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System of A Down interested in Eurovision 2009 ?! |
Posted by ZAk on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 08:10 PM
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Armenia received its best result ever this year with Sirusho, the world-famous
rock band System of a Down shown a keen interest in representing the
country in Russia next year.
However, the soloist of the American band, Serj Tankian, has openly
stated in a recent visit in Finland that this will be under one condition: if
they will be able to use Eurovision as a way to make the much-debated Armenian
Genocide issue known. "Esc would be an excellent way to make this theme known.
We must seriously think of this." said Tankian in response to a question posed
by Finnish News Agency.
System of a Down is very politically active and are noted for the liberal
political views expressed in their songs, tackling myriad subjects including the
War on Drugs, religion, drug use, and especially censorship. They have actively
campaigned to get Turkey to recognize the controversial Armenian Genocide and
the subject is often-tackled in their songs. They are also a part of the Axis of
Justice, a non-profit political activist organization fighting for recognition
of the polemical issue, believed to have taken part in the early 20th century.
Ironically, the band has many Turkish fans as well.
Previously similar themes have been tried at Eurovision with mixed success. In
1976 Greece sent the song Panaghia mou, Panaghia mou about the invasion of
Cyprus, in 1993 Bosnia-Herzegovina performed Sva bol svijeta about the war in
the region, and it is also believed by experts that the 1996 United Kingdom
entry Ohh Ahh Just a little bit also has a hidden message about genocide.
With previous song titles such as Violent Pornography, This Cocaine Makes Me
Feel Like I'm On This Song, Peephole and Fuck the System, System of a Down would
perhaps be censored by the EBU rule about bad language that previously forced
Silvia Night to officially change the lyrics of her song, while the EBU would
probably choose to believe the political message was a reference to ancient
Armenian bedtime stories or an ending relationship.
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Comments
partisan_3
24.06.08, 22:24
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you know every time ive watched eurovision i always think, how cool it would be to have system playing for Armenia i don't know if they win but it would but funny to hear what Terry Wogan would have to say about them
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ika.
24.06.08, 22:32
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omg omg omg.. thats awsome.. when i was watching eurovision this year i though maybe system could play in it.. but next year i will spend so much money for voting (them) :P
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AVM
24.06.08, 22:32
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Hmmm... That would be frikking awesome, but if it were to happen I reckon Serj would do it without the rest of the band. Even though he was born in Lebanon which surely makes him ineligible?
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Awean
24.06.08, 22:48
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what was the source? yeah ebu has changed rules...
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Bounce!
24.06.08, 22:59
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That would be AMAZING.
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hackthesystem2
24.06.08, 23:33
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Wait....is this a reunion>!>!>!!>!>?!?!?!?!?!???!?! WTFFFFFFFF pants have been shat
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mom45
25.06.08, 00:44
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Somebody get Hack some tp for his bunghole, please! LOL I don't know anything about Eurovision or the EBU, but I'll be keeping my eyes on this story with interest.
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silver_ghost
25.06.08, 01:01
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"it is also believed by experts that the 1996 United Kingdom entry Ohh Ahh Just a little bit also has a hidden message about genocide." "while the EBU would probably choose to believe the political message was a reference to ancient Armenian bedtime stories." Lul wut? Somehow I dont think this is going to end in a SOAD reunion though....
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motokid64
25.06.08, 01:18
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Man, this is funny, I just saw this on the net from a different site and i was about to post it here when my computer crashed. Haha, of course someone already posts it when my computer works again. Anyways, I think it would be sick if SOAD played here. They are too good a band to quit and break up. Now I know that they haven't officially broken up but I mean come on... They haven't even said anything on their website in forever. If this was the reunion my question is why isn't it in the US, where they started? This isn't a reunion and I honestly doubt that this is anything more than Serj trying to keep the hype up about a possible SOAD reunion. As much as everyone wants it (me included), lets be realistic. A SOAD reunion just isn't going to happen. In other words get a new favorite band or time for Scars on Broadway and Serj as a soloist, cause Daron even said, "There will probably be a lot more Scars On Broadway albums before System Of A Down do anything again." Oh well, this article did raise my hopes for a little while, until I thought rationally about it.
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rainbows_are_gay
25.06.08, 01:48
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Holy SHIZ. this sounds PRETTY kick ass.
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WeirdoYYY
25.06.08, 02:45
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I think its possible that they would get together but the country isn't going to do shit about reconizing the genocide. Anyone up for a petition?
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emmet
25.06.08, 05:18
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why couldnt ireland have won?
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PhunkyOne
25.06.08, 13:27
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Wow, that would be the shit.
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Skit
25.06.08, 13:41
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A reunion for eurovision would make them a laughing stock.
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kobrensija
25.06.08, 14:06
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it's the biggest shit i've ever heard.in eurovision song contest wins not the singer but country which has more neighbour states and i thing that S.O.A.D. is too good to play there.moreover, we don't know what Daron thinks about that...
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Vartanush
25.06.08, 14:19
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Nobody who knows the European Song Contest can take this serious .
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johnnytoy
25.06.08, 14:58
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This suck if true. To see SOAD stoop to that level would be sad.
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notsocrazy
25.06.08, 16:12
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i read this from papers and i think that it ment only serj not soad. even tough soad reunion is my biggest dream now, i hope that they (not even serj) wouldn't never EVER play in eurovision. the contest raips all the artists and bands who go there and they play there only playback. besides soad and serj are too good for that crap. it's NOT cool!
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