This song first came on the radio aabout three days ago and has been amazing- all the way from Daron's first desperate scream to Serj's constant asking "why do they always send the poor?!" "B.Y.O.B." stand for "bring your own bomb" and this is definately the message of the song. It means that we should fight our own war with our own "bombs", ourselves, and not for someone else, as President Fucktard loves to do, constantly sending people poor in education, money, and purpose to fight his war. "every city gripped in oil, crying freedom!" shows that our war is being fought for oil and other "necessities" and we cover up our horrible war with cries that we have given the Iraqi people "freedom." The best part of the song is definately when Daron screams "Blast off, it's party time, and we all live in a fascist nation, blast off, it's party time and where the fuck are you?" I think this shows how we live in comfort (a party) and the line "and where the fuck are you?" shows how we do not see or feel the horrors of dubya's war that are masked by propagandist American media. We are fed "lies from the tablecloth," meaning lies from our parents, that they heard from the media, who lies to us under an age-old oath of fear-inspired loyalty to the American "freedom" fist. People have certainly been de-sensitized, as is shown by an interview of a Phantom-bomber pilot during the Gulf-war, in which when asked what he thought of the explosions, he replied, shockingly, "They looked so real." Presidents are the ones who send us into war, often for their own desires, and I think Serj wants to know why the fuck "Presidents fight the war" instead of sending the poor, those who do not know what they are doing or even more often what they are murdering for.
dude. the lyrics are "Blast off, it's party time, and we DON'T (not "all) live in a fascist nation, blast off, it's party time and where the fuck are you?"
dude. the lyrics are "Blast off, it's party time, and we DON'T (not "all) live in a fascist nation, blast off, it's party time and where the fuck are you?"
I'm sorry but your meaning is irrevelant because B.Y.O.B. stands foor BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE,BEER,BEVERAGE........ not bomb or anything related to bombs... don't just assume that because SOAD is a disdainful of the state of the world, doesn't mean that everything they write has to be associated with it. If you pay attention, "blast off, it's party time" and other lyrics in the song pretty much confirm that it's 50% against war and 50% for partying to get your mind away from it.
I'm sorry but your meaning is irrevelant because B.Y.O.B. stands foor BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE,BEER,BEVERAGE........ not bomb or anything related to bombs... don't just assume that because SOAD is a disdainful of the state of the world, doesn't mean that everything they write has to be associated with it. If you pay attention, "blast off, it's party time" and other lyrics in the song pretty much confirm that it's 50% against war and 50% for partying to get your mind away from it.
Anyone with any sense knows why "Presidents do fight the wars" All the Bush haters need to stop already. Cuz now we have a president that mysteriously has NO birth certificate, plays twice as much golf as bush ever did, And pulled troops out if Iraq, only to put them back in a onth later. But no one seems to say anything about these things. Why? Cuz he's Black?
Anyone with any sense knows why "Presidents do fight the wars" All the Bush haters need to stop already. Cuz now we have a president that mysteriously has NO birth certificate, plays twice as much golf as bush ever did, And pulled troops out if Iraq, only to put them back in a onth later. But no one seems to say anything about these things. Why? Cuz he's Black?
Look No one asks you to live here. You live here on your own free will. You talk trash about the country you live in, but you won't leave it. Why? You couldn't do near s well anywhere else in the world. Love it or leave it.
oh shut up munsturrman28,people like you should leave america because your a disgrace to americans,making us look like prejudice sissys. just shut up with your "protecting my country" bullshit, america is a free country so we can say whatever we want,and pussys like you get all butt hurt and start defending with words, keep your come-backs to yourself. and obama came into the office at a bad time. bush fucked up the country and left obama to clean it up himself,and yes obama does make stupid decisions sometimes but what president hasnt made a dumbass decisions yet? and btw to...
oh shut up munsturrman28,people like you should leave america because your a disgrace to americans,making us look like prejudice sissys. just shut up with your "protecting my country" bullshit, america is a free country so we can say whatever we want,and pussys like you get all butt hurt and start defending with words, keep your come-backs to yourself. and obama came into the office at a bad time. bush fucked up the country and left obama to clean it up himself,and yes obama does make stupid decisions sometimes but what president hasnt made a dumbass decisions yet? and btw to all the users from other countries, not all americans are ignorant butt hurt pussys like this guy above me ^munsturrman28^ and were not all gay for our country and our god either
RollingStone559, why do you gotta bash on someone with their own point of view? This is about music, not political debate. In fact, why are people fighting on here at all? If you got something to say politically, MEET the person, and then war the fuck out your opposing viewpoints! Im just so sick of, mostly the damned fanclub liberals and right-to-be-racist conservatives, polluting this site with their fucking biased viewpoints! System is a great band, and though I don't always agree with their side, I respect their viewpoint! Now when I see political bullies going "Lets gang up on...
