Stone Temple Pilots: Purple

What makes Stone Temple Pilots' "Purple" one of the standout albums of the 90s? Join us as we embark on an exhilarating journey through the band’s second album, released on June 7, 1994. We'll trace the band's roots back to San Diego and dissect their eclectic mix of genres, from grunge and metal to blues, psychedelic rock, and even country influences. Along the way, we highlight iconic tracks like "Interstate Love Song," "Vaseline," and "Big Empty" and celebrate the album's monumental success, including the hidden gem within "Kitchenware and Candy Bars."

Our discussion gets deeply personal and animated as we explore the emotional impact of the music, the unique contributions of the DeLeo brothers and Scott Weiland, and the humorous quirks buried within the lyrics. We even touch upon the concept of recycling beds and speculate on the meanings behind some unusual lines. From the powerful acoustic elements to potential personal favorites that aren't widely recognized hits, our conversation is both heartfelt and humorous.

In a nostalgic twist, we reminisce about the surreal scenes from "Apocalypse Now," ponder the potential of some tracks as strip club anthems, and share amusing tales about chicken wings and strip club experiences. We wrap things up with a thorough analysis of song lyrics, themes of rebellion and introspection, and a playful critique of the album's musical elements. Tune in for an entertaining and thoughtful exploration, ranking our top three non-hit favorites and affirming why "Purple" has aged so gracefully.

Transcript

Speaker 2 0:08

All right, thank you for listening to the Greatest Nine Hits. I'm Chris and playing Interstate Love Song from the Purple album from Stone Temple Pilots is my co-host, tim, and we welcome you to the show. Thanks for listening. As always, we're going to listen to a whole album and it's just going to be a whole album with a bunch of great songs and a bunch of great non-hits. Yeah, this is the second album from Stone Temple Pilots, the album called Purple. This was released on June 7th of 1994.

Speaker 2 0:48

We're in the 90s decade for this season, and this is an album recorded by Atlantic Records. This is an album by a band that was building on its commercially successful first album by the name of core, and it had songs like plush that hit, you know, mainstream radio and briefly topped the charts, and so this is a follow-up to a huge debut success, and this one was even bigger. This is an album that sold 6 million copies, so it's gone platinum six times, and it has the song Interstate Love Song Tim's playing, but then the other song, vaseline and the Big Empty, which not only is on this album but it made the soundtrack of the movie the Crow. Not only is it on this album, but it made the soundtrack of the movie the Crow. It starred Brandon Lee, who was Bruce Lee's son.

Speaker 2 1:52

Tragically passed away during the filming of that, but that's for another time. We're going to listen to this album in its entirety. We're going to rank all the songs that didn't make it like that didn't become mainstream. So there were the three that I just mentioned, and then there are 11 songs, but really 12, because there's a hidden track at the, the very end. You know there's kind of like a. There's a hint to it, because you know the album cover is really kind of unique. It's got, I think it's like a Chinese baby riding on a dragon and it has the symbol for the number 10, is it? Or 12? I don't know. Yeah, and on the back of the album, instead of showing all the 12 tracks, it alludes to something about there are 12 glorious songs, something like that written on the back. So that's a hint that it's not 11 songs but 12 songs. So it's a hint that on the last song, which is called Kitchenware and Candy Bars, it's an eight-minute five-second song.

Speaker 2 3:14

But there's a hidden track in there, and so we're going to listen to that and then, at the very end, of course, rank the non-hits. We'll give you the top three of the non-hit songs from this album that we feel were the best. So again, we thank you always for listening. Download us wherever you get your podcasts. What else can we mention about this? Well, let's pivot to the band, the Stone Temple Pilots. They're from San Diego, california, and they consist of scott wyland, uh, two brothers, guitar player, bass player, um robert is the bass player and dean. Their last name is uh d leo or d leo, if I'm getting it wrong.

Speaker 2 4:00

I apologize to the, the big fans. I am a. I am a fan of this album. I bought it when it came out back in 94, but I don't really follow it that closely. The individual members outside of Scott Weiland, I've been sort of tuned out, but incredible musicians Eric Kretz on drums. There's a story behind their formation, but I think the main thing with these guys is that, given the year that this came out Grunge this is considered a Grunge album at its core, or at least that's the way it felt when it came out. They were sort of a band that was following a wave of Grunge. It was coming from Seattle, but they're from San Diego, so they. I think one of the one of the good things about this, and one of the reasons why I think this album has like a wider fan appeal, is that they they have the grunge at its core, um, but you know they weave in other genres like metal.

Speaker 2 5:07

It can be a little bit bluesy at times. Psychedelic rock is fused in there. You hear it at different times and different songs. I mean even country. Even what Tim is playing kind of has a little bit of a folksy kind of a feel to it.

Speaker 2 5:28

So that was the thing that stands out with us and why it's obvious that they're a huge band. I think it was um robert de leo, the bass player at Scott Weiland met. I guess this has been debunked or there's a conflicting report of how they met, but it was just. I guess they had met at a concert, they had a mutual girlfriend, something like that. I don't know, but they became buds.

