"She Builds Quick Machines" is a rock song by

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, and was released as the first single from the album '' Libertad'' on May 21, 2007. 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''.Bot generated title -->
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's '' The Sauce'' on May 23. The song was also featured in the video game ''

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''.

Music video

Directed by

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, the band is a group of modern cowboys standing on what appears to be a desert in the

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Border region. Something is seen falling from the sky and

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(suited as Clint Eastwood in the film ''

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'') holds up a

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, in which they see a female angel called "Libertad" (Spanish for 'freedom') played by

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. After crashing to Earth, she is kidnapped by the people of a Mexican village, who seem hostile. Various members of the band

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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 Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964), sometimes credited as Duff "Rose" McKagan, is an American musician. He played bass for twelve years in the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late ...

in a car,

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on a motorcycle and Slash with

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in a van. They arrive at the village and have a big fight that involves explosions,

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s and gun shooting. After the fight is over, the band finds Libertad and releases her.

Track listing

# "She Builds Quick Machines" - 4:02

Chart positions

References

External links

* 2007 singles Velvet Revolver songs Songs written by Slash (musician) Songs written by Duff McKagan Songs written by Matt Sorum Songs written by Scott Weiland Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer) Songs written by Dave Kushner RCA Records singles 2007 songs {{2000s-rock-single-stub