Remembering Them Crooked Vultures
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INFO: Them Crooked Vultures is a band made up of Josh Homme (Qotsa), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin). They got together in 2009 and formed a hard-rock and blues inspired band that generated a lot of hype during its time. Since it's close to 9 years since they released their debut album, with little activity from the band ever since, i decided to put this video together for anyone who wants a nostalgic trip back in time. For fans who want to remember one of the best super-bands of the last decade.
Alain Johannes' Story - bit.ly/2Q3gTc8
Grohl's fresh pot addiction - bit.ly/1tTApYR
"McCartney could've been the bassist" - bit.ly/2yCW7t4
What artist/band should be next? I'm constantly on the lookout for new requests ;)
Lie Likes Music Gorillaz
Weezer, specifically, Pinkerton
The shaggs
Alice In Chains PLEASE!
Rage Against the Machine!
Being able to just call up Led Zeppelin's bass player and get him to do an album with you. Dave Grohl lives a charmed life.
He sure does. I wonder if he ever stops and thinks about how lucky he is.
When I heard John Paul Jones was in this lineup, I did a double take. Just imagine if Iommi was added to the roster that would be insanity! Definitely a good lineup.
@@LieLikesMusic I feel he knows where he's at. Takes nothing for granted but just keeps making the industry more and more awesome
Even better, per Dave, another bass player got wind of this project and asked if he could play bass in it.. Dave had to tell Paul McCartney that John Paul Jones was already in the band.
it's all those FRESH POTS that make him so extra lovable. :-)
disagree, them crooked vultures is a masterpiece
Glad you like it that much dude.
Have to agree with you there. Given the general direction rock was heading at the time, Them Crooked Vultures was a tremendous reminder that great music was still out there and didn't have to be formulaic to be successful. I wish that lesson hadn't faded so quickly.
@@IanSlatas Dude you must not listen to much music or even care about finding good music much if you think rock music is formulaic now
@@ABCDEF-ix1qf I wasn't talking about the music I listen to. Should have been pretty obvious. Station music directors on the other hand...
Yup one of my favorite rock albums no doubt. And I’ve listened to many.
They formed together like the avengers
That's one way of putting it.
Avengers - "We have a Hulk."
Them Damn Vultures - "So do we, when Dave doesn't get his FRESH POTS!!!!!"
when everyone needed them most
The best super group
Fact: John Paul Jones put the band together so I can't see how that last fact can be correct about not having him in the band initially. Or at least that's what I heard.
I am a big fan of Led Zeppelin and Queens of the Stone Age. So this band is like a gift from god
Haha that's great to hear. Honestly i just hope one either Josh, Dave or John sees this and feel inspired to re-unite.
Ashraf Rahman what about foo fighters
"Elephants" hit me like a turbocharged steamroller when it came out. I loved it!
Same here dude. I used to play that song together with my band back in the day. Good times!
imma have to disagree with you there lie, that album is a masterpiece
Nick Taylor your God damn right
This album is one of the most interesting collaborations in modern rock music. It's in my top 5 albums, and will always remain there. Timeless and fresh
Ahhhh I’m just glad them crooked vultures blessed us with one album at least
Also it seems like josh homme knows everyone in rock??
Yes i think they all have a tight network. Who else are you gonna relate to as a rock star, right?
David Grohl was a huge reason he ever got famous. Dave was a big Kyuss fan and brought them out to open for Nirvana. Metallica heard them on this tour, and booked them to play the Australia tour as well. Josh met a ton of key players in these early days (mid to late 90s).
There's a cool free documentary on youtube about this story, as well as the larger music scene that Josh is from. I believe it is called "Desert Age" or something. You'd probably dig it.
@@greyetch And thats the way it should go big bands introducing small bands in the world.
QOTSA is alot musicians favorite band to see live
Between Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and Jack White yes I think they are connected to everyone in Rock. They all share multiple band members
I beg to differ, years down the road you will see what a masterpiece it is. Sometimes it is hard to see something when it is right in front of you...
I love these guys.
They need to make another CD.
Yeah right? Their debut was such a banger.
@@LieLikesMusic hell yeah!
@@BradyGalloway Maybe we'll get lucky! Josh and Dave are wrapping up tours, JPJ is just hanging around, and they've all talked about it. Now's the time, the time is now.
Songs for a 2nd album are already recorded apparently. A 2nd tour like the one they did is unlikely because of JPJ. BTW Josh auctioned the TCV tour cases last year.
Thanks Lie for mentioning Alain Johannes.
He's such a hidden gem of a musician. I wouldn't call him underrated though, those who know his work LOVE his work. Nobody is so-and-so about Alain. God bless x
Understanding Alice In Chains?
