SONGS FOR THE DEAF Is A Road Trip Concept Album
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Songs For the Deaf is one of the last great hard rock albums of recent memory. It’s just bass, drums, guitar and plain ol’ OVERDRIVE. It saw Queens of the Stone Age capitalize on their unique position in rock, assembling a one-time-only, star-studded line up for a loose concept album: a drive through the blistering California desert. Buckle up.
Songs For The Deaf (2002)
Queens of the Stone Age
You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire
No One Knows
First It Giveth
Song For The Dead
The Sky Is Fallin’
Six Shooter
Hangin’ Tree
Go With The Flow
Gonna Leave You
Do It Again
God Is In The Radio
Another Love Song
Song For The Deaf
Mosquito Song
The main line up on the record:
Josh Homme
Nick Oliveri
Mark Lanegan
Dave Grohl
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Why didn’t you talk about The Real Song for the Deaf?
@@Cyboogie couldn't hear it
@Just me thanks, glad you enjoy the free content
Could you make a video on why the dark side of the moon is so good?
I have to get some stickers now✌🏻
Drove from LA to Joshua tree yesterday and listened to this album. Hit different just saying
Tell me, did it actually fit the actual span of the journey? Were you hitting the right songs in the right towns?
Come down to Orange County next time...
@@debbiehf05 it's LA traffic and the drive is like two hours so no
@@Bandstand I love orange county but we couldn't make it out 😞
@@natemartin7136 Oh right. I really have no clue so sorry for the dumb question, I don't live in the US.
Hey alright, it's Kip Kasper
Clone radio, LA's infinite repeat
How we feelin' out there?
How's your drive time commute?
I need a saga
What's the saga?
It's Songs for the Deaf
You can't even hear it
DEAD BULL WITH THE LIFE FROM THE LOW
I'LL BE MASTER CONQUISTADOR
GIVE ME SOUL AND SHOW ME THE DOOR
METAL HEAVY, SOFT AT THE CORE
K-L-O-N, "Clone" Radio;
We play the songs that sound more like everyone else...
Than Anyone else!
@@thegreatslothlord7796 gimmie toro gimmie so more
FORTIFIED WITH THE LIQUOR STORE!
The drum intro to Song for The Dead still gets me hype to this day
Half this album is in my workout playlist. Actually like half of their whole discog. But the drums on this record are on point, grohl is at his peak here.
Agreed. Can't believe it wasn't explicitly highlighted here.
You’re the only channel I can think of who covers music I grew up listening to with this high of a quality. Ty
Check out Trash Theory and Lie Likes Music. Not as well produced, but the content is top notch.
Polyphonic is good as well
@@Uoldbum Polyphonic is what got me into these UA-cam music reviews but he's been super stuck on Pink Floyd for a while now, it got a little stale
It's more like Stoner Rock in Overdrive.
Along with lielikesmusic.
I've never heard an album that makes better use of silence then this one.
You can't even hear it!
Never thought of it, but you're very much right!
Laughing Stock by Talk Talk is the only album i can think of that uses silence better
Anyone else wish "go with the flow" was covered in more detail?
All I know that the music video is about sex, it's like literally a metophor for sex
It's 100% my favorite queens song and I wish there was more media on it but eh
Same lol really surprised he didnt
My only complaint with this video
I remember buying this record at a Best Buy and even the clerk complimented me for having good taste.
Definitely need more Queens of the Stone Age vids
I really like The Sky is Falling. It’s one of their most underrated tracks, in my opinion
Yeah that's such a good song! I wouldn't call it underrated though, never heared anyone say a bad word about it. Of course it doesn't get the same attention as the singles.
And only 1 chorus. The whole song is a build-up. That song has cost me in broken guitar strings. It's epic.
It’s a cool song, it’s just a bit too long for me
Agreed. Really fun song to play on guitar as well
That, along with God is in the Radio especially and Another Love Song are all criminally under appreciated songs off possibly the best rock and roll albums of the early 2000s.
Impressive... Now tell everyone how criminally underrated Lullabies to Paralyze is!
*Era Vulgaris
I haven’t forgotten about that album! I mean I got Bulby tatted on me for Josh sakes. Not to mention Turnin on the Screw is probably top 3 favorite.
Lullabies is a great record. Its one of those records that you can just put on, push play once, and let it play all the way thru. From top to bottom it's aces!! 😎🤓
Nah first three albums are the best, it all went down hill fast after Nick got kicked out as lost that edge..
I've never understood the hate for Lullabies to Paralyze. . . It's an amazing record in its own right, I just think it wasn't what a lot of fans of the band wanted or expected. I'm glad though that the fans at the very least seem to respect how good their touring lineup and live shows were from that era.
