Songs for the Deaf really is a masterpiece. Pure magic. The stars were aligned at that point in time.

@pablospicoli

9 ай бұрын

Josh is frequently aligned

@rickdb8480

9 ай бұрын

@@pablospicoliFacts

@asdf9890

9 ай бұрын

Lanagan's vocals.....man, there will never be another like him. Fell in love with that guy's voice back when he was in Screaming Trees.😟

@sl3102

9 ай бұрын

@@asdf9890 Indeed

@Adam-ro8vj

9 ай бұрын

R rated is where the stars were aligned my friend this also a great piece tho

“Keep Your Eyes Peeled” melts my face every time

@LivingroomGearDemos

9 ай бұрын

Agree!

@AlbinoJedi

9 ай бұрын

Same. In my top 3 QotSA songs period.

The riff that got me into them in the first place - Regular John. It is so ridiculously simple, that it just highlights how important all the other elements are to make a truly great song/riff.

Turning on the Screw has such a great riff, but my favorite by far and the one riff that got me instantly hooked to Queens of the stone age has to be in Sick Sick Sick, the riff that comes right after the first chorus. God, what a tone

@applepeel1662

4 ай бұрын

Same here!! Its so unique and tasty

Lullabies to Paralyze is not only my favorite QOTSA album but one of my favorite albums of all time.

@jcreature11

12 күн бұрын

Same, love that album is prolly their best imo. As far as a strictly queens album not one with other artists coming in for a concept album like songs for the def. Songs for the def is a special album but lot of great minds went into that outside of the queens band.

God is in the radio also has one of my all time favorite solos.

@LexTNeville

9 ай бұрын

That track has two of my all time favorite solos. Properly need a moment after each listening on a half decent speaker.

@willhargreaveshf

9 ай бұрын

Oh my god yes

@namyur

9 ай бұрын

There are two solos, both are incredible. Great great song.

@jordanpreexisting224

9 ай бұрын

Best solo of the 2000s from 2000-2010 those solos lived rent free in a lot of peoples heads

My theory was that Smooth Sailing was originally supposed to be a Them Crooked Vultures song.

@Mr.GTheWatcher

17 күн бұрын

Damn that's actually spot on now that I think about it

Am I alone in thinking The Blood Is Love is the best thing ever? Ace video, as always.

@TheGavman007

9 ай бұрын

Came here to say this! With the snare right before the riff kicks in, man it gets me every time

@willhargreaveshf

9 ай бұрын

It's one of their absolute best deep cuts and one of the best songs on Lullabies for sure. Incredible groove

@Tocaraca

9 ай бұрын

That's my favorite song

@SunofShasta

6 ай бұрын

​@TheGavman007 I am glad that you made this comment. That little part is something truly special. So powerful. It's like casually dancing before turning around to find you need to run.

@dfawrtevfevwetetvwgw

3 ай бұрын

Best riff on lullabies

Gotta say "I think I lost my headache" is definitely one of my favourites!

Josh and QOTSA just don't know how to write a bad riff, or song for that matter. They are all bangers

I love every single QOTSA riff but In The Fade and Give The Mule What he Wants live rent free in my head and I'm very ok with it. Amazing tones you summoned there!!

ST: - If Only - How to Handle a Rope - You Can't Quit Me Baby (the bridge section, i know it's more of a chord progression of a riff but it's just so good) R: - I Think I Lost My Headache - Infinity SFTD: - Go With The Flow (again, more of a chord progression but come on) - The Sky Is Fallin' LTP: - Precious and Grace (obvs it's a cover but the way they play just has so much balls) EV: - 3s & 7s - Into the Hollow LC: - I Sat By The Ocean (slide riff) - My God Is The Sun Villains: - The Evil Has Landed - Domesticated Animals ITNR: - Negative Space - Carnavoyeur (bass)

@zgamer1154

9 ай бұрын

Battery Acid and Made to Parade deserves a mention

If only and Give the mule what he wants, like how Josh plays it in that one interview

Took like 10 years of listening to it but at some point the chorus for Do It Again really clicked with me. Dang that is a dirty one!

@LivingroomGearDemos

9 ай бұрын

Do it Again should’ve been on the list for sure. Though of it more as a song I like rather than a riff

@Lauke101

9 ай бұрын

@@LivingroomGearDemos What is a riff anyway? ;-) Loved your list btw, definitely a lot of my favourites too!

The verse riff from 'The sky is fallin' is one of my favourites

My favourite solo is Leg of Lamb. Simple and overlooked. 🤘

Lullabies...I love this album so much! Great Riffage and textures all along!

@LivingroomGearDemos

9 ай бұрын

Yes, I love Lullabies too!

Song for the Deaf is such an amazing song, it's so haunting I wish they played it more

“Tension Headache” and “Lost Art of Keeping a Secret” are some tasty riffs.

They really do have some epic riffs, but most importantly, they’re memorable songs with beautiful melodies.

