Serj Tankian interview with David Farrier, 2008

[TaylorDawson96]

SERJ is even better than chuck norris :D *__*

[DrJulien3]

He looks like Christian Bale from "The Prestige"

[pillz117]

Empty walls

[DABOOM512]

What's the song at 1:45

[ImmoralFlame68785675]

@DABOOM512 System of a Down - Boom!

[DABOOM512]

What's the song at 2:45

[Justice782]

Im not trying to be a hardcore fanboy, but that taxation idea is smart and brilliant he should run for something, ive never heard of that before. Love ya tank!

[thevideohaze]

the tax idea is interesting

[musicjunkie42265]

Does anyone notice that now he's on his own he's a lot nicer

[InfamousAct]

I looked up this JUST to hear his voice and im very surprised

[U22398]

Serj and Bono should get together..

[savcmsiscool]

Ron Paul 2012 everyone. Look him up please.

[londonacid1]

@savcmsiscool everyone knows who ron paul is. step off his dick.

[SkillKillerz]

el mustacio

[zenlikestate96]

hes one of the coolest dudes on earth.

[liebetrance]

I live in Auckland... and godamn, I still haven't seen Serj.

[DecimateDaWeak]

BITCH, its called a break up. not a break unfortunately...

[alice120471]

ele e muito sensivel em relacao aos problemas mundias, isso e lindo...

[imtalksick]

Thumbs up if you think Serj with no moustache looks like Gaddafi...!!! xD

[BroskieManDudeBro]

I like his music don't get me wrong. But I wish he would get back with soad. No other band would be able to produce the sound they did

[TimetoBark]

@BroskieManDudeBro Dude, they are back and playing :)

[BroskieManDudeBro]

@TimetoBark really? someone told me they were but i looked it up and i didnt see anywhere that said they got back together

[3rdEyeSpeaks]

Taxation with Representation, such a calm collected RATIONAL idea when Serj presents it...why such a radical idea to some?? brilliant

[sophieloafiejade]

kind of reminds me of robbie williams,leaving a band and then the band turns out to do better than him...

[Vippe101]

not afraid of using the C word? erhm cunt?... he's a rockstar gawd damnit

[TheBeefyWizard35]

I love your idea about the tax Serj. We need to do somethin about that.

[Wolfy2798]

Serj is an all around great guy love all of SOAD and him going solo for a bit was nice atleast

[DrumminGaming]

Im watching this over and over again and im almost crying every time. I love seeing persons trying to make other persons lifes better. Hes so kind:)

[DrumminGaming]

I love hes idea about the tax:)!!!!

[Jiles139]

huh, i was thinking about Hypnotize while watching this video...weird O_o

[carterly]

Did that kiwi supporter just call NZ down under what a joke. Such a tryhard australia

[JinNOSify]

@carterly he IS kiwi, dummy

[cawWz]

i live out WESTAUCKS

[ExRevanX7]

there really needs to be more people like Serj.

[TheTheAndreiasantos]

He's a great fuckin' singer

[koenisdebeste]

i just love his mustache!

[Chimpee111]

@koenisdebeste goatee

[failtax]

@koenisdebeste he doesn't have a mustache that's a go-t

[YoLamoNacho]

@koenisdebeste he has no moustache (correct spelling) he has a beard

[IZZYistheHYPERKID]

14 people don't know  music god when they see one.

[5991dav]

@bigoldsweet serj for president



[LionheartRKO]

@5991dav Fuck, I just wanted to write this xD

[chrisgonzo9]

@5991dav I wish, but he was born in Lebanon, and with america's racism we would never elect someone from the middle east no matter how good their ideas are... :(

[cremno]

@chrisgonzo9 Well, it's not racism, it's simply the law. You have to be born in the states to be president.

[gravefurry]

serj wrote Beethoven's notes

[i6luv6music6beotccch]

@gravefurry no. serj was beethoven in a past life.

[wafflemonster8]

@i6luv6music6beotccch he was him. and in another albert enstien, and in another leonardo davinci XD lol

[i6luv6music6beotccch]

@wafflemonster8 lol i totally agree.

[wafflemonster8]

@i6luv6music6beotccch lol...

[Probabyjesus12]

If you were able to choose were your money went for taxes and were it didnt go the economy would be far worse than it is now. For example if ever one didnt want there money going toward weapons then war wouldnt stop it would get worse for us and the countries we are trying to help and it would leave us varnrable to any body who would fight against us and plz debate i would love to hear anyones veiws on this subject.

