 Genius Meanings
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Queens of the Stone Age – Quick and to the Pointless
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Track 7 on Rated R an album which has been certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
The song begins with what sounds like the voice of a school girl. Nick then
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Queens of the Stone Age – Quick and to the Pointless (Live)
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[Intro] / I don't even know what I'm doing here / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! / Oh! / [Verse 1] / A little girl, walking down the street / Godverdomme, you gotta be with me / I know
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
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“The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret” was released as the first single off of Rated R.
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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 – Tension Head
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“Tension Head” is a re-recording of the song “13th Floor” from then-bassist Nick Oliveri’s band, Mondo Generator, originally recorded in 1997 for Mondo Generator’s debut album
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Queens of the Stone Age – Better Living Through Chemistry (Live)
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[Verse 1] / The blue pill opens your eyes / Is there a better way / A new religion's prescribed / To those without the faith / A hero holding a knife / And blood is not enough / Is
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret (Live)
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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 / Hold it in tightly, call on command / Leap of
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Queens of the Stone Age – You're So Vague
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This track first appeared on the CD single for Feel Good Hit of the Summer. It would later be included on the 2010 reissue of Rated R.
The track title and chorus lyrics are a
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Queens of the Stone Age – Born to Hula (2000 Version)
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A re-recorded version of “Born To Hula.” It was initially released on the deluxe edition of Rated R.
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Queens of the Stone Age – Ode to Clarissa
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“Ode To Clarissa” is one of QotSA’s more explosive bangers exclusive found on the 2010 Deluxe Edition of Rated R.
The aggressively distorted guitars accompany a song embroiled in
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Queens of the Stone Age – In the Fade / Feel Good Hit of the Summer (Reprise)
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“In the Fade” is a mid tempo mellow rock song with Mark Lanegan’s rock n' roll vocals taking on lead duty. It has a -by QotSA standards- very light and smooth verse riff and a
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Queens of the Stone Age – Never Say Never
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A cover of the 1982 song of the same name by Romeo Void, the track was originally included as a “B-side” on the single for Feel Good Hit of the Summer, released in November 2000.
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Queens of the Stone Age – Who'll Be the Next in Line
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This track is a cover version of the original by The Kinks.
It was first released on the bonus disc included with the UK special edition of Rated R, and it was included as a B-
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Queens of the Stone Age – Leg of Lamb
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Josh once said that this song was relative to other songs by Queens Of The Stone Age, which proves true: you can hear heavy traces of “Medication” from Lullabies to Paralyze, as
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Queens of the Stone Age (Ft. Rob Halford) – Feel Good Hit of the Summer (Live)
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[Verse 1: Josh Homme] / Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol / Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol / Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana
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Queens of the Stone Age – Better Living through Chemistry
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The fifth track from Rated R, “Better Living Through Chemistry” takes its name from a slogan for the chemical company called DuPont, which the company used until 1982. As Josh
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Queens of the Stone Age (Ft. Rob Halford) – Feel Good Hit of the Summer
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Described as “a social experiment” by QOTSA frontman Josh Homme, this song is a semi-satirical swipe at the dying and derided genre of stoner rock within which Homme had made his
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Queens of the Stone Age – Millionaire (Live)
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[Verse 1: Nick Oliveri] / Dead bull with the life from the low / I'll be massive conquistador / Give me soul and show me the door / Metal heavy, soft at the core / Gimme toro
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Queens of the Stone Age – Auto Pilot
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[Verse 1: Nick Oliveri] / Saw you lyin' there on the marble slab / The best trip that I've ever had / High up in a jet plane, pass it around / My drink's on empty, need another
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Queens of the Stone Age – Monsters in the Parasol
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“Monsters In The Parasol” was released as the third single off of Rated R. The song describes, in odd details, frontman Josh Homme’s first LSD trip as a teenager.
The song was
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Queens of the Stone Age – I Think I Lost My Headache
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The closer track on QOTSA’s second album, Rated R, is the longest track on the album, clocking in at 8:40.
Being about paranoia, the intro and outro brings about a jittery riff in
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Roger Williams – Chapter 1: Caroline At Play
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Her name was Caroline Frances Hubert, and she had three claims to fame. / In the first place she was the thirty-seventh oldest living human being. Caroline herself was unimpressed
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Joel and Ethan Coen – The Big Lebowski (script)
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The Big Lebowski is a movie made by the Coen brothers with a large cult following. It’s has even spawned the religion dudeism, which has around 300,000 followers (http://dudeism.
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