The quality of your video content and production makes it just a delight to watch. It's like a cool TV show to me.

the riffs on in times are amazing. obscenery, carnavoyeur, straight jacket…

If Only, First It Giveth, Sick, Sick, Sick, 3s and 7s, My God Is The Sun, Paper Machete are some of my other favourites, great list!

So glad you included Better living through chemistry, I think I lost my headache and someone’s in the wolf. They are my favs. I do have a soft spot for little sister too

Youre by far my favorite Queens related channel on KZread. Really great tone in this video too

"My God is the Sun" def has one of my fave QUOTSA riffs ever

the tones are just perfect. you just mastered QOTSA tones

Just noticed that my favorite songs are actually synth driven: In The Fade, Misfit Love and Kalopsia 😅 By the way, you nailed it as always!

@abdallahhamido2809

9 ай бұрын

Misfit love is a fucking masterpiece it’s in my top 3 with i appear missing and better living through the chemistry

The Regular John and First it Giveth riffs are big favourites of mine

millionaire is truly mindblowing and exciting both the riff and the song

I sometimes get a tear in the corner of my eye. Greatest fucking riffs on the planet.

Great playing! All the riffs sounded killer

Great job w these riffs and tone is killer

It's amazing how you manage to match the sound so well!

You do some EXCELLENT playing and tone work of some awesome tracks!

@LivingroomGearDemos

5 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!

You Sir still continue to nail the Queens tones and playing. Hell yeah.

Sometimes i forget what an amazing songwriter josh is

10:22-10:32 I don't know what you call it but those step downs in the chords / riff is just so satisfying and just triggers unexplainable things in my brain

It's hard to pick a favorite, but The Sky is Fallin' has to be one of their best and most underrated Edit: Also need to mention Tangled Up in Plaid. So fucking good

@CatmanJimbo

9 ай бұрын

Damn those are two solid asf picks and two of my favorites as well

@Hevvvyyy

9 ай бұрын

If there's one song that sounds so different across their whole discography it's definitely that one, gotta love it

@spiritualconnection4807

9 ай бұрын

My two favorite QOTSA songs

@AlbinoJedi

9 ай бұрын

I love Sky is Fallin. The intro and then main riff get stuck in my head randomly so often.

@jordanpreexisting224

9 ай бұрын

Yes yes and yes again

Damn, this is an absolutely awesome video

I would like to have seen Sick Sick Sick here. It's a great little riff.

I didn't expect to see Infinity! Great list btw

paper machete slaps hard

I think my all time favourite riff by them has to be Avon!

Hell yea for including infinity one of my favorites and not nearly mentioned enough

My QOTSA Kemper profile packs here ✌🏻 www.livingroomgearshop.com

@HansAndreasR1

9 ай бұрын

no tab's made available?

@nckro7713

9 ай бұрын

Love the tones! Is Kermper the only way to get the packs?

@LivingroomGearDemos

9 ай бұрын

@@nckro7713 yup

Only channel I trust for this stuff. Have u met the main man yet?

@LivingroomGearDemos

9 ай бұрын

nope!

@danielktdoranie

9 ай бұрын

@@LivingroomGearDemosshame! You should!!!

@xb5883

9 ай бұрын

Seriously....Josh Homme needs to come sit down with you

I just saw them in Nashville...mind completely blown!

Sounds so RAW !

Great playing and great tone! Very cool video

@LivingroomGearDemos

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Please consider added chapters to videos like these

Someone's in the Wolf is the best riff imo but at least it made it into your list Also i am so glad that Walking on the Sidewalks was one of the picks. That one immediately popped into my head when you mentioned a song from the first album with a weird riff

Millionaire definitely is my fave as well. Awesome job.

All awesome but... GIVE THE MULE WHAT HE WANTS simple classic. Also.. MEDICATION there's so much great stuff👍

Some of my favourite riffs are in the Era Vulgaris album, Sick, Sick, Sick, I'm designer, 3's & 7's, Make it with chu, Battery acid, the bonus track Era Vulgaris...so underrated.

Loved this video, great span across the records. Can you do a similar version of this with bass lines? I’d love to hear You Can’t Quit Me Baby as that’s one of my favourites, most of the first album was played by josh apart from Mule which was Chris Goss, but over the years there have been so many cool bass riffs lurking in the songs from many different players

Great list dude!

You nailed it with this list 100%! They have so many simple yet effective riffs on pretty much every album, even if I like some albums more than others. I think in particular their first 3 albums and Era Vulgaris have their best straight up stoner rock/metal riffs, and anything afterwords is more ambiguous riff-wise with more going on with singing and added instrumentation and stuff: for example, I love the title track to Like Clockwork, but there's no riff lol

Every single one of these are absolute bangers, but Song for the Deaf makes me feel that emotion I only get from listening to Queens.

