Queens of the Stone Age - The Way You Used to Do (Audio)

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[@norijagar]

the funny thing is, i read all the comments saying "I'm not sure guys.." etc. I remember when the singles for Like Clockwork came out, I wasn't that impressed at first. I was used to Songs for the Deaf and Era and Lullabies. Now I fucking LOVE like clockwork. That's the beauty of queens.. every album is a grower. Every single one. Give it a year of having the album out and you'll all look back on this and laugh at your lack of faith. It's Queens of the Stone Age. They won't ever disappoint.

[@seandoyle6029]

Fullmetal - Norik like clockwork is their best album imo, every track is amazing

[@colinfitzgerald5875]

This is the truth. After you play this song about 5 times and hear all its little hidden gems you wont be able to stop. That's why I love this band to death.

[@popkorn256]

1) I still don't like Clockwork 2) Even Led Zeppelin and Sabbath disappointed, so I wouldn't be so sure for QOTSA, even if I used to love what they did. Unfortunately.

[@adamhasty1395]

Got to admit, I didn't know what to think when I saw that Mark Ronson produced this album. First listen through this single was nothing special. Now it keeps getting better. Hints of Them Crooked Vultures, EODM in the mix, and definite echoes of Era Vulgaris' riffed-out weirdness. This is gonna be good. I've never seen a band be able to change their sound so much album to album yet still be unmistakable. Can't wait for this one to drop.

[@desmondd1984]

Part of it is the changing cast of the band. Josh Homme is the one constant, and everyone else that cycles through the band brings their own sound.

[@mattiamari2569]

leaving your comfort zone is the only way to remain artistically alive. LOVE THIS. WELL FUCKING DONE!

[@stevydale]

mattia mari cfhuhgnhgv. V by

[@neilr2497]

i need friends who listen to qotsa, i have no one to share excitement with

[@Robbeard_]

Neil R im with you my friend :)

[@aldokhai4660]

Neil R agreed haha now that I think about that...I don't have many friends hahaha but whatever QOTSA is one of the best bands that I like

[@yukimaruzam]

My listening party on Friday Aug 25 will be a party of one. In my basement. Still great.

[@aaroncadwallader9794]

I bought their first one from my brother for $5. I would describe it in one word: Timeless. My personal favorite QOTSA album, with SFTD and EV close behind. Somehow I ended up with seven Queens discs ! Ive been on a heavy Melvins and Neurosis kick lately, but i spin the Queens discs from time to time. This is not bad, im not complaining.

[@Sofia-cz7cf]

Neil R TOTALLY agree wth you.seen them twice n josh fucken rules.i dont know anybody that listens to them.so at one of the concert i went to i was shocked to see all the fans of qotsa.like wtf where do ya live can we be friends.i bn a fan since 2002 and i got my two son hooked on this band.so i share my excitement wth them..😎

[@radiated117]

This is like a modernised rockabilly with a pop feel. I like it.

[@chadcassidy1580]

or a trendy bandwagon jumpin Black Keys ripoff haha I'll agree with you on the pop thing though. Sorry, not for me. I like heavy rock music, like what Kyuss and the first 2 Queens albums were like

[@ygrasdilthrashdaddy3186]

This sounds nothing like the Black Keys lol moron

[@dkhan1330]

Had to be chad.

[@ArtPaul483]

Wild Cat more like Swing.

[@adupswillbeback3390]

What fucking pop feel?

[@deadendfriends1975]

Ginger Elvis is in the building

[@fredericohartmann8882]

Kevin Taylor accurate

[@rjeso]

Our lord and savior Ginger Elvis ❤️

[@TexasChainsawdustlovers]

But Mark Ronson is there too, it would seem.

[@strangewayfaringstranger]

@@rjeso Hmmm no.

[@rohanmehta8148]

He sure loves to dance..

[@pankaikz1038]

Came from NFS Payback, stayed for Queens of the Stone Age

[@Thejim0212]

Same

[@Sapizanza]

Ohh boys...you haven't played U2 then ;)

[@SPECTRA890]

same here!!!

[@debsirin116]

Best part of the game

[@pankaikz1038]

@@Sapizanza yep

[@KaneWWF]

Need For Speed Payback Memories🔥🔥

[@brunechaves6226]

yeaaa

[@tylerfinnce3492]

My favorite game

[@damiencouturee6240]

@@tylerfinnce3492 Last NFS I played was Underground on the original Xbox. It was decent but it had such a problem with pop-in vehicle spawns. Kinda turned me off to NFS, all racing games kind of have a roblem with spawns ad artificial difficulty. Look at Mario Kart's absolutely broken rubber banding for starters.

[@bouncingshot]

ye

[@Faridosaurio]

I play Yet Haha good times

[@derfgerps4016]

This is so fucking good, I swear they're the most consistent working band in rock today.

