TRUE DAT! I don’t need no long winded opening with catch phrases and all that shit. Just gimme what I’m here for. And on another note. I really hope my views help whatever reactors I watch. But I see peeps now pushing merchandise…like who in their right mind is so obsessed with this that they spend hard earned money to rep their fav reactor.. even Patreon really seems fuct to me. I enjoy seeing people listen to songs I know and love for the first time.. that’s why I’m here.. but I would never donate out of pocket to this. Give your head a shake if u do.
Yeah, especially since she's wildly intelligent. She's the kinda girl that would keep you on your toes, but you might also need a weekend vacation alone from her psycho energy haha
@@jeffk621 I'm artistic in chugging tons of beer , guzzling pints of whiskey and pounding gallons of wine and that makes me the alcohol drinking genius...🍺🍻🍺
Man i love this channel, Lex is always smiling and pumped up and Brad is really chill and serious. You just gotta love these guys, one of the few good reaction channels on RUclips.
Wait? What's so special about them tho ? There are a lot of better channels out there. They're average at best. ( I just stumbled across this reaction it's my first that's why I'm judging based of off it)
The sound isn't quite right on this one. But you get the idea! Serj can be an acquired sound, but his voice is really unique and beautiful, in my opinion. Try 'Question!' or 'Spiders' beautiful vocals from Serj - 'Prison song' is easy to follow.
After Lex excitedly explains why she gets SOAD now, I love how Brad calmly replies: "Well I liked SOAD from the beginning, so.... I can't really relate to you all the way. Funny to see, usually the roles are reversed.
I love how near the beginning, a wrong word completely ruins the point the band were trying to get across. It's amazing how badly some mess up. All you have to do is look up the lyrics and copy them
I don't know why anybody would want to watch a lyric video. I'd rather just listen to a song than read it. If I miss some lyrics I can look them up after.
To understand System of a Down and their lead Serj Tankian is to understand how political they are. Serj especially is an Activist more than a Musician. They are very much all about Anti-War, Anti-Nationalism and Anti-Authoritarianism; Serj's four grandparents were survivors of the Armenian Genocide. With System of a Down it is always political.
@@Huddle_House56 Serj Tankian is a Full-Time activist. He has a solo song "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" talking about American Christian Nationalism. Serj is more politcal now, not less political, he is very much a far left anti-fascist.
I like Brad's insight about the last line. I grew up in a Christian home and when I read that lyric, I made the same connection. Rather than "sun," I thought "Son," as in Jesus. It's quite profound no matter how you look at it.
after watching dozens of Brad & Lex videos, I found Brad's reaction to Lex's crazy hippie explantation of her interpretation of the music is priceless. God Bless both of you, stay strong.
I'm going to keep requesting this forever, not even lying. The lead singer of System of a Down (Serj) created his own side project. Serj Tankian - Empty Walls (music video)
yeah I don't know why they don't listen to the official audio from Spotify or Tidal, quality would be top notch and they could get to read the lyrics too
I may not remember all the details to my first experience to System Of A Down, But I will always remember it was an Ozzfest some 20 years ago! I left my girl at the main stage to get a beer. Passing the 2nd stage these guys got started.... I stopped dead in my tracks, beer (and my girl, both) forgotten! I was Hypnotized and Mesmerized before those albums came out! My girl later found me, she was pissed... I told her to listen... She was as amazed as I was! She was even more pissed at me for not getting her to that stage to hear this band!
This song holds dual meanings. It is both a commentary on the conditions of urban life in the US and compares it to parallels in the complicit events leading up to the Armenian Genocide. Where citizens became content with the status quo and allowed the genocide to take place. It usually goes hand-hand with Chopsuey which is more about the state of urban decay leading to regret and depression and ultimately suicide. The eating seeds part is a direct reference to the popularity of teens eating sunflower seeds in 2001 in the US as well as reports of when people were being kidnapped by death squads. There was one account of a group of men who got out of their truck and pulled out a bag of sunflower seeds to munch on as they watched with zero concern for the people being captured by the death squad "flashlight reveries caught in the headlights of our truck". That is why the majority of the song is so toned down and a bit depressing. It is like "the world has gone to shit and no one wants to do anything about it, so what else is there left to do but sit quietly and wait for my turn?"
