System of a Down Toxicity Reaction | 

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I always interpreted it as the sacred silence being before you were born, and sleep being dead. So everything in between that, life, is just disorder.

I love how you went straight into it lmao, a lot of reactors have annoying 5 minute intros before they listen to the damn song

I am so happy you are on this SOAD journey. Such a unique and incredible band. We are here for this!

I don’t know this for sure, but sacred silence to me means death, sleep is what it is, and disorder is everything awake

They are Armenian from California. The history of the Armenian genocide by the Turkish and the things that have happened within their culture are expressed politically through their music. But it is universally interchangeable with any nation that has gone through or is going through the extremes of war, societal control and tyranny.

The "sacred silence", of course, must be referring to death, and I always interpreted "sleep" literally, thus the "disorder" is our waking time until we die.

Toxicity was the first System of a Down song I heard and since that very first moment I knew Serj's voice was going to be present in my life.

Love this song! I put it as the last song in a playlist for a run, so that I end my runs with a full-on sprint along with the end of this song. It energizes you pretty damn good!

You said you didn't know how to bob your head during the first chorus (which has no vocals), but when you got to the second chorus (with vocals) you were right on. This song is in a 12/8 meter, meaning there are 12 eighth notes per measure and they are grouped into four beats with three notes per beat. You can hear it really clearly in the intro in the guitar (123,123,123,123). That pulse stays constant throughout the entire song, but during the chorus there are moments of silence, and the pattern of accented notes changes to give the illusion that either the meter or tempo or both have changed, but they really haven't, because you notice that it's right back to the same pulse that was there during the verse. It's a really cool and effective compositional element of the song.

Sacred silence for me is being numb to everything, which looks like the sleep. And disorder is somewhere between those two as Serj says 🤣. Great reaction bro… reaction channels are not my thing but they’re becoming my guilty pleasure thanks to people like you really appreciating good music

Hey a reaction that starts right away! I dig your style man! Awesome

Nandi Bushell absolutely kills this on the drums. She’s so precious 😂😂😂

System of a Down - Tentative makes me cry every time

One of my all time favorite bands for about 20+ years now and super political band alot of there songs have super deep meanings

You aren't the only one who thought the drummer didn't look real in Chop Suey. I still question it every time I watch the video

So much fun to listen to SoD with smb who listens it for the first time. My man, you made me happy as you did not only enjoy their music, but understood their messages. You're smart and you can feel, wish you have lots of children in your family)

I'm really glad that you see and hear music like you do. Another great reaction. I love this song for exactly the reason it turns my mind inside out. Slow , fast, calming all in the same song

SOAD is fire!!! One of my all time favorite bands...like ever. Great choice!!!

Dude... it's been a couple weeks, glad things are ok and glad you are back...

Sacred silence is a term used for practicioners of meditation, you could say it's the connection between ones mind and ones conscious self.

Used to listen to them with my brother when we were little. Makes me so nostalgic. Listen to Violent Pornography!!! It's such a banger

Prison Song - System of a Down is easily my favorite track, extremely relevant to today as well

I interpret sacred silence as death. Between death and sleep is your waking life, always more or less chaotic. This is a ballad to embrace and accept that life is disordered, unpredictable. "What, do you own the World?" sounds like a commentary about the futility of obsessing over control, followed by "What do you own? Disorder!"

Cool reaction bro! I love how disappointed reactors are when the outro stops! Always some flavour of "Why did it stop???"

I'm glad my mom gave me freedom of music. I grew up listening to Frank, Patsy, CCR. And then my mom let me order CDs from one of those mail in things (90s kids will get it.) And I went full metal. Manson, Zombie you name it and I cranked that stuff. She never said a word.

Aerials - chic n stu. Two of my favorites from the band

US Mens sprints at the world championships went off. 100m and 200m sweep. Crazy 😜

I only know a few of their songs. About 6 or 7 years ago a coworker who loved SOAD introduced me to a song called Chic N stu ( or the pizza pie song) you will love it...

