I Appear Missing is easily my favorite song of all time and this album is my favorite album of all time, everything about this album to me is perfect and just gorgeous
Kalopsia by definition suits the song (and the album as a whole) so perfectly. It’s the delusion that something is beautiful. I consider it to be the centerpiece of this album
Considering that Josh brushed against death so painfully, it just puts the themes of mortality into even greater perspective. Also I should say that the entire Songs for the Deaf crew actually came back on "If I Had a Tail", and Alex Turner actually did the little "control the dice" bit at the end. Dave Grohl actually did most of the drumming on this LP cause their mainstay Joey Castillo left the band in the process of recording, afterwards they hired Jon Theodore, who's also a beast. Trent also wound up collabing with them earlier on in the track "Era Vulgaris", which surprisingly didn't even make it onto the album of the same name, and you can basically only listen to it on youtube
@@akwilson1676 I don’t think he should only react to things we’d expect him to love. I’m personally very curious how he would feel about Era Vulgaris, not every song on it is my favorite, but the ones I like I love!
Such an underrated album. EV and Lullabies are my favorite Queens albums, but they often get overshadowed by their more popular work (which is still great). I’m just a sucker for the more melodic and weird stuff.
Fun fact, Kalopsia only exists cause of Alex Turner, Josh called him and asked for something beautiful, and Alex said "Kalopsia", and then Josh asked "What the fuck does that mean?"
I’d love to see that as well, but he heard No One Loves me a few times and he disliked it even more with each listen, he also absolutely despised Reptiles unfortunately :(
I remember watching em perform it on Austin City Limits, and a couple times the crowd chuckled at song titles and such. Josh didn't seem to love that... but I felt the same way when I first heard certain track titles and the chorus to If I Had A Tail (I'd own the night) here... I mean it does kinda conjure a fruity image of Cats the Musical or something. Still, QotSA, Kyuss, TCV, there's something to love in all of em. Vultures' Scumbag Blues is straight up Cream circa 1967.
This reminds me of when you first reacted to The Black Parade. A rock album hasn't elicited this sense of wonder and thorough enjoyment from you since likely The New Abnormal, and it's great to see. I'm really glad you enjoyed it, it's one of the very few great alt rock records of the 2010s.
It was nice to have the chance of catching you live on twitch while you were listening to the album. It's so nice to see the live reaction of someone that is listening for the first time to one of my favourite albums and enjoying it so much. It's a great feeling.
It was Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner who came up with the song title. Frontman Josh Homme told NME: "I called him one day a few years ago, when I was first starting to think about the possibility of getting to make a record and said 'hey man, give me a good line.'" "He hit me back and he was like "kalopsia", and I said "kalopsia, what the hell's that?" and he said "it's a condition wherein everything seems more beautiful than it actually is." Homme produced the Arctic Monkey's 2009 album, Humbug and also sung backup on their track "All My Own Stunts." Turner returned the favour by singing back up on the …Like Clockwork track, "If I Had A Tail."
Suchhhhhh a good album. Probably the last one that was on repeat for months at a time in my car back when it came out. Consistently amazing, still get chills at different points here now watching the reaction.
Not sure if too many people here would've heard it but Diorama by Silverchair is a MUST listen album - Silverchair often get overlooked as a Nirvana clone who went pop but those here in Australia know just how incredible of a record Diorama is from start to finish. Particularly when hearing the story of Daniel Johns' arthritis that came on right before they began touring it and the US record label's threats to shelve the album because it wasn't "Silverchair enough". One of the greatly under-appreciated albums of the 2000s.
@@jpeglang waaay too much shit, though he’ll probably check the reviews it gets and go in expecting it to be like what people are saying, although he absolutely loved Feet Don’t Fail Me (I mean how couldn’t you?)
I'd really love to see you react to their self titled debut album. It's pretty heavy and the bass lines are crunching, especially Mexicola or You Can't Quit Me Baby
Maybe this is something out of the theme but I think you should react to a Faith No More album it is also a band that tends to do pretty unexpected things and Mike Patton is objectively one of the most impressive vocalists of all time (preferably Angel Dust or The Real Thing)
I'd definitely recommend checking out Middle 8's video on this album, it does a great job at going into more detail about the lyrics as well as what happened to Homme.
I need to revisit this album. I remember not liking it as much as some other QOTSA albums at the time, but given that back then I was in the middle of leaving an abusive relationship while dealing with severe depression and alcohol abuse, I think subconsciously this album just hit way too close to home.
