PLEASE EXPLAIN 🎵 System of A Down Aerials Reaction
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- Thanks for watching our SOAD reaction. We watched the video for Aerials, but unfortunately it got blocked by the record label. We had to cover the video in order to get it uploaded.
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We watched the music video, but it got blocked by the record label so we had to cover it up. In the future, we're probably going to do mostly lyric videos because people hate the blur
Lyric videos make you focus on reading rather than listening, FWIW I think that is not conducive to an ideal first listening experience.
You shouldn't listen to the official videos anyway. Most of them are truncated, censored and distracts you with all their images.
I think often times the video helps to understand the message of the song, although I think sometimes people pay to close attention to the video rather than the lyrics...idk🤷
@@sunshinedilly5033 a lot of times the music video has nothing to do with the song and was totally the idea of the video producer not the artists. If there was any way to make the reaction an audio only experience, but yet we are watching this on an audio video format, so maybe just the lyric videos :)
This song is probably better without the video anyway. I always thought the video was dumb...
The overall theme of the song is our mistaken views of ourselves as being individual and isolated from the rest and how we actually are a tiny part of something greater. It speaks of clinging to life and not accepting death, cause we see death as an ending, not as another step of existence. When we die, our matter is decomposed and is transfered to things like worms that feed on us, to the atmosphere in the form of gas, and to the ground and plants that feed on him. We are always moving through the cicle of existence, there is no stillness, only movement and transformation.
And as an example, these are the opening lines:
"Life is a waterfall
We're one in the river
And one again after the fall"
To add to your very nice explanation "And we are the ones that want to choose - Always want to play but you never want to lose" gets me there, We always want to have fun and take the best out of what life offers but too afraid to die.
I’ve spent years listening to this song and I couldn’t have put this better myself. Good job. Cool reaction too!
What? You say "The overall theme of the song is" but Should you have started with "I think"? Because I ain't gettin any circle of life of this. So is this what Serj said the lyrics were about?
While I get what they are saying, your consciousness is dead and isn't that what is really "me"?
I think the Aerials they're talking about are satellites. We use them to view to get information on the start, and we also use them to get watch other countries. We're so invested in watching others or for something else and we don't see how we're fucking up our country. And it's not just the US, but other countries do this too. We're worried about things that are far from us, and we don't look close enough to what's in our own backyard.
This is a very spiritual song, in fact that entire album is either spiritual or political.
The song Toxicity is about nothing. It's just a bunch of words that rhyme.
@@quintfl are you being serious right now?
@@sunshinedilly5033 When asked about the meaning of the song band members have answered differently each time. Daron stated it's about how people look at you after you die depends on how you died and another time he said it's about people who have ADD.
@@quintfl that doesn't equate to it being gibberish. Maybe they think if you don't have ears to hear, it's not meant for you 🤔
Pogo? Is spiritual or political?
Serj has amazing resonance. Unique and strong vocal ability.
He reminds me of a piece of dialogue in Brutal legend
"Whats that sound?
Its an Angel crying
Its a Devil Singing!
It sounds like the Hammer of the Gods, pounding the Anvil of creation!
...Its fucking Awesome dude!"
One of my favorite vocalists, the way he shows his emotions in every song is so crazy.
Operatic
used to
Absolutely love this band, was a little bummed you guys didn’t google the meaning of the song after it was over.
They're just giving their impression, man. Nothing wrong with that. While SOAD is a message-heavy band, music is open to interpretation.
@@spencerific93 nothing wrong with being a little bummed either. Maybe you’re new to the channel but they google the meaning of songs quite a bit. Just wished they would have on this one.
That would be cool if they did that after giving their first impression and seeing how close they got. Chances are with SOAD, it’ll never be right, but that’s not a bad thing as they’re always very cryptic.
i wanted to like your comment but its on 69, i couldnt do it
@@kennethv5250 😂😂😂
This and "Toxicity" are my all time SOD songs! Bravo Brad and Lex.
