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I like how in that video the camera sweeps back over a sea of thousands of people, the band a few tiny dots on the horizon, and then somewhere you hear someone shout MEXICOLAAAAAAA!!!
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Mar 31, 2013 23:51
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I didn't think I could be any more excited but that song is incredible. I can't wait to hear the studio recording.
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Faux-rear end Nonsense posted:Wait, so Nick Oliveri is back on board to some extent? What happened there?
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Wait Wait Wait. We know there is only one test for a QOTSA drummer. And this is it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71bZk2K224Q I think he actually captures the groovy feel of Dave's original recording better than Joey. 
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Apparently Josh is one mean pool shark. I love pool and Josh Homme, so naturally this is the greatest Facebook cover photo I've ever had. Not sad at all 
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I thought Joey was a fine drummer, but never found a proper groove, and his fills felt rushed and sloppy. Jon Theodore, who was in a band I never liked, actually nails all of the drum parts. It's pretty cool to hear the band sounds so tight again. That said, I'm cautious about the new record. I felt the last three releases (I'm including Them Crooked Vultures here) had some great tracks but ultimately fell apart as albums. They all had three or four filler songs that were a chore to sit through. Josh needs to calm down on the falsetto, cut the filler, and lose a bit of the swagger he employs to hide melody. If I am sounding harsh about the these records, I do love certain aspects of them. 'Suture Up Your Future' and 'River in the Road' are two of my favourite Queens of the Stone Age songs, so it isn't like he has fallen off as a song writer. Hell, it took me three years to realise how amazing 'The Blood is Love' was, so maybe I am just bad at picking them. That said, I really struggle to sit through 'Elephants', 'Caligulove'(that pun is ugh, too), 'Battery Acid', 'Someone's in the Wolf' and 'You've Got a Killer Scene There, Man'. Please Josh, I would rather a short album than an album with filler. Please, be brutal with your editing. I'm curious about your rotating drummer scheme for this record, so my interest is there.
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Besson posted:I thought Joey was a fine drummer, but never found a proper groove, and his fills felt rushed and sloppy. Jon Theodore, who was in a band I never liked, actually nails all of the drum parts. It's pretty cool to hear the band sounds so tight again. This is interesting. Suture and River are my least favourite songs, at least from Era Vulgaris, and with opinions I've heard/read over the past few years I feel like the majority of fans would at least half agree. Battery Acid is probably my second favourite song from that album (first being Misfit Love, jeez what a song). Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just fascinating. I do agree with Killer Scene, though. Then again, the majority of my friends aren't huge fans, so I dunno. I could be way off. I'm rambling.
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Lullabies to Paralyze and Era Vulgaris are my two favourite QOTSA albums by far. And I really enjoyed Them Crooked Vultures. I started listening to QOTSA when "No-One Knows" was their big single, and while the early albums are good, I just don't return to them very much. I probably listen to the debut and Rated R once each for every 10 times I listen to Songs, Lullabies and Era. Am I bad QOTSA fan? (Also I agree about Misfit Love, that's a killer song and my absolute favourite by the band)
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Without getting all PYF, I would argue that Rated R is probably their best record. It's so weird, so strange, but it always manages to hit a sweet spot between melody and noise. There isn't a bad song on it, and every track has its own, weird personality. Josh's melodies are strong, there is some great lead guitar in there, and it never treads water like a lot of later era Homme work does. A lot of people love Songs for the Deaf, and they should it's a really great record, but I think Queens do it best when they do it weird, and they have never been weirder than on Rated R. Having a guitar solo fade in and out, having a pop song with the strange country clang guitar sound, a weird Rain Song homage, and a collapsing horn section to close the record makes this my favourite Queens record by far. Also, Misfit Love is good, but I would argue that it really takes a life of its own when it is played live. Jesus, that build up is incredible.
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Besson posted:I thought Joey was a fine drummer, but never found a proper groove, and his fills felt rushed and sloppy. Jon Theodore, who was in a band I never liked, actually nails all of the drum parts. It's pretty cool to hear the band sounds so tight again. Joey sucks the momentum out of so, so many songs. Particularly Into the Hollow and Turnin' on the screws. The former has a flat pattern that never takes off and the latter is brought to a near stop at the end of each bar. I would love to hear that whole album with another drummer. I will say his lurching style works well on Make it witchu. Donovan Trip fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Apr 2, 2013 |
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Besson posted:Also, Misfit Love is good, but I would argue that it really takes a life of its own when it is played live. Jesus, that build up is incredible. Totally right. This is my favourite recording. Josh looks out of his mind but it just sounds great. I've heard it live twice and its been my favourite song both times. And one of those setlists had The Bronze, so, you know. You can tell they just love jamming to it. I've seen them all say in multiple instances it's pretty much their favourite song to play nowadays. Prior to Like Clockwork at least. Tychtrip fucked around with this message at 10:12 on Apr 2, 2013 |
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tomm posted:Totally right. This is my favourite recording. Josh looks out of his mind but it just sounds great. I've heard it live twice and its been my favourite song both times. And one of those setlists had The Bronze, so, you know. I knew that link would be the Henry Rollins show version. Pretty much the best version.
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Misfit Love is good, but to me it's an example of a song that sounds more like Desert Sessions or TCV than QOTSA. It's hard to describe why. I think it's something to do with the guitar sound.echronorian posted:Joey sucks the momentum out of so, so many songs. Particularly Into the Hollow and Turnin' on the screws. Into the Hollow is a song that I would honestly like to hear completely re-recorded. Again, it's hard to say exactly why, but I've just always felt like the sound of it completely betrays the songwriting. It sounds like some alternate mix you'd find on the maxi-single. I'm also convinced it'd sound amazing with Lanegan on vocals, but maybe I'm just dreaming.