for another SOAD reaction i recommend Prison Song, i feel like brad would like that song Edit: I also recommend IEAIO or whatever that song is called lol
I love S.O.A.D's lead singer Serj, his voice is absolutely amazing. Id highly recommend Hypnotize, Question, Lonely Day, Holy Mountain. Found your channel a week ago and really enjoy it. you guys rock. keep it up. :)
I think the word hasn't been hijacked, as much as being 'woke' has almost become a fad...it's evolved into something that borders on absurdity. Maybe a better way to explain it is not "woke" but "over woke".
Great song! My interpretation of some of the lyrics " between the sacred silence and sleep" is between death and sleep everything is disorder. At the end of the song, I always thought he was referring to "Son" as in Jesus not "Sun". Edit: for a future video, Lie Lie Lie, from Serj's solo album after SOAD broke up
I've seen these guys a dozen times or so all over the northeast. One common thing at their shows are the strange trance some seem to go into during some of these songs. Their music transports people. One of the best live bands ever.
I used to play hackey-sack to this song all 2002. Also helped me recover from my dad's death in December 2000...just missed my graduation. The Deftones also carried me...
Hed pe!! Serj from SOAD did a collab with them along with Morgan from the all female metal band Kittie called Feel Good. Hed pe are metal, punk music infused with hip hop & sometimes reggae. Songs I suggest are Suffa, Renegade, Killing Time, Ordo Ab Chao, Ground, Here and Now, Bartender or Blackout. I think you two will like them, thx & keep the best reactions coming👊🤟
@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself hell yeah!! I see Hed pe whenever they play here, also love Thrill Kill Kult. They should do Sex on Wheels by Thrill Kill Kult. Lol
You can hear eastern rhythms in their sound as well. Armenian-Americans from LA area. There are bands and then there are artists. SOAD fights for humanity through their art. Listen to the words. Thank you both for you channel.
I think it's about the hostile subtones in urban environments that often don't necessarily rise to our conciseness--sometimes it's in the form of just crushing banality
As per Lex's question, broccoli is actually from the same plant as Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kale and Kohlrabi. All are from the wild mustard plant, selectively changed over the years to be modern veggies.
This was the first song I ever heard by SOAD,back in the day, and I was instantly hooked! Like a pot of strong coffee,taken intravenously!! Gimme more!
This group is legendary and I've been listening to them since they first came out 20 some years ago. They mix ups and downs one hard and soft and Melody can wrap and metal
@Brad & Lex Please do some Joy Division songs. Mainly the song called “Disorder”. When the final book of rock history is written.....Joy Division will be in the book of Genesis when it comes to most influential bands of all time! I’ve subbed to both channels y’all have. I really dig the reactions and insight into the music and things going on in the world:)
This song is being critical of the emptiness of modern society and Los Angeles in particular. The band is from LA. This is the title track off their second album, "Toxicity". The cover art is the words "System of a Down" styled to look like the famous Hollywood sign in the LA.
I literally stopped what I was doing and ran upstairs to smoke a bowl and watch this reaction when I saw it dropped LOL. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, and one of many favorite SOAD tracks too. There are so many good ones from them, can't wait to see more. Glad to see you both enjoyed it :) Songs from them to check out that you haven't done yet: Mr Jack, Hypnotize, Dreaming, Attack, Soldier Side, Prison Song, Question, Radio/Video, Innervision, War?, Spiders, Kill Rock n Roll, Holy Mountains, Revenga, Suggestions, Streamline, Tentative, Forest
@Big Homie Steve The Metal Head it's more just metal/hard rock mixed with armenian folk, prog is usually longer songs with jazz influence, like super technical riffs and solos and weird rhythms
A debate as old as time; what exactly is SOAD? Lol i think that's perfectly in line with the bands whole identity being that they pull from a plethora of genres and influences
My sister is a nurse and a mother to a boy. She joined the PTA at her son school and just your normal mother in her 30's raising her boy. But EVEN she has a goosebumps when she listen to Toxicity now. Her favorite song. I infected her with SOAD fever when we were young. LMAO.