Glad you enjoyed this album. I think you 100% "got" it. Homme is one of the best *songwriters* in rock. He has a real command of the rock& roll mythos, imagery, etc. Agree about Alex Turner, too.
@@ninjax9675 pretty hate machine is brilliant also but I think the whole downward spiral concept and the story it tells is a little more to the point and painful
Songs for the Deaf /does/ admittedly hit ridiculous different when you're going on the intended drive to experience it. My parents live in L.A., and moved there after my adulthood. Driving through the desert in the scorching summer as the sun goes down is awesome.
every queens of the stone age album has at least one masterpiece on it, most of the time multiple Self Titled had Mexicola Rated R had The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret Songs for the Deaf had Song for the Dead, Go With the Flow, God is in the Radio, and Mosquito Song Lullabies to Paralyze had Little Sister Era Vulgaris had Sick Sick Sick, 3's and 7's, Suture up your Future, and Run Pig Run Half the songs on Like Clockwork are masterpieces and the rest are really good Villians could be an outlier I haven't listened to it So could in times new roman I also haven't listened to it
May be a bit out there, but I’m VERY curious how you’d like the new(est) Desert Sessions record! The first three songs consecutively are an experience itself
Most folk talk about how this album was written after an operation Josh Homme had in hospital where he was classed as clinically dead for an amount of time mid surgery. I saw an interview a few years post the release of this album where Josh said that it was not something he had ever mentioned and he just never bothered to correct anybody so they ran with the rumours.
@@brunobb1 I think it may have been the Joe Rogan podcast that he did. It was definitely something that I saw on RUclips. I will see if I can find it again.
Yeah I think Josh often comes across as a joker and I never know when to take him seriously. I have no doubt some bad shit went down to inform the songwriting but it seems like everyone just pins it on the near-death thing but it could be coming from lots of things.
I like smooth sailing as a hype song before runs or lifting or races but otherwise it feels like generic radio blues rock-y track. Well produced and really fucking good blues-y rock track but still more of a radio type cut nonetheless
Brad, my guy, the next Queens Of The Stone Age album you should listen to is Era Vulgaris. You’re going to be confused through all of it, but in a good way.
Probably my favorite album of all time. I agree smooth sailing and fair weather friends are the worst tracks on the album but that’s not saying much because even then they’re better than most artists best songs. I appear missing, my god is the sun and keep your eyes peeled are some of the best pieces of music to ever have been recorded. Just fantastic.
@@rashotcake6945 He was accused of domestic abuse by his ex-wife and the whole situation is incredibly complicated. I don't think it's a matter of 'good guy' vs 'bad guy' but a relationship that devolved into bringing out the worst in each other, with kids now caught in the crossfire. Just tragic, really.
Yeah nothing's super clear yet, Brody just got community service for contempt to the court so she seems to be acting dodgy too but I wouldn't put it past Josh, he seems to be quite a bully.
“Soundtracks for the deaf”
Not quite
“Songs for the blind”
Almost there Brad 😂
“Poems for the mute”
Sonnets for the Crippled
I have a list of bad song names I come up with, and two of them are “Intoxicants for the Sober” and “Intoxicants for the Impaired” lmaooo
Soliloquies for the silly
Swans Of The Stone Age two best albums imo
I Appear Missing is easily my favorite song of all time and this album is my favorite album of all time, everything about this album to me is perfect and just gorgeous
Kalopsia by definition suits the song (and the album as a whole) so perfectly. It’s the delusion that something is beautiful. I consider it to be the centerpiece of this album
It’s my favourite track on the record, which is no mean feat.
@@BulletDrummer same for me. It’s personally a serious contender for my favorite QOTSA song, absolutely love it
Considering that Josh brushed against death so painfully, it just puts the themes of mortality into even greater perspective. Also I should say that the entire Songs for the Deaf crew actually came back on "If I Had a Tail", and Alex Turner actually did the little "control the dice" bit at the end. Dave Grohl actually did most of the drumming on this LP cause their mainstay Joey Castillo left the band in the process of recording, afterwards they hired Jon Theodore, who's also a beast.
Trent also wound up collabing with them earlier on in the track "Era Vulgaris", which surprisingly didn't even make it onto the album of the same name, and you can basically only listen to it on youtube
Aren't the lyrics at the end that alex turner sing "control the night"?