🖤
Now I feel old. Dave Grohl is more known for Foo Fighters. Given how they’re still super popular, I wonder how many fans they have that haven’t even listened to Nirvana despite their legend status.
I wonder how different it will be in another 20 years
Yeah that's crazy to think of. Most of the people watching my videos are either 18 - 25 yo, or 25 - 35 yo.
Those in the latter group probably remember him just as much from both the groups. Dave first started to become
a known persona when he made the Foos. Kurt took most of the spotlight back when Nirvana was still around. So
it's not that odd that he's more famous for being in the Foos.
The title "REMEMBERING Them Crooked Vultures" doesn't make you feel old? ;)
This band is single handedly responsible for getting me into foo fighters and more importantly qotsa and by proxy grunge and stoner, also reptiles is still my ringtone.
Same here! Right after listening to this i checked out Qotsa, Foos and Led Zeppelin. Came to love Qotsa the most out of these three.
Cheers from Norway.
@@LieLikesMusic cheers from finland my man
Reptiles is criminally underrated
@@derekdoessound caligulove and bandoliers are criminally underrated
@@clitcrusader4897 truer words have never been spoken
Can't wait for the Sonic Youth video
Me neither. I'll most likely start to work on that next ;)
@@LieLikesMusic please don't forget to mention how LSD influenced their music because I think that's part of it
OMG! YES! TCV were/are amazing. Loved that album. I discovered them via their Austin City Limits performance. I was like "wow, that John Paul Jones!" and then became a huge QotSA fan soon thereafter due to Josh.
That's how i got into Qotsa too. AND eventually Foo Fighters and Led Zeppelin. Fucking amazing album
that gave me so much when i look back.
Six drugs
it was more than that
Could you repeat that question ??
Bandoliers will forever be one of my favourite songs
Matto Skins True as fuck. Bandoliers, Daffodils, and No one Loves Me are utter classics
The sway from verse to chorus in Bandoilers is one of the best ones i've heard. Josh was really on top of his game during this period.
@@LieLikesMusic 100%
For me definitely Spinning in daffodils, it was my least favorite at first but then it got to grow on me the song starts so beautifully and it just gets stomped on. Like someone stomping a bird which is whistling beautifully. That the whole thing I love about the album, all the songs are really fucking ugly.
same
Your Dad sounds like a cool guy. Just based on him busting out tvc. 😉
He's definitely got a cool taste in music. He used to listen to Qotsa, Radiohead, Bjork, Deftones, some norwegian rock bands and tons of other things.
So he's one of the reasons why i got into music in the first place.
Now that I started thinking about my parents please do a video on dire straits
Them Vrooked Cultures?
Such an amazing record from phenomenal musicians. A good bit of the material (like the funky bouncy riff on Gunman) was stuff John had been toying with back in the Zeppelin years.
For sure. I listened to Led Zeppelin 4 yesterday and there's stuff in there that's similar to this record. I agreed on that.
Misty Mountain Hop for example. Such a groovy and dizzying progression in that song.
@@LieLikesMusic And "No One Loves Me & Neither Do I" has a very Zep feel to it. JPJ and Bonzo used to be very tight and play interesting time signatures. David Grohl sounds like Bonham on this one.
this album is almost 10 years old...damn i'm old.
Yupp. Time flies, so you better spend it wisely.
The fact that you made this video makes me so happy
It makes me happy too ;) This is one of the bands that really got me interested in music in the first place.
I still remember putting the album on for the first time in the car after work. I was enjoying the first track "Nobody Loves Me & Neither Do I" when a couple minutes in the time signature change drops. "Oh hell yes, JPJ! This album is gonna kill it." Couldn't get out of the car until the album ended. What an experience! Hard to believe it's been 9 years already. Still haven't taken the record out of rotation.
pls do Rory Gallagher/Taste. truly one of the most underrated artists of all time.
Bloody hell- I'd forgotten about him. Good call!
I saw them crooked vultures live back in 2009, but that's was like their only tour. I wish they came back and made another album.
You're so lucky dude. Wih i had the chance to see them.
@@LieLikesMusic yeah, that's a shame. But your video did that album justice though! It was definitely a new sound at that time, and we just need more of it
I also saw them back then at Lowlands festival. It was a surprise appearance. I think they did a few more of those.
This album.
I remember back in 2011 I first listened to it. I was just getting into Foo Fighters because of Wasting Light. Then I saw somewhere that Dave played drums with some dude names Josh Homme and JON PAUL FRIGGIN JONES. I quickly googled them, and the first song that came through was Elephant... and it just didn't grab me. I was expecting something much more commercial. So I kinda forgot about it.
