How Stone Temple Pilots Wrote The Perfect Song
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
- In today's livestream I break down one of my favorite Stone Temple Pilots songs.
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STP has always used such deceptively complex chord progressions in their music, hauntingly beautiful. RIP Scott, you are missed.
That’s true. Their debut single plush has weird chords and key changes. That was pretty much unheard of in mainstream modern rock at the time. I always felt like they were coming from more of a Zeppelin vocabulary than grunge
Jeff, does it feel good to belittle other people in the group? No one cares that you read song writing credits - get outta here
@donsimons9810 who the fukk is Jeff
@@donsimons9810?
Most of that came from the brilliant instrumental mind of Robert DeLeo
Robert from STP is grossly…. Disgustingly underrated as a musician man.. what an amazing artist ❤
Dean DeLeo too, just because he's not a flashy guitarist.
@@mendiapodaca I agree .. you know when you have a band .. for some reason a lot of bands are like this.. like John from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.. Sinister Gates from A7X.. it’s the “Guy” that the rest of the band knows .. “that dude is the musically gifted one” that’s the person the rest of the band probably goes to for advice about Music theory and melody.. I believe Robert is “that guy” from STP
@@douglasmijangos3327 Apparently so. Which I didn't know until Rick's interview. What a great team, tho!
Two negatives don't make a positive
Rick, hello. I was hoping if you can one day soon do an in depth explanation of why the song "Mayonnaise " on the Siamese Dreams" album is so darn good. Why is it so haunting
It would be a very interesting evaluation. Hope you can spare the time to do it. Godspeed, and thank you very much.
Rick is the Perfect fukin example of what makes the internet such an amazing tool!
yep. But I really wish that I could limit it to only these types of contents
@@mestayno Me Too!
Beautifully stated!❤
@@mestayno Get better equipment.
@@dancarter482 like what?
To this date Stone Temple is on the top 10 of my fav bands. Old their songs aged so well, lyrics and instrumental composition still fresh and delightful.
Rob Deleo wrote some sick, melodic bass lines. He was the secret weapon of that band. Kretz never rushed tempo. Quite the contrary. What a pocket he laid!! Some of Dean's solos were otherworldly with crazy bending and he never played just run of the mill licks. He got more and more tasteful with each record. Their music grew and changed so much from album to album. True artists. Can only imagine how fulfilling it must have felt with the vocal melody and lyric on top. What a band!!!
Exactly. The beautiful complexity of the La-dee-da album is just something else. You really appreciate the art from those guys.
I definitely patterned a lot of my bass lines after Rob and his approach. Really opened my eyes.
Kretz is not a pocket player lol. He’s behind the beat; which worked for STP
He could have done only roots and walk up and down on Plush and that would have been fine. Nope, he went non-roots often and it changed the whole sound
STP was secretly the best band of the 90s
wasn’t really a secret. Even Billy Corgan called Weiland the voice of the generation
Their music has aged really well. I think at the time they were kind of lumped in with the grunge bands but they are really so much more. I agree. One of the best bands of the 90s for sure.
@@steve1751 Tiny Music… that sh** still rocks!
TOOL was the bestest band of the 90's. And the 2000's. But, yeah... STP were pretty good. Not as good as Soundgarden, though. Or Alice In Chains. Or Faith No More. But, yeah... Pretty good.
I wish even more people finally realized this. Non musicians paid more attention after seeing them live in person, or a few videos of how wild/jammin’ they are. I’m a musician and when I saw them in 2001 I doubled my appreciation.
Nice to see the love for STP. I always appreciated that band. RIP Scott Weiland.
As Howard Stern said after interviewing him, he was too sweet for this world.
Mm. Hearing this's very Cobainesque, like a heavy reminiscence feel ...
I know! Rest in peace, Scott. He was such a solid songwriter. Only the good die young!
