analysis which is why I always come back. But his takes are too nuanced to be organic on the spot.
@@jcon2060 you can listen to song for decades and never really hear the song, we need to believe him, and reaction is still even when you heard it like million times, at different times in your life you can hear there something else every time
@@jcon2060one thing to note is his delayed reactions to tempo changes, particularly at the start. You can often tell when reactors already know a song as they anticipate the changes
I cant wait for him to get into *Tool* i want to hear his interpretation of the lyricism, truly one of a kind🙏💥
Yes! Been suggesting for weeks! Lateralus or Opiate would be an amazing start!
Tool Tuesdays..let's go
Oh man, start off with Vicarious for an absolute banger entrance into Tool.
@@metalgearbear9748 that's a very straight forward song especially for Tool. The meaning is too obvious, he's better suited doing a more lyrically layered song.
TOOL TOOL TOOL!!!
Serj Tankian (lead singer of SOAD) had solo projects that were grate also. Highly recommend “Empty Walls - Serj Tankian” for a metal reaction.
I've listened to this song for about 20 years, and that analysis of the flashlights bar was an eye opener! Great insights!
I always assumed it was someone playing in the road at night and getting run over by a truck
This was the first SOAD song and one of the first metal songs I ever heard, so it holds a special place in my heart.
Also thanks to this song, I can never eat or even look at sunflower seeds without singing the eating seeds line 😅
Something to keep in mind Knox, you always ask could it mean this or could it mean this other thing and the answer is usually yes. Double entendres are very prevalent in metal so lyrics can always be interpreted as one, the other, both or neither
@@GhostWatcher2024 I think if there was, rap would be an even bigger game. Metal bands have figured out how to add rap flow to their music.
@@GhostWatcher2024 theres a whole sub genre of rap heavily influenced by metal called trap metal. Check out some city morgue they’re the closest to what you’ve described
one of the best vocalists to walk this earth
Serj treats his voice like an instrument (which it is) and can do so much with it. It blows me away every time I hear it. One of the greatest vocalists to ever exist.
Some say, his timing is perfect
agreed
I've listened to this quite literally hundreds of times & you break down the lyrics better than I ever had. Really impressive mate!
Loving Metal Mondays! Taking me back to my middle school/highschool days 💗
Yes !!
I'm willing to bet that many of your fans including myself would laugh a lot if you reacted to "Sugar" by SOAD. 😂 It's a very strange song.
Storaged 🤣🤣🤣
Yep, he should so that. 😂
It’s one of my favorites, the first thing I thought when I started watching this is how funny it would be to see that reaction.
Came for Ren, stayed for metal mondays 👏 I've been singing this song acoustically around campfires at festivals for ten years, and have never ever considered some of the analysis laid out here. Excellent job sir
I love your soad reactions so much man! I always wondered if the eating seeds line refers to big Hollywood producers that use/destroy the people that want to make it in Hollywood for their personal gain. Seeds= actors/talents that have not fully bloomed yet. And they basically chew on them and spit them out if they don't need them anymore
The lyrics to this song were always a bit too abstract for me to really grasp.
I could completely be out in left field, but I always felt he was saying that the natural state of the world is disorder. All that is between sleep and death is disorder. Through our governments and ultimately our cities we try to tame and control that disorder but we are just fighting a losing battle against the natural state of things.
Like I said, I may be way off target, but that's kinda how the lyrics always hit me.
I think this is probably why so many of us love SOAD, there's always multiple layers and ways to dissect their songs even beyond what they meant initially. Truly one of the greatest musician artists of our generations.
One of the reasons I like Tool. I'm nowhere near the biggest tool fan but I just love how many ways you can interpret songs, my favorite example being the song Stinkfist.
Been listening to this since high school when it came out.
This has been the best breakdown of the song I've come across without competition, you nailed it man
Always a fan, cheers
90's and 2000's Music Video = *Out Of The Box Creativity* 💯
so happy you're doing more SOAD ! I think the lyrics your might like best are in Aerials (my fave soad song), the lyrics are just incredibly deep and wonderful !
Awesome reaction, I love how no matter how outrageous the lyrics Knox still finds a way to breakdown and explain the meaning.
I love the faces you pull so honest and intriguing. I laugh each time. I love metal and hip-hop so it is refreshing to see you expanding out like this. Much respect!