Speaker 2 5:58

The girl left went to another state. They took over her apartment. They became roommates, bonded over the music, met the drummer, kevin Kretz, or Eric whatever, and Robert's brother yeah, eric Kretz, I'm sorry and Robert's brother Dean. They convinced him to play guitar, they formed the band and the rest is history. Kind of like around the mid 80s when they formed and Robert's brother, dean they convinced him to play guitar.

Speaker 2 6:28

They formed the band and the rest is history, kind of like around the mid-'80s when they formed so really great background of this band. So Tim's going to wrap it up, but what we're going to do is we're going to again, like I said, listen to all the songs in detail. We've got a ton of sound clips. That we're going to do is we're going to again, like I said, listen to all the songs in detail. We've got a ton of sound clips that we're going to play. It's going to be a good show. We're really looking forward to it.

Speaker 2 6:56

We just finished Metallica, but prior to that, smashing Pumpkins, alice in Chains, and we're getting out of the heaviness of all those albums that came a little bit earlier. So I think that this shows sort of like an evolution. Anyway, but without further ado. The man, the myth, the legend who has? Yeah, whose elbow is healed up? Tim, glad to see you back on the guitar, how you been man.

Speaker 3 7:28

I'm cleared. Yeah you're cleared to play. Cleared, I'm cleared to play. Put me in coach.

Speaker 2 7:34

All right, yeah, you're back in the game. What did you think of this album? What?

Speaker 3 7:41

were you telling me From the run of other, uh, heavy albums, I think, because this one appears to be. I like the hits a lot and then some of the non-hits are okay. But yeah, this is a very poignant album, ambiguous lyrics, uh, I would love to. I'm sure the unplugged versions are amazing actually.

Speaker 2 8:29

Oh yeah, they have a few that you can watch that are out there. So yeah, they are amazing, they're pretty good, but uh.

Speaker 3 8:35

I think, yeah, this is just youth angst mixed with very nitty, uh and witty sort of music offerings.

Speaker 2 8:48

Yeah, and you gotta love a hidden track too. They put that in there.

Speaker 3 8:51

So that is quite a track. Yeah, stick around for the the hidden track for the craziness on that one.

Speaker 2 8:59

Yeah, it gets kind of louncing, kind of a vibe going. So anyway, well, I mean we'll get right into the album. Man, I mean just any last thoughts. You got any references, anything that you any shout-outs that you want to get out of the way.

Speaker 3 9:20

Shout-out to San Diego oh.

Speaker 2 9:22

Shout-out to San Diego-ins, san Diegans, san Diegans, yeah, shout-out to San Diego. Oh, shout out to San.

Speaker 3 9:26

Diego-ins, san Diegans, san Diegans, yeah, shout out to Slow Mo. He's rollerblading on the beach. Check him out if you're in San Diego. It's a great album.

Speaker 2 9:39

First song. What do you think? Meat Plow, Meat Plow, wow. What can you say about that?

Speaker 1 9:43

Uh.

Speaker 3 9:46

I'm at a loss for words here.

Speaker 2 9:48

Well, we're going to listen to it, but before we do, maybe we should shout out to Mr Plow from the Simpsons Thanks.

Speaker 4 9:55

Mr Plow, that's my name. That name again is Mr Plow, all right.

Speaker 3 10:02

I understand.

Speaker 2 10:09

All right, here we are.

Speaker 4 10:14

All right, here we are.

Speaker 1 10:26

Oh, we love a meltdown, Meat plow yeah jerk it out.

Speaker 3 10:32

Meatball, you gotta jerk it out, it's technical.

Speaker 4 10:48

It's technical here. Nobody makes me bleed my own blood, nobody, nobody Ching.

Speaker 3 11:04

Yeah, I understand, we understand here, brother. I understand, we understand here, brother.

Speaker 4 11:19

I got a brother and he shows me how Brothers don't shake hands. Brothers, gotta hug.

Speaker 3 11:32

Shout out to the light sleepers out there.

Speaker 2 11:36

We feel your pain.

Speaker 3 11:37

Yeah, get the chamomile kettle going.

Speaker 2 11:43

Shout out to the hibiscus drinkers.

Speaker 3 11:46

My favorite. The hibiscus breaks down the bad gut bacteria. That is not heavy metal at all. Cilantro helps the heavy metals.

Speaker 2 11:58

I think STP creates a positive, gut aura.

Speaker 3 12:04

I got a lover. She shows me how okay.

Speaker 2 12:22

I like the heaviness of the guitar playing in this one out of of my face. I'm in a roundhouse draft. Oh, you don't like it.

Speaker 3 12:32

Okay, hey, it's each his own man Shout out to the karate karate roundhousers out there. Chuck Norris fans. I feel like Chuck Norris would be a fan of STP.

Speaker 2 12:47

I think so why not? Yeah, they break boards in their own way. I don't know if that matters.

Speaker 3 12:54

Nobody's going to die. There might be some blood. There's going to be lots of arrests Okay, yeah, I can see that. And roundhouses, yeah.

Speaker 2 13:04

Hey, give a shout-out to the Tai Chi years out there.

Speaker 3 13:08

Ching, yeah, I understand.