You're a sharp kid. Intelligence and depth are becoming an increasingly rare commodity with each generation. Your thoughtful reaction actually gives me hope for the world. SOAD 🐐🐐🐐..! 😜🤘

Sacred silence, as I understand it is spending time in quiet solitude (not meditation) and thought to be open to the spiritual.

When I became the sun I shown life into the mans heart. Become the sun !

I love soad! My brother showed me them when I was 11 he bought the hypnotize album and it’s still my favorite today.

The sacred silence is a reference for death

I like how you start the video with no intro, just straight to the point. Keep it up G

I read that Daron, the guitarist spoke about it meaning Attention Deficit Disorder. I think it is the toxicity of numerous things, corporations, cities. I think you were feeling it about media too, I love the lines "You, what do you own the world? How do you own disorder?"....speaks to our current government admin in my opinion!

Yes!!! Just incredible! Thank you!

I am glad you are back. You have a fantastic way of seeing things in the music and lyrics that most of us that have listened to the songs many times never see. You are one of my favourite channels. Can I suggest listening to echoes by pink Floyd. Call me controversial but I always love the album version as I find it a cleaner listen. Looking forward to new content

To me, the song always represented the government stranglehold on the country and all over the world. How they sow disorder to maintain control and how "eating seems as a pass time activity" represents the lack of action on every day people to change the world.

Highly recommend Lonely Day, Hypnotize, and Aerials

❤ Loved how you brought track and field into the conversation, seriously. Love soad and Usain Bolt.

such a great song love it was listening to this since the album came out, still listen to it to this day chop suey toxicity science (is a must hear) needles (is a must hear) sugar (is a must hear) shimmy (is a must hear) prison song (is a must hear) all these songs are in my daily playlists

I take the line "you! what do you own? the world? how do you own disorder" as the key for understanding "somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep - disorder, disorder, disorder": if the world is disorder, life is disorder. if disorder is between the two points of sacred silence and of sleep, then that is the *life* bounded by pre-life and by death.

love it keep comin

Superfantastic song ✊ Superfabulous reaction 👌

Sacred silence = before birth, sleep = death. Everything in between is disorder/chaos that we have created.

I'm impressed, bro. So many people get reaction channels wrong.

Soldier Side is an incredible song by them that almost noone reacts to

Disorder is the thoughts in your head before you get to sleep

one of the things that always struck me about their works - the clever use of competing dissonances that suddenly coalesce into gems of shocking beauty

That sacred silence before sleep, the moment you think about the day or say your prayers before you slide into the dreamworld

New to your channel, subbed for your authenticity. I’m an old white guy who loves hearing songs I like through a different lens.

B.Y.O.B and prison song are my favs. The message alone is crazy and makes you think. Something I really don't understand in the whole of music is if it's not what I'm used to it's not important. These guys and Metallica have great messages in their songs and some people don't want to listen cause it's hard rock. I grew up on this and hip hop to challenge the man so to speak. I think it's awesome you are expanding and it's cool to watch!! Keep up the good work bro!!

Welcome to SOAD. 🔥🔥🔥

BYOB by systems is one of my favorites along with Ariels !!!

You've got to do BYOB, the puzzle pieces are pretty big but there are some small ones sprinkled in there.

A lot of the lyrics from SOAD are intentionally vague and Serge (singer) has, on numerous occasions, stated that as soon as the song is released, it’s out of their hands and you, the listener, owns is, recreate it, interpret and give it meaning. That being said, they’ve also been quite hard on interviewers that have gotten the meaning “wrong” or interpret the songs in a “lazy” way :)

You must check "S.O.A.D - Aerials" !! pls ))

Great reaction channel. I think you’ll like getting into SOAD and TOOL. Try Rage Against the Machine.

As a drummer SoaD is one of the juiciest bands there is.

Just some nice Armenian boys from Glandale, CA making kick ass music. Oh, and super thoughtful lyrics.

Great reaction bro

Ha, these guys can be pretty trippy. I think BYOB is the most confusing, genre mashing song. It's somewhere between speed metal and motown funk.