SOD = Stormtroopers of Death
@@NathanCline12-21 I was just going to say the same exact thing. SOAD, so we don't confuse Brad and lex
Sugar is good.
@@NathanCline12-21 Yeah I was about to say the same thing I used to listen to SOD in the 80s along with MOD and DRI
BYOB and toxicity is my favorite
"when do you listen to SOAD?" ...every week for 20 years lol - 5 lovely albums filled with a range of heavy/aggressive to chill/emotive
are you me? lol
It's crazy that its been 20 years since this came out. Spiders is another good one by them you should check out :)
Spiders, definitely one of my favs from S.O.D.
Getting old sucks. Getting old and knowing that these guys can't get together and make some more amazing music sucks harder. There is no one like SOAD and while the music they have made for us is an amazing legacy in its own right, I greedily wish for more.
You guys are quickly becoming my favorite reactors. Thank you for the content. I'm on vacation in Orlando right now jamming with you two on some of my favorite songs. Keep up the great work. 👍
Serge, the singer is classically trained to sing opera. He can sing what ever he chooses. This is his platform, thank God.
Took me years to get into these guys, but when I did, they hit hard! This band go way deeper than first impressions might lead you to think.
You listen to SOAD when you want to think.
Try "Science" "Forest" and "Prison Song" from them. but really, they dont have a bad song.
Prison Song is so good
I agree to these 3...
Prison Song for sure!!
SUGAR!
Many years back I was listening to the radio when Aerials by System of a Down started playing. These guys are social advocates and play really hard rock. I was blown away by the lyrics, please read them and enjoy the song.
Life is a waterfall
Were one in the river
And one again after the fall
Swimming through the void
We hear the word
We lose ourselves
But we find it all....
Cause we are the ones that want to play
Always want to go
But you never want to stay
And we are the ones that want to choose
Always want to play
But you never want to lose
Aerials, in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
Life is a waterfall
We drink from the river
Then we turn around and put up our walls
Swimming through the void
We hear the word
We lose ourselves
But we find it all...
Cause we are the ones that want to play
Always want to go
But you never want to stay
And we are the ones that want to choose
Always want to play
But you never want to lose
Aerials, in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
Aerials, so up high
When you free your eyes eternal prize
Aerials, in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
Aerials, so up high
When you free your eyes eternal prize
I did some research and Serg said he wrote it following his reading of Zen Mind - Beginners Mind. This is what the song actually means.
Nirvana, the Waterfall, Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi
“Our life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in life.”
I went to Yosemite National Park, and I saw some huge waterfalls. The highest one there is one thousand three hundred forty feet high, and from it the water comes down like a curtain thrown from the top of the mountain. It does not seem to come down swiftly, as you might expect; it seems to come down very slowly because of the distance. And the water does not come down as one stream, but is separated into many tiny streams. From a distance it looks like a curtain. And I thought it must be a very difficult experience for each drop of water to come down from the top of such a high mountain. It takes time you know, a long time, for the water finally to reach the bottom of the waterfall. And it seems to me that our human life may be like this. We have many difficult experiences in our life. But at the same time, I thought, the water was not originally separated, but was one whole river. Only when it is separated does it have some difficulty in falling. It is as if the water does not have any feeling when it is one whole river. Only when separated in many drops can it begin to have or to express some feeling. When we see one whole river we do not feel the living activity of the water, but when we scoop a part of the water into a dipper, we experience some feeling of the water, and we also feel the value of the person who uses the water. Feeling ourselves and the water in this way, we cannot use it in just a material way. It is a living thing.
Before we were born we had no feeling; we were one with the universe. This is sometimes called “mind-only,” or “essence of mind,” or “big mind.” After we are separated by birth from this oneness, as the water falling from the waterfall is separated by the wind and rocks, and then we have feeling. You have difficulty because you have feeling. You attach to the feeling you have without knowing just how this kind of feeling is created. When you do not realize that you are one with the river, or one with the universe, you have fear. Whether it is separated into drops or not, water is only water. Our life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact we have no fear of death anymore, and we have no actual difficulty in our life.
