Queens of the Stone Age - The Fun Machine Took a Shit and Died (Guitar Cover)

You can see me breathing out before playing this song at the start of the vid because this song is so damn LONG and has so many crazy changes, easy to fuck up and I had to restart many times, glad it's done!!
So this cover is pretty accurate apart from I didn't have a slide to use so improvised a bit, some of the Josh Homme fills are nearly note for note and others are me just having fun, also the ending of the song there are pull offs during the balls to the wall chord strumming section, which I could not get right because I don't have the pitch shifting pedals Homme has. Other than that, it's close to how it's played live! (Added a lil easter egg in the quiet section)...
Enjoy, more to come x

[@dgguitars4091]

Added an easter egg to a specific live version of this song, 10 points to whoever links it! This was an absolute monster of a song, I mean read the description, you can tell I was losing my mind a bit haha - also brought back my intro, do you guys dig it or?... As usual thanks for the support and I hope you enjoy! Big love x

[@Stechunderscore]

Awesome cover as always! And your version could be from a few different gigs I've seen but I just saw this for the first time yesterday. Absolutely awesome concert. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWSuYp9ufcqVnM0

[@ghostsoldier7542]

The easter egg is the "Spiders and Vinegaroons" riff that Josh played at Rock Werchter 2011: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmKwlJSOqpqNm7M

[@ArgonianAleConnoisseur]

the intro is cool

[@Tedolightbulb]

hey great job. got a question tho, that clip in the beginning was from a big trippy video that the go with the flow music video is from, there was more to it and im trying to find the original video. that clip in the beginning was more from that original go with the flow vision, please tell me if you know. if you didn’t, nice find look into that and try and find it you’ll see the actual artist from the era vulgaris album art, i even know who it is. if you’re interested in hearing about it, even if you’re just finding out and wanna know more ill tell

[@dgguitars4091]

@@Tedolightbulbhaha that clip was made by my flat mate at the time, he did it on blender for me as a test but also as an opener for my channel, loved it so have used it most of the time (when I remember to put it in 😂) - it’s just a recreation, it’s not from anything of that era, it was made in 2020/2021!

[@LucasIndrusiak]

This was the apex of their creativity. Weird is that i took more than a year listening to Era Vulgaris (know it's not from that album, but close enough "era") to start to like it and enjoy it as my favourite album of theirs. This is their opera.

[@Skinny2210]

I have two versions of Era Vulgaris. One has Running Joke and Era Vulgaris as tracks 12 & 13 the other version just has Fun Machine as track 12. It was years before I found this out lol.

[@LucasIndrusiak]

@@Skinny2210 I have the vinil one without Fun machine :/

[@jimreed2138]

Originally it was recorded for Lullabies but was misplaced for years. That's why it ended up as a b side for Era Vulgaris.

[@jimreed2138]

My opinion the absolute best version is from Over The Years And Through The Woods🤘🤘🤘

[@SunofShasta]

I learned this song about 15 years ago and never bothered to relearn it. I remember the tuning being weird. It is an absolute beast. Great job. Nice spiders and vinegaroons nod there.

[@dgguitars4091]

A string is tuned to down to G, same as Wolf, muting the E string the whole song is hard, I'm thinking they must tune it to a G as well to add extra power but didn't think to try it till just now lol ayy thanks man, I love it when they do it live, so cool

[@jakewatson6303]

What a sick song. So many riffs

[@dgguitars4091]

Made it a headfuck to learn, it’s sort of like Noses in Roses in a way with the amount of stuff going on

[@Coltist...6g3]

​@dgguitars4091 Noses in Rose's and The Evil has Landed are the closest to this with how many good riffs they have.

[@noorakarriou1892]

just casually being the coolest guy alive 🫡

[@cmousdale]

great job man - I fuuuuuuuuuuuuu*king love this song. You can see how Crooked Vultures had their sound.

[@dgguitars4091]

Oh for sure, Era Vulgaris and TCV are some of my fave albums of Homme’s work but tbh, all of Homme’s stuff would be in my top albums 😂

[@foemasher]

Been following your channel basically since you started it, love all you covers and this is my favorite song. Really underappreciated and unknown, for me it encapsulates the queens sound fully, decadently carnival. And of course, you nailed it.

[@foemasher]

Also know this is a wonky tuning so bravo to get the tone.

[@dgguitars4091]

That’s awesome that you’ve been here since the start I really appreciate you! Yeah it’s in my top queens songs too, just absolutely mind blowing, I remember when I first heard the middle jam, never heard anything like it! Thanks for watching and your support as always!

[@consciencekiller]

My absolute favourite QOTSA track. You nailed it! 🤌

[@jackmackenzie8870]

Seriously good cover 😁 i like that you left in the part from spiders & vinegaroons at the end. Always appreciate how close to the original your guitar sounds. Great job dude

[@dgguitars4091]

Thank you so much, glad you picked out the Easter egg :) thanks for watching!

[@BockwinkleB]

My favorite of theirs, along with I Appear Missing.

[@dgguitars4091]

Same man, live version from 2011 just blows my mind

[@everycrayfish1657]

Loved this! Also liked the spiders and vinegaroons in the middle part!

