Critics Called Them COPY CATS... Band RETALIATED With This DYNAMIC #1 Rock Hit | Professor Of Rock
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- Everyone loves a love triangle, right? Just as long as you’re not the one on the outs. Well, today’s song was written by Stone Temple Pilots. Frontman Scott Weiland wrote the lyrics about a love triangle between he and his fiancee and the third party, who wasn’t human. The song was a massive hit on the rock charts in the 90s after STP’s first album blew up and critics trashed the band, but they had the last laugh with this hit that described Scott’s battle with an addiction that had a tragic result.
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Today we are taking a deep dive into the story of Scott Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots, and their 1994 hit interstate love song. mFrom the outset, it seemed like the critics had it in for Scott Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots. Launched into rockstardom with their debut album Core, this 90s alt-rock band garnered massive media attention. And most of it was pretty heartless. Labeled pretenders, rip-off artists, and grunge opportunists, really, their biggest crime was showing up at the party a little late. Core was released on September 29, 1992, a full year after Nirvana’s Nevermind kicked the doors open for the media’s grunge feeding frenzy.
Pearl Jam’s Ten hit a month earlier on August 27, 1991 and Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger arrived in stores on October 8. Alice in Chains’ Dirt actually came out the same day as STP’s Core, but with 1990’s Facelift already locked in and the benefit of being Seattle-born, they were just as legit as the rest. At the peak of STP’s early success, Weiland often sang with a deep, baritone vocal style that got him repeatedly roasted for sounding too much like Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder.
But despite the critical contempt, Core was an incredible album, raw and heavy-hitting. Powered by the singles Sex Type Thing, Plush, and Creep, along with the radio promo release Wicked Garden, Core success only poured more gasoline on the media’s burning distain.
Plush in particular was a mega-hit. And one the band didn’t want to be defined by it. So, in anticipation of its success... yeah, they knew it was going to kill... they refused to make it their first single and buried it deep in the record, as track 9.
Even so, this song that started out as a simple guitar exercise with a country riff and some ragtime chords, rocketed up the rock charts to #1. Plush inundated the airwaves. It was everywhere. But despite being a people’s favorite, the media bashing continued. In fact, in a January 1994 Rolling Stone poll, Stone Temple Pilots was voted both the Best New Band by readers and the Worst New Band by critics. But as we know, the the record buying public always win . - Zábava
“The critics we’re wrong.” 100% Thank you.
Yeppers! 👍
Scott Weiland surpasses Eddie Vedder as far as talent. He just naturally pronounces most of his lyrics better.
I HAVE A QUESTION DO ANY OF YALL EVER LOOK INTO THE MUSIC NOT PROMOTED?
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@@germanenglishengineer2054 Both are/were supremely talented, I love them both for different things- you don’t have a f’n clue, pal. Your post was cringe at best. Simpleton.
The critics were completely effing wrong. STP was a great, great band.
I used to joke that I burned a hole in the CD with the laser constantly playing it.
They WERE copycats. They also were very talented. But Weiland was all but original. That all means nothing, because the fans liked them. The Offspring were also copycats, but they were super successful. Nothing wrong with that.
@@punkassfunk oh c'mon man....don't compare the friggin Offspring to STP. Not even in the same realm. You can't downplay the impact STP had. The acoustic version of Plush is still one of the greatest songs ever and Interstate Love Song was playing in the background of every memory I have of my sophomore year in college and I'm not the only one.
@@punkassfunk How were they copycats? When a STP song comes on, they are immediately recognizable. They don't sound like anyone else.
And don't ever compare STP to Offspring.
@@punkassfunk You could say that Bob Dylan "copied" Woody Guthrie. STP was "inspired" by other bands, like ALL other bands are...
Never heard one STP song that sounded anything like Pearl Jam. STP chord progressions were always a notch above. RIP Scott
He's even singing with the same facial/mouth shape as Eddie in the clip at 4.30
@@miboogaroo Honestly thinks that's where the "copycat" tag came from, Wyland just looked like he was doing a Vedder impression on stage. Ended up being a good thing because it pushed Scott to adopt his Lounge Singer stage persona which became pretty iconic.
@@miboogaroo Never much of a Jam fan. Always been a craven, mindless, robe-enwrapt, flesh-eating STP disciple. No sonic relation betwixt PJ & our plucky heroes. (He rose. From a bed of viral casts.)
I'll grant geographic similarity. As far as I'll go. RiPSTP
Nothing good comes from heroin and addiction.
I bought ONE Pearl Jam album. I owned EVERY STP album. THAT'S how I voted back then.
