Queens of the Stone Age - Rickshaw

[@Drummerjuicer]

this is the heaviest calming song i've ever heard

[@torib9348]

Why it’s probably my favorite song ever

[@YourMom-mt9ld]

Like a blanket distorted and in overdrive

[@BlankTH]

Bruh

[@peterspencer4200]

That's QOTSA, baby

[@toraritte-]

@@YourMom-mt9ld weighted metal blanket

[@LieLikesMusic]

Can't get enough of this song. It should've been on their first record!

[@LS-lp1hn]

Agree. It's my favorite song they've ever done. It's beautiful!

[@nickalasgoff3283]

It's a great song i love qotsa

[@Pr0jectFM]

This came after their first record I believe

[@asonuniq]

I might be QOTSA's best

[@Fritz-the-Brat]

Felix Morrissey rickshaw was released one year before self titled in the plastic turks sessions. Born to hula is the oldest Qotsa song afaik, it was already around when gamma ray was a thing

[@heytn]

That's one of the few songs that i can listen like ten times consecutive without getting bored! I miss this kind of kyuss/qotsa vibrations

[@spacecadet8843]

Try the albums "Delmar" and "Ciudad de Brahman" by Los Natas which honestly is kinda similar especially the tracks "1980" and "Trilogía" off "Delmar"

[@dftns19]

Couldn't agree more. I've never gotten bored of this song. And it's so simple. Just glad it exists, and in multiple forms.

[@joeygatchalian1643]

This song strikes a chord in me. Takes me somewhere I didn’t know existed. I prefer the other version but this one makes me feel like I’m in the desert at night all alone but not really alone.

[@kristinguldner9473]

Yea, exactly. This reminds me if my early 20s walking miles in the sticks just to get anywhere. There was peace in it and freedom I could never have now. No kids whining, no job to be tied down to, no husband to keep a low profile for, no friends to maintain social connections for.

[@DesertSessions93]

Why is it so hard to meet people IRL who listen to this music?

[@peteradams8151]

all in asylums ;)

[@jimmyshrimbe9361]

DesertSessions93 cause people suck.... bad! Nice username! Joshua Homme is one of the best guitarists/vocalists/writers ever!

[@CUSTARDcustardy]

o/ I escaped the asylum

[@wildermidnight]

i scar people.

[@wildermidnight]

wait...i scare people.

[@MrRetroville]

I love the low end sound of this song.

[@Iederhas]

true...

[@miguelrego7669]

Indeed

[@nervesinapattern7261]

Bass sounds incredible, wish the slow fade went on a minute longer

[@abranzoni4815]

The sound quality and the low bass of all instruments is haunting.

[@FadingFires]

I wish the original lineup of QOTSA had released more recordings than they did. Rickshaw/Sherbert and Born to Hula are so awesome.

[@daddydolla5210]

Check out 18ad & Oppenheimers brother by the original lineup

[@themaryveils5960]

@@daddydolla521018 ad is Dave Catching and the rhythm section from Beaver

[@Rickshaw_the_heretic]

Dude, all until the afterwards of their first album was savage af. Alk my favoirites are from there . 18 ad, born to hula,infinity and so many others

[@mattglen871]

​@@Rickshaw_the_heretic 18a.d is🔥

[@bradleywilliamson3057]

I played this song so loud in my car is broke a bracket for the speakers!!!!!!!! QOTSA FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jekkel.]

Actually, this sounds way more like Kuyss and nothing like qotsa (josh homme played in kyuss before qotsa was born). All the crap qotsa makes nowadays has nothing to do with this. Try listen to Kyuss and other stonerbands. Might suit you a whole lot better than the qotsa albums released the last couple of years! :) Welcome to sky valley, you see in this 'video' is a Kyuss album, and a very good one too!

[@PGTRegard]

Jekzor Suchdoge Or...you can listen to both.

[@bradleywilliamson3057]

Yeah, I know Josh was in Kyuss before QOTSA, and I do like real Stoner Rock better than their last album. But, you should listen to both :)

[@Jekkel.]

