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@#$%& I'm hurt by this loss. RIP Scott. Thanks for the great tunes. Love and sympathies to his family and friends.
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GS1978
I never thought they got enough respect for the great music they created. They had a whole lot more talent and range than they get credit for.
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I never thought they got enough respect for the great music they created. They had a whole lot more talent and range than they get credit for.
I agree.
Part of the reason is the 80's (decade) teens and early 20 somethings couldn't get past their beloved hair-head, talentless, tight-leather-pants-with-a sock-buldge 80's rock to appreciate how great the music of the 90's was/is. STP was given a lot artistic freedom and they explored it well.
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GS1978
I never thought they got enough respect for the great music they created. They had a whole lot more talent and range than they get credit for.
I agree.
Part of the reason is the 80's (decade) teens and early 20 somethings couldn't get past their beloved hair-head, talentless, tight-leather-pants-with-a sock-buldge 80's rock to appreciate how great the music of the 90's was/is. STP was given a lot artistic freedom and they explored it well.
Yup, you've got that exactly right. By the time STP came on the scene, no one really cared what the '80s metal crowd thought anymore. They were fully irrelevant.Quote
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GS1978
I never thought they got enough respect for the great music they created. They had a whole lot more talent and range than they get credit for.
I agree.
Part of the reason is the 80's (decade) teens and early 20 somethings couldn't get past their beloved hair-head, talentless, tight-leather-pants-with-a sock-buldge 80's rock to appreciate how great the music of the 90's was/is. STP was given a lot artistic freedom and they explored it well.
This wasn't the demo that hated STP. The band was hated by the Soundgarden/Nirvana/Pearl Jam fanatics, who considered STP to be grunge lite. (Of course, Pearl Jam took some flak early on as well). I remember all this very well, though it all seems so petty in retrospect.
No 90s hipster at the time would ever admit publicly to liking STP. Of course, these folks - with their selective memories - are all middle-aged and nostalgic now, and mourning Weiland. The PC crowd also zeroed in on "Sex Type Thing," accusing Weiland of being a misogynist and rape fantasist, when it was clear to anyone with half a brain what he was doing - brilliantly - with the song.
STP silenced some of its detractors with the second album: "Vasoline" was/is phenomenal, and I vaguely recall reading that "Interstate Love Song" broke some rock-radio record set by "Start Me Up." The band was on the skids by the 3rd album, but so was grunge, and the Creeds and the Limp Bizkits were about to take over. That made STP look like elder statesmen by comparison, and the band's reputation was enhanced.
Weiland also cut a sympathetic figure since it was obvious to most people that he had a terminal disease. But we always hoped against hope that he would pull through. Everyone loves an underdog. Ultimately the music is the legacy, and STP's catalog is a huge part of the "classic alternative" format.