Saw them at the Arizona State Fair in 1993. Someone threw a flannel shirt onstage and Weiland held it up and chucked it back into the audience, growling: "I ain't a f---ing lumberjack and I ain't from f---ing Seattle."
Ha ha! 😂
Love it!
Probably a grunge hating glam metal fan threw it onstage.
@@davej.meister5421 I don't think so. Why would a glam metal fan have a flannel shirt? That's like a grunge fan having leather pants.
@@mariolopez3728 Heckler who blames grunge for killing glam. And they do exist. They're abundant here at YT. Met a few of them. Jackasses.
In all the hundreds of times I've listened to this song, I'd never stopped to consider that the "inter-state" is from one state of sobriety/inebriety to another... So sad, given how intentional Scott was about his drug use, and where it eventually, inevitably, took him.
Me neither! I had no idea that the interstate was a symbol that was supposed to represent alcohol use. I thought the song was about driving on the highway and how he loves the interstate.
That’s what I really love about POR. I don’t always live the music he covers, but I always learn something new and interesting. I know, I sound like a review bot, but I really mean it!
Sad
STP was the first band I ever saw live that was significantly BETTER live. Jones Beach circa 1998ish. Weiland's stage presence was mesmerizing - a combo of Iggy Pop & David Bowie. I was already a fan of his poetic lyrics & STP's incredible music. But I left that show blown away by Weiland's performance. A FUCKING ROCK STAR....
Agreed. Saw in Portland ME in the mid 90’s and it was a really pleasant surprise how good they were. Cheap Trick opened, and they were pretty durned good too.
@@MrTimothypjr Cheap Trick... another timeless band and a must to see live. That must've been great, seeing them together. ✌️
Sean, that was a great show. Fellow long islander here
On a good day, he was great.
I saw STP at the Santa Barbara Bowl around 2006. I figured they'd be old, addicted and apathetic by then. To the contrary they put on a great show and Scott Weiland was still a bona fide rock star.
Interstate Love Song was so good that in 2001 in Knoxville TN my band was paid $200 by a bar patron to keep playing it over and over all night...no one got sick of it.
"Purple" is my favorite STP record by far. I liked "Core" when it came out, but they never really fully clicked for me. A few years later I was driving around with a friend and "Interstate Love Song" came on the radio. We'd never heard the song before since the album had recently been released and neither of us had it, but we instantly knew it was the new STP song and that it felt somehow more realized than anything off "Core." I bought "Purple" not long after, and loved it from beginning to end. I still listen to it in its entirety to this day every so often.
Adam, I'm glad you mentioned "Sour Girl". It's at the top of my list of favorite STP songs. Aside from simply being a great song, it's a confessional from a vulnerable Weiland about how things went terribly wrong, and that he played a big part in that. STP was a great band and I thank you for giving them a spotlight.
I liked “Sour girl,” and then I watched the video, so I was like, that’s it. 🙌 🫶
My FAVORITE song to play on acoustic. Man, I just wish I could sing like him!
My two favorite songs of STP are both on No.4. I loved Sour Girl the first time I heard it and it has become my favorite over the years. Atlanta is also a great song that hooked me the first time I heard it.
Love sour girl didn't even realize that was buffy till I read comments apparently when Scott got busted he binged buffy and she was cool to be in that video miss him so fuckin talented...
Great jam.
STP was always legit a kick ass band. F#ck what the "critics" said. Decades later they are still a favorite of, not just my generation, but the younger generations as well.
Critics are usually jealous, failed musicians.
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@@exodusfromearth6883 They always want to focus on the negative things.
They sounded nothing like the Seattle groups, they were their own group, their own sound. Totally legit as you say. The critics can go F themselves.
Glad you covered this masterpiece of a song. It will always be one of my favorite songs of all time. The first time I heard it on the radio in 1994 I bought the album on my lunch break. Yes literally an hour later! I never did that with any other song/album. Purple was perfection! Hit play and let it go till it stopped. I feel so fortunate to have lived in the 90s!
STP's song 'Still Remains' gets me emotional every time I hear it... The music, of course, but the lyrics... damn.
I was born in 1970. You do the math. Your channel is the time machine I always told my buddies we needed. Thanks, man, you’re keeping me young.
And can you please explain why you do not have millions of subscribers by now?
Interstate Love Song is a masterpiece. They've been my favorite band since 1993. I was blessed to see them in concert this past Saturday in Addison. Their new music with Jeff is good too. I'm happy to see they are still recognized as an awesome, influential band!
