ISBN号:9780306831942
书名:Down with the System
作者:Serj Tankian
出版日期:2024-05-14
英文简介:
THE *INSTANT* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System Of A Down, Serj Tankian.
Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System Of A Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever existed in modern music history: a band of Armenian-Americans playing a practically unclassifiable clash of wildly aggressive metal riffs, unconventional tempo-twisting rhythms, and Armenian folk melodies, with me alternately growling, screaming, and crooning lyrics that could pivot from avant-garde silliness to raging socio-political rants in the space of a single line.
” After all, as Serj concedes, “it’s not easy listening.
” Even so, there’s no doubt that System’s music had struck a chord with millions of listeners across the globe ever since they burst on the scene in the mid-1990s.
With nearly 40 million album sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, and a devoted legion of fans, the band dominated the alt-rock and metal scenes just as the world hurtled into a new millennium, redefining the very idea of what rockstars could and couldn’t talk about, could and couldn’t do, could and couldn’t represent.
In DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM, Serj presents readers with a memoir that is far more than just a rock ‘n’ roll fable.
It’s an immigrant’s tale, it’s an activist’s awakening, and it’s a spiritual journey from darkness toward light.
And all of this comes down to the fact that Serj himself has had the chance to live an extraordinary life–thanks to a combination of luck, circumstance, struggle, talent, and spiritual awakening.
Born to Armenian parents in Beirut, Serj grows up hearing bombs drop outside his childhood home during the country’s civil war, before moving to Los Angeles at the age of seven.
As a young man, he is immersed in the SoCal community of “Little Armenia,” learning more and more about the brutal genocide faced by his ancestors while helping his parents adapt to the constraints and contradictions of the American Dream.
Then, during a pivotal drive home from an LSAT class, Serj decides to turn away from a promising future in business and law to make music instead–a decision that leads him to touring five continents as the lead singer of a hugely popular rock band, hitting number #1 on the Billboard album charts the morning of 9/11, and then having the hit single from the same album banned from radio two days later.
In the years that follow, his uniquely singular story continues, as he evades glass bottles hurled at a cancelled show by angry Slayer fans, teams up with Tom Morello to push social justice causes on unsuspecting metalheads, argues with LAPD officers over the best way to quell rioting fans, and defines new sounds and singing tactics with Rick Rubin.
Braiding together Serj’s thought-provoking insight with heartfelt and poetic prose, DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM retraces Serj’s remarkable and unlikely journey, and explores what it’s taught him–about music, about art, about activism, and about himself.
It’s an unforgettable ride that will leave you breathless–and an absolute delight for new fans and old ones alike.
中文简介:
*即时*《纽约时报》畅销书 这是一本令人振奋、深思熟虑且文笔优美的回忆录，作者为格莱美获奖金属乐队 System Of A Down 和 Serj Tankian 的音乐家、作曲家和主唱兼作词家。
Serj Tankian 将是第一个承认他的乐队 System Of A Down“不太可能成为现代音乐史上曾经存在过的排行榜冠军的人：一支由亚美尼亚裔美国人组成的乐队，演奏着几乎无法分类的狂野侵略性金属连复段冲突，非传统的节奏扭曲节奏和亚美尼亚民间旋律，我交替地咆哮、尖叫和低吟歌词，这些歌词可以在一行的空间内从前卫的愚蠢转向愤怒的社会政治咆哮。
”毕竟，正如塞尔吉承认的那样，“倾听并不容易。
” 即便如此，毫无疑问，自 20 世纪 90 年代中期出现以来，System 的音乐已经引起了全球数百万听众的共鸣。
专辑销量近 4000 万张，三张专辑位居 Billboard 排行榜榜首，拥有大批忠实粉丝，在世界进入新千年之际，该乐队主导了另类摇滚和金属界，重新定义了摇滚明星的能力和价值。
不能谈论，可以和不能做，可以和不能代表。
在《打倒系统》一书中，塞尔吉向读者呈现了一本回忆录，这不仅仅是一部摇滚寓言。
这是一个移民的故事，这是一个活动家的觉醒，这是一次从黑暗走向光明的精神之旅。
所有这一切都归结于这样一个事实：塞尔吉本人有机会过上非凡的生活——这要归功于运气、环境、奋斗、天赋和精神觉醒的结合。
塞尔吉出生于贝鲁特，父母是亚美尼亚人，在该国内战期间，他在儿时的家外听到炸弹掉落的声音长大，然后在七岁时搬到了洛杉矶。
作为一个年轻人，他沉浸在“小亚美尼亚”的南加州社区中，越来越多地了解他的祖先所面临的残酷种族灭绝，同时帮助他的父母适应美国梦的约束和矛盾。
然后，在从 LSAT 课程回家的关键路上，Serj 决定放弃在商业和法律领域的光明前景，转而创作音乐——这个决定使他作为一支非常受欢迎的摇滚乐队的主唱在五大洲进行巡演。
，于 9 月 11 日早上在 Billboard 专辑排行榜上排名第一，然后两天后同一专辑中的热门单曲被禁止在广播中播放。
在接下来的几年里，他独特的故事仍在继续，他躲避了愤怒的《杀手》粉丝向取消的演出投掷的玻璃瓶，与汤姆·莫雷洛合作，向毫无戒心的金属迷们推动社会正义事业，与洛杉矶警察局官员争论解决问题的最佳方式。
平息骚乱的歌迷，并与 Rick Rubin 一起定义新的声音和歌唱策略。
《打倒体系》将 Serj 发人深省的见解与真诚而富有诗意的散文编织在一起，回顾了 Serj 非凡而又不可思议的旅程，并探索了它教会他的东西——关于音乐、关于艺术、关于行动主义和关于他自己。
这是一次令人难忘的旅程，让您喘不过气来，对新粉丝和老粉丝来说绝对是一种乐趣。
书籍总体字数：99617，除去名字和专有名词等之后还剩余92688计入单词总数。
书籍单词数在5万至10万之间，难度适合,不过还需要结合下方难度分析。
其中：
四级单词出现85270个/次,
六级单词（排除四级单词后）出现1375个/次，
托福单词出现42110个/次，
SAT单词出现5886个/次，
GRE单词出现9049个/次，考研单词出现85634个/次，
雅思单词出现22281个/次。
高中单词出现81902个/次。
（后附饼图供直观参考）
这些统计基于我的词库，不排除词库存在误差，仅供参考。
非常欢迎大家提供自己收集的词库给我。
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