When the water returns to its original oneness with the river, it no longer has any individual feeling to it; it resumes its own nature, and finds perfect composure. How very glad the water must be to come back to the original river! If this is water it must come back to the original river! If this is so, what feeling will we have when we die? I think we are like the water in the dipper. We will have composure then, perfect composure. It may be too perfect for us, just now, because we are so much attached to our own feeling, to our own individual existence. For us, just now, we have some fear of death, but after we resume our true original nature, there is Nirvana. That is why we say, “To attain Nirvana is to pass away.” “To pass away” is not a very adequate expression. Perhaps “to pass on,” or “to go on,” or “to join” would be better. Will you try to find some better expression for death? When you find it, you will have quite a new interpretation of your life. It will be like my experience when I say the water in the big waterfall. Imagine! It was one thousand three hundred forty feet high!
We say, “Everything comes to emptiness.” One whole river or one whole mind is emptiness. When we reach this understanding we find the true meaning of our life. When we reach this understanding we can see the beauty of human life. Before we realize this fact, everything that we see is just delusion. Sometimes we overestimated the beauty; sometimes we underestimate or ignore the beauty because our small mind is not in accord with reality.
To talk about it this way is quite easy, but to have the actual feeling is not so easy. But by your practice of meditation you can cultivate this feeling. When you can sit with your whole body and mind, and with the oneness of your mind and body under the control of the universal mind, you can easily attain this kind of right understanding. Your everyday life will be renewed without being attached to an old erroneous interpretation of life. When you realize this fact, you will discover how meaningless your old interpretation was, and how much useless effort you had been making. You will find the true meaning of life, and even though you have difficulty falling upright from the top of the waterfall to the bottom of the mountain, you will enjoy your life.
One of my favorite songs of all time, thanks for doing this. I'd love to hear more SOAD and more Tool :)
This song is about waking up. A new phase in life. A rebirth. It's quite simple !
Definitely dive deeper system-of-a-down has a very big range
They have to listen to Hypnotize ... the harmonies of darans and serj are insane in that one
They're music is deep. Big fan. I remember buying this album and listening to it over and over.
An absolute stone-cold classic from an amazing album. I adore the way their voices interact.
The entirety of their first two albums is absolute genius. They've never released a bad album. Even the ones that weren't as good were better than anything the majority of other bands are still doing.
"Life is a waterfall. We're one in the river and one again after the fall." What a great opener.
By the way, I always thought the kid was an angel.
When I listed to music as a teen I rarely understood the words. And when I did, I didn't spend anytime trying to understand them. On a conscious level it was because I'm lazy. Subconsciously it was the fact that I disagree philosophically with most musicians and didn't want the tension, again because I'm lazy (see first reason). I definitely never grasped what he was saying here. Honestly, I'm not entirely sure I get it now. By "one" does he mean just not divided by trivial cultural and political issues, or does he mean physically "one" like in the sense of being energy or something?
@@garrettpapita waterfall, being a journey in and of itself, is the transition from one part of the river to the next part of the river, much like the journey of life is the transition from one type of non-physical existence to the next.
I think the kid just looks like that and grew up to be the bad ghost in "winchester"
@@palmerkelly5289 shavo said in an Interview the kid is him, using CGI. I never would've guessed otherwise
I always thought he was an alien hybrid; the strangely large and angled eyes and extremely sharp chin. Hence the humans' fascination with him.
You guys should react to…
Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane
🎸🤘
For sure, great sounding song
All this vibe talk about when to plan to listen to certain music is funny. You choose to listen to a certain song because you simply desire to at that specific time.
I would really love to hear what you think about Serj Tankian - Empty Walls (music video)
As y'all know Serj is the main singer of System of a Down... he did his own side project and Empty Walls is a _very_ powerful music video. Especially because he uses kids.
