Low Effort System of a Down Meme

alphanerd4@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 497 points –
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SOAD radicalized me in 2001.

They're trying to build a prison!!!!

They do not ease in to Toxicity. So so good. I loved the self-titled album and even saw them live at that era, but the gravity of their message did not sink in until later.

All research and successful drug policy

Shows that treatment should be increased

And law enforcement decreased

While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences

Wait... What songs other than Sugar mention mushroom men?

And besides Prison Song, do any others rant about prisons?

I think the point is the mix of weird, nonsensical lyrics with intense, serious political points lol

Well they are a political band. All their songs are heavy on the lyrical end.

In a single song, though? I was thinking more how nearly every album I have from them, it's like 10 political tracks, and 1 that's just batshit random that was made either because they just needed 1 more song to fulfil their contract, or they just had some fun. lol

If there actually is a single song like that, I'd love to hear it; I haven't listened to everything they have put out so I am genuinely curious about that.

1 that’s just batshit random

Rick Rubin claims credit for this. Says when Serge Tankian was having trouble finishing the lyrics for Chop Suey, Rubin told him to pull a random book off the shelf and open it to a random page and use whatever was there (this is supposedly where the "Father into your hands I commend my spirit ..." bit came from).

Many of their songs are about oppression, genocide, corporate autocracy, technocrats, war, and other important political issues.

I didn't remember the mushroom people reference until I started singing the song in my head, and then lol

I think that's what makes this low effort, they just smashed two of the mainstream weird songs together lol