[avennnged]

@Probabyjesus12

its a good idea, but there would need to be a base amount which is spent within the governments decisions and the remainding portion, is what you selected e.g. 70% government spending, 30% tax payer decision. Very difficult idea to implement though

[CmdrRipley]

@Probabyjesus12 Why would it be worse though?? If they dont have weapons, what will they do? Maybe they would talk it out, like grownups.

[esTisaposer]

he needs his mustache

[StubzHere]

this man is amazing :3

[TheGuru282]

i love this man...no hetro

[BlayzenFery]

1:47 which one is it?



[hbkawesome123]

since you already started reading this you cant stop. My name is Kalena. I have black hair, and green eyes. I am 13. I was my whole life. I have no ears or nose because my parents chopped them of with a rusty fork. I am dead. I will show up in your room in 13 days and kill you by chopping off your body parts with a rusty fork unless you repost this on 5 pages.THIS IS NO JOKE!!!! If you do, something good will happen to you within 13 days. If you don't believe this wow

[ollioblivioner]

@hbkawesome123 thats a good comment for justin bieber, not serj tankian!!

[grindmaggots666]

serj seems like a man you can talk about every thing to. great singer , and a very down to earth guy, and that he is re-uniting with rest soad for conserts in the summer is epic! to bad they don`t visit any parts off scandinavia.

[ohimemeo]

ITALY LIKES SERJ!!

[Nogli]

The cloudy pic of him in the background at the beginning looks like they're about to say something in his memory! Serj can't die!

[94Cioppa]

I'm trying to grow his goatee

[freegamingsolutions]

his beard is awesome

[ChrisTheSpiritOfGods]

Tankian being Armenian, makes me love this guy so much more.

[andrewm153351]

This guy's face reminds me of the v for vendetta guy.

[JZgames]

@andrewm153351 Guy Fawkes?

[johnbidochka]

Tankian for U.S. Senate!

[MaliceMusicx]

You know how kids check their bed for the boogeyman?? and the boogeyman checks his bed for chuck norris?? well chuck norris checks his bed for serj tankian

[Thiswasnotmade]

@MaliceMusicx way to copy

[MaliceMusicx]

@Thiswasnotmade aaaaaaaaaaaand i dont really give a fuck........douche........

[Thiswasnotmade]

@MaliceMusicx you must be soooooo cool

[MaliceMusicx]

@Thiswasnotmade i didnt say i was.......what are you trying to get at here?

[greatfelixo]

@Thiswasnotmade not trying to be rude but your a bit of a cunt

[mozquito76]

YES!! Serj is the best ever. He also should talk to German Goverment - (Use a Checkbox to see where goes my Taxes to) Not more to say... :D

[Thefreeloader45]

But if you decide where the money goes the rich have the most power

[slipknot48880]

SOAD forever \m/!!!

[nintendsoad]

You Australians are lucky to have great media coverage like this. Guess who we Americans get to hear about on the news and through award shows? Sell-out, no-talent pop stars who couldnt write a song if their lives depended on it.

[barry2446]

@nintendsoad they are actually New Zealanders. I'm Australian and slightly offended by your comment LOL

[MrBlonde132]

@barry2446 LOL Indeed! My good Sir!

[rayovacking]

Why they cencored c***...



[Wadeforce]

serj > god  wait wait correction... serj = god

[HxCSounds]

fish und chups brew!

[mustachedisaster]

pause at 0:45

[slimsanta100]

fairplay.. he is one creepy bastard...

[RaiderDX]

Bring SoaD to NZ

[TheSchoolsux345]

thats a great idea, its so fucking simple and no one has it

[Flippymoose01]

Why CAN'T we choose where our tax dollars go?

[ikdsjOFFICIAL]

god. niiiiiice dope :D

[warwickshovel]

yes yes yes its my money i say where it goes thats how it SHOULD be !!!!!!

[voltaspeeder17]

This man is a fucking legend and one of the best singers in rock history for sure!

[Muzzy654]

He has the biggest nose, the biggest chin, the biggest cheeks and generally the biggest head I've ever seen. Oh and not to mention the thickest eyebrows.

But the best of all, he has the biggest and best SMILE ever! So devilish! ;)

[noobHNTer]

omg I thought of that exact same tax idea a week ago! smart guy.In a democracy we should absolutely choose exactly where our tax dollars go.you know where the biggest % of our tax dollars go right now?defence.