It's also pretty fitting to react to since we just pulled our soldiers outta Afghanistan. I realllly think y'all should check Empty Walls out.
You will love Spider's by them, Definitely my favorite tune from them. Great reaction!!
This song is basically about transcending the small ego mind and entering into higher consciousness - taking an aerial view of your life. When you lose small mind, and become one with the River (infinite consciousness), you free your life - to greater possibilities than the small mind is capable of.
"Life is a waterfall we're one in the river and one again after the fall." If only everyone on the planet recognized that fact...
Even if they realized it, we're pitted against each other politically by our respective systems. Living as one isn't realistic at this stage in history
ego... its all ego.. think about any conflict, personal or political, it always boils down to ego. sad, but thats the way it is and it will 100% never ever change, people are always going to have egos that mess with their common sense
@boezerdieser it’s not ego, every conflict in the world is about scarcity
@@xx-ug9hn Scarcity created by the greed of the few, at the expense of the many.
@Jimi Dave some scarcity is created that way, some isn’t: like time. If you try to attribute everything to boogiemen you miss out of seeing other parts of the system
The poetry of this song makes me tear up. I lock into these lyrics so much. Such a pretty song.
This is why lyric videos are best. Yes, the official videos may be awesome visually, but too many people get stuck on the videos and not the music.
You guys are just the best seriously. From the expressions to when you talk to each other about the song or the lyrics.
Absolute masterpiece, a perfect gem of a song. Don´t overthink SOAD, they have very direct and clear lyrics in some songs and very cryptic and confuse in others. They don´t often disclose the meanings and say that what´s important is what it means to you.
If you guys knew their background and where they came from, then you'd understand the deeper undertones to SOAD's music.
They come from a war-torn country and everything they sing about it's about perception of self and even socio-political issues.
System of a Down has so many great songs, you could fill several stream nights with them.
You guys are awesome. Y’all don’t change for nobody, just be yourself.
System, like most rock n roll, is for when you want to jam music at high volume and rock the F out. Whatever the context - partying, cruising down the highway, laying on the couch with the headphones on 11...
Loud aggressive music is cathartic, it makes people happy rather than angry and violent, much like swearing.
magic of soad is there smooth transitions they can mix any genre, and one of the first bands to be accepted in the metal scene using rap or mixing genres in general
Serj the lead singer has incredible range because he was classically trained and he has incredible control so if you dont hear it in some of their music isnt because he is bad its just he isnt doing it since it doesnt fit in every song and when its there, its perfect
SOAD = Never understood but always gives you so much perspective and more understanding
This came out my senior year in high school. This song was a chill song on a intense album.
First thing to note is that System is an Armenian band. So, there is middle eastern tones which, personally I think is absolutely beautiful. And their music makes you think a little when you delve deeper....I just found your channel. I like it. Good luck in your musical journey ❤🎵🎶
From a metal head Jedi to some padawans….. feel the music. Don’t worry about lyrics or videos, until listen number 20ish. This is the definition of a “paradox”, metal lyrics you can’t understand, what they are saying, but they are saying A LOT. While what I’ll politely call “other” music, you can understand what they’re saying …… but they ARE NOT SAYING ANYTHING!!!! Hence the term “pop” music. It comes, and then it goes. Metal is forever 🤘🏼🤘🏼 and RUclips, where freedom somewhat still exists, metal and artists like Tom Mcdonald ARE THRIVING!!! Keep up the good fight young Jedi(s). Love what you are doing.
I was about 30 when SOAD came out, but hung with people who were in thier early 20s. They introduced me to SOAD musically.
A week or so later they started asking me about the lyrics....
S.O.A.D is a BUMPER BUMPER, they are played through any occasion, any setting, at home or at a wedding....🤘😎🤘
Yes!
Life is a waterfall... We drink from the river then turn around and put up our walls.
You seek. Then you keep. No love for others...
