Never heard this before. Right when I thought Josh couldn't be any cooler..

I strongly agree. They honestly have no talent. It's the sell your soul to get famous... Anyone can use the same loud drum beat in their songs...

@@IIIFirebreatherIdiotCrowIII you're allowed to have your opinion. Thank you for sharing.

Dont forget Tom Macdonald and Mac Lethal as well...

@@MoshMob Mac Lethals new song is awful 💀 his older one was ALOT better, but when they had that battle a few years ago Tom obvi won. What do u think?

yeah only one of those is a 'beef'

Kendrick wasn't beef it was an assassination

PR. That's all it is.

No soad below us Above us only dragons

Is it unlikely? Maybe. Is it really even beef? Would you say that genocide is causing "beef"? Either your humanity comes out for victims of mass criminal actions or it doesn't. Beef is a word for arguments between parties, but I have no beef with dictatorships. I have a human reaction of sympathy for those who suffer under them, and complete rejection for those who give legitimacy to said dictatorship. Such as imagine dragons. Beef as a term just trivialize the suffering.

@@nicholaswhite3457 okay

​@@nicholaswhite3457he's just saying it's not something you'd think would happen, not that deep, calling it a beef doesn't mean they don't feel bad about what's going on.

Pretty much most of the artists who sold their souls and just play poorly written songs for money are on retail radio stations. But the good thing about the sh*tty retail radio stuff is it gets you out of the store quicker.

Thats why I had my ipod or phone and headphones on at ALL times. No matter how many times the boss didn't like it. Do you want a good employee, or a spree ki 11 er? Cuz having to listen to chain store radio will do just that. Cant have 1 or the other.

Hate to tell you this but all us wage slaves played soad at our. Minimum wage jobs. Only difference is it was 20 years ago when soad was still relevant.

@@daveb4093 As a retail employee, I can promise you Maroon 5 is in the wage deck.

I'd give anything to not hear "On top of the world" again because retail stores have that song in their playlist, especially knowing their stance on ethnic cleansing now

Serj Tankian is a hypocrite. If he were a truly honest person, he would also talk about the genocides committed by Armenia (Xocalı) or the terrorist organization called A.S.A.L.A that killed Turkish civilians. He doesn't mention these, if the opposite happened, I haven't heard of it. In conclusion, what I see is Serj, who looks like a human rights activist but is essentially an Armenian nationalist.

What? The people of Azerbaijan are the ones doing the ethnic cleansing.

@@Brandonmtlhd Azerbaijan were the ones DOING the ethnic cleansing

They've got good music and donate loads to charities. They have 150+ songs on their discography and the two you hear on repeat does NOT represent them as a band. Tbh I never get people who hate on artists without even listening how they sound like.

I don't remember the last time I listened to an Imagine dragons song but this is such a daft comment. They're very popular all around the world.

😂

I'm not surprised mfkr

I see it now 😂

I thought it was Finn Balor

😂🥊

Yeah, I'm totally sure that imagine dragons has a bunch of fans in the middle east. The only people that are going to an Imagine Dragons show in Azerbaijan, are a bunch of Aras Prince's and their entourage. This wasn't for fans, this was for corporate money. Secondly, if you actually know anybody who enjoys Imagine Dragons, you make sure to mock and shame them into oblivion.

You are right, imagine dragons is just a bunch of POSs

Dig a little deeper in to the mentality of the average Azerbaijani. This is not what you say it is. Sincerely, an Armenian

@@soldierside365 They did a concert for a bunch of Arab princes, massive corporations, and the elite. It was a cash grab. You know, I've never actually met anyone who legitimately likes Imagine dragons.

@@metpachI like imagine dragons. Cross that off your list

😂

Nah honestly, Imagine Dragons got some bangers, you just gotta sift through the more annoying popular stuff

@@deathring7339 hit me with a track to check out?

I preferred their opening band back when they were Imagination Dragons.

Never drink and drive. Never text while driving. Please, guys...stay safe on the road

Don't forget how the asain people were treated during world war 2 also Serj even stated bands play in questionable kingdoms so why isn't he going after them and when Serj stated would you play in russia the big reason is cause there are dangers for americans there but not in azerbaijani.