At this point, I've sort of accepted that I'm not going to 'get it' right away with any new album they release, that I'll be left scratching my head for many years to come before I can fully appreciate each record for what it is. . . My inital reaction to Like Clockwork wasn't good, simply because I wanted a heavier record. I'm only just starting to realize how awesome Villains was, despite some flat sounding production on the record.
Josh and company have never been afraid to get weird and go in varying artistic directions. . . I think having any expectations, is expecting too much.
You are criminally underrated. From the script writing to the art that we view, you always make sure what your saying and showing on screen matches what your talking about. Your in depth reviews are so eye opening and everything about your videos have a purpose and add to the overall theme and message you're trying to get across. Really great stuff man.
Gilicutti 🙏 thank you thank you thank you
If you're gonna talk about ...Like Clockwork, you need to cover Lullabies too. I fully champion that album as the spiritual sequel to SftD and it needs to be looked at more then just the one front loaded Queens record
@@jager9022 personally im still on the fence on if it's front loaded or not. However, I've seen the arguments that it is with most of the noteworthy songs all being at the front. I definitely do fuck with the latter half of the album, especially "Long Slow Goodbye", but I need to really listen to "The Blood is Love" through "You Got a Killer Scene"
@James Schultz *Est.1982 again, im still on the fence if I agree or not with the consensus that it is front loaded. Like on one hand I'm not crazy for "Broken Box" or "You Got a Killer Scene", but I love "I Never Came" and "Long Slow Goodbye". It's just some view Lullabies as the front loaded queens record
I wish he'd go full radiohead on qotsa and make a video on era vulgaris too.
I love this record. Totally agreed.
medication is very misfits sounding to me
i wonder how many car images your man has now
I don’t wanna talk about it 🙃
^seriously this would be an awesome video!
I shouldn't have watched this at 2 AM, the left shoulder part was creepy as hell
Did you look?
@@kevincarter2020 well I was resting in my bed so I knew there was nothing, but it did make me turn the volume down
@@kevincarter2020 I fucking did
dont
I find God is on the radio to be a bit haunting aswell. I really love the song but something makes me feel a bit uneasy listening to it...
I always interpreted “Mosquito Song” as the driver being kidnapped and murdered by cannibals, but hey that’s just one dude’s opinion.
I always thought of it was about the evil tendencies of humans, basically saying that we are the greatest parasite in the world
I thought it was getting rid of them ticks and other blood sucking vermints
I mean going out past Joshua tree and 29 palms....maybe that is what happens
I thought it is either about animal cruelty (killing and eating animals quite deliberately) or about a guy who talks to his kidnapping victim that he is going to kill and eat after feeding parts of the victim to himself.
@@aneurinculver5179 vermints
While it’s not integral to the experience, one of the coolest things about this record is the pre-gap track before Millionaire. The Real Song for the Deaf. I used to love putting this CD in and rewinding from track 1 to get to it
Fun fact about that one: it was recorded by rubbing a set of balloons on microphones. If you play it loudly enough, you can easily feel the vibrations, enough so that it really is a song, for the deaf
Dam was gonna leave that comment, guess u beat me to it
R.I.P Mark Lanegan 1964 - 2022
One of the greatest ever @ his craft
Gotta say, mad props for adding in "18 A.D" at the start when you mentioned their original name.
Thank you for the song name.
Mosquito song is the perfect example of a song being as beautiful as it is dark. The guitar part is phenomenal and the lyrics truly sound like a “Lullaby to paralyze”. I hope that in 2022 we get a 20 year anniversary tour for this album.
...like clockwork will always hold a special place in my heart because it's the album that got me into Queens. Also the first record I ever bought, along with In Rainbows!
Two of my personal favorite records! Great album
Such a different perspective from my own on why Like Clockwork was special. . . There was a six year gap between Era Vulagris and Like Clockwork, where I desperately awaited a new record and worried if maybe that wait was indicative of Josh and the band having run out of ideas. . . The anticiaption was huge, and some of the teasers for the record were really intriguing. Even as a long time fan of the band, Like Clockwork has some of my favourite tunes. I would consider I Appear Missing one of the best songs the band ever created.
loved this album instantly
FYI Dave Grohl took the 'song for the dead' drum part from Black flag's "slip it in"
Enzo DeMay to be specific, it was the snare fill leading into the full band part. Not the whole drum intro
Fantastic work. I love how the video itself mirrors the record itself through your CLEAN visuals and the constant "station"-switching. It's an honor being one of the "stations" in this video. This is a snappier and tighter version of the video I wanted to make back in 2018; but it also has the unique elements that come through how you specifically executed upon it. Killer video as always.
