History Music / SongsForTheDeaf

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* LongTitle: "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire", which is usually truncated as "Millionaire" in conversation.

''Songs for the Deaf'' is the third studio album by Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge. Released in 2002, it exhibits an impressive GenreRoulette, since the band successfully straddled their original stoner rock sound with more aggressive HardRock influences.

This is largely thanks to the fact that Music/DaveGrohl contributed the drum work and even toured with the band, inspiring frontman Josh Homme to use a heavier sound during the production process. The result is a weird mix of [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]], [[GarageRock garage]], and [[DoomMetal doom]] rock which garnered widespread success.

The album is also noted for its [[FakeRadioShowAlbum fake radio show excerpts between songs]], which makes fun of pretentious radio station hosts and the shallowness of mainstream music. These excerpts also contribute to a loose [[ConceptAlbum overarching concept]], since the excerpts collectively take the listener on a drive from Los Angeles to the desert (specifically Joshua Tree). Josh Homme claims that this was added to keep [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fluidity between the tracks]], but his inclusion of [[DumbassDJ stupid radio deejays]] throughout the album seems to speak to his disdain toward going mainstream and selling out early in his career. In any case, this has become HilariousInHindsight since the singles "No One Knows", "Go with the Flow", and "First It Giveth" ''did'' become hits.

The record has gone platinum and helped the Queens gain mainstream recognition.

* ClusterFBomb: "Six Shooter", which features Nick Oliveri's angry screaming:
--> ''Fuck this road\\
Well, fuck you too\\
I'll fucking kill your best friend\\
What you fucking going to do?''

* NotChristianRock: The references to god or a higher being in the songs speak more toward Josh Homme's spirituality, not his religiousness.

-->--'''Blag Dahlia''' as fictional DJ Kip Kasper at the start of "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire"

# "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" (3:12)

-->--'''Blag Dahlia''' as fictional DJ Kip Kasper in the opening moments of the album

This is largely thanks to the fact that Music/DaveGrohl contributed the drum work and even toured with the band, inspiring frontman Josh Homme to use a heavier sound during the production process. The result is a weird mix of [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]], [[GarageRock garage]], and [[DoomMetal doom]] rock, which garnered widespread positive reviews.

The album is also noted for its [[FakeRadioShowAlbum fake radio show excerpts between songs]], which makes fun of pretentious radio station hosts and the shallowness of mainstream music. The record itself is a loose ConceptAlbum, since the excerpts collectively take the listener on a drive from Los Angeles to the desert (specifically Joshua Tree).

Josh Homme claims that this was added to keep [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fluidity between the tracks]], but his inclusion of [[DumbassDJ stupid radio deejays]] throughout the album seems to speak to his disdain toward going mainstream and selling out early in his career. In any case, this has become HilariousInHindsight since the singles "No One Knows", "Go with the Flow", and "First It Giveth" ''did'' become hits.

* StopAndGo: "Song for the Dead", which stops in between before picking back up again.

''Songs for the Deaf'' is the third studio album by Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge. Released in 2002, it exhibits an impressive GenreRoulette, since the band successfully straddled their original Stoner Rock sound with more aggressive HardRock influences. This is largely thanks to the fact that Music/DaveGrohl contributed the drum work and even toured with the band, inspiring frontman Josh Homme to use a heavier sound during the production process. The result is a weird mix of [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]], [[GarageRock garage]], and [[DoomMetal doom]] rock, which garnered widespread positive reviews.

The album is also noted for its [[FakeRadioShowAlbum fake radio show excerpts between songs]], which makes fun of pretentious radio station hosts and the shallowness of mainstream music. The record itself is a loose ConceptAlbum since the excerpts collectively take the listener on a drive from Los Angeles to the desert. Josh Homme claims that this was added to keep [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fluidity between the tracks]], but his inclusion of [[DumbassDJ stupid radio deejays]] throughout the album seems to speak to his disdain toward going mainstream and selling out early in his career. In any case, this has become HilariousInHindsight since the singles "No One Knows", "Go with the Flow", and "First It Giveth" ''did'' become hits.

