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The more I listen to it, the more I like it. The more I like it, the more excited I get! For about a week, “Songs For The Deaf,” the new album by Queens of the Stone Age, has completely monopolized my CD player.
15 stoner rock songs, half of which are very retro, influenced by the early QOTSA or even by Kyuss, and the other half innovative, following the line of experimentation that so distinguished their previous work, “R.” There's something for everyone, therefore, both for those who love the old or early QOTSA and for those who appreciated the more recent empirical evolutions.
This is the key to understanding (or rather listening to) the latest and newest masterpiece by the band of Josh Homme, the soul and mind of the stoner scene worldwide for over 10 years now. A band that also prides itself on having a drummer like Dave Grohl (ex-Nirvana and Foo Fighter) and a lead vocalist/guitarist like Mark Lanegan (ex-Screaming Trees).
The first 5 tracks are the most direct, built on the traditional psychedelic interplay between minimalist guitar chords with progressive vocals layered over them and vice versa (progressive chords and static vocals). My favorite is no. 5, The Sky Is Fallin’, whose riff excites me every time I hear it, forcing me to hit repeat (here's your sample). Among the rest, “A Song For The Deaf," no. 11 (featuring Lanegan's voice, a great piece) and Do It Again (superfuzzy) are beautiful, while the most reactionary are undeniably no. 6, Hangin’ Tree, and no. 9 (almost punk). Surprises include no. 12 (Another Love Song, very 70s) and no. 14, the acoustic "Mosquito Song," which very much recalls Marc Lanegan's excellent solo performances. "Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy" ends the album in a cheerful way.
Soon we will be able to enjoy the video of their single, “You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire.” Overall, the production by Interscope is also excellent, making it an accessible and recommendable purchase even for the most discerning tastes.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire ()
Dead bull with the life from the low
I’ll be massive conquistador
Give me soul and show me the door
Metal heavy, soft at the core
Gimme toro, gimme some more
Pressurize, neutralize
Deep fried, gimme some more
Space flunky, four on the floor
Fortified with the liqour store
This one's down, gimme some more
Gimme toro, gimme some more
Shrunken head I love to adore
B-movie, gimme some gore
Gimme toro, gimme some more
B-movie, gimme some gore
Gimme toro, gimme some more
03 Do It Again ()
I fall over, and over and over, over oh I want you
I get in, I get in, I get in you're the only one I'm into
You and me fit so tight
I go lower and lower and lower, lower living easy
I don't know how long I got till it's over
You and me fit so tight
Can you do it again?
do it again
do it again
can you do it again?
All the way, all the way, all the way
there's no where left we can be
I'm into what you do but I leave you nowhere
You and me fit so tight
All we need is one more time
Can you do it again?
do it again
do it again
can you do it again?
do it again
do it again
can you do it again?
Only get to live one life
Won't pretend you're only mine
Where will you go when
We all fall away?
So do it again
do it again(x5)
08 Hangin' Tree ()
Would you like our way home
I bleed my own
Round the hangin tree
Swayin in the breeze
In the summer sun
As we two are one
Swayin
Can you see under my thumb
There you are
Round the hangin tree
Swing in the breeze
In the summer sun
As we two are one
Swing
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By rebelde
Songs For The Deaf is like a great, immense pleasant effort, almost a lengthy musical earthquake inexplicably capable of causing anxiety, but also of relaxing.
A rock album doesn’t necessarily need explanations, nor does it propose to offer any... we never speak of absolute truths, only truths shot out as they exist in the artist’s brain.
By theJOKE
Queens of the Stone Age get in the car. The journey begins, and with its songs, it will make you...deaf!
Dave Grohl seems to have just woken up from the journey that made him deaf due to the strength and impetus with which he has wielded the skins of his drums.