Usually my favorite is the self-titled record. But, when I'm driving a long distance, Songs for the Deaf is perfect.
Dang, I wish I could like the video twice, so much info and trivia that I would never have guessed, makes me look at queens of stone age with another eye
One of my favorite albums of all time, this is a genius record and this is a great video covering it
I almost died in my car, while listening to Songs for the deaf. Was very eye opening
That subconscious need to squeeze the gas pedal a little harder is real, right?
Favorite band and album while in high school in Spain. I was even lucky enough to do an exchange when I was 16 in California and my host father loved the band as well, 2000s what a decade.
You know _Songs for The Deaf_ has two hidden tracks, yeah? It's before the first song. I found it when ripping the CD in EAC. Unfortunately my drive can't read that hidden track.
If you have a good subwoofer with the crossover set right, Deaf people actually CAN hear/feel the song.
Songs for the Deaf only has one hidden track - Mosquito Song isn't hidden - it's a bonus song that's homely called a hidden track.
I love this album! Right when I think I got sick of it and stop listening it for a week, I always comeback and give it another listen. ..also a request. Please do more King Gizzard videos!! I love them too
loved the Polyphonic nod at the beginning, haha. Great video as always!!
"one of the last great hard rock albums in recent memory"
it came out 18 years ago
And nothing has topped it since IMO
How many hard rock records can you name in the last 18 years?
In the Fade is probably my favorite QOTSA song, but this is my favorite album of theirs. I grew up with it, and each songs holds a place in my memories. All their albums are absolutely fantastic though, there’s just so much to love.
My favorite QOTSA album is Songs for the Deaf, but my favorite song is Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret.
Great tune for sure. I'd go with better living through chemistry as mine, definitely in my top 5
Just don't go telling people that... 🤭
My favorite Queens song as well, which is why Rated R gets the favorite record rating on GP. I just find it maddening that no one ever seems to truly dissect the meaning behind Lost Art despite their love for it. I mean, is it just me, or is that song unquestionably about a sexual encounter with a transgender person? I've tried to interpret it in other ways but the aforementioned explanation when taking the lyrics into account is the only one that has fully ever made sense to me. (Add to that, Josh has been known to say the song is about anal sex before live performances). Please tell me what your take is (or has always been) on Lost Art.
@@jovanreid6782 I never really put that much thought into the lyrics. I went and read them just refresh my memories and to me it could be about many things. The true magic of music is that no matter what the writer may have intended the meaning can be different for anyone and even change over time. For me originally the song was about a forbidden love. Reading it now it could be about that...most likely, or about hiding an embarrassing fetish but ultimately I think it's about trying to keep a secret you'd hurt someone for revealing.
@@fladification Thanks for your feedback. I find most Queens fans tend to not put too much thought into the lyrics, and I also agree that the beauty of the music is that it's open to various interpretations. I just find with this particular song that it's almost astounding that more listeners haven't come to the same conclusion that I've come to, or that it's never so much as alluded to given how obvious it seems to be. Lines like, "you've got something, I understand, hold it in tightly, call on command" and "look for reflections, in your face, canine devotion, time can't erase", and "stuck in believe, there is a lie, promise is promise, an eye for an eye, we've got something, to reveal, no one can know, how we feel". To me, those are all dead giveaways, even before you get to the fact that Josh has prefaced live performances of this song by stating it's about anal sex. To me, what he's essentially saying in the lyrics is that he met someone that he had no idea was a biological male, and felt a strong attraction to this person all the while, but then started to hear things in the streets, hence the line "out on the corner, or locked in your room, I never believe them, and I never assume"- I always see that particular line as Josh's way of saying he has become aware of the general consensus about this person he's been seeing, but due to both denial and his refusal to just believe anything he hears, he doesn't come to any conclusions (and also because he is already emotionally invested in this person, hence the lyric "canine devotion time can't erase" I feel like what he's saying there is he's already into this person and there's already a physical attraction as well as an emotional attachment, so he's kind of decided even if it turns out to be true that this woman is actually a transgender woman, he's already in too deep and there's pretty much no turning back. Then the ultimate give away, "we've got something to reveal, no one can know how we feel". To me the "something to reveal" is the biological male genitalia surely to be revealed when they finally get down to the nitty gritty, and when Josh says "no one can know how we feel" he has to be saying that although he's decided to go through with this, it's absolutely imperative that no one ever knows about it if for no other reasons than that he is not prepared for the stigma attached to this type of sexual practice, as well as he has yet to reconcile this experience with his personal identity. Given all of this, I just don't see what else Lost Art could possibly be about.
