Hi there, followers. If you read this whole post until the end you will see a picture of the album that this track can be found on. That will then take you to an Amazon link where you will be able to buy that record, should you feel compelled to do so. I’m going to try and update every post on here so this can be done. I’m not sure whether I should direct them to vinyls, CDs, or MP3 downloads. I mean who listens to CDs nowadays? Please, to anyone reading who would be potentially interested, comment below and tell me which format you would prefer me to link to. Want to try and make this blog more interactive, you know? Thanks for your time. Now onto the song.*

For me, ‘Little Sister’ by Queens of the Stone Age is a song that’s always just been there, do you know what I mean? Their music videos would show on MTV2 a lot of the time when that channel mattered and when I saw this one for the first time on there, well, it was clear that the track was very good. And the video just helped to emphasise the track’s atmosphere. I usually associate the song with its video whenever I hear it. The lighting, particularly that deep blue that comes in on the first chorus, and Josh Homme’s Hwoarang from Tekken 3 hairstyle that was never seen again after this video.

The track was released as the first single from the band’s fourth album Lullabies to Paralyze but had been in the works since the Songs for the Deaf sessions. There is a demo take of just the guitar track and Dave Grohl on drums that you can hear online and I will embed that below. Though that has a mind of its own, I think it’s fair to say that what ended up on Lullabies trumps it. What I admire about it is that as soon as it starts with that jam block and the guitar riff, it never lets up. There’s no point where the song slows down and takes a moment to regain composure. I also like that part where guitarist Troy van Leeuwen harmonises on the ‘slowly dancing cheek to cheek’ line. That’s only a split second in what’s an almost three minute song but I think that’s the only other line that gets any harmony on there, apart from the ‘baby’ that leads into the choruses. I don’t know that moment always sticks out to me. And obviously the solo that closes the track out is great too. You can never beat a song ending guitar solo, especially when they’re pulled off well.

And this was all recorded in one single take! I guess there was some overdubbing put on afterwards. But the guitars, bass and drums were at least done live in one go. Always magical when that sort of stuff happens. Definitely deserves to be one of Queen’s signature songs.

*25/08/2020 – I changed my mind about this quite quickly. You’ll find no album cover down here, but you can buy the song from Amazon via a click on the song’s title in the post.**

**15/06/2020 – Forget that footnote too.