Queens of the Stone Age’s Best Classic Rock Cover Songs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nAs Homme recalled it, Waits was captivating during his set in a way unlike any other artist. He kept things loose, mixed humor between his songs, and engaged the audience with his unique charm.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’d play a song that was f\u2013ing amazing,\u201d Homme remembered, \u201cThen he\u2019d wander over to the piano and go, \u2018I’m only doing this because I owe Neil money.\u2019 And he’s doing jokes in between [the songs] and killing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt all looked like he was just improving the whole thing, but there’s no f—ing way.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘It Was Probably the Most We’ve Ever Been Destroyed by Another Artist’<\/h3>\n
Watching Waits’ set, Homme knew there was no way Queens of the Stone Age could match the singer-songwriter’s performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe destroyed so hard,\u201d Homme declared. \u201cTo play after Tom Waits\u2026 It was kind of like, you’re destined to die. You know, there’s no way out. I mean, it was probably the most we’ve ever been destroyed by another artist.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE: That Time Tom Waits Sued Doritos Chips<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMaking matter worse, when Queens of the Stone Age took to the stage after Waits, the band immediately suffered an embarrassing moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe walked out and we go ‘One, two…’ and there’s one microphone over the drums. We go ‘One, two…’ and as soon as we start, I see the mic is falling over. And it just goes crash, and makes a super loud noise on the floor tom. So it’s like, boom! It was such a terrible way to begin. You didn’t even get to your four \u2013 one, two, boom, bam.\u201d<\/p>\n
Queens of the Stone Age Albums Ranked<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n