System of a Down/YMMV

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  • Awesome Music - "Soldier Side (Reprise)" from Hypnotize not only brings Mezmerize to completion back where it all started, but is an Nth degree Protest Song.

They were crying when their sons left
 God is wearing black
 He's gone so far to find no hope
 He's never going back
 They were crying when their sons left
 All young men must go
 He's gone so far to find no truth
 He's never going home.

  • Ear Worm - "She's Like Heroin", "Attack", "B.Y.O.B.", "Chop Suey!", "Toxicity"... fuck it, every SoaD song qualifies for this for someone, even the weird stuff like "Violent Pornography".
    • "Old school...Hollywood...baseball...Old school Hollywood baseball!!!"
    • This troper would gladly make a case for special mentions "Sugar", "Bounce", "Lonely Day", and non-album track "Marmalade"
  • Epic Riff - "Chop Suey", "Aerials"
  • Face of the Band - Serj Tankian, and to an extent Daron Malakian.
  • Freud Was Right: "Cigaro", which is about dictators and their phallic love of cigars.
  • Misattributed Song - "Legend of Zelda" was never performed by System of a Down. It doesn't really even sound like them. Of course, a whole lot of people THINK it's System of a Down (or just Serj, their lead singer). It's actually by Joe Pleiman, from an album called The Rabbit Joint; and is toplisted on the TV Tropes Misattributed Song page.
    • "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor" is by Drowning Pool. And it's called "Bodies".
    • Disturbed's song "Down With The Sickness". It's not called "Down With The System".
    • Also, any time one or more members of the band collaborates with another band, it's labeled as a SOAD song on bootlegs and YouTube:
      • "Don't Go Off Wandering" is the most egregious. It's a demo of a Limp Bizkit song, with a brief appearance by Serj Tankian. Granted, the released version (from Limp's Significant Other album) doesn't have Serj, but that still doesn't make it a SOAD song.
      • "Starlit Eyes" is by Serj Tankian and the band Snot, recorded in tribute to Snot's singer, Lynn Strait.
      • "Feel Good" is by Hed PE, with additional vocals by Morgan Lander of the band Kittie and Serj Tankian. Serj is singing from "the sky is falling and I don't care", the rough growling is by Morgan, and the rapping is by Hed PE's vocalist Jahred Gomes.
      • "Mushroom Cult" is by Dog Fashion Disco, with a guest appearance by Serj Tankian. It has no one else from SOAD.
  • Tear Jerker - A few of their songs, including "Lonely Day", "Soldier Side" and "Roulette".
  • Tough Act to Follow - Let's face it, none of their songs have ever been as popular or well-known as "Chop Suey".
    • B.Y.O.B was, at least arguably.
      • The band and its entire catalog qualify. Are four other Armenians going to get together to form another band? No famous band has--so far--followed in SOAD's footsteps close enough to be described as a clone or a spiritual successor. Then again, no famous band has really tried.
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