[@Muzikrazy213]

Between this and the snippet of Feet Don't fail me now, This album sounds like its gonna be a non-stop dance party

[@userAnonymous90123]

It's happening! Can't wait for the full album.

[@phasergim2154]

Just cause it’s catchy doesn’t mean it’s pop.

[@mehimself3936]

Anything that is catchy is pop,what you think qotsa's other songs are not catchy?

[@michaelarkell5437]

Pop - ular.

[@peraivko]

just to say how catchy is it, i watched porn with it and i had to find it, so i did, and here i am

[@nemezio9495]

Whats the problem with it being pop?

[@phasergim2154]

P.G. Souza never said pop was bad

[@killmekillme1193]

Just finished my 3rd listen. First listen: not too sure, wasn't too bad. Second listen: hey, this is actually pretty good. Third listen: HOLY FUCK I AM FEELING IT

[@jenaymora-ramirez7831]

KillMeKillMe exactly. 🖒🎸🎶😌🎶🎸

[@evabakker]

KillMeKillMe for me it was the other way round :/

[@breh9243]

Eva Bakker same

[@talktalk3]

EXACT SAME. grew on me like a bad rash

[@alijaved3408]

I am still in the first listen,, yeah i aint too sure how to feel about this song. :/

[@jerrysizzler44]

Josh Homme's voice is the Devil singing like an angel. xoxoxo

[@vampiretree]

The Devil was an angel though.

[@ihave5subs807]

Vincent Lillis wouldnt he still be

[@vampiretree]

I think about him more in the past tense, the past fictional tense.

[@tomhughes1452]

My new feel good hit for the summer

[@vvar389]

Feel Good The Way You Used To Do

[@enoiseh]

Nothing brought me there, I did it myself

[@cantutmez8854]

Based

[@user-lg6rt9ex9z]

Legend.

[@HumFan]

The band nothing?

[@kirsteng3876]

Loved QOTSA since 2002 - and I love this. It makes me want to dance, or run, or just move - good music does that. It's different from other QOTSA tunes, but that's okay because evolution happens in bands that have been around as long as they are.

[@chadmatthews6025]

I am using my husbands account but the song rocks your socks off. First few bars and I was hooked!!!!

[@InsertCleverNameHere0]

That riff is like a sweet Cadillac pulling up to a party

i'm thinking something more powerful yet dirty, like an old camaro or a dirty mustang, but yeah, cars where also the first thing in my mind after hearing it.

[@jefftragheit]

Andrés Monroy Vallejo Legit, that Beat to shit 70s Camaro. driven by the guy who everyone loves but nobody really knows.

[@Andf-kc4xx]

Faustus Caligula 😂😂😂

[@InsertCleverNameHere0]

hell maybe it's just the car from the No One Knows video

[@leilakiss914]

This song is about Brody Dalle. “The first time I met Josh I was seventeen and he was twenty-two. It was on the Lollapalooza tour and I loved Kyuss, and I saw him and knew the band had broke up so we just started talking about it and we took a picture together. I was such a little fan. We didn’t see each other again for seven years.”

[@YBA-ey7dq]

😜

[@yam83]

You just struck me dead. That's sweet

[@jasonfrancese8359]

Maybe it is NFS Payback being where I heard this song, but it really has a feeling of casual precision. Knowing what to do and doing it quickly and efficiently. Perfect for a racing game. I swear, this one is probably my favorite to hear when I drift around a bend and nitrous to keep myself moving.

[@Francisco-co3lb]

'A little bit of QOTSA in my life'...

[@voxvire2350]

A little bit of Villains by my side

[@patwaddington]

Ulodan a little bit of Homme's all I need

[@lukeevans1050]

JON THEODORE!!!!!

[@ChristyCent1997]

Last time I was this early, Dave Grohl was in the band

[@fortworths]

STFU.

[@jasonm2279]

Last time you were this early. You apologized and told her to wait 5 min.

[@aperezto]

Chris Brady good times

[@ChristyCent1997]

jason mastrandrea Ahh you got me good

[@jasonm2279]

your a good sport man. cheers to the new QOTSA

[@mvjosef.alvarezg.8844]

waiting And pray for more Desert, Stoner riffs/music in this album

[@DarlingPhenylethylamine]

I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you. I don't see it being that oriented towards the desert / stoner sound of old. But maybe there'll be a riff or two as a referential nod.

[@Papatorrejano]

Listen to their past catalog for desert, stoner riffs. This is the present. Evolution.

[@DarlingPhenylethylamine]

Sure, it's the present and it's evolution, that doesn't mean it's automatically good. I appreciate risks and change, but risks are risky and change is change. Anyway, who's to say this ain't devolution? I don't know. What bothers me isn't its poppiness, because I'm a music man, all for a bit of song and dance, but the production isn't doing it for me, the mix is off. The vocals don't sit well in the mix and it just feels like there's something missing. It's not got that zing to it. That zest. But we'll wait and see. I'm optimistic that the record as a whole and the song in context will be sweet as somethin' sweet.