Oh and also have you ever watched the video. The surgery images only seems to further underscore my theory. Looks to me like a biological male by the end of the video is post-OP.
This is like a modern internet ' Headbangers Ball ' or something !! So rad !! You should do Era Vulgaris next !
Queens of the Stone Age are such a good band. It's difficult to pick a favorite album due to each one having it's own great stuff.
Impossible for me, I like everything Josh do. He's a genius!
Great band
"Marc Lanagan's grunge-inspired rasp" He inspired grunge more than grunge inspired him
This album is a work of art
First It Giveth is easily my favorite Queens track
Great album.. one time I was in a running competition where I listen to the whole album while running.. which was cool at that time I really like to make my own music videos up my head with characters from tv especially cartoons like Kim Possible and such so I made a whole music video up in my head with Kim as Josh Hommer and Ron as the bass player .. or some kind of swift some place .. it is was pretty fun.. the run was raining but still a good time..
Oh wow glad I'm not the only one who does this lmao. The making music videos thing not the running thing lol.
Can we take a moment to appreciate the quality of the animation
This is one of my favorite albums ever and I can tell a lot of care went into making this. Great job adapting the art style and feel of the album in the animation!
Yall gotta love the hidden intro track called the real song for the deaf. I heard people who are deaf can actually feel the bass on that one if someone has a good speakers system
Editing on this video is fantastic. Might also help that its one of my favorite albums of all time.
This would be a really cool idea for a quest mod in New Vegas tbh. You gotta use your radio to follow various station signals, each one leading to a song and combat encounter, or something else.
I watched this video a long time ago, and recently came back to it. I cannot figure out what car is used throughout the video, but ever since watching it over a year ago it’s become a symbol of this album for me.
Just wanted to say your presentation is great, and perfect choice of car too.
What car is it?
@@copperbonker6823 Plymouth Hemi 'cuda its muscle car royalty.
Oh, fuck yeah! This will always be one of my favorite albums.
I was obsessed with this album when I was 11, played on repeat while I played Jak X Racing hahaha
This album is one of, if not my favorite of all time! Just after Christmas I was able to score a copy on vinyl, and I'm so glad I did! One of my favorite memories with this album is the first time I heard it front to back: my dad and I were going up into the mountains to look for a Christmas tree and we played this in the truck on our way up there, jamming out the whole time.
I've been a fan since your channel first started, it's great seeing how far you editing has come! Keep it up man!
Songs for the Deaf doesn't sound like it is nearly 20 years old. It has held up well and maybe become even more loved as time has passed.
This video is the best I’ve watched in a long time! Nice job, man. This album is one of my favorites. Gotta play it right now!
So i saw the video and got so much nostalgia that i relistened to the album today, and man did i love it so much more than i used to it, im so thankfull u made this great video man
This albums definitely in my top 5. At one point or another every song on it was my favorite track on the album and that speaks so much for the depth of it. Love your videos man. You've covered so many albums that would be in my top albums of all time.
Probably one of the best videos ive watched covering this album
This is...extremely well edited. I'm seriously impressed! You managed to bring the energy of the album with it. You definitely got a sub!
I heard this album so many times and even do today from time to time. Got shivers with the music and your commentary. Great analysis and video!
Loved the graphics too!
I remember being obsessed with this album when I first snagged it. Over a decade later I still listen to it fairly often.
So early that this video isn’t even on most recent videos
This album is easily cemented in my Top 10 albums of all-time. Being a big Queens and Nirvana fan, Song For The Dead was always my favorite track, tearing up the kit is exactly what Dave did, what an epic song.
I have always felt Rated R, Songs for the Deaf, and Lullabies to Paralyze were connected in a 3 part story. Rated R is partying and drugs, Songs for the Deaf is the dude leaving the party and going for a drive, Lullabies is about him coming to realizations and relationships.
I listened to this album recently and I can’t get over it this is the perfect time to ever make a video on it
Just found your channel today, and i just wanted to say, thank you for making this video!
This album came out when I was in high school just before I got my drivers license. This album means so much to me.
I've seen Queens so many times and this video brought back so many good memories. Thanks again
I've always really enjoyed this album, but it was really cool seeing it explained in this context. Excellent video!
4:07 God damn it, this frame could be an album cover in itself. It's beautiful. The colors, the yellow 'Cuda and its antenna splitting "one" and "knows" perfectly in the middle, the waveform in the back. I am in love.