Ill never forget my dad, turns to me one day excitedly (as if he discovered somthing new) Alex have you heard this awesome band called system of a down, my reply was just yes I have dad, then he proceeds to put them on and we just jammed, memories
You guys you guys cease to amaze me I'm glad it's not that safe Just Let It Go music is supposed to be fun and also serious at the same time let's you get it just tell your dude over there just smile and bump the music
I was born in 92 and my mom had amazing music taste. My first CD was Americana which my mom got me at around 7 years old haha.. She also took me to see RHCP during californication tour for my first show. I remember she showed me the toxicity CD. She had heard a song and went out and bought it, she absolutely loved it. It became all we listened to in the minivan! Along with Californication.
I've read that the eating seeds line is in reference to how Armenian people eat sunflower seeds to pass the time or when they don't have anything better to do. In the context of the song, I think it suggest that society is so toxic that people don't have anything worthwhile to do but consume. But I may be stretching it with that interpretation. There are some bands that were from the mid-2000's you might enjoy including Thrice (anything from the albums "the Illusion of Safety," "the Artist in the Ambulance," or "Vheissu."), The Dear Hunter (anything works but I love "the fire (remains)," "never forgive, never forget," "The Old Haunt," "The Bitter Suite IV and V: The Congregation and the Sermon in the Silt"), Cursive ("the recluse" or "driftwood: a fairytale"), and Brand New ("sowing seasons," "Daisy," and "I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light," ")
I've always heard the "eating seeds" line was a reference to the Armenian people too, but I think the song in general had to do those in power that seem to refuse to recognize or even deny the Armenian genocide ever happened. Also you're the first person I've ever seen making a suggestion for The Dear Hunter, they are soooo underrated!!
@@xBr3ndan24x I agree, TDH don't get enough mainstream recognition for the amazing music they make. I'd love to see various reaction channels start to check them out. I'm also looking forward to the release of Indigo Child.
Haha great reaction! To me the song is about the chaos of life between the quiet peace before birth and after death and how some people pointlessly try to control it. The last verse also comes across as how they decide to live their chaotic life - aiming to be bright and bring vibrance to others lives, which kind of explains the hype and energy they put into their songs.
I feel like this song speaks to how consumerism and private ownership, how for every day working people as cogs in the system, they’re life’s remain mundane, numb, limited by existing systems put in place by those who came before us. Letting go of the consumer indoctrination pressed upon us, we stop comparing ourselves, our life’s, our relationships, are values…to others, instead letting go of everything we’ve been conditioned to believe we need to be happy, to be successful, to be content… experiencing this “letting go” is liberating.
Oh my gosh you guys, I didn't know you reacted to this. I feel I know you so well now. LOL I just watched your stream tonight and Lex you're pregnant now. What a wonderful journey you two have had. All love, and I chuckled at this reaction, poor Brad looked so tired, lol. Lex you were glowing and super energetic. Thanks this was great. Brad should revisit this. 😁😊
I love how you two mention areas of where the realms of this song could be meaning from. You two mentioned a couple of things that I haven't remember thinking of before. It's awesome!
The "thing" at 6:03, musicians might call it the Pocket or the Feel. My fellow friends and I we call it the "emmh", that feel of firmly tightening a screw, a bottle with that last action of "emmh". In scientific terms it is Synchronicity, when you get the vibe.
Between the sacred silence and sleep, is toxicity and disorder is what they are getting at in my opinion. I love you guys and the diversity on this channel.
Love that you guys are listening to them. One of the most interesting post grunge/ metal bands ever. His vocal ability is incredible. Such a great voice. You guys need to be watching their videos. He's such a visual performer. Also the whole gmo thing is mostly a buzzword. Most things aren't truly clean as "organic" and gmo= genetically modified organism, is actually a good thing. It doesn't do terrible stuff to the "organism" to the corn or what have you. It actually helps protect the corn, the crops. It acts as a deterrent from bugs that will eat up all the crops.
I enjoy that y’all look outside the comfort zones. Usually when I listen to music like this my friends that are rap heavy they’re like “this is a bunch of loud music and nonsense screams” but there’s actually aTON of metal that speaks on life more than you get in a lot of modern rap. Just like watching people get into different music lol that’s something y’all do almost every video too
You guys having such short intros is genius. Your viewer retention must be phenomenal.