@peteraddison4371 I know the Kurt Cobain similarities. They both had that melancholic inflection in their voices. Where Kurt had more of a brighter edge, Scott has more of that midrange edge in his voice. The vocals on STP songs are MUCH more clear than on Nirvana songs. It's fun to contrast this
Gone too soon
STP on here always has me ‘Liking Video’ unbelievably fast lol
O’Brien has recorded some of my all time favorite albums….absolute genius.
STP got lumped in with the alt/rock of the day but in looking back now they really stand out to me. The songs are just so unique.
I mean, they are lumped in. But it's a great group to be lumped in to.
I know I underappreciated them back in the way. Love them more now.
I just wish people talked about them more. I don't think I've ever come across someone in my day to day life who's heard of them. And yet they have tens or hundreds of millions of listens on Spotify.
They were easily the most jazz and noir influenced band of that era. The similarities are the melancholy in the vocals and the moodiness of the arrangements.
Grunge is the term that was used back then
Can’t wait for the Brendan interview - holy cow!!!
I started listening to STP again after the Robert DeLeo interview. He was so chill. Love them.
An amazing interview. He was brilliant.
Robert DeLeo is a great cat!!
I LOVE that interview, and the grin and gleam in Roberts eyes when he looks at Rick when he plays the music.
There was clearly a connection there, between two guys who KNOW music.
So neat to see that.
Haha same. I also realized during that interview that I really like Pearl Jam. Who knew.
@@Cloven137 LOVE Pearl Jam. Eddie's voice is one of the most unique and all time greats.
I used to play this album over and over again. Seriously a masterpiece.
I still play along to STP on guitar. Such an exercise in tone shift and mechanics.
by far the most played albums of my whole life
STP gave me hope that the music I loved, wasn't completely dead
I love that Rick helps legitimize STP. They were oddly discarded, at least critically, for a period of time. But for even the less discerning listener, their music is excellent and holds up. Loved the RDL interview and excited for the BOB interview!
STP is repeatedly melodicaly complicated, while being pleasing to the average listener. That's a rare quality in music.
Because they sucked live dude showed up to my show in Daytona in the height of their stardom high af and ruined the whole show sat at piano playing random country songs his band mates were like wtf I've never really listened to them ever since. He didn't give af and lost a lot of fans and critics from his behavior on stage
Right? Its a odd cycle. Initially, the songs sounded plain and simple and easy. On continuous listen, they are not at all that
The Robert DeLeo interview is awesome. Such a brilliant yet humble musician. His personality alone makes me like STP even more.
Love old STP. Trippin on a hole in a paper heart is probably my favorite song by them.
Scott Weiland should show up in the dictionary under Frontman. Performing live he was an absolute Star. Such a loss.
I saw STP once and the band was about 45 minutes late. If only Scott had cleaned up his act.
Yes, Scott was late alot
Scott absolutely ruined a show in St. Paul by stopping songs and ranting about "being sober" while clearly not being sober. Luckily Disturbed opened for them and stole the show and made it worth the price of admission.
So glad I got to see them live. Scott Weiland was incredible.
@@krisdaschwab912 night & day difference seeing him clean on tour with velvet revolver compared to when he relapsed.
I remember when Scott Weiland passed away and I mentioned it to my classmates. Only one guy, a musician, knew who I was talking about. Seriously fucking tragic. STP, formerly Shirley Temple's Pussy, will always be one of my favorite bands.
I was 23 in 1996 and I loved my Dad more than anyone, but when he died suddenly of an embolism, I went to the Stone Temple Pilots concert at Nassau Coleseum the night of the funeral. I had missed 3 Nirvana shows and didn't think Scott was gonna make it out of the 90's. Glad he did, RIP.
They sucked live the times I went he was so high he f'd it all up threw it away
Eternally one of my favourite bands. These four men truly captured lightning in a bottle.
And Weiland? His ability to sing just about anything completely blew my mind as a teenager.