Speaker 4 13:12

Yeah.

Speaker 3 13:20

All right, I like this better.

Speaker 2 13:22

after third lesson yeah, I do too. Some guitar thematics going on.

Speaker 1 13:32

Oh.

Speaker 2 13:34

Soft outro Shout out to Dean DeLeo, the brother did good on that one.

Speaker 3 13:41

You done good brother. Yeah, now here's Vaseline this is Break out the KY jelly.

Speaker 2 13:48

That's right. Yeah Listen. Whatever you buy Vaseline for, that's your business. We're not here to judge, or it's? Chapstick, get in the way, yeah, exactly.

Speaker 3 14:00

Oh, it's oil product. This is a big fat hit. Snare drum just never stops in this album. Yeah, I understand.

Speaker 4 14:31

Go home.

Speaker 3 14:35

I'm always searching for things.

Speaker 2 14:37

I am too.

Speaker 4 14:39

Blind. Now I can see. Sometimes the mid-ass render me Unstrung and, without fail, think I'd be safer all alone A little scratch.

Speaker 3 14:58

The muted scratch stroke yeah.

Speaker 2 15:06

It's like the Charlie Browns teacher. That should be like that, right.

Speaker 3 15:12

Oh my gosh, I bet that's been a sound effect. Yeah, this is going to be the.

Speaker 2 15:17

Charlie Brown.

Speaker 4 15:20

Charlie Brown's teacher. Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah. You'll see the love and you'll see the love I can't see, goddammit.

Speaker 2 15:35

Shout out to Saul Saul Rosemarie.

Speaker 3 15:47

Okay, I don't know why.

Speaker 4 15:53

Okay, I don't know why.

Speaker 1 16:05

Whatever it is, it's not right on the teleprompter.

Speaker 4 16:09

I don't know Somewhere in the Baseline.

Speaker 2 16:17

What that is. I've never seen that. Shout out to Bill.

Speaker 1 16:20

O'Reilly for being on Team Time.

Speaker 2 16:22

For being a jackass.

Speaker 3 16:28

May I see it Really, please? All right, we are see it Really, please. All right, we are not going blind here. I have a twitch in my eye, though for sure it's a blood vessel. Really Light sleeper, not a lot of sleep the other two nights. Is that a tell when you're tired? Oh yeah, I get a little twitch.

Speaker 2 16:45

I didn't know that, oh yeah, well, shout out to the iTwitchers, get your rest.

Speaker 3 16:56

Too much. What's the strongest? T?

Speaker 2 17:03

I don't know Sport T Sporty.

Speaker 3 17:07

Shout out to Sport T Shout out to Sporty Spice Okay.

Speaker 2 17:10

Sporty Shout out to Sporty Shout out to Sporty Spice Okay.

Speaker 3 17:13

Sporty Spice. I like this one Lounge Flyer. Yeah, it's got this like what's that little doll that you put pins in or whatever? A voodoo, oh yeah.

Speaker 2 17:42

This is pretty.

Speaker 4 17:43

Who knows Nick or what Okay in the old time. Do you know Nick? Or what Okay in the old time? Do you know Nick? Whatever the worse.

Speaker 3 18:10

Oh, bitch, you got jacked bitch.

Speaker 4 18:14

Bitch, I don't care. What the fuck is he talking about? Fuck it, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, answer me, answer me, and then you kill me. The lounge, fly, the lounge, fly the flying planes. I think I'm free, but the dogs, they won't release me. Don't have a name, but I'm Nickerway. My body's empty, but the dogs won't release me. Don't have a name. Who knows? Nicolette, my bottle's empty, but you're always with me. I feel I'm sinking, but you won't let me drown. What the fuck is he talking about? What the fuck? Excuse me, everyone, sex. Now that I have your attention, I don't know.

Speaker 2 18:53

That's pretty good bass playing. Yeah, now that I have your attention.

Speaker 3 18:55

Pretty good. They definitely. I feel like they're always referring to sex in this.

Speaker 2 18:59

It's all.

Speaker 4 18:59

Yeah, double up time why are you going to the airport Flying somewhere?

Speaker 3 19:15

Shout out to Microsoft, shout out to Southwest for not updating their computers.

Speaker 2 19:21

Oh yeah, that's Current events, yeah, which will be past events when you listen to this, but nevertheless, yeah.

Speaker 4 19:32

What the fuck is he talking about?

Speaker 2 19:34

I'm talking about Microsoft being POSs at the moment, right now. Maybe they save the world later on, I don't know.

Speaker 3 19:42

Doubtful.

Speaker 2 19:45

My primitive mind cannot grasp what the future holds.

Speaker 3 19:52

Oh, this buildup is great. This is not a hit, right, it's not a hit. Oh, this is definitely out there. This is like angry stuff. Do you like the drums? Maybe he's playing a different beat, which is very unique.

Speaker 4 20:21

Okay.

Speaker 1 20:42

I understand. I understand Out of my face what kind of a brown house you're at, yeah, I see it Really.

Speaker 2 21:02

I see it, really. I see it. Dean had a really good album. They all did.