Their intros are very clean, and usually entertaining as well.
I prefer it that way lol.
Yes! Love the short intros!straight to the point
TRUE DAT! I don’t need no long winded opening with catch phrases and all that shit. Just gimme what I’m here for. And on another note. I really hope my views help whatever reactors I watch. But I see peeps now pushing merchandise…like who in their right mind is so obsessed with this that they spend hard earned money to rep their fav reactor.. even Patreon really seems fuct to me. I enjoy seeing people listen to songs I know and love for the first time.. that’s why I’m here.. but I would never donate out of pocket to this. Give your head a shake if u do.
Absolutely agree. Please do not change it.
i absolutely love how Lex's face lights up when songs get real heavy!!
So true, she has really become a metal head :)
It's like a shock to her system but she loves it lol
Happens to me all the time. I call it when it gets grimey
Lex is the definition of what "good" crazy is
Yeah, especially since she's wildly intelligent. She's the kinda girl that would keep you on your toes, but you might also need a weekend vacation alone from her psycho energy haha
@@willvr4 she is artistic but in philosophy. Predictable but yet Genius in a way
@@jeffk621 I'm artistic in chugging tons of beer , guzzling pints of whiskey and pounding gallons of wine and that makes me the alcohol drinking genius...🍺🍻🍺
@@IWantToSmashLiberalsWithHammer Hell yeah
Man i love this channel, Lex is always smiling and pumped up and Brad is really chill and serious.
You just gotta love these guys, one of the few good reaction channels on RUclips.
I'm literally upset that they're not at a million subs already! :D
They will get there. It will go faster when they stop playing stuff like this song.
@@bobbybobbatunday9959 lol and what should they play to appeal to "the masses"? Im watching reactions channels only because of reacts to metal
Wait? What's so special about them tho ? There are a lot of better channels out there. They're average at best. ( I just stumbled across this reaction it's my first that's why I'm judging based of off it)
@@bobbybobbatunday9959 Your opinions are specious and I fear that your cerebrum is encrusted with fecaliths.
would yall believe this song is exactly 20 years old this month?
Time flies...
And still relevant in 2021
@@rastomasstanford7708 most definitely!
Man... Feeling old because of this fact...lol
i watched em live(and heard em for the first time) when they were opening for limp bizkit back in the day :D
Brad is constantly studying the song, and when the heaviness hits Lex loses it. 👍
The drums in this song always, always get me fired up. That fill is so good
The sound isn't quite right on this one. But you get the idea! Serj can be an acquired sound, but his voice is really unique and beautiful, in my opinion. Try 'Question!' or 'Spiders' beautiful vocals from Serj - 'Prison song' is easy to follow.
I thought it was maybe just my stream. The audio quality sounded bad.
Yea they need to listen to some 1080 p versions. These are unlistenable and abrasive to the ears
usually reactors might edit it to avoid copyright but it actually is like that in the original video...
Yeah, it sounds higher pitched than the album, so weird.
Ye i think whoever did the lyric video sped it up but they definitely gotta do Question!
After Lex excitedly explains why she gets SOAD now, I love how Brad calmly replies: "Well I liked SOAD from the beginning, so.... I can't really relate to you all the way. Funny to see, usually the roles are reversed.
I don't know why so many people make lyric videos when they can't even be bothered to get all the words/spelling right
Right, totally took me out of enjoying it in some places. Some of the listed lyrics were horrible
I love how near the beginning, a wrong word completely ruins the point the band were trying to get across. It's amazing how badly some mess up. All you have to do is look up the lyrics and copy them
I don't know why anybody would want to watch a lyric video. I'd rather just listen to a song than read it. If I miss some lyrics I can look them up after.
I definitely didn’t build up to them. Their chaos attracted me.
It’s been nice to revisit their music through your reactions, so thanks!
Brad, you needed what we call BREAKDOWNS!!!! LOL The Pantera & Lamb of God type breakdowns and rhythm changes. This song has a killer breakdown.