Head like a haunted house is also a masterpiece

Edit: i also gotta add that for me Queens isnt just about their riffs, which are awesome, but just how they all play off each other to syncopate their grooves, and how they embellish their riffs with all other cool guitar nuances like pedal steel, slide guitar, the strummed nylons in First it Giveth, all the crazy whale squeals in Song for the Deaf, just little things like that really elevate their songs. Song for the Dead is so rad. I didnt really notice the tritones in the power chords at first either until i heard it several times and started learning it

My favorite riff from qotsa is from tangled up in plaid

Lullabies is literally on of the best albums ever.. also it's the perfect Halloween album

@LivingroomGearDemos

9 ай бұрын

Yea! October album. Will listen all October

Qotsa a have so many riffs that are without doubt world class!

Impossible to sort these...they're all great. Nonetheless my favorite might be "Tension Head" depending on when you'd ask me.

Well done putting Turnin On The Screw on the list! I love noisy rock.

awesome job!!!

awesome riffs, but i think one of the most underrated ones and that hit really good is River in The Road

So many great pics and comments already but don’t forget the pure simplicity and huge tone of Avon

Millionaire is an all-timer. I think Josh slides into the note in the main riff tho, no?

Nice Pics lol!! Would Love to see a part 2 to this man! Misfit Love, 3's and 7's, Songs for the Deaf, Sick Sick Sick, Lost Art

@LivingroomGearDemos

9 ай бұрын

Song for the Deaf is in there man!

For Song for the Dead, you have the notes right, but move your hand up to the 13th fret on the low C string and play them there. That's how Josh plays it live.

The first QotSA song that really sank its teeth into me was Burn the Witch. That entire album with its Brothers Grimm aesthetic really spoke to me in my formative years and set me on the path of learning bass guitar. I have never put it down and BtW is still my go-to warm up/tuning song.

Thanks for the great QOTSA content as always! Absolutely agree with almost everything, especially with Turning on the screw and Millionaire but... Where's the I'm designer?

Such an awesome jacket

Great video!

my favorite is Another Love Song. And it's complemented by Nick's beautiful singing voice.

Terrific!

QOTSA definitely one of the best bands and there live show is amazing! Just two more weeks before I see them again! So glad you played god is on the radio, one of my favorite songs. Hope you do some desert sessions songs at some point.

You Would Know from self titled. Never leaves my brain.

@Hevvvyyy

Ай бұрын

Love watching live performances with that song, especially the one from the 2000s at the Showbox

Smooth sailing best riff 👌

Nice Gretch Corvette! Got one of my own. Homme inspired me to get it of course

@LivingroomGearDemos

9 ай бұрын

it's a Dunable Cyclops

Tension Head - some great syncopation with the drums going on in that riff plus it sounds quite mean and nasty

Its been a while but always played someone's In the wolf open C but yours sounded way better. The Songs for the Dead riff during the versus I always thought of in this way of, as if your hand is moving too quick or sloppy to hit all the right notes but u get the important ones, type of playing. Awesome video man

3's & 7's and Little Sister are both in there for me

Sounding awesome man! I’m curious - what are your favorite stings for C Standard?

Some how you may be a bigger fan of queens than me if that’s even possible, josh is crazy talented

Regular John, If Only, Paper Machete, Straight Jacket Fitting, and one from Kyuss: Demon Cleaner, i love that one

Nice work! The riff on In My Head is super simple but awesome, particularly the second verse, which uses some unusual intervals like a major 7th (C-B...WTF?) that sound beautifully empty and eerie.

@3xtan327

8 ай бұрын

True that’s an underrated one, or maybe I am just biased because it got me into qotsa into the first because i heard it on the nfs u2 soundtrack

I appear missing is one of the coolest riffs he's created. Brilliantly weird as only Josh Homme can think these things up.

As a huge QOTSA fan, much love for your video's as always! Quite interesting to hear about the double G tuning on 'Someone's in the Wolf'. You sure about this? is this also true for 'The Funmachine took a shit and died'? I guess that this is in line with most EODM stuff and some TCV songs. To only choose 15 riffs from QOTSA is really hard, but I do really miss '3's and 7's'.

@LivingroomGearDemos

9 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure. Don't remember, but I think I saw it on a set list that ended up online. It said "Weird G" next to Wolf. I think a lot of people talked about it on a forum post, and someone chimed in and talked about one G being some cents flat. Same tuning as Fun Machine, yes.

Would love to see you do Avon

Bravo!

Tangled Up In Plaid chorus riff is supreme

Ur a talented chap👍. Wish I could play those nasty riffs

Very nice lesson, thanks. What Guitarstrapmodel ist that?

My favourite riff is Era Vulgaris. So much fun in that riff! 🤘

so many good riffs aside those, for ex : Misfit Love, 3's and 7's, Little Sister, I sat by the ocean, Fell Good Hit Of The Summer, Sick sick sick, I Appear Missing, My God Is The Sun, Burn The Witch, If only,

I do think Emotion Sickness should be on the list. It’s by far the sickest riff they’ve written in ages.

Regular John, Tension Head, Headache. So many great ones