{"id":1260,"date":"2014-02-13T20:13:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T03:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2014-02-13T20:13:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T03:13:31","slug":"you-think-i-aint-worth-a-dollar-but-i-feel-like-a-millionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/?p=1260","title":{"rendered":"You think I ain’t worth a dollar but I feel like a millionaire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queens of the Stone Age<\/a> stopped in El Paso, playing at the\u00a0Abraham Chavez<\/a>\u00a0theater on February 11, 2014. \u00a0If memory serves me, they had only been here once before, in support of\u00a0Songs for the Deaf<\/a>. \u00a0I didn’t go then and was quite surprised that they were coming back in support of\u00a0…Like Clockwork.<\/a>\u00a0 I didn’t want to miss this one, so I snagged a couple of tickets as soon as the pre-sale was announced.<\/p>\n

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They opened with the fast paced “You think I ain’t worth a dollar but I feel like a millionaire<\/a>“. \u00a0That song still packs a punch even without Nick Oliveri<\/a> on lead vocals. \u00a0From there it was a non stop assault. \u00a0Queens is a pretty tight band, and one of the few whose songs you can count on sounding excellent live. Josh Homme’s vocals have been the constant through the bands revolving door lineup over the years. \u00a0I would wager he’s one of the current top rock vocalists. \u00a0No auto-tuning or trickery required.<\/p>\n

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The Chavez is a medium sized venue, pretty much every seat gets you a good view. \u00a0QOTSA played like they were in a stadium though, it was LOUD. \u00a0Three songs in I had to resort to ear plugs (I’m old, I know.) \u00a0They slowed mid-way for the title track off the latest album, which I’ve posted a clip of below:<\/p>\n