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Stone Temple Pilots — Interstate Love Song
Album: Purple
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Released: 1995
Length: 3:07
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Waiting
On a Sunday afternoon
For what I read between the lines
Your lies
Feelin'
Like a hand in rusted shame
So do you laugh or does it cry
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Leavin'
On a southern train
Only yesterday
You lied
Promises
Of what I seemed to be
Only watched the time
Go by
All of these things you said to me

Breathing
Is the hardest thing to do
With all I've said
And all that's dead for you
You lied
Goodbye

Leavin'
On a southern train
Only yesterday
You lied
Promises
Of what I seemed to be
Only watched the time
Go by
All of these things I said to you
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adore this one, wish it was longer. and i can't stop thinking of the video and how scott moves. damn, i miss him.
 Proclivities wrote:


I'm pretty sure the lyric is "...feelin' like a hand in rusted chain".  A ham and mustard shake might be pretty tasty - depending on the brand of mustard of course.



Plochman's yellow! The BEST yellow mustard!   
Great guitar tone, melodic bass playing, drums right in the pocket. Weiland ain't so bad either (RIP). One of the best songs of the '90s, and that's saying a lot. Perfect 10.
Chinese surveillance balloon on album cover!   GREAT TUNE!  
Opinions about this band may vary, but they really managed to knock out one for the ages here.
Only "Plush" is interesting song.
 d48m02h1918 wrote:
Great powerful sounds from a vastly underrated band!! {#Cheers}


Great  powerful sounds-- agree! But, underrated -- how do you mean?
I miss Scott. 
Goddamn Bill!  Trying to get some work done and the last few tracks have completely stopped me in my tracks.  How the hell do you do it?  Been listening for 12 years, the world gets shittier but you just keep getting better!  
Released 27 years ago!
Glad to see STP live. Note to younger self - go to more concerts…never say no.
Sang this on Karaoke Night mid-summer up at Ned's in Nederland; scored a pint of tasty local IPA for it, too! -- and many new friends...
it grows on you....creeps up on you...love it
I mean, really now; this is one of the most finely crafted tunes from that era. Sounds better with each listening since.
GREAT TUNE!
Question: Were the grunge singers naturally grungy-sounding, or was it a popular affectation of the 90s?
A characteristic of a very good song for me.  If I've heard it hundreds of times and each subsequent time I hear it, it still sounds as good (and fresh) to me as the first time I originally heard it.  No question that I've heard this song hundreds of times.  This is a very good song for me.
Great sound, and was picked up by the grunge bands in the northwest, fortunately…
Solid 10✌️
Fantastic bass guitar!
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Somehow, "like a hand in rusted shame" always sounds like "a ham and mustard shake" to me. Guess it would go with the beer shake from "Cannery Row."


I'm pretty sure the lyric is "...feelin' like a hand in rusted chain".  A ham and mustard shake might be pretty tasty - depending on the brand of mustard of course.
I underestimated the Pilots.  Master blaster.  7 > 8
Many happy memories from the time in my life I was listening to this.
Don't know what it is about this song, but I just love it. I've also heard an acoustic version that is pretty good too.
 daigoro wrote:
Turns out some of that grunge stuff has stood up well.
 

You can even pull off a flannel and ripped jeans once in a while 
Good song 
Definitely on my Desert Island list!
As ever, a solid tune.  Dead to my ears on FM, but here it's a 7 > 8. 
 h8rhater wrote:
 coloradojohn wrote:
Maybe not the first, but definitely the best and most consistent, in my opinion, at the rock form of Grunge, and still does me solid today
 
Except it's not really Grunge.  It just came out during the Grunge Era.  STP has more in common with G-n-R (and also the Rock of the 70's) than Nirvana and the Seattle bands of the period. 


 
Agreed, enough so not-grunge for another+1 to 8 for me...LLRP!!
Purple was recorded in Atlanta, thus the "southern train" reference.  
Upbeat enough, not to be called depressing, although the lyrics are.
Now that I read the lyrics, I see that it's "leaving on a southern train," and not a "soul train," like I thought. 