Personally i lost interest after Songs for the Deaf. I feel todays qotsa albums are pretentious artsy stuff. To each his own, i suppose. Rock on \m/

[@HesperianHorsePower]

Jekzor Suchdoge yadda yadda yadda. QOTSA is far better and all the wicked riffs in KYUSS were written by Josh anyway

[@jeffecake6197]

That drum intro sure sounds a lot like my God is the sun

[@bode_sereia]

+Jethro Ireland Totally.

[@ElRichard]

Good Catch!

[@startervisions]

12/4

[@henryfoolman7]

But more than 20 years before ;-) Alfredo's very good drummer though.

[@Tyrannosaurine]

Henry Foolman Alfredo might be my favorite QOTSA drummer. Grohl is obviously one of the better rock drummers ever and has a distinctive style that fit the SFTD era tunes well. Castillo had tempo issues but was an extremely powerful and propulsive drummer. Jon Theodore could be the most technically gifted of the bunch. Dean was great too. But Fredo just had that desert groove. While there are certainly a lot of highlights from the other guys, Fredo just had a feel that they never got back.

[@JTGemini3]

It's got a very Kyuss sound; definitely dig it.

[@dftns19]

I'm just finding this now? I absolutely love the Desert Sessions "Rickshaw". Had no idea another version existed.

[@StoneAgeStark]

This is the best version for sure

[@Finding_my_own_way]

Just arrived, September 2023.

[@cornobulousballs7666]

If guitars were around in the actual stone age I reckon the cavemen would come up with something like this

[@Beastking1107]

😆👊🤘 top comm👌

[@caelenkibler6049]

I love stuff like this...when theres a deeper history to the song you love....old music makes me shiver....Its great to see what people could do then...music is becoming less and less potent with feeling....I'm just glad Josh has brought all this and more to come

[@fflover82]

I can't be the only one who love these last few acords of bass starting at 3:24..

[@oneiro2274]

The entirety of this song is amazing and has me coming back to it like when I first came across it. Sensual, soft, intense, dreamy, driven- everything, but what gets me the most is that hint of a bassline towards the end. So. Freaken. Beautiful.

[@SmallCloneBerserker]

Wow been a queens fan for 13 years and somehow never heard this. It sounds just like the Gamma Ray or split ep production wise... but it's crazy that the intro and outro drum riff sound surprisingly more like My God is the Sun than Rickshaw!

[@emfraridades7261]

10 years later I still fucking love this version

[@JZH10000]

the difference between the desert sessions version and this one is sativa and indica lol

[@AJO87]

this version's heaps better!

[@KrushKrills]

i prefer the desert sessions version, its a little more lively sounding

[@willian_h_a]

@@KrushKrills I mean, its just as great, I feel this is a more deep and heavy version of the old school sounding Rickshawn from Desert Sessions 1999

[@er4serr]

indica is better in any context lol

[@Iederhas]

I want the Mexicola demo so hard.

[@daltonbastian3536]

That would be a ripping demo to hear, that song is pure power.

[@valentinpalussiere6457]

You and me brother, you and me ...

[@Alexandra-zp3gr]

Why isn't this beautiful beast of a song on Spotify?!

[@kylethomson7583]

Man, I came here cause I couldn't find it there. You're absolutely right!

[@havoc170]

@@kylethomson7583 I like that this and the desert sessions stuff isn't on streaming platforms, makes it more special

[@lionsoultribe]

Too much base to the face ❤❤

[@robwalsh9843]

I enjoy most of QOTSA's more recent material, but damn do I miss when they were heavy like this. Homme and McBain work very well together.

[@hgs09]

Same.. I will say, I like how they do sound more grown up. Not to say you can't revisit nostalgia, but singing about sex, drugs and rock and roll in your 50s....I'd hope you'd have other things to talk about, ya know?