Rap is lyricism in its purest form and it's visible in how you're able to pick out so much meaning in all these songs on a first listen. Clicking through your videos was a very good idea, I am very much not disappointed
System Of A Down is a badass band! For christmas, you should look at some of the "a metal xmas and a headbanging newyear" album that was a collab of many ledgendary metal artists including DIO.
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Nailed it again bro! SOAD has such depth in their lyrics that even 20 years later you still find more and more meanings. Love your breakdowns! Also, I recommend you react to Anthony Vincent and his 10 seconds songs, I am sure you`ll just adore it!
I am SO glad you're doing metal mondays! I think your background really makes you someone who can hone in on lyricism and meaning in these songs like few people can; it's an absolute pleasure to hear what you have to say!
Man I love you. I love that you're actually listening to the lyrics of all the songs you're reacting to! Thanks!
Keep doing System. Loving these reactions.
Dude your insight is on point! I am a song writer, and sang in a band and I LOVE your views on this song man keep on reacting so people can see and hear what they couldn't before open the eyes,ears,and minds of the slumbering from their snow white dream state that the media has fed the perfect looking
apple to that they precieved as organic but was really GMO
You have made Mondays turn from a dreadful day of classes and back to work to a time to relax for a couple minutes and hear amazing breakdowns of some of my favorite songs. I discovered you through breakdowns of ERB and the knowledge you have amazed me with how many lines you were able to understand as well as take every line Deeper then the surface meaning. A truly intelligent lyricist and it shows in your music as well
Hearing you take apart lyrics, figuring out the meanings behind it always gives me chills. Amazing work Knox! And greetings from Germany :)
I've always felt the line of "looking at Life through The eyes of a tire hub"
Conjures an image in my head of an orphan in a junkyard peaking at what's happening through the pile of waste and garbage
This is yet another phenomenal album produced by in my opinion the greatest producer of all time Rick Rubin just imagine being attached to both this album and Jay Z's Black album within a couple years of each other
And those don't even scratch the surface of the amazing things that Rick Rubin has done
My personal favorite on this album is ATWA a little more melodic and yet still makes you want to kick something when it goes hard
The good old music, good old times, MEMORIES
I love hip hop
I love Hard Rock
As always to your breakdowns are the best!
This whole album is perfection. Serj’s voice is wonderfully unique. I love their videos too, the movements and facial expressions are mesmerizing.
Thank you Knox for another edition of Metal Mondays!!! Best part of mondays by far!! 🤘❤️
Dude, in “Deer Dance” they say “Behind the Staple Center, you can see America”. That line has always stuck with me. System has lots of interesting lyrics.
man serj s voice is just off the charts man ive been listening to this since day 1 and never got as much as you did in one litsen your so good at breaking it down man good job
I so much love your discovery of some of my favorite music and analyzing of these songs. Keep it up man!!
This band was ahead of their time. Like 20 years. 😄
For your metal analysis you got a new subscriber, the System of a Down and Slipknot songs are so lyrical so poetic especially in the SoaD songs, keep up the amazing work👍
You may not see this but I've listened to this song more times than I can even imagine. I never drew the connection until just now... You talked about the point of owning disorder. On the cusp of chaos we as people act as if we're in full control. We control our sleep. We fight sleep. We force ourselves at times to go to sleep. But what's just beyond that, which we have no control at all.
System of a Down is my all time favorite band so you know I love this reaction Knox. Keep listening to them! Love from FL bro.
Beautiful interpretation and that is what real music is all about, it is meant to invoke a response within the listener and how they resonate with the piece they are listening to. When it comes to music like rock and metal, it usually comes from a raw emotional place, with certain alternatives of today like Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi, it comes from the same place however presented more sensitive to the listener so that it doesn't insight rageful or depressed emotions or actions. Music is a perfect tool for expression, but we get to experience it through different styles that relate to our tastes and when we do vibe with a song we can relate to, it helps us feel, then heal and it just makes this disorder of life, just that a little more bearable. I lost my nan, my best friend and my cat in the space of just shy of 5 months (May to September), but music as well as other passions like writing has helped me get through it all and come out the other side, whilst this battle is still going on among other battles, it's really music and writing, my passions that have helped me through.