I was 12 when Core came out, I turned 44 last weekend.. It’s still an album I frequently play all the way through without skipping a single note
STP, one of the best bands of the 90's and criminally underrated.
I think that overshadowed by others, whether better or not, feels like an apt description. Timing was part of it too.
Caring about ratings has always been lame.
Why is everything from the past underrated? Yes we're getting older but they weren't or aren't underrated, STP is huge!
Under-rated? You couldn't go 20 minutes in the 90s without hearing them on every radio station and on MTV...they were a household name. Can't get much more "appreciation" from the world than that.
Hip musicians who aren't listening with an analytical ear might not name-drop them as a massively impactful band, but that's frequently been the case with mainstream-successful bands...
There's always someone....
Interstate Love Song - my favorite. Perfect.
good story. Not sure why you’re telling it
Technically that is probably the best STP song and one of the best 90s rock songs, but unfortunately it’s suffered from getting way overplayed. There are other STP songs I’d probably put on before that one, but I still appreciate and enjoy it
@@donsimons9810 sounds like you might be on the spectrum
@@EchoMountain47 I guess that depends where you live? I never hear it on the radio around here.
@@donsimons9810 Not sure why you are commenting.
Your interview with Robert DeLeo is a must watch for any STP fan! Awesome break down of the song, Rick!
Yeah the background history great to know how they met
It's nice to hear Rick explain the underrated greatness of STP. It's so sad that Scott's interpersonal drama overshadowed his contributions to STP as a whole. His lyrics were amazing. His selection of notes and phrasing were beyond......
He was completely the right man for the band.
Eric Kretz actually wrote most of the songs in STP. 👍🏻
Not true. Deleos wrote thr music and Scott did melodies and lyrics.
@@thebystander3949 YUP!
His contributions to Velvet Revolver were just as incredible considering how utterly damaged he was at that time with his addictions and losses of so many musicians that he knew. He acted like he was trying to destroy himself, and carried an air of fatalism near the end. Even his songs were seeming to predict his own end. Just a waste of so many people from era.
@@JoeL-ou2mt most the songs’ lyrics are about Scott’s personal life problems and battles with drug addiction(bc he wrote them)
Also love STP - Sour Girl. Talented band for sure!
Brilliant song
The baseline throughout and the layered guitar parts in the choruses (starting with the 2nd chorus) are amazing. What a beautiful tune.
Love that song played live. So beautiful with all the violins in the background.
Sour Girl took a whole new meaning when my girlfriend left me. Everything said in those verses, matched what we were going through in those turbulent final months in the relationship.
that’s a middling song for them.
I played hooky for a week in high school to learn most of the guitar parts in Core. Time well spent!
My fav STP song is "Sin." It's so powerful, so poignant, so haunting, so raw & so full of real emotions. Although it's about addiction & the struggle with it, I believe it also touches on just the struggles with being a human that all of us can understand - all the crap all of us have to deal with every day - it captures this beautifully. I've listened to it over and over and over again & it doesn't get old.
Totally agree-Sin is my favorite song off Core, and definitely up there for my favorite STP song of all time.
Sin got a very hypnotic tempo very similar to the opening of AC/DC's Hard As A Rock. It's that kind of tempo that puts you in a trance.
@@davidbachy5627 HA! Try finding out the name of an INSTRUMENTAL song you don't know the name of. If a song got lyrics, all you got to do is google a part of the lyrics and you'll find out the name of the song. Google this here ( down you go suffer long ) and the first results is STP Sin. Can't do that with an instrumental song and there's a song that's driving me crazy not knowing the name and who does the song!! I'll bet Rick here knows the song I'm talking about. It's a jazz acoustic guitar instrumental from the year 1992, kinda got a slight rural Italian vibe and a little bossa nova groove to it.
Robert's bass lines are just brilliant in that song.