[@DanteStahl-tr7fg]

@hgs09 I rlly like the way u phrased that i completely agree. I think qotsa has always had that more vulnerable side, u can see it in songs like The Sky is Fallin or Into The Hollow, but it definitely blossomed by the release of Like Clockwork

[@dos541]

What a Beautiful song just absolutely beautiful

[@paul8079]

They were so much better back then. They made strange music and made it so memorable. The last Kyuss album, the first couple QOTSA albums, and the early Desert Sessions were the best of this genre. They were on to something unique and weird, but did it so well. It won't be duplicated. The desert era is over, done. But what a ride.

[@Phi83400]

+Paul Eb It lives on if you believe.

[@ottifant64]

They still do strange music today. ;) A band's gotta change, you know? Unless you're AC/DC. But then it gets boring quickly.

[@paul8079]

ottifant64 Oh I agree. I prefer the raw experimentation of the old stuff. You're completely right. They would have never lasted playing desert sessions like songs forever. I just think of that as their heyday. They were breaking new ground. They are still great, but I miss the old sound and experimentation.

[@ottifant64]

Ogre I get what you mean. The end of Kyuss, they were still finding their sound. I really like these old demos, and the first Desert Sessions album is also my favorite.

[@nicksanford9846]

Ogre it's not done yet buddy...I haven't finished the great road, and I hope I never do. Desert rock can't die, I still feel it deep in my gut when I hear these songs. It's still kickin.

[@jimywho1original]

With the chorus FX on Josh's voice this kinda sounds like AIC, love it

[@enasksenos]

I am pretty sure this is a leslie speaker at work but of course you never know....

[@_KingOfCalifornia]

I love this song, makes me feel strange... in a good way.

[@Ominous89]

I've known Queens of the Stone Age for over 2 decades, how is this the first time I hear this song? This will be on repeat for a long time to make up for lost time. It's that good!

[@pygmalyon]

Vocal effects sound a lot like Planet Caravan, damn

[@djdamagedome]

It's a Leslie-type rotary speaker, so the same kind that Ozzy's vocals were put through in Planet Caravan. It's (or rather was) commonly used for organ keyboards, but also with other instruments, like chimey electric guitar parts in Black Hole Sun.

[@ardd.c.8113]

@@djdamagedome and also impossible to record because of its acoustic 3d qualities

[@adamnewton4348]

I love rock and deserts so this will always be my cup of tea ;)

[@goog5322]

Great song. Drums remind me of future qotsa song my god is the sun.

[@samercios]

guitars mellodies are great, some break and afterburn moments are quite polite and beatifull, in general can fly around any history. simply ,great.

[@themaryveils6382]

This is one of my favorite queens songs

[@borntohula]

This is what it's all about man, couldn't keep on this sound for ever, but this is far better than the new material

[@stoneylonesome4062]

You can thank Alfredo Hernandez, Nick Oliveri and John McBain for that. I think working with them influenced his sound.

[@Finding_my_own_way]

I always wanted a rickshaw. This will have to suffice. Love your work, Homme x

[@atgbeatz4253]

Keep this song playing, open a new tab, type in on youtube queens of the stone age- my god is the sun, when this song is near the end quickly press play on my god is the sun, it works perfectly hah

[@Dre2Dee2]

Holy shit you are right, it's the same haha :O !

[@Outlawstar615]

sexcellent. I love this version and the..the.. well, the real rickshaw. And all is right with the world...my world that is.

[@mojavewitch5620]

First time hearing this!!!! ✨💆🏻‍♀️✨

[@michaelfrangomichalos3665]

Just something about desert rock man...

[@pwarnimo]

Very Kyussish. Awesome!

[@andrewrre401]

Kyuss of the stone age 🏜️

[@Eli-C-]

I love the huge sound of the guitar here.

[@rppavlek]

are there any more songs like this one? this is magic...

[@Jekkel.]