6 years later I re-discovered them, after broadening my likes and the music I listened to. I relistened to Elephant and DAMN. The twists and turns of that song, the drum groove, just about everything. Then I listened to the whole album and I came a few times.
This is one of my all time favorite albums. Thank you for making this. I did NOT know about all the extra material that we haven’t heard......now I’m obsessed with finding it.
One of the best albums I have ever heard. Spoke to me like a preacher to a congregation.
I wish I could erase these albums from my memory so I could enjoy them all over again completely fresh
I Shouldn't be awake yuh
That is a crazy feeling isn't it.
a mind eraser, if you will
Dave Grohl should feel lucky to work with such accomplished rock musicians
I've always liked Mind Eraser/No Chaser but I just realized they released that single on my 9th birthday! Really neat!
Absolutely stonking beast of an album. It fucking ROCKS. 🤘🏻🔥🙌🏻
These guys are great! My favorite from the album is "No One Loves Me & Neither Do I". It's got a real Led Zep syncopation feel to it. I certainly hope they do another album.
Same here John! I'm crossing my fingers for 2019 to be the year. And yes that's one of my favorites too. Great album opener!
So glad I found this video. Them Crooked Vultures is one of my favorite bands and I desperately want another album
The live version of spinning in the daffodils with jpj soloing on the keyboard into infinity... tears in my eyes
Damn i would love to see that one. Is it the Austin City Limits concert?
@@LieLikesMusic Nah mate! There are in fact two that I remember off the top of my head. The one in the BBC and one in Germany (Werchter?) 2009/2010. My fave is the first and I seriously get emotional, it's my favourite song and it's not only an amazing performance with help from the legendary Alain Johannes (looking forward to seeing that video of yours!!!) but also because of said outro, it's so beautiful Dave and Josh just stand there mesmerised like little kids at John Paul Jones' brilliance and elegance. :)
watch?v=xpkRtzNUQtE
“okay let me call Jon Paul Jones”
lol
Damn, this band is that old ?! Nearly 10 years now..goodtimes
Yes it's crazy how fast time flies.
Fantastic material of a fantastic band. Thank you!
What I love about this band is they sound exactly like you'd predict a combination of QOTSA, Led Zep with Dave Grohl as drummer to sound
Highly Suspect. Great band
Glad you dig em too Tommy.
6:30 Spinning in Daffodils a great piece. 👿
I've listened to TCV over and over as well as lotsa QOTSA, and am continually amazed at the range and well, overall weirdness of Josh's vocals, so much to the point that half the time I'm not sure it's even Josh at all...like, who is this guy that's singing NOW? It's like he's got a weird cameleonesque quality to his vocals, from guttural to falsetto and all things in between, bless him!
This came out when I was 15 and it was pretty much all I listened to for a few months after it came out. I really need to revisit this album.
...AND Alain johannes... Who pretty much does lead guitar but Lets forget about him
Did you even watch the video? 8:24 I had a segment about him here.
An amazing super group that needs to do another record.🙌🐶🎸
For sure. I hope one of them sees this video and get inspired to get together again 🎸
Oh God I hope not! They needed another vocalist to separate themselves from Qotsa.
@@vagabundo1600 they should add Mark Lanegan to the mix.😉🐶🎸
Hey man thank you for making this! Also been one of my favorite albums since I was 13!
No problem bro. That makes two of us ;)
Loved TCV! I wish we could hear more from this combination of musical masters!
Understanding led zeppelin or Chris Cornell please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FRESH POOOOOOOOOOTS
Classic moment in music history right there
RAFAEL, FRESH POOOOOOOOOTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!
I caught them in Germany the last night at rock am ring in 2010. Such a great show! Alain is an amazing player as well, glad you did a little bit on him.
Thank you so much for this video 🤘 it's hard to find people who appreciate this band as much as I do, or even know who they are ha
Well there's tons of people here if you look in the comments. So i guess we're all gathered.
Band Members: 70s Emo, 80s emo, 90s emo.
Interviewer: 'Has it been sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll?
Josh: 'six drugs?....there's been more than that'
I'm so glad I'm not the only one with an emotional connection to this album I fucking love it so much
There's a ton of people out there, trust me. Qotsa, Foo Fighters and Led Zeppelin fans unite!
Another great video Sir. Great job.
Understanding RHCP?
Lie, jesus christ I absolutely ADORE your music tastes. It almost identically matches mine.
I'd love to see you make a video about Moses Gunn Collective. Or some other band with the same Australian roots like Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and King Gizzard.