You should listen to some Fit For a King, Wage War, Currents, The Ghost Inside, Make them Suffer, Polaris. They are catchy Metalcore bands with lot of catchy clean choruses

You are very right about what you saying. I really appreciate it

Yes! Yes yes. Amazingness

Aerials, Spiders, Lonely Day an Roulette are more gr8 SOAD songs.

I just have to say I just discovered your channel today and have been watching your vids for a few hours, and love just how analytical you are. My favorite reactors are the ones who take the time to really dive into a band's mindset when they create a specific song. Another good song by these guys is "Aerials". Honestly I can't wait for you to dive into bands like Nightwish and Sabaton.

sacred silence is death. somewhere between death and life id where disorder lands."how do you own the world, how do you own disorder." the entire world is chaos and thats what theyre trying to say

Great reactions! You owe it to yourself to check out Nandi Bushell a 10-11 year old drummer from the UK cover the drums of this song! #TooBlunt #systemofadown #toxicity

Been away...little late but B.Y.O.B by system of a down awesome too. Love ya

Another good one is Aerials

Would Love for you to react to more women in Rock , Like Evanescence, you won't believe her voice and her band is awesome!!!

Somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep so before birth and after death and life is in between disorder

Very angry performance and the visuals were a bit disturbing. Reminded me of the demented murderers in a horror film. I “get” the anger. I’ll have to seek out the lyrics to understand WHAT he’s angry about. Or is it madness he’s portraying? Is, “the sacred silence” death? Between the sacred silence and sleep…is life. And life is hard. I don’t recall the word he used after that phrase but it seemed key to the point of this song. Good luck analyzing that one.

Dude, you talk about the drums? You gotta hear this 8-year old little girl kill this song on the drums-unbelievable!!!

When you are ready, Tool- the pot.

There is a space between being awake and being asleep where your connection to spirit is direct. Healthy beings can connect to spirit in this space. The toxicity of our environment and behavior prevents beings from connecting to spirit in this space. Sacred Silence is a Native American term for inner peace or meditation.

SOAD is great. If you like them, you will LOVE the GREATEST band to have EVER walked the earth….. the band, TOOL. They will change your life for the better, by healing you from the inside out. So when your ready to go down the rabbit hole, spiral out, and open your third eye. The Tool army will be waiting for you and will watch with you in droves!! Just do lyric videos with them. Their videos will take your attention from the music. Start with “Aenima”, when you are ready.

I recommend listening and watch the clip to "Forever Young" the original one by Alphaville. Leadsinger wrote this song after exploring an abandoned building and finding folders of patients , made him think a lot about life and death. Also, the leadsinger has an angelic voice.

es como si opera clásica pasada a metal, es arte en su bella expresión.

From what I’ve read, this song is about ADHD

You gotta try Heaven by Jelly Roll

In case nobody explained - those guys are heroes - their families emigrated from Armenia. They sing about a genocide, that only few countries in the world acknowledge. Turkey holds everyone by the balls on this one.

Listen to BYOB by them, if you haven't already!!!

Prison song.. you won't be disappointed

Hey, thanks for uploading. I hope you are ok ❤️

Good reaction bro

Check out The Grudge by Tool. 🤘

The lead singer is from syria. They have been at war for hundreds of years

You should check out Hypnotize and Lonely Day.

BYOB is must..

Hello :) New to the channel, but now I’m OBSESSED♥️ I love SOAD, Queen and Pink Floyd 😍 so it’s a sweet weekend for me to have found this channel🙏 I wonder if you could, as a one of, react to “Sound of Silence” (by Simon & Garfunkel) covered by Disturbed? It’s quite.. something .. very profound♥️🙏

This is the song that got me to look deeper into this group. Loved them right away. You might want to check the band Within Temptation. Their song And We Run ft. Xzibit. Very good combination of 2 different genres. They are my favourite, modern band.

The sacred silence is praying to God before you sleep.

I think that the sacred silence is the void and sleep is death.. Everything else in between those two is a disorder. If you read philosophy you may understand it a little bit better

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Check out Frankenstein by the Edgar Winter group

would love to see a reaction to k/da pop star i think you would love the artistry and vocalization

I’d love to see a step group from a black to this song, it would be epic