Yes, there's massive amounts of stonerrock availlable. You never heard it cause its quite obscure. Try Kyuss and go from there (:

[@Iederhas]

Jekzor Suchdoge Eugh, stoner rock, that's nothing like it. Leave.

[@Iederhas]

Ottifant This isn't. This is the real thing. Stoner Rock is the copy.

[@ottifant64]

Thee Ol' Boozeroony How can Stoner Rock be the copy, when Kyuss invented it?

[@Iederhas]

Well Stoner Rock isn't really the thing that Kyuss is. It's rather Punk.

[@Sunfl0w3rseeds]

Love that version more than everything. It's the sonic equivalent of sedimentary rocks.

[@jobinmcgooch]

Ugh! That bass line that comes in at the very end is amazing! Such a tease though.

[@dickpennis]

wow... i never knew this song was out there. and rickshaw is about my favourite song ever. now i know. yay.

[@howdogification]

Guitar harmony at 1:52 blows my mind.

[@ShinoGuitar]

Gives me ...and circus leaves town vibes.

[@maxencevilla6693]

This song is stuck in my flesh

[@robertgodette4678]

I absolutely love this!!!

[@berikvondread5700]

4:20 !!!smoking OG oil to this Awesome jam.

[@DeathPunk4Life]

Great! Thanx for posting! I got the The Desert In My Heart! And Rock In My Veins!

[@xxczerxx]

Whoah that's Josh singing? Interestingly he is basically emulating John Garcia's voice, he has the same inflections and everything. And then later he'd start to sound more and more like Elvis

[@jerryneace98]

Excellent

[@indyshome]

Yeah, this is the Plastic Turks' Rickshaw as mentioned in the description... but boy do I wish QotSA didn't 'evolve'.......

[@asonuniq]

my favorite QOTSA song

[@ale2031977]

The perfect melting of Kyuss and QOTSA.

[@jerryneace98]

This goes out to Lola with love...I'll always love you

[@SutcliffeSupreme]

it's an early version of Rickshaw, which is Desert Sessions

[@lifeofweed]

this version was not on the desert sessions.

[@L3k0rSS]

B scott indeed, theres a version of rickshaw in 1999 desert sessions, but clearly not this one

[@Kikilouise]

Only real qotsa fans come here

[@davidoglesby6771]

Banging tune

[@Semondesta]

amazing stuff such a hypnotizing song

[@igbsmf]

Such clean and nice audio wow

[@milenavillar]

Saudade das músicas antigas do Josh Homme que tinham essa vibe

[@AndruDuality]

love it. its so good man

[@jaanarhist]

This excellent song listen when you fuul & completley STONED!!!

[@chanceedwards7693]

duuuude

[@DesertSessions93]

yeahhh

[@login9013091]

i have this picture on my desktop haha its great listening to qotsa or kyuss and staring at it

[@TheFeralFlicks]

Palm Desert was beautiful, especially during the morning hours.

[@TchoubiBoumbo]

Superbe. On ressent un peu de "my god is the sun". ❤

[@borntohula]

Love to see a return to this stoner sound, not digging modern day queens. They still come out with gems but sad to say a lot of the pop rock tracks make me cringe. Rated R is a masterpiece

[@PreLeisureTrax]

Dat Vocal effect

[@MarkGray-r5v]

Don't plan on marrying me I'll get you what you need Not too far to go on Not too far to bleed You can ask to take it easy on you Be careful what you wish for Ooh yeah Ooh yeah Ooh yeah And I could Better put your ashes on you baby I'll get you what you need Not too far to go on Not too far to bleed Not too far to bleed Not too far to bleed

[@JunglistD-cs5vi]