@@jasoli1749 I always thought that too
I believe Grohl is on 5 tracks and Castillo on 4 and then Theodore is on 1. Or maybe its the other way around with Grohl and Castillo
I still miss the sexy mexi heaved over the drums, even if grohl did fantastic work for queens
I need to see a Rated R reaction, that'd be amazing
Factss !
He’s already heard it. He said he listened to it while falling asleep one time in a stream
I’d love to see you react to the album Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age. It’s probably the band’s most experimental album.
a lot of people give it shit but i personally love it
Don't have a good feeling about this. Might be too much for him. That album goes too wanky sometimes.
@@akwilson1676 I don’t think he should only react to things we’d expect him to love. I’m personally very curious how he would feel about Era Vulgaris, not every song on it is my favorite, but the ones I like I love!
Such an underrated album. EV and Lullabies are my favorite Queens albums, but they often get overshadowed by their more popular work (which is still great). I’m just a sucker for the more melodic and weird stuff.
Probably my favorite album of theirs. Would say Sftd and like clockwork are probably objectively better, but Era Vulgaris is just so much fun.
Fun fact, Kalopsia only exists cause of Alex Turner, Josh called him and asked for something beautiful, and Alex said "Kalopsia", and then Josh asked "What the fuck does that mean?"
It was actually Dave Grohl. Josh said it in a interview.
In fact it is very similar to Porcelain by Red Hot Chili Peppers
@@federiosss wow, it's VERY similar! This blew my mind!
Now do this for every single QOTSA album. The first 3 are the best imho.
Their first album is a hidden gem
@@IlBalivoDiUzhitz i still think villains is mad underrated
@@musliboy2430 oh yeah definitely, it’s waaaaay too overhated
@@musliboy2430 Yeah! That album is so good!
Bring that "them crooked vulture" album... John Paul Jones, Dave Groul and Josh homme... crazy shit!!!
I’d love to see that as well, but he heard No One Loves me a few times and he disliked it even more with each listen, he also absolutely despised Reptiles unfortunately :(
I remember watching em perform it on Austin City Limits, and a couple times the crowd chuckled at song titles and such. Josh didn't seem to love that... but I felt the same way when I first heard certain track titles and the chorus to If I Had A Tail (I'd own the night) here... I mean it does kinda conjure a fruity image of Cats the Musical or something. Still, QotSA, Kyuss, TCV, there's something to love in all of em. Vultures' Scumbag Blues is straight up Cream circa 1967.
@@jager9022 That's a shame. That album is a gift that keeps on giving.
This reminds me of when you first reacted to The Black Parade. A rock album hasn't elicited this sense of wonder and thorough enjoyment from you since likely The New Abnormal, and it's great to see. I'm really glad you enjoyed it, it's one of the very few great alt rock records of the 2010s.
Fairweather Friends has become one of the my songs on the album over time. I love the the last chorus and the vocals from Homme sound amazing
I used to skip it all the time until I really listened and now it's top 3 on the album for me.
Had really shitty mood until I saw this. Thank you brad
This album is so good. I appear missing is one of the best songs of all time
TIME STAMPS
0:00 Kalopsia
4:27 Fairweather Friends
7:59 Smooth Sailing
10:40 I Appear Missing
12:50 ...Like Clockwork
Was almost expecting future Brad to come in and admire your character development 😜
Brilliant 🤣
i cant remember the exact performance but theres a 10 minute live version of I Appear Missing that goes crazy hard
I think that was Rock En Seine 2013 or 2014
They all do. The best one I found is from a KCRW Live in Session broadcast back when the album first came out.
Roskilde or pinkpop 2013
10/10 album my man
It was nice to have the chance of catching you live on twitch while you were listening to the album. It's so nice to see the live reaction of someone that is listening for the first time to one of my favourite albums and enjoying it so much. It's a great feeling.
Bought this record when it came out in 2013 and It still and always will hit hard. Great review Brad!
hating alex turner is starting to be a running gag
It was Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner who came up with the song title. Frontman Josh Homme told NME: "I called him one day a few years ago, when I was first starting to think about the possibility of getting to make a record and said 'hey man, give me a good line.'"
"He hit me back and he was like "kalopsia", and I said "kalopsia, what the hell's that?" and he said "it's a condition wherein everything seems more beautiful than it actually is."
Homme produced the Arctic Monkey's 2009 album, Humbug and also sung backup on their track "All My Own Stunts." Turner returned the favour by singing back up on the …Like Clockwork track, "If I Had A Tail."
