Seems to me as if there's an increadible amount of symbolism here.
Since the beginning, the name stood to me as a commonly used variation of insults typically used against pure capitalists.
At the same time, the video shows us a clearly industrial region in Shanghai, with what looks like black smoke - i.e. pollution.
Combining that with all the pro-capitalist slogans used, my favorite being "Give Less, Get More" I can only assume what the meaning of this is but heck, there's just so much.
xopher while that isnt quite the correct use of the word "innuendo" i do see your point however i dont believe it is meant to imply anything sexual i believe it is merely an incidental likeness at the end of the song nothing more
I believe that the black "thingy" in the sky at the very end (1:02) is just some kind of artsy fartsy abstract "penis meets vagina" representation! Has no one else noticed this, or is mine the only mind in the gutter?
Go back and watch this video in regular mode (NOT- HD) and wait for the STILL image at the very end(1:02) and you'll see what I'm talking about. If you don't see the sexual innuendo in that frame, you must be either blind or naive. Every adult I've shown this video to has seen the same thing.
Sorry for the poor choice of words, I'm sure you can see (no offense intended). I was merely pointing out what I and others have seen in that frame, and I never said it was amazing. However, I did accomplish what I had set out to do: I got some dialogue started about this!
damn... its sold out in every store i go to. FUCK!!!!! i just ordered it online cuz i went to a billion different stores and it was sold out everywhere.
Its ok but I like Nirvana, Led Zep, and Queens better. BTW, there isn't anything grunge about this record either. The rhythms are overly tight, that's not grunge.
Hello people....the illuminati have the New World Order in effect and it will be more clear when they crash the economy completely by 2010. Barack Obama is not kenyan but an indonesian and his real father is Michael C. Rockefeller while his so called mother Stanley Ann and her family were illuminati rockefeller covert agents. Obama is a test tube baby with the zygote inserted into some dark skinned woman who is unidentified. obama's presidency was a globalist freemasonic plot for half a century.
I work in a CD store and just today alone we sold 17 of 28 of our copies, including one to myself. Amazing album! knew I wouldn't have been let down by these guys.
DAMINDFREAK06 Products go to Walmart to die. Thank god Them Crooked Vultures weren't sold at Walmart, as it's the garbage bin of life where things go to die. Take a look at Creed, they are shit.
Anyone else think that thing in the sky (in the end) is ANOTHER clue? I mean, you guys saw what they did with Scumbag Blues. The entrance to the 15th, the broken 16th door, etc...
I think the thing in the sky represents Josh, JPJ and Dave coming together to take over the airwaves cause when the music is playing the black thingy in the sky is one massive blob but when the music stops it seperates into three seperate blobby things! That's just my opinion though I could be completely wrong ha ha!
I had been setting aside this day to go out and buy this album for weeks..... I went to the store, and it was already sold out. Sucks for me, but it just shows that you guys are AWESOME.
Amazing album. The instant the store opened this morning with the US release of the album, I went past people there for other electronics and whatnot and went straight to the album. Best buy I've made all year.
I think that this is not as great as many others say, it seems that Dave and John let Josh do all the work of composition and ended up sounding like the latest album from Queens Of The Stone Age "Era Vulgaris" (which I believe is very bad), I do not think this album should be a piece of collection, and for me not worth a dollar
Easily the best album of '09. I just hope that this group stays together and continues churning out modern masterpieces. Supergroups have a way of... how should I say... breaking up after an album or two. Hopefully that doesn't happen with these guys.
Is it just me who is reminded of the playstation 1 game Abes Odysee?
JordyClarky7 9 months ago
love this album
it just have everything i love on a record
true lyrics
power bass
strong guitar
heavy drums
and fucking awesome riffs!!
and dont forget the members, they totally rocks!
SebaChannel 1 year ago 2
Love this album....favorite song gotta be Reptiles,the whole album is just Awesome!