The Plastic Turk sessions is just a bootleg made up by a fan and distributed online. I have a copy of this bootleg. Notes follow "Queens of the Stone Age - The Plastic Turks Sessions (1997). 01 - Oppenheimer's Brother (Instrumental) 02 - Rickshaw In late 1997/early 1998, a tiny group named Queens of the Stone Age showed up at Jupiter Studios in Seattle to record a demo. The band at that time consisted of Joshua Homme, John McBain, Mike Johnson, and Alfredo Hernandez. The results of that demo are right here, 2 songs that have been never been officially released. Both songs are unique in that they both sound like songs that should have been on a Kyuss record like Welcome to Sky Valley. Oppenheimer’s Brother is a raunchy and chugging instrumental, and Rickshaw (also known as Sherbert) is a very heavy, psychedelic song with a riff that’s right out of … And The Circus Left Town. I found the best possible copies of the song out there, and put them together with proper tagging and (in true bootleg fashion) added some cover art I made. It’s not only an interesting piece of history for those that love the band, it’s a legitimately good first effort for the band. "

[@Cobain_5150]

This song is hypnotic.

[@daddydolla5210]

Greatest song ever.

[@andrewrre401]

Sounds good coming out my space cruiser cockpit stereo 🚀

[@JackIgnacio.Nahmias]

this is rickshaw, from vol 5&6 of Desert Sessions

[@everdarkness09]

This sounds so similar to the end of spaceship landing - kyuss ( the secret song after that 25 min long wait of silence or so)

[@AlexanderSupertramp1]

this is just perfect

[@abcdefuyou]

I play it like C5, A5, E5, and the C with the open String but with 14th fret on F-string/A-string..sounds kinda accurate but I'm not sure.

[@Bender_Rodriguez]

desert sessions 5/6 and 6 on "10..... after Kyuss before Gamma Ray an QOTSA.....

[@Multibjarne]

Yeah, I remember! I will write it on the info right up. I thought he wrote only the riff

[@showsomesignsoflife]

I could fall asleep to this

[@thelittlestpixie76]

Dirty guitar, party of one, your table is ready

[@stonednoise]

Drums reminds me about Bela Lugosi's dead by Bauhaus...anyway..awesome song.

[@joehyas]

The only true version of rickshaw!!!

[@miserableoutcast]

Maybe it's just because they both open with rim shots/a stick count but My God Is the Sun seems to be calling back to this song.

[@andrewcanning3840]

I’ve only just noticed this!

[@IamLiterallyRetarded]

They have come a long way, technically and "sound-wise", but this song is still great. If it was recorded now it would stand up.

[@NegoClau]

@Sw1ebertje I know, its probably not Joey in the drums of this version, but man... CHECK THE NATASHA'S MEMORIAL CONCERT when they play Rickshaw live with Joey Castillo AND Matt Cameron on the drums... Please notice specially what Joey is doing on the drums... I think (and hear and see) he plays this version... I guess that's why I still think Joey is on the drums in this version... But maybe that's just me...

[@DerFlowrist]

This is fucking pure ecstasy ..

[@elizabethacioly5325]

sountrack off my Life QOTSA I LOVE!!!!!!!!!!

[@jerryneace98]

Is it still?

[@daverlb]

.......So cool.....

[@hippyharrison]

I found my google account from high school. This was #1 on the playlist called "doped" but I dont ever remember this song. Fuck I used to get so high.

[@tuomasgrannas3656]

This song is just pure fucking magic.

[@statebarajas]

He revisited this groove with My God Is The Sun 🫠

[@FadingFires]

I can hear why Josh changed it up so much...I like this one better but it sounds like it came straight from a Kyuss album.

[@kristinguldner9473]

Oh yes. I love this.

[@creature6584]

how can these guys be so fuckin good

[@rastajeff9625]

drunk out of my mond but that just makes this shit better

[@ghostinthecraig]

Is it just me or do you feel like My God Is The Sun was about to begin….

[@Therealstoob]

I hear it

[@Sw1ebertje]

@claurio Joey is not drumming here. He started playing with QotSA somewhere late 2002-begin 2003. This is Alfredo Hernandez or Matt Cameron.

[@thehumanoperator]

i'm sure this is Rickshaw early version ,but remember Terje ,that McBain told me ,Sherbert was an instrumental song that he composed