Wasn't looking for any sympathy there, just hoping my experience could help some else relate, that being said, thank you Knox Hill for always educating me and giving me brand new eyes into some of my favourite media, especially your ERB segments.
Keep it Knoxy!!
Love your metal monday series! another great reaction! Really would love to see you dive into Metallica - One (official video)
I think he's done that one
Me too am waiting for it frm the time he start metal monday
The line with "eating seeds",
I also see a way to interprete it as eating the source of life and destroying potential for groth.
As seeds are that from which life sprouts.
Eating them would litterally kill the next generation.
This line seems so superficial and meaningless on the first glance, because most people would take it litterally, just eating a couple sunflower seeds and chilling, but you can take it on so many different levels, i absolutely love that line.
Bars.
I really like the reaction you do because you actually break down the song and get the true meaning of songs and just just the beat
Your lyrical breakdowns are amazing. I love the way you explain how you are understanding them.
Thanks for the feedback.
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I'm always happy for people who discover some metal classics, but you just trying so hard to understand on so many levels, big kudos, great reaction 👏
I truly love this song and your breakdown gave me chills! Big ups Knox! 🙌
We all know that you are a lyrics breakdown God, but the best thing about metal mondays is watching you react to another genre. Love it! I listen to a very wide range of music and I'm almost equally into rap and rock (and love crossovers) so it's fascinating to me that most of these rock bangers are new to you. Very enjoyable :)
I've heard this song so many times but could never really understand what it meant. Great job of breaking this down!!
Always so impressed how you nail your interpretations the first time
What i get from eating seeds its poppy seeds, morphine , being doped up as a past time activity, then toxicity which is doped up ppl around the city, thats how i always interpreted it
Would be interesting to analyse some Serj Tankians work as a soloist too, like 'Empty Walls'
Great song...LOVEA YOU getting into this..."Metal Monday's" dope...thanks!
Love your SOAD reactions, been a massive fan of them for a really long time. Keep up the great work Knox 👌
So happy your breaking down rock and metal Knox, I've been a fan of yours for a while and it's great to hear you interpretation of this poetry that not many even care to hear. Your lyrical breakdowns are unmatched 🙏👍
This song never fails to get me feeling and moving
I love how you step out of your comfort zone with these songs and are able to analyze and break them down so well.
I'd love to hear you talk about Black Parade by My Chemical Romance and/or the Sound of Silence by Disturbed!
and Zombie by the Cranberries!
Really enjoyed the deep dive into the lyrics! Will be checking out all your Metal Monday vids.
I love that you are not just reacting to the music and the singing techniques but to the lyrics! Thank you!
The whole album is fire in my top ten for sure
I look forward to Metal Mondays! You have such a gift!
Hello, I believe the "eating seeds as a pastime activity" is a reference to Persephone from Greek myth. Persephone, who had been spirited away to Hades, was offered food of the underworld and because of that, she couldn't leave.
Yess one of my fav songs of this genre!! Love love love this one. Chop suey is my next favorite - definitely suggest it
It's awesome to see how close he gets to one layer of meaning in his outro there. Literally about ADD, Attention Deficit *Disorder* and he hits that right at 13:40, "ADD style"
Knox already did chop suey (ua-cam.com/video/Fq7ApfUuGuU/v-deo.html)
@@thetalantonx yess!! I noticed!!
He already did "Chop Suey!". Although, kinda disappointed, not just you, but most people, only like SOAD for their most popular songs.
@@stingy_jack oooo I missed it!! I'll watch after dinner thank you!!!
I'd love to hear this song for the first time again
That might be the best reaction of this song i saw. You pick up levels of details and make links really quickly, i'm really impressed.
I grew up with their songs at home, so i'm used to their style, but since english isn't my 1st language, i'm still picking up parts of interpretation and lyrics years later.
On a side note, SOAD once said their songs are up to the listener's interpretation, so there is no fixed, realer not truer meaning. Which is awesome, because even though we can still figure out what they meant, our subjectives comprehensions are given as much worth as theirs' while creating them :)
Another thing, more personal this time : i have ADHD, and, probably as a correlation because of how it works, tend to mostly like and feel songs with changes in their melodies or rhythms.