Stone Temple Pilots Album Discussion

Speaker 3 21:06

Overlay the lyrical overlay is good. The overlay the lyrical overlay is good, Sort of a fleeting guitar going everywhere.

Speaker 2 21:21

I really like, I really like this song. Yeah, the music's great, Robert.

Speaker 3 21:26

Robert, I do too. This is like the best song we've covered. It's not a hit in a while for me, really, oh wow, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 21:34

Really, I think over the past three albums.

Speaker 3 21:38

This could be the best non-hit for me personally. Oh wow, yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 2 21:43

No, it was cool, I dig it, it's so good.

Speaker 3 21:46

Just talk amongst yourselves. Oh, my God, are you crying?

Speaker 2 21:52

I'm not crying, all right. Well you want me to give you a moment.

Speaker 1 21:57

I mean, are you? What's that? Are you crying Am?

Speaker 3 22:00

I crying.

Speaker 4 22:00

No, I'm not crying.

Speaker 3 22:02

I'm not crying, I just really like that song. They made a pledge it was good, she's going to be her man or whatever, she's going to be her woman or whatnot, you know.

Speaker 2 22:13

All right, and whatnot, and whatnot. I like that kind of build up. It's loud.

Speaker 3 22:31

Yeah, the effects are I like that. It does it like it's great.

Speaker 2 22:39

Yeah, it's another rock band, yeah.

Speaker 3 22:46

It's still iconic. This Heard it a million times.

Speaker 4 23:02

That has a nice flow to it Hand in rusted shame.

Speaker 2 23:15

My feelings are hurt. Shout out to Saul.

Speaker 3 23:22

Yeah, this is really an electric song, but unplugged sounds good too. I'm sure this would be a great unplugged song.

Speaker 2 23:31

Just to backtrack a little, Meat Plow was written by the DeLeo brothers. They were the writers of that.

Speaker 3 23:43

Get the Meat Plow on the.

Speaker 2 23:45

Southern Train. All right, vastly a joint effort by all four members. Yeah, that's.

Speaker 1 23:55

What, what, what.

Speaker 4 24:10

You gotta breathe. What I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe.

Speaker 2 24:25

Coolness, anxiety. How we breathe can directly influence the brain. Death bag. How we breathe and radically influence the brain.

Speaker 4 24:34

Death bag Can't breathe. Oh no, oh no. Promises of what I seem to be only lost in time go by all of these things I've said to you there is nothing more to add thank you, siguru, I can't breathe. I can't breathe, man, I can't breathe. I can't breathe man. I'm just. Hey, I got something to mail you out. Man, you're just freaking out here. Hey, you're just freaking out here, you're just freaking out.

Speaker 3 25:32

Not afraid anymore. Shout out to the new bed owners. Shout out to those who try to recycle a bed how do you do that? You got to take it apart. Take it to the bed yard. I always wonder that how do you Beds?

Speaker 4 25:51

It's like F always wonder that how do you?

Speaker 3 25:52

Beds. It's like Flesh is warm. Naked feet.

Speaker 4 25:56

Excuse me, everyone Sex Now that I have your attention.

Speaker 3 26:04

Again A sex song.

Speaker 2 26:19

Yeah, a sex song, A sex song. Oh cool lyric. Take a bath, I'll drink the water that you make what Ew?

Speaker 3 26:28

I just sang that Ew that felt shameful. What, what Ew? I just sang that Ew that felt shamed a little what.

Speaker 2 26:40

That was like singing it in your direction too. I know I would never drink the water that you leave in the back.

Speaker 3 26:49

That's so gnarly. Yeah, this has gone way off the rails. That's so gnarly.

Speaker 2 26:51

Yeah, this has gone way off the rails. It's going into an area where I should probably sit the next couple of ways.

Speaker 3 27:17

Yellow nectarine baby. No bath water. I mean, if you're desperate, I guess there's water shortages in California, yeah.

Speaker 2 27:35

So in that regard, the water situation's kind of changed since then, so yeah, Hold your breath and drift away, cheech, come back to us, cheech. I've got to suck a Cheech there.

Speaker 4 28:01

I can't breathe man.

Speaker 3 28:07

Dragonflies are flying over this one's kind of Wiffle-waffley, I don't know. Oh, oh, oh.

Speaker 2 28:27

I like it. I like the chorus. I mean not the drink in the water bath, right, that's kind of a weird lyric. I think that's what's kind of turning me off a little bit.

Speaker 3 28:40

Maybe it's sung from the point of view of a houseplant, you know. Okay, so it's like you put the houseplant in the bath. It's really a houseplant writing the lyrics oh yeah, dragonflies flying over, yeah, I beg you to water me, you know.

Speaker 2 28:57

Yeah, I don't know. Well, I can't suspend my disbelief, I would rather take a jar of pennies that's value was less than that of your bill. Look, thank you. All. Right, here we go.

Speaker 3 29:11

Pretty penny, we're out of the mix, just like that Round in the corner, this one's really good.

Speaker 4 29:20

It's a little slower. This feels like a hit to me.

Speaker 2 29:27

Is everyone hearing this? I don't know it's a hit to me, is everyone?

Speaker 3 29:30

hearing this. I don't know. It's a hit to you personally.