[@Papatorrejano]

Have read similar opinions about the production. No low end at all and even no proper use of Mr Theodore's sound. I'm optimistic as well. I just watched Josh talking to Zane Lowe and tells why this is the single, how he met Ronson days before working on the Gaga track he recorded. Judging by the lenght of those other songs on the tracklist which are 4 to 6 minutes is gonna be interesting. Josh doesn't allow himself to not be epic with such track duration..

[@DarlingPhenylethylamine]

I myself watched that interview, evidently around the time that you did. Enthusiasm is infectious, ain't it? Hearing Josh talk to Zane Lowe about it and explain his reasoning and what the song's about and what it's foundation is - the kind of Big Band thing, lindy hoppin' - I have to say it leaves me feeling more open to it and what's to come. I feel a tenderness to it that I maybe didn't feel at first, but that probably would have come with more spins anyway. I just think it needs to be heard in context. I'm guessing this'll be like I Sat By The Ocean in terms of where it sits in the album and how it plays into the whole thing. Wasn't that track 2? (I should know!) I think it's going to be a beautiful little record, a tight nine. It's nine tracks right? Short but sweet - like Post Pop Depression. I reckon I'll like it even better than PPD and a bit less than ...LC. But hey, I'm not filling my boots with cement. I'll swim with it. Cute little mutant mermaid.

[@therealcurlyjefferson2969]

Just heard this on the radio, so glad I found it and it's a new favorite band of mine. There needs to be more music like this out there, like Royal blood as well.

[@ThatFFan]

ANOTHER ROYAL BLOOD FAN LETS GOOOOOOOO

[@TheDiscoNarwhal]

This song cured my scurvy.

[@InsomniaRex]

TheDiscoNarwhal try vitamin C 😆😉

[@TheDiscoNarwhal]

No need anymore!

[@iamnotevenanumber3312]

Vitamin C...? I don't want to know what the C stands for. ok.

[@KristieKristie]

All of these comments are killin' me! This ones my fave

[@TheDiscoNarwhal]

aw, you're too sweet.

[@ashtonwatson9928]

I love that Josh changes his style so much working with different people yet he still keeps his hooks and tones.

[@sumadre101]

do I hear a Them Crooked Vultures vibe on this track, I think I doooo

[@hannesh.3349]

Kinda yes with a lot of EoDM

[@edgewatersbestguitarist1524]

purpleburple exactly what I was thinking, but its so much background music I'm wanting some lead to ... well, lead it

[@tomwebb0811]

Definitely

[@rjhughes4352]

I don't i kind of get a eagles of death metal feel to it

[@bastardokid]

Hardly, Tom Hardly.

[@alejandrogaray6684]

first time I heard this song it didn't quite convinced me... NOW I LOVE THIS SONG!!! has an amazing capability to grow and develop if you keep listening

[@benedekgabor.]

Fuck.... First i thought this song is not a big deal, but after 3-4 times of listening and it's pretty much growing on me! :D

[@benedekgabor.]

PS.: I also love, the fact that everyone is a master of mixing nowadays....

[@ollyarcadia]

Gábor Benedek you don't have to be a master of mixing to know that the song sounds like trash

[@benedekgabor.]

I don't know man. I think honestly not that bad as how they say.

[@ollyarcadia]

Gábor Benedek that's your opinion man but to my ear it sounds like total trash, I'm sitting waiting for it to kick in properly or something

[@ViuvaNegra666]

Stay only for the album "... Like Clockwork" . QOTSA is not for you.... idiot!!!!

[@americanmusik]

Guess what song I'm blasting in my car all summer...

[@DansJustGaming]

MyGodIsTheSun a song by blink-182 maybe?

[@ale_schneider]

MyGodIsTheSun Not a new Tool song, that's for sure.

[@Psyfonify]

man oh man is blink-182 a terrible band

[@BETTER.ART.]

Your opinion.

[@alexwales8914]

Schneider Alejandro Plz don't make me cry

[@fgimlif9494]

LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@deziking]

Where?

[@fgimlif9494]

TO THE DANCEFLOOR

[@faramund9865]

North! To Vabbi!

[@much_love]

Swole is the goal, size is the prize?

[@grimjules4989]

Damn, Josh Homme is the True captain of this fuck-wagon.

[@cardboardleaf7971]

PoV: You're tearing through the drift course in your favourite ride, tire smoke filling the air as you hit the 4x multiplier.