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fawnication 1 year ago
Gracias por Darnos ROCK and ROLL del Bueno! GOD BLESS YOU and KEEP ON ROCKIN´ and ROLLIN´!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
luisicarus 1 year ago
Anyone heard/seen the EDGEPILOTZ cover of "no-one knows"? Its worth checking out.
fiftyfirstfloorfilms 2 years ago
Check out my Gunman cover please :) /watch?v=syfWzu9bPek
GuitarJonnie 2 years ago
buy the album scambag!!!!
kidzsanlorenzo 2 years ago
john paul fuckn jones mutha fucka!!!!
Songsremainthesame 2 years ago
Great Rock Album!
Fotoshooting1 2 years ago
this is the best rock album since never mind! love to hear dave on drums again!
vivalafoofighters8 2 years ago
Great band but im hoping to see better music structure on their next album their potential is so high
Lostinlife727 2 years ago
dave has said they have the 2nd in the works!!!!!!!! oh yea he also said it's even better.
ivebeenburned 2 years ago 4
Best rock album in years! Hopefully this is the start of a trend. . . .I'm getting sick of most of the music that gets airplay around here.
Posthocergoetc 2 years ago
Cool style
gmproductions12 2 years ago
very very very good album
gwelsh123 2 years ago
Awesome Album. What does the video mean or is it just an ad?
EricAlvUsa91 2 years ago
That's an awesome video...don't like the music quite yet, but hey..could grow on me.
Guitarrassdeamor 2 years ago
this is the awesome c.d. also the 2nd c.d. is in the works!!!!!
ivebeenburned 2 years ago
I bought it
ErilexTube 2 years ago 5
P.S. I would do (almost) ANYTHING to see this band! Rock On, Boys!
HippiePalace 2 years ago
This song is called "Gunman". One of the best on their album. But the whole album is incredible. Every rock fan should buy it.
RebelThoughts 2 years ago 18
It's Gunman, maybe the best song made in 2009
MrTurnevies 2 years ago 3
Can some-one tell me the name of this song? It's excellent..my head feels haunted
SINeadCity 2 years ago 2
gunman ... its track 12 on the album
i must say, i bought the album the day it came out in the UK, and its just phenomenal
joshwizzy 2 years ago
The vocal sounds alot like Bowie to me, which isn't a bad thing.
Pipp108 2 years ago 2
maybe its just a video and a great band
foootos 2 years ago
Seems to me as if there's an increadible amount of symbolism here.
Since the beginning, the name stood to me as a commonly used variation of insults typically used against pure capitalists.
At the same time, the video shows us a clearly industrial region in Shanghai, with what looks like black smoke - i.e. pollution.
Combining that with all the pro-capitalist slogans used, my favorite being "Give Less, Get More" I can only assume what the meaning of this is but heck, there's just so much.
Remzep 2 years ago 16
xopher while that isnt quite the correct use of the word "innuendo" i do see your point however i dont believe it is meant to imply anything sexual i believe it is merely an incidental likeness at the end of the song nothing more
kongllama 2 years ago
I am amazed at the fantastic sound of this bad. Almost uncany the way it all comes together. Keep recording! Fuck!
n3iyr 2 years ago
QOTSA = ORGASME..............
abutre97 2 years ago
If people don't buy a CD with this, they will never buy a CD with other commercial
Brannndonn 2 years ago 2
I believe that the black "thingy" in the sky at the very end (1:02) is just some kind of artsy fartsy abstract "penis meets vagina" representation! Has no one else noticed this, or is mine the only mind in the gutter?
xopherzenitram 2 years ago
i think its just you.
RhysOzzy182 2 years ago
Go back and watch this video in regular mode (NOT- HD) and wait for the STILL image at the very end(1:02) and you'll see what I'm talking about. If you don't see the sexual innuendo in that frame, you must be either blind or naive. Every adult I've shown this video to has seen the same thing.
xopherzenitram 2 years ago
how am i naive if i can't see it.. and plus its not that amazing.
P.S im not blind either.. i read ur comment didnt i?
RhysOzzy182 2 years ago
Sorry for the poor choice of words, I'm sure you can see (no offense intended). I was merely pointing out what I and others have seen in that frame, and I never said it was amazing. However, I did accomplish what I had set out to do: I got some dialogue started about this!
xopherzenitram 2 years ago
PLEASE release a DVD showing you guys in the studio throughout this whole time. LOVE to see this excellence happen!