Suchhhhhh a good album. Probably the last one that was on repeat for months at a time in my car back when it came out. Consistently amazing, still get chills at different points here now watching the reaction.
Not sure if too many people here would've heard it but Diorama by Silverchair is a MUST listen album - Silverchair often get overlooked as a Nirvana clone who went pop but those here in Australia know just how incredible of a record Diorama is from start to finish. Particularly when hearing the story of Daniel Johns' arthritis that came on right before they began touring it and the US record label's threats to shelve the album because it wasn't "Silverchair enough". One of the greatly under-appreciated albums of the 2000s.
Really curious to see what Brad would think of their album “Villains”
It gets too much shit imo. I’d kinda be nervous to see whether or not he’d like it since personally, I love it a lot.
@@jpeglang waaay too much shit, though he’ll probably check the reviews it gets and go in expecting it to be like what people are saying, although he absolutely loved Feet Don’t Fail Me (I mean how couldn’t you?)
@@jager9022 very true (wtf is that name bruh)
the evil has landed introduced me to villains and its honestly one of my favorite albums ever!
@@jager9022when did he reacted to feet don't fail me now??
Songs For The Deaf and Soundtrack For The Blind mashup named Helen Keller
The music video for Smooth Sailing is possibly my favorite music video of all time
I'd really love to see you react to their self titled debut album. It's pretty heavy and the bass lines are crunching, especially Mexicola or You Can't Quit Me Baby
Smooth Sailing is a great song come on Brad
Not as good as the rest of the album though.
God I fucking love that song. Kinda disappointed when he mentioned that it was his least favourite track.
It’s probably just a person thing like personally if I’m playing the album it’s not the first song I’d play
Easily my favorite album from 2013.
Maybe this is something out of the theme but I think you should react to a Faith No More album it is also a band that tends to do pretty unexpected things and Mike Patton is objectively one of the most impressive vocalists of all time (preferably Angel Dust or The Real Thing)
I completely agree, I the real thing would be amazing for brad
you made my entire year Brad, i was waiting for this since 2020, please react to Them Crooked Vultures only album, would make my 2022 worth it
I'd definitely recommend checking out Middle 8's video on this album, it does a great job at going into more detail about the lyrics as well as what happened to Homme.
Smooth sailing is his least favourite track? Wild
I've shed a tear as you appreciated so much the I appear missing, it's so inanely strong song and it's my measurement tape for ppl in some ways 🤣
I need to revisit this album. I remember not liking it as much as some other QOTSA albums at the time, but given that back then I was in the middle of leaving an abusive relationship while dealing with severe depression and alcohol abuse, I think subconsciously this album just hit way too close to home.
kalopsia is so damn good
"songs for the blind' LOL oh Bradley
Glad you enjoyed this album. I think you 100% "got" it. Homme is one of the best *songwriters* in rock. He has a real command of the rock& roll mythos, imagery, etc.
Agree about Alex Turner, too.
Thank you so much Brad, love this album.
Fairweather friends is my favorite qotsa song period
Would be cool to see you react to Mezzanine by Massive Attack...
yooo brad check out the downward spiral by nine inch nails, its one of the saddest and most disturbing albums ever, I love it
pretty hate machine
@@ninjax9675 pretty hate machine is brilliant also but I think the whole downward spiral concept and the story it tells is a little more to the point and painful
This I definitely my favourite queens of the stoneage album. It's a masterpiece a lot better than songs for the death imo
Songs for the Deaf /does/ admittedly hit ridiculous different when you're going on the intended drive to experience it. My parents live in L.A., and moved there after my adulthood. Driving through the desert in the scorching summer as the sun goes down is awesome.
So the first album is my favorite so do that! QOTSA still had four of my top tracks on my Spotify wrapped for 2022
its a 10 tho!
aahh you make your edits right over some of the best lyrics/riffs its killin me lol
Burnin bridges I destroy the mirage, oh visions of collisions fucking bon-voyage.
every queens of the stone age album has at least one masterpiece on it, most of the time multiple
Self Titled had Mexicola
Rated R had The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
Songs for the Deaf had Song for the Dead, Go With the Flow, God is in the Radio, and Mosquito Song
Lullabies to Paralyze had Little Sister
Era Vulgaris had Sick Sick Sick, 3's and 7's, Suture up your Future, and Run Pig Run
Half the songs on Like Clockwork are masterpieces and the rest are really good
Villians could be an outlier I haven't listened to it
So could in times new roman I also haven't listened to it
I prefer Everybody Knows That You're Insane on Lullabies
Have you listened to ITNR or Villains yet?
