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Merlin Alderslade

"What the **** are you saying, bro?!" System Of A Down's Shavo Odadjian on the Serj Tankian lyrics that confused him the most

Serj Tankian and Shavo from System Of A Down share a word on stage in 2002.

System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian have named the song by his own band that has confused him the most - thanks to frontman Serj Tankian's famously zany lyrics. In a new interview with Metal Hammer, Odadjian is asked by System fan Ariel Colton whether there were any lyrics from Tankian that made him go, quite simply, 'WTF?'.

“Bounce," he replies straight away. "I wrote that song musically and Serj wrote the vocals, and it was called ‘PJs’. Instead of ‘Jump! Pogo pogo pogo pogo...!’, it was like, ‘Da! Pisha pisha pisha pisha...!’ I was like, ‘What the fuck are you saying, bro?!’ Actually, every album has shit where I say, ‘What the fuck is he talking about?!’ Ha ha ha! But that’s part of the beauty of Serj. He does that but there’s always something there for everyone to read into.”

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