⁠​⁠@@pauloctober-gray6397what dangers to Americans are there in Russia which are not present Azerbaijan? (Just being curious, first time hearing of something like that)

@@aho5666 the political tension between America and Russia is high right now with the threat of American soldiers possibly being deployed to help Ukraine and there is the case of the American soldiers that are held prisoner there and i don't think any U.S. Airlines are flying to Russia.

@@pauloctober-gray6397 solders who fight on an opposing side and politicians do not equate to average folk, + people usually know that a nation's political opinion is not a homogeneous mass. Someone being American does not make them Russia-hater automatically. Also, connecting flights exist (Emirates? 2 flights, A380, comfy airport in between). That being said, if you are openly expressing opinions which are against the rulling law then yeah, of course it can backfire. In a lot of countries, not solely Russia. In my opinion, Azerbaijan is not safer or more dangerous, it is just less famous

Native thing happened centuries ago. Soad has focused like a dozen songs about the Iraq War.

Oh, he's woke enough, I'd say.

From what I've heard from their music, that's a pretty good description.

How to imagine your dragon

Close enough

The audacity.

They’ve already said they don’t identify with a specific genre. Don’t know why people keep critiquing them like they’re a rock band

​@@shadowwyldeBecause "rock" stations are playing this genreless garbage instead of rock bands and have been since about 2011.

@@gregoryporch8395 If you don’t like it then change the station or listen to music on Spotify or something. Don’t know why people act like they’re forced to listen to them.

​@@shadowwylde imagine dragons is obviously pop.

If you keep voting in a government committing ethnic cleansing you are absolutely pretty much culpable. Last I checked that country wasnt a dictatorship, its a democracy and their leaders are voted in.

If your country is killing other nation, then you are in part responsible. After II WW whole Germany nation was held responsible not only nazis.

It's not complicated and you're right. Making a petition to ban concerts is pathetic. There are anti-war people in Azerbaijan, Israel, Russia and all other countries. And dictatorship is called "dictatorship" for a reason, you cannot just overthrow your government. Let people at least enjoy the music.

its not about the fans supporting or not their government, its about whitewashing the image of said government to the world regardless of the citizens agreeing or not. If anything having the concert is a disservice to those fans who dont agree with the dictatorship because it will make the world believe that everything is fine when it is most defenetly not, thus making a regime change even harder

😂😂😂

What did david do wrong? Nothing.

@@jakeangelini9470 Supporting the genocide happening in Palestine? To each their own it doesn't really matter cause he's just the dude from disturbed, but it is what it is. Nothing wrong with saying you support a little genocide, right?

​@@jakeangelini9470Signed his name on a bomb...

@@SlyRyFry What's Happening in Gaza is not a Genocide, it's just that the civilians often times are caught in the crossfire because Hamas hides underneath civilian areas. Israel also sends out text messages, calls and flyers saying "Were about to airstrike this location get out now", but Hamas often says to its people "Na you're fine, we'll make sure they won't we'll protect you". By "Protect" they mean hiding under the civilian areas so when Israel goes to Airstrike said location both the terrorists and unfortunately also the civilians die. This is a tactic that Hamas uses to villainize Israel and clearly it unfortunately worked. Hamas takes advantage of how easy it is to Brainwash the west and uses it to their advantage to villainize Israel. And plus Hamas was the one that initiated the war when they committed the Horrific ethnic cleansing of 1200 Jews on 10/7, now they're are people out there that say "Well 10/7 is justified because of hundreds of years of conflict" NO IT IS NOT! So your telling me that committing a Horrific massacre at the Nova Music Festival is justified? To me it isn't. So yeah in conclusion, what's happening in Gaza is not a Genocide. ISRAEL4LIFE!

Yeah, East 17. Hence the line "A time for East Seventeen?" from 'Miss Sarajevo'.

The lyrical content of U2's music is completely different to the lyrical content of imagine dragons. U2 makes music about political conflicts while imagine dragons makes corporate friendly pop music for grocery stores

@@AchillesKneel no, they both make corporate friendly pop music for grocery stores.