Speaker 2 29:32

Well, yeah, the widespread you know.

Speaker 3 29:42

It's on drums for this song.

Speaker 4 29:43

This is I don't know, maybe it is when you find that there's no one sleeping gone. Pretty Penny was her name, I don't know, maybe it is. She was loved and we all will miss her. This is Penny Lane. Man, Show some respect. Where will you go? I say Just to bait a mouse.

Speaker 3 30:07

Bait a mouse. Shorter lived and longer gone. Can you figure out? Scott Weiland is on percussion. For this one I knew it was different. These usually lead vocals in guitar or lead vocals. I guess he's playing drums on this one.

Speaker 2 30:35

What's your real name? I'll never tell. Nice acoustic.

Speaker 4 30:50

Penny Nice acoustic Penny Penny Will you blow me away.

Speaker 2 31:08

You see where we're going with this.

Speaker 3 31:09

We're going, we're going with this, we're going again Blown Away.

Speaker 2 31:13

Basically, we're going to have a lyric that's going to say Blown Away.

Speaker 3 31:16

But also what is Penny Lane known for?

Speaker 4 31:18

Yeah, it's not being free. Oh, I will Blown away.

Speaker 3 31:35

You lost the pearl bro.

Speaker 4 31:38

And the price she paid. Hey, cool, gone when you wake in the morning, gone yeah, almost Famous is cool.

Speaker 3 31:48

Yeah, shout out to the, the Almost Fam famous out there I hope you get famous, or do I?

Speaker 2 31:57

I know you. You secretly want everybody to fail, but that's no. No, you want nobody to be famous tim is tim tim's. Tim's the kind of guy. He's the biggest cheerleader. I am cheerleader.

Speaker 3 32:11

Better than be famous than me, that's true.

Speaker 2 32:15

You gotta be careful what you wish for.

Speaker 3 32:18

This is their lick my Love Palm Song. This is their lick my Love Palm Song. Some sus, these chords are so sus.

Speaker 2 32:29

Is it D minor? The status of all keys? I have no idea.

Speaker 3 32:35

F suspended Minor seventh. I know. See, they really do mix it up on this album. I know I appreciate that it's a rollercoaster ride.

Speaker 2 32:51

What do we got next?

Speaker 3 32:52

Oh God.

Speaker 2 32:54

Silver.

Speaker 3 32:56

Oh, my God.

Speaker 2 33:00

Oh no, I don't like this Just smack the lip, drop down Snap.

Speaker 3 33:07

Shout out to the surfers out there. This would be a good wave song just smack the drop down oh, I don't dime I might have a Nicolette. All I need is a.

Speaker 4 33:32

Nicolette who knows Nicolette?

Speaker 3 33:35

All I need is a cool buzz and tasty wings.

Speaker 2 34:10

Why don't you get a job? I'm just gonna listen to this next time I'm in.

Speaker 3 34:14

This is actually a good one too.

Speaker 2 34:18

I'm just saying, like certain songs, certain music sounds better anywhere, right?

Speaker 3 34:23

Yeah, it's true, this is a hot beach day. Driving up the boulevard song, right, all right, they might tell you to turn it down in Laguna. Yeah, teenagers riding Crazy S-Classes and Beamers and Mercedes, yeah, all right.

Speaker 2 35:02

I want to see these guys in concert now. I think three of the guys Scott Weiland died tragically in 2015. But the other three guys and another guy I think are still touring out of the state, I mean as of this year.

Speaker 4 35:20

Have they ever played?

Musical Analysis and Ant References

Speaker 2 35:22

NAMM, that is a good question, that is damn good.

Speaker 3 35:25

This song reminds me of Apocalypse Now.

Speaker 2 35:28

Yeah, it's a damn good question.

Speaker 3 35:33

Love the smell of napalm in the morning. Just smack the lip. They're like surfing out there and the bombs are going off. It's so insane. And then the rogue soldier it's good stuff. He didn't toe the line in the movie and went rogue and went off the deep end. And then they get somebody else to rope him in, bring him back to reality. The blue point.

Speaker 2 36:11

An apocalypse now? Okay, yeah, it's coming back.

Speaker 3 36:13

It's coming back, it's coming back. It's so wild, it's like a.

Speaker 2 36:20

My mind is somewhere else, man, I'm sorry. I was just thinking about how this would be a great strip club song, clearly, yeah, I'm going back to 1994. You're?

Speaker 3 36:31

eating chicken wings in a strip club right now. Right, I'm in fantasy land over here.

Speaker 2 36:37

Yeah, put your hands together for the lovely Jasmine. That's why I'm here.

Speaker 3 36:42

Yeah, you know, strip clubs have the best wings. I guess I've never been to a strip club actually.

Speaker 2 36:52

Yeah, no, we've had this conversation in other podcasts or like in another one. I'm ashamed to say.

Speaker 3 37:00

I know. I'll we'll go out. We have to. We have to lie about it to our significant others yeah, no, robin doesn't care. Robin won't care. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know about mine, I don't want to get you in trouble.

Speaker 2 37:15

Your girl won't care. I don't want to get you in trouble, your girl, with your distinguished better half. Fine woman, will you call me?