G4PodRock 2 years ago
This is one of my favorite debut albums next to bleach! Cant wait to hear more from these guys. Flock Together!
IpwnUa11 2 years ago
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jambi1983 2 years ago
Who's in this band exactly?
spotandedgar 2 years ago
Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, The John Paul Jones, and Alain Johannes <-(atleast when on tour)
Fenderbender18 2 years ago
I swear that the graffiti at :24 says "ZOSO"!!!!!!
mmodern 2 years ago
lol wtf.. ur brain must be creating an illusion then, it looks nothing close to ZOSO
skunkradioDOTnet 2 years ago 2
This band rocks so awesomly hard, jeez I love'em
Arnulf55 2 years ago 2
damn... its sold out in every store i go to. FUCK!!!!! i just ordered it online cuz i went to a billion different stores and it was sold out everywhere.
kooldawgdizzle 2 years ago 2
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meh...
Mangomann 2 years ago
reminds me of QOTSA...awsome!!!!!!!!
glough123456789ran 2 years ago
this supossed to be better than QOTSA
pepe7drum 2 years ago 2
Gunman (along with Nobody Loves Me and Neither Do I) is the best song on the alnum! But all of them are EPIC!!!!
BCMB17 2 years ago
I picked up the cd this morning, it rocks the whole way through.
j35guitar 2 years ago 4
whats the name of the background song???
TheSpiderpkz 2 years ago
@TheSpiderpkz it's gunman
gotar59 2 years ago
was wondering the same thing...
nufcmichael27 2 years ago
gunman
farkerframtida 2 years ago
Best songs on the album for me are.
1.Bandolier
2.Gunman
3.Warsaw
4.Elephants
5.Scumbag blues
RebelThoughts 2 years ago
Its ok but I like Nirvana, Led Zep, and Queens better. BTW, there isn't anything grunge about this record either. The rhythms are overly tight, that's not grunge.
jdrizd2 2 years ago
Gotta buy this right away!
GrausigGrausig 2 years ago
One of the absolute best albums I've ever heard...
The Dark, Bluesy, Creepiness of QOTSA, The Hard-Hitting, Grunge Attitude of Nirvana, with the Recording Techniques and influence of Led Zepplin.
They've created a monster... The first track on the album will make you feel like going to war...
BrianFontez 2 years ago 2
I'm honored to say I got this CD the day it came out :)
Extremely badass and non-comparable to their contemporaries which don't even deserve respect after you hear this album.
whiteeagle131 2 years ago
This is totally the Album of the year. Fuck Death Magnetic. Muahah~ I'ma get it. And if I don't buy it.. I hope I get it for christmas.
melizavazquez 2 years ago
that was 2008 anyways dude
EvilBeavil 2 years ago
Ohh right. XD I need to remember. lol
melizavazquez 2 years ago
MWAHAHAHA!!!! mine came in the mail today and is AMAZING!!!!
scottymirror 2 years ago
Nice promo. I listened to the entire album on YouTube and hope to get it for Christmas.
Oniren91 2 years ago
amazing...
MirroredAliceCullen 2 years ago
great album
retrostalgic 2 years ago
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8783674374 2 years ago
OK.
townshend445 2 years ago
Crazy promo! Great work!
TheBlueResistance 2 years ago
spinning in the daffodils really reminds me of Someone 's in the Wolf by QOTSA. am i the only one?
locomexican125 2 years ago
nuh huh, i was gunna comment the same thing till i saw your comment lol
PimpSonnyMax 2 years ago
what other clues are there?
PimpSonnyMax 2 years ago
Amazing!!!
Amazing!
reihead 2 years ago
I work in a CD store and just today alone we sold 17 of 28 of our copies, including one to myself. Amazing album! knew I wouldn't have been let down by these guys.