You are right, they are not practice what they preach. Respectfully, but most if not all of "celebrities", "stars" are hypothetical. That's just how I feel.

in what questionable countries have they played? genuenily curious

what countries are those ?

@@littlerockstar5729 like where?

​@@eyelessweather There are quite a lot of hypothetical celebrities

Ur mom

Bro they don't care! Neither does the band. They want those 💰💰💰 you need to learn to judge people by their actions and not by what they say

@@TimmyTurner421 when people say things that are dumb af you just have to accept they are just shilling or trolling, i appreciate your heart though

Azerbaijan flashed that oil money in their faces, so they all turned a blind eye.

You are acting as though artists have no autonomy over what they do

@@TimmyTurner421 That is actually kinda my point. The fact that management books gigs to make money not friends. And to add that the band probably didn't even have a clue about any "implications" regarding the gig. To them it's just another show. As far as actions and words, in this instance they kinda don't matter. They will be told by management what to do regardless of their personal view point.

Babymetal is mid

@@sigmaramendid you really have to go out your way to say that, who hurt u?

Never drink and drive. Never text while driving. Please, guys...stay safe on the road

​@@sigmaramen A band from Japan who started really young and being women, and that famous in a lot of countries seems makes them not mid at all.

@@DeathFORcameO agreed 👍

Truer words have never been spoken.

@@TheRareVideosXL word is bond

music unites everybody...against imagine dragons 😆

Never drink and drive. Never text while driving. Please, guys...stay safe on the road

@@DarkLight-Ascending ever heard of Johnny Rebel? Do you think his music unites everyone?

Exactly they are there for the supporters not the government

Honestly, Dan and really the whole band isn't the type to do that. They probably have been avoiding the beef on purpose other than the one response

Haha, oh no Imagine Dragons makes Drake look like Eminem

They always tend to avoid negative stuff and I really appreciate them for it.

Hey, I was at that show!

I think he apologized for that.

@@anon11. I didn't know that. Gonna find out

He cleared that up just saying

@@Rag_ab you are right. I just saw bc I wasn't informed

Not the best call in history huh

Yeah, so now the Azerbaijani people get wrapped up and lose out l. 😢

AC/DC, metallica, pantera and the rest played in Moscow. Did you forget that?

Armenians sterted that war by bombing civillians, what a stupid take that was

​@@VanDiemen1969 I think Serj was referring to how people wouldn't play in modern Russia now. I believe those bands play in Moscow years/decades ago.

Serj isn't exactly good either. He's hypocritical himself.

I would rather listen to Nickelback's entire discography than imagine dragons

I rather imagine dragons than listen to Imagine Dragons

@@zackzallie8735 😂😂😂

Look at this graph ​@@omaracuna2714

​@@omaracuna2714please be kind to yourself 😭

lol

he seems to talk A LOT of shit for someone who has "no beef"😂

@mmmmketchup7404 opinions are scary I know, that doesn't mean he's talking shit. Kids nowadays are afraid of someone having a difference in opinion and who share them strongly.

@@mmmmketchup7404 calling someone out for ignoring genocides and supporting those who invoke them is not shit talking, or beef, grow up. Dan and the rest of IM should be ashamed for what they're doing.

It is

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Exactly

They can't take it, just hearing someone care of something important sends their brain into overload

@@sebastianfischer2082 they suck

Exactly

I think he's on the libertarian-socialist or anarchist side right? so no good states

Not much of a critical thinker are you?

@@sebastianfischer2082 don’t be that guy 😂

@@sebastianfischer2082 Not much of a rebuttal is it?

@@Elzzaw there isn't much to rebut... Like I said you aren't much of a critical thinker, I can't imagine there's much point debating someone with that basic of an outlook

@@littlerockstar5729 well it's clearly true... I'll speak as I please.

Cuba is/was a very different situation

@@sebastianfischer2082 😂🤣🤡👞

@@sebastianfischer2082 Fidel almost caused a nuclear war .... Not far off

@@toashez2410 😷

@@Enzoraiz not too bright are you bud? That was The fault of the United States as usual though you could also point it at the Soviet union somewhat... Fidel did not almost start a nuclear war

Is that what youre calling a genocide? A "couple of clashing egos"? Jesus

@@andrewvasquez7872 well, imagine dragons barely has any fans, so it's probably the only place they could sell a show.

