{"id":1039,"date":"2015-04-24T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2015-04-22T13:44:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T12:44:48","slug":"song-of-the-week-chop-suey-by-system-of-a-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=1039","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Chop Suey&#8221; by System of a Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>This is &#8220;Chop Suey&#8221; by System of a Down:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CSvFpBOe8eY\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the genocide of more than one million Armenians at the hands of the Turkish government. You can read poet and author Peter Balakian&#8217;s overview of the genocide, and why it matters, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2015\/apr\/21\/turkey-100-years-genocide-denial-armenia\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. System of a Down has been involved in a worldwide effort that demands the current Turkish government acknowledge and take responsibility for the mass killing, and attempted extinction, of the Armenian people, and that Turkey name this act by its proper name, genocide. You can read a statement by System of a Down by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.systemofadown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">clicking on the &#8220;Take Action&#8221; link on the band&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22Chop%20Suey%22%20by%20System%20of%20a%20Down\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it. 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