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Besson posted:I thought Joey was a fine drummer, but never found a proper groove, and his fills felt rushed and sloppy. Jon Theodore, who was in a band I never liked, actually nails all of the drum parts. It's pretty cool to hear the band sounds so tight again. Interesting. Someone's in the Wolf is one of my all-time favorites of QOTSA and I love the 4 others examples of songs you don't like! I think the new track sounds loving boss and I can't wait to hear the new album 
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They're about 4 songs into their set in Argentine right now, click to listen!
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Here is My God Is The Sun (audio only) from tonight's gig in Argentina. I think the mix seems a bit better. There'll probably be a video up by the time anyone reads this as it was streamed.
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My day has been listening to that song on repeat. It's been a good day. So stoked for the new album.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZaUz7a3kAo
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For a second I thought they had a new song called "Pepsi Music Argentina". The sequel to Mexicola 
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I have never ever listened to QOTSA before, somehow I've avoided them for the past 15 (?) years. I have listened to Them Crooked Vultures and quite enjoy that. Would it be best to start with Rated R since it seems to be getting high praise in this thread? Thanks
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Songs for the Deaf and Rated R, definitely
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Polegrinder posted:I have never ever listened to QOTSA before, somehow I've avoided them for the past 15 (?) years. I have listened to Them Crooked Vultures and quite enjoy that. Would it be best to start with Rated R since it seems to be getting high praise in this thread? I think Rated R might be their most solid album all around and this is a good way to go. If you like the really rock-driven songs a lot, I'd suggest you check out their "S/T" album after that.
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I think any of them are a fine place to start, I listened to Lullabies to Paralyze first and it's still my favorite.
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I think Songs for the Deaf is pretty much the perfect album. I could listen to that album every day and never get tired of hearing it.
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Step 1: Listen to Rated R on mushrooms and have S/T ready to play next, followed immediately by Kyuss' Blues For The Red Sun and Welcome to Sky Valley to ride the rest of that trip out. Step 2: Listen to SFTD the next day. Step 3: Listen to LTP only after you've made a some really terrible mistakes in life.
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SFTD hooked me instantly and I've only gotten to love it more and more. Might as well start there. I doubt any of their albums will turn you off, though.
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Sir Lemming posted:SFTD hooked me instantly and I've only gotten to love it more and more. Might as well start there. Agreed, as soon as that scream came in on Millionaire and everything dropped in the first time I heard it I was hooked on the band. I'd definitely start there. Also I love that new song. It's well and truly amazing, and I know that the studio version is gonna own bones.
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They have all the albums on Spotify, so I am listening to them now. Lullabies is where I am starting and I like it. I did skip around a few songs on SFTD and Rated R and like those too, I will give them a proper listen after Lullabies.
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I love the 1-2 punch of Lullaby/Medication on "Lullabies to Paralyze" - perfect way to start an album.
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I always thought "I'm a Designer" sucked the air out of a great album. Was that just me?
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Handen posted:Step 1: Listen to Rated R on mushrooms and have S/T ready to play next, followed immediately by Kyuss' Blues For The Red Sun and Welcome to Sky Valley to ride the rest of that trip out. exactly
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LordPants posted:I always thought "I'm a Designer" sucked the air out of a great album. Was that just me? Nah, I agree. Never really cared much for that song.
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LordPants posted:I always thought "I'm a Designer" sucked the air out of a great album. Was that just me?
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LordPants posted:I always thought "I'm a Designer" sucked the air out of a great album. Was that just me? I was a little surprised that of all of the songs on the album, that's the one that most remixers gravitated toward.
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loving great recording of one of their recent shows: http://youtu.be/jZaUz7a3kAo Great setlist, great sound, too. Josh actually sounds fairly different here--maybe it's age or strain but it definitely sounds a bit like he morphs the delivery, especially in "Sick Sick Sick." Either way, I still dig it, always loved his vocal style.
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Cheesus posted:It's one of those very rare songs for me where I love the lyrics and story more than the music. At least once a week I'll find myself talking to myself: "I'm high class, I'm a whore -- actually both. Basically I'm a pro!". "You're insulted, you can't be bought or sold. Translation: Offer too low!" Suture Up Your Future had to grow on me but I really like it now, and River in the Road is one of my favorites. My least favorite on Era Vulgaris is probably Run, Pig, Run- it's not really bad or anything, but Long Slow Goodbye and I Think I Lost My Headache are such amazing last tracks for their respective albums that it just seems weak in comparison.
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Cheesus posted:I was a little surprised that of all of the songs on the album, that's the one that most remixers gravitated toward. It's all a matter of what songs they're given the multitracks for, I'm sure. River In The Road is definitely one of my favorites from the album. Really brought back that creepy desert vibe.
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I love I'm Designer, not exactly the usual Queens style but I like the lyrics and the fractured parts that make up the whole of the music. Plus it's a great contrast when the sung parts kick in. And there's also this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qb1yPVBrN4 I linked the higher quality version but the other has the better description: "I guess this is the video for I'm Designer." Oh while I'm posting videos, everyone's seen this right? I could never get into Misfit Love until I saw this, the album version always seemed to drag a bit but this has a ton of energy and I could listen to them riff forever  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYw0KhwXdAY
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Nikaer Drekin posted:"You're insulted, you can't be bought or sold. Translation: Offer too low!" It's just like diamonds, in poo poo I love I'm Designer. baka kaba posted:Oh while I'm posting videos, everyone's seen this right? I could never get into Misfit Love until I saw this, the album version always seemed to drag a bit but this has a ton of energy and I could listen to them riff forever Was posted earlier but is great enough to be posted more than once. It's definitely better live.
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