You're the best professor...as usual, incredible insights and history, then an attempt at understanding, and finally empathy concerning a complex condition like addiction...and as always, an intense love of the MUSIC!!! One of the best hard rock bands of all time, Stone Temple Pilots. Thanks again brother!!!
Love your show brudda!!! Scott Weiland wrote some of the most lyrically beautiful songs of our time. These in particular hit me, absolute chills:
"Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me ask if you could bring a friend
Pick a flower hold your breath and drift away..."
Still Remains is such a great song. Truly shows how good Scott really was at song writing. I didn't realize this until the mid 2000's. I grew up in the 90s and the whole Grunge and Alternative scene. Scott was a genius and sadly his own worst enemy. I say STP twice once at Rock Fest In Chicago July of 2000. There were the 3rd to last act. Played 4 songs maybe 5 and for a short set Scott went balls out. He gave it his all even though they were not the main act. Metallica was that day. The 2nd time was in October of 2000. The poor drummer was so sick he was puking into a bucket on stage. Scott and the band still gave it their all.
...take a bath I'll drink the water that you leave...
This made me happy. STP is my all time favorite band. I saw them every time they played in the Philly area. Unfortunately, the critics still have it out for them, they still haven't been even nominated for the rock and roll hall of fame (they should already be in). I was hooked from the first time I saw Sex Type Thing on Headbanger's ball, ran out and got the tape the next day, and have been a huge fan ever since. I enjoy every album they put out and always will.
They're my favorite band too. I saw them play this past Saturday in Addison.
This man's voice was a work of art, and everything the band did was a step aside and a cut above. Nothing derivative at all about them, and while I can't listen to a Pearl Jam song to the conclusion, I play STP songs on repeat.
I think you summed it up in one perfect statement... "Scott Weiland was such an underrated frontman."
@Professor of Rock - I would love to see you cover Ludo. Probably one of the best "little known" bands in the US, both musically and lyrically.
I never saw STP as a "copy" of anything grunge or other. In my mind I saw them as a modern "traditional" rock band and that's what made them epic. The musicianship, lyrical content and Scott's vocals blended beautifully and I always felt they sounded "fresh". They did deserve much better treatment by the music press.
Amen. Ultimately they were a prisoner of their time.
So much depth in "Interstate Love Song". Such gutwrenching lyrics never realizing the tug a war going on in Scot's heart and mind. How sad and tragic to hear his dimise..Thank you Professor for such a fascinating behind the scenes of this heartfelt great song. ❤️
Of the two Scotts, I always thought Stapp was more of an Eddie Vedder impersonator that Weiland.
So glad to see new videos, content on STP… they deserved so much recognition because of their body of work. Powerful singer with a dynamic voice, completely unique. The band also rocked hard and also made some beautiful soft melodies that perfectly tied with Scott’s voice. They definitely were one of the most interesting bands to watch for me and because their songs are so different, each have a different taste, character to them. Keep up the great work, happy to hear people are still talking about this great band. RIP Scott, Long love STP!
Interstate love song is definitely my favorite STP track. Truly hard to believe that this song is 28 years old. Definitely a road trip windows open crank it Up song. I was fortunate enough to see the band live on two separate occasions in the early 2000s. Great band live.
Professor, thank you very much for covering STP. They're one of my all time favorite bands and as successful as they were, I don't think they get their full due. Their albums have aged extremely well and while I love all of their albums (the first 4 especially), Tiny Music is in my opinion not only STP's most underrated album, it's one of the best albums of the alternative era.
I love Stone Temple Pilots and I am so glad you sang their praises because they deserve it.
Thanks for all the insights into the song. I never knew all of this about it but I love this song and it means even more now. This album was a masterpiece. It is still one of my favorites.
I thank Adam for telling me the inside story of this song. Things that I never knew beforehand!
Stone Temple Pilots. I remember them. STP is an oil additive. 🛢
STP got a raw deal from rock critics. STP were The Real Deal without a doubt. I’ve seen hundreds of live shows but the single best live show I ever saw was STP in New Orleans in June 2000. Live music doesn’t get any better than what they did that night. Every Scott Weiland STP album is great. PURPLE is a stone cold classic album.
When people talk about the diminishing influence of rock music I place a huge amount of blame on rock critics. They slagged off so many great bands - STP, Rush, Smashing Pumpkins, Duran Duran, ELO, Led Zeppelin (to name just a handful) - they hurt rock way more than they ever promoted it.
Great episode, Prof 👍
Great vid, one of your best so far. Of all the bands from the early grunge era I listen to STP the most. Great legacy of music.
Loved this! Interstate Love Song is one of my favourite songs ever!. Thanks for sharing the meaning behind the song. Would love to see you cover Soul Asylum next! Runaway Train was probably one of the biggest hits of the 90s.