Speaker 4 37:29

away.

Speaker 3 37:39

What's your real name? What's your real name? Friend, naked friend in front of me.

Speaker 4 37:49

Now they get into like all blues. You know that if is the middle word in life. If you can keep your head when all about you're losing, there's's a blaming it on you. If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, I mean, I know I can't, I'm a little man. I'm a little man, he's a great man.

Speaker 2 38:04

Well, there you go.

Speaker 3 38:04

That's the apocalypse now there.

Speaker 2 38:06

Yeah, exactly, I like the setup.

Speaker 3 38:10

Oh, here is a big fat hit.

Speaker 2 38:12

Yeah.

Speaker 3 38:13

Big, empty the big empty.

Speaker 2 38:17

Shout out to Brandon Lee. Oh, here is a big fat hit. Yeah, big empty, the big empty. Shout out to Brandon Lee.

Speaker 3 38:22

Shout out to the crow Is that a dulcimer guitar.

Speaker 2 38:25

Slightly above average.

Speaker 4 38:26

Yeah.

Speaker 3 38:35

Fallen oh father. I thought he said father falling farther from yeah smoke up, johnny falling faster in my car. You don't fall in a car, it's not a spaceship.

Speaker 2 38:59

Well, I mean going over a cliff.

Speaker 3 39:01

You're in the car while the car's moving. Oh Okay, I see what you're saying.

Speaker 4 39:06

I'm gonna take a ride, at least today. No conversation Time to take a roll.

Speaker 2 39:13

Yeah, these lyrics are disjointed.

Speaker 4 39:15

It's good, easy, it is come to this day. Yeah, these lyrics are disjointed. What, what the fuck?

Speaker 1 39:26

is he talking about?

Speaker 2 39:28

Yeah, there you go, exactly.

Speaker 4 39:30

I don't know. Hey, just go home and cry to your daddy, don't cry here, okay.

Speaker 3 39:40

Yeah, I love this part yeah.

Speaker 2 39:45

Shout out to John Bender.

Speaker 4 39:48

Too much walking shoes worn thin, worn thin. Too much tripping and my soul's worn thin.

Speaker 3 40:01

Tripping.

Speaker 2 40:02

Worn thin Shoes, souls, souls of double meaning yeah. Yeah, this is uh, you can tell this is a deep road. The writing style is like a little bit different.

Speaker 3 40:25

Yeah, they incorporate the soft spot. Yeah, it takes a little more craftsmanship to get it there.

Speaker 4 40:35

Oh, you know what?

Speaker 2 40:57

Gene also wrote pretty good.

Speaker 4 41:04

Maybe all the guitar players think alike.

Speaker 3 41:12

It's all one big riff. You're all just.

Speaker 2 41:17

You're all just, I'm just gonna die. Coolness anxiety how we breathe can.

Speaker 4 41:36

What are you doing?

Speaker 3 41:41

We need some Sad Guru here. I love the drums. The build-up is just. That's kind of cool. I yeah I could have used an extemporaneous 20-minute jam there, but you know they could have done it. Shout out to all those who just get in the old Cadillac cruise the land of the brave and free. Maybe you're going to In-N-Out Burger. If you're in Cali, maybe getting a chili cheese dog somewhere, or a salad. Get some tomatoes at the farm.

Speaker 1 42:43

That's right. I feel like I could be talking to a horse.

Speaker 2 42:52

Wow.

Speaker 1 42:53

That was just. It always sounds better when wow, wow wow, wow.

Speaker 2 42:55

It always sounds better when we listen to it on this show man. I don't know, Maybe it's the headphones. Yeah you got good headphones.

Speaker 1 43:07

This is unglued.

Speaker 2 43:10

I need an adult. Yeah, this is a lot of music, yeah.

Speaker 3 43:27

It's far away from the rhythm. This is a lot.

Speaker 2 43:29

Somebody knock. There's not anybody from the market anymore. Hi, brad, look how cute he's not here.

Speaker 1 44:16

You look good in that pirate hat. I got the stairs coming over me. I got the stairs coming over me. I got the stairs coming over me. I got the stairs coming over me Over me.

Speaker 3 44:24

We have a discordant solo here. Well, of course.

Speaker 1 44:44

It feels, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better.

Speaker 4 44:57

It feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better.

Speaker 1 45:01

It feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better, it feels better it.

Speaker 3 45:18

Well, isn't this special?

Speaker 4 45:25

Get the door. I'm praying, goddammit.

Speaker 1 45:29

Alright, alright, that was unglued.

Speaker 2 45:32

I kinda liked it. Unglued is great and it was short anduted, I kind of liked it.

Speaker 3 45:34

Ungluted is great, okay, and it was short and sweet.

Speaker 2 45:38

Right, yeah, that's a big plus.

Speaker 3 45:40

We're in Army Ants.

Speaker 2 45:44

And the people look like ants from up here.

Speaker 3 45:47

They are ants, michael, they are ants.

Speaker 2 45:53

Shout out to Brendan O'Brien. He produced this, he did a lot of recording, mixing and he did uh percussion on this song, along with meat plow.