I'm thrilled that Brad and Lex both dug this one... SOAD is the greatest and I'm excited for future reactions to their stuff :)
To understand System of a Down and their lead Serj Tankian is to understand how political they are. Serj especially is an Activist more than a Musician. They are very much all about Anti-War, Anti-Nationalism and Anti-Authoritarianism; Serj's four grandparents were survivors of the Armenian Genocide. With System of a Down it is always political.
I doubt they’re anti authoritarian anymore. Kind of like the other super political band “Rage On Behalf Of The Machine”
@@Huddle_House56 Serj Tankian is a Full-Time activist. He has a solo song "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" talking about American Christian Nationalism. Serj is more politcal now, not less political, he is very much a far left anti-fascist.
@@Huddle_House56 Rage are commie lovers.
Jay Hamilton that’s why I say “rage on behalf of the machine”
@@jhamilton1007 Yes. And?
I like Brad's insight about the last line. I grew up in a Christian home and when I read that lyric, I made the same connection. Rather than "sun," I thought "Son," as in Jesus. It's quite profound no matter how you look at it.
I mean…it’s gotta be biblical. Without checking I’d bet that is a direct quote from Ol’ Yeshua
It can easily be a dual metaphor. Son - heart/ sun - shine
To hear another side of Serj's vocals, check out Aerials. You'll love it.
after watching dozens of Brad & Lex videos, I found Brad's reaction to Lex's crazy hippie explantation of her interpretation of the music is priceless. God Bless both of you, stay strong.
I'm going to keep requesting this forever, not even lying.
The lead singer of System of a Down (Serj) created his own side project.
Serj Tankian - Empty Walls (music video)
Lexs reactions make me so happy I cant explain it lol 😆
The pitch is different from the original song.
yeah I don't know why they don't listen to the official audio from Spotify or Tidal, quality would be top notch and they could get to read the lyrics too
@@rajamcraja Tidal is that a similar thing as Spotify? I really don't use Spotify as I cannot really find the music I like, guess it is to extreme.
I may not remember all the details to my first experience to System Of A Down, But I will always remember it was an Ozzfest some 20 years ago! I left my girl at the main stage to get a beer. Passing the 2nd stage these guys got started.... I stopped dead in my tracks, beer (and my girl, both) forgotten! I was Hypnotized and Mesmerized before those albums came out! My girl later found me, she was pissed... I told her to listen... She was as amazed as I was! She was even more pissed at me for not getting her to that stage to hear this band!
This lyric video has changed the the pitch and made it higher...recommend the album version . Great reaction as always.
This song holds dual meanings. It is both a commentary on the conditions of urban life in the US and compares it to parallels in the complicit events leading up to the Armenian Genocide. Where citizens became content with the status quo and allowed the genocide to take place. It usually goes hand-hand with Chopsuey which is more about the state of urban decay leading to regret and depression and ultimately suicide. The eating seeds part is a direct reference to the popularity of teens eating sunflower seeds in 2001 in the US as well as reports of when people were being kidnapped by death squads. There was one account of a group of men who got out of their truck and pulled out a bag of sunflower seeds to munch on as they watched with zero concern for the people being captured by the death squad "flashlight reveries caught in the headlights of our truck". That is why the majority of the song is so toned down and a bit depressing. It is like "the world has gone to shit and no one wants to do anything about it, so what else is there left to do but sit quietly and wait for my turn?"
I believe it was "up-pitched" to bypass copyright violation. The guitar & bass tunings and obviously the vocals are lower.
One of the tunes that cemented System Of A Down as one of my all-time favourite bands. So fierce, so multi-faceted...just brilliant.
Yall should check out " Prison Song " from them Next !!
for another SOAD reaction i recommend Prison Song, i feel like brad would like that song
Edit: I also recommend IEAIO or whatever that song is called lol
Prison song is a classic.
I love S.O.A.D's lead singer Serj, his voice is absolutely amazing. Id highly recommend Hypnotize, Question, Lonely Day, Holy Mountain. Found your channel a week ago and really enjoy it. you guys rock. keep it up. :)
Before woke was hijacked into a buzzword, it's always been used as a metaphor for being a conscious free thinker.
Now the term for that is being Awake. But the mainstream will dilute that word just like every other word with meaning.
