I was 15 in 1994. I was sitting in my parents living room watching the VMA's and I had to stay up to watch STP. They went on around 11pm and my Mom was pushing me to go to bed for school the next day. But, I had to stay up. I'll never forget this song because it embodied the talent that Scott was. The guy was the last in a breed of "rock stars." There are not many artists who rocked liked Scott and STP. I listened to that Purple album 50 billion times and it never got old. He had an eclectic array of genres in his performance (blues, rock, punk). The Core album broke all barriers. Tiny Music is awesome! Music lost a great.
Very well put, I couldn't put into words what he impacted upon many of us like you just did. He was truly a legend and his music lives on through many of us to this very day....
Gorgeous comment. I was around the same age, and this album (and especially Tiny Music...) was transcendental for me. The 90s was sort of like a spark of life in the music industry, one last heaving breath of fresh music before it all just collapsed. (at least until I discovered melodeath and folk metal 15+ years later)
Whether it was in STP, Velvet Revolver, or solo projects... he made amazing music. I hate that I'll never get to see him. I just had to be born in fucking 1985. Born too late I was.
Loved Scott's music. When their concerts rolled around, i never went. I feel bad now. I missed out on so much. But listen to him every day..Atlanta is my favourite
Not one of their more upbeat songs, to be sure, but boy, is it ever a powerful one. It speaks not only to those who have lost their loved ones to drugs, but rather to everyone who has lost somebody. Scott, you were an extraordinary frontman, and you, too, are "shorter lived and longer gone." Thanks for all the outstanding music.
Thank you, Scott Weiland, for the way you made us feel. I saw you in concert in 2010, when you were using the megaphone and wearing that hat. I had a migraine that day and almost didn't get to the show. So glad I did.
100% on point comment. He wrote and arranged almost every song. Scott brought the melody ( and lyrics), which Rob has said was always different and far better than what he imagined.
Always loved this version. I remember seeing it when it aired. Just shows that you don't need loads of equipment and effects to sound good. In the right hands a couple of acoustics and a set of bongos sounds amazing.
It sounds a bit like a Beatles song.. that they made their own.. Suprised it was an original. Weiland was so versitile, never one to get stuck in one era, even though the early music kicked ass! and that is missed. The band is still incredible.... loving the evolution. STP has alot of talent to still sound amazing while so very different from the early years. The new singer Gunn sounds and looks a bit like Weiland. He could sing a song like this but so far, I am not hearing Scotts passion and emotion, where the newest album for 2020 could be more powerful. However It is Very Beautiful musically. Its called "Perdida"
I stayed up late that night to watch my STP! I loved to see Scott perform.. the way he moved and sang was fascinating!!! I remember this song til this day...
I dated a guy when I was a tween and this is the song he chose for us. We moved our own ways but this song reminds me of him. His twin brother dated a friend of mine. Been a STP fan since the preteen years. I wonder how they sound with Jeff Gutt.
I can imagine this is how they came up with this song. Chilling in the living room just kicking around tunes and lyrics. Later that day out came this masterpiece.
i picked this tape up as soon as it dropped and listened on repeat non-stop. 15 and blasting this non-stop on a family camping trip... great memories with brothers and pickin up chicks... lol... o/
I'm convinced that performances like this killed him way before he took his life. STP is emotionally inspiring to us while they play for the people they hate.
Yes Scott was 1 of the best singers out there I was so lucky to see them 2 times in concert God I love the 90s we're the shit man fucking music today is nothing like the 90s I was in my teens from 93 to 97 that was my high school year's now I am 44 years old man I really miss those days fuck
HOMENAJE A SCOTT WEILAND: Con solo 48 años, el cantante fue encontrado sin vida al interior de su autobús en Minnesota y por el momento (ayer) se desconoce la causa de su muerte. Nacido en California en 1967 bajo el nombre de Scott Richard Kline, Scott Weiland es considerado un ícono del Grunge como fundador de los Stone Temple Pilots al lado de los hermanos Robert y Dean DeLeo, con quienes lanzaría uno de los discos más importantes de la década de los noventa, el “Core” donde se incluyen clásicos como “Creep” y “Plush”. Sin embargo el éxito de los Stone Temple Pilots llegaría con su segundo disco, “Purple”, con canciones como Big Empty , Vasoline e Interstate Love Song. MI homenaje a este cantante cuyo primer grupo marcó muchos pasajes de mi juventud y sus excesos su marca registrada como las de mi generación, será con esta canción que al escucharla me di cuenta de su gran creatividad, el bueno de Scott sólo se nos adelantó en la ruta final al cual todos llegaremos.
You know....we always hear "saving the best for last"....the early to mid 90s owned absolutely some of the best music of all time....could it be that everything else to come out won't be able to hold a candle to this amazing, but brief, era? Time can only tell....
got talent! he can do more.. but is addiction got him. n die far to young! learn him people! stay out from drugs! focus God n Jesus!!Amen Praise God 🙏 ✝️
I want to say a huge, greatful thank you and I had a bottle of champagne in 1994 and when STP "Purple " took album of the year I popped open the bottle and celebrated. I want to thank STP singing my lyrics and music collaborations, we did it. Pretty Penny was an interesting song I wrote as were the rest of them. God bless.
You could see Robert wasn't at all happy with Scott around at around 00:58 when Scott screwed up the lyric. From what I've read, even at this early stage (1994) the DeLeos were already thinking about replacing Scott because he had become such an unreliable junkie mess.
Scott says in the beginning, but the song is actually based off of "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. It's a short read, if you are interested, but it's majestic in it's simplicity.
That's what I love about the DeLeos, they're just regular dudes. Dean I think was a project manager (or something high-up) in a construction company iirc, and Robert said that Dean was already making a ton of dough before they became famous. I remember some interviewer asking them if the new money they had changed them in any way, and along with that answer, I think we can see that, no, it only affected Scott :( The other guys are just classy guys.
