The Dead South - Chop Suey [Official Music Video]

Official Music Video for Chop Suey by The Dead South

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CREDITS

Directed by Travis Nesbitt
Assistant Director: Russ Dawson

Creative: Lyle Bell
Creative: Chris Wynters

Additional Live Footage by Chris Wynters, Lyle Bell, Lauren Troutman, Morgan Coates

Produced by Travis Nesbitt & Marky Pierson

Edited by Travis Nesbitt

Location: Mile Zero Festival Key West Florida and Key West Theater

@travisnesbitt

Blurb:
In the The Dead South’s version of Chop Suey music video, we wanted to take elements of their live show and piece it together in an interesting way. Taking inspiration from System of a Down‘s video, we used blending layers and different motion graphics to give the illusion the band was morphing into one another. We took that inspiration with our version to the extreme by incorporating things like VHS film emulation and film scratches sampled from actual vintage film stock. Combining green screen footage of the band playing live, footage from the Mile Zero Fest in Key West Florida and concert clips from all over the world on tour, this video is a static mess of beauty, excitement and energy.

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Lyrics:
Wake up
(Wake up)
Grab a brush and put a little make-up
Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up
(Hide the scars to fade away the...)
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go create another fable

You wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
You wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up
You wanted to
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
You wanted to

I don't think you trust
In... My... Self-righteous suicide
I... Cry... When angels deserve to die

Wake up
(Wake up)
Grab a brush and put a little make-up
Hide the scars to fade away the
(Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up)
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go create another fable

You wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little make-up
You wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up
You wanted to
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
You wanted to

I don't think you trust
In... My... Self-righteous suicide
I... Cry... When angels deserve to die
In, my, Self-righteous suicide
I, cry, when angels deserve to die

Father (father)
Father (father)
Father (father)
Father (father)
Father, into your hands I commend my spirit
Father, into your hands
Why have you forsaken me?
In your eyes forsaken me
In your thoughts forsaken me
In your heart forsaken me, oh

Trust in my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die
In my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die

#thedeadsouth #chopsuey

[MichaelMcBee-zxbg]

I was unaware how much I needed heavy metal banjo in my life. Thank you.

[MsKatieMD]

Considering the original song is so heavy on the drums and this has no drums and they are completely different genres, you wouldn't expect it to work as well as it does, absolute geniuses! Each member is so incredibly talented and you can see they have so much fun making music.

[alquimista]

I'm a metal head and I discovered this Beautiful band by mistake couple years ago and they are darn good ❤️

[MacPNW]

These dudes took the original and did it. No changes, no artistic input, just the same song but with their band. That's crazy. And pretty damn good.

[AmiableLion]

That's actually surprising they stuck more to the original than most other artist, despite the fact these are two vastly different genres. Well done.

[buddhaphoenix]

SOAD would be proud. The videography has honored the original clip. Hats off boys, you have done amazing in both music and video.

[Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny]

"Why'd you leave the cream cheese on the table?
Go ahead, eat another bagel (you wanted it!)..."
That's the way my neighbor friends and I sing it when we have our morning bagel party 😁

[paddek]

You guys just turned gold into goldier gold. Freaking legends.

[rklomp]

Got tickets to the Seattle show back in December that was delayed until July. I lived in the Ozarks for many years and learned to love outlaw country music and bluegrass. Never thought some Canadians would be making music for broken bastards and sinners that gives me goosebumps. Keep up the good work. Can't get enough of it.

[JuiceboxDesmond]

This is THE perfect cover for you guys. Way outside your genre, performed with your style, and yet true and faithful to the original in a very pleasing way. Bravo.

[uncleanexecution]

As someone who really liked the original and generally doesn't like most covers, I gotta say, this was pretty fucking amazing. Great Job guys!

[paulpennington-mvrt]

I absolutely love the way this guy plays bass/cello/drama/kitsche... all @ the same time... 🥀🎸🤯

[benayres]

Bringing a Metal song into a Bluegrass Genre just shows how talented these guy are.

[Lord.Smith.the.first.]

A fucking system of a down cover? I am am unbelievably impressed and I can't wait to hear if you'll do any more 😂 but guys fucking tremendous, come to Scotland soon you legends

[mattagnew]

Amazing - I was just cranking the original in the car yesterday thinking, "man, I'd love to hear a bluegrass cover of this." Thank you YT algorithm for delivering me here.

[lisacody]

I'm a hard rock, metal fan...and then I discovered this band....who knew!!?

[PatientenO.T.]

One thing I love about Dead South, is their devotion to their look. I love that it has hardly changed at all since the beginning. Cool song too!

[nopoliticalcorrectness]

Awesome! One of my favorite bands covers one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. 😁 I love it.

[lisacook]

My grandpa used to play some kick ass banjo and I love System of a Down. This remake is badass and I’m here for it!!! Bluegrass Heavy Metal would be so awesome! Come rock the Bluegrass, drink bourbon, and have bon fires 🔥

[nebulousisgod]

They didn’t even change it much, I’m impressed. One of my favorite bands covered my favorite band of all time. Fantastic musicians.