Aerials (song)
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| Single by System Of A Down | ||
| From the album Toxicity | ||
| Single Released | 2002 | |
| Single Format | CD, Cassette, Vinyl |
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| Recorded | February 15, 2001 | |
| Genre | Alternative Metal | |
| Song Length | 3:54 (Single Edit) | |
| Record label | American Recordings | |
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |
| Chart positions | #34 (UK) #55 (USA) |
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| System of a Down single chronology | ||
| "Toxicity" (2002) |
"Aerials" (2002) |
"Innervision" (2002) |
"Aerials" is a single by System Of A Down, released in 2002 from the album Toxicity (see 2001 in music). The video was directed by Shavo Odadjian and David Slade [1].
Bassist Shavo Odadjian and Daron Malakian have said that this song is not intended to have any real meaning at all behind it. Daron usually says that as an intro to Aerials when SOAD does the song live.
However, during a recent interview with the band by Kerrang! magazine, Daron Malakian stated that the picture behind this song is how a disabled child can see a trapezist and be amazed, while other people will just walk by and not notice; it is about how being in different circumstances can change the way we view the world.
Aerials is arguably System Of A Down's most successful song in the United States to date, hitting #1 on both the Modern and Mainstream Rock charts.
[edit] Music
In the intro, alongside the four cello notes (presumably played by Serj Tankian on keyboards) a faint spinning/rotating sound can be heard, Daron then plays a clean arpeggio on a dropped C tuned guitar, in which a melody in C minor key on the bass string is alternated with open fifth and fourth string. The verse is sung by Serj while Daron repeats a distorted A flat power chord. Lines in the verse are separated by a heavy metal guitar rhythm figure. Then, after the first verse, Daron reprises the first half of the arpeggio in the intro, and Serj sings the chorus on the same tune. Then, the second verse is sung, and then again the chorus, but this time Daron plays the melody using powerchords instead of the arpeggio. Then, the chorus is played again as a clean arpeggio, and finally with Daron and Serj singing vowels instead of words ("ah ah ah...ah ah ah...ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah...", with Serj singing to the key of the melody, Daron singing the "rhythm" part.)
[edit] Hidden track "Arto"
On the album version, after the song reaches what seems like the end, there is a short gap between 3:50 and 3:57. After this short silence another song begins to play, entitled "Arto," after the musician Arto Tuncboyaciyan, who contributes vocals and percussion to the track. The composition features an assortment of drums and wind instruments, as well as chants. The intro, as well as the first melodic passage, are performed on a duduk. This passage has a melody similar to that of "Der Voghormya", a part of the Armenian Badarak by Komitas Vardapet. click here to see the video [[2]]
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| System of a Down |
| Serj Tankian | Daron Malakian | Shavo Odadjian | John Dolmayan |
| Andy Khachaturian | Arto Tuncboyaciyan |
| System of a Down discography |
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| Albums: System of a Down | Toxicity | Steal This Album! | Mezmerize | Hypnotize |
| Demos: Untitled 1995 Demo Tape | Demo Tape 1 | Demo Tape 2 | Demo Tape 3 |
| Singles: "Sugar" | "Spiders" | "War?" | "Prison Song" | "Chop Suey!" | "Toxicity" | "Aerials" | "Innervision" | "Boom!" | "I-E-A-I-A-I-O" | "B.Y.O.B." | "Question!" | "Radio/Video" | "Hypnotize" | "Lonely Day" | "Kill Rock & Roll" |
| Related articles |
| Serart | Serjical Strike | Scars on Broadway | |EatUrMusic | Axis of Justice |
| Categories |
| System of a Down | System of a Down songs | System of a Down albums |