I love your comment!
Exactly, free thinker; but now it's totally the opposite, if you don't think like they want, they attack you.
I think the word hasn't been hijacked, as much as being 'woke' has almost become a fad...it's evolved into something that borders on absurdity. Maybe a better way to explain it is not "woke" but "over woke".
Now it's "based"
Great song! My interpretation of some of the lyrics " between the sacred silence and sleep" is between death and sleep everything is disorder. At the end of the song, I always thought he was referring to "Son" as in Jesus not "Sun".
Edit: for a future video, Lie Lie Lie, from Serj's solo album after SOAD broke up
I always took it that the sacred silence was pre-existence and the sleep was death.
Their drummer just kicks ass 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Is broccoli even real??? Oh, Lex. You’re beyond awesome. I adore how your mind works ♥️♥️
That question is a sign of psychosis - not really something to adore.
Lol I love the difference in appreciation difference on the break down her vibing and him listening
I've seen these guys a dozen times or so all over the northeast. One common thing at their shows are the strange trance some seem to go into during some of these songs. Their music transports people. One of the best live bands ever.
I like to imagine lex doing errands & learning all the words to this & just singing her little heart out in the car lol
This is my favorite SOAD song and they have so many it's hard to choose. You really should explore their whole library of music because it's a treat.
I used to play hackey-sack to this song all 2002. Also helped me recover from my dad's death in December 2000...just missed my graduation. The Deftones also carried me...
"I kinda like it". Wow, the understatement of the year. The song is brilliant. The whole Toxicity album is brilliant.
He has 4 or 5 albums, he also has symphony orchestra playing while he is singing and it is so awesome!
Hed pe!! Serj from SOAD did a collab with them along with Morgan from the all female metal band Kittie called Feel Good. Hed pe are metal, punk music infused with hip hop & sometimes reggae. Songs I suggest are Suffa, Renegade, Killing Time, Ordo Ab Chao, Ground, Here and Now, Bartender or Blackout. I think you two will like them, thx & keep the best reactions coming👊🤟
I love Killing Time by H3d. Saw them in concert once, opening for Thrill Kill Kult. Small venue too, maybe 200 - 300 people tops in the audience.
@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself hell yeah!! I see Hed pe whenever they play here, also love Thrill Kill Kult. They should do Sex on Wheels by Thrill Kill Kult. Lol
These guys are just on a complete different galaxy of metal! Love it!
You can hear eastern rhythms in their sound as well. Armenian-Americans from LA area. There are bands and then there are artists. SOAD fights for humanity through their art. Listen to the words. Thank you both for you channel.
Serj has such a powerful and clear voice
I think it's about the hostile subtones in urban environments that often don't necessarily rise to our conciseness--sometimes it's in the form of just crushing banality
Lex you got to try out Lonely Day. They are so deep with their lyrical messages. Also check out their song The Forest. It's a great jam 🤘🎶🎶🎶
Lonely day nice song.
@@kuplung22 Definitely my personal favorite song from the rest 👍
As per Lex's question, broccoli is actually from the same plant as Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kale and Kohlrabi. All are from the wild mustard plant, selectively changed over the years to be modern veggies.
GMO for the win!
Allegaeon “Proponent for Sentience III “
Allegaeon “Gray Matter Mechanics “
You should have done the actual video for this one.. the focus was on the drumming and it was sick!
This was the first song I ever heard by SOAD,back in the day, and I was instantly hooked! Like a pot of strong coffee,taken intravenously!! Gimme more!
Lmfao 😂😆 the two of you when it ended!!! Listen 1 more time and your in love with them! Lol good show guys!
10 seconds in and i realized the key is raised lol. not that big of a deal but its not truly how the song was intended to be.
This group is legendary and I've been listening to them since they first came out 20 some years ago. They mix ups and downs one hard and soft and Melody can wrap and metal
i get a kick out of lex , she always makes smile
I would love yall to react to Killswitch Engaged - My Curse.... it's such a good Band and song
Gotta love a band named after an X-Files episode written by William Gibson. Lol
My curse is a classic, chorus will never get old.
Or their song When Darkness Falls ? !
