Description
Stone Temple Pilots ? Sex Type Thing
Label: Atlantic ? 7567-85705-2, Atlantic ? A7293CD
Format: CD, Single, CD2
Country: UK
Released: 1993
Genre: Alternative Rock
Tracklist
1 Sex Type Thing 3:38
2 Piece Of Pie 5:28
3 Dead And Bloated (Live) 4:53
4 Sex Type Thing (Live) 4:01
Notes
Part two of a 2 CD set.
Live tracks Recorded at Reading Festival 8/27/93.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Other (Label Code): LC 0121
Other (Rights Societies): GEMA / BIEM
“Sex Type Thing” is the debut single released in 1992 by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots from their debut studio album, Core. “Sex Type Thing” also appears on the greatest hits compilation album Thank You. The song spawned a music video which received moderