SHIMMY SHIMMY SHIMMY TIL THE BREAK OF DAWN YEEEEAWWWWWW
― 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
"byob" and "question!" were the only singles from mezmerize and that's weird to me because over half of that album is like TREMENDOUS HOOKS COMING YOUR WAY WATCH OUT
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, there were only 6 months between it and the next album, so they only had time for two singles cycles. but yeah that album totally should've had more singles (and maybe something besides "question!" for the 2nd).
― some dude, Monday, 15 August 2011 02:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
were there any notable singles between "sugar" (when i first heard of the band probably, on 107.3 waaf iirc) and "chop suey!"?
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Monday, 15 August 2011 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
the only other single off the first album was "Spiders," which is good if not great
― some dude, Monday, 15 August 2011 02:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
i remember the high school friend i worked summer jobs with from 98 to 2000 was really pumped about "Sugar" and turned me onto that first SOAD album. he was also the first person who played Aquemini for me. he wasn't one of my cool music nerd friends but in retrospect he was pretty on point.
― some dude, Monday, 15 August 2011 02:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
i just listened to "spiders" and don't know if i've ever heard it before, but it's not bad -- really can't remember having heard anything but "sugar" pre-toxicity though
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Monday, 15 August 2011 02:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
i do, however, recall my freshman year geometry teacher saying "eating seeds as a past time activity" in class
― (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers) (markers), Monday, 15 August 2011 02:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
the first SOAD album was a real sleeper hit, took two years to go gold and neither of the singles got into the top 20 of the rock charts, but then "Chop Suey!" blew up and their fanbase gave them a #1 album. it's kinda badass when a band goes from cult act to big deal kind of instantaneously like that.
― some dude, Monday, 15 August 2011 02:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oldie but goodie:
― his loser, bum of a son, named Jesus Christ (Leee), Monday, 15 August 2011 03:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Sunday, August 14, 2011 4:18 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark
could've sworn i voted! i wouldn't even consider another song, tho there are some great ones.
― Peepee Soaked Heckhole (zachlyon), Monday, 15 August 2011 04:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, there were only 6 months between it and the next album, so they only had time for two singles cycles.
totally makes sense yeah but i'm extra-bitter because i don't care for either of the hypnotize singles
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Monday, 15 August 2011 05:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Lonely Day" is terrible but "Hypnotize" is of their best songs ever imo. i basically think that SOAD have 4 classic singles and they're the lead single from each album, the follow-ups always pale in comparison.
― some dude, Monday, 15 August 2011 11:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
^i would disagree with that assertion (though Toxicity is like my second least favorite song on here)
anywyaz, wow these results are awful!
― los lowblows (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 15 August 2011 13:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I should get this album, huh
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Monday, 15 August 2011 13:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes!
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Monday, 15 August 2011 13:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean, I know I would love it, I love pretty much every SOAD song I've ever heard; I just have been lazy about getting around to it (ditto Deftones, actually)
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Monday, 15 August 2011 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp "Spiders" usually makes the cut for my Halloween mixes.
― billstevejim, Monday, 15 August 2011 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink