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SOADFans: SOAD Name New Single 'Question!' |
Posted by blair88 on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 04:56 AM
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<SPAN class=pn-normal><SPAN class=genCopy>As abstract as System of a Down's music is, the band believes all 11 tracks on the new Mezmerize would fit on rock radio.
"I don't really think about singles too much, but everything is written very much with a song structure," <SPAN class=genCopy>guitarist/singer Daron Malakian said.
"There is something very poppy about almost every one of those songs."
So when it came to choosing the follow-up to 'B.Y.O.B.', System looked to others, including radio programmers who were, conveniently, already playing 'Question!' The song, the only one on Mezmerize with lyrics solely written by singer Serj Tankian, is a haunting, Tool-esque metal track that contrasts big screams and an ever bigger guitar solo with quiet acoustic-guitar parts and Tankian's spoken word."Are you dreaming?" Tankian sings. "Dreaming the night/ Dreaming all right/ Do we, do we know/ When we fly/ When we, when we go/ Do we die."
As with most System material, the bandmembers would rather let listeners determine what the song's about than say it themselves.
"It's kind of cool to not fully know because then you can take a fresh approach and just feel the emotions rather then the logic of what is going on," Tankian explained. "And that's really powerful."
There's no word yet on "Question!" video plans or whether System will release a third single from Mezmerize or wait until the album's second part, Hypnotize, hits stores in late fall.Although fans have to wait for it, Hypnotize is recorded, mastered and ready for release.
Malakian recently sequenced the songs himself, which like Mezmerize, he said was the hardest part. "I try to think about it like if I was either mixing this for some friends to listen to and they will never hear it again or what's going to keep people interested and what's going to keep me interested," he said. "Sometimes it works to have a song that ends on a certain note and then go into another song that begins with a similar note, but at the end of the day, it's just about flow."Think about records that you listen to, and say that band put their best song towards the end or something," .
He added. "I think you want to get a good impression right off the bat, but you also want it to flow. You don't want to listen to two songs and say, 'I don't like it.' That's why sequence is so important."
Malakian hopes fans will come up with story lines for the two albums, although he insists there's not really one.
Mezmerize ends with "Old School Hollywood" and "Lost in Hollywood" back-to-back "just so people will ask," he said."The records do kind of bookend each other [though]," Malakian said. "Once you hear the second record you will hear how both of these records come together as one record, and I think four or five years down the line ... people are going to look back on this System record and see it as one record, and that has something to do with the way it begins and the way it ends."
Although Rick Rubin co-produced the albums with Malakian, he is not involved in the sequencing, the guitarist said."He is more involved in me and Serj vocally and with individual songs," Malakian said. "He is like the song doctor. You walk into a doctor and you say, 'Well I got this and that wrong with me,' and he says, 'Well, take this and that and in a week you will start feeling a little better.' It's kind of the same thing with Rick. We play a song and he says, 'It needs more dynamics here or the chorus isn't as great as it can be or something needs to be better.' ... That's mainly what he does with System of a Down is give that objective opinion and we go back and we make those things happen in our songs."
System of a Down are currently wrapping up their European tour and will return to the States for a trek with the Mars Volta that kicks off August 4. Check complete Review of that gig <FONT color=#ffffff>Here
This is an article from MTV News.
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alkaline_blonde
29.06.05, 08:00
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YAY i love that song so much ^_^
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Deka
29.06.05, 08:27
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rita_gomes_c
29.06.05, 09:30
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 nice!!! I love that song! it's really beautiful and at the same time powerfull, and it really shows that they are a creative and versatile band.
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pants_on_my_head
29.06.05, 11:43
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whoopee! it's a very very nice song. i clapped my hands when i saw this article!:) oh i'm so happy cuz QUESTION! is a brilliant song! well i won't be very upset if they would have chosen lost in hollywood. but this song is just too simple to be SYSTEM's (not simple group as you know!) single. hey and that means that we all gonna see a new QUESTION! video soon. cool. i'm so exited!
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Light_Lil_Devil
29.06.05, 13:12
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you sure its QUESTION! ???
Over here on a french radio "Le mouv' " i have never heard them play B.Y.O.B. (to "violent" i guess! --BULLSHIT) but they now play LOST IN HOLLYWOOD. I don't get it!?! ok yeah, more people r gonna like it coz its slow....but why play that and not B.Y.O.B.?!
And i thought that the band had to officialy release a song/single so it can b aired on radio/tv???
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Priest
29.06.05, 17:14
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Oh shit, the way it begins and the way it ends? Do they mean Soldier Side will be into a full song or something on the end of Hypnotize? :D.. just me fantasising again..
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nadinetannous
29.06.05, 18:31
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what happened to lost in hollywood? but yay question- i love it!!
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RestlessWhisper7
29.06.05, 20:35
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I hope they make a video for Question. It's such a beautiful, thought-provoking song. Just as all of Serj's lyrics are.
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BringYourOwnCigaro
29.06.05, 23:59
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KROQ has been playing Question non-stop. They play Lost In Hollywood sometimes. I think they should have gotten singles out really quick so they could have had 3 or 4 when Hypnotize comes out.
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meatloaf???
30.06.05, 00:08
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ummm mtv is wrong about the solo part....altho it does has some kick ass riffage towards the end....perhaps that is what they meant....nevertheless i do enjoy Question! quite a bit. The main chorus almost reminds me of an Iron Maiden-esque type verse, with the dual operatic vocals, and melodic guitar that backs it up.
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Ashlee
30.06.05, 02:00
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The most strategic marketing technique would be choosing "Sad Statue" or "Lost in Hollywood" as the second single. I like "Question!", but I do not believe it is mainstream material.
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mon
30.06.05, 14:43
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\m/ i don't give a shit!!!!! s.o.a.d rulez \m/
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Mark_Malakian_1915
30.06.05, 23:04
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yeah ashlee but its not about making it mainstream its about rockin out and letting people enjoy the music
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loganrobertson
30.06.05, 23:47
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I think that Question is the best track on the Mezmerize half.
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loganrobertson
30.06.05, 23:49
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Sad Statue, i dont believe would be a good choice, it has really fast and heavy parts that i really like, but overall i thik that Question! is a better song.
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Achelon
01.07.05, 05:15
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When I first listened to this album Question! was my favorite, Hopefully theres more stuff like this
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RockTheSystem
01.07.05, 10:54
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Ooh, Lost In Hollywood was just a rumour then? Damn I was looking forward to that.. BUT.. Question, I probably prefere song wize. Ace. They had better make a cool video. This is gunna be good. :D
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anremy
01.07.05, 12:26
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Toi rat thich phong cach choi nhac cua SOAD !
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