Lead singer has a background in opera. Can definitely sing. I'll explain soon.
I’m using your videos as a playlist right now 😎 all the bangers I grew up with
The beat after this song on the album was me & my wife's intro music into our reception.. love SOAD
They say "we are the ones who want to choose". this refers to the concept of not having control of your own actions. A lot of this song explains what you would see after learning this way of thinking.
The illusion of free will is strong, but it is still just an illusion.
This album changed my life in middle school and with music moving forward just expanded my mind and thinking and always challenging thought and encouraging thinking outside the box with everything
Really, I don't think SOAD songs really have a "vibe" category they fit into, they are sort of their own exclusive vibe and lyrically no one gets "it" the first time hearing a song. Their songs make so much more sense though after you learn about their background and watch interviews with the band members.
Their vibe is weird time signatures
Hypnotize is definitely my favorite SOAD song, they have so many greats to react to tho you'd never be without a choice!
For me, it's a toss up between Hypnotize and Question. Hypnotize is my ringtone for my daughter, though.
I know it´s a matter of taste, but really? Man, I can think of 30 SOAD´s songs better that that one from the top of my head starting with ALL the songs from the 3 first albuns.
@@arc6017 Good for you. You have opinions. That doesn't give you the right to trash someone else's.
@@mistymichelle9957 Take a walk and cool off, I didn´t trash no one´s opinion.
@@arc6017 "I can think of 30 better songs" isn't respecting their opinions either. Just because you believe your musical tastes are more refined doesn't make it true.
The look on your faces and the interest is what amazes interest
Sometimes it's a chill vibe, that song, and some of them are a lit vibe, with you're partying with your peeps and wanna jam.
Queens the live in Tokyo, the song is called "Take Hold of the Flame."
SOAD have songs for any occasion, depends on ur mood. I think you guys should keep doing official videos, I like the way you did tbe blur on this video, it actually looked kinda cool. Love the reactions, keep it up you 2
I'm pretty sure the meaning of "Aerials" here is referring to aerial antennas for receiving radio or TV signals. Like, we don't interact with each other on a physical, face-to-face level, but rather hidden in our isolated bunkers only interacting through radio or TV (or its metaphorical equivalent).
I was just about to say the same thing. I'd also add to this with the stuff they are putting through the radio and TV are causing small minds and they're brain washing people to think in a certain way.
@@DrHappybone
As a medium of propaganda, there is some concern, but otherwise that is too much of a "I hit myself in the head with a hammer; therefore hammers are bad" argument.
@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself I'm not saying all TV, radio, etc is bad, I'm saying that, especially these days, everyone has an agenda and the brainwashing is a lot more prevalent than it used to be. I'm not on board with the whole cancel culture so I'm not saying everything is bad and needs to be stopped, just that all this stuff is making people think less and "shrink their brains".
Just growing up with this band being in the top 10/20 of my era is why I listened to them. 💕
You guys should try the Lonely Day, Forest, Prison Song, Toxicity. There songs are really mind bending and take a few listens to understand the message. I love Serg voice and it compliments the band so well 🎶🎵
When my kids were young teens I made sure to have SoaD, RATM, RHCP and Jimi Hendrix downloaded on every device I bought for them. Yes...they thanked me a few years later
When System first started getting radio play, the first song I heard from them was Toxicity. It was so different I actually didn't like them until Chop Suey came out. Then I started appreciating them and their style.
Serj(lead singer) is a trained opera singer actually too. You can hear it in his vibrato and how he uses his voice. One of those instantly recognizable voices for sure!
Greetings from Costa Rica. Really enjoying your thing. Keep it up.
Looove CR ❤️🙏🏽 thanks for watching!
