Alternative Weekend - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop by slobberchops

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Alternative Weekend - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
One of the great things about writing Alternative Weekend posts is that you can listen to the music that you are writing about at the same time.

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Take the album that I am going to choose **THREE** songs from. I have only just started listening to the Stone Temple Pilots’, ‘*Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop*', and only by chance as I spotted a post on Facebook celebrating 24 years since the release of their third album.

I have only listened to their debut, ‘**Core**’ before which I found very patchy. The singles, ‘*Plush*’ and ‘*Creep*’ were good but I couldn’t get into much more.

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[Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stone_temple_pilots_lineup_on_stage_cropped.jpg)

The Facebook [link]( https://www.facebook.com/pg/stpband/posts/?ref=page_internal) contained 1500 comments, so I read a few and zoned in on the tracks which I thought might be good.

Some of you know I have great difficulty getting into new tunes and so I was not expecting much and waited for the Grunge sounds to start. The Stone Temple Pilots are or were a grunge band, right? 

But it was not Grunge, but a new sound and not what I expected at all.

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<H4>Lady Picture Show – Stone Temple Pilots (Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop – 1996) </H4>
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Everyone seemed to love Lady Picture Show and so this was the first one I checked out. Was I listening to a rockier version of The Beatles? I had to pinch myself to make sure.

The fabulous four would never have been so rocky, but the similarities are startling. The latter years' sounds of the Beatles can be heard in this song. 

Was it intentional?, I don’t know but I do like it after just 2 or 3 plays, that is something unusual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds_43MdYiuQ

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<H4>And So I Know – Stone Temple Pilots (Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop – 1996) </H4>
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This dreamy song is as far from my expectations of the band as I can think of. We are presented with a moody, melancholic bluesy sound that I could listen to while relaxing on a boat during a summer’s afternoon.

Where are the noisy guitars and distortion? You won't find anything like that within this song. 

Sit back, close your eyes and drink some Martini on the rocks, if you can find any in the damn shops!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kATVimQsJG8

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<H4>Adhesive – Stone Temple Pilots (Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop – 1996) </H4>
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There were so many mentions of this song that I could not overlook it. Initially, I was not getting it, and the chorus especially was disjointed to my hearing and brain.


Three or four more plays and this was becoming my firm favourite. '*Adhesive*' does have some bite, strange timings and changes direction at times when you’re not expecting it, albeit for a short time.

This is not progressive music, so don’t expect it. I do love good harmonies, especially in the minor chords and this song delivers, especially in the latter couple of minutes.

I can hear a little of the regular Stone Temple Pilots sound within Adhesive, but I always thought their sound was decent to start with. If your perception of the band is '*Plush*' then have a listen to this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP4AxWC7XOs

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As for the rest of the album, I haven’t listened to it much as yet. If you have and like it, then let me know what you think of my picks. 

The single, "*Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart*" is known to me and sounds more like their earlier work. It is a track I, unfortunately, overplayed several years ago. 

I do try and find some kind of documentary of bands I investigated and found one that is around 25 minutes on YouTube. The songs mentioned above are close to the end of this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Qee_n0oRA

When I have a chance, I will stick ’*Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop*’ in the car and have a good and proper listen, that is when Boris lets us go out again.

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@abh12345 ·
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Well i think i'm going to summarise these tracks, and the Stone Temple Pilots in one word. Dross!

Wasn't a fan at the time, and these 3 have done nothing to change my mind.

Taking nothing away from the post though, someone still putting the effort in I see :)
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@slobberchops ·
Ahh.. the hate for this band, I never quite understood it, even at the time.
How's those beers? I might order some myself...
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@abh12345 ·
They just don't do it for me.  The beers though were rather good - finished them all in one sitting :D
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@steevc ·
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Well those are not what I expected, even though I don't know their music too well. Nice bit of variety from Beatles to Miles Davis. I could probably enjoy more of that.

I've not heard it, but the new Pearl Jam got a crap review in the Metro today. I was never into them either, but I have a greatest hits album.
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@slobberchops ·
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I am really liking Adhesive now, the family are getting pissed off hearing it but due to social isolation, they will need to suffer heh...

>I've not heard it, but the new Pearl Jam got a crap review in the Metro today. I was never into them either, but I have a greatest hits album.

Was not a big fan outside of '*Ten*' and that was patchy. Some good stuff on it though.
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@juanmolina ·
Regards dear friend @slobberchops.

> Was I listening to a rockier version of The Beatles?

Oh ... wow, you're absolutely right!
This sounds like Beatles. I had not heard this song.
I have an STP album for years (It is the only one I have).

I started listening "Grunge", as you say, without knowing that it was grunge. I bought that album along with others from Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Oh God! I'm going to listen to them all again!

Thanks for helping my brain launch that micro electric charge that reactivated those zombie neurons that were wandering around aimlessly.

Your friend, Juan.
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