STP belongs in the R&R HOF
Thus, they will not be. They have their inserted into a very dark and stinky place.
no question
Not ahead of AIC or Soundgarden
STP super fan here. Their best work was always the deeper cuts. Lady Picture Show, I Got You (Such a Beach Boys Vibe), Sour Girl, Atlanta, A Song for Sleeping, and my personal favorite "And so I know". To those that have only heard their radio singles, check out their record Shangri La Dee Da. Beautiful vocal work. I could go on forever ablut my love for these guys. The Deleo brothers are so cohesive.
I've always loved Still Remains for the imagery the lyrics and how the sound creates a scene that is both lush and insistent.
The bass line on Silvergun Superman is incredibly groovy, but only true STP fans have ever heard it.
Still Remains, Meatplow, Piece of Pie, Tumble in the rough
@@michaelbirdwell7985That song is another good one but is kinda difficult to hear now after knowing what it is about. 😢
And so I know is one of my favs. Learning the solo currently.
@RickBeato your interview with Robert DeLeo is a treasure. It pulled back the curtain for me not only about the majesty behind STP’s music but the amazing humans that created it. Can’t thank you enough.
STP did a MTV unplugged session back in the day. This is what hooked me, been a fan ever since.
Yes! That acoustic version of plush took them from the modern rock charts all the way to the top of the pop charts. What a beautiful rendition
Yes, that was Classic 90’s.
Nothing like MTV unplugged. Brought out the best in almost every band
That Unplugged series in general was amazing, but STPs episode was AWESOME.
@@chocolatetownforever7537 100% they were musically on point and Scott was in the zone.
You can tell what a brilliant guitarist Rick is. He's the only one to find the pick right away after dropping it.
😂😂😂😂
I've never noticed how hauntingly beautiful that chorus melody is until you isolated it
Atlanta is probably my favourite STP song. It’s so pure and stripped back yet brilliant.
"Big Empty", "Interstae Love Song", Sour Girls" and especially "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" are all perfect for me. And I have never seen a more energetic front man than Scott. RIP
They worked live in a small club and they stole the stage from headliners at large festivals. Criminally underrated band.
I really wish we could get that amazing MTV Unplugged show in HD. They filmed it right before Purple’s release and it includes Big Empty. If you’re an STP fan and you haven’t seen it there’s a decent upload here on YT. Enjoy!
Actually my favourite of “the four” unplugged shows. It didn’t get half the love it should have imo
This album was labasted by the critics, which I don't think was fair.
I never heard the supposed Pearl Jam sound-alike quality of their sound; Pearl Jam and STP never once sounded similar to me, from song composition and chord selection to production, they didn't sound similar at all, at least not to my ears. Pearl Jam were very much a blues rock band, whereas STP is obviously a jazz rock band; PJ were pretty straightforward in their arrangements and sound, whereas STP had a heavily layered sound.
I always felt STP were one of those bands underrated by those who only gave their music a brief listen.
Weiland and Vedder both had those distinct baritone voices. I always thought that Scott enunciated better than Eddie, which turned me off of PJ. What's the point of words if you can't understand them? Scott was finding his voice on the first album. He emulated Vedder and reminded me of Cobain, and finally just did his own thing. I did love his lounge lizard crooning, though. Weiland could sing any style and any era. The any style/any era label could work for them as a band, as well.
It's was a 90's thing, every band was compared to Nirvana and tried to peg into the Grunge mold. STP was never a pure grunge band, their sound was way more complex, like sound garden and AIC
It’s only because Plush was their breakout song and everyone thought it was new PJ because of Scott’s vocals until they saw the video. I was guilty of it myself as a 14 year old. But he hd a much much better range than Vedder. He spoke many times about how singing in the choir growing up helped him. He was truly great.
Now we talking. Stp..so deep in regards to chords
If you want to talk about drums giving space, then Nick Mason is the master of that.
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Had tickets to see his “saucer full of secrets” concert but forgot
This videonis not about drummers
Let the damn cymbals ring and decay naturally with no compression give it that eternal feel
Tony Williams. Out To Lunch by Eric Dolphy really turned me on to this.