@@randyoz9754 indeed, Killswitch Engaged is an awesome rock band
@Brad & Lex
Please do some Joy Division songs.
Mainly the song called “Disorder”.
When the final book of rock history is written.....Joy Division will be in the book of Genesis when it comes to most influential bands of all time!
I’ve subbed to both channels y’all have. I really dig the reactions and insight into the music and things going on in the world:)
"Disorder" and "Warsaw" are my favorite Joy Division songs
I feel like Lex is almost ready to mosh out! 🤘😝
Serj Tankian has 3 degrees in classical music Opera, and classical music.....hes the real fkn deal
This song is being critical of the emptiness of modern society and Los Angeles in particular. The band is from LA. This is the title track off their second album, "Toxicity". The cover art is the words "System of a Down" styled to look like the famous Hollywood sign in the LA.
Broccoli is real, and it’s sooo good!!
I literally stopped what I was doing and ran upstairs to smoke a bowl and watch this reaction when I saw it dropped LOL. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, and one of many favorite SOAD tracks too. There are so many good ones from them, can't wait to see more. Glad to see you both enjoyed it :) Songs from them to check out that you haven't done yet: Mr Jack, Hypnotize, Dreaming, Attack, Soldier Side, Prison Song, Question, Radio/Video, Innervision, War?, Spiders, Kill Rock n Roll, Holy Mountains, Revenga, Suggestions, Streamline, Tentative, Forest
broccoli was engineered from the mustard plant, just like kale, brussels sprouts etc. Not through anything nefarious, just specific breeding.
You guys are great, very refreshing style of music reactions, sending love from Australia
This whole album is a Prog Metal masterpiece!
@Big Homie Steve The Metal Head it's more just metal/hard rock mixed with armenian folk, prog is usually longer songs with jazz influence, like super technical riffs and solos and weird rhythms
A debate as old as time; what exactly is SOAD? Lol i think that's perfectly in line with the bands whole identity being that they pull from a plethora of genres and influences
My sister is a nurse and a mother to a boy. She joined the PTA at her son school and just your normal mother in her 30's raising her boy. But EVEN she has a goosebumps when she listen to Toxicity now. Her favorite song. I infected her with SOAD fever when we were young. LMAO.
I love seeing new people getting into rock music
Ill never forget my dad, turns to me one day excitedly (as if he discovered somthing new) Alex have you heard this awesome band called system of a down, my reply was just yes I have dad, then he proceeds to put them on and we just jammed, memories
You guys you guys cease to amaze me I'm glad it's not that safe Just Let It Go music is supposed to be fun and also serious at the same time let's you get it just tell your dude over there just smile and bump the music
I was born in 92 and my mom had amazing music taste. My first CD was Americana which my mom got me at around 7 years old haha.. She also took me to see RHCP during californication tour for my first show. I remember she showed me the toxicity CD. She had heard a song and went out and bought it, she absolutely loved it. It became all we listened to in the minivan! Along with Californication.
i like how lex goes in on the breakdown haha shes got some metal blood
I Love Lex's reaction she seems, I don't know just so alive!!! you guys are great.........
The drummer John Dolmayan has a pretty cool comic book shop in Vegas called Torpedo Comics.
"Is broccoli a real vegetable?" 😳 It's the question we didn't know we needed...🤣
4:54 Metal Face achieved! So awesome.
The drumming is fn awesome!
I've read that the eating seeds line is in reference to how Armenian people eat sunflower seeds to pass the time or when they don't have anything better to do. In the context of the song, I think it suggest that society is so toxic that people don't have anything worthwhile to do but consume. But I may be stretching it with that interpretation.
There are some bands that were from the mid-2000's you might enjoy including Thrice (anything from the albums "the Illusion of Safety," "the Artist in the Ambulance," or "Vheissu."), The Dear Hunter (anything works but I love "the fire (remains)," "never forgive, never forget," "The Old Haunt," "The Bitter Suite IV and V: The Congregation and the Sermon in the Silt"), Cursive ("the recluse" or "driftwood: a fairytale"), and Brand New ("sowing seasons," "Daisy," and "I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light," ")
I've always heard the "eating seeds" line was a reference to the Armenian people too, but I think the song in general had to do those in power that seem to refuse to recognize or even deny the Armenian genocide ever happened.