This is one of my favorite songs from the '90s too - I really enjoyed the story behind it! Since you asked Professor, I would love to hear about the band Garbage. They've had quite a career up to the present. Come to think of it, also Live... and the Posies, a band from the Seattle area, but not part of the grunge scene.
Yes, Garbage! So many great songs, Shirley Manson is underrated.
I love Shirley; she’s definitely one of the great voices of rock.
Garbage touring with Tears for Fears this summer 🔥
Lot of great stuff from the 90's. My favorite decade for buying music, next to the 70's.
I concur!
A quick listen to some of their less-popular tracks like "Sour Girl," "Days of the Week," and "Still Remains" tells you everything you need to know about their talent. An amazing band and I'm so glad that history is finally giving them the respect they deserve.
Thank you for covering Stone Temple Pilots! Plush is one of those euphoria songs that take me back to being 13. Interstate Love Song was kind of it's older brother to me. Thicker and heavier in sound and lyrics.
I'll eat up any 90s alternative rock you cover, but await the day for some Counting Crows to be discussed! I dig what you're doing!
Always love Stone Temple Pilots from the beginning, they have tons of great song and varieties. One of my favorite band of all time.
Hands down my favorite band of all time! Thank you for for featuring this song on your channel….it really takes me back.
You have absolutely amazing content. Love the channel sir!
My favorite too!
The DeLeo brothers have so much talent. Scott had an amazing voice… They didn’t deserve the hate they got
Well done. Your sensitivity on this song, singer, band and situation is greatly appreciated.
First STP song I heard was "Plush". Love it to this day. Shortly afterward, STP played Late Night with David Letterman. Scott Weiland starts singing through a megaphone and I'm just like WTF is this? They played Dead and Bloated and it blew my mind. Absolute genius. Criminally underrated band. R.I.P. Scott Weiland.
This was that one song I played on repeat over and over again and still couldn’t get enough ❤️🤘 This is so well done and perfectly said I hope Scott is hearing this somewhere 🙏
Adam, possibly your best video. Very respectfully done. The love comes through. Thank you
Love you’re videos man. Thanks for the content!
I remember being given a copy of Purple on cassette when I was in high school.
I’d walk around listening to it over and over again on my Walkman. Just being completely blown away by the music. It was unlike anything else I’d heard. And In no way in my mind sounding like Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder.
Interstate Love Song is a classic, and it was great to hear the back story. Even given the lyrical content.
Thanks again. Enjoying all your vids. But would certainly welcome some more 90’s stuff.
🤘🎸✌️
One of my first dates with my wife was the STP show in support of Tiny Music. Scott had such a presence onstage and his vocals were perfect. Later, my wife would comment that we must be in the car because a Stone Temple Pilots song would be playing on the radio.
I believe it was Robert DeLeo that released a raw audio track of Scott singing ILS in the recording studio. It's a stunning example of how well Scott could sing.
STP is so amazing! I always think about how underrated the band is… Scott was so talented. One of the bests. Miss him a lot 💜
Thanks for putting a spotlight on "Still Remains". One of my favorite STP tracks.
I started a new job back in April of '94, and was finally in a position to start part 2 of my music collection in earnest (part 1 is all vinyl, of course). STP, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana were at the very top of my list. Up until then, I relied heavily on the music from the mid-60's to about '83 (ZZ Top/Eliminator was released then). I was THRILLED to hear something I could get behind, and put into heavy rotation on my thoroughly abused computer! I still have all 3 of them, along with the rest of my vinyl and CD's, and enjoy them now as much as I ever did back then.
Professor, you have given us a HUGE gift covering STP, and this spectacular song. Many Thanks! 🙏 💿 📀
Purple is one of my fav albums of the 1990s. Even songs like Unglued are rocking, and I never get tired of the album. Truly a classic!
The STP song “Atlanta” is also an amazing interpretation of Scott fighting his personal demons. He had an amazing and versatile voice. Sad 😢
I loved his voice. It is so tragic that he was struggling with addiction.
YES!
Atlanta is the greatest song The Doors never wrote. 😉
@@RHINOSAUR IKR! The similarities are uncanny.
Story I heard was that she knew all along and that was basically the letter she wrote him. He basically wrote that into the song as his reply in a live song. Absolute honesty and genius
Thanks for the insight in this song, and Scott. This was great, and thank you for your sensitivity at the end. You rock!!!