By far the best 'grunge' band, even though I don't really even consider them 'grunge.' While this song wasn't on the album, Tiny Music: Songs from the Vatican Giftshop is one of my favorite albums of all time. Incredible band!
The first album had grunge elements, but I agree - they had their own sound and it was very distinctly Californian
The guitar tones and movements are amazing
Grunge wasn't a sound, it was a style. Flannels, ripped jeans, greasy hair, Egyptian Rain... The Big 4 were all completely different sound wise
This was never one of my favorite STP songs - it oversaturated the radio back in the day - but I'm getting a newfound appreciation from your deep dive, Rick. 🩵
yeah, I have the impression this song got played even more than Plush, back in the day. I appreciate it more now but I got pretty bored of it back then
Same. It’s actually one of my least favourite STP numbers. But a least favourite STP song ranks higher for me than 90% of anything else
no one cares that you all listened to the radio so much
@@donsimons9810 what’s your problem man? It’s Saturday. Cheer up. Quit being an annoying troll
@@donsimons9810
No one cares that you don’t care.
Can’t wait for this Brendan O’Brien interview !!!
STP is my favorite band of all time. Criminally underrated, especially in their era.
Dead and Bloated” ….try not to head bang to that!
That riff is so awesome! What a way to kick off the album
Core is a great rock album. Naked Sunday, Plush, Dead and Bloated, Sex Type Thing, Piece of Pie .... Great rock songs.
Sin is also great.
Love some STP. My favorite band. Saw them on their first tour opening for Megadeth. Countdown To Extinction/Core tour. 1992. I was 17 years old. At first, I wasn't sure if they had the same singer, because they had 2 videos on MTV, and Scott had blonde hair in both videos. When I walked in, they had just started playing, and he had pink hair. It took me a while to determine that it was actually him. RIP Scott.
their 12th secret song on purple - couldn’t tell it was Scott
I saw them on that tour too. STP, Infectious Grooves, and Megadeth. I unfortunately didn't like STP back then. Wish I had realized what I was seeing.
This song never gets old and always drives the same emotion.
Seems like just about every cd I bought in the 90's had Brendan O'Brien's name on it somewhere.
Purple might be the best album of the last 30 years.
You might be right actually.
"Brilliant" is the best way to describe the musicianship.
STP and Death Cab were the only ones that literally had me pull over almost every time I heard a new tune from them. More please!
Just found STP last week and my god where has this band been all my life!! I’m a metal head plus all things rock and they fit right into my library
🤘🤘
Even though Brendan O’Brien doesn’t give many interviews, it’s not at all surprising that he granted one to you. 👍
Eric Kretz snare ghost notes are sweet too
rick, move the organ 5 inches to the right, it's blocking the bottom of the window trim in a distracting fashion
Literally the best comment I’ve ever read.
‘It spoke of a man who might straighten bad pictures in a strange hotel room.’
This, ladies and gentlemen, is constructive criticism.
@@BillyWilliamson In the nicest of ways.
Exactly
I miss this band soooo much. 😢
'Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop' was a Killer album. One of the best records from anyone from the 90s. And I think Eric Kretz is a highly underrated drummer. He is effin' Solid!
RIP Scott Weiland
My favorite trivia question is "What song title was shared by three different hit songs in the 90s". The answer of course is, Creep. (also Radiohead and TLC)
Yes and they’re all good, though I hated the TLC version at the time because I was just stubbornly prejudice to anything that wasn’t rock music. Great new Jack swing track, though. Glad I’m more open-minded with age and wisdom
This song as well as ADHESIVE, make me feel the exact same feelings and sensation, each time i listen to them, as they did 30 years ago. Absolutely love STP.
Great video. Their first three albums were the soundtrack to a big part of my life. Probably shaped my playing to a large degree today. When I saw them live, I was blown away by how solid and "slow" it felt live. Perfectly simple and hit harder than I expected.
