[kj] ot: System of a Down.

[Matt Platts]

Had you not heard chop suey before then? Yeh, I reckon its a class track. I 
got into it late too as like you I was always put off by the nu metal ties.
The new album took me a while to get into, but theres 3 or 4 really good 
songs on it (imho).

At 16:32 02/08/2005, Alexander Smith wrote:

>I had to write about these guys this week for my weekly idiocy in THE NEW 
>YORKER and dug some of their stuff out for the first time in a long while. 
>I haven't heard anything off of their new record (though I think it boasts 
>some of the weakest cover art of the last decade), and I've always been 
>somewhat put off by their ties to whistleheaded "nu metal", but damn if 
>"Chop Suey" from TOXICITY isn't just a striking piece of music. When they 
>hit those high harmonies in that middle-eight (01:56) and again towards 
>the finale (02:51), augmented by the piano? Holy shit, I almost well up 
>and cry. I find it strangely affecting.
>
>Has anyone heard their new one? Is it worth checking out?
>
>
>Alex in NYC
>
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