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edited October 2008 in Other Music
I think this has taken over as my favourite STP song. I love all the layered guitars and strings.... that rhythm is almost hypnotic, I could listen to this song on reapeat for ages - any other fans?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_5kzL93kk_E&feature=related
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  • Posts: 1,913
    Loved it from day one. I've always seen it as their best post-Purple song by far.
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  • Posts: 4,423
    I don't think anything will ever replace Glide or Interstate Love Song as my favourite STP songs. They really were (are?) just a damn good pop band.
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  • Posts: 1,809
    it was the first song from No.4 that had me hooked, but now i tend to skip it, there's just so many other great songs on that album. always thought No.4 never got the credit it deserved.
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    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I don't think anything will ever replace Glide or Interstate Love Song as my favourite STP songs. They really were (are?) just a damn good pop band.

    Totally. I hope they manage to get their shit together and write another classic album, they definitely have it in them. Interstate Love Song is definitely well up there, that chorus is absolute genius.
  • Posts: 594
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I don't think anything will ever replace Glide or Interstate Love Song as my favourite STP songs. They really were (are?) just a damn good pop band.

    Both of those songs are classics. I really enjoy Sour Girl to this day as well. I'd also like to add Still Remains in there as one of my favs. So many to pick from. I hope, if they do make a new album, that they can grind out some of the same quality......
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  • Posts: 3,272
    Great song. Every song mentioned is obviously awesome. Some other great tunes that never get that much mention are Adhesive, Army Ants and Transmissions From a Lonely Room.

    Another STP album would obviously be the tits.
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  • Posts: 4,423
    yosi wrote:
    Great song. Every song mentioned is obviously awesome. Some other great tunes that never get that much mention are Adhesive, Army Ants and Transmissions From a Lonely Room.

    Another STP album would obviously be the tits.
    Adhesive is fucking epic. And I hate using that term to describe songs, but Adhesive justifies it.
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    Tiny Music was such an inspired come back. They easily could have continued in the grunge vein, but instead they pretty much reinvented themselves - very clever :D
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    Haven't listened to it in ages - thanks for the clip.
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    facepollution wrote:
    Tiny Music was such an inspired come back. They easily could have continued in the grunge vein, but instead they pretty much reinvented themselves - very clever :D
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    Ride the Cliche fuckin' rocks tits hard. Um yeaaah. No seriously it does kick ass.

    Is it me or is Shangra la de da grossly underated?? A lot of people think that's STPs shit album but I think its full of killer tunes like the groove heavy Regeneration, "grungy" Long Way Home, and the catchy Black Again. Also, I think Bi-Polar Bear is one of their absolute best tunes. A lot of awesome tracks on an album that seems to receive a lot of hate. Just throwing that out there.

    And yea Sour Girl is still a great song.
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    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    Un-fucking-glued
    you fucking said it man.
    though i have to say, sour girl is a wonderful song. i've always loved it. the music video is so wacky though but so awesome :p i have to say, i never much cared for scott weiland looks-wise, but that video just makes me drool.
    and to the op, that video you found, my god, it's chilling. the string just makes it that much more beautiful.
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  • Medford, NY Posts: 1,028
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I don't think anything will ever replace Glide or Interstate Love Song as my favourite STP songs. They really were (are?) just a damn good pop band.
    pop band? i kinda think of 'em as a rock band. . .i don't know, i wouldnt put them in the same category as a brittany spears or rihanna or james blunt or something. . .i always think its kinda weird when people label rock bands pop bands because they have some popular songs
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    OffHeGoes132 wrote:
    Ride the Cliche fuckin' rocks tits hard. Um yeaaah. No seriously it does kick ass.

    Is it me or is Shangra la de da grossly underated?? A lot of people think that's STPs shit album but I think its full of killer tunes like the groove heavy Regeneration, "grungy" Long Way Home, and the catchy Black Again. Also, I think Bi-Polar Bear is one of their absolute best tunes. A lot of awesome tracks on an album that seems to receive a lot of hate. Just throwing that out there.

    And yea Sour Girl is still a great song.
    its you. . .i dont think its a bad album but its probably their worst one. . .actually its probably better than tiny music
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  • Posts: 4,423
    angryyoungman wrote:
    pop band? i kinda think of 'em as a rock band. . .i don't know, i wouldnt put them in the same category as a brittany spears or rihanna or james blunt or something. . .i always think its kinda weird when people label rock bands pop bands because they have some popular songs
    Well, sure, they're a rock band - Core, Purple and No.4 are mostly hard rock albums, after all. But they're also a pop band - songs like Interstate, Sour Girl, Lady Picture Show are some of the best pop songs of the 90s. And you could make a damn good case for them being a better pop band than rock band.
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    Atlanta, FTW.

    Also, and for the kids out there, you may not have known this time ever existed, but once, Scott Weiland looked properly healthy: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A4okI711JEg&feature=related
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    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Adhesive is fucking epic. And I hate using that term to describe songs, but Adhesive justifies it.

    Agreed.
    facepollution wrote:
    Tiny Music was such an inspired come back. They easily could have continued in the grunge vein, but instead they pretty much reinvented themselves

    TM is amazing. Great transformation on this album.

    SLDD is also the shit. Its a little all over the place but I think it has some of their strongest work. I once heard it described as "their No Code".
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    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    Atlanta, FTW.

    The only reason I didn't mention Atlanta before is because I don't think its underrated. Its amazing and I think most people recognize that.
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  • Posts: 579
    This thread made me pull out Purple and play it. Awesome!
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  • Posts: 3,412
    This song is incredible. Always been one of my favorite STP songs.
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    yosi wrote:
    The only reason I didn't mention Atlanta before is because I don't think its underrated. Its amazing and I think most people recognize that.

    Really? I never hear people talk about Atlanta. I love that song. It's a crime that it didn't make Thank You.
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  • Posts: 7,027
    great song.
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    gleemonex wrote:
    Really? I never hear people talk about Atlanta. I love that song. It's a crime that it didn't make Thank You.

    Over on the STP board, and in quite a few articles I have read it gets much love.

    You're right though, it is a crime it didn't make Thank You, although it is on the DVD.
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  • Chicago Posts: 2,628
    I love Sour Girl, but I still think Plush is my favorite STP song.
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  • Posts: 4,342
    Great song
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  • Posts: 594
    iamica wrote:
    I love Sour Girl, but I still think Plush is my favorite STP song.

    I would have to say that too. Plush is probably my all time fav STP song, if I had to choose. Classic riff that will never get old.
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    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    Atlanta, FTW.
    yeah, but what lets it down is the line "and the cake has grown mold..", just eurggh!!
  • Posts: 178
    OffHeGoes132 wrote:
    Ride the Cliche fuckin' rocks tits hard. Um yeaaah. No seriously it does kick ass.

    Is it me or is Shangra la de da grossly underated?? A lot of people think that's STPs shit album but I think its full of killer tunes like the groove heavy Regeneration, "grungy" Long Way Home, and the catchy Black Again. Also, I think Bi-Polar Bear is one of their absolute best tunes. A lot of awesome tracks on an album that seems to receive a lot of hate. Just throwing that out there.

    And yea Sour Girl is still a great song.

    Shangri-La-Dee-Da is one great album. Its magical. I think it has the best chorus's of any STP album -- it's da bomb.
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