Gizzard makes me jizzard
Haha that's awesome. Sometimes you meet those people who match up perfectly for some reason :)
Would love to make one about PPC or King Gizzard. Never heard of Moses Gunn Collective though.
Any album by them you could recommend me?
@@LieLikesMusic They currently have one album named Mercy Mountain. I love their most popular song named 'Shalala'. It sounds very happy and trippy. I love the song, it's video and message and everything about it.
Love your videos, man. We seem to be kindred spirits when it comes to music.
Hehe. I'm not 100% fan of all the bands i've made videos about, but definitely a lot of them. Thanks for supporting me!
Glad that you made a video about them!!!
I think we needed this. Thanks for watching btw!
"remembering"
WTF it feels to me like it was only 3 years ago.
Same here. But it's almost been a decade dude. Wake up!
Lie Likes Music hooooly you are right, I just woke up
Where did the last ten years go?
*backstory intensifies*
Lol hope you liked it.
One of the best live shows I have ever been to hands down
Cool, lucky you!
Such a cool story man!
I was in a similar place a few years ago. I only ever listened to classical music and I hated everything else. I was going through a real rough patch in life and I was never happy- and one day MCR turned up in my UA-cam recommended and I listened to it. I hated it at first, but I kept coming back for more and soon enough I was addicted to this new world of rock music. And that's what got me playing the guitar! Thank you My Chem :)))
Now days Pink Floyd, Queen and My Chem are my favorite artists ever :D
Where is pt. 2 of Mr. Bungle?
I didn't say it was gonna come out the next week. It's gonna take me some time.
@@LieLikesMusic oh ok, thanks
@@LieLikesMusic
Your the shit!! Period- even though some of the bands I dont care for, I watch it anyways because you're very good at you're job and its interesting- well done sir!
CAN’T WAIT for pt. 2. Couldn’t believe you even did a pt. 1, so thank you for that!
@@TheBomber15 I know right
"Isn't a masterpiece"
You curb your tongue!
Hahaha
Still can't belive they played in my home town Plymouth, UK. Was awesome.
Is it a small town?
We need another vultures album 😢
YESSS
Do Understanding Phish
Them Fresh Pots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't get any fresher
Excellent video man, I'm sure we're not alone when I say, we're DIEING for another collab with these three geniuses! 🤘😎
Thanks! For sure. I hope one of them sees this video and gets inspired to call up the other guys.
God damn, I absolutely LOVE this act and am hoping to hear more from them. I remember buying the album in Viena, while in vacation. I am still fixated on it. No One Loves Me, Elephant, Caligulove and Spinning are aaaaawesome song! The whole disc is. Incredible. Great video!
Thanks for the support! And that's awesome man. Glad we share this appreciation. I'll have to listen to the album
the whole way through today i think. Brings me back to middle-school.
Can you do a video on The Clash?
I’d ask you to make a video on Understanding Yes, but I don’t think anyone fully understands their music. Not even Jon Anderson
Well it's worth a try. It's gonna take me a lot of time to make though.
Lie Likes Music
Fair enough haha
Ok I can't believe I found this video so late. Them Crooked Vultures is one of my all time favorite albums ever. I disagree with people that think it sounds a lot like Songs for the Deaf, maybe a little on the surface but TCV songs are so much more layered and dynamic. I remember the first time I noticed there was another instrument doing an amazing riff during the guitar solo from "Scumbag Blues". I remember how my heart was beating hearing the intro and outro of "Elephants". And I remember my sheer confusion over what was happening during "Interlude with Ludes". I could go on and on about this record fr.
One thing I find really telling is that both Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters released the best or close to the best albums of their careers right after Homme and Grohl did TCV. Wasting Light is my favorite Foo record and they really have not come close to reaching that level again ever since. And ...Like Clockwork is just leagues ahead of any other Queens album for me. I really believe they could come back, do a TCV double record, this time not worrying about physical sales and such as much, and it just being freaking amazing. And then Foo and Queens coming fresh in four years with freaking bangers to boot.
One can only dream man.
They were so incredible playing together, one of my favorie shows ever to begin with but that crowd was also one of the best I've seen. I met some really incredible people there that I've stayed in touch with.
That's the best type of concert experience. When you get to meet people that obviously share the same taste
in music but also want to connect with you outside of the concert. Thanks for watching and sharing btw.
Do Pope Francis
do a video on muse
It's sort of already done. But it needs a little more work.
Lie Likes Music yeah!
Bangin! Getting dusted off and played this morning...
Loved this!!! You really know your stuff. Only thing missing out of some of your Understanding an artist uploads are lyric references and interpretation from your perception. Much love you're pretty awesome!