Serj's voice is the most obvious example here i believe (the melodious endings of his sentences in the calm phase), but they don't give you time to get bored, or used to the song : there's always something going on... kind of as in a city, a mind, a disorder, or anything built with and around complex connected elements. Everything is made up, and a total of coexisting elements, somehow gravitating together. It doesn't mean it is stable (atomes and atomic material would be a fitting example).
The city is hectic. Secret silence (i'm guessing omertà about traffics of all kinds, officials or illegal ones, similar in their link with money) can be bought easily. Moreover, they're from Hollywood, if i remember well ? At least they talked about it vehemently in a few songs.
And Hollywood is... maybe more chaotic and disastrous than a bunch of cities ?
Once again, there's probably a parallel to make with the camera work, its' rhythm, the lighting...
Lastly, we sleep too much on John Dolmayan's drumming skills. He's powerful, precise, and more than a background metronome-ish sound.
It's nice to actually distinctly *hear* the drums. :)
I always thought with this song the music is done so extremely well to match perfectly what they are expressing through lyrics .
That if you took the vocals out and just listened to the instruments and sound you would come out of it thinking, wow that was all over the place (disorder)
It just a perfect melting of lyrics and music.
Loved your reaction Knox I really don’t know anybody else that gets lyrics as fast as you do.
Can’t wait for more!!
Loving this metal Mondays series.
You should add Alter Bridge -" blackbird" (studio version is perfect but if you want live version go the Amsterdam one) or "words darker than their wings" (live version for sure)
Amazingly talented and under-rated band.
Absolutely this. I'd say studio too
Great reaction, SOAD is incredible. If you want to do more songs by them, my two personal suggestions would be BYOB and Aerials, though it's really hard to go wrong with any song by them.
They’d guys are absolutely INSANE live! Saw them open for The Mars Volta in 2005. Such a good show!
Bro this is why I subscribed. This man is so clever. How do you think of these things so fast? Props to you. Your lighting bulbs in my head with each word out of you lol.
Always love hearing your thoughts on the lyrics. In my opinion, this is the greatest reaction channel on UA-cam. Would really like to see your reaction to Ghost for metal Monday. Kaisarion, Spillways, Twenties, Cirice, Square Hammer, Dance Macabre, Watcher in the Sky, and Mummy Dust is a small start. Some may debate as if Ghost is truly metal, but I say it’s as if Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult had a bastard child
Please react to system of a down BYOB.
Loving Metal Mondays. What a great way to start the week 😊
I have listened to this song so many times and still don’t know most of the lyrics (outside the hook). Then Knox comes in, like a boss, and fuckin’ beaks that shit down. Truly amazing what you do Knox; respect. Looking forward to next Monday. ✌🏻💕😊
Got a subscription from me! I love how you stop and think about the lyrics. I've watched so many reaction videos where they don't even think about the context of the song. Such a good analysis! I'm also a musician, and I love how you take it all in. The music, the lyrics, the video, the context. Well Done.
I'd love for you to react to Avenged Sevenfold's "Save Me". the raw passion in the vocals will send shivers down your spine and the lyrics will hit you insanely hard. A7X has so many beautiful hard hitting songs like "Save Me" too. so many songs I think you'd love.
Love your reactions! You should do AERIALS next! 😁
THIS. Please!!
I love these takes, using knowledge of word play and metaphors from rap roots to break down metal lyricism.
You are serious good at catching these lyrics it's actually very impressive
I love SOAD. I'm so upset that the concert they're doing in Vegas is already sold out 😓
In 5 hours!!! I barely snagged one and don't even want to talk about how much I paid for it but will be worth I'm sure!! 🖤🤘
@@brandi6087 I bet you'll have an amazing time.
For regular concerts I usually recommend checking the few days leading up to the show, because often resellers will offer tickets closer to face value (or even less,) but not sure if that would work with a festival this big
When a few of the bands shared this on their IG accounts I was sure it had to be one of those fake "ideal lineup" festival posters lol
@@katstorm13 I was afraid of that too. Only because I know SOAD hasn't toured in a long time, and I didn't think they would again
Just discovered your channel, and I love the way you break these songs down. Lots of good insights through lyrics.
Bro I'm so happy your doing system again fucking love it! Keep up the great work
System of a down is the sound of millenials