I like mine better. 

 lizardking wrote:

Ahhh….Napster....when I was a freshman at UW (1995) I utilized the hell out of that T1 connection.  And now all those files I shared are probably worthless since they were such poor rips.  And most of us have a faster internet connection in our pockets.  Boy though, back in 95, that was like a rocket compared to a snail.  

And I'm at a 6 on this one...almost a 7....I think I'd like the acoustic version better too.  Long Live RP!!
 

Loved Napster... And at ISU, a lot of students had open file shares which could be seen on the network. Took the admins a while to plug that hole (while the were using it to). I'd like to think I first heard this on WXRT on my way home from Chicago while OJ was heading back to his home from Chicago!
 rhlrstn wrote:
There's a pretty decent acoustic version of this track out there somewhere. For some reason, that's the one I remember better, I think I ended up with it in the good ol' Napster days. Sure is a lot of nostalgia for me with this one.
 
Ahhh….Napster....when I was a freshman at UW (1995) I utilized the hell out of that T1 connection.  And now all those files I shared are probably worthless since they were such poor rips.  And most of us have a faster internet connection in our pockets.  Boy though, back in 95, that was like a rocket compared to a snail.  

And I'm at a 6 on this one...almost a 7....I think I'd like the acoustic version better too.  Long Live RP!!

**EDIT** +1 today...almost to the average now with it at a 7....maybe cuz they're not one of the Seattle bands that I wasn't into back in the day....LLRP!!
There's a pretty decent acoustic version of this track out there somewhere. For some reason, that's the one I remember better, I think I ended up with it in the good ol' Napster days. Sure is a lot of nostalgia for me with this one.
 d48m02h1918 wrote:
Great powerful sounds from a vastly underrated band!! {#Cheers}
 
Oh!? It's not Eddie and Pearl Jam.
                                                                               
I think I can finally enjoy this song again after so much overplay on the radio. It really is a solid tune on its own merits. Turns out some of that grunge stuff has stood up well.
 coloradojohn wrote:
Maybe not the first, but definitely the best and most consistent, in my opinion, at the rock form of Grunge, and still does me solid today
 
Except it's not really Grunge.  It just came out during the Grunge Era.  STP has more in common with G-n-R (and also the Rock of the 70's) than Nirvana and the Seattle bands of the period. 


 TJOpootertoot wrote:


Yikes, they were never in the same league as Pearl Jam but I have to give it to them that this song has aged well.
 
They weren't "so much better" than Pearl Jam NOR were they not "in the same league" with Pearl Jam.  During both band's heydays, in the 90's, their albums were equally well received. 

The difference is/was that Eddie Vedder was not as self-destructive as Scott Weiland.  This was a limiting factor for STP as the 90's came to and end and beyond.  Honestly, though, PJ hasn't blown up the charts much since the mid/late-90's themselves.
{#Devil_pimp}zesty ! could use some velvet revolver as well
Totally bubblegum hook, ass-kicking rock. Never gets old.
 vanillagorilla wrote:
Like this a lot...reminds me of Badfinger...these guys were so much better than Pearl Jam but didn't get the cred
 

Yikes, they were never in the same league as Pearl Jam but I have to give it to them that this song has aged well.
Like this a lot...reminds me of Badfinger...these guys were so much better than Pearl Jam but didn't get the cred
Great song to play loud while cruising on an interstate.
 Reminds me of Grand Funk Railroad, too! 

Proclivities wrote:

A lot of STP's songs were not really that "simple".  They did rock regardless.

 


Scott, Chris, Kurt,.......Eddie just live right
"leaving on a southern train..." Here we go with those South Bound trains again.
 horstman wrote:
For all you 50 plus folks out there, this band reminds me of Bad Company. Not an Aerosmith or a Led Zeppelin, but as dedicated, they produced a great number of hits and really did know how to rock and roll. The same can be said of STP. Simple formula, simple songs, great message, and a great funk!