What you have to remember is that sometimes the record company hires a director to do the video for a song and the director might (or might not) get the bands opinion on what the video should be like and the director might not know the deep meaning of a song and they have you chasing your tail trying to figure out what the video means and also what the lyrics mean. Dee Snider of Twisted Sister once went and testified in front of a Congressional Committee over lyrics in songs. They made up a list of the "Filthy Fifteen" songs and one of his songs was on it. They said his song was about sado masachism and he politely informed them that he wrote the song about his guitar players throat surgery. There is a video here on YT of it. Point is, sometimes you can chase the meaning of lyrics or video and forget to listen to the music.
serj tankian. SOD`s lead singer also did a collabo with Rap God Tech N9ne called: "Straight out the Gate"...guys, you have to do this as well.
such a great track
The first line of this song says it all. “Life is a waterfall: we’re one in the river, and we’re one again after the fall.” Which I take to imply that our consciousness as individuals is only during our short ‘life’ (the waterfall), so when we ‘lose small mind’ (our individual perspective: our individual thoughts, fears, worries, problems, etc… ) if we can let go of that and see we are all destined to be one with all humanity, all life, all the earth…. That’s out ‘eternal prize’. Selfishness is against the will of existence.!this song is very Zen.
That chant at the end makes my scalp tingle..... and THOSE GUITARS!!!! So chonky!
I think you have to hear this a few times to really appreciate it - I certainly did :)
peace guys
I only listened to System in middle school. I waited at Walmart with my mom at midnight for Hypnotized. I got the combo and still have it. This song got me through a lot of hard times. Especially those teenage years where You always wanna play with drugs but you never want to lose
Listen to Spiders.
There’s a bonus track after this that you should listen to. It’s chill. Instrumental and humming.
This is one of my favorite songs from SOAD! Toxicity is my favorite album ever from them. I can jam that from start to finish.
System Of A Down are one of my Top 5 favourite bands of all-time, but it took me a bit to really get into them (even though, or perhaps because, I was a long-time Metal fan).
Is it a chill vibe or is it a lit vibe?
Yes.
Someone might have pointed this out, already...Serj Tankian (typically, the lead singer) is singing two-part harmony with Daron Malakian (higher-ranged vocals, & guitars).
I listen to System of a Down when I mown my lawn... it is a chill and active thing at the same time... and SoaD are like that too :D
Its about how as society we make the unique things that make us individuals change to fit into the expectations of us, because we want the other one to be how we think should be
Primus- jerry was a race car driver
The Sword- don’t get to comfortable. You should do these two bands and start with these songs
No one ever recommends The Sword! 👍🏽👍🏽
of course he's a great vocalist, he started as an opera singer
He didn't...
@@Ennui. yeah he did buddy
@@brackan2679 he didn't and you won't find any proof of it...
Here's a qoute from Serj himself, from an interview:
*"I didn't consider myself a singer.* I started out as a keyboardist and then I was thrown into it and I just started doing it. *I never studied music either,* and for me it was like the idea of singing was always a matter of making interesting noises as an instrument would."
To be an Opera singer in the US, you need at least a bachelor's degree in Musical Arts, which he never studied.
How about some Serj Tankian next? His solo stuff is pretty cool :) I´d suggest "Goodbye Gate 21 - Rock Remix", "Empty Walls" or "Lie Lie Lie" :)
He such a crazy good singer man
Obituary-Intoxicated
Six Feet Under-Lycanthropy
Slayer-Postmortem
Suffocation-Funeral Inception
Napalm Death-Unfit Earth
Benediction-Spit Forth the Dead
Unlocking the Truth-Made of Stone
Bodycount-The Winner Loses
Death-Living Monstrosity
Gorefest-Foetal Carnage
Kreator-Storming with Menace
Sodom-Agent Orange
Decapitated-Spheres of Madness
Just a few Songs....
Greetings from Germany
SOAD is a band you really have to SEE as well as hear, in order to 'get' them. This is one of my favorite SOAD songs. I think they are all Armenian-American, and I wonder if the lead singer's distinctive voice is related to that culture/religion, etc. etc. I have ALWAYS loved his voice.
