QOTSA - Discography documentary

Today i'm releasing my documentary / video essay about Queens Of The Stone Age's first 6 albums.

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INFO: Queens Of The Stone Age is an american hard-rock band formed in Palm Desert, California in 1996. Frontman Josh Homme and the rest of the band quickly became one of the most influential rock bands of the 2000s and onwards. With a string of unique quality albums they're still going strong today.

MUSIC CREDITS:

[helloklaussen]

the snake at the beginning aged so well with the new album

[i.cant.sleep.anymore]

This was a lovely tribute to Queens. I'm a huge fan and this was a total treat.

[Dahn.Baern.]

Era Vulgaris is my fav album. Way underrated. Their most chopped & screwed album. It embodies the uniqueness of their potential

[mesaarditi]

One of my biggest problem with music nowadays is it sounds so barren and minimalist. QOTSA is my favorite band and I can not say that about any of their songs. Some of my favorites are Turnin On The Screw, Go With The Flow, Fairweather Friends, I Appear Missing and 3s and 7s.

[JorgeSMAD]

Welcome to Sky Valley is one of my favorite albums of all time. And you, sir, the creator of this video, I give you my congrats, really chill and well constructed video. Really appreciated 'cause I feel like you put your efforts and love for the band in it, from one Queens fan to another, thank you!

[zerovian]

…Like clockwork is the best album imo, the reason why there’s so much great people only in the background was because Josh Homme was in a state of depression after getting an infection and had to reignite his love for music, this is why he made it this way, to tell the story of how he was getting through this depression. Also the tracks are just badass

[haroldroberts]

Best Qotsa line-up is the current one. And Like Clockwork is a masterpiece of a record.

[MatiasDypala]

I really like "Like Clockwork", it is dark af, but not in the way as Songs for the deaf. Take for example "keep your eyes peeled" or "I appear missing" or "If i had a tail", it is like deep self darkness.

"Songs for the deaf" is driving in the day to the sunset. Like clockwork is driving in the night to the dawn.

Btw Songs for the deaf is my all time favourite album.

[kyeperry]

Fantastic video over all but just a few things, Elton played piano on track 7, fairweather friends, not track 8 (i don't think smooth sailing as any piano and if it does it's not elton playing it). He also sings on it and you quite clearly hear him singing the title of the song in the chorus. Also I can see why you may have been disappointing with the lack of obvious input from collaborators but I feel that's missing the point of the QOTSA way of doing it, it's not supposed to be QOTSA FEATURING ELTON and bring in the big bucks and attention, it's a genuine musical collaboration that may be a small input or a big one but they never sing or dance about it as they let the music do the talking. It took me ages to figure out where alex turners part was on the album but was very rewarding when i did.

PS. it's spelt VampYre with a Y on the album ;) and also a very goood video nonetheless and deserves many more views.

[XxCorvettexX]

Their self titled album is still one of my top 5 favorite albums of all time.

[jofall]

Your Queens intro was similar to mine. Never listened to their stuff before Songs for the Deaf, and it just didn’t click with me at first, until it one day just absolutely did. From that point listened to Rated R and then fell in love.

[loganx]

10:50
I really felt that when he said those songs added a bit of, “hadabfjslabeladaiebfble”.

[malcolmforsythe]

8:20 he didn't invent it, I'm pretty sure he's using lydian, which is a well known mode. He did accidentally discover it for himself though, which is pretty cool

[conormanning]

After binge watching more QOTSA videos, I figured I might as well rank their albums. Keep in mind this is only my personal opinion and it's just a fun thing to do (not to be taken seriously), so I encourage anyone who sees this to do the same.

7. Villians
Their only mediocre album imo. I wouldn't come back to anything besides the first two tracks on here.
6. Self Titled
Not as memorable for me, but still a really solid album. Especially the opening track.
5. Lullubys To Paralyze
The heavy guitar riffs make for some of the best songs they've ever crafted, but to me its still not all memorable.
4. Era Vulgaris
For obvious reasons not their best album, but it is criminally underrated. Almost all of the risks they took with the experimental guitar sounded good in such a wacky way, I loved it. Its slowly wearing out on me though.
3. Rated R
This is the first album that I love and frequently come back to. It has so many cleverly portrayed ideas, and the only thing keeping me from putting it at #2 is the production, which is still really good, it just doesn't stand out. I also love the vibrant drums and transitions from song to song.
2. ...Like Clockwork
This album is their most tense album, with the most attention to details in melody and guitar. Listening to this front to back gives me chills and can still get me moving. If I had a tail is a decent song, the rest is all worth giving multiple listens.
1. Songs For The Deaf
This was their "breakout record", and I still see it as underrated. The production from the beginning is jaw dropping especially for a project set to release in 2002. There is not a single song that I would skip, and there is no denying that you can find their most flawless songs on here: Millionaire, No One Knows, Song For The Dead, Go With The Flow, and literally every song on here represents my musical tastes in the best way possible

[nuclearrabbit]

Songs for the Deaf may be my favorite album of all time.

[nondescriptbeing]

I love your content on Queens, probably my favorite band

[RoyRogers]

I really love what you did there bro! Extremelly well articulated stories, smooth images/graphics/ transitions etc. And exceptional choice of words especially when you described the sound of each album. A must for new and old QOTSA fans! Keep it up!

[jovanreid]

Palm Desert, not Palm Springs. Other than that, cool video.

[falafelboi]

Great video, I feel that QOTSA are going in the same direction as another band I love, Deftones. They started out strong with heavy, kind of angry songs, but slowly began to transition more to softer, more evolved sound. They grew from where they were and now want to tell a different story, one of tranquility but of course still parts of their former selves poke out

[BoxUpMyBones]

See, Villains was the slow burn for me. In Times New Roman also took a little bit, though not as long. But after I took the time to understand what was going on, I fell in love with those. Lullabies was one that I avoided for a SUPER long time for some reason, but I decided to give it a few concentrated spins like Villains, and it's really starting to grow on me as a darker, nightmarish type of album. Songs For The Deaf IMMEDIATELY got me hooked on them, and I still give that a regular spin, but they have an incredible discography in general. I can put on pretty much ANY album of theirs and have a great time.