this may be my first post here, and first post in a long time on a stp/scott weiland forum, or any other forum....but i have been around religously pretty much everyday for the longest time, 10 or 12 years, (wow, thinking about that i can't believe how long it's been, getting old..time sure does fly by) i remember diggin through my brothers cassette tapes and found one from a group with a funny name and put it in my tape player... from the moment i pressed the play button till this moment that i am writing this.. i have been amazed, inspired, just drawn to the amazing genius that scott has with his lyrics and musical ability..i know that a lot of the credit go to dean,rob and eric (dean is just the best with his axe, in my opinion, there is no one better to my ears) they are all amazing..
that cassette tape was Purple, i think i was probably 14 at the time, not a big music fan...that cassette changed my life, it never left my tape player, i sat there and listend to every song and broke down the lyrics and tried and tried to understand what they ment. i think that almost every song that i listend to i came up with numorus adeptations of what they ment or what scott tried to get through to his listeners.
listening to the new music that has been coming out over the past years, and music that has been out for years...there is no one! absolutly no one that can even come close to scotts ability..what makes a great song writer or lyric writer, i think in my opinion, is one that makes you think, brings you into his life and mind and teases your mind, leaving you to think, "what is he trying to say?" or what was he thinkin or going through at the time he wrote these lyrics... layne (aic), eddie veder (pj, some of his songs ) and maynard james keenan (tool) i could put in the same group, along with bowie and bob dylan, lyrics wise.
music nowdays is sooooooo predictable...guitar player plays a cool catchy little riff in drop d or some power chords strung together and the singer sings about his ex girlfriend or his latest one night stand or how good his girlfriend gives head and the album sells 5 million copies and everyone thinks that is good music...it just sickens me. hell i can do that.
then you have scott in this mix, where everyone (media) wants to just put him down, ask him about his drug problem, his divorce problems, critisize him about straying away from STP and coming out with these different albums (HIG, 12BB) its just wrong..the music buisness is just turned around and going backwards..i hope sometime in the near future it gets back to where it should be...where great artist are awarded for their talents, instead of who can come up with the best computerized bass beat and rap into a mic about absolutly nothing worth while.
no one wants to give scott credit where credit is due...yes i know that his problems with drugs and all the other crap did have an effect on him and his status, but god damn the guy has done it all, and continues to do it all. pouring his blood sweat and tears into every album and tour that he can, and with all the baggage that he has on his shoulders, its not easy, he keeps fighting and fighting and he is doing damn good! i applaud you scott! your music will live on forever and be timeless!
i had a lot more points i was leading to with this, oh well, i will save it for later, i just had to get these thoughts of my mind. sorry so long! i guess i was just wondering if anyone else feels this way about music or if scott has had this kind of influence on them lyrically or not...have a good night!
