Red Mosquito

Rated R (only just top of the list)
ST
...LC
SFTD
EV
LTP

Been Listening to LC for a week and I'm digging it. I am taking it for what it's worth, how they are presenting it (ie. it was a struggle, they fought through it, came out the other side and are now good, etc etc) .... that's exactly how it sounds. It's definitely not this album that's bubbling with inspiration, you can hear them laboring over it, adding parts, solos, hooks, and it works within the context in which they have presented it. A solid work work from a great band.

Man, I do NOT get people's gripes with Lullabyes. Only problem is the back half where they have too many of these slow burning songs that don't really go anywhere and it drags the album a bit. But most of the songs are top shelf Josh Homme stuff. Up their with the best, so I rank it right there w/ R and SftD.

Outside of all that, I'm a little weary of people always speculating sort of "is this the peak moment of xxxx band", "are they over" .... I don't buy all of that hogwash. A great artist can go on as long as they live and they can put out worthwhile stuff. Sometimes they hit sometimes they miss but an artist like Queens or PJ I just get great satisfaction following ......

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:

KurtLeon wrote: Self-Titled 3/10

Are you retarded?

I just can't seem to like this album.
Regular John and If I Only are the only songs I dig in this album.

KurtLeon wrote:

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:

KurtLeon wrote: Self-Titled 3/10

Are you retarded?

I just can't seem to like this album.
Regular John and If I Only are the only songs I dig in this album.

Avon?

solace wrote:

KurtLeon wrote:

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:

KurtLeon wrote: Self-Titled 3/10

Are you retarded?

I just can't seem to like this album.
Regular John and If I Only are the only songs I dig in this album.

Avon?

YCQMB

tommymctom wrote:

solace wrote:

KurtLeon wrote:

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:

KurtLeon wrote: Self-Titled 3/10

Are you retarded?

I just can't seem to like this album.
Regular John and If I Only are the only songs I dig in this album.

Avon?

YCQMB

I think they're both good songs, but not that great and they don't make me want to listen them that much...
I think the same about How To Handle A Rope and You Would Know.

Teenage Hand Model is probably right behind Regular John and If I Only, though.

I'd say that my biggest problem w/ the Self Titled is the production and how Homme sounds in the record. It just doesn't sound good to my ears.
Besides, I think these songs are too much... Crude. Per say.

How do you feel about the songs in a live setting?

I think they work pretty well.
Especially Regular John.

Tuolumne wrote:Man, I do NOT get people's gripes with Lullabyes. Only problem is the back half where they have too many of these slow burning songs that don't really go anywhere and it drags the album a bit. But most of the songs are top shelf Josh Homme stuff. Up their with the best, so I rank it right there w/ R and SftD.

Yeah...this is exactly how I feel. There are a ton of good songs on that record (with a pretty glaring soft-spot; I just skip them to the last 2, which are fucking great songs). I am really glad they tried that path for a record and I think, with a couple of the tracks omitted, it's among their strongest work.

zeb wrote:http://www.theskinny.co.uk/latest/304899-i_was_lost_in_dark_queens_the_stone_ages_josh

"I was lost in the dark" – Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme in interview
As Queens of the Stone Age purge their doubts with the most serious album of their career, Josh Homme stops to count his midgets

FEATURE BY DAVE KERR.
PUBLISHED 03 JUNE 2013

.....

I loved this part the best:
"We’re trying to hang our toes off the edge here, because the music is totally honest and real – that’s where you can fail. But I’d rather fail and die by my own sword than let somebody else choose or play it safe. I just feel like musical safety equals death. You want me to make the same record I made before? Don’t hold your breath; because you’re probably gonna pass out.”


I'm most of the way through a first listen of this album. I'm enjoying it, but not blown away yet. May need multiple listenings to get it, which is usually a good thing for me. My God Is The Sun is incredibly good though.

KurtLeon wrote:

tommymctom wrote:

solace wrote:

KurtLeon wrote:

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:

KurtLeon wrote: Self-Titled 3/10

Are you retarded?

I just can't seem to like this album.
Regular John and If I Only are the only songs I dig in this album.

Avon?

YCQMB

I think they're both good songs, but not that great and they don't make me want to listen them that much...
I think the same about How To Handle A Rope and You Would Know.

Teenage Hand Model is probably right behind Regular John and If I Only, though.

I'd say that my biggest problem w/ the Self Titled is the production and how Homme sounds in the record. It just doesn't sound good to my ears.
Besides, I think these songs are too much... Crude. Per say.

They sound like Kyuss...mainly because he was just departed that band. But its an incredible debut and kick ass on vinyl.

Just picked up the VInyl

So is this band any good? The first time I heard of them was when "No One Knows" was being played everywhere and I didn't really like it other than maybe the drumming. What album should I listen to first?

Post + avatar.

j's brain wrote:So is this band any good? The first time I heard of them was when "No One Knows" was being played everywhere and I didn't really like it other than maybe the drumming. What album should I listen to first?

Actually, it sucks. The band.

is the blue version of the album worth seeking out?

j's brain wrote:So is this band any good? The first time I heard of them was when "No One Knows" was being played everywhere and I didn't really like it other than maybe the drumming. What album should I listen to first?

Start with the new one. It is their most accessible album and has a little bit of everything.

j's brain wrote:So is this band any good? The first time I heard of them was when "No One Knows" was being played everywhere and I didn't really like it other than maybe the drumming. What album should I listen to first?

nah. start with their old stuff. This one's a little different.

Never cared for No One Knows.

BurtReynolds wrote:

j's brain wrote:So is this band any good? The first time I heard of them was when "No One Knows" was being played everywhere and I didn't really like it other than maybe the drumming. What album should I listen to first?

nah. start with their old stuff. This one's a little different.

Never cared for No One Knows.

Listen to Rated R and put "In the Fade" on repeat 7 times in the process.