The Mars Volta - The Widow

"The Widow" is a song by The Mars Volta, from their second album Frances the Mute. The song was first performed in May, 2004 at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles during The Mars Volta's three-night residence closing the tour supporting their debut LP, De-Loused in the Comatorium. At the concert, the song was dedicated to Jeremy Michael Ward, who had died of a drug overdose in May 2003. The song peaked at #95 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's first single to chart there.

"The Widow" is notably the only short, pop-structured song on Frances the Mute, (although the album-version features a very long and radio-unfriendly electronic outro, taking up the latter half of the track). The edit of "The Widow" cuts the last instrumental part of the regular album track and fades out when the vocals start to be distorted. It is also the only Mars Volta song to chart in the United States.

The song features a brief trumpet part from Flea, after the second chorus. Omar performs a brief solo in the same section. On the vinyl version of the single, "The Widow" is taken from one of the Wiltern performances, and features only acoustic guitar and vocals, with some distortion effects.

The single also contains the 14-minute track "Frances the Mute", which was intended to be the first track on the record of the same name. However, this would have made the CD nearly 90 minutes long, beyond the capacity of a normal CD.

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[Pamathey]

there's a really heavy led zeppelin influence. It's cool.

[EFECTOOBSTACLE]

jodorowsky

[ImNotHighLoL913]

@Uzzie101 lo,, FUCK YOU! im proud tho, that was a long feat. i know i would never be able to pull that off lol

[NOOBSNIPEZ78]

i love the trumpet solo in this



[Uzzie101]

@Pryce2112 Thanks bro

[drummer80005]

very blusey but the mexican influence stands out in the lyrical content . I first saw the video back in the day and loved the band ever since they also played vampires in :From dust till dawn:

[Pryce2112]

@Uzzie101 And a good fuck you to you

[trenken]

Neil Peart from Rush love this band!

[el1te85]

@EFECTOOBSTACLE Watch "Holy Mountain" ( Jodorowsky )

[Uzzie101]

Behold, internets:

I AM THE FIRST TO DISLIKE THE VIDEO!

[nerveeboy]

Love em!

[Nigel1792]

@victortalktoomuch Yeah! >:D