![]() ![]() Considering the fact that this song is a weird Anti-Drug song, this makes the title all the more ironic. Non-Appearing Title: "This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song".Musical Pastiche: Several reviewers have suggested that "Lost in Hollywood" is the band's tribute to Radiohead's " Street Spirit (Fade Out)".Then it closes off with two of System's softest, most depressing songs, "Lonely Day" and "Soldier Side". Mood Whiplash: Mezmerize ends with the comical "Old School Hollywood" followed by the more morose "Lost in Hollywood." Hypnotize's "Holy Mountains" fades into the sexual "Vicinity of Obscenity" and then the even more sexual "She's Like Heroin".However, the words do sound very profound especially with the song's anti-war subtext. Lyrical Shoehorn: "B.Y.O.B." has really oblique verses most of the words fit together just for the sake of rhyming.Despite this, the song itself is very silly and lighthearted, with a strangely moving bridge. Lyrical Dissonance: "Kill Rock 'n Roll" is about how Daron ran over a bunny while going to work one day.Kids Rock: Somewhat disturbingly, during the final chorus of "Cigaro", a bunch of kids can be heard screaming the lyrics.Intellectually Supported Tyranny: "Sad Statue", which references in part how conquerors who commit vile acts are often more intelligent and "eloquent" than the average person:Ĭonquest to the lover and your love to the fire.One of the weirder tracks of the album, admittedly. Hooker with a Heart of Gold: "She's Like Heroin", which fetishizes having sex with a more than cooperative hooker who's willing to let her client crossdress.It's a strange critique on how media forces us to think a certain way. Faceless Goons: In the "B.Y.O.B." music video, Mecha-Mooks with words such as "Capitalism" or "Greed" storm a party and transform its members, including the band itself, into the same goons.Epic Rocking: "Holy Mountains", "Lost in Hollywood", and even "Radio/Video" with all its genre shifts throughout.This contrasts "B.Y.O.B", "Stealing Society", and "U-Fig", which mostly mock the capitalist element to war. On Hypnotize, "Soldier Side" is about the human costs of war and how people's faith in God die along with their loved ones. This directly contrasts with "Old School Hollywood", which is a silly track about washed-up stars trying to maintain their own relevance. Downer Ending: "Lost in Hollywood" on Mezmerize is a sad reflection on the way fame eats people up.He's come so far to find the truth, he's never going home Child Soldiers: Children being drafted into war and dying far from home in "Soldier Side".However, it also includes "Kill Rock 'N Roll", an upbeat number about running over a bunny, and "Vicinity of Obscenity", a piece of Word-Salad Humor which encourages the listener to "beat the meat". Breather Episode: Hypnotize in general has a lot of gloomy, slow songs.Bookends: "Soldier Side (intro)" and "Soldier Side" on either album.Album Title Drop: Mezmerize is named for a lyric in "Hypnotize", which is on the Hypnotize side of the album: " Mezmerize the simple-minded/Propaganda leaves you blinded".Daron Malakian vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards. ![]() Serj Tankian vocals, keyboards, theremin."This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song" (2:08)."B.Y.O.B." note "Bring Your Own Bombs" (4:15).In other songs such as "Stealing Society" and "U-Fig", the album has a more experimental aesthetic than before, especially since they straddle Metal Screams with minimalist guitar pieces. In particular, the songs focus more on Lighter and Softer bits with Epic Riffs laden throughout, such as on the non-singles "Radio/Video", "Sad Statue", "Lost in Hollywood", "Holy Mountains", and "Soldier Side". The album focuses on more alternative elements than their previous Progressive Metal albums, such as soaring acoustics, string sections, and more direct lyrics. Originally intended as a double album, the records were split to reflect the band's choice to let their audience absorb each individual track rather than giving unfair attention toward the hits. 1 on the Billboard 200, and enjoyed extensive mainstream success thanks to the singles "B.Y.O.B." note stands for "Bring Your Own Bombs", "Question!", "Hypnotize", and "Lonely Day". Released months apart in 2005, both debuted at No. Mezmerize and Hypnotize are the fourth and fifth albums by System of a Down, respectively. ![]()
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