The 'why dont you like STP' thread

Eddie Louis Severson

cookie5798 wrote:

I love STP. I think the Deleo brothers are very underrated!

Couldnt agree more.

verb_to_trust

I loved songs like "big empty", "plush", "interstate love song" ,"down"and "lady picture show" but I never bought one single album. They were a good band for good rock singles but they don't have an album that stands the test of time. Probably because their brand of rock is a little to generic overall. In my opinion , that is

Oh, Jimmy

When I seen them, he showed up late, and separately from the rest of the band(VR), and then left immediately after the show, while Slash, Duff, Dave, and the fill-in drummer hung out for awhile. That just struck me as kind of odd. Slash is by far the biggest star in the band, and he hung out. Seems to me like Scott has an ego problem.

PissBottleMan

Tiny Music... is a great album

Saw them in '94 at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Meat Puppets opend up.

Talk Show...not so good.

Weiland's solo album...pretty good.

PBM

dr. Mowinckel

I really like the first 2 albums "Core" and "12 Gracious Melodies" albums.
After those albums they really cannot entertain me. Especially "Tiny music......" is really horrible I think.

I like the velvet revolver album though.

pearljam_addiction

LikeAnOcean wrote:

They were much better than Velvot Revolver, which I bought and got bored of very quickly.

I love STP, they were my first Favorite band , and i liked them better than PJ for years. i love there sound and everything about scott's voice. i was very saddened when they borke up, but there is always a chance of a reunion, Core blew my mind, it was the first album i ever bought i think i was 10 years old, i love 13 years ago and still do today!!

i agree LAO, i bought the album when it first came out and was very excited for it , i really liked the song Set Me Free, but no ther song really grasped my liking that much and i got very bored

Eddie Louis Severson

imo, VR is just a guitarrist who wants long solos, Weiland who desperately wants his comeback and a bunch of 'others' wanting some covers on the Rolling Stone mag.

StuffnJunk

Oh, Jimmy wrote:

When I seen them, he showed up late, and separately from the rest of the band(VR), and then left immediately after the show, while Slash, Duff, Dave, and the fill-in drummer hung out for awhile. That just struck me as kind of odd. Slash is by far the biggest star in the band, and he hung out. Seems to me like Scott has an ego problem.

maybe he:

a) had diarrhea
b) had a family emergency
c) had drug issues
d) was in a bad mood that day
e) had to rush back to the bedside of his dying cat

etc, etc

seriously............one time i saw PEARL JAM at jones beach and i was all the way on the left side......and as the last song ended matt, jeff, stone,and mike walked right past where i was and hopped into a van and sped off........no eddie........same thing, except NO ONE stopped to talk to fans........i didn't think they were dicks, how much more can they give people?

Tnerb248

yosi wrote:

So you don't like any classic rock bands, or bands that have broken up? And if Pearl Jam broke up you would stop liking them? What a silly thing to say.

STP is my favorite band, just check out my signature. There music is incredible. If you listen to all of their albums you can really hear what a diverse sound they had. That had some great anthemic rockers and also some wonderful quiter songs. I miss them dearly.

quite the contrary. i love stp and the majority of bands i like are classic rock bands or bands that don't exist anymore.

i just said something negative because the subject of the thread was why don't you like stp, and no one had really said anything regarding why they dont' like them.

in fact, i think i'll put on tiny music right now, which by the way, goes great with yeild. so make a play list of yeild and tiny music and just let it go random. they work very nicely.

-brent

yosi1

Ah, sorry brent, totally misunderstood what you were saying. Yes, the fact that they are broken up is also the only thing I don't like about STP. And thanks for the tip about Tiny Music and Yield, I will definitely try that.

Echoes

Tnerb248 wrote:

no one had really said anything regarding why they dont' like them.

I thought I did

lifeless dead

Oh, Jimmy wrote:

Seems to me like Scott has an ego problem.

not disagreeing, but it's probably more of a heroin problem

Ladymelonhead

I have to say, I hated STP for a looong time... Weiland's voice can be super annoying... then they did two things:

1) released Lady Picture Show, which is one of my all time favourite songs

2) opened up for the Red hot chilli peppers like 5 years ago or something.. I went there for the Chillis, but Weiland blew them off the stage before they even came out. He is a really wild front man, and they played a wicked set.

I don't hate STP (anymore), but I don't own any of their albums either.

-stef

Gary Carter

because there music sucks

Eddie Louis Severson

Core was a great album.... awesome.. loved it

Trippin in a hole in a Paper Heart is an awesome song, too

crmb1c

verb_to_trust wrote:

IThey were a good band for good rock singles but they don't have an album that stands the test of time.

I think their second album "Purple", is an album that will stand the test of time. It is the second best sophomore effort that I can think of (Vs. being #1).

Vasoline, Interstate Love Song, and Big Empty were the three singles. But just listen to some of the "b-sides":

Pretty Penny
Silvergun Superman
Lounge Fly
Still Remains
Army Ants
Kitchenware and Candybars

and I think you will see that this album is work of genious.

blacknapkins

They did some catchy tunes, but am I the only one who remembers that it was said that they were manufactured as an ersatz PJ?

twisted_twistette

metsfan531941 wrote:

because there music sucks

So does your use of the word "there" But we still love YOU, Dont we?

twisted_twistette

crmb1c wrote:

I think their second album "Purple", is an album that will stand the test of time. It is the second best sophomore effort that I can think of (Vs. being #1).

Vasoline, Interstate Love Song, and Big Empty were the three singles. But just listen to some of the "b-sides":

Pretty Penny
Silvergun Superman
Lounge Fly
Still Remains
Army Ants
Kitchenware and Candybars

and I think you will see that this album is work of genious.

AMEN.. Purple is an amazing album. I will never get sick of it. Still Remains..

yieldtome

blacknapkins wrote:

They did some catchy tunes, but am I the only one who remembers that it was said that they were manufactured as an ersatz PJ?

This definitely isn't true. Scott and Rob met at a Black Flag concert in '85, I believe, and the whole band was together by '87 or '88. They released a demo in early '90 that included Wicked Garden, Naked Sunday, Where the River Goes, a song called Only Dying which was the basis for Big Empty, and several funk-based songs. I think the PJ reference you remember is the critics originally bashing them as PJ ripoffs, which in hindsight is a bit ridiculous. But no, they had an organic formation.