 
This song, like a lot of STP's songs were not really that "simple" (e.g. "Vasoline", "Sour Girl").  This song has a somewhat unusual chord progression for a rock song - with several "jazzy" chords in there.  They did rock for sure.
SOOOO GOOD!
Maybe not the first, but definitely the best and most consistent, in my opinion, at the rock form of Grunge, and still does me solid today
 Skydog wrote:
 below72 wrote:
STP and the like, these bands of the very-late 80's early 90's ended the rein of BIG-hair bands - thank the heavens above for that!{#Drunk}

I have a soft spot in my heart for 'Grunge' (or whatever you want to call it) to this day for that same reason

 
I feel much the same way.  Alice In Chains sealed the 'Grunge' deal for me first though.  
 below72 wrote:
STP and the like, these bands of the very-late 80's early 90's ended the rein of BIG-hair bands - thank the heavens above for that!{#Drunk}

 
I have a soft spot in my heart for 'Grunge' (or whatever you want to call it) to this day for that same reason
Having a ho hum day until this came on. Thanks RP! {#Dancingbanana_2}
I'd give it 11 like the volume I turn it to if I could.  Great song from an awesome album.
 Myrtle_L wrote:
Song evokes a time and a place that is strangely long ago.

 
This exactly. {#Cool} 
remember thinking when I first saw this video that the lead singer certainly had "star" power
STP and the like, these bands of the very-late 80's early 90's ended the rein of BIG-hair bands - thank the heavens above for that!{#Drunk}
Song evokes a time and a place that is strangely long ago.
 kcar wrote:
RIP, Scott. 

I was never a big fan of STP, and shook my head 15-20 several times when I read about Weiland's drug problems. I read his obituary the other day, ready to snicker, but realized that the guy worked hard while dealing with almost lifelong addiction problems. Apparently he struggled with the notion, like a lot of other artists, that he needed drugs to create music and succeed. Very sad. I'm sorry he's gone. 

 
That's one of the more disturbing snippets I've seen around here recently.  What, exactly, did you expect to snicker at in his obituary?
RIP
RIP, Scott. 

I was never a big fan of STP, and shook my head 15-20 several times when I read about Weiland's drug problems. I read his obituary the other day, ready to snicker, but realized that the guy worked hard while dealing with almost lifelong addiction problems. Apparently he struggled with the notion, like a lot of other artists, that he needed drugs to create music and succeed. Very sad. I'm sorry he's gone. 
R.I.P Scott "Breathin', is the hardest thing to do
With all I've said and all that's dead for you
You lied, good bye"

 Thank you for putting this 
RIP - A chameleon of a rock singer.  One song he sounds like Vedder, another like Plant, another like Rodgers.
RIP, Scott Weiland. 
It's too bad Scott Weiland imploded, these guys were a cut above the rest for the time period.  Tons of fantastic songs, this being one of them.
7 > 8. 
This is one hot smoking grunge angst addled smash up. 
 best album of 1995! {#Bananajam}{#Drummer}

wtango wrote:

Yup.

 


 Sloggydog wrote:
Great album 

 
Yup.
oh, the good old years!
 deepwoodskev wrote:
1994. Columbia, SC. Ahhhh.....

 

I was there, what happened?
Awesome!
Not one comment about the bass?
If you dig this song/album it comes from, you MUST check out the next album these guys did, called 'Tiny Music......'
The entire album is a solid 10!!  {#Cheers} 
Somehow, "like a hand in rusted shame" always sounds like "a ham and mustard shake" to me. Guess it would go with the beer shake from "Cannery Row."

 
Along with some of the other commenters here, I also think Stone Temple Pilots is underrated.  If one of the hallmarks of rock music is to propel the listener forward, their songs do this in interesting ways.  If I'm remembering right, they don't usually do the upward modulation trick that comes up a lot in 80's music.  They have great guitar effects that create a crunchy sound, and then add subtle accentuations to the chords to create variety and a nice push.  They've also got those occasional longer tracks on their albums that deviate from the usual pop formula, like Where the River Goes.  That song is good, both musically and lyrically.  Someone else said here that they produced good straight-ahead rock, and I think that's true.  Nothing game changing, but really good high energy grunge rock.  By definition, few things are going to be game changing, and while we wait for game changing bands to show up, there are bands that do something already established really well like STP.
If I were ever to do karaoke (Got forbid) this is the song I would choose, I just can't help myself to sing along!
Love the way this thing comes crashing in & thrashes up the place, making me CRANK THE VOLUME, like it's mid-90s all over again!
Great powerful sounds from a vastly underrated band!! {#Cheers}
Great album 
 rdo wrote:

{#Eyes}  Sorry, I cannot put Aerosmith in the same category as Led Zeppelin. 

