The Fun Machine Took a Shit and Died ( studio version)

Era Vulgaris Studio Version of The Fun Machine Took a Shit and Died from Queens of the Stone Age.
I also have an old recording of it just click on this link:
• The Fun Machine Took a...
Enjoy

[@TheFesta01]

For those wondering what the fun machine is - its an accompaniment organ from the seventies that josh has - and judging by the song title it may have stopped working : )

[@FattyLumpOfPoo]

Oh i thought they just couldnt find a name for it so just went fuck it but thanks for letting me know

[@nerdnglasses]

you think the members of qotsa ever look at each other and say "holy shit we're awesome."

[@piwaskd]

I know they do

[@cloudstrife8833]

Sure

[@Ibeatgod689]

"You're ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag.." Best delivered insult I've heard in a song

[@jackietate4047]

This is what genius sounds like.

[@the2ndcoming135]

😂

[@NicholasAFigueroa]

I like how at 3:00 it changes tempo and a new riff is Born, just like in Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop when it jumps into half time.

[@719sikora]

This track is unreal. The insturmental is insane, that's fucking groove

[@gpoop23]

It was supposed to be on Lullabies to Paralyze, actually, but it says in the booklet that the tapes for it were "lost or misplaced".

[@sixplus6]

Joey just fuckin killin those drums!!!!......holy fuck thats good

[@abadonarcher]

"You're 10 lbs of shit in a 5 lb bag." "Oh this is bound to be good. You can't... but you thought that you could."

[@Wreckwitness]

For those wondering: I got this on a one-track CD, that came with my internet pre-order of Era Vulgaris. By now, I don't know where you could grab one.

[@tonjawarner1610]

That's so cool

[@TaffyRaphie]

lmao i looked this up and i haven't even bought era vulgaris yet. on the sleeve of LTP it says this tape was lost , hahaha, this is sick

[@papertiger101]

Excellent song...I think that it would be a welcome addition to Era or number 6...

[@inrealitywetrust2610]

SO GREAT! These guys are gods!

[@gmrossi7863]

A masterpiece

[@trwfilmsinc]

@sixplus6 Hopefully that fun machine didn't drop a stool and subsequently croak.

[@mosesgarner2404]

The 1st version of this song I think was a jumbled mess and it fit Lullabies better. This version is PERFECTION and sounds like a Vulgaris track. I honestly don't know what some of you people hear. I think 'yer ears are broken/ Like a broken box.

[@tanveerhasan2382]

Where can I find the first version

[@mosesgarner2404]

@@tanveerhasan2382 All these years later and I've still not seen a place where you can buy a physical copy of this song. It may have been on some European releases? I'm honestly not sure. I hope they give this a real release someday.

[@brennanmcdonnell9343]

​@@tanveerhasan2382there is a link to the other version in the description of this video

[@TheWi11ow]

This is just one of those tracks that should be on everyone's playlist. It is fucking awesome.

[@bbungled]

So true!! Never thought about it, but that beginning reminds me of the brown album! Awesome song by the way!!

[@djgeeter]

josh homme is a fucking BAD ASS

[@ytnbsa]

these guys are so cool its frustrating

[@11Kfisher11]

Killer tune.

[@ArtsNL]

it's on the era vulgaris record

[@_matis_]

i took this vid and died

[@sparkydeltorro]

@billthejanitor I think it is on a version of the Era Vulgaris album. Me and my friend both have it, but I have "Era Vulgaris" at the end and he has this instead. Both songs should be on it as standard IMO.

[@neonknights23]

fucking EPIC

[@assitch6]

the fun machine is an electric organ like the hammond organ. its called the baldwin fun machine :) i think they have one in rancho de luna.

[@SeanBuchert]

I'd say the version from over the years and through the woods is the best version especially during the pre bridge part.

[@MrApePai]

awesome song! : ))

[@Spack_Jarr0w]

3:32 is the greatest photo ever.

[@ijanx]

No One Knows... of this song, sadly

[@EnCrypticon23x]

correct.

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

Fuckin' killer track.

[@LLMelvinL]

this sounds more cleaned up but still got that ruff sound to it.

[@kingquaps]

@gizmothedog Its a keyboard... quite possibly a synth of sorts but I can't remember exactly

[@assitch6]

Not on the uk version. In fact, as far as I'm aware only available on the American presses.

[@billthejanitor]

why wasn't this included on the album?!

[@ytnbsa]

best song title ever

[@alejandrovidal5355]

October 2014, Santiago, Chile. 14.000 lucky bastards (myself included) were able to listen this masterpiece Live (a very rare event), played to perfection by the band ( Kudos to John Theodore, cause i know for a fact that Joey Castillo would have, as usual, rushed the tempo).

[@CraigBrittain]

10 people are 10 lbs. of shit in a 5 pound bag

[@mattb666]

Yes!!! Im glad someone else thought that :D

[@AnimeishDwarf]

Sounds a bit Primus-y in the beginning. Gotta love QotSA though. :]

[@scrumpmonkey]

O.O wow... i can only fin the old mix :(

[@voodizzle]

i don't suppose anyone can upload this song for DL, i've only got the old version and this one is just so much more well done...