Plenty of fans in other countries

Well then like Serj said, would that mean you would've felt the same way if nazi Germany was still in effect and thought it was ok to play there just because they have some fans in the country?

Your point being...?

The things we do for our kids, eh? 😅😢 My condolences.

@@hisaceinthehole3426 😂 Thanks.

Yes especially system and it's leftist members

Soon you wont be

Yup. The old "stop there" line. I am not_________, BUT. Should always stop after saying those things

You are just waiting to find one small inconsistency and forget to see the bigger picture. Whats going on is horrendous and imagine. Dragons worked with amnesty before. They shpuld know better.

@@robertsteinberger5667 Oh I agree, I just wish people wouldn't couch things like that. If you are passionate and need to educate a fool, just openly do so.

He meant....unless it's a genocide that the countries government is involved in. You know that's what he meant, you just thought you had a " gotcha moment" you didn't.

The lack of nuance you observe and perceive is extraordinary🤯. Rage against the machine must be a band against doing house chores to you.

yep

Not for some apparently

Imagine dragon deez

A band that has outsold SOAD by 40 million albums that has been together a third of the time they have.

There a band that sucks

Guess we imagined it 🤷

@@georgehernandez2156 don't lol

Facts

"difficult and opinionated" what does hearing opinions hurt your feelings? Get you a bit fragile to have to question your world view and potentially learn something? You sound far too simple minded

Serj is an awesome guy.

Im german and they brought me to Yerevan in 2015 and I have loved the country and culture since then and visited a few times. Theyre great ambassadors for Armenia.

he is such a clown. good for you armanians.

Why are not other countries proud of such a phenomenal humanistic behavior from Serj? Not just Armenians - the whole world should stand behind this kind of statements!!

Does Serj still live in America, is he still living high off the hog from the American dollars he’s earned? Yeah, i thought so… I’m so tired of all these social justice warriors doing nothing but talk. Why is he not over there helping, he should be pouring money in that direction if he wants to help that bad. Encouraging other artists to boycott and come out their pockets while he just sits back and beat a keyboard. GTFOH Serj!

Would you play a show in biden run USA? What about biden run Isreal? What about biden run Azov battalion? What about biden run Gaza? What about biden run Syria? What about biden run Haiti? The show is for the people that show up, not the person with the most power in that particular place.

Some don't care about politics. Should we judge those that ignore it for the benefit of their own mental health? Because I certainly don't care what games the politicians play... because back when I did it made me very unhappy. I am much happier ignoring all the toxicity.

@@anthonyhill6150 Biden said President Putin of Ukraine and Vice President Trump will make sure everything is okay.

What toxicity? The toxicity of our city, of our city? 😔 Sorry, boss...I tried to take it back, it was too late...

Is he still selling his records there?

Komodo.

@@tompriceusmc Bearded, Chinese water and sailfin dragons as well. though none of those can eat a goat whole ... Komodo for the win!

I guess the fact he's from a country that experienced genocide makes him a little bit passionate about it

@@jeniquekasai9423 About as passionate as a feminist walking past a frat house

SOAD is a bunch of political grifters who suck at making real music

Which stuff ?

You mean the same government that sat back and let Nazi Germany do everything they did until they were dragged into the war? America only has an interest if it benefits them, same goes for the majority of the world. Other countries are not of concern to them unless they have a stake in the outcomes.

@@nuran_lion The systematic genocide and erasure of the Armenian peoples.

Narrow geopolitical views, honestly. Because the USA supports other 'western-aligned' countries which in their conflicts are sometimes in the right (Ukraine, Kosovo) but in other cases, like with Azerbaijan, (and israel) can be very much in the wrong, but they support them just by proxy of being against Russia/china and allies, to whatever extent (Armenia basically isn't a Russian ally anymore iirc they just applied to leave csto)

@@akgfilming USA haven’t ever had shown any clear and unambiguous opinion about Karabakh dispute