system of a down "mesmerize" / "hypnotize" POLL

hypnotize is the best song ever for singing along to in the car. i sing it to myself at least weekly when i pick up my kids from school....

iimmmm juuuuust sitttttin iiiin myyyy carrrrr and waaaaiting for my KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDS

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serj's voice is just outrageously fun to (try to) imitate

Question! is in contention with Hypnotize for my pick here.

love the trick they pull on that one's last chorus, speeding up the music but switching the vocals to half-time

for sure, they are masters of that. they do it on both of those tracks I think.

One of the singles, I never bought either of these unlike Toxicity or Steal This Album. might honestly vote for B.Y.O.B., sorry.

I did go to one of their concerts on this tour, summer 2005. it was my second concert ever. I went for The Mars Volta, and wanted to stay for some of SOAD but my dad wanted to leave.

this fucking terrible band called Bad Acid Trip opened for TMV

All of these songs, and it'll still be 'B.Y.O.B.' in a landslide.

when these records came out my mom really responded to "byob" for some reason? she still really likes this band

I was really startled when I first heard the club mix for 'b.y.o.b.'

the thing that's so annoying to me about Daron promoting himself to co-lead singer or whatever is that his voice is SO well-suited to acting as accompaniment for Serj. I'd even say his backing vocals are some of the best in metal/alt-rock/whatever.

otm

I do find it rather endearing that their unwavering commitment to democracy is what has apparently kept them from making any new music. they're all too nice to be tyrants, apparently. it's weirdly wholesome!

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Gonna vote "Hypnotize," what a jam

sticking with "Stealing Society"

ok finally got around to these and uh maybe i'm voting for "revenga"???

it's in the making baby
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Gonna vote "Hypnotize," what a jam

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this is where i settled

goddammit "violent pornography" is stuck in my head again

the harmonies on "question!" kill me

the lyrics of "lost in hollywood" are godawful but i really like the song

well i'm glad hypnotize is finally clicking with me... i don't know how many years later, don't tell me

"dreaming" is fucking CRAZY

John Dolmayan doesn't get namechecked enough but he's doing a little of everything on these albums

what was WRONG with me

Well tbf it does fall apart near the end. "Soldier Side" is gorgeous though

i guess i just listened to mesmerize way too much when it came out and couldn't absorb any new soad? i remember "dreaming" and "kill rock & roll" but didn't respond to their hooks at all idk why

ugh i keep forgetting it's technically mezmerize

hm yeah wtf happens to this album after "holy mountains"

before that and including was basically toxicity quality and now they're selling ass for heroin banana terracotta pie

it's fine i've realized after these last 800 posts that this is still a really good double album

It's wild that their totemic Armenian genocide song, presumably so close to their hearts, is followed by....that

gonna go with my heart and vote for "dreaming"

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Intro voters, show thyselves (I really should have just excluded it to cut down on confusion)

Pretty sure I ended up going for Question!

Anyway what this poll really tells me is that SOAD lost all/most of their cultural cachet, which is really too bad