Speaker 3 46:21

All right, yeah, we're heading in.

Speaker 4 46:23

This is you don't look, but you can't make it.

Speaker 3 46:32

You can't feel but you can't do it the way I pray. We're back to the heaviest of heavy here on the album.

Speaker 4 47:01

What. I don't know what to say. I don't know. Thank you Got a heart. I got blood Hit the door. I'm praying goddammit.

Speaker 3 47:16

Got a heart, I got blood. I feel pain. Army ants.

Speaker 2 47:51

Gotta rise above the crickets. I'm thinking you're going to like all the songs that reference like ants and flies. There's a lot of flies in this. There's a lot of insects referenced in this album.

Speaker 3 48:03

We're all just small. Yeah, I think it does make you feel small when you listen to this, maybe, and you can headbang to that this maybe, and you can headbang the bat, yeah, yeah flies in the vassal we are lounge fly. Do they have an insect problem in their apartment or something? Yeah, maybe it's just on their mind. Well, maybe, yeah.

Speaker 2 49:04

I mean a life of a musician, for your fame is sometimes not good, yeah.

Speaker 3 49:15

Yeah, they had to record this week because the apartment was getting insect bombed.

Speaker 1 49:21

Maybe Okay yeah.

Speaker 3 49:24

Yeah, probably.

Speaker 1 49:26

You never know.

Speaker 3 49:26

Yeah, you never know. Yeah, could be that ex-girlfriend's apartment. She was a bit of a hoarder.

Speaker 2 49:34

Yeah, she had to get as far away as possible because of these tears of a hoarder. Yeah, she had to get as far away as possible Because of these tears A hoarder yeah, oh, I'm sure she was a nice girl.

Speaker 4 49:51

She could have been yeah, she could have been, sort of like a mock piece here. Yeah, this is like my love pop. Rolling doobies Down by the river.

Speaker 2 50:16

Oh, this is good.

Speaker 3 50:39

Yeah.

Speaker 2 50:48

I need a string section for this. I should have like a San Diego Symphony Orchestra Play with that. Do like a string symphony orchestra play with that.

Speaker 3 50:58

Do you like a string? Oh the SDSL. Yeah, duh, sdp and SDSL no. Oh, there's the strings.

Speaker 4 51:18

It's better. It's just what I'm doing right now.

Speaker 1 51:20

Why? Because I want to.

Speaker 2 51:25

Well, brendan O'Brien's doing some shit on this. I don't know on guitar, but where are the strings? It's got to be rough. I don't see any, I think there's synths, but where? Are the strings? It's got to be rough. I don't see any.

Speaker 4 51:47

I think there's synths. Yeah, this has hit me, man, but it's all a lie.

Speaker 2 51:58

Yeah, this has hit me, man, I mean this song, right yeah.

Speaker 4 52:05

I don't know where to go. Somebody show me.

Speaker 3 52:12

But then you know it's eight minutes long on Spotify, so there's a hidden track.

Speaker 2 52:21

So I guess the question is do you have to include it.

Speaker 4 52:25

Yeah, we already.

Speaker 2 52:29

Yeah, I mean, do we list them as separate tracks?

Speaker 3 52:32

Yeah, for sure I think they should be separate tracks. Yeah, for sure I think they should be separate tracks. The nature of them is just Okay. Okay alright, because they could have just made it a 12-track, but they didn't. They were artsy, but that doesn't negate the fact that there is 12 tracks, it's just that yeah, rt Fartsy thing.

Speaker 1 52:59

Some glass RT Fartsy thing.

Speaker 2 53:01

So they were being RT Fartsy. Yeah, this is at the first. This is where it's at. Okay, yeah, oh, wow, there's something that's really appealing to me with this guitar solo. I think it's because I love the song the build up. Yeah, that's the perfect guitar solo.

Speaker 3 53:40

I like the drum. I love lamp.

Speaker 2 53:45

No, it's very good. Are you just saying that?

Speaker 3 53:47

No, this is Okay. This is where it ends. Yeah, great, that was great. So that was kitchenware and candy bars. Now this this is once it starts.

Speaker 2 54:02

You got any shout outs? Shout out to.

Speaker 3 54:04

Phil Hartman. Maybe Frank Sinatra Shout out to the listeners.

Speaker 2 54:08

Thank you for listening. The runners, the tea drinkers, all of you who've been listening because of that. That encouragement.

Speaker 3 54:15

The arm slingers? Yep, the arm slingers, yep, the arm slingers. Yeah, oh, okay.

Speaker 2 54:22

Oh yeah, this is like some lounge deal Come on, swing baby you.

Speaker 4 54:29

Platinum the second album 12 precious melodies Worth listening.

Speaker 3 54:43

I can't believe this. I still can't believe they put this on here, can you?

Speaker 2 54:50

Yeah, I like it Listen to twelve great tunes playing on your stereo.

Speaker 4 55:00

It's happening and dancing. Soon Entertain on the piano.

Speaker 2 55:09

What Second album 12 gracious melodies. To listen, to listen.

Speaker 3 55:20

What.