UTF 2 years ago
DAMINDFREAK06 Products go to Walmart to die. Thank god Them Crooked Vultures weren't sold at Walmart, as it's the garbage bin of life where things go to die. Take a look at Creed, they are shit.
diamonddust22 2 years ago
I bought it sick from beginning to end, purely epic
Zmcluvin 2 years ago
Anyone else think that thing in the sky (in the end) is ANOTHER clue? I mean, you guys saw what they did with Scumbag Blues. The entrance to the 15th, the broken 16th door, etc...
j3zuz218 2 years ago
I think the thing in the sky represents Josh, JPJ and Dave coming together to take over the airwaves cause when the music is playing the black thingy in the sky is one massive blob but when the music stops it seperates into three seperate blobby things! That's just my opinion though I could be completely wrong ha ha!
TaraghLavery 2 years ago 3
What is the name of this Song?
5tuf4u 2 years ago
gunman
Lachie55 2 years ago
Gunman
PearlDrummer25 2 years ago
I had been setting aside this day to go out and buy this album for weeks..... I went to the store, and it was already sold out. Sucks for me, but it just shows that you guys are AWESOME.
ILeikToDanceWifPantz 2 years ago
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It sounds like fucking Spinal Tap, every one of these once great musicians have lost their minds haha this is just clownshoes
ShoTown 2 years ago
ShoTown shut the fuck up you unqualified fucking amateur.
diamonddust22 2 years ago
I bought the cd here in Montreal its awesome!!! I hope you will come to southamerica soon! Lima Peru
GERPSZ 2 years ago
Best album of 2009! Just bought it today and almost every single song is amazing! Especially the first 7 songs!
RebelThoughts 2 years ago
so damn true:P
elborio 2 years ago
trippy as fuck...
eclipse561 2 years ago
oooh fuck, i want this album so bad.
hadontcare 2 years ago 2
buy:P
elborio 2 years ago
i did :D it'll arrive in 01/2010 but that's ok
hadontcare 2 years ago
You guys need to tour with Scarlet Symphony as your opener. It would be an awesome show, they have a very similar style.
ichalz 2 years ago
This album is so good.
Just amazing.. Best album of the new generation since Toxicity.
Excellent job guys.
19ZoSo93 2 years ago 4
I Completly Agree, This Is The Best I Have Heard Album Since System Of A Down-Toxicity
demoncomedian 2 years ago
agreed. video is fuckin cool
jetspino 2 years ago
Cant afford it this week...so thanks for putting these out...damn, this video is wicked cool!
candlelightatnight 2 years ago
Best album ive had in years.
demonicknux 2 years ago 2
based on some of the videos that have been posted on yb these guys better come out with some great music videos
scholz91 2 years ago
i kinda didnt wish all the songs were on youtube months before the album was out.
but i love it anyway
hoptop77 2 years ago
I got the album yesterday because I preordered. :D
I've listened to the album four times on YouTube, but I'm waiting to listen to my copy until my bestest pal is there too.
Ralker13 2 years ago
I got it!
ufldrummer 2 years ago
Is this song the bonus track?
Cacopt 2 years ago
no, the bonus track is a live recording of No One Loves Me and Neither Do I
scholz91 2 years ago
Thanks
Cacopt 2 years ago
And a live version of gunman if you pre-ordered with iTunes.
shaadiethecaddy 2 years ago
well it's finally here - and i love it!
XxFooFightinxX 2 years ago
greeeaaat album!
DaveGrohlFanatic 2 years ago
Got the album yesterday, the most excited I have been for a new album and I was not to be disappointed
kalamari 2 years ago
THEM CROOKED VULTURES VIDEO GAME LAWL
aurlis2012 2 years ago 4
I WANTS ITSSSSS
SuicideSamurai11 2 years ago
I got mine, love pre-orders
GrifterSixOne 2 years ago 2
Got up this morning and went straight out to get it. Stood in line gripping it with both hands and giggling with joy. People thought I was crazy.
radiohippie 2 years ago
Amazing album. The instant the store opened this morning with the US release of the album, I went past people there for other electronics and whatnot and went straight to the album. Best buy I've made all year.
