Originally, the song a playfully tuneful bit of nu metal prog was called Self-Righteous Suicide, but the brass at Columbia Records took offense. I don't think the lyrics are all that important, but Daron combined elements of punk, hard rock, death metal, folk, opera & make it work wonderfully. It would be hard to imagine a better example of the pointlessness of major label content policing than System of a Down’s Chop Suey. featured on a list of lyrically questionable songs sent by US media giant. Very difficult song to sing.ĭaron is honestly a mastermind, there is no denying that. Smule Social Singing Karaoke app Chop Suey - Song Lyrics and Music by. the first metal song that I ever heard when I was like 7 or 8 i dont remember lmao.

Music Reviews: Chop Suey by System of a Down released in 2001. The song has strings, Serj outperformed himself not only in the outro but throughout the whole song. Music Reviews: Chop Suey by System of a Down released in 2001. hell, he even used mandolins in the chorus. 1 Prison Song Lyrics 211.6K 2 Needles Lyrics 119K 3 Deer Dance Lyrics 144.4K 4 Jet Pilot Lyrics 94.2K 5 X Lyrics 59.4K 6 Chop Suey Lyrics 1.3M 7 Bounce Lyrics 128.9K 8 Forest Lyrics 112.8K 9. It has wonderful melodies, it has the heaviness & the rawness of early SOAD, Daron did a perfect job layering guitars in the intro & in the chorus. Lily and June Bugg embark on a strange, hallucinatory adventure through the small town of Cortland, Ohio. It deserves to be System's most successful song. Chop Suey (Magnet Interactive, 1995, co-created with Monica Gesue). Here's a fun fact! It doesn't, nobody does.

I get kinda sad when people say that Chop Suey! is overrated & that SOAD has better songs.

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