Rock Band 3 Countdown #8 - Plush

The 1993 song that introduced me to Stone Temple Pilots.  When the song came out, Guns n Roses were far and away my favorite band, but it had been around two years since the release of the Use Your Illusion albums.  I was anxious for something new and upon hearing Plush, I was absolutely hooked on their sound.  I remember saying, "Guns n Roses better come out with something new soon or I will have a new favorite band!"  Well, we all know how long it took for Guns n Roses to come out with a new album so for a few years in the mid 90s, I might have called STP my favorite band.  Plush was the beginning of all this.  Interestingly enough, Plush was not their first single released as I had originally thought.  The Sex Type Thing single came out first, but it was Plush that introduced me to the band. 

The song itself has a couple of different meanings.  The lyrics were loosely based on an article that lead singer, Scott Weiland, had read about a girl that was found dead in the woods in San Diego as well as being a metaphor for a failed relationship.  For a rock song, it did pretty well on the Billboard charts (#18) and it won the band a Best Hard Rock Grammy award.  I am a little torn on how to go about playing this song.  On one hand, my number one choice is to sing the crap out of this song.  On the other hand, it is one of those songs where I know all the lyrics and could easily play the guitar while I sing it.  However, it might be weird and go against the grain.  Scott Weiland was a singer only.  He didn't play the guitar.  Would it be weird to do both?!!?



On a side note, they released an acoustic version of this song a few years later that I might like even more.  In fact, I get more excited when the radio plays this version, but it also because it happens so rarely.  But this version of the song almost ranks up there with the Nirvana Unplugged songs.  It's really that good...