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Queens of the Stone Age – Hangin' Tree
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“Hangin' Tree” was originally written by Alain Johannes and Mark Lanegan for a Desert Sessions album (which it was released on), but Mark Lanegan’s vocals apparently made it so
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Queens of the Stone Age – Mosquito Song
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[Verse 1] / I know, I know the sun is hot / Mosquitoes come suck your blood / And leave you there all alone / Just skin and bone / When you walk among the trees / Listening to the
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The Desert Sessions – Hanging Tree
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Could you fly away / On I flee my own / 'Round the hanging tree / Swaying in the breeze / In the summer sun / As we two are one / Round the hanging tree / Swaying in the breeze
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Queens of the Stone Age – Song for the Dead
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One of the most kickass songs on the album, “Song for the Dead” hits you like a freight train with its heavy, simplistic guitar riffs and dark, brooding vocals. Classic Queens of
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Queens of the Stone Age – Go with the Flow
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“Go with the Flow” was released as the second single off of QotSA’s third album Songs for the Deaf.
The song is about a woman going from relationship to relationship, ditching
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Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows
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“No One Knows” was released as the first single off of Songs for the Deaf and went on to become QOTSA’s biggest hit.
The lyrics deal with hallucinatory drugs, narcotics and
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Galactic Hole – Cold Hands Samples
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See all of “Cold Hands” by Galactic Hole’s samples
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Queens of the Stone Age – Six Shooter
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Six Shooter, like the rest of the tracks on Songs for the Deaf, fits into a loose concept album about a drive from Los Angeles to the Joshua Tree and the various radio stations
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Queens of the Stone Age – First It Giveth
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“First It Giveth” was released as the third and last single off of Songs For The Deaf. This track is recognizable by its crunchy lead guitars and the melodic vocals on the chorus
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Queens of the Stone Age – God Is in the Radio
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[Verse 1: Mark Lanegan] / I thought I saw him on the video / A trance is keepin' him under / I know that God is in the radio / Ch-ch-ch-checkin' the station / The narcotic, from me
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Sky Is Fallin'
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“The Sky Is Fallin” is a continuation of Homme’s journey throughout the California desert: a central theme that Songs For the Deaf. It’s essentially a post-apocalyptic epic that
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Queens of the Stone Age – Another Love Song
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This song has bassist Nick Oliveri singing the lead vocals. This fact becomes disturbing when you find one of the reasons why he left Queens of the Stone Age.
“In January 2004
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Queens of the Stone Age – You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire
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The opening track on Queens of the Stone Age’s third (and arguably most famous) album, Songs for the Deaf. The song begins with the sound of a car starting and a radio turning on
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Queens of the Stone Age – Do It Again
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[Intro] / Hey, hey / Hey / [Verse 1] / I fall over and over and over and over / Oh, I want you / I get ill, I get ill, I get ill / You're the only one I'm into / [Refrain] / You
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Queens of the Stone Age – Song for the Deaf
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“A Song for the Deaf” is a massive dark and eerie monster of a song with a super heavy distinct bass line and tremendous drum work. Also contains a lighthearted surprise at the end
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret (Live at the Troubadour)
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[Verse 1] / Well I've got a secret, I cannot say / Blame modern movement to give it away / You've got something, that I understand / Gotta hold it in tightly, call on command
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Queens of the Stone Age – Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
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A cover of the 1965 song “Ev'rybody’s Gonna Be Happy” by the Kinks, it was included as a bonus track on the limited edition UK and Japanese versions of the album Songs For the Deaf
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TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
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The single that put TV on the Radio on the map en route to the huge success that was their album Return to Cookie Mountain, in 2006.
Tunde tells the story of becoming a werewolf
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Queens of the Stone Age – Gonna Leave You
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“Gonna Leave You” is sung by Nick Oliveri, the bassist of Queens of the Stone Age on their second and third albums.
Lyrically, “Gonna Leave You” has overlap with “Leg of Lamb
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Genius: Song Lyrics Finder
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Queens of the Stone Age – Bloody Hammer
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[Verse 1] / Demon is up in the attic to the left / My eye turns to the left to say, "No" / You said, "First, I am the special one" / I never hammered my mind out / I never have the
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KoolAidKale's top 10 albums OAT with explanations
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10. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf
This album blew me away instrumentally and vocally. Every song is tight asf, has a catchy hook or baseline and godly riffs. I was always intrigued by Queens and by stoner rock in general but I put off listening to this album for a while. I’m glad I did tho, easily the most cohesive rock album of that decade.
Favorite songs: No One Knows, Song For The Dead, Hanging Tree, Gonna Leave You
9. Nirvana – In Utero
Unlike songs for the deaf, this album was a slow burner at first and took a while to grow on me. When I first heard Heart Shaped Box, I wasn’t impressed and only found the song repetitive and lacking in quality. But this year it clicked for me big time, and the flaws I noticed before had somehow disappeared. The hard-hitting, stripped down songs like Milk It and Scentless Apprentice were scalding but matched everything Kurt was experiencing at that time, making them all the more meaningful. “All Apologies” and “Dumb” are moody, beauti
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The Desert Sessions – Cold Sore Superstars
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Crawled back into bed, pretending to sleep / Clammy in my jammies, dress is hurting its keep / Maybe it's the pills or the drugs or the booze / Maybe it's the fact that I want me
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Queens of the Stone Age – Gonna Leave You (Spanish Version)
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[Verso 1] / Esperando tu llamada / Él no te puede ayudar / [Pre-Coro] / Tres años demasiado / Sabes que equivocastes / Todo marca la piel / Empujala, déjalo / [Coro] / Ya me voy
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De La Soul (Ft. Jungle Brothers & Q-Tip) – Buddy
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“Buddy” is the fourth single off of De La Soul’s debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, reaching #2 on the US Rap Chart in early 1990. The song features the Jungle Brothers and Q-Tip
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Beck – Loser
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The verses of Beck’s breakout hit seem to be mainly a stream of consciousness consisting of nonsense while announcing to the world he’s just a slacker. But some feel he juxtaposes
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Queen – Fat Bottomed Girls
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“Fat Bottomed Girls” was released as a ‘Double A-side’ single with “Bicycle Race”. It was the first single from Queens' 1978 album, Jazz. As the name suggests, the song is about
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The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
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This song is sung in first person form, with Mick Jagger playing no one else but Satan himself. He documents events through history that could be seen as “works of the devil.” The
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System Of A Down – Toxicity
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“Toxicity” is one of System of a Down’s biggest hits, the song reached No. 70 on Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on Mainstream Rock chart. During a performance at the 2005 Download
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2Pac (Ft. Stretch) – Pain
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Despite being a non-album track, it has become one of Pac’s most enduring songs, showcasing his nonpareil ability to verbalize the desperation of the ghetto youth of the 90’s.
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Jack Harlow – Nail Tech
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“Nail Tech” is Louisville native Jack Harlow’s first release of 2022. Following a sparse 2021, which left Jack’s next release to be highly anticipated, the track boasts lyrics
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Lana Del Rey – This Is What Makes Us Girls
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“This Is What Makes Us Girls” is the last track off of Born to Die.
The song recalls her troubled teenage past in Lake Placid, NY when she got involved with drugs and alcohol. As
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Tame Impala – Let It Happen
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On the opening track of Tame Impala’s third record, Currents, Kevin Parker introduces the album’s theme of “letting go” and allowing nature to take its course, merging Tame Impala’
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Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin'
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In the liner notes for his album Biograph, written by Cameron Crowe, Bob Dylan said the following about this song:
This was definitely a song with a purpose. It was influenced of
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