RollingStone559, why do you gotta bash on someone with their own point of view? This is about music, not political debate. In fact, why are people fighting on here at all? If you got something to say politically, MEET the person, and then war the fuck out your opposing viewpoints! Im just so sick of, mostly the damned fanclub liberals and right-to-be-racist conservatives, polluting this site with their fucking biased viewpoints! System is a great band, and though I don't always agree with their side, I respect their viewpoint! Now when I see political bullies going "Lets gang up on the devils advocate!", Im really pissed off! So, both you and MunsturrDude are respectable people because you care about your countries affairs, but for the love of god, do it somewhere else!
RollingStone559. please, please, please, learn what your talking about before you open your mouth. The recession wasnt caused by either Obama or Bush. It was caused by FDR. he enacted the law that allowed for Sub-prime mortages(though the loophole wasnt oficially discovered and exploited until many years later), which is the biggest factor in what tanked the economy. also, FYI, both Bush and Obama are the two presidents who have MOST violated the constitution of the united states. Each of them, individually, did more that violated the constitution than all of the presidents before them...
RollingStone559. please, please, please, learn what your talking about before you open your mouth. The recession wasnt caused by either Obama or Bush. It was caused by FDR. he enacted the law that allowed for Sub-prime mortages(though the loophole wasnt oficially discovered and exploited until many years later), which is the biggest factor in what tanked the economy. also, FYI, both Bush and Obama are the two presidents who have MOST violated the constitution of the united states. Each of them, individually, did more that violated the constitution than all of the presidents before them combined. And maybe you dont think thats a bad thing. Maybe you hate the constitution. Maybe you would prefer communism, in that case, you do have your free speech, or you will, until we do in fact, become a communist nation, if we do and then, if you speak out, you will be put in prison. But please research what you are talking about before you open your mouth. Just because you have the right to open your mouth, doesnt mean you would be well advised to, and just because you saw it on tv doesnt mean its true. In fact, it probably means its NOT true. and dude, why do you care what people from other countries think of us? They have never done anything for us. THey take and they take and they take. then they turn around and criticize us. And then they form alliances with our enemies for their own profit. Like how France and Germany formed an alliance with Saddam Heussein in order to get more oil. Thats why everyone was demonizing us at the beginning of the Iraq war. Its because THEY TOO wanted the oil and us invading Iraq would get in the way of their treaty. Im not saying what bush did was right. I think it was stupid. Heussein was the only thing keeping Iran in check, but now they will take over as soon as we leave. A democracy will never be successfully established there. Its impossible to institute a lasting democracy in a muslim country because it is against the fundamental principles of their religion. The point is, please research what you are saying before you say it. That goes for every musician and actor as well. Im tired of people like Matt Damon coming out and saying "we cant have palin be president because we dont know where she was born." when the same retard goes and votes for Obama, whos birth certificate still has yet to be released. Not defending Palin, just saying, the hypocrisy and idiocy is GLARINGLY OBVIOUS here. I dont mind liberals. Sometimes i agree with them. and sometimes republicans piss me the hell off. What i hate, is Idiocy. and i see it everywhere, on both sides of the aisles. In fact, these days, the only people i meet who arent completely retarded, politically speaking, usually identify themselves as Independents or Libertarians. thanks Fearovnapalm. tell it like it is. Stop arguing on forums, ESPECIALLY when you get all your info from MSNBC or if you get all of it from Glenn Beck, or ron paul or whoever. Either way, shut your mouth unless you research things for yourself. If you havent personally read both the United States Constitution AND the Communist Manifesto at the very least, dont bother commenting on politics. You would probably also do well to first read, "Common Sense", "The Wealth of Nations" and "Road to Serfdom" and while your at it read some Thomas Hobbes as well. Once you have done that, come back, and try to have a civil discussion.
@bombomb Very good way of explaining it. Explained it to us like we where 5, and yet you still knew how to target teens/ grown-ups with it. Love it!! You captured my views of the song perfectly!!!
@bombomb Very good way of explaining it. Explained it to us like we where 5, and yet you still knew how to target teens/ grown-ups with it. Love it!! You captured my views of the song perfectly!!!
