Album Rating: 2.0
oh ok thnx
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I'm getting kind of exasperated with the fact that no artist can say anything even vaguely political without a bunch of people dismissing as bandwagon jumpers. There's a bandwagon to whine about a bandwagon. That is fucked up.
It's the fact that bands usually overdo it or are just so ridiculously biased to the left wing side that it comes across as just plain irritating. Seriously, it gets irritating hearing the same "**** Bush, **** the Iraq War" song all the time. The way SOAD did political songs on their first album wasn't bad at all. It was less straightforward and whiny. People are just tired of hearing it.
And the reason that most probably assume that it's a bandwagon thing is that it's always these extremely left wing lyrics.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Can't wait to hear this.
Will check torrents tonight.
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MTV.com reports: It’s six days until Serj Tankian’s inaugural solo debut, Elect the Dead, hits record stores, and yet, the wild-eyed SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman is already mulling his next album and the direction he wants to take with it. In fact, the dude’s stockpiled about 4,500 songs he’s written over the last few years from which to mine.
“They’re not all like [the songs on Elect the Dead],” he said. “They’re not all rock or pop or anything like that. I’ve got classical music, electronic compositions, experimental songs, noise, punk, metal — I have a lot of different types of music because when I have free time, I write music, regardless of what project I’m working on at the time. I will always have more material than I can afford to release.”
For album numero dos, Tankian is thinking he’d like to take his sound in a more orchestral direction, with jazz numbers interspersed throughout.
“I have some songs written and recorded for it, and I think it will be a more jazzy, orchestral record, which is kind of what I wanted to do with this [Elect the Dead],” he said. “If you strip down all these songs from Elect the Dead into their original form — with pianos, strings, acoustic guitars — they’re very classically written songs, but they kind of asked for the rock instruments. I kind of ended up with a rock record without even anticipating it myself because the songs asked for those dynamics — of drums and guitars. So I started arranging them that way, and when I was done, I was like, ‘Damn, I came up with a rock record again.’ For the next one, I think I want it to be a really heavy, guttural record without the heavy instruments. That’s the next challenge for me.”
Elect the Dead is decent, but it looks like his next album will be the one to watch out for.
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"Somebody back me up on this. Wouldn't the second statement cancel out the first?"
Not really. What I was getting at was the fact System never got preachy about their political views until mainstream music decided it was the "in" thing to bash President Bush every other song.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I did notice lots of classical influence when I listened to this album, but I really didn't mention it too much.
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Album Rating: 3.0
...or he could just re-release the album without the distortion.
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What I was getting at was the fact System never got preachy about their political views until mainstream music decided it was the "in" thing to bash President Bush every other song.
rofl
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such a boooooooooring album.
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Album Rating: 3.0
In fact, the dude’s stockpiled about 4,500 songs he’s written over the last few years from which to mine.
That is a crap load of songs right there.
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Yeah this isn't bad. A 3 I'm thinking.
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How do I change the rating that I gave an album?
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@ Steerpike, you are a funny man!
Not a bad review but I don't think writing a whole paragraph about how the instruments were disappointing and simple and than saying that the album deserves a four because its catchy, can be good for a reviewer convincing the reader that it deserves a 4 (thats just my opinion though). Serj has an ok voice but it gets a little annoying after awhile.
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I miss the almost death vocals he used to use, like on the s/t.
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I am actually quite disappointed with this album. I was expecting some Mr. Bungle type music.
EDIT: And how do I change the ratings I give albums in my profile?This Message Edited On 10.17.07
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I wonder if the problem with this album is the fact that Serj was the main songwriter. System should just make another cd, and have Daron handle guitars only, and have Serj handle vocals and lyrics only.
EDIT: Just like the old days. This Message Edited On 10.17.07
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Good review overall, I had high hopes for this. Ill pick it up when its released, I dont really feel like listening to the streams right now
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Not really. What I was getting at was the fact System never got preachy about their political views until mainstream music decided it was the "in" thing to bash President Bush every other song.
But how do you become a bandwagon jumper when you were in on the ground floor? System were never particularly subtle.
I still say the greater annoyance here is the "Let's bitch about the bandwagon" bandwagon.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I'm expecting the average rating for this to drop to about 2.9-3.6 when people start rating this. Seems about right from the opinions people are giving.
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I do miss the metal aspect that Serj dropped after Toxicity, but you can only imagine how awful Daron's album will be.
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