Well i should know a few things after being a fan of them for almost a decade. Thanks for your constructive
feedback and support. Cheers from Oslo, Norway.
@@LieLikesMusic just watched your Cure fan upload, perfect!
18 naked cowboys at ram ranchhh
If that's what tickles your pickle
@@LieLikesMusic do a video on grant MacDonald
Yaaaaaaas! I’ve spent a large chunk of this year listening to this band
How cool. You discovered them this year?
Loved this album, sure hope they decide to do another
Same here man. Cheers from Norway.
I love this band so much, and is one of the very few bands I really feel like I own, because I saw it being born, and by that time I was already very into foo fighters and queens (i was also your age by then), so one can imagine how hyped I got as soon as I knew they were teaming up. So much has happened to these guys (specially josh and dave) after they parted, so although its unfortunate they havent released another album in nearly a decade, it's totally understandable. BUT, after the recent Raconteurs reunion, I believe everything is possible now.
Very well put together video! I totally understand why you said it's not a masterpiece. I can aggree that they didn't mean to reinvent the wheel with the project, but the whole thing is so well constructed, lyrically, melodically and narratively (the super badass tarantino western vibe), that it really makes me think that this album does lean towards being a masterpiece.
And before I finish this: FUCKING "Elephants"!!!!!! This track is crazy. I can smell guts and blood everytime I listen to it.
Miracles can happen ;) Yeah that Raconteurs reunion surprised me as well man. That came outta the blue.
Thanks for the kind words and for enjoying the video btw. It means a lot to me. And sure enough, if i didn't
focus so much on NOT being biased i would probably say it's a masterpiece too. But y'know. There's probably
a dusin more records released in 2009 that were better that i can't think of right now. Or haven't heard of. Cheers!
I really hope they make another record, they are an amazing band, I want to hear the outtakes!
Same here. I bet the outtakes were at least of some quality too.
This band is literally the reason why I got into stoner rock, such masterpiece songs... Caligulove wd be my favorite no doubt about that
Same here man! My favorite is Mind Eraser.
@@LieLikesMusic No chaser tho hahaha
*In the temple (I was an offering)*
*Of the heartless (I was an offering)*
gets me every time
Very groovy song! I remember my friend used that song as his wake-up alarm.
@@LieLikesMusic the melody of 'of the heartless' is so cool! and your friend made a good choice :D
Amazing album, phenomenal musicians. This is what music can be. No one loves me and neither do I, is my fave its a jam, hommes lyrics are great anywhere you hear them
Word! And yes that's a banger. Immediately when i heard the "drop" or second half of that song, i knew i was
listening to something special.
Wow lie, gr8 job. How can it be 9 years already? Reunion tour I have to be at meet and greet !!! 🤣❤️
If it happens, we'll be there together ;) Thanks for your support!
Wow! Thanks for hipping me to a cool band that somehow didn't cross my radar before. :-)
No problem Delta Nine. That's the point of this channel. To make rock music more meaningful, sometimes by introducing new bands and artists. Cheers
Just wanted to say I've recently discovered your channel and you've got some awesome videos. Really getting me back into music after somewhat of a hiatus. Learning a lot about the bands that I love. TCV was one of my favorites when it came out, it would be amazing if they released something new.
Hey thanks for joining the club Matt :) Glad you still want to learn and take in new music. That's always a good thing
imo, although i do see that it can be good to take breaks at times. And for sure. I'm crossing my fingers they'll release
a new one within next year. Cheers from Oslo, Norway.
I love this band so much!!!
Same here!
Gosh I love this guy
Dave, John, Josh.. Me??
A great album and band. Let’s hope there’s more to come
Yupp i'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I had the complete honor of seeing this band live in Toronto mind blowing
Very nice video. You just earned a subscriber, my guy!
@lielikesmusic you read my mind! Top album and big inspiration for my band!
Awesome minidoc as always! Ive heard of TCV and EODM before and youve finally made one of them! Also question,which eagles of album should I start with? Keep it up and keep showing people what both old and new stuff!
I haven't listened to all of the EODM albums. Heart On or Peace Love Death Metal.
If you don't have too much time, start by listening to their top 5 songs. They're solid.
Thanks for watching and reaching out again ;)
Peace Love Death Metal is an amazing album
Awesome Band, awesome video!
Thanks Sandro. Greetings from Oslo, Norway.
great band! like it just took all the pillars that trusted me into music and formed the best super group.
Ooph that sums up my exact experience too. I'm a big Foos and Qotsa fan. Still getting into Led Zeppelin though.