[@epoose]

WHATS THE GUYS VOICE IN THE MIDDLE PART EVEN SAYING IS IT A RECORDING OF A COP IS HE SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE

[@mosesgarner2404]

I WANT TO KNOW THIS AS WELL! It sounds like a movie sample but I can't understand what he's saying.

[@oneiro2274]

Could it be Robert Mitcham??

[@purefites]

its on certain era vulgaris albums, by wich i mean imported.

[@NirvanaRage12]

@gizmothedog its a type of moog synth... im pretty sure.

[@firefail1]

Suits lullabies more than era

[@ers1981]

I don't. I enjoy the new verse that kicks in at 1:39. Makes the song even better. Both versions are great.

[@joebob3719]

@billthejanitor it was, in Europe.

[@purefites]

its on german,mexican and argentinian releases i have the tour edition

[@awastedname]

what's the dude on the telephone saying during the pre-bridge part?

[@bbrabant]

Yeah I just saw that on my album... lol..

[@DanMan2202]

i took a shit and died after listening to this song, and im okay with that.

[@purefites]

its on german,mexican and argntnian releases i have the tour edition

[@GarrettRCP]

QotSA performing on a show called Popworld

[@melleutopie33]

where I can fing this song?

[@kanipopper]

helll to the yesss QOTSA RULLEZZZ

[@LifeInTechnicolour]

anyone know where i can get this song from? cheers. x

[@lotoreo]

@gizmothedog It's an old crappy Synth from the late 70's or something. It's basicly a cheap mellotron with a funny name. You can hear it at the end of Caligulove, Them Crooked Vultures.

[@fragglet]

When you think about it, "ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag" doesn't make much sense. Pounds are a measure of mass, not volume. For example, a typical trash bag might contain 50 lbs of trash but the bag itself probably only weighs 0.1 lbs or less. Trash bags are rated by the volume they hold, not by the weight they'll hold. A better phrase might be "10 gallons of shit in a five gallon bag" although admittedly it probably wouldn't fit into the song so well.

[@ericthorpe5670]

Unless you have a bag that is measured by how many pounds of shit it can hold. Seems that's the case here.

[@tonjawarner1610]

Your nerd is showing!

[@julesmorton]

It's an amplifier i think.

[@marlom2312]

hahahah thats true

[@goodhitsofthesummer]

@GianTheMan91 Popworld.

[@ytnbsa]

where can i download this?

[@TheAngryChav]

sounds like it belongs on the 2nd album

[@sixplus6]

I fucked to this song...good stuff..I recomend it

[@cudatheferocious]

@goodhitsofthesummer what?!

[@SpunkySkunk347]

I think that this song is about having an ego death, similar to "Everybody Knows That You're Insane"

[@racetucker56]

Misfit Love is also about an ego death

[@EnCrypticon23x]

I wouldn't mind buying a best of... Usually if a band is nice enough, they'll throw a few unreleased or new tracks on it towards the end as well as possibly a dvd. Sometimes I like to hear just the 'hits'... But I understand where you're coming from with the 'greedy' comment.

[@Lavarock06]

like the original studio version better, sounds rougher. sounds best in concert though. 12/18/07 at the paramount in seattle was a rockin show.

[@lemonsashimi]

What the hell is that picture at 3:33 ? xD

[@ALastShadowPuppet]

it wasn't on the original Era vulgaris becaus ethe masters got left in another studion and they didnt have time to get them. Well, as i understand..

[@carlovonsexron]

You kiddin' me? The old version had such a sloppy composition. I liked it, but I'm glad they revamped it for the Era Vulgaris bonus.

[@gpoop23]

Wasn't this song supposed to be on Lullabies to Paralyze but the tapes got lost or something?

[@mosesgarner2404]

Yes.

[@goodhitsofthesummer]

@cudatheferocious Popworld

[@ArtsNL]

i actually like the old version a bit more.. I don't like the guitar in the beginning.. But I also like this one more than the old cause it's more up-tempo... And this 1 is also extended..

[@infamousNfamous]

meaning, the cd didn't, the vinyl did. sorry.

[@TanyaJohnson1988]

That's because it's on LULLABIES TO PARALYZE, Not ERA VULGARIS. :)

[@ArtsNL]

who doesn't :P?

[@rocknroll555]

where the fuck can i get this????

[@mattb666]

I prefer the version on Over The Years And Through The Woods :)

[@juanv77]

lol, they seem to be acting like Kraftwerk xD just look for some live videos of them.

[@Dysfunkto112]

3:32...what the hell?

[@infamousNfamous]

uh, no one's did.

[@cudatheferocious]

OK, AT 3:30 WHEN THE FUCK DID THAT HAPPEN?!?1?!??!?!

[@lastcallpagee]

The live version is much better

[@banksyknight]

1:16 L.

[@TanyaJohnson1988]

Well, I am from Utah, so I have the American version.

[@purefites]

its on german,mexican and argntnian releases i have the tour edition