Top 5 System Of a Down Songs

charlieharper

Hey everyone,

New to this but a former regular user of Rock & Metal on Yahoo answers.

What are your top 5 System Of A Down Songs?

Fi H

5 is too hard to narrow down! my top 2 are Chop Suey and Toxicity

chin_grin

Not in any order but Sugar, War, Prison Song, Boom and I-E-A-I-A-I-O.

Angron

Hmm.. Probably Sugar, BYOB, Violent Pornography, Chop Suey and Bounce, though that's not in a particular order and is prone to changing.

hidinginthebush

Jaysus, it's been ages since I've given them a listen, they sort of fizzled out after "Steal this cd" for me, never really gave mez / hyp much of a chance. Anyhoo, without further ado, and in no particular order, I'd probably go: Sugar, Mr. Jack, Innervision, Chop Suey, I-E-A-I-A-I-O and War? to shake things up and make it 6

dw_newtown

I love System and they are one of the most under-rated bands in rock history! my top 5 are(in no particular order):

Needles: how could u not like a song that says pull the tapeworm out of your ass! HEY!

Soldier Side Intro/BYOB: ok so its two songs but the intro is so simple and it sets the tone for BYOB in a very clever way. BYOB itself asks a very simple question that no-one seems to have answered yet! Why do they always send the poor anyway?

ATWA: i like the loud/quiet dynamic of this song and its probably one of Daron's better backing vocal contributions. he went overboard after this tbh with the exception of:

Hypnotise: I like the intro riff and the pacing of this, and the vocals are also clever too

Chop Suey: the signature tune of SOAD. u dont need to say anymore.


Near Misses:

War?
Peephole
PLUCK
Suite Pee
Sugar
Revenga
Psycho
Toxicity
Bounce

hidinginthebush

Reading this thread has spurred me to delve back into my SOAD colection, havinga very nostalgic listen back through the first album, Spiders, Soil and Peephole are all epic!

GLaDOS

Sugar
Highway Song
Chop Suey
Forest
Radio/Video

pdbhp

Holy Mountains
Atwa
Chop Suey
BYOB
IEIEO

Hard to make a list as a lot of their songs are excellent

JBnaglfar

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Reading this thread has spurred me to delve back into my SOAD colection, havinga very nostalgic listen back through the first album, Spiders, Soil and Peephole are all epic!

Just spotted this thread and plan to listen to it too.

The first five that come to mind as favourites, in no particular order:
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
P.L.U.C.K.
Mind
Aerials
Know

In case it's not obvious I'm a fan of their earlier albums. I'm not really mad on Mesmerize/Hypnotize.

edit: ah, just remembered Mr.Jack. Another great song that should probably be in my top 5.

Joe_Dull

Love System of a Down, they used to be my favourite band so they did

Hmmm... let's see. In no particular order...

Soil
War?
Deer Dance
Tentative
Revenga

On another day my bottom 3 there could be different!

qz

Haven't listened to these guys in ages. I too stopped after Steal this Album, for whatever reason. Must get back into them!

viadah

Maybe it was a subliminal thing, a conflict from the fact that the album was called 'Steal This Album!' but they clearly didn't want you to steal it, they wanted you to buy it. For me, anyone who glorifies Charles Manson as a folk hero while trying to promote humanitarian causes makes me question what they're selling in general. That said, the first album is great, couldn't pick a top five out of it. 'Toxicity' is a fine song, as is 'Aerials'. And I too lost interest around the time 'Steal This Album!' came out.

GLaDOS

viadah wrote: »

Maybe it was a subliminal thing, a conflict from the fact that the album was called 'Steal This Album!' but they clearly didn't want you to steal it, they wanted you to buy it.

They called it that because the album leaked online before it was released.

viadah

And they clearly wanted people to buy it by producing four 'limited edition' personalised covers.

Numina

I'm sorry, I just can't answer this question. It's impossible to decide.

Joe_Dull

Would it not be fair to assume the vast majority of artists want you to buy their music...? It is how they put bread on the table, after all.

viadah

Obviously. It's the irony of an album called 'Steal This Album!' being released with four 'collector' covers that I was referencing.

GLaDOS

viadah wrote: »

Obviously. It's the irony of an album called 'Steal This Album!' being released with four 'collector' covers that I was referencing.

They were taking the piss out of people leaking their album, the irony is intentional.

Mr. CooL ICE

Ddevil
Deer Dance
Know
BYOB
Shimmy

The new stuff kinda pisses me off because Daron's voice goes through my head and as a result, I hadn't listened to them in years. I took out the self titled and toxicity a few months ago and had forgotten how awesome a band they are

PickledLime

Now here's a band i haven't listened to in years. I lost total interest in them many moons ago, but if i recall these were my faves:

Storaged
Darts
Sugar
War
Soil

Motley Crue

I'm not sure about their top five, but I do like Roulette from Steal This Album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqG3_yaGzRc