When I was pregnant with my first 12 years ago I was working an hour away from home. I listened to System of a Down's Steal This Album on repeat. Now my son loves SOD. 😁
Allegaeon “Proponent for Sentience III “
Allegaeon “Gray Matter Mechanics “
Aerials are the antennas used for TV reception back in the day. I think it's kind of suggesting that we're each constantly reaching out for communication from others in a manner that's unnatural instead of just getting to know people.
if I had to pick the next song...it would be "BYOB"!!!
Answering the question of when to listen to soad. There is no specific reason to do so. If I am in a bad mood, they cheer me up, if want to get more hyped, they deliver. If I lay in bed and need some good night music, they get me there as well as when I wake up in the morning and need to get awake properly. But not only soad. I can do this with all metal bands I listen to. I even stop listening to some bands, if I can not fall asleep to them. But that really takes something, since I can use slaughter to prevail or strapping young lad and similar music to fall asleep.
Lead singer Serg really does have a great voice. And guitarist Daron is no slouch on vocals either
They should do a reaction to Serj and Tech N9ne - Straigh out the gate, since they're into rap aswell
@@unknownplayer3980 Love that song
mmm I used to listen to SOD while culturing cells in the lab...! so cool ...good memories and helped to pass the time.
Aerials is one of two favorite songs from system of down
Agree with other on here. Sugar was the first song of theirs that got me interested in them. "Spiders" however cemented me as a fan. Their music is kind of all over the place, their song while similar are still very unique at the same time. For me it's driving music..blasting it while singing along terribly lol. P.s. They're absolutely awesome live.
Aerials are the trapeze artists at a circus, the kids in the video is part of a circus freak show and he looks at the trapeze artists as the varsity football players and reflects on his own life on how he is only valued for his oddity and not any skill (like the trapeze aerial acts). The song is actually very sad and melancholy. It’s the child’s realization that he is being used, or abused for his differences, and also realizing he will never be the accomplished person who is valued for achievements. It’s a statement on our society, we value the freak show because we use (as a culture) people like the child, the outcast, the different, to lift up our own lives. Exploited for our gain, emotionally. We hyper elevate the Aerials, the accomplished, those that can do a skill and fascinate us. We are all in some secret way, the child, the observer, and the aerial. Please take a deep dive into SOD. Such a deep band. Spiders… BYOB… one of my personal favorites is Hypnotize. Thank you for your reactions. Be well.
SOAD is my all-time favorite band, (though I have some issues with their last 2 albums). They're very provocative, intelligent, and creative. The leader singer Serj was trained in classical Opera vocal techniques, (I believe). If you haven't yet, please check out "Prison Song" or "Needles" off of their first album... poignant messages in both tracks (along with most of their tracks) ;)
Then you aren't a true system fan, their last two albums were incredible.
He sang "Like A Stone" a Chris Cornell/Audioslave song live with Prophet's Of Rage as a tribute to Chris Cornell after he passed away.
Highly recommend Eluveitie-King or Ambiramus!! Unique folk metal!
I'm sure you've done Spiders and I'll come across it.
If not, check it out. His vocals are hauntingly awesome!
You guys should listen to Hypnotize from SOAD. One of their masterpiece. It's so deep and so relevant for today.
It's hard to have a favorite SOAD song but this one is so good.
It's about the empty pursuit of fame. About how "aerials" are famous people who are supposed to be higher than us, but in reality might not be. Hence the allusions of waterfalls and about how we are all one.
Lonely day is my all time favorite song by system of a down.
"Protect the land" by system of a down is also super cool
SOADs albums are a ride. You don’t put them on to get hyped or chill because you can’t. You listen to them to enjoy the ride. Great music, provocative lyrics, and every time it’s a little bit different depending on what you bring with you. If you want to get hyped, there are songs for that. If you want to chill there are songs for that too. You want to get angry hell theres also songs for that (Prison Song). But each album will take you through it all. Each album is a ride.
Lex is literally always the vibe. lol