I like what you said about not being too hard on those tragic souls who lost the battle to heroin addiction. I would never condone using for anyone, but I do understand the escape. First of all, if we are honest with ourselves, we all have our own addictions we use as coping mechanisms. Musicians, in general seem to have been marginalized individuals in society who find their voices through their music. This is especially true for rock and metal performers. Music seems to be even more cathartic for them, than it does for your average person or even musician. Especially for metal artists, this explains the heaviness of the genre. The aggressive angry music seems to get the anger out of their systems. Now this type of music may not work this way for everybody, but it does work this way for some. I know, because I am one of those people. And music works even better for vocalists. I enjoy singing, myself, and I can tell you if you truly put the emotion into a song that it deserves, you lose yourself in it and will find yourself slightly drained afterword. I also understand that high that Scott was chasing when he first used. You can get it when you sing. I tell people, when I sing, I’m not me anymore. I’m a completely different entity. It’s just me and the music. I think Scott felt that when he sang, but, sadly, it wasn’t enough. He got a better high (He thought, when he fixed) and then we all know where that led. He chased that high the rest of his life, right into the grave. Long story short, I respect what you said. His addiction was not something to be celebrated or emulated, but, we can have empathy for his situation. And we should. Another super talented soul who left too soon.
I was in Colorado for my cousin's wedding when she invited us the next day to see some bands at Red Rocks. The warm-up band was STP, the headliner was the Butthole Surfers... I never heard STP before and they were great.
My cousin snapped a pic of me with a rainbow over my shoulder as they were playing.
I headed back to Chicago to hear them all over the radio... and the next tour, they were the headliner.
Very cool. Ya they blew up fast at that time.
Was the Flaming Lips at that show, too? I think that's the same tour I saw them on the east coast. It was my first concert and really fun.
@@S_H9260 they must have joined later for other dates... tours are like that sometimes.
STP is one of my favourites from the 90s. I listen to them often and when I needed to make a list of songs I wanted to learn on guitar, their songs were at the top of the list. I wish I’d known exactly how hard these songs are to play! Haha. Been working on the chord changes in this one for months.
I'm from the Seattle suburbs, and was in 7th grade in 1992 when grunge was at its height. We loved "Core." "Core" was as welcomed as any of the Seattle bands' records. I remember ordering it through Columbia House and absolutely loved it. "Purple" was a soundtrack for my summer of 1994. Kurt Cobain had recently passed away and I needed a great, timeless record like that to help me get through it. I remember "Big Empty" first appearing on the soundtrack to "The Crow," then was thrilled when it showed up on "Purple" as well. "Vaseline" got a lot of airplay on MTV, as did "Interstate Love Song." What a record! RIP Scott Weiland. I hope Janina has been able to make her peace with losing Scott and is doing well. Thank you for the great analysis and tribute, Adam.
I remember seeing STP live. Weiland was amazing. His vocals were perfect and he had great energy.
hell yeah
FIrst time i saw STP, they had opened for Queensryche at a small venue in Toledo OH.
First song was Crackerman, and when he pulled out the megaphone the place went nuts. There were more people there to see STP than Queensryche. I still have the ticket stub.
I never gave STP the credit they deserved during the grunge years. They are one of my favorite bands now. They were one of the best bands to come out of that era. I don't consider them grunge. They are a hard rock band. It's a shame Weiland got lost in drugs. Unfortunately, a lot of the musicians from that time did, and we lost a lot of them. It really hurt when Weiland, and Lane Staley died. STP and AIC are my two favorite bands from the grunge years, even though they weren't grunge.
I bet he was on 🔥
He was an awesome performer! Saw him in Velvet Revolver...dynamite!
The critics lambasted Led Zeppelin too, but the fans knew better.
Such a huge loss. He was so talented. To this day it still blows my mind how amazing his voice was even when he was barely able to stand up. I still listen to his music to this day. There are a few STP songs I loved but I have always been more into his Velvet Revolver music. I have a special playlist on my phone with a bunch of their songs on it that I listen to very often. Thanks for this eppy Professor. Hope you do more of Scott's songs.
STP always holds a place in my heart. Already a huge fan of the band, my buddy and I were driving to a funeral for a friend of ours who was in a car crash when Pretty Penny came on. We were all 20 years old and it wasn't fair she was gone too soon. Every time I hear that song, it takes me back 25 years ago to that sad day.
WoW. Very poetic indeed.
Breaking down the plot in the lyrics really changed this song up a bit, not knowing all this before.
Very interesting... as usual Doc👍🏻💗
I bought Core when it came out as well as Purple and also was very into the rock press. I remember reading their hate for STP and frankly understanding their points. However, I just kept listening to the albums and ultimately my response to the 'copy cat' charge was "well maybe but the songs are good'.