 
{#Arrowu} For what it is worth, I am in complete agreement with rdo on this!
1994. Columbia, SC. Ahhhh.....
{#Bananajam}Great song along with Vaseline! volume up!
 horstman wrote:
For all you 50 plus folks out there, this band reminds me of Bad Company. Not an Aerosmith or a Led Zeppelin, but as dedicated, they produced a great number of hits and really did know how to rock and roll. The same can be said of STP. Simple formula, simple songs, great message, and a great funk!

 
I always lumped Bad Company together with Foreigner. Couldn't stand either band back in the day, partly because they played such middle-of-the-road AOR, partly because I associated them with completely forgettable yobs in my high school. 

STP definitely had a corporate-defined "bad boys" feel. They were as dangerous as the record label thought they should be. Didn't the singer have a heroin problem? That got semi-glamorized in the press and I have no time for that crap.

For once, I agree with rdo: I don't see Aerosmith and Led Zep as going together. LZ was a better band and I say that even though Aerosmith actually played at my high school gym. Aerosmith was much more about getting an FM hit and wasted too much time with drugs. LZ always struck me as being truer to its musical standards and had a wider range of musical influences.  
 rdo wrote:

{#Eyes}  Sorry, I cannot put Aerosmith in the same category as Led Zeppelin. 

 
roger that, out.
Always love how this baby comes out n' does 0-60 in seconds flat...& love how it just keeps on stomping with satisfying sass & verve!
Straight up '90's rock.  Love it.
 
Woo-Hoo!!

{#Propeller}
Ah, takes me back to my angsty 90's. Volume at 11!   This song is still about a minute too short, though...
Volume UP ↑
Always and everywhere a good idea to jam this gem...and makes me want to hear some Big Head Todd...
 horstman wrote:
For all you 50 plus folks out there, this band reminds me of Bad Company. Not an Aerosmith or a Led Zeppelin, but as dedicated, they produced a great number of hits and really did know how to rock and roll. The same can be said of STP. Simple formula, simple songs, great message, and a great funk!
 
{#Eyes}  Sorry, I cannot put Aerosmith in the same category as Led Zeppelin. 
Storming out of that sleepy set comes THIS thunderous, cranking number that inspires a Volume Surge and a sit-down to a Salad Bowl...sounds perfect on a cloudy 'nowhere comes to mind' day like today!  Jam it, RP!
 horstman wrote:
Simple formula, simple songs,and a great funk!
 
I agree. Still...they're ranking under "guilty pleasure" (for me).
For all you 50 plus folks out there, this band reminds me of Bad Company. Not an Aerosmith or a Led Zeppelin, but as dedicated, they produced a great number of hits and really did know how to rock and roll. The same can be said of STP. Simple formula, simple songs, great message, and a great funk!
My vote is defo with Purple too guys.  Been on a bit of a grunge bender lately and this album has featured heavily.
Still cuts through !
Core was a good record, but it's no PURPLE.
Purple was a good record, but it's no Core.
 helgigermany wrote:
Who is this? Reminds me on something! Short good rock song!

 

you are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute, Helgi!
You always make me smile.
Feels as if you were just innocent 16!
Truely - always!


COKE TEMPLE PILOTS!
 helgigermany wrote:
Who is this? Reminds me on something! Short good rock song!

 
Pearl Jam?

Just kidding. That was the knock on these guys when they came out during the modern rock push of the early mid 90s. But I always thought these guys were really good at straight forward rock and roll songwriting. Quality stuff!

Great song.  Just learned it on guitar.  For those wanting to learn, here is a great lesson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2VRNUDHfR8
 lemmoth wrote:
DoctorHooey wrote: These guys were (and maybe are?) SUCH a great band. Great writing, great voicings, and Weiland for all his flaws is an excellent lead singer and frontman. He has wonderful control over his voice and can be a chameleon based on the style. Too bad he couldn't get out of his own way. I love these guys so much more than the FAR inferior Pearl Jam


sirdroseph wrote:


Truer words never spoken!!!{#High-five}

I like STP, but I like going to 3 PJ shows in a week and hearing 2 1/2 hours worth of great tunes each night with only a few repeats.
I also like a band with writing contributions by all five members bringing a wide range of influences.  And I like hearing the best lead soloist (McCready), and one of the best drummers (Cameron) of the last twenty years.  Plus there are the amazing tunewriters in Gossard and Ament - you can look it up.