Speaker 2 55:22

Keeping you company. I didn't like play this live. Like everybody goes nuts.

Speaker 3 55:27

That would be a good sound clip for us. Keeping you company. Oh yeah, yeah, we have to do it man.

Speaker 2 55:32

Yeah, we gotta.

Speaker 3 55:34

STP thanks. Just grooving on an afternoon. Shout out to Johnny Mathis yeah, he got a bunk back.

Speaker 2 55:48

Yeah, from playing sports, so he went to singing, that's right.

Speaker 4 55:52

This album cover looks similar like Johnny Mathis singing.

Speaker 2 55:58

that's right, let's try to say that the baby was like johnny mathis, like this, I guess, or maybe some of those other people in the back take the high road baby.

Speaker 4 56:18

Take the high road, baby.

Speaker 3 56:20

I only have car radio. It is so dismal.

Speaker 2 56:26

Yeah, I'm sorry. Like you don't even have like the Wi-Fi.

Speaker 3 56:30

I don't have a CD player or an aux hookup. I got nothing, man. Yeah oh, cake me up, cake me up with some car radio money, y'all.

Speaker 4 56:47

Take the high road, baby.

Speaker 3 57:03

Oh man, I like the drummer on this one. Is this a drum machine?

Speaker 2 57:07

for this one. He's probably keeping it.

Speaker 4 57:15

Sounds like a drum machine. Oy vey.

Speaker 3 57:24

That was STP's second album, right there.

Speaker 2 57:27

Yeah, I dug that. That was a nice way to end. That's a hard, hard direction away from meat plow.

Speaker 3 57:41

Oh yeah, yeah, it went.

Speaker 2 57:42

Uh, I got roundhoused and then like brought back to the table like with like a glass of wine and apology. I love all these songs, man, this is gonna be really tough. This is gonna be tough for me to do this one.

Speaker 3 57:55

Okay, that's good, man, that's good, no, I like to hear that. I like to hear that.

Speaker 2 57:59

What did you well?

Speaker 3 58:01

I'm going to. I was going to go on glued because I was feeling like heavy heavy metal and uh, you know I love gluing my other pastimes, uh paper uh mostly uh, but uh, I am going to go kitchen where?

Speaker 2 58:24

and candy bars um as my number three.

Speaker 3 58:26

I guess the second album. If that's included in the head as the hidden track, we'll let it slide. But yeah, Okay, Kitchen wearing candy bars was on my number three got it.

Speaker 2 58:38

Um, I'm gonna say, pretty penny was my number three. Oh, penny, penny, nice, yeah, I just think it was. Uh, it's beautifully it done. It was, um, it didn't go like way up or way down, right, it was a constant and a steady ballad and simple and sweet and worthy of a number three. Excellent.

Speaker 3 59:05

Okay, Well, I'm going to play it. Cool Penny, be cool Penny as well. It was yeah.

Speaker 2 59:16

Pretty Penny.

Speaker 3 59:18

I like the way they slowed it down and it was a really nice reprieve. They sandwich Still Remains and the Interstate Love song Still Remains is definitely my least favorite song on the album. Okay, I'm just going to say that anyway.

Speaker 2 59:40

Yeah no, no, I, I hear it.

Speaker 3 59:41

What's your? What's your number two or number two?

Speaker 2 59:44

Yeah, my number two is lounge fly.

Speaker 3 59:46

Yes, okay, yeah, I it was yeah.

Speaker 2 59:49

So intricate and, uh, it just tied together so many elements and for that reason it was my number two. It was a great song.

Speaker 3 59:57

I'm going one with Lounge Fly.

Speaker 2 59:59

I knew you would.

Speaker 3 59:59

Yeah, I had to be. Yeah, there was no secret, and you were just blown away. I mean the musicality, the parts. They did it. I don't even know who the hell these guys are, but they're awesome. Okay, yeah, they did it.

Speaker 2 1:00:16

I don't even know who the hell these guys are, but they're awesome. Okay, yeah, you know, I felt almost like the identical about kitchenware and candy bars, like strings and just like the the, the drama of it all. I just thought it was, you know, super cool and I it was almost going to be like one of my favorite non-hits of all time if we were including the two of them together with my second album. But yeah, this is probably one of the great. It's very close between this one and Spirit of Eden from Talk Talk.

Speaker 2 1:00:54

The number one we had on that one was just that blew me away, that's probably it's right up there with that. But yeah, this I don't know it, just it felt so good and it was the very last song We've been listening to music all night and the fact that I was drawn in and didn't want to leave the album, like said, yeah, cause you bought this album when it first came out.

Speaker 2 1:01:17

Yeah, but we were. I was just listening to the songs that were popular over and over again, and I've heard these songs before, but it's just it hit different. It hit different this time, like in a better way. Usually I don't like them as much as I used to this one. I like more like more interesting yeah.

Speaker 3 1:01:33

But uh, yeah, I was coming in cold on this one out this album, but I will be including these songs on a repertoire. Yeah, this is. This is of metal.

Speaker 2 1:01:42

Yeah, this has gotten better, finer with age, but uh, that wraps up another podcast. Thanks, bud Smack the lip. All right, all right, take care.