[@connorburkhardt3410]

Guys chill, it's only the first song. No matter what you think about this song I think we can all agree that the 30 second play of "feet don't fail me" was absolutely amazing. It's gonna be a great album

[@ethereallens]

QOTSA IS LOVE QOTSA IS LIFE

[@pattonPwr]

hype

[@imveryape]

Actually, The Blood is Love.

[@deaninator182]

shrek is love, shrek is life...

[@nscaocnjs]

Dante Smith I was only nine years old. I loved QoTSA so much, I had all the merchandise and albums. I'd pray to Josh Homme every night before I go to bed, thanking for the life I've been given. "QotSA is love", I would say, "QotSA is life". My dad hears me and calls me a faggot. I knew he was just jealous for my devotion of Joshua Homme. I called him a cunt. He slaps me and sends me to go to sleep. I'm crying now and my face hurts. I lay in bed and it's really cold. A warmth is moving towards me. I feel something touch me. It's Josh. I'm so happy. He whispers in my ear, "This is my Lullaby". He grabs me with his powerful guitar hands, and puts me on my hands and knees. I spread my ass-cheeks for Joshua. He penetrates my butthole. It hurts so much, but I do it for Josh. I can feel my butt tearing as my eyes start to water. I push against his force. I want to please Josh. He roars a mighty roar, as he fills my butt with his love. My dad walks in. Joshua looks him straight in the eye, and says, "It's all a long slow goodbye ". Josh leaves through my window. QotSA is love. QotSA is life.

[@ericthorpe5670]

Nicolás Ortiz sooooo....

[@joeeazy9316]

Welcome back to the stone age.

[@JonBownePolitix]

We love them so much we could cry. The artwork is amazing as are the songs and the videos that will follow will be phenomenal. There is no doubt that they are one of the most talented bands of our time. Our grandchildren will look back in awe of QOTSA in much the same way that we do today.

[@Dynamitejason]

It is so amazing how every album has such a distinct sound, yet feels exactly like QOTSA!!! I'm so excited for this album!!!

[@otavioaugustofreitas]

Amazing song!!! Come to Brazil!!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@Murilo-mv2wg]

Otávio Freitas BRRRR

huehuehuehue BR

[@helenaconstantino2522]

Otávio Freitas 💚💛 BR 👊🏻

[@doouglassflash]

HUEHUEHUE BRBRBR

[@wheretfami582]

Otávio Freitas Nice meme

[@avantemitchell3888]

I only found this from the last episode of the trailer park boys animated series (came out yesterday) also I remembered it from need for speed payback

[@derekdavis8614]

Wait wait wait wait wait a minute.... trailer park boys has an animated series???!?!? You waited this long to tell me?!?

[@69223]

Same here

[@pizzatime1244]

Derek Davis yes sir the first season is on Netflix

[@alexanderjeromewhite2380]

Saaaame. Its really good. I just finished it

[@stevendc6872]

I love that show. The animated and original

[@gravymuztache8108]

I can definitely hear Mark Ronson's influence in this. Honestly, I'm not mad at it. I hope there are more progressive songs on the album but this is a nice groovy single. These guys continue to be my favorite modern rawk band.

[@YannisPatras]

The Internet at it again. Nobodies from around the world pass judgment to a band that has only offered the best they could for YEARS to no end. As if fucking "... Like Clockwork" didn't show what great artists they are... they make another album and immediately people shit at it without even listening to the whole thing. What strenuous work to be a critic...

[@scsd9206]

finally somone said it, omg thank you for this comment.

[@YBA-ey7dq]

you right!!

[@thisusernameistoolong]

You're totally right, dude.

[@rolleroftherock1]

Yannis Patras In all honesty tho, it can be very easy to be a critic if you hear it, and don't like it, then you can say you don't like it. Also the song is what it is. Whether to some people that's good or bad, doesn't matter. It simply is what it is.

[@MarviNacho]

Yeah, how dare people have an opinion. I mean shit, I am legitimately looking forward to the album and all but "Nobodies from around the world pass judgment to a band that has only offered the best they could for YEARS to no end." First of all, effort alone does not warrant praise. Remember that one album you strongly dislike? Someone worked hard on that. And second, everyone passes judgment. Even people who like it and say "Wow, this album will be amazing". It's just as unqualified and unbased as saying "Wow, this album will be shit". The difference is, one of them conveniently fits your own opinion, so it's alright. What I am saying is this, either quit those double standards when regarding those who (admittedly poorly) express an opinion that you don't like or, even better, just fucking stop caring about what stupid stuff other people do on the internet.

[@Crissalonsourra]

porque mierda terminé sin ropa al final de la cancion?

[@claudiacruz1483]

Cristian Vidal jajajaja te entiendo

[@israelhernandezguerra9782]

+Papatorrejano pack?

[@occamsbeatinstick.3076]

This is one of the best songs for payback, I'm surprised this song isn't featured in more movies. I can't imagine doing a loud and dumb heist in Payday without this.