@@WFly101 no not yet
@@bobbybingo4506Have you listened to ITNR yet?
You always have to say something to piss me off. Smooth Sailing is perfect.
Nice video anyway
dude that truck ass beat
one of my favourites definitely
You gotta do Them Crooked Vultures at some point
RATED R REACTION PLEASE!!!
Great album 💿
May be a bit out there, but I’m VERY curious how you’d like the new(est) Desert Sessions record! The first three songs consecutively are an experience itself
Facts !
This guy should try the downward spiral from NIN
smooth sailing is about being drunk/manic
can you please review more QOTSA albums
you seriously have a grudge against Alex Turner, why
I never lied, to myself, to tonight.
They’re progressive, reductive, clarifications.
Most folk talk about how this album was written after an operation Josh Homme had in hospital where he was classed as clinically dead for an amount of time mid surgery. I saw an interview a few years post the release of this album where Josh said that it was not something he had ever mentioned and he just never bothered to correct anybody so they ran with the rumours.
Source?
@@brunobb1 I think it may have been the Joe Rogan podcast that he did. It was definitely something that I saw on RUclips. I will see if I can find it again.
Yeah I think Josh often comes across as a joker and I never know when to take him seriously. I have no doubt some bad shit went down to inform the songwriting but it seems like everyone just pins it on the near-death thing but it could be coming from lots of things.
He alluded to it being tied to an encounter with MRSA, it’s from a podcast with Dean DelRay called Let There Be Talk. It’s from 2016.
@@brunobb1 if you go to ...Like Clockwork’s Wikipedia there is a quote from Josh in there with the source cited.
I Appear Missing live is divine, he has to watch
PLEASE DO ERA VULGARIS
Its a 3 part line. He never lies....well too himself....well...tonight anyway, its reasoning with his denial
"Oops I mixed them up, I meant songs for the blind"
You know, if you speed up the movie A Clockwork Orange it perfectly syncs to this album!
yeah if you speed it up
yeah if you speed it up
I really think you'd get a lot out of Adore by The Smashing Pumpkins. It's a dark trip of a Masterpiece.
❤️
I like smooth sailing as a hype song before runs or lifting or races but otherwise it feels like generic radio blues rock-y track. Well produced and really fucking good blues-y rock track but still more of a radio type cut nonetheless
My boy check out the mars volta
Can you please do qotsa villians album review
you gotta react to Interpol discography, dude, their lyrics are amazing
bro their last 3 albums were bad
@@alrightmanedison5941 I disagree, I love them all haha and it would be nice to see someone reacting while having his first contact with the band
@@JoaoVitor-er8jv it's not his first contact, he's already made a video reacting to turn on the bright lights.
@@alrightmanedison5941 antic and our love to admire is very much worth checking out though. Arguably better than/as good as Totbl
@@TeddymanYT antics is good and so is olta, but they def don't compare to bright lights
Please do Lullabies too, I think it‘s their best album
Brad, my guy, the next Queens Of The Stone Age album you should listen to is Era Vulgaris. You’re going to be confused through all of it, but in a good way.
No views, no dislikes. Hmmmmmmm
Probably my favorite album of all time. I agree smooth sailing and fair weather friends are the worst tracks on the album but that’s not saying much because even then they’re better than most artists best songs. I appear missing, my god is the sun and keep your eyes peeled are some of the best pieces of music to ever have been recorded. Just fantastic.
You are looking more like fantano
Btw I'm the 666th like can I get a pat on back?
Not drinking it's meth
yo bro listen to era vulgaris
You only gave it a 9, because it's not a 10.
Wasn’t josh homme acused Of harassment recently?
…yeah. He was 😬
@@rashotcake6945 He was accused of domestic abuse by his ex-wife and the whole situation is incredibly complicated. I don't think it's a matter of 'good guy' vs 'bad guy' but a relationship that devolved into bringing out the worst in each other, with kids now caught in the crossfire. Just tragic, really.
Yeah nothing's super clear yet, Brody just got community service for contempt to the court so she seems to be acting dodgy too but I wouldn't put it past Josh, he seems to be quite a bully.
He's always been kinda unhinged. There are videos of him performing live during the Lullabies era and it's clear he's absolutely trashed at every show
I always skip Smooth Sailing. Definitely my least fav track on an otherwise great record.