This song first came on the radio aabout three days ago and has been amazing- all the way from Daron's first desperate scream to Serj's constant asking "why do they always send the poor?!" "B.Y.O.B." stand for "bring your own bomb" and this is definately the message of the song. It means that we should fight our own war with our own "bombs", ourselves, and not for someone else, as President Fucktard loves to do, constantly sending people poor in education, money, and purpose to fight his war. "every city gripped in oil, crying freedom!" shows that our war is being fought for oil and other "necessities" and we cover up our horrible war with cries that we have given the Iraqi people "freedom." The best part of the song is definately when Daron screams "Blast off, it's party time, and we all live in a fascist nation, blast off, it's party time and where the fuck are you?" I think this shows how we live in comfort (a party) and the line "and where the fuck are you?" shows how we do not see or feel the horrors of dubya's war that are masked by propagandist American media. We are fed "lies from the tablecloth," meaning lies from our parents, that they heard from the media, who lies to us under an age-old oath of fear-inspired loyalty to the American "freedom" fist. People have certainly been de-sensitized, as is shown by an interview of a Phantom-bomber pilot during the Gulf-war, in which when asked what he thought of the explosions, he replied, shockingly, "They looked so real." Presidents are the ones who send us into war, often for their own desires, and I think Serj wants to know why the fuck "Presidents fight the war" instead of sending the poor, those who do not know what they are doing or even more often what they are murdering for.
very well thought out and accurate interpritation.
very well thought out and accurate interpritation.
fuck yes! you know your shiz mate.
fuck yes! you know your shiz mate.
dude. the lyrics are "Blast off, it's party time, and we DON'T (not "all) live in a fascist nation, blast off, it's party time and where the fuck are you?"
dude. the lyrics are "Blast off, it's party time, and we DON'T (not "all) live in a fascist nation, blast off, it's party time and where the fuck are you?"
i believe it actually stands for Bomb Your Own Buildings.
i believe it actually stands for Bomb Your Own Buildings.
I'm sorry but your meaning is irrevelant because B.Y.O.B. stands foor BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE,BEER,BEVERAGE........ not bomb or anything related to bombs... don't just assume that because SOAD is a disdainful of the state of the world, doesn't mean that everything they write has to be associated with it. If you pay attention, "blast off, it's party time" and other lyrics in the song pretty much confirm that it's 50% against war and 50% for partying to get your mind away from it.
I'm sorry but your meaning is irrevelant because B.Y.O.B. stands foor BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE,BEER,BEVERAGE........ not bomb or anything related to bombs... don't just assume that because SOAD is a disdainful of the state of the world, doesn't mean that everything they write has to be associated with it. If you pay attention, "blast off, it's party time" and other lyrics in the song pretty much confirm that it's 50% against war and 50% for partying to get your mind away from it.
Anyone with any sense knows why "Presidents do fight the wars" All the Bush haters need to stop already. Cuz now we have a president that mysteriously has NO birth certificate, plays twice as much golf as bush ever did, And pulled troops out if Iraq, only to put them back in a onth later. But no one seems to say anything about these things. Why? Cuz he's Black?
Anyone with any sense knows why "Presidents do fight the wars" All the Bush haters need to stop already. Cuz now we have a president that mysteriously has NO birth certificate, plays twice as much golf as bush ever did, And pulled troops out if Iraq, only to put them back in a onth later. But no one seems to say anything about these things. Why? Cuz he's Black?
Look No one asks you to live here. You live here on your own free will. You talk trash about the country you live in, but you won't leave it. Why? You couldn't do near s well anywhere else in the world. Love it or leave it.
oh shut up munsturrman28,people like you should leave america because your a disgrace to americans,making us look like prejudice sissys. just shut up with your "protecting my country" bullshit, america is a free country so we can say whatever we want,and pussys like you get all butt hurt and start defending with words, keep your come-backs to yourself. and obama came into the office at a bad time. bush fucked up the country and left obama to clean it up himself,and yes obama does make stupid decisions sometimes but what president hasnt made a dumbass decisions yet? and btw to...
oh shut up munsturrman28,people like you should leave america because your a disgrace to americans,making us look like prejudice sissys. just shut up with your "protecting my country" bullshit, america is a free country so we can say whatever we want,and pussys like you get all butt hurt and start defending with words, keep your come-backs to yourself. and obama came into the office at a bad time. bush fucked up the country and left obama to clean it up himself,and yes obama does make stupid decisions sometimes but what president hasnt made a dumbass decisions yet? and btw to all the users from other countries, not all americans are ignorant butt hurt pussys like this guy above me ^munsturrman28^ and were not all gay for our country and our god either
RollingStone559, why do you gotta bash on someone with their own point of view? This is about music, not political debate. In fact, why are people fighting on here at all? If you got something to say politically, MEET the person, and then war the fuck out your opposing viewpoints! Im just so sick of, mostly the damned fanclub liberals and right-to-be-racist conservatives, polluting this site with their fucking biased viewpoints! System is a great band, and though I don't always agree with their side, I respect their viewpoint! Now when I see political bullies going "Lets gang up on...