[@abond623]

Homme (about new album): "This album is here to do bad guy stuff. The goal was for everyone go 'WTF' when they hear it. In a world of desperately going for ‘likes’ I think ‘Villains’ is more like ‘we’ll take the dislikes, we’ll take all the outcasts’"

[@lordminosiii6081]

I love how Boneface slips his little cameos into his works like this

[@Blitzkrieg632]

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[@johnking3341]

Frickin' genius Kevin!

[@Robbeard_]

seriously ?

[@mistersparkrle]

I don't normally tell people when I love a comment they make but in your case I'll make an exception. great work you!

[@wedgesalad3163]

Nah it would probably contain "Skin on Skin" and "Six Shooter"

[@godnotavailable2094]

Kevin Retamoso That was actually pretty clever lmao

[@petranekrealtyinc7450]

This song KILLS- like all QOTSA. Josh is one of the few "rock stars" that you really feel is like a brother or just a guy you went to high school with... He's the real deal. Genuine.

[@F0RAdeF0C0]

A rockabilly style with more distorcion + misfits way to sing + some riffs like the smiths - "what difference does it make"...and VOILÀ ....a fucking new song of Queens!

[@gingerelvis93]

I love the songs groove and feel, my biggest issue is I feel the mixing made it a little too light, I felt like there needed to be more bite, which everything else I heard from the album has more of and I love it

[@Scutezo]

I love this song for it's lack of bite, people say it's poppy but this song has got a tameness that I think fits it and makes it hold up better when relistening. The song also just feels more emotional when you get to the chorus and there's no deafening riff to take your attention away from Josh. Forgot enter wasn't post

[@gingerelvis93]

@@Scutezo Woah comment 5 years later :O Honestly I quite liked the album over all

[@mynameismattfirered9276]

​​@@gingerelvis93 Villains is the only album i listen to in its entirety at least once or twice a week, its perfect

[@shadowdancer5124]

I can still remember when the single was first released!!!! Love how it's all so diverse!!

[@holdenswyers5709]

this songs riff scratches all the crevasses of my brain

[@MarshallCommaDave]

How many hours of having an erection are you supposed to wait before calling the doctor?? I'm asking for a friend...

[@christianyoung5245]

if an erection lasts for more than 4 hours....call more ladies

[@clairity99]

Lasts more than 4 hours?! Call me!!

[@MJY5more]

I came here from this playing in my local indoor Karting place JD Racing And NFS of course

[@cana8218]

I've never heard of this band, I think I love them already

[@thirdeyelandslide_]

Oh if you love this, their other stuff will blow you away.

[@ianaird1073]

Brilliant riff,quality queens.

[@ifyoureadthisyoudi]

Album of the year confirmed!

[@pattonPwr]

too much hype.

[@ifyoureadthisyoudi]

wht not?

[@TABBYFINSTAH]

It's Queens of the Stone Age.

[@pattonPwr]

it's not qotsa since Oliveri was fired

[@TABBYFINSTAH]

Jorge CL Each era of QotSA has come with its own unique brilliance, which I think is what makes them the best rock band around rn. I loved everything that Nick brought to the band, but Josh would rather do away with wife beating alcoholics. I also think that Mikey Shoes is one of the most underrated musicians in the industry. To each his own :)

[@johnbrooks7753]

You people act like every single one of their albums are the same. Literally everything they've done sounds different, but you can still tell it's a qotsa song. I say job well done and I can't wait for the album.

[@rain_maiden]

Hey When I first met her she was 17 17 Jump like an arsonist to a perfect match Burned alive We run where no one could find us Girl, we outrun everyone But it doesn't matter now Just come and love me how Like the way you used to do Yeah Is love mental disease or lucky fever dream? Fine with either Gave birth to monsters who will terrorize normalcy, yeah They'll terrorize, yeah-yeah If the world exploded behind us I never noticed if it done Let nobody dare confine us I'll bury anyone who does But it doesn't matter now Just come and love me how Like the way you used to do Ooh-ooh-ooh Now The way you used to do Hey My heart's a ding-a-ling A puppet on a string C'est la vie So lay your hands across my beating heart Love Love, yeah If the world exploded behind us I never noticed if it does Let nobody dare confine us I'll bury anyone who does But it doesn't matter now Just come and love me how Like the way you used to do You used to do The way you used to do Woah! Come and love me now The way you used to do The way you used to do

[@sethwhalen5619]

My favourite song to off-road too

[@twinsnakes]

The feeling of the music being empty, lacking and too different are symptoms of over expecting and over hyping. When the album is out, and this track plays, you'll be perplexed as to how you ever thought it sounded bad..

