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Queens of the Stone Age – Run, Pig, Run
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / When I was young, we used to play the game of hide & seek / Someone go hide, I count to ten / You probably never played, instead you talk a game
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Queens of the Stone Age – 3's & 7's
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“3’s and 7’s” was released as the second single off of Era Vulgaris. Despite the misleading name, skittish guitar and erratic tempo changes, this song is actually in a run-of-the-
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Queens of the Stone Age (Ft. Mark Lanegan) – River in the Road
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[Verse 1: Josh Homme] / A fast approaching monster, marching in a row / Grab what slips your mind and what your memory won't hold / Run, darling, run, I'll stall them if I can
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Queens of the Stone Age – Running Joke
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[Verse 1] / When I was a little boy, I looked under the stairs / The king and the pawns were caught unawares / Standing in the shadows, a whisperer to be / Just fishing in the
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Queens of the Stone Age – Sick, Sick, Sick
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‘Sick, Sick, Sick’ was the first single from Era Vulgaris. It features the Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas on backing vocals and synth guitar.
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Queens of the Stone Age – Into the Hollow
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Homme has previously explored the feeling of hollowness on songs such as “Everybody Knows That You Are Insane” off of Queens' preceding album Lullabies to Paralyze.
The lyrical
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Queens of the Stone Age – Make It wit Chu
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One of the sexiest rock songs of the 21st Century, “Make It Wit Chu” was released as the third and last single of the album. Upon its release, many hardcore QotSA fans felt that
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Queens of the Stone Age – Suture Up Your Future
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Introducing an acoustic version of Suture to a Dutch audience in 2007, Homme described the track as emotional, “about looking forward, and not giving a fuck what’s behind”.
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Queens of the Stone Age – Battery Acid
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“Battery Acid” follows up on lots of themes covered throughout the album so far. The facades of fame, sex, control and power, and identity. Battery acid as a substance is extremely
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Queens of the Stone Age – Turnin’ on the Screw
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This song is somewhere between a self-deprecating reflection on the fleeting nature of fame and a diss on people who embrace bitterness and aloofness as lifestyle choices. Hipsters
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Queens of the Stone Age – I'm Designer
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[Verse 1] / My generation's for sale, beats a steady job / How much have you got? / My generation don't trust no one, it's hard to blame / Not even ourselves / The thing that's
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Queens of the Stone Age (Ft. Trent Reznor) – Era Vulgaris
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The Latin term “Era Vulgaris” actually translates to ‘Common Era’, instead of ‘Vulgar Era’ as one might guess. Josh Homme chose it because “It sounds like ‘the Vulgar Era’, which I
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Queens of the Stone Age – Misfit Love
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“Misfit Love” tells the story of someone going from a small town to a city and thinking they are “hot shit” (as singer Josh Homme has said about the song) only to learn that they
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Fun Machine Took a Shit & Died
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“The Fun Machine Took a Shit & Died” was released as a promotional single off of Era Vulgaris. It was not included in the original version of the album, but made its way onto
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Pavement – Range Life
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“Range Life” is Pavement’s third single for Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, the album that was a commercial and critical breakthrough for them.
Given a freewheeling, breezy country-
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Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is a rhythmic jam that served as an unapologetic wake-up call to anyone, especially African Americans, who thought they could gain their
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Nas – I Can
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Nas spits inspirational lyrics over a very prominent Beethoven sample. KIDS: You can do anything you want in life!
From Rolling Stone:
That was a groundbreaking period for me
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Radiohead – Paranoid Android
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“Paranoid Android,” the first single from OK Computer, is characterized by three distinct moods written in what Thom Yorke referred to as three different states of mind. The song’s
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The Flower Kings – Garden Of Dreams
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[Part I: Dawn] / (Instrumental) / [Part II: Simple Song] / Life was simple in the primal days / We just found our way to start it small / We were happy, walking in the sun / Rock
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Nine Inch Nails – Mr. Self Destruct
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The opener of The Downward Spiral, Nine Inch Nails' second studio album.
Its loud and abrasive verses and choruses as well as the contrast in the quiet bridge and use of samples
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Rob Zombie – Dragula
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Zombie told Billboard magazine that the title came from “the name of Grandpa Munster’s dragster on the old TV show.” He goes on to say that it “was a classic show with great comic
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DreamWorks – Shrek (Script)
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SHREK / Written by / William Steig & Ted Elliott / SHREK / Once upon a time there was a lovely / princess. But she had an enchantment / upon her of a fearful sort which could
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Don McLean – American Pie
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Don McLean released this groundbreaking song on the album American Pie in 1971. It is full of pop-culture references. An entire website has been created by Jim Fann to explore the
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Utah Phillips – Phoebe Snow
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I saw her name on the side of a train / Somewhere a long time ago / Don't know who she was / But I gave my love to someone called Phoebe Snow / Like a bird on the wing I hear a
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Reef – Place Your Hands
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[Verse 1] / Oh, place your hands, on my hope / Run your fingers through my soul, alrigh-et / And the way that I feel right now / Oh Lord, it may go / [Verse 2] / So place your
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Anthony Fantano – Every Anthony Fantano Review
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CURRENTLY UNFINISHED / 2010: / • Gorillaz - "Plastic Beach" (STRONG 7) / • The Knife - "Tomorrow, in a Year" (LIGHT 3) / • High on Fire - "Snakes for the Divine" (DECENT 8
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The Palmer Squares (Ft. STREET LIGHT) – Montrose to Kimball
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[Intro] / Irineo / Are you ready? / [Hook] / Everyb-Everybody (body body) (x4) / Everybody wreck it / [Verse 1: Terminal Knowledge] / Swing and throw like Ichiro / See more snow
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SiriusXM – Sirius Hard rock top 1000 list
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1000. AC/DC - It’s a long way to the top (If you wanna rock and roll) / 999. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction / 998. Fever 333 - Walking In My Shoes / 997. Black Label Society
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