If you write good songs so much takes care of itself.
STP came on the scene at a pivotal time in my life. I was a little over 2 years into an 8 year stretch in the army, and was still trying to “find my way”. Long road trips on 3 and 4 day weekends, concerts galore. You could always find STP, and others, in the mix of cd’s we had. The days of the big cd wallets, and the copilot got to choose the music. Great memories.
I've been a fan of STP ever since I first heard Lady Picture Show. Interstate Love Song is my second fave from the group. Whenever I heard it (or any other of their songs) on the radio I always turned up the music and hummed along with the tune.
Professor of Rock looks like my grandpa and I'm not saying you look old but your features look so much like my grandpa when he was a young man , if you tell me you own a apple & peach orchard I'm going to freak out .
STP music still rocks, but their lyrics are even better. While they seemed grunge or "alt-rock", they definitely had their own sound. "Interstate Love Song" is great for being just that, but the more somber "Sour Girl" always gets me. ETA: Thanks for reminding us to have compassion, Prof. (RIP, Scott)☮️
Solid album. I wore this tape out in '94! Of all the great songs on Purple, I was always partial to Pretty Penny. The writing on this album really separated STP from the grunge monacre previously used to describe them on Core.
I have memories of this song in particular growing up in the 90's, I remember riding in the car and this song coming on and just singing along with it. Good times. You should do the Foo Fighters, their first album in particular.
my favorite 90s band...so glad to see you give them some love...the DeLeo bros are great songwriters and excellent musicians while Eric kretz has such a unique drumming style...SCOTT WEILAND....one of the greatest live frontmen ever......rob wrote the plush riff too...such a melodic bass player...also the album cover of purple is from a bag or dope Scott had bought
I fell in love with a girl in 1992, while visiting my best friend down at Va Tech. I lived in Northern Va., at the time. She and I had an intense, but turbulent, long distance love affair for the next two years.
Every weekend I would drive down there, taking I66 to I81 south, to visit her. It was a 500 mile round trip. And for me, Interstate Love Song became emblematic of the myriad of challenges one faces in the effort of maintaining this type of impossible relationship. The song still gives me goose bumps upon hearing it. Today was no exception. It brought back the memories of all those miles, and the hours spent making that hazardous journey, repeatedly. That section of the I81 corridor is one of the most dangerous roads on the East coast, due to the volume of the semi trucks.
The relationship finally ended, as 99.9% of all long distance relationships do at that age (I was 22). And two songs instantly bring it all back. This one, and "Far Behind", by Candlebox. A song I would love to see you do a video on.
Thanks for the flashback, today. 👍
At least part of the trip was on the I-81 corridor between Hagerstown and Winchester. I swear that is the only part of I-81 worth driving on. I was just at a Black Label Society show a couple weekends ago just off that section of I-81 in Inwood, WV. My wife hates driving on I-81, for the record.
I agree completely with Far Behind. What a song. I call that the second best apology song of all time. Only Feels Like Tonight by Daughtry is better. Great mention.
Amazing piece Professor! Thank you! Every time I hear this song the volume always goes way up!
Awesome homage to STP!! My favorite concert I’ve seen online was the Stone temple pilots Concert at the Rolling Rock towns fair in
Latrobe PA 08/04/01. Eric Kretz was incredible, the DeLeo Brothers Dean and Robert were insane, but Scott was a rock God, closest I’ve ever seen to Freddy Mercury at Live Aid to having a crowd in the palm of his hand.
90s alternative songs were so abstract we definitely need a professor to help us understand. Nice.
With Weiland singing, one of the GREATEST bands ever! Critics are just that...
Only the fans opinions matter.
I remember hearing this song, a lot. I could never really get the lyrics. My niece LOVED STP and Scott in particular. In an attempt to connect w/her I began listening to her jams. I agree w/all you said. I am a 70's-80's girl, but I like the bluesy vibe. Scott was a very enchanting front man. Lastly, I know so many people from this era who got tripped up with opiates. For many, it started with doctors giving it to them when they prob shouldn't have. By the time people starting figuring out the danger...it was too late. I will NEVER shame an addict. I know they want to stop but can't. It sucks, period.
You just set the bar extremely high for this video. It's the best out there
The real genius behind STP was the inventiveness and interplay of the DeLeo brothers.
Another great rock storytelling from the Professor Of Rock. I, as well, place this song as one of my favourites ever. STPs first 3 albums in particular are ageless - they sound just as good today as they did back then. Although technically not a grunge band, they stood out to me then as the best of rock/grunge music of the 90s . As I look back now in my late 40s, I continue to have the same sentiment.