[@seanswartout295]

Your obviously not into qotsa or you wouldn't have gone out your way to hate on their long anticipated new material like this, you don't NEED to reply to music you don't like, you can just hit the 👎 below the video. Who cares if it is on the album or not? We should just focus on the song! You can respectively crawl back into the asshole in which you came good sir.

[@SavageHenry777]

I hope you're right! Other tracks off Villains I've heard I've really liked the sound of though, so it may be that I just don't like this song as much as the others ultimately, kinda like "My god is the sun" of LC... which was the first single they released

[@rei9185]

Randomly found this on Spotify and I've already heard it 3 times! So grateful to have been one of the first to hear it! Can't wait for Villians!

[@zucaibauralli6712]

SO FUCKING HYPED FOR GINGER ELVIS AGAIN!

[@beatmeisterbob]

Zucai Bauralli Ginger Elvis lmao

[@davegrohlssideburns2420]

"ginger elvis" im lovin this name lol

[@davegrohlssideburns2420]

"ginger elvis" im lovin this name lol

[@svartsjokolade]

The music video for this song is the epitome of Ginger Elvis.

[@heinzie5]

i've been a QOTSA fan since Rated R, always come back to them even though my tastes have changed a lot, and the times have changed with them it seems. This is an absolute jam.

[@thisusernameistoolong]

Era Vulgaris - robot rock, Villains - robot swing?

[@AlexNeedsAUsername]

I always prefered Frankenstein rock over robot rock. Josh takes some weird ass riffs that shouldnt work then "animates" them with crunchy fuckin tones and a fuck ton of bravado. Feet dont fail me now seems like a polka riff going postal

[@thisusernameistoolong]

Yeah, it sounds like polka, especially at the end of the vid =)) Feet dont fail me has a very brass sound and here we have one of that oldschool tasty wrapped overdrive quitar sound + very melodic vocal chorus. As for me, if they swap chewed overdrive and brass sound of these two songs, it can even be better. But, nevertheless, I like the song! Who am I, after all, that I do not like?!

[@scottzackowski8162]

Caravan Palace- Rock it for me= swing with robots

[@Tianowy]

About sounding like polka - there is a video, where Josh talks about how he was learning to play a guitar and yeah, there was polka involved :) (The video is called Josh Homme - Guitar Moves - Episode 3)

[@duhlike]

Yep. Tom Polonski was his teacher. You can hear his weird polka influence infused all over his work. Even with TCV. Especially with TCV. It's awesome.

[@Leboyo56]

Doesn't feel like it's been 4 years since the clockwork was last oiled, but I'm ready for these songs to paralyze me oh so vulgarly all over again. And here's a hastily thrown-in Rated R joke.

[@dtoverlord3480]

Could you repeat that? I'm deaf.

[@Leboyo56]

The "songs" word was the only joke for SFTD I could throw in without it sounding extremely choppy. Like it doesn't sound like that already.

[@dtoverlord3480]

Haha, no wonder I missed it, my bad.

[@dh_501]

Leboyo56 If only you wouldn't have gotten all tangled up in it

[@elchucofried5683]

Leboyo56 thanks for Clearing that up I was like did you forget they ever had that album

[@BalthorYT]

I love how distinct every new QotSA album sounds. This one's sounding fucking great!

[@rdurkin08]

This song is on Need for Speed: Payback and it somehow ends up playing when I feel like driving right into a giant canyon.

[@dlein93]

Christ, way too many "Ronson turned them pop!" comments here. 1) This aint pop, y'all, and it's really not that far from many of their past singles. I could easily hear this fitting right in on Era Vulgeris. 2) I actually really like the composition. The song *moves*, it progresses and goes somewhere, and I really like the way Mark Ronson mixes in a fat horn section w/ the guitars and synths towards the end. Definite 50's-era rock'n'roll, stab-someone-in-a-teenage-gang-fight vibes. 3) This is a single. Their albums are always weird, with a diverse collection of sounds. It'd make sense that they'd lead with this and not something more challenging, and this doesn't mean there won't be heavier/different songs on the album. If QOTSA had listened to you fanboys crying out for "Songs for the Deaf Pt. 2," they probably wouldn't have lasted this long as a band. Their old albums are still here for your listening pleasure, but unless they keep trying new things, the band probably wouldn't be. Chill the fuck out.

[@joshwinn4826]

dlein93 Truth, I keep saying and it seems true, if you liked Era Vulgaris you like this song and will probably enjoy the album. Personally I loved that album.

[@yannickp5454]

Man EV is my favorite album from them, and this song is far from the depth and richness EV songs had to offer. Way too generic. As far as rockabilly another production could have given this vibe but to me this is not the case at all here.

[@derrickvandevelde2066]

dlein93 Dude, what are you talking about? The song literally goes nowhere and the mix is garbage, paper thin.