RollingStone559, why do you gotta bash on someone with their own point of view? This is about music, not political debate. In fact, why are people fighting on here at all? If you got something to say politically, MEET the person, and then war the fuck out your opposing viewpoints! Im just so sick of, mostly the damned fanclub liberals and right-to-be-racist conservatives, polluting this site with their fucking biased viewpoints! System is a great band, and though I don't always agree with their side, I respect their viewpoint! Now when I see political bullies going "Lets gang up on the devils advocate!", Im really pissed off! So, both you and MunsturrDude are respectable people because you care about your countries affairs, but for the love of god, do it somewhere else!
RollingStone559. please, please, please, learn what your talking about before you open your mouth. The recession wasnt caused by either Obama or Bush. It was caused by FDR. he enacted the law that allowed for Sub-prime mortages(though the loophole wasnt oficially discovered and exploited until many years later), which is the biggest factor in what tanked the economy. also, FYI, both Bush and Obama are the two presidents who have MOST violated the constitution of the united states. Each of them, individually, did more that violated the constitution than all of the presidents before them...
RollingStone559. please, please, please, learn what your talking about before you open your mouth. The recession wasnt caused by either Obama or Bush. It was caused by FDR. he enacted the law that allowed for Sub-prime mortages(though the loophole wasnt oficially discovered and exploited until many years later), which is the biggest factor in what tanked the economy. also, FYI, both Bush and Obama are the two presidents who have MOST violated the constitution of the united states. Each of them, individually, did more that violated the constitution than all of the presidents before them combined. And maybe you dont think thats a bad thing. Maybe you hate the constitution. Maybe you would prefer communism, in that case, you do have your free speech, or you will, until we do in fact, become a communist nation, if we do and then, if you speak out, you will be put in prison. But please research what you are talking about before you open your mouth. Just because you have the right to open your mouth, doesnt mean you would be well advised to, and just because you saw it on tv doesnt mean its true. In fact, it probably means its NOT true. and dude, why do you care what people from other countries think of us? They have never done anything for us. THey take and they take and they take. then they turn around and criticize us. And then they form alliances with our enemies for their own profit. Like how France and Germany formed an alliance with Saddam Heussein in order to get more oil. Thats why everyone was demonizing us at the beginning of the Iraq war. Its because THEY TOO wanted the oil and us invading Iraq would get in the way of their treaty. Im not saying what bush did was right. I think it was stupid. Heussein was the only thing keeping Iran in check, but now they will take over as soon as we leave. A democracy will never be successfully established there. Its impossible to institute a lasting democracy in a muslim country because it is against the fundamental principles of their religion. The point is, please research what you are saying before you say it. That goes for every musician and actor as well. Im tired of people like Matt Damon coming out and saying "we cant have palin be president because we dont know where she was born." when the same retard goes and votes for Obama, whos birth certificate still has yet to be released. Not defending Palin, just saying, the hypocrisy and idiocy is GLARINGLY OBVIOUS here. I dont mind liberals. Sometimes i agree with them. and sometimes republicans piss me the hell off. What i hate, is Idiocy. and i see it everywhere, on both sides of the aisles. In fact, these days, the only people i meet who arent completely retarded, politically speaking, usually identify themselves as Independents or Libertarians. thanks Fearovnapalm. tell it like it is. Stop arguing on forums, ESPECIALLY when you get all your info from MSNBC or if you get all of it from Glenn Beck, or ron paul or whoever. Either way, shut your mouth unless you research things for yourself. If you havent personally read both the United States Constitution AND the Communist Manifesto at the very least, dont bother commenting on politics. You would probably also do well to first read, "Common Sense", "The Wealth of Nations" and "Road to Serfdom" and while your at it read some Thomas Hobbes as well. Once you have done that, come back, and try to have a civil discussion.
actually it says we don't live in fascist nation
actually it says we don't live in fascist nation
I remember the day this played on the radio. That was an awesome day.
I remember the day this played on the radio. That was an awesome day.
semen shit
semen shit
@bombomb Very good way of explaining it. Explained it to us like we where 5, and yet you still knew how to target teens/ grown-ups with it. Love it!! You captured my views of the song perfectly!!!
@bombomb Very good way of explaining it. Explained it to us like we where 5, and yet you still knew how to target teens/ grown-ups with it. Love it!! You captured my views of the song perfectly!!!