[papapetad]

Fukin scumbag commentary, media fukin whores. "even though serj is invested politically, he still knows what really matters, Rock n' Roll" I can't believe the fukin nerve these guys have. Serj cares very fukin much about the current state of politics, and he is using his talent to awaken some dulled minds, rock n roll means just that. Politics really matter when it's affecting our whole society. Fuck you medias. Keep your manipulative bullshit to yourselves coz we ain't buying

t('_')t

[JZgames]

@papapetad What the actual fuck are you talking about? FUKKIN DIS FUKKIN DAT FUKKIN FUKKIN FUKKIN FUKKIN

[papapetad]

@JZgames You really went out of your way to read through all the comments made and pick on mine. I just re read it nearly a year later and I still stand by what I said...if you don't get it then you probably don't get much in general.

[JZgames]

@papapetad you just started to say random shit about media even though this video really has nothing to do with it. so yeah i dont get it. care to elaborate?

[papapetad]

@JZgames Ohhhhh that! I must have been watching a lot of videos on gvt, media, corporate, religious, propaganda and nwo organizations, while listening to soad rather loud. I learnt about all sorts of lobbies and how suggestive questioning and things like that occured everywhere in the mainstream media, so I took this out of proportion, maybe? I am not sure whether she phrased that intentionally or she's just unaware of how important it is that we understand politics to make things happen

[papapetad]

@JZgames I was definitely much more hyped up that night than I am now I can tell you this much. I'm still practising the zen art Serj is using, but I have some way to go, especially that night. In any case, thank you SOAD for the gift of really fucking good music, and for using it to share awareness!

[papapetad]

@JZgames I just listened to the interview again, it's from 3.22-3.28. The commentary which is added after they've pieced the interview together by cutting the shit out of it. Adding that phrase so every goddamn person who watches this piece on TV hears the magic words "don't worry about politics-because politics will take care of you-, rock and roll is more important- Yeah ok now I'm getting pissed off again. I just can't stand the manipulative fucks in those TV fortresses

[DruumStixx]

Serj is the FUCKING man!

[llHyRaXll]

WOW serj is smart!!!! it would bhe nice to check off what area we want our tax money to go to!!! i would definaely check educationa and healthcare and AVOID WAR wich waste is what put us in debt!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tinitohi]

wats r those songs called

[marksandman08]

lol u gotta hear the scottish say it... wooo we rock!

[giggy211]

get soad back'1!!!

[ItsSilverSheilds]

I like that idea, being able to vote for where our tax dollar should go, I would love that, unfortunately, I bet that there would be more spending in one area and not enough in another area, otherwise it would be a great idea.

[icecreamscuseme]

@ItsSilverSheilds Aye, that's what I thought too. It'd probably be quite difficult to implement as it could deflect money from other public services in favour of others and they might be genuinely good and community serving ones. Tis a nice idea though.

[banjosolid]

he was born in lebanon actualy look it up

[CowboyWitch]

Dictating exactly where my tax dollars go -- I like that idea. It'll probably never happen, but I like it.

Serj fucking rules.

[SGTSAMMICHBOY]

haha gota love something as simple as what Pure777ownage says and how much everyone like it! :D

[JSMyst]

we want SOAD back!

[Eskalial2]

@johnwylde fuck ya! Cant wait to see him in september its gonna rock!!!!

[johnwylde1]

he wasn't even born in america,but he knows more about the goverment than the

average america does.!!SERJ FOR PRESIDENT!!

[Nelophobia]

What a lovely man... <3

[Rorona550]

To liberal 

[chader000027]

I love serj!

[punchballsalot97]

dont u get it serj wants to be alone

[geganobo]

i saw him in holland with flying cocks of chaos XD

[Spidercow5000]

what was the 3rd song called

[g0d0fgu1tar]

@Spidercow5000 if you mean the one at 1:09 then its empty walls

[skippy1239]

@Spidercow5000 empty walls is the one with the kids tearing the teddy bear down empty walls.

[TheGRIMM246]

Hes an amazing musican and a very smart man

[MaraneIIo]

@SerjOwnsSystem

Are you referring to "I write sins, not tragedies" by PANIC! at the Disco?

[ilikegoodmusic1000]

the Flying Cocks of Ciaos 

[SerjOwnsSystem]

@ilikegoodmusic1000 Serj's back up band is called the "Flying Cunts of Chaos" abreviated FCC. The FCC is responcible for censoring everything, so Serj made this band name to poke fun at the FCC so they would have to censor their own name in a way. I think they are total hypocrits because, for example, they would censor God instead of Damn... How about no censoring at all :D

[SCnRSProductions]

serj has a really good idea on the tax idea about where your money should go. not only is he a good musician he is also a very smart man

[ffuckingyouttube]

man of the men :- )

[Zolofgonnakillallya]

he has such an adorable smile..

