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Queens of the Stone Age – Give the Mule What He Wants
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / You'll want it, you'll want it Sunday / He'll eat it, he'll eat it one day / How long, long, long / Do I wait, wait? / Be the mule that you gotta
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Queens of the Stone Age – You Can’t Quit Me Baby
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The persona sings in second person about a “psycho” obsession he/she (just referred to he/him from here on out, but a gender is not explicitly given in the song) has with someone
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Queens of the Stone Age – If Only
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“If Only” was released as the lead single off of QotSA’s debut album.
An early version, entitled “If Only Everything,” was released on 1997’s shared Kyuss / Queens of the Stone
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Queens of the Stone Age – Regular John
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In North American English slang, the clients of prostitutes may also be referred to as “johns” or “tricks.” A “regular John” may therefore be taken to mean an individual who
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Queens of the Stone Age – I Was a Teenage Hand Model
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“I Was A Teenage Hand Model” is the final song on Queens of the Stone Age’s debut album, and the second single from that record. It reportedly recounts a meeting writer Josh Homme
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Queens of the Stone Age – Walkin’ on the Sidewalks
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This songs cryptic lyrics depicts a dreamlike atmosphere that sways between beautiful and nightmarish. The robotic riffs are accompanied by sexy and stylish guitar solos, making a
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Queens of the Stone Age – Mexicola
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“Mexicola” is about being in a jail in Mexico.
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Queens of the Stone Age – You Would Know
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“You Would Know” consists of mellow guitars and soft vocals, which serve to exemplify Josh Homme’s feelings of discontent as seen in the lyrics and droning chorus.
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Queens of the Stone Age – Avon
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A rough cut of the song named “Nova” was released through Josh Homme’s Desert Sessions. “Avon” is nova spelled backwards.
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Queens of the Stone Age – How to Handle a Rope
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“How To Handle a Rope” is the third and final single of Queens of the Stone Age’s debut album.
The song was renamed to “How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat)” on the album
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Bronze
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“The Bronze” was released on the Queens of the Stone Age/Beaver The Split CD EP. Over a decade later it was included in the track-list of the re-issue of Queen of the Stone Age’s
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Queens of the Stone Age – These Aren't The Droids You're Looking For
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“These aren’t The Droids You’re Looking For” was released on the The Split CD EP. Over a decade later it was included in the track-list of the re-issue of Queen of the Stone Age’s
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Mott The Hoople – All the Young Dudes
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The band was about to break up in 1972. Then fan and friend David Bowie gave them “All The Young Dudes”.
This song was supposed to be for the Ziggy Stardust album. And Mott
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Homer – The Odyssey (Book XVII)
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Telemachus And His Mother Meet—Ulysses And Eumaeus Come Down To The Town, And Ulysses Is Insulted By Melanthius—He Is Recognised By The Dog Argos—He Is Insulted And Presently
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9
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Possibly ELP’s best-known song. 1st Impression-2nd Part opens with a rapid-fire organ ostinato on A-flat over a tambourine. Heldentenor vocalist Greg Lake opens with “Welcome back
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Miguel de Cervantes (Ft. Walter K. Kelly) – The Illustrious Scullery-Maid
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In the famous city of Burgos there lived two wealthy cavaliers, one of whom was called Don Diego de Carriazo, and the other Don Juan de Avendaño. Don Diego had a son called after
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Miguel de Cervantes (Ft. Walter K. Kelly) – The Little Gipsy Girl
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It would almost seem that the Gitanos and Gitanas, or male and female gipsies, had been sent into the world for the sole purpose of thieving. Born of parents who are thieves
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Detroit Leprechaun – The Black Sheep - Act II: Welcome
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Duality is difficult. Looking at things as opposites just proves they are similar. That’s how it works, a delicacy. But still, so difficult. The black sheep burst into flames and
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Richard F. Burton – Arabian Nights, Vol. 8 (Chap. 3)
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Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad / There was once in tides of yore and in ages and times long gone before, in the city of Baghdad, a fisherman, Khalífah hight, a pauper wight, who
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Justin Simien – Dear White People Screenplay
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1 NEWS BROADCAST - VARIOUS SCREENS, VARIOUS PLACES 1 / ANCHOR / A “race war” has erupted at one of / the nation’s oldest and most / prestigious institutions. / Glued to this are
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Richard F. Burton – Arabian Nights, Vol. 9 (Chap. 5)
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Abu Kir the Dyer and Abu Sir the Barber / There dwelt once, in Alexandria city, two men, of whom one was a dyer, by name Abú Kír, and the other a barber Abú Sír[FN#184]; and they
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John Ruskin – A Joy For Ever (Lecture I)
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Lecture I / The Discovery and Application of Art / A Lecture delivered at Manchester, July 10, 1857. / 1. Among the various characteristics of the age in which we live, as compared
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James Brown – Funky President (People It's Bad)
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“Funky President (People It’s Bad)” was the lead single from James Brown’s 1974 album Reality. It peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the R&B chart. The song went on
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Steve Miller Band – The Joker
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Taken from the 1973 album The Joker, which topped the US Billboard hot 100 in 1974. First line of the lyrics is a reference to the song “Space Cowboy”, from the Brave New World
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Richard F. Burton – Arabian Nights, Vol. 7 (Chap. 17)
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Julnar The Sea-Born And Her Son King Badr Basim Of Persia. / There was once in days of yore and in ages and times long gone before, in Ajam-land a King Shahrimán[FN#302] hight
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Unknown Author – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance
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The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A.X., preserved in the British Museum
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Washington Irving – The Journey
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In the spring of 1829, the author of this work, whom curiosity had brought into Spain, made a rambling expedition from Seville to Granada in company with a friend, a member of the
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Philippa Gregory – The Constant Princess
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We think of Katherine of Aragon as the barren wife of a notorious king; but behind this legacy lies a fascinating story.
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Richard F. Burton – Arabian Nights, Vol. 5 (Chap. 74.2)
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The Story of Janshah.[FN#536] / 'Know, O my brother, that my sire was a King called Teghmús, who reigned over the land of Kabul and the Banu Shahlán, ten thousand warlike chiefs
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Russell Conwell – Acres of Diamonds
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When going down the Tigris and Euphrates rivers many years ago with a party of English travelers I found myself under the direction of an old Arab guide whom we hired up at Baghdad
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Herodotus (Ft. G. C. Macaulay) – The History of Herodotus, Vol I (Chap. 1)
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Cicero referred to Herodotus as the “Father of History” for a number of reasons, one of which was the fact that Herodotus' narrative is the earliest major work of Greek prose to
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Richard F. Burton – Arabian Nights,Vol. 2 (Chap. 1)
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Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis / Quoth Shahrazad [FN#1]:—It hath reached me, O auspicious King of intelligence penetrating, that there was, amongst the Kings of
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Ben Jonson – The Poetaster Act 5. Scene 1
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Banquet halls are a very special place, where under one big roof so many different memories are made. From proms to weddings to baby showers, once that DJ starts to spin, there’s
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