I agree with you, Stephanie! They are an awesome rock band.
Hey Professor, Ive said this before, but this is why your channel rocks- one day i could be watching a video and learning about Elvis, and the next, im watching about STP- one of my fave bands from the 90s! Thanks so so so much for giving STP the credit they deserve as one of the greatest bands from that time, and also for praising Scott Weiland on his talent- i feel he was definitely underrated as a vocalist and that STP definitely wasnt a copycat band- their music couldnt be more different from Pearl Jam's and i respect both bands but can tell the difference between Scott's and Eddie's voices- Scott's is a lot more grittier and has its own deep quality that is very unique. Good job! Like i said, i loved STP and still do so Im glad to see u review one of their songs. Rest in Peace Scott- and thank u for the music you gave us.🖤 As far as other 90s bands go, i would love to see an episode about Alice In Chains, i know they are a heavier band, but they were really the first ones to make a so-called"grunge" album- everyone thinks that Nirvana did, but i believe that AIC was already out there making music and dropped Facelift first- i guess u can correct me if im wrong! I think sometimes the greatness and genius of AIC gets overlooked bc of bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, so it would be cool to see you do a video on them, and even better, maybe you could even break down the song "Rooster", and explain how significant it was. That would be so awesome! Well, once again, im inpressed by your channel's diversity and it's just the best! By the way Professor, where do you get all your cool T-shirts from? You have every band, every singer- id love for you to talk about this sometime! I love u! Xoxox😘❤✌️- keep on rockin!
I love your channel!!! Thanks for the excellent content. How about the Eel’s? Mark E. has a very interesting background with his father and Marks extensive music catalog. I am sure you’d do great job interviewing him. Thanks again for all you do. Jonathan
I never, ever got the people who griped that STP sounded too much like Pearl Jam or Nirvana. They didn't sound anything alike. The DeLeo brothers were among the few grunge-era artists who acknowledged a jazz influence and admitted they loved Led Zep.
💯. Loved their cover of Dancing Days.
Love the content and how you're keeping rock alive.
We are proud of him for keeping the heart of rock and roll still beating!
Interstate Love Song and Vasoline are my favorite STP songs. I saw them in concert back April of 97', ah memories. Great band!
Interstate Love Song is one of the few times I've been right about evaluating a song. I remember as a teen driving 30 minutes to the nearest town with a record store in NW Wis. I remember where I was on the drive home when I heard 'Interstate Love Song' and I thought to myself "That's going to be hit single from this album". How right I was. Still comes up on classic rock radio to this day. And I love it every time.
I was sophomore in high school and Interstate Love Song got me through a painful break up. I always assumed the song was about a girl that lied and cheated on Scott until I learned otherwise in the early 2000’s. In my opinion Purple was the best album of the 90’s.
Same here, I was a sophomore in HS and I had this part time job in a warehouse and my coworker was an older 20s metal/rock head so we had a radio playing in the background and he would always put on K-Rock station. At that time I was into hip hop and rnb, but boy did I really like this song when it would get played. Now at 43 going on 44, I still play this song (and some of their other songs).
Hey Adam, I am well aware that the Australian band, Cold Chisel never made it big in the U.S, but in many people's minds, they were the greatest band in the world at the time. Many of their songs are totally anthemic in Australia, and other countries as well. I would be overjoyed if you could do an episode on them, you may, or may not remember the song "Working class man" which was a solo single for Cold Chisel's lead singer Jimmy Barnes. It was on the soundtrack of the movie "Working class man " with Michael Keaton. As I have already said, their music is a huge part of Australian culture, even 40 years after it was first released. What say you, Adam?
I became aware of Jimmy Barnes through his collab with INXS on The Lost Boys soundtrack "Good Times". Which lead me to buy his ""Freight Train Heart", a tremendous album, with coincidentally another road trip song, Driving Wheels. I was amazed nothing on that album made it to the pop radio. But Jimmy then lead me back to Cold Chisel. Fantastic band.
@@jrobertlysaght Cold Chisel, in my opinion is the one band that should have made it on the world stage, but never did. Their music may have been a bit too Australian for world tastes at the time.
One of my favorite bands, if not my absolute favorite band. Sang in a STP cover band- 3 sets of 13 songs a few years ago. Great times doing their great songs!