I've been listening to this album for damn near 20 years. And I love it. But good lord have I taken this album for granted. Amazing and incredibly underrated
Your videos improve with every upload and that’s impressive to say the least. This from start to finish was absolutely mesmerizing. The way the visuals transitioned with the music, the colour scheme, narration and pace of the video is just so captivating and down right wicked. It helps that QOTSA is my favourite band, but paving the initial strip of what I hope is a saga (WHATS THE SAGA) of queens videos with this jam packed juicy video has left me wanting an entire desert road of content to cruise through. Well done on this and I seriously hope to see more videos about QOTSA. Maybe a Crooked vultures interlude as well?
Dude thanks for this! This has been one of my favourite albums for years.
I am so happy you exist. Bands and music essays deserve someone as passionate and skilled as you.
Not to be “that guy”, but there are actually other instruments on the album. There are strings on No One Knows, and piano on Go With The Flow, for example.
and synths and organs and shit in Song for Dead and scattered about in other songs, but I bet his reason for leaving those out are because they’re not focused on like in Villains or Clockwork. (Or it was simply a flub-up Lol)
Dude, Dave Ghrol was singing and chanting into a gourd or a vase or something on this album.
Qotsa is great about variation and layering of instrumentation, it's one of the reasons I love them so much
And a friggin' accordion for Chrissakes on Mosquito Song, played by the late great Natasha Schnieder.
I was quite a bit surprised that Troy isn't even mentioned. SFTD was his initiation into the band, where he's remained nearly 20 years.
@@D-Fens_1632 Yeah but he didn't play on the album. He joined only after QOTSA went on tour in support of SFTD.
Excellent video, really well animated and taught me so much more about one of my favourite albums. Well done 👏
Awesome video! Been listening to this album since middle school, and they just keep getting better. 🙌
Picking a favorite QOTSA album is too hard for me.
Dude this was a great video. I love this album and you gave it its justice and more. The graphics and such used in this video could easily have been official promotional material!
I always heard that radio interlude behind “no one knows” when it came through a playlist and kind of wondered about it but never looked into it. I’m going to sit down and listen to the whole record. I enjoy records laid out like this. Thanks for the awesome video!
Yessssss! Love this album, it's concept, and your album breakdowns. Can't go wrong with this one for me.
Got into the band earlier this year. I grew up loving all kinds of rock music, but my attention to the genre shifted due to the mainstream climate.
This album reminded me why i fell ik love with this genre as a kid.
Man this is incredible. One of the greatest albums of all time no doubt, great vid
I have this album cover tattood and I can’t believe it’s taken 20 years to learn all this
This is cool, the album is so well put together and has lived with me ever since it's release. Epic and beautiful.
One of my favourite albums from one of my favourite bands
bro the extreme high quality of this video is unbelievable man!
This provided me insight to one of my favorite albums. And 2 of my all-time favorite songs.
I never really understood the title name & completely missed the idea that it was a road trip. I've driven that route without anything but an FM radio, & now understand how/why the station keeps changing.
On a side note, I'm blown away by the production of this video. I'll definitely look for more of your content. 👍
This was masterful man
This was a really well made and informative video. Gave me a lot more respect for the album. Keep on making great videos man
You introduced me to Queens of the stone age. Really don't know how to thank you
I was expecting this since day one. Iconic record.
Great video, mr. middleocho!
I heard No One Knows from a friend and instantly fell in love. Bought the album from a local record store, none of my friends were really that interested. I just loved it, played it through so many times. I used to go skating late at night and would bring this album with me. Just amazing, brings up great memories
I really loves your videos, and Queens, and this record. So thank you! Oh, I love the cool graphics too!!
I never thought of the concept because when it came out, the music just blew me away as a kid. and after listening to it for 1000s of times the music became so familiar to me that I never stepped back and looked at this album now that I'm more mature. thanks for this video, it gave me a 'fresh' look at this album again! this is by far still my personal favorite QOTSA album. although I love all of them.
I first heard of qotsa when i was a kid and its what really got me into rock music. Really cool video man keep it up!
Everything about the style of your channel is sick. One of my favorite youtube channels
I never knew the story of the album and this has covered it so perfectly. So thank you
I don’t know how you manage to make such a good essay vid every single time. Thanks for this dawg.
discover your channel was one of the best things that happened this year. words cannot describe how amazing is your storytelling concept. hands down also for the impeccable design and video editing. keep it up with this outstanding work, my dear friend. you’re really appreciated. greetings from a brazilian queens of the stone age die hard fan living in dubai
Probably my favorite driving album of all time. This video is on point.
I discovered this album while riding my motorcycle- and yes- it´s a song for the road.
Brilliant production! one of my fav albums, cranking it on my road trip tomorrow.
My GOD. Not only your videos are on another level but on top of that you make a video about Queens of the Stone Age? It couldn't be better.