Oh, I bought the debut CORE CD like four or five times back in the 90's because they all kept getting scratches from the billions of times I played them.
STP my fav band
STP was truly one of the greatest bands to emerge in the 90s. There's a reason we're still listening, enjoying and analyzing their music today in 2024.
I never noticed before how much the bgv’s in the chorus sound like an R.E.M. harmony.
Someone asked me a few years ago what the best STP song was (I’m a well known fan). I said Creep. They said “No, you’re wrong. It’s Daisy.” with a smug smirk. I just can’t with people.
STP (and especially Robert) really got me into playing music. Unbelievable musicians and a truly underrated band
Love it! And yes, going to go back and rewatch that interview. Rick, all of your interviews are so incredible! Over the years I have gladly purchased your courses and merch to help support your amazing channels. I proudly wear my Rick Beato Everything Music shirt all the time to introduce you to everyone I run into. Between you and Elizabeth at the Charismatic Voice, my world is fulfilled. Thank you so much!
STP is really underrated by a lot of people. The DeLeo brothers are awesome, they really brought something different to the music. Love them!
LOVED this and I’m glad you’re doing them again!
Love the old pump organ in the background! We had one growing up, it was a Story and Clark, it along with my mother got me started in music!👍
STP was the best band of the 90’s. PERIOD. I was covering their songs on drums with bands in D/FW as they were coming out. There is only one song by them I hope I never play again… Plush 😂. Not because it’s a bad song but because I’ve played it several hundred times live. It is ALWAYS in the set list! Based on that alone, it’s probably their most famous song. My favorite though is Still Remains. Cheers Rick! Great video as always.
Still Remains is my favorite too
I love these break downs you do(In particular STP), they are inspiring to me, your excitement is contagious. As a 46 year trying to finish an EP, I need all the inspiration I can get.
as soon as the title said STP w/ "perfect" i knew it had to be this one
I don't watch Rick's videos before hitting the like button. I know it will be great, regardless.
That interview with Robert is probably my favorite. The content, his personality, the whole interview was great
I saw STP (Purple tour) open for the Rolling Stones (Voodoo Lounge tour) in Toronto. Gonna guess 93 or 94. Freaking fantastic show. STP was great!
How did the old farts who showed up for the stones receive STP? Hopefully they liked them? How could you not?
@@EchoMountain47 Not gonna lie, it was a weird crowd. All the young kids there for STP, and a bunch of folks who remembered the Stones from decades prior in their old leathers and concert shirts, ready for the Stones. It was a huge swath of ages and races and genders, and it was a respectful crowd and everyone seemed to have a great time. Like you say, how could you not?
So many memories of that night - we were 35th row on the floor on the centre aisle, and we paid $54.50 (Cdn) each lol imagine. Some guy got pepper-sprayed and arrested a few rows over (if I remember right, he was wanted by the cops and bought a ticket in his own name so they knew where to get him, I think, what a dummy) so we all breathed in the spray and it was AWFUL. The Stones hadn't been playing Satisfaction on that tour and that night we were there they did! STP did an acoustic set in the middle of their set, complete with couches and that sit-down feel... Man, I had a blast.
Also, I dug up my ticket stub: August 20, 1994 at the CNE.
This band were so underrated. In the UK the only time I got to see US bands videos was either on Alternative Nation or Head Bangers Ball, or the Casey Kasem rundowns which ITV showed late at night. I always had a soft spot for this song although I much prefer the album version to the remixed single version. They always had delicious deep cuts as well. Love Pop Suicide is probably my favourite of them. Scott's lyrics were so good. Big Bang Baby "nothing's for free" is brilliant. The sweet spot in Creep 100% is the piece of guitar just before he sings "half the maaaan" before the last time he sings "take time with a wounded hand...". Beautiful 👍
Your acoustic guitar sounds FANTASTIC!