[@jessespiers9699]

dlein93 - Awesome response

[@karakol86]

Era Vulgaris was so much more grittier, the songs lyrically had more depth, and the guitar riffs were more complex. This sounds like the same 3 chords. Still a good song though. Still maintain that Josh Homme is a rock god.

[@jg6551]

I like this pop side of qotsa just as much as I like the heavier side. all qotsa is good qotsa.

[@finowa]

Eh, how is this vibe that different from Era Vulgaris? Did everyone forget about that album? Compared to Lullabies, Era was WAY weirder and more different than this is to Clockwork. "I'm Designer", people. Chill out, this album's going to rule

[@punk_wizard]

Thank god someone else get it!!!

[@yannickp5454]

Sorry dude but every EV songs are better than that one ...

[@XSXSXSXSXSXSXSXSXSXSXSXSXSXSXS]

Well said dude - best album imo. I suddenly feel more positive about this record. Never judge a band on their single, it's always watered down - Can't wait for the record

[@noelmcgovern3987]

I'm designer is my least favourite queens of the stone age song

[@clemwest4536]

I'm Designer is great partly for its all-out weirdness and wonkiness, and I just don't feel the Weird in this song. I won't say anything about the album since we don't know it yet, but as someone said even the rhythm never settles into anything you can really groove to because the drums stay the same all the way. I kept expecting a huge surprise "drop", an evolution but this song doesn't evolve.

[@hsttn2k]

This song rocks!!!...live

[@Levente20]

rocks either way

[@w4vy_n4t38]

@@Levente20 Yeah

[@ThatsOneNiceKitty]

Just because the song has a groove and you can dance to it doesn't mean it's a fucking pop song people. Josh Homme loves to dance so maybe let's just all shut up and dance.

[@fruittymonstah]

it's not

[@unitshift]

It's 1000 percent a pop song. They write pop songs. Always have. Since the first record. This particular song? Verse-Pre-Chorus-Verse-Pre-Chorus-etc. That's a pop song, key word there being 'song.'

[@swsr2657]

They have done plenty of groovy dance tunes in their previous work. but they will rock us hard though, a la qotsa style just wait and see.

[@fruittymonstah]

yeah pop has its variants, it's just that i don't get why people are quick to call a song that has a commercial or mainstream sound pop when it is not always the case.

[@Anzuo]

fruitymonsta but this song is

[@smwrbd]

Gotta like all the experts critiquing the music. its always gonna change, nothing stays the same. Just sayin. Change isn't bad.

[@javiabuin6086]

As a wise man once said: "Sometimes the same is different but mostly it's the same"

[@randylahey5463]

Opinions are like assholes...

[@Frey_2026]

And you gave yours.

[@VAHZGEN]

Unless it gets worse.

[@davidlane1248]

The funny thing about QOTSA is I don't love them because they nail a particular sound or style I like. I love them because their albums are fanfuckingtastic, no matter how differently they may sound in relation to each other. I have this feeling that the apocalypse will arrive to the hypnotic sound of Homme vocals over a gnarly guitar riff. Mark my words, you beautiful bastards!

[@otiscarswell3403]

NFS brought me here I'm glad it did

[@firebirdguy3151]

The only guy that can sing falsetto and sound cool doing it.

[@c.dub6721]

Yeah Josh and Thom Yorke imo

[@origamistuffs]

+ Matt Bellamy!

[@bicasualtea7563]

@@origamistuffs thank you my good sir

[@remixdragon6156]

Damon albarn

[@gregtanner6543]

Raine Maida used to in the 90s.

[@danieljimenez5007]

woowww new QOTSA!!! ORGASMIC JOSH!!! love it, cheers from México

[@michaelburrows9051]

3:52 "KAMEHAMEHAAAA"

[@Ommeta3764]

Michael Burrows fuck off lol

[@zachr1386]

come and love me now lol

[@jeansantos8355]

HOLY SHIT

[@nikistefanogianni6844]

Now i can never unhear it

[@forgedby2112]

Come and hold me now

[@z19000]

Ugghhh. Like frickin jazz hands! The Charleston. Yum

[@rodee7798]

A QotSA album has to be listened to the first time, start to finish to fully appreciate it. Every album tells a story, a theme if you will. The way they tie songs together makes all the difference. Just listening to the single without the surrounding songs doesn't give it the justice or meaning it is suppose to have.

[@nickofhelmet]

I remember hearing Josh say after Era Vulgaris (I think?) that the album would be a grower. I listened to this first time after hearing the snippet of 'Feet don't fail me' and thought - wait...what is this now? It made me think of Eagles for sure - but then as I listened more through it you can hear that unmistaking QOTSA guitar - shifting through gears in the gorgeous key changes that only they can do. After about the third viewing I was ready to grab my partner and swing her around the room and love her like the way I used to do. This is a grower - this song I mean. Given what I've heard of 'Feet don't fail me' I feel like this album is going to have so much to offer us traditional QOTSA listeners, and for newcomers to the scene. I actually look forward to seeing this live - watching Dean, Josh and Troy all throwing around the guitar riffs and watching the band do their sexy thing. You've got me hooked again Homme - you sexy bastard.