[@Nathan-xs9rc]

Era vulgaris is the best Queenaz album. And this track just bombs !! Thanks mate

[@buluiz]

Man, you are ROCK! You just nailed it! 🤘🏻😎 Glad that deep breath at the start worked out lol. And at the end I felt your "THERE IT IS, HA!" gesture 😆

[@dgguitars4091]

YOU GET ME hahah, I'm glad you caught that face at the end as well, I laughed a bit when I saw it while editing, I don't remember doing it at all hahah

[@jimreed2138]

Outstanding dude!! Just subscribed bro!!

[@flushfries5633]

Been waiting for this one!

[@dgguitars4091]

Me too honestly, earlier I didn't think I'd get through this god damn song haha - I can't believe they pull this off so well live now I've learnt it all, it's such a difficult song haha

[@MrOlisimon]

Just amazing 👏 🤘🏼 I'd love a tutorial for this one 😍

[@honkyheath]

That notification is coming in clutch🤙 Bravo, my guy

[@dgguitars4091]

Thanks for watching man!

[@killopatra_]

Dude, sick...I know this was a pain in the ass to learn lmao. And your intro is awesome, too! What will our band be called? Supplicants of the Stone Age?

[@mennowokke2965]

This sounds awesome, well done mate!

[@dgguitars4091]

Thank you!!

[@0francis0]

That’s was a killer cover brotha! Goddamnit!!! Fucking amazing

[@XxCorvette1xX]

Oh sick I love this song, great cover man Lots of cool riffs in this one

[@dgguitars4091]

🤘🏻 thank you!

[@AndrewMcMillen]

Extremely impressive cover sir, well done and thanks for sharing!!

[@dgguitars4091]

Cheers! :)

[@Tigerbone75]

Awesomeness 😎

[@mennoslegers5583]

Sick cover man!!!

[@dgguitars4091]

Cheers!

[@flyingwondercat739]

hell yeah 😎 nice cover dude

[@dgguitars4091]

Legend, thank you!

[@foemasher]

Fuck i love this song! It's so discordant and so melodic at the same time. I really think this is one of the best queens songs of all time. I have to ask have you tried any TVC stuff? Feel like a cover of Spinning in the daffs would be a fun one to play. I listen to this cover more than the original because the guitar is accentuated. Just great.

[@kurtcleary6794]

Flawless

[@scorched_ear1h]

Awesome cover! So cool how you make that Strat integral to your sound. Could you post some of your thoughts on the new album? Just finished listening to it for the second time and am curious how you feel about it.

[@dgguitars4091]

Thank you! I’m actually editing a full first time reaction video to the album atm, it has a lot of me going ‘it’s so goood’ and ‘god damn’ haha But also I’m putting a review and my thoughts on it at the end of the video, will be out hopefully next week! :)

[@lukastorre3184]

Sick and amazing

[@Tocaraca]

Are the two guitars shown in this video the only guitar lines in this mix? They sound pretty full, which is surprising if those are the only audio tracks (on top of the actual song) because most rock songs have multiple guitar tracks layered to make a bigger sound

[@aidenlawrence4949]

What tuning are you in ? Thinking about trying to learn this myself

[@dgguitars4091]

It’s standard tuning with the A string tuned down to a G!

[@patrickbourke2385]

One of my favourites. That easter egg is kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmKwlJSOqpqNm7M Rock Werchter. I've spent countless hours learning that full live show on drums.

[@dgguitars4091]

That wasn't the show I referenced but I did find it useful for slowing down Troy's crazy picking section haha I used this one - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHnHfX2Ogs5krKs Thanks for watching!!

[@patrickbourke2385]

@@dgguitars4091 ah, I'd forgotten about that one!

[@aeroplato1016]

Woah! That was Awesome 😱🤯 Loved it! (⁠✯⁠ᴗ⁠✯⁠) Also... yeah... even though I can't play guitar, I still can see and understand how difficult this must have been to play (⁠・⁠_⁠・⁠;⁠) Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 This is a song that I never listened live because back when I was 16, I went to one of their shows, and, I've heard from a friend of mine that this was Josh Homme's favourite song (not sure if still is tho), but because of that, I was trying to listen live for the first time whenever I go to another show of them... although, I am considering now listening live on KZbin anyway, since it wasn't actually a promise, and Damn, it must sound Awesome (⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠)

[@dgguitars4091]

Listen to it live on KZbin it’s unreal, thanks for the support as always man!

[@aeroplato1016]

@@dgguitars4091 You're welcome 😁 And Great idea 👀〰️👀

[@G.G.___162]

Is this in C standard? I remember trying to learn this song a while back and thinking it must be on a different tuning than their usual C standard, but I dk I never figured it out

[@dgguitars4091]

No it’s standard tuning with the A string tuned down to G, same tuning as Someone’s in the Wolf!

[@PirataRosso]

we need a tab!

[@javiercalderon226]

tunning?

[@dgguitars4091]

The A string is dropped down to a G, the rest is in standard, you don’t hit the low E string at all in this song

[@ckaiser1971]

This is very important information. 👍