Oh yeah the best front man of the last twenty years (Vedder).

In the post 90's era, no American band can touch PJ. 

Come to a show someday.
  Tru dat. PJ shows really are each unique experiences, and I NEVER have left feeling like the band didn't put all they had into it.


   DoctorHooey wrote: These guys were (and maybe are?) SUCH a great band. Great writing, great voicings, and Weiland for all his flaws is an excellent lead singer and frontman. He has wonderful control over his voice and can be a chameleon based on the style. Too bad he couldn't get out of his own way. I love these guys so much more than the FAR inferior Pearl Jam


sirdroseph wrote:


Truer words never spoken!!!{#High-five}

I like STP, but I like going to 3 PJ shows in a week and hearing 2 1/2 hours worth of great tunes each night with only a few repeats.
I also like a band with writing contributions by all five members bringing a wide range of influences.  And I like hearing the best lead soloist (McCready), and one of the best drummers (Cameron) of the last twenty years.  Plus there are the amazing tunewriters in Gossard and Ament - you can look it up.

Oh yeah the best front man of the last twenty years (Vedder).

In the post 90's era, no American band can touch PJ. 

Come to a show someday.

One of my first cds ever and first STP album.  LOVE this song!  Just takes me back to my college yrs.



Breathing is the hardest thing to do
With all I've said and all that's dead for you
You lied
Good bye



Who is this? Reminds me on something! Short good rock song!

Yeah, definitely.  This one's a classic track.
 DoctorHooey wrote:
These guys were (and maybe are?) SUCH a great band. Great writing, great voicings, and Weiland for all his flaws is an excellent lead singer and frontman. He has wonderful control over his voice and can be a chameleon based on the style. Too bad he couldn't get out of his own way. I love these guys so much more than the FAR inferior Pearl Jam
 

Truer words never spoken!!!{#High-five}
This song was terribly saturated on commerical radio; blind squirrel occasionally finds the nut!  8!!{#Cheers}

yeah!
Just saw them on a VH1 Classic in Concert or some such thing ... excellent.  Scott looked great, healthy even, sounded awesome.  Even my teenagers were impressed. {#Sunny}
These guys were (and maybe are?) SUCH a great band. Great writing, great voicings, and Weiland for all his flaws is an excellent lead singer and frontman. He has wonderful control over his voice and can be a chameleon based on the style. Too bad he couldn't get out of his own way. I love these guys so much more than the FAR inferior Pearl Jam
 RongoTBurg wrote:


If the song's about 5 min long, and you've heard it about 3 million times, that's 15 million minutes spent listening to this song, which is about 28 years.  When I first read your post, I was going to write "that's impossible!", but assuming that you're at least 28 years old (and play this song even when you sleep), I guess that I have to admit that it is possible.  My apologies for jumping to conclusions.
 

 
{#Roflol}{#Roflol}{#Roflol}{#Iamwithstupid}
 jmsmy wrote:
One of the best albums of the 90's.

Another listerner said STP should not be on RP.
That makes no sense to me.
Of course STP should be on RP.
It fits RP's super wide format

 

Agreed on all counts.  This is in my my top 10 songs of the decade. 

And yes - this song certainly belongs on RP.  This station plays plenty of 90's grunge rock - Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, etc. 

Now if Bill and Rebecca start playing Daughtry and Three Doors Down, we might have a problem....
STP? Really? Cool!
This song kicks ass.  {#Guitarist}
One of the best albums of the 90's.

Another listerner said STP should not be on RP.
That makes no sense to me.
Of course STP should be on RP.
It fits RP's super wide format

 derekd wrote:

Hmm...I like STP. But not on RP. Wrong format.


  totally disagree. RP is the right format for ANY song... you know, being played in RP is like receiving a knighthood.
Do you want to deny this honour to any good song?