What are you fucking going to do''

The record has gone platinum and helped the Queens gain mainstream recognition. Magazine/{{NME}} listed it as the 92nd [[UsefulNotes/NME500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime greatest album of all time]].

* IntercourseWithYou: "Do It Again"

* BreakUpSong: "Gonna Leave You".

* AbstractApotheosis: Inverted in "God Is Love". In the song, heavenly or pure music, when transferred to the radio, is said to become mere conventional music palatable to the masses.

The record has gone platinum and helped the Queens gain mainstream recognition. Magazine/{{NME}} listed it as the #92 [[UsefulNotes/NME500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime greatest album of all time]].

# "The Real Song for the Deaf"[[note]]HiddenTrack at the beginning of the album; may or may not be considered to be an actual song[[/note]] (1:33)

* FunctionalAddict: While "First It Giveth" and "No One Knows" don't glorify drugs, they certainly don't treat them very positively, either.

* QuieterThanSilence: Somewhat overlaps with {{Bookends}}: The intro is ambient and eerie, and the end of "Song for the Deaf" fades out to a somber but peaceful sense of quietude.

* HumanHeadOnTheWall: At the end of the MusicVideo of "No One Knows", a vengeful deer has mounted the band members heads above his bed after they hit him with their car.

# "The Real Song for the Deaf"[[note]]HiddenTrack at the beginning of the album; may or may not be considered to be an actual song[[/note]] (1:33)
# "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" (3:12)
# "No One Knows" (4:38)
# "First It Giveth" (3:18)
# "A Song for the Dead" (5:52)
# "The Sky Is Fallin'" (6:15)
# "Six Shooter" (1:19)
# "Hangin' Tree" (3:06)
# "Go with the Flow" (3:09)
# "Gonna Leave You" (2:50)
# "Do It Again" (4:04)
# "God Is in the Radio" (6:04)
# "Another Love Song" (3:16)
# "A Song for the Deaf" [[note]]Fades out into a fit of laughter (which is an outtake from a previous session) before featuring "Mosquito Song" as the final song[[/note]](6:42)
# "Mosquito Song"[[note]]HiddenTrack at the end[[/note]] (5:37)

!!''Tropes for the Deaf:''

* FunctionalAddict: While "First It Giveth" and "No One Knows" don't glorify drugs, they certainly don't treat them very positively.

'''''Songs for the Deaf''''' is the third studio album by Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge. Released in 2002, it exhibits an impressive GenreRoulette, since the band successfully straddled their original Stoner Rock sound with more aggressive HardRock influences. This is largely thanks to the fact that Music/DaveGrohl contributed the drum work and even toured with the band, inspiring frontman Josh Homme to use a heavier sound during the production process. The result is a weird mix of [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]], [[GarageRock garage]], and [[DoomMetal doom]] rock, which garnered widespread positive reviews.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Nick Oliveri, who screams "Millionaire" and "Six Shooter", and sings "Gonna Leave You" and "Another Love Song".
** Mark Lanegan (who did not play an instrument for the album) contributed vocals for various tracks, and sang lead on "A Song for the Dead", "Hangin' Tree", and "God Is in the Radio".

The album is also noted for its [[FakeRadioShowAlbum fake radio show excerpts between songs]], which makes fun of pretentious radio station hosts and the shallowness of mainstream music. The record itself is a loose ConceptAlbum since the excerpts collectively take the listener on a drive from Los Angeles to the desert. Josh Homme claims that this was added to keep [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fluidity between the tracks]], but this seems to speak to his earlier views regarding going mainstream and selling out. In any case, this has become HilariousInHindsight since the singles "No One Knows", "Go with the Flow", and "First It Giveth" ''did'' become hits.

* AbstractApotheosis: Inverted in "God Is Love". In the song, heavenly or pure music, when transferred to the radio, becomes mere conventional music palatable to the masses.

* AbstractApotheosis: Inverted in "God Is Love", when heavenly or pure music becomes conventional, mainstream music palatable to the masses.

* MinimalisticAlbumCover: A trident on the red cover. The US vinyl version featured a red Q with a sperm cell, though for obvious reasons, this was not widely released.