Also you're the first person I've ever seen making a suggestion for The Dear Hunter, they are soooo underrated!!
@@xBr3ndan24x I agree, TDH don't get enough mainstream recognition for the amazing music they make. I'd love to see various reaction channels start to check them out. I'm also looking forward to the release of Indigo Child.
Do sugar next
Oh they did that one months ago, search it up
It's funny lex jamming to the music ,brad waiting to read the lyrics 😆
Haha great reaction! To me the song is about the chaos of life between the quiet peace before birth and after death and how some people pointlessly try to control it. The last verse also comes across as how they decide to live their chaotic life - aiming to be bright and bring vibrance to others lives, which kind of explains the hype and energy they put into their songs.
Such a great and underrated Band. Effing love them. Lex, you a hard rocker at ❤️. 👏👏
I feel like this song speaks to how consumerism and private ownership, how for every day working people as cogs in the system, they’re life’s remain mundane, numb, limited by existing systems put in place by those who came before us. Letting go of the consumer indoctrination pressed upon us, we stop comparing ourselves, our life’s, our relationships, are values…to others, instead letting go of everything we’ve been conditioned to believe we need to be happy, to be successful, to be content… experiencing this “letting go” is liberating.
when the song drops towards the middle of the video lex gets so hype 😂🙌🏽
Oh my gosh you guys, I didn't know you reacted to this. I feel I know you so well now. LOL I just watched your stream tonight and Lex you're pregnant now. What a wonderful journey you two have had. All love, and I chuckled at this reaction, poor Brad looked so tired, lol. Lex you were glowing and super energetic. Thanks this was great. Brad should revisit this. 😁😊
I bet he would like it now!!! 😅😮 Wow this feels like forever ago
Iowa and Toxicity came out 1 week apart in '01 right before 9/11. To this day, two of my favorites
I love how you two mention areas of where the realms of this song could be meaning from. You two mentioned a couple of things that I haven't remember thinking of before. It's awesome!
You guys have to check out Sirj`s collab with Tech N9ne on "Straight out the Gate". Sirj`s voice goes well even in Rap!
The "thing" at 6:03, musicians might call it the Pocket or the Feel.
My fellow friends and I we call it the "emmh", that feel of firmly tightening a screw, a bottle with that last action of "emmh".
In scientific terms it is Synchronicity, when you get the vibe.
I absolutely love how you go right to the songs! I don't mind either way but your way is the best!
Thanks for sharing 👍
Lex has absolutely got IT ! Your breakdown is pretty much Spot On.
Finally a reaction channel that doesn't start with "without further ado"
Controlled Chaos!!!!! Just realized how my mind works
Between the sacred silence and sleep, is toxicity and disorder is what they are getting at in my opinion. I love you guys and the diversity on this channel.
You can see the exact moment it clicks for lex. Cool stuff.
1:03 "latest software, converting all the time, always spinning around with the latest thing like a tire hub"
4:12 the moment where Lex...please head bang for the metal world!!! 🤘
Love that you guys are listening to them. One of the most interesting post grunge/ metal bands ever. His vocal ability is incredible. Such a great voice. You guys need to be watching their videos. He's such a visual performer. Also the whole gmo thing is mostly a buzzword. Most things aren't truly clean as "organic" and gmo= genetically modified organism, is actually a good thing. It doesn't do terrible stuff to the "organism" to the corn or what have you. It actually helps protect the corn, the crops. It acts as a deterrent from bugs that will eat up all the crops.
I enjoy that y’all look outside the comfort zones. Usually when I listen to music like this my friends that are rap heavy they’re like “this is a bunch of loud music and nonsense screams” but there’s actually aTON of metal that speaks on life more than you get in a lot of modern rap. Just like watching people get into different music lol that’s something y’all do almost every video too
I'm just staring at Brad's face waiting to see him eagerly await the lyrics to show up and see "conversion software version 7.0...."
This will always be 🔥🔥🔥
I think From the first time I visited this channel MR. BRAD had really opened his mind and Heart towards Music. Another Great Reaction 🎼🎼🎼🎼
System of a down is beautiful noise!
Brads flexing!