Noel Gallagher: "Do you ever look at the sky and think, I'm glad I'm alive? After I heard System of a Down, I thought, I'm actually alive to hear the shittiest band of all time. Which is quite something when you think about it. Of all the bands that have gone before and all the bands that'll be in the future, I was around when the worst was around."
This made me love System even more.
― billstevejim, Monday, 8 August 2011 21:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also they're one of the best live bands I've ever seen.
― billstevejim, Monday, 8 August 2011 21:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
That Noel Gallagher quote is amazing, he should stop making music and concentrate on just giving interviews. And yes System of a Down were spectacular live. I drove from Cardiff to London on the spur of the moment to see them and they totally made it worth the journey.
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 August 2011 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow, that's a hefty journey!
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Monday, 8 August 2011 22:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
really love the big singles off this record -- eating seeds as a pastime activity reminds me of 9th grade geometry class
― markers, Monday, 8 August 2011 22:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Chop Suey, title track, Aerials, was there a fourth single?
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Monday, 8 August 2011 22:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp sorry markers but title track is my least favorite song on this
― standards r. poor (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 8 August 2011 22:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Deer Dance" otoh--I had forgotten about that song, but that song is f'in killer!!! and the way it segues into "Jet Pilot" is brilliant
― standards r. poor (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 8 August 2011 22:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Prison Song" was an airplay-only single with a live video but not a hit like the other 3
― some dude, Monday, 8 August 2011 22:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
I hated Chop Suey for the first 20 times I heard it - generally on MTV - but then I kinda gave in to the awesome video and the next 200 listens were awesome. Good album.
― kraudive, Monday, 8 August 2011 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I haven't heard this album for ever. The girl I was dating when this album was fresh out did an awesome "Chop Suey" at karaoke.― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, August 8, 2011 6:42 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, August 8, 2011 6:42 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
jon you went out with Avril Lavigne??!?
― his loser, bum of a son, named Jesus Christ (Leee), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 04:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
SHIMMY SHIMMY SHIMMY TIL THE BREAK OF DAWN YEEEEAWWWWWW
― Peepee Soaked Heckhole (zachlyon), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 04:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^ put this album in like once a year, get restless after one or two tracks and have to switch it to this and repeat
― Peepee Soaked Heckhole (zachlyon), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 04:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
blast off, it's party time, and WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?
― markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 04:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
this album fucking rules
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 04:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pretty fun record. Even the closing instrumental is cool.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 August 2011 05:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Have you guys all heard Steal This Album? It's remarkably good for a bits n bobs album, on some days it's my favourite of theirs.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 05:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Peepee Soaked Heckhole (zachlyon), Tuesday, August 9, 2011 12:30 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 05:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can't be said enough imo.
Is Shimmy gonna win? I might go with ATWA.
I also like System of a Down more because Pitchfork didn't put them in the P2K best of the decade thing.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
of course they didn't.
i listened to this album today, was better than i remember. i love how everything zips by so fast that "Aerials" feels like this long drawn out epic when it's actually less than 4 minutes long.
― dogps (some dude), Thursday, 11 August 2011 02:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw apparently SOAD played some shows together recently, for the first time in like 5 years! i had no idea! no confirmation that they'll be making a new album or anything, but it's still really encouraging to hear, they're one of those bands that i love but i just can't stand any of the offshoot bands or solo projects.
― dogps (some dude), Thursday, 11 August 2011 02:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Serj's first solo thing was pretty much shite, though it did gift the world with the excellent song title 'Beethoven's Cunt'.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Thursday, 11 August 2011 08:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 12 August 2011 23:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
software version seven point imo
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
HOW DO YOU OWN DISORDER
preferring "Toxicity" to "Chop Suey!" is so fucked
― some dude, Sunday, 14 August 2011 00:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wtf these results are so boring
― billstevejim, Sunday, 14 August 2011 00:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
ilx not cool enough to know SOAD past the singles (and even if we did a singles poll those same 3 songs would get almost all the votes)
― some dude, Sunday, 14 August 2011 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Does anyone have a link to that amazing "Toxicity" promo poster that lists 9-11-01 as the release date? Someone posted it on here once and I can't find it.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I dunno like 7 people said they loved Shimmy so I assumed it would get more than 1 vote.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
"chop suey!" is pretty much permanently tied to that fall for me when i was a freshman in high school
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes, me too. I remember not liking it at all at first, and I remember the Friday afternoon when my friend turned me around on both "Chop Suey!" and "I'm A Slave 4 U."
