Queens Of The Stone Age - How To Handle A Rope Lyrics

My wife used to know how to handle my rope,growing old is a bitch yall kids don't do it...
Never ever grow up...🤘

Homme + Claypool coming soon!!! My longest musical fantasy!!!!!!!!

This song rocks when you're riding a mountain bike with headphones on hauling ass down the trail. Something about QotSA songs that just match up with pedal cadence.

After I went through the 6 month binge of listening to nothing but this album, I think "How to Handle a Rope" is the track I keep coming back to. That and "Mule."

Heraclitus Blacking these tunes are pure fire !!!!

pure groove baby

If someday i decide to kill myself... i will do it while i listen to this song xd

(Insert upsidedown star)

Guys... I Was A Teenage Hand Model by QOTSA is actually REALLY good. I don't get it... 700,000 plays!?!?

i used to think this song was terrible but then listened to it and became my fav

its how to handle a rope (a lesson in the larait) not how to handle a rope

LOVE THIS SONG

@ 1:43 (and 2:50, to a lesser extent) when Josh FINALLY hits that turnaround lick an octave higher....UUUGGHHHMMNMFFFFF!!! It's completely orgasmic! That buildup & eventual release!

The cat here runs

That high-end noise from the bad compression really ruins it.

This is the first song I ever heard by QOTSA and I fell in love with them immediately

dat riff !

Their best song.

His vocal style really shows in this

"I've never really listened to Judas Preist until later on. And I remember as a kid, they went to court because somebody committed suicide listening to one of their records. So I tried to write this song to see if anyone would try commit suicide too. And it's called how to handle a rope" Josh Homme is an absolute genius. 2011 @ Palace theater - Melbourne

Where did you hear this?

I wanna kms it's about jerking off with a rope around his neck. I heard them discussing this specific song & album of it's sexual nature. Same as "Give the mule what it wants " mule = cock, dick, stick..etc.
Not my words..J. Homme & N. Oliveri's . All of their albums have some sort of sexual innuendo.

That's amazing

i figured it was about doing drugs.

It's maybe a bit of all and vague for a reason

this and rated r are badass I love this album haven't heard it in years... I think I was 18 when I saw qotsa in concert 30 now still sound amazig

I'm in this band in an alternate dimension.

a was at the gig Chris hadison circle gardens good drumming bud👍

a was at the gig Chris hadison circle gardens good drumming bud👍

Chris Stubbs I always wondered how many fans fantasise about that. Not just me haha.

Chris Stubbs You know, all of us are in some dimension, I wonder how different they'd sound...

So am I!!
😎

I like how all the tracks on this album sound so raw

all over, thought my headphones were fucked .. but I fucken danced anyway

Their best song imo

Man not even close, still good

Dreadsmite Ever heard of opinions?

Riding my imaginary Harley around the kitchen..

+Paul Healy check out my magic carpet swooooosh

my 69 black camaroo

Fuck... I miss my imaginary 83 harley shovelhead so much.

Try doing it popping a wheelie

all connected to Paris

Really? Hopefully sarcasm but detect not a hint. All connected to humans are shit and kill each other. Trust me, I’m more devil than josh, Jessie or some ashamed confused Muslim fellow. You’re out of your element Donnie..

sounds flat compared to other versions

Yep, really low bit rate. Real shame as it's an epic song.

Infectious drum beat! CHECK!!!!!

He made this song to see if someone would commit suicide listening to it!!

no , did not know that . one of my fav early song

that's great and I definitely  can understand the sens of it!

@***** Well Josh just found it interesting that Judas Priest was dragged to court for making records that people committed suicide to. What is best opening up your wrist or hanging yourself? They're are both pretty grotesque. 

@***** Yes, the entire suicide thing was an inspiration to Josh. Hey the song is freakin great!

If that is true, its ironic since it probably helped some live

I bought this CD with it first came out (Most people didn't know that much about them yet) and even though I like everything Josh puts out,this is by far my favorite album.

Oh yeah. This right here is my all time favorite album, without a doubt. Desert Sessions 1-2 is a close second, but this one is simply perfection. The first time I heard it I said, oh, this is what music is supposed to sound like.

Corey Weatherford desert sessions 9&10 was amazing tho

yea! dis album is awesome! my fav!

rated R is tops, lefty.

Bought it the day it dropped at Missing Link in the city...had to wait all night at work with it in my bag...got home 3am....got stoned....cranked this(lived above a shop...no noise complaints)....when How To Handle A Rope came on, I blew my load....
The best they did....a work of art

Sweet track, sweet album. Include on your playlist while driving biking....

"Ain't got a mind to deal with anymore"
Some pp already do this living as zombies in the autopilot's mode.

Definitely a top 5 QOTSA song for me...

lol well like nirvana...

why do i think of nirvana ,but better ? or nevermind queens the best grunge it groove

Serious question, why isn't album more popular? No for real, why? And I mean like a good reason.

GeekMaladroit Probably because his wasn't released on a major label, and it was released before the queens got big

One of my favorite bands, one of my favorite songs, one of my favorite albums.

It's like me with the Foo Fighters, haha

Just okay. WIll not be looking for this one again.

music like music should be

Yeah... They are un-filtered rock and there is no getting around the fact that rock just is sex.

qotsa: sex much?

and its hard to find music like theirs too

Grindy!

