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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
Dorotaa
28.06.08, 22:41
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What's the fucking idea? Eurovision is the worst of song contests
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PSYCHO--OTXSJM
28.06.08, 23:06
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Oh common guys, okay eurovision is for idiots with no talent most of the time, that does mean that soad cant go. this could show something and put a armenian dent in eurovision. Imagen if there where mosh pits in the crowd they would proberly think it was a european war XD. I dont understand, system of a down are good enough for anything in all respect. I think this is awesome!
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Gonorea
29.06.08, 00:14
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о_0 Nonsense... Serj on one stage with all this pop singers
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ToniaX
30.06.08, 01:56
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No i wouldn't like that.... Seriously you expect serious messages to come out from eurovision?? Yeah right....
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kebaben
01.07.08, 14:02
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I Realy love SOAD i'm going to voit for them!!! i hope they R coming back!!
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Z@ksk3
01.07.08, 21:35
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I'm with you PSYCHO, it isn't because everything about this is crap at the moment that Serj can't change it from crap to nice shit by giving it his own personal touch.
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m3zm3riz3
02.07.08, 15:55
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Daron Pisará Mexico ? , quiero qe pise , tiene millones de Fans aqi en mexico , no se porqe no viene ¬¬ :/
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m3zm3riz3
02.07.08, 15:57
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Waaa no sabia eso , qee mala onda qe cambiaran las lyrics de VP,Peephole,Fuck T S , TCMMFLIOTS :/ x)
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PeTzImIr
03.07.08, 03:36
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Haaaaah. . . SoaD on ESC? Eurovision is just commercial bullcrap, for idiots who have no idea about music. And you ain't gonna win, if you've got a kickass song. It's all just political crap. Countries that have a good relationship will vote for each other, so it's every year the same shit. System is better than that. The last ESC was in Serbia, in my hood. :D And Armenia had a song called "Qelle Qelle", or something like that.
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sego007
05.07.08, 18:55
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system in eurovision??? they whos win xD
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ANiTO
07.07.08, 14:54
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Cool! Another possibility to meet and to hear Serj (SOAD would be better, of course) in our freaking capital.
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Crying_Mermaid
08.07.08, 17:05
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It would be very interesting to see System in Eurovision Song Contest. I'm a huge fan of them both... I'd love to see this happen.
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cabranegra
08.07.08, 22:06
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Wow... SOAD in Eurovision... it's like a dream! I think I will watch it then! XD But I think that this is not SOAD's style... Maybe this reunion is the first step to a longer one! :) \m/ SOAD 4EVA \m/
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D.Malakian47
10.07.08, 19:42
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I think it'd be cool if they had a reunion, even if just for the one day.
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motokid64
11.07.08, 21:15
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NOOOO EUROVISION!!!!!!!!! NOOO!!! NEVER SHOULD IT HAPPEN. Eurovidion is for no name bands trying to make a name for themselves however they can... Not SOAD. Honestly, if they played at eurovision I would cry
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Mikke
14.07.08, 13:46
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Seriously i lose a lot of respect for them if they participate in that crap, but what were's the sources?
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DonJuan
15.07.08, 23:54
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I like the idea of participating in Eurovision next year.i'm sure they will win.Furthermore it would be a good way of reunion.
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GeorgeGreeceSOAD4life
16.07.08, 20:04
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I' m from europe, but i think that system mustn't go to eurovision song contest... system is not for that level... system is top... they mustn't do this...
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