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Boom! (song)
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| Song by System of a Down | |||||
| Album | Steal This Album! | ||||
| Released | November 26, 2002 | ||||
| Format | CD, Airplay | ||||
| Recorded | 2002 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative Metal | ||||
| Length | 2:15 | ||||
| Label | American/Columbia | ||||
| Writer | Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian | ||||
| Producer | Rick Rubin, Daron Malakian | ||||
| Steal This Album! track listing | |||||
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"Boom!" is a heavy metal protest song from System of a Down's CD Steal This Album!. The song describes the uselessness of bombs and warfare, and compares how thousands can die from starvation and poverty when billions are spent creating bombs and weaponry. It also links the use of military action with corporate globalization and quotes the title of one of Noam Chomsky's books: "Manufacturing Consent is the name of their game. ", which is a reference to the media's role in war.
For the music video, the band worked with Michael Moore, writer and director of Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11. The video incorporated most of its footage from the February 15, 2003 anti-war protest, showing interviews with the participants. The video also features a short satirical cartoon of George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair and Osama bin Laden riding rockets over a city.[1] The video was banned from MTV Europe after a while. [2] VH1 named the song as the 18th greatest protest song ever. [3]
"The video for the song was meant as a protest against the war in Iraq," lead singer Serj Tankian states. "We meant to release it before the war began, but ended up releasing it on the day it did, so it was basically kind of pointless."
- ^ System of a Down and Michael Moore Join Forces for "BOOM!" Video. System of a Down Online (fansite). Retrieved June 13, 2006.
- ^ Banned from MTV. The New York Times. Retrieved Nov 10, 2007.
- ^ http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/68962/episode_countdown.jhtml VH1 - 18th Best protest Song Retrieved Nov 10, 2007.
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| John Dolmayan · Daron Malakian · Shavo Odadjian · Serj Tankian Andy Khachaturian |
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| Albums | System of a Down · Toxicity · Steal This Album! · Mezmerize · Hypnotize |
| EPs | Sugar · Limited Edition Tour CD · Lonely Day |
| Singles | "Sugar" · "Spiders" · "Johnny" · "Chop Suey!" · "Toxicity" · "Aerials" · "Innervision" · "B.Y.O.B." · "Question!" · "Violent Pornography" · "Hypnotize" · "Lonely Day" · "Kill Rock 'N Roll" |
| Related articles | Discography · The String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Mezmerize · The String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Hypnotize · Axis of Justice · Elect the Dead · Cool Gardens · Vartan Malakian · Screamers · System of a Down songs Bands: Scars on Broadway · Achozen · Serart · Buckethead & Friends Labels: American Recordings · Columbia Records · Serjical Strike Records · EatUrMusic |
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