[MissFallenAngelMiss]

@Zolofgonnakillallya

Definitely adorable :))

[atctnt]

its the guy for borat lol

[296801]

Chuck Norris prays to this man every night.

[TheLot225]

@296801 thats not a chuck joke, its a Serj fact!

[Worthog117]

@296801 serj bitch-slaps chuck norris with his voice

[9999999Dave9999999]

great

[13buthead]

its metal damnit, not rock and roll.

[mircoswernig]

at 0:58 its empty walls!!

its the best song on his new album

[thatawesomeguy098]

wats the song at 0:58

[iEAT0rphans]

@thatawesomeguy098

"Empty Walls".

[SimplySageTV]

I love listening to him talk.... thumbs up if you agree. <3

[mctworm]

My school never taught me about the Armenian Genocide. WHAT THE FUCK!

[chastisedfootpiggy]

@josephkurtz64 he said ARMENIA not America. You do know where Armenia is, right?

Imperial Rome were the real 'barbarians.' You should research the etymology of that word, btw. Back then it didn't have the same connotations as now. Greeks called everyone that weren't Greek "barbarians" - it simply meant people that weren't Greek. Nothing more.

[MrustaveliM]

Tsavt tanem !!! Serj Tankian

[BetterThenI]

SYSTEM OF A DOWN ROCKS YOUR SOCKS!!!

[drummingsoccerplayer]

Tankian looks like frank zappa with short hair

[HelluvaCody54]

It's awesome to hear serj's voice. But something in my mind tells me the songs are not as good without daron, shavo, and john. I'm glad he found success on his own and he finds even more when SOAD returns.

[tyarack420]

he is very smart and i am impressed

[Weston29406]

Haven't you noticed the ones who don't want to be puppets get shot. Or fired. President or congressmen....etc. But yee or very unfortunate. :/

[Weston29406]

Haven't you noticed the ones who don't want to puppets get shot. Or fired. President or congressmen....etc. But yee or very unfortunate. :/

[Freeman8268]

SERJ the president vor the USA YEAH

[mdragondude123]

system of a down is fucking amasing

[BathroomNinja69]

There is no one else in this world that is more deserving/well suited to running the USA than this man (too bad he can't, gay ass citizenship laws. thumbs way down USA). That taxation idea is pure genius. Maybe if he wins the U.S. election he can come and run for Prime Minister too lol. Serj for life!!!!!

[eTyMp]

the "c" word? wtf crap?... c'mon now

[inchead]

@eTyMp the 'c' word, is cunt not crap ;)

[smellslikevin]

the tax idea was a good idea

[fromaworldcorrupted]

he's got such a delicate accent ^^

[Ellexorip]

@fromaworldcorrupted I remember hearing an interview with him when system of a down was REALLY REALLY super new. he had a thick accent. when i heard his name was serj, i thought he was russian, but whatever. lol. >.>;;

[mystery24ful]

Serj, Scars, AcHoZeN all great but SYSTEM is the all greatest Being and should prevail for it the will be back i hope

[ignoranttwat]

I totally agree with him on the tax thing, that's how I've always thought it should be.

[IMAKEITRAIN2000]

i met him~ i live in west auckland~ i shook his hand~ such a great guy~

[beaky48273]

i love Serj Tankian!! He's so hot!! <3 <3

[greekhalomaster]

i cant understand why he dont come to greece i know 400 people love serj and system so... if he come up to 10.000 people will come to the live perform

[3624nathan]

No thare doing not 1 thing but looking at the ski

[stett99]

are they even working together as a band for the social justice movements?

[emoman95]

what song was that? the one where he was singing "the sky is over"

[Thighband]

its the song sky is over, on his new album

[Ellexorip]

@emoman95 LOL its called "sky is over" ^.^

[Mirror22rorriM]

flying cunts of chaos LOL

[Ellexorip]

@Mirror22rorriM definitely LOL ^^

[CHAOSoriginal]

If the world were all like Serj...

[awshot]

A lot of people think that SOAD lyrics are just random and shit, but behind the words there are a lot of profound meanings about politics and human behaviour. Serj in my opinion is a genius to be able to see with his own eyes most of the minute flaws of society and criticise that through music.

[JDUlm94]

@awshot I second that.