STP was my favorite band when i was in high school. I had every album and i still jam them loud as hell to this day.
The guitar solo in “And So I Know” has always been a favorite. Sweet sweet tone.
STP- Army Ants
Man I loved that band! RIP Scott.
Grunge brought us an incredible amount of genius music
When you said the perfect STP song, like 5 came to mind. Core alone. Amazing.
Everybody runnn, Bobby’s got a guuunnn. That was my jam back in the day!
Huge STP fan, saw them with the Buthole surfers & the wienie roast concert in Castiac. CA. Just mind blowing, the Mosh pit, 🤯! The soundtrack of my life at that time.
As big as they were upon arrival, there were some corners of the music media that kind of shrugged them off as derivative of the Seattle grunge bands. I never felt like that was a fair accusation, and I think by their second album, any doubts about their originality were completely put to rest. Purple is a masterpiece, and Core was a fantastic debut
Spot on, they also evolved much more than a lot of bands in that era
The bass parts in any STP song are also amazingly underrated. Plush was the first ever song I learned on bass. Took me forever, and I learned so much. Learning to play anything on strings from an STP song is always going to yield even some of the most savvy, some great progressions and at the very least, respect for the people who composed these gems.
The single version of the song (the one in the video) has an absolutely brilliant moment in the second verse, where during the line "think you're kinda neat" Scott goes higher on the "neat".
Scotts understated husky vocals are great too
Saw them a week ago. His voice is missed. 😢
Jim Morrison and Bowie, with a couple others
@donsimons9810 Is that even a sentence, bro? Somewhere there is a verb, stranded at an airport, because you failed to pick him up on time.
@@andresvelasco2767 when one is a native english speaker and from a culture not just appropriating it, they just get it. maybe one day you'll have pride in your own thing again
@@donsimons9810uh oh... karen alert
You are a Musical Gem Rick! Thank you Sir
That bass part after the first chorus has always been my favorite part too!
Back in the late 80s I sat in on my boyfriend Ogie's music theory class at Berklee (to my 20 year-old self, the class might as well have been taught in Greek). He went on to be a successful songwriter and engineer, but sadly passed. When I watch these song breakdown videos, I feel like he's sitting right here next to me watching along, digging everything you say. Thank you Rick!
I remember STP being written off as Pearl Jam & Nirvana wannabes. I always thought they were different and unique and more like hard rock with glam rock mixed in.
Yeah, I could never understand how critics compared Scott to Eddie Vedder. Maybe I’m just biased but I think Scott sounds sooo much better and manlier than Vedder. When I think of Scott, I hear his growl and can see his dance moves. Vedder, I hear rubbish.
@a.schottinthedark57 Apples and oranges. BOTH tasty af. Weiland though, a far better apple than Veders orange.
When you know, you know. STP weren't really grunge, they were alternative.
I adore Scott and I love Eddie’s voice too. If forced to I’d say STP and Pearl Jam were my absolute favourites of the grunge era. But likening Ed and Scott’s voices? I’ve never understood it. They just don’t sound anything alike to me
@@mariannetuite7411 The SNL, David Spade nonsense, along with garbage from Rolling Stone are to blame.
Hello from Brazil! Rick, you are the best of UA-cam! Period.
Abour the In Bloom video: maybe Soundgarden's Pretty Noose also uses all the 12 notes?
as a big STP fan (specially Scott and Robert) just thank you
Knew Scott a little back in the day. This is one of my fav STP songs and it influenced one of the 60 Cycle Hum songs I wrote with Troy Van Leeuwen, Dieter Hartmann and our singer Joey. They were awesome to see live.
Great song off of a masterpiece of a record
I’d love to see more Black Crowes on your channel, Rick!
Yes!!
Plush from that album is one my favorite songs of all time and one of the first ones I learned to play on bass. Great video as always Rick.
Great job you two!I want to say I love the music that you have on this channel!Its so different than other channels and its great!