SethTheXenocide 2 years ago
Still waiting for mine to arrive in the post with my T- shirt, gutted I didn't get it on UK release or today
JxLamdin090 2 years ago
already got mine :p
dmhiggs 2 years ago
YEAHHH!!!!
Darntze 2 years ago
got it on friday the 13th. the first day it was available world wide =)
Jan73463 2 years ago
I'VE GOT ITTT. bought it yesterday.
xGooglepuff 2 years ago
i have it already!:)
d0r1705 2 years ago 2
hahha it IS fuckin cool isnt it
tuber2654 2 years ago
finally..6 months of stressing out for the cd has finally paid off
DXfan1996 2 years ago
got mine and my t shirt in the mail yesterday! excellent album!
dpowanator 2 years ago
getting our 2 copies in an hour.. need a house and road copy... think its the best album in years!!!
WhitikerForest 2 years ago
WOO!
ocean0explorer 2 years ago
Sweet! I will be getting this!
bfish89ryuhayabusa 2 years ago
buying today
Zoninator 2 years ago
I'll have to wait until next week to get my TCV album. I'm brazilian and a uncle will send to me... =/
IronRevolution 2 years ago
got it already last weak on friday :P
KingOfTheStoneH 2 years ago
\o/
taislages 2 years ago
im getting it today whoo!
GHRocker1234 2 years ago
bought and obsessed.
would greatly appreciate a stopover in Melbourne Australia.
thank you.
imoanD 2 years ago
will b gettin it after school
DiabloDave363 2 years ago
stop showing off!!!!!!!!!!!!, i've gotta wait till christmas
blocparty4eva1 2 years ago
hahaa me too men im soo pissed off!
Illidanhunter 2 years ago
Ok, I got the CD. Now I want a tour in Europe and a least one concert in Paris. Thx!
ELOdry 2 years ago
Got it
Jivido 2 years ago
this is FREAKIN awesome!
Griffith
fuzzyargy 2 years ago
where?! I can't find it anywhere here in Italy!!! I tried 5 different stores yesterday damn it!!!
Capitano81 2 years ago
In Italia purtroppo escono sempre il venerdì... Bisognerà aspettare ancora!
fidro87 2 years ago
get online or something dude
sharty5000 2 years ago
Nov.22 fellow bird lovers!!
muttville1 2 years ago
Oh ya...floating transparent black lungs of death!
goldfinger1919 2 years ago
A resounding, fist-pumping "YYYYYYYYES!" escapes from mine face.
gloverelaxis 2 years ago
Can't wait for the concert today!
losroftheday 2 years ago
got that vinyl preordered. can't come soon enough.
SomeEmptyFriend 2 years ago
haha! I love those posters- 'Everyone else does..' should be a t shirt or something
FezzickO 2 years ago
Man, soo stoked! Im deff gonna pick this one up!!! Come to my channel and watch me scare the hell out of my girlfriend!!!
TheLuckyNumberKevin 2 years ago
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I think that this is not as great as many others say, it seems that Dave and John let Josh do all the work of composition and ended up sounding like the latest album from Queens Of The Stone Age "Era Vulgaris" (which I believe is very bad), I do not think this album should be a piece of collection, and for me not worth a dollar
pepe7drum 2 years ago
somebody get this baby a new diaper
brossive 2 years ago
I hope you fucking die you cunt. They fucking own.
ChrisRobertsMusic 2 years ago
ye ur right
i dont understand why the still like it, because they dont know the old songs? or somehow lik ethat
KSzabo 2 years ago
got it today....awesome album!!!!!!
petervm 2 years ago 5
I don't see these guys treating this as their main musical goal. It's just a project after all...But who knows,
ChavalierRancourt 2 years ago
Favorite album of 2009!
Billowix 2 years ago 7
Fuck Yeah!!
SgtPpprxD 2 years ago
The Best Album of 2009!
=D
NirvanaMusicRocks1 2 years ago 6
Easily the best album of '09. I just hope that this group stays together and continues churning out modern masterpieces. Supergroups have a way of... how should I say... breaking up after an album or two. Hopefully that doesn't happen with these guys.
Coolinbnyoncrack 2 years ago 6