STP was one of the bands that most impacted me as of the first time I heard them. And I couldn't get enough of them. Interstate love song felt totally mythic for me, it touched my soul and I had no idea why. It still does. I don't think I saw the video until many years later... I really enjoyed this back-story! Scott Weiland's death has left me with a HUGE sense of nostalgia for STP and all the emotions that their music stirred in me
507K????? How can this be? Your content is so well put together, marrying knowledge, interviews from the artists themselves & fun trivia. I mean seriously, what more could you ask for? Thank you, P.O.R. for your passion of music, like so many of us. I can't wait for you to hit a million, cause you deserve it 😊
I am so ready for him to hit a million, and I am trying to help him accomplish that goal! I told most of the students and teachers at my school to subscribe to Professor of Rock on CZcams, tell all their family and friends and people who appreciate oldies music!
I would have to say, the first four albums coming out of any band, never sounded more intense, deep and full of rich noise. STP and Weiland were a force that really had made an amazing contribution to rock. Gone from the trials and tribulations of drugs way too soon. But I have to admit, upon hearing of Scott's death, I wasn't shocked or hurt, I was just accepting that we all knew it was coming. Sad.
I surely never knew the meaning of the song. I adore it to this day. Also never knew that the critics panned them. WHY?? I caught them at Madison Square Garden some time in the 90s - was a blast. So sad how all these fellas went so young. thanks for another great video.
so glad I had the pleasure of seeing them live, VR too. miss Scott.😢
I've always considered STP
"Grunge" One of the best voices, lyricist, and front men ever. Also he'll never, never be replaced.
Not replaced but replicated.
Very true!
core is straight up grunge, albums after it have some grunge tracks
When they kicked him out and tried putting Chester with them. I liked Chester but STP was always Scott!! Sadly we lost him Chester and Chris.
Personally their guitarist is what does it for me, he's brilliant
Dean Deleo, another of the great rock/metal guitarists born in 1961.
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
Akira Takasaki (Loudness)
Billy Duffy (The Cult)
Kurt Vanderhoof (Metal Church)
Oz Fox (Stryper)
Dean Deleo (Stone Temple Pilots)
The Edge (U2)
James Martin (Faith No More)
Tommy Keifer (Cinderella)
Nigel Pulsford (Bush)
Ty Tabor (Kings X)
I was a preteen not really interested in music yet and this song came on the radio. I was mesmerized... Became the first album I actually went to record store to buy with my own money. Had no idea what it was about. Amazing stuff... #thankyouprofessor
This song is a WHOLE vibe! I loved STP for the moment I heard Core from the first time O heard it. It’s Interstate Love Song that I always turn all the way up whenever it comes across my radio. It’s on at least 10 of my playlists. Purple is as solid an album as Core.
Would love a breakdown, history and insight on Jane's Addiction's "Jane Says". They might just be my favorite grunge band and you're the man for the job, professor! Love the content! Edit: Nevermind, I realized you put out exactly this over a year ago....with Perry's insight, no less. Solid gold, man!!!
It's so sad that many wonderful people and great artists of My Generation have lost their lives due to depression and substance abuse. I am 57 and I'm still alive.
Hatred is already dead.
Beauty still lives on.
Keep on living your life, Rodney! Be strong! 💪
THANK U, Finally! I been Binge watching episodes of this for weeks waiting to find a episode on STP! Core is probably my all time Fave full album! Overtook Hysteria as my fav be4 it! I been listening to this going to bed since I was 13-14 when it debuted!!!
I'm not an Alt Rock person but always loved STP, especially Scott. This is my favorite song; my second fav is Take Time with a Wounded Hand... "Creep". We all have our own personal inner demons and Scott's vocal renderings, and phrasing often gave them a public voice. Gone too soon.
Scott was a neighbor of mine in Pasadena. Nice guy, I'd see him often while walking my dog. He would say hi! and call my dog by name always making small talk.
One of the saddest events in my time. I went to "the Colorado" a local dive bar to grab a beer with friends one afternoon. I walked into the little restroom and caught Scott with a needle in his arm. He looked at me and you could see the shame in his eyes.
I never saw him again. Great singer, Nice guy. Very sad
Wow. You are very lucky to have Scott as your neighbor.
Saw them three times almost four. My friend had invited me to go to Soma to see them and thats were they filmed the video for Wicked Garden. Their show at the silver strand they walked off stage as drunk concert goers threw shoes at them. They opened for the Butthole Surfers. Scott was amazing. Lots of memories with these guys. I really like Fall to Pieces by Velvet Revoler also. Thanks Adam
This song has always been a favorite of mine. Especially once I heard in an interview about the meaning of the song. I put my wife through so much bc of addiction.
I still Listen to STP! LOVE THEIR MUSIC! MY STEPSON BORROWED MY CD! That was like 10 years ago; love Sour Girl! Flys in the Vaseline! Thankful I saw them in concert! 💋