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Songs for the Deaf (Music)
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Songs for the Deaf is the third studio album by Queens of the Stone Age. Released in 2002, it exhibits an extensive Genre Roulette and sees the band straddling their original stoner rock sound with more aggressive Hard Rock influences.This was largely due to the fact that Dave Grohl contributed drum work on the album and even toured with the band, inspiring frontman Josh Homme to use a heavier sound during the production process. The result is a mix of psychedelic, garage, and doom rock which garnered widespread success.The album is also noted for its fake radio show excerpts between songs, which make fun of pretentious radio station hosts and the shallowness of mainstream music. These excerpts also contribute to a loose overarching concept for the album, since they collectively take the listener on a drive from Los Angeles to the desert (specifically Joshua Tree). Josh Homme claims that this was added to keep fluidity between the tracks, but his inclusion of stupid radio deejays throughout the album seems to speak to the disdain he had toward going mainstream and selling out early in his career. In any case, this has become Hilarious in Hindsight since the singles "No One Knows", "Go with the Flow", and "First It Giveth" did become hits.The record has gone Platinum and helped the Queens gain mainstream recognition. | |
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Gratuitous Spanish | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_16178c64 | comment |
Gratuitous Spanish: The Spanish-speaking DJ at the end of "No One Knows" who introduces "First It Giveth". | |
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New Sound Album | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_22093e9b | comment |
New Sound Album: Songs for the Deaf was Queens of the Stone Age's first commercially successful album thanks to the Genre Roulette and the singles. Josh Homme even laughed at the idea that he would have to write a "single" in order to get the band more visibility, but did so nevertheless. | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_294ed981 | comment |
Bilingual Bonus: The end of "No One Knows" features a Latino deejay introducing the next song in Spanish. | |
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| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_2e22f7d4 | type |
Minimalistic Cover Art | |
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Minimalistic Cover Art: A trident on the red cover. The US vinyl version featured a red Q with a sperm cell, though for obvious reasons, this was not widely released. | |
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| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_2f996c5c | type |
Dumbass DJ | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_2f996c5c | comment |
Dumbass DJ: On numerous tracks, such as the Spanish-speaking one at the end of "No One Knows", the one in the beginning of "Millionaire", the evangelical one at the beginning of "God Is in the Radio", and the creepy woman at the end of "Another Love Song"/the beginning of "Song for the Deaf". These seem to parody the fact that rock is treated as a higher art form these days. | |
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| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_34f6774c | type |
Concept Album | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_34f6774c | comment |
Concept Album: Mainly a thinly-veiled critique on how stupid, shallow, and pretentious mainstream radio hosts are. It also subtly mentions the band's desert rock roots, since the car in the album appears to travel from Los Angeles into the desert. | |
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| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_35a858b3 | type |
Cluster F-Bomb | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_35a858b3 | comment |
Cluster F-Bomb: "Six Shooter"; to boot, the lyrics are all fully screamed by Nick Oliveri. | |
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Sound-Effect Bleep | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_42839f8b | comment |
Sound-Effect Bleep: Used for artistic effect; as another layer of detail to the album's radio aesthetic, it opts to loudly bleep an entire song when a curse word comes up as opposed to quietly taking it out of the vocal track. | |
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Step Up to the Microphone | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_51f90774 | comment |
Step Up to the Microphone: Taken to Vocal Tag Team levels. To wit: Nick Oliveri screams "Millionaire" and "Six Shooter", and sings "Gonna Leave You" and "Another Love Song". Mark Lanegan (who did not play an instrument for the album) contributes vocals for various tracks, and sings lead on "A Song for the Dead", "Hangin' Tree", and "God Is in the Radio". Averted by Dave Grohl. Despite the fact that he is the lead singer of Foo Fighters, he wanted to take a break from singing and instead contribute pure drum work for the album. He even considered quitting the Foo Fighters for a while. | |
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| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_5b2e1e5e | type |
Fake-Out Fade-Out | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_5b2e1e5e | comment |
Fake-Out Fade-Out: "Millionaire" stops with around 35 seconds left in the actual song. After a few seconds of silence, it starts again. | |
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| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_74149c93 | type |
Epic Rocking | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_74149c93 | comment |
Epic Rocking: "A Song for the Dead", "Sky is Falling", and "God Is in the Radio" are all about six minutes in length. "Song for the Deaf" is about four minutes long before the silence, the laughing, and the Hidden Track. | |
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| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_7bef792a | type |
BreakUpSong | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_7bef792a | comment |
Break Up Song: "Gonna Leave You". "Another Love Song" could be interpreted as a post-breakup song. | |
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| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_7f1be21 | type |
Functional Addict | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_7f1be21 | comment |
Functional Addict: While "First It Giveth" and "No One Knows" don't glorify drugs, they certainly don't treat them very negatively, either. | |
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Grande Dame | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_842426f3 | comment |
Grande Dame: The woman who announces "Song for the Deaf" is incredibly snobbish and pretentious, and patronizes the listener as though she is introducing a higher art form. | |
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The Something Song | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_9603fba3 | comment |
The Something Song: "Song for the Deaf", "Mosquito Song", and "A Song for the Dead". "The Real Song for the Deaf" could count, if it is truly a track. | |
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Careful with That Axe | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_9da3227a | comment |
Careful with That Axe: Nick Oliveri's screeching in "Six Shooter". | |
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| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Continuity Nod: "Mosquito Song" mentions the lyric "Lullabies to paralyze", which is the name of the next Queens of the Stone Age album. It is unlikely that this was intended from the beginning; rather, Josh probably decided to just keep the name since he liked that lyric so much. | |
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Loudness War | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_a6254a7a | comment |
Loudness War: Done intentionally. The album has a rather bass-heavy mix and loud, low-fi gain, which does make it sound as though it is being played on a car stereo. | |
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Precision F-Strike | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_bc00493f | comment |
Precision F-Strike: "Song for the Dead" has one toward the end: | |
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Album Title Drop | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_dbc664dd | comment |
Album Title Drop: The dumbass deejays do it twice, even though neither of them fully grasp the meaning behind it. The first one just calls it a "saga" and laughs about the irony, while the second one believes that it is so deep that she is smarter and more intellectual than anyone else who listens to the album. | |
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Intercourse with You | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_dbfe8427 | comment |
Intercourse with You: "Do It Again" is this from the perspective of a Stalker with a Crush. | |
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Drugs Are Bad | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_de7b7cbf | comment |
Drugs Are Bad: "First It Giveth": | |
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Quieter Than Silence | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_e57b45c4 | comment |
Quieter Than Silence: Somewhat overlaps with Bookends; the intro is ambient and eerie, and the end of "Song for the Deaf" fades out to a somber but peaceful sense of quietude. | |
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In the Style of | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_e91cc721 | comment |
In the Style of: "Six Shooter" and "Millionaire" are done in the style of heavy metal to mock harder genres for their stupid lyrics. | |
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Human Head on the Wall | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_eb93f774 | comment |
Human Head on the Wall: At the end of the Music Video of "No One Knows", a vengeful deer has mounted the band members' heads above his bed after they hit him with their car. | |
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| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_f03c046 | type |
Abstract Apotheosis | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_f03c046 | comment |
Abstract Apotheosis: Inverted in "God Is In The Radio". In the song, heavenly or pure music, when transferred to the radio, is said to become mere conventional music palatable to the masses. | |
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Soprano and Gravel | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_f1dcc3f | comment |
Soprano and Gravel: Josh and Mark, respectively, on "Song for the Deaf". This is especially surprising since Josh has a noted deep voice for the genre, and yet Mark's aggressive sound made the lead singer sound melodious. | |
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Hidden Track | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_f1dcdabc | comment |
"Mosquito Song"note Hidden Track at the end (5:37) | |
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Fading into the Next Song | |
| Songs for the Deaf (Music) / int_f3cf057b | comment |
Fading into the Next Song: The album is strung together by radio deejays. | |
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Fake Radio Show Album | |
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Fake Radio Show Album: The basic premise (and appeal) for the album. The title itself, Songs for the Deaf, even mocks mainstream radio for playing music that is palatable to an audience who doesn't know what real music is (and is, therefore, "deaf"). | |
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