100%. He had the talent and the showmanship to do his goofy dance and perform perfectly in front of 33k people. It makes me wonder where are the bands that have the talent but can't perform under the pressure of such a huge crowd?
I feel Eric Kretz doesn't get enough credit. He plays for the song not for himself. Clean & uncomplicated. Gives the guitar and vocals plenty of space to play around in but is powerful and classy when it comes to fills and changing into the different parts of the song. I like his style of drumming.
STP's rhythm section is badass. Robert DeLeo's bass lines are so thoughtful and melodic, and then you have Kretz keeping the beat and adding tasteful fills in the perfect spots. These two are brilliant.
THANK YOU! lol i've never seen anything like this with a band. I think it's also the appeal of it being live and the time period it was in. I feel like im back in 2001 listening to this. Pre 9/11 America
The sound of this song mesmerized and floored me the first time I heard it. I’d never heard a rock song like it before, so creative - the way it builds and crescendos is just jaw dropping. This song is powerful and a testament to Scott’s gifting and this band’s greatness. It’s just a perfect sound.
I was this concert. It was so amazing I can't even tell you. But every time I think about this day, it gives me chills that we had no idea the whole world would change in 2 months. For me, this was the end of the era for anyone that was in college around this time.
This could possibly be the greatest live performance in music history. Seriously. 3:20-3:55 when Eric reaches his crescendo is just phenomenal. They don’t make em like these boys anymore, sadly.
I was going to comment exactly this, well said. The crowd and band each fueling that building energy; fantastic segment and what live music is all about in my opinion.
@@acaldwe1174 I think he eventually would have dipped into Country music. He signed country artists to his label and would always comment how country fans were the only ones who still went out and bought physical copies of albums. Not to mention he did some very country sounding songs in his own career, most notably the song ‘The Man I Didn’t Know’ from his second solo album.
This is the 1st song i heard all those years ago............Too much trippin and my soul's worn thin........Fuck'n ACE....thanks for the wild ride Scott. Rest deeply in the Big Sleep X
STP is the reason rock made a comeback in the 90s when hip-hop and rap were all the rage. Big hair bands were skidding out, and the industry hated Scott for his desperate clinging to his Faith and struggling addiction. Yeah, I remember the sneering criticism of radio DJs insulting STP saying that they sounded like another Pearl Jam. Yet, the STP fans stuck with the band. Scott was a pure artist and a slow motion train wreck. He's anyone of us whose had nagging problems that we can't shake and always tend to inflict upon our close friends, co-workers, and family. But, for a short time he took that spark of genius God gifted him and set the world on fire. It was a short, sweet, and wild ride. I choose to remember him more for his victories rather than his drained youth. I'm glad that he continued as much as possible to try again and again. My feeling was, 'If I'm gonna ask God to help me in this situation, I can't spit in his face.' " --Weiland in a Rolling Stone interview in 2000 These struggles aren't something everyone could understand. Rigorism may judge the addict unmercifully while others mock with insults of hypocrisy. But, Scott took what wavering control he had of his life and made something of it in spite of his public weakness. Thank you Stone Temple Pilots, and RIP Scott Weiland. God bless your soul.
Summer 1993. What an amazing time to be alive. Youth, fast motorcycles, love and rock and roll!! Not to mention the government didn't have a camera up your ass back then either.
The. Greatest. Rock. Performance. They are so on fire here...and so are the band! I've never seen a show where the crowd knocked me out more than a knockout band...wow...just, wow.
STP was one of the favourite bands of my best friend, everytime I hear a STP song I have to think of him, unfortunately he drowned..may he rest in peace.
STP is so damm good it's not even fair. one of the best bands ever, imo. I kinda love how the critics bash them but now since they reunited there scratching their heads at the live shows saying "damm these guys really are amazing..."
I was at this amazing show. The 2nd of the awesome RR Town Fairs I attended. Nearly 100 Degrees of East Coast US humidity in that sea of a crowd up front. I can still feel and sense where I was as STP kicked major A and left it all out there. It is like this concert became part of my soul. Thanks STP
Wow man.. this was alot different from the mtv unplugged rocking chair phase wasn't it. Still just as amzing. 5 mother f'in gold stars! Artist nowadays need more drugs I swear.
no someone said he wasnt an amazing frontman and i said he was. he is most certainly amazing. i have seen velvet revolver live and was thoroughly impressed with his showmanship.
Thank god my dad liked good music. I’m almost 36 but my dad was a die hard stp, Alice In Chains and soundgarden fan. We’d drive around and he’d blast this stuff. Growing up on Long Island in the 90s was such an epic time. If only I was a little older it would have been so cool to experience the mid 90s as a teenager as opposed to an elementary school kid
I grew up in the 80s-90s. It was great but I would have enjoyed the freedom of the 60's-70's too. Hell I'd like to visit every decade. Unfortunately I don't see anything great about the last 20 years.. But in another 20 years things will be so bad that people will be nostalgic about this current era. A time when the government couldn't shut your car off..A time just before social credit scores and Globalism enslaved the world.
Wow! Im in my late 40's Gotta say these guys are great.What the hell did I miss out on. Scott is a throw back to Bowie, hes awesome, the guitarist I will say I never heard of and thats a shame, I would say very underrated. Excellent Live Performers and versatile! Thank God for RU-vid...
Where in the actual literal world were you during the early to mid 90’s to have totally no knowledge of STP? They had so many great song’s especially from their first two albums that I’m definitely quite surprised that there would be a 40 something year old alternative and rock music fan alive in 2021 but to not have heard or experienced STP songs in 90’s. Be that-as-it-may, I’ll just quote the “surf shop kid” from another early 90’s classic, Point Break, (lemme guess, you never watched it😴) where the kid wisely gives some encouraging advice saying, “That's what I'm saying. It's never too late. Hope you stick with it.”
This live version has so many cool things going for it. One of my favorite things is the way he says “her dizzy head” in this version. It’s just different enough from the way he says it on the studio version to be noticeable, but not different to be distracting. I dig it.
This is classic! Scott's performance here was flawless! This is the kind of shamanic energy a front man of a high powered rock and band should have. As others have asked, where is this magic today? I miss soulful rock and roll! Ok, I'll retire to my porch now! LOL! Great video! Thanks for posting.
Just pulled the acoustic out and learned the bassline to this 🔥🔥🔥 One of the sickest basslines ever this whole show is nuts but this version of Big Empty sounds incredible notsure if it could be topped
@jsanabria totally ..he did a track on chris Robinsons New Earth Mud album which has an absolutely sick bassline...its worth checking out tho the title escapes me ATM cheers
