She Builds Quick Machines

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“She Builds Quick Machines”
“She Builds Quick Machines” cover
Single by Velvet Revolver
from the album Libertad
Released May 21, 2007
Format CD, Digital download
Recorded December 11, 2006 - February 22, 2007
Genre Hard rock
Length 4:02
Label RCA Records
Writer(s) Scott Weiland
Slash
Dave Kushner
Duff McKagan
Matt Sorum
Producer Brendan O'Brien
Velvet Revolver singles chronology
"Come On, Come In"
(2005)		 "She Builds Quick Machines"
(2007)		 "The Last Fight"
(2007)

"She Builds Quick Machines" is a rock song by Velvet Revolver, and was released as the first single off the album Libertad on May 21, 2007. [1] The song was made available for digital download on May 16, 2007. Besides being featured on Libertad, "She Builds Quick Machines" was also featured on the EP Melody and the Tyranny. [2] The music video premiered on Fuse TV's The Sauce on May 23.

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[edit] Music Video

Directed by Dean Karr, the band is a group of modern cowboys standing on what appears to be a desert in the Texas/Mexico Border. Something is seen falling from the sky and Scott Weiland holds up a telescope, in which they see a female angel called "Libertad". After crashing to Earth, she is kidnapped by the people of a Mexican village, who seem hostile. Various members of the band lip sync the lyrics of the song as if they were the dialogue of the "film". The band tries to track her down on various vehicles equipped with radios, distributed in the following way: Weiland and Duff McKagan in a car, Matt Sorum on a motorcycle and Slash with Dave Kushner in a van. They arrive at the village and have a big fight that involves explosions, molotov cocktails and gun shooting. After the fight is over, the band finds Libertad and releases her.

[edit] Chart Positions

Chart (2007) Peak
Position
Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 4
Billboard Canadian Hot 100 43
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 14

[edit] Notable Appearances of the Song

  • On June 28, 2007, the band performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. [3]
  • The song is one of three tracks for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock in the downloadable Velvet Revolver pack. [4]
  • On Wednesday, May 16, "She Builds Quick Machines", was played on the CBS show CSI: NY. [5]
  • The single was confirmed by the band at the first leg of the Re-Evolution Tour in Santiago, Chile, was released on May 21st on the radio and May 16th for download.[6]
  • The song appears on EA Sports' game NASCAR 08. [7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.rhapsody.com/velvetrevolver/shebuildsquickmachines]
  2. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Melody-Tyranny-EP-Velvet-Revolver/dp/B000QEINVI]
  3. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75272]
  4. ^ http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=L54sqVwZ3k0]
  5. ^ http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=nXzwufqacEo]
  6. ^ FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more!
  7. ^ [1]
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Velvet Revolver
Slash • Dave Kushner • Duff McKagan • Matt Sorum
Scott Weiland
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"Set Me Free" • "Slither" • "Fall to Pieces" • "Dirty Little Thing" • "Come On, Come In" • "She Builds Quick Machines" • "The Last Fight" • "Get Out the Door"
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