― billstevejim, Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
markers and i are the same age! huh.
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm 24
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
both of us with a nu-metal ditch in our narratives
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
― some dude, Saturday, August 13, 2011 8:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
guilty as charged, but if you included serj singles i'd throw a bone to Empty Walls
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's not like this is a difficult album to get into... Listen to the non-singles. Every song on this album is good. I promise.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
― billstevejim, Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 August 2011
aw yeah -- still not 100% out of the ditch (via listening to a little staind earlier)
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can't believe I was the only shimmy vote. :(
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Sunday, 14 August 2011 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
markers spending half of his thread posts quoting BYOB should have been a good indication that they're considered a singles band to most people.. I figured ILM knew better. I'm like disappointed n stuff.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
shit, this album is some dope shit
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
many popular bands are considered singles bands to most people who aren't hardcore fans of the band
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
beyond the singles, i really don't care much about soad
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
nothing wrong with that, i was just expecting more love for the non-singles.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
wonder how many ppl have heard the non-singles -- i think there's a copy of this record in my house somewhere, but i don't even know if i ever listened to the entire thing
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Didn't see the poll. But I love this record! Glad to see ILM giving it what it deserves. Too bad they were never able to come close to it again.
― Helping 3 (Hurting 2), Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
man, i was re-listening to some of these singles and they're so much better than fuckin "b.y.o.b."
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm listening to this all the way through right now, and in my not really paying attention state i can definitively say that, as of :37 seconds into "bounce," the non-singles aren't as good as the singles
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Monday, 15 August 2011 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
also, jason derulo just released his new single right here at spotify
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Monday, 15 August 2011 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
markers i think you'll like ATWA
― billstevejim, Monday, 15 August 2011 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
smh markers
― los lowblows (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 15 August 2011 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
listened to the whole thing. i've heard at least some of the non-singles before, but none of them stood out to me enough that i'm remembering them over an hour later. to their credit, though, the big three singles are very much tied to a time in my life and it would be harder for me to feel attached to the other songs even if they were better than they are
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Monday, 15 August 2011 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
another reason i like the big three singles is because they don't seem as overtly heavy-handed lyrically as something like "prison song" or "b.y.o.b."
they could still be heavy-handed -- i have no idea what "eating seeds as a past time activity" means or what a lot of the other stuff they're saying means, and i haven't sat down to try and parse the lyrics -- but they don't jump out to me in a bad way
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Monday, 15 August 2011 18:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Lonely Day" is terrible but "Hypnotize" is of their best songs ever imo.
agreed on how "lonely day" is ugh jesus why, but i think "hypnotize" would be great if i didn't feel like it were in search of a chorus.
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Monday, 15 August 2011 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
also markers offtm right now, listen to the record again dude
"Hypnotize" is of their best songs ever imo.
I agree with this, so dynamic. Especially the instrumental folky middle eight bit.
Also, Radio/Video should've been the second single off Mesmerize.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Monday, 15 August 2011 23:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol okay I just listened to this entire album for the first time
what the fuck was I waiting for
so awesome
― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Friday, 26 August 2011 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am listening to this whole album again for the second time
it's basically a gigantic reminder that yes, I am capable of liking loud guitar music
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
heard "Sugar" on the radio today and it was a gigantic reminder that i love SOAD
it bums me out that they did some shows together last year but this year Serj is back to another stupid solo record. imo SOAD are one of the most extreme cases of the solo/side projects being not that different from the main band but somehow not 1% as good, those guys really need each other.
― some dude, Friday, 20 April 2012 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
software version 7.0
― markers, Friday, 20 April 2012 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
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― billstevejim, Friday, 11 May 2012 06:48 (1 year ago) Permalink