Yes!! yesQQ!! YES!!!!!!! That is the way man.

only at night?

True that buddy!!! One of my personal favs!!

i can think of one band that sounds like them, at least this album anyway.... KYUSS!! (who are also bloody awesome!)

Saddam Hussein couldnt handle a rope

The worlds most underrated album!

There is nobody else out there that sounds like this band on earth... this song gets better every time i listen to it... easily in my top 5 by them

@Sloyom Amen brother.

@Sloyom

I can find plenty, but they are decent.

@Boomoutgothelights I can't believe it was possible to make a comment no one takes seriously...

*applauds*

@Coocoopuff180 punk isn't dead!! its just really hard to find. it doesn't get too much commercial play or big music business support.

GOOD MUSIC, no sry ... REAL MUSIC ! :)

shitty band. nothing compared to justin bieber

Boomoutgothelights oh

@BlueOnionGroup your right, sorry :D

@Levente20 DO NOT COMPARE JOSH WITH ELVIS!!!!!!!
Josh is much more of a genius then he is!!!!!!!! and always will be

@Porticon well, i wouldn't say that. nick's run in with the law was something outside of his career, personal grounds, and had nothing to do with josh. i mean, it doesn't make it any better, but i wouldn't call it completely disintegrated just yet. you never know. this might be a wake up call for nick to get his head straight, and that would perk josh's head up pretty quickly. i'm sure he would like nothing more than to play along side his friend again. wouldn't you?

@Porticon Yeah, I heard about that not long after I wrote that comment I think :/

@w35m4n Except that Nick just had LA SWAT raid his house a few weeks back for a domestic abuse call. Which means any chance of them reconciling is fucked.

@jisatumob in Joshs oppinion yes, but QotSA is Stoner (sometimes robot)

@Migas128 Josh is working with Dave in TCV right now... and I don't think that him and Nick are on as bad terms as they used to be.

@Migas128
The two dislikes are your mom and your dad.
This is that crazy rock n roll music they warned you about....

@Migas128 Why would dave grohl be dislikin ?

@AdsE462 Haha thanks man.

@Coocoopuff180 i'm sorry jisatumobe but you've been schooled by someone who clearly knows a lot more about music than you do lol

in the lyrics i'm sure it's round the rope but i aint sure but great song anyway

@jisatumob System of A Down last albums were 2005, Tools last album was 2006, Metallicas last album was 2008. And Tool and Metallica are both working on a new album....And same with Alice In Chains.

@Coocoopuff180 when is the last time any of those bands beside AIC released an album.

@Gurkenpudding its more robot rock

@Sloyom i know there isnt one of thier songs that i dont like or cant listen to it fucking blows my mind im still waiting for the day that they write a song i cant listen to but im shure i will die an old man before that happens.

I ♥ Stoner Rock

two people need to fashion a rope into a noose and end it all.

Queens is the kind of band I listen to not only because their music is great but because I cant, for the life of me, find a single song of theirs i do not like.

I touch myself to this song at night...

@ScentlisApprentice Well with punk rock. Queens of The Stone Age wins because there is no more punk rock. But as far as other all genres of rock go, There is Metallica, Tool, System of A Down, Alice In Chains and many many more bands that are still going strong.

@Coocoopuff180 nah dude as far as pure rock goes queens of the stone age is far ahead of anyone else. and when i say that im just talking current bands. i would like for you to name one band that rocks like queens.

@QOTSATBK - decent concert? I'm seeing them in Manchester in May! Cant wait, I should have seen then in New Zealand, but the earthquake (& band illness) put paid to that!

@89thatsnumberwang Fuck that because it's not true. But there are other bands that are just as good as them.

♥♥♥ every day, all night long! ♥♥♥

best track on album

the commenting "justin bieber" on vids is a marketing technique. people started it and now hes the most googled person. continuing to argue with these people just creates publicity, so its best to ignore them

@headbang0r Fuck off and show some respect.

@lukehahaluke Fuck off and show some respect.

@christco120 Fuck off and show some respect.

Fucking hell, 3 arseholes have to comment about shitty singers on a Qotsa page in hope of getting thumbs ups. Fuck off and show some respect.

The person who clicked "dislike" is a Bieber-lover.

justin bieber

@loonypalooza I follow QOTSA on Facebook, and they posted the pre-order link the other day, on Domino. I've got my copy reserved :D

Who's the one mother fucker who disliked this. Must be Justin Bieber.

@jonnyrocketballs69 lmao

this song should really be up their with the best of all time...kinda like 90% of queens songs

1 person is both a cocksmoker and handled a rope wrong.

@RoddyNada justin bieber probs...

@jonnyrocketballs69 LOL

@capnreefer More character? Poor choice of words my friend. Rated R and Songs for the Deaf featured more than 2 musicians. Had 3 different lead vocalists (Josh, Nick, Mark) and the third had Dave Grohl. Don't get me wrong by no means am I dogging the debut, I LOVE all Queens' albums. EVERY Queens' album is a greatest hits CD. Just SftD is better for the reasons I stated above. Either way, Love Queens'.

this is a '68 bonneville and an 8 track

@capnreefer agreed, man. R and songs for the deaf were hot, but this is it!!