[@joshwinn4826]

Nick Osbaldiston Same man, first listen I was like this is some poppy shit, 3rd listen I could clearly hear the QOTSA guitar style. Can't fucking wait for the album! Probably listened to this 50 times today :X

[@nickofhelmet]

Yep...I'm up to 50 I reckon...that shift and missing of notes as he climbs up the scales...bloody magnificent.

[@brunasoukids]

i'm already in loooove with this song 😍

[@2confrontational]

the trick for an optimal listening is CRANKING THIS LOUD. once you get it going, it really sounds great. I am loving this now!!!

[@thisdude2729]

Henry Cavil's fasted cardio brought me here.

[@leonor5247]

Same lol🤣

[@exeralight3585]

Same

[@lisercool]

So you too

[@toria5720]

Same!! 🤭

[@majidsufyani6765]

Same 😂

[@hadenham6709]

Are the little characters supposed to represent each band member?

[@mandarian87]

Guys, this is only the first single, they're obviously going to pick the most poppy, easily accessible tune from the record to try and get the widest possible appeal. There's still like 9 more tracks to go. You're gonna get your stoner riffs, you're gonna get your scrotum smashing drums, and you're gonna get your pants moistening guitar tones. Fucking relax.

[@tristanpatterson3843]

Fuck yeah! Saved me some typing.

[@MrGuitarandvocals]

mandarian87 I love pants moistening guitar tones

[@zerozero-726-]

This is my favourite bit of music in nfs payback

[@N.A.M.LazyCloud]

When I first met her, she was seventeen Seventeeeeeyunnnn

[@john_bingley]

In before Anthony Fantano comments

[@anthonycortez9191]

John Bingley ayyyyyy ik.

[@SpookyStreetlight]

John Bingley strong Q to a light A

[@Zoran425]

predicting a light 5

[@chimecha7960]

Will probably be in the worst tracks if not meh.

[@danielmgalhaes]

I almost can see a melon reading these comments with shadowy eyes

[@P1ckledPea]

Easily my favorite NFS Payback song, no discussion

[@Foofighter288]

First time I heard this song I was leaving Chicago on the second-to-last day of a major road trip I took to celebrate getting my license. Driving my grand mother’s 99 Corolla at 80mph the whole time. I was playing with the radio and found a local rock station which seemed to play this song four months before my hometown station, 98 Rock Baltimore, caught on. Here I am talking like it was a decade ago, but with the way things are these days, it feels like it was.

[@looooooch]

At first I did not like it, now I can not stop hearing this, i love you qotsa, i love you josh, you can do "DESPACITO" and i will still love you

[@Ezequiel-cl6qv]

I'm still waiting the qotsa song. That EODM intro is so long...

[@rosagudny3936]

This sounds so good in headphones!!

[@YIDEOUS]

I love how racing games always make sure to have qotsa like midnight club

[@gael3576]

NFS Payback 🤙🏻🤩

[@kacperkubiak4390]

I just love this song!!!!!

[@ReallyCoolGuy6969]

fuck the haters, this shit is groovy

[@sammyhat2443]

Cameron Snow dam right

[@jimmyfloyda7718]

Cameron Snow The best fucking band of all time so far .

[@floridmonkey2723]

I'm not hating, I just don't like it that much compared to their other albums.

[@coleton7048]

Cameron Snow What haters?

[@Grimlock101577]

This is rock. But besides, what's wrong with pop music...?

[@Joseph-li3df]

Every blames Mark Ronson for this album sounding the way it does, but they forget that QotSA specifically decided to work with him _because_ they wanted to experiment taking their stuff into a poppier direction. Personally I'm not a huge fan of the production on this album, but I think QotSA is more than allowed to experiment with new sounds. These songs are all still written like QotSA songs, just played through a different filter essentially.

[@brianmathews2926]

Great comment. I think QOTSA thought they needed a modern producer to remain relevant and garner attention. But their live performances of some of the songs are really redeeming for those who feel Mark Ronson wasn't a good fit or didn't get the best out of these particular tracks. The material itself really does hold up when you look at it outside of production values, and it stays true to the progression or arc of the band over the last few decades, despite being a departure from previous albums in terms of the overall mood.

[@Bawgle]

I mean Mark Ronson did help Bruno Mars do Uptown Funk so I trust him

[@chadgrov]

The production isn’t terrible, but for QOTSA it’s not my favourite sounding record by any stretch

[@darn.]

This reminds me of the end of need for speed payback when the credits play :(