System of a Down – B.Y.O.B.

very well thought out and accurate interpritation.

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?"

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.

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 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 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 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

I remember the day this played on the radio. That was an awesome day.

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!!!

Spot on sir.

I'll just leave this here to let people ponder over the last half of the track there.

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini

i agree with chidsuey. But I think the last two lines of the second stanza is operative.

It seems to be a reference to 1984 when the protaganist muses that if the lower class of people (i'm paraphrasing) "stood and shook themselves like a horse ridding itself of flies" then the government of big brother would collapse.

you depend on us for protection
but still you feed us lies from the tablecloth

they need us to survive, but lie and don't give the people what they need.

awesome interpretation. you are insightful and I agree with your interpretation.. It applies perfectly.

You apparently are ignorant of true wealth and what IS rich. everything you said implies you ARE poor and associate with poor people who need to "milk benefits" all these are incentive to join the service.. there is a tangible benefit in that. Even you :mr" got money" are easily swayed into a tax free payout. if you survive why? why even do it for money or not pay tax? your rich right? lol

You are poor and ignorant to the fact that you are. People keep joining up because they see it as an easy out like you. or they see it as a need or means to survive. just immagin if we had universal health care.. uncle sam would have to scratch that off the benefit list and lose a grip on the poor. Sending the poor was always the intention. Just check the lyrics of a song called Fortunate Son by CCR
thats proof its been that way for a long long time.

What weapons? NSA can see a dime on the ground yet cant find the BIG weapons you mention.

The educated go to officer school and the poor and ignorant go enlisted.
the officers rarely if ever see any live action. while the enlisted do all the dirt.



this song is talking about YOU buddy. you are the poor being sent for a little tax free income. just proves that taxes are arbitrary.

this is way late but if your still alive, how do you feel about saddam and the war now? he and Bin laden have been gone a long time and STILL we have issues.

@The Piece It's a little presumptuous of you to think they are referencing the US army isn't it??? Perhaps they are referencing the Armenian Army or another army? Not everything in the world revolves around the fuckin' US......... yet.

@The Piece You may have all of that stuff, but most of the people who go into the military DON'T have all of that. My dad didn't have anything except 2 kids, a wife that hated him and a broken down truck when he went into the army. He came out with more, sure, but at the expense of his BACK... he's now deemed disabled, and I have to help him along. I may be 15, but I'm a critical thinker, and I know that I can't always trust what I hear, and/or WHAT I READ ON THE INTERNET... sure, you maybe another human being on the other side of the keyboard, but I honestly don't give a fuck about that. For all I know, this could be a massive Virtual Reality like The Matrix.

Long story short. PEOPLE, DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR, AND SOAD LEAVES THEIR LYRICS OPEN TO ANY INTEREPERTATION. THATS WHY THEY MAKE NO FUCKIN' SINCE IN THE FIRST PLACE...

@The Piece @The Piece amen brother. Don't let the ignorant people who have not themselves served tell you that you're wrong. And for the people who have relatives in and think they know something because their relative/loved one had a bad experience, that doesn't mean it's always the case. As for poor? My mom went in dirt poor because she wanted to do something for this country and my dad went in well off for the same reason. They both came out of it well off. I would rather have a president that went to war for the things Bush did than not go to war when we should/not help our true allies when we should/get involved and help those we shouldn't like Obama is now. War isn't fun and no one wants to go, least of all the people who are fighting in it. But it's necessary at times, and we're getting more shit from people now with a weak president who now has a reputation for not fighting than we did for presidents who didn't fuck around.

"being in the military doesn't mean you are poor."

That's one way to put it. The military certainly pays well, so being *in* the military means your income is more than decent. This is exactly how first world governments manage to recruit poor members of their population. Just give them money and they'll risk their lives. In contrast, they (politicians and stakeholders) will not be entering the battlefield themselves to fight for whatever they wish to claim. They don't need your $3000/month tax free, the poor do.