Cross the desert at the speed of sound
Hehh, I still love the good old QOTSA forums. Chaotic beauty. An entry in the thread about the new bass player:
I miss Natasha’s boobs though, maybe Dean can get implants?
(Dean = new keyboard player, Natasha = old keyboard player. Talking about the new keyboard player in the bass player topic is absolutely okay there)
For those who are not trained QOTSA-ologists:
That’s Natasha.
And this is Dean.
More QOTSA greatness: the new line-up in action. The new bass-player is indeed energetic (: And so is the music.
Check out the new QOTSA video for Sick Sick Sick!!
Sick awesomeness!!
(now with youtube link)
New QOTSA line-up, with all the new guys pushed to one side (Dean Fertita and Michael Shuman respectively)… Well, now it’s way too easy to connect QOTSA to the White Stripes: the new QOTSa keyboardist played with The Raconteurs on tour.
(if you don’t know this game: you take two bands and try to find the shortest chain of musicians between them. For example, White Stripes — Iggy Pop:
White Stripes – The Raconteurs – Brendan Benson – The Stooges (Brendan does backing vocals on the new Stooges record) – Iggy Pop)
Hell, I wanted to write a cool new post, featuring
“Top 5 Freudistic songs!
So the best songs which have anything Freudistic in them (obviouisly, this concerns mostly the lyrics, but I’m sure there are some Freudistic instrumentals). Bunch of things can be considered Freudistic… This list isn’t about exact deep ventures, searching for the true whatever, but about songs which feature topics considered “Freudistic” in pop- and common-culture.
1. Blonde Redhead – Publisher
This was the song that gave me the idea for today’s Top 5. It’s maybe the best on their new album, 23. Haunting synths and haunting vocals, sporting lyrics like “Father don’t you know, you have made me into a quiet man”. There are tons of other Freudistic Blonde Redhead song, but all these lists reflect my current favourites.”;
but couldn’t get further than starting the list. Any ideas?
I am surely able to do more, but my brains aren’t in a workin’ state…
So, my dear only sister posted a top 5 list. I decided to dedicate a new post to the “Top 5 songs you should never listen to when you wake up, unless you want to crawl back to bed and cry into your pillow all day”.
Basically, I could compile a list consisting entirely of Lanegan songs, but that’s against the rules.
Here it goes:
1. Mark Lanegan – When Your Number Isn’t Up
I posted the lyrics for this one right before BigSista’s list and I guess it explains a lot. Plus, you get a very silent minor-key piano intro, slow but accentized drumming and low organs – and Mark’s voice… Haunting. Never-ever try this song in the morning.
2. Queens of the Stone Age – Better Living Through Chemistry
This song will paralyze you right away, with the mindfucking opening guitar… One of the best song in terms of production and textures – everything is in the right place, from the little blinks of an electric piano to the effected vocals and the droning in the middle.
3. Radiohead – Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box
Probably my favourite Radiohead song, mainly because of the great bass-drum in the beginning. “After years of waiting, nothing came”, comes in Thom Yorke’s annoying voice, supported by various synths and stuff.
I have a funeralistic experience connected to this song. I was listening to it on my way to school. It was a dark, cloudy morning (mourning), rain pouring down from the sky and my gaze fell on an abandoned kids’ playground… Okay, this all sounds very hollywood-esque, but I nearly started to cry (:
4. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – She Made Me
Astonishing psychedelic piece. The trip sets of with undistinguishable children’s whispers, then music flows in… and you want to float away. Desperation takes over and the only exit you see is anything (drugs, hard cider) – but certainly not school or workplace.
5. The Magnetic Fields – I Die
If you’ve ever listened to this song, I’m sure you get my point. A beautiful string passage, a simple but outstanding song. Stephin Merritt growning things like “Having… forgotten… how… to cry… I die…” is not your best alarm tone.
Feel free to post your own lists!!
Son of Frankeinstein
The Ghost of Frankeinstein
Frankeinstein Meets the Wolf Man
Three amazingly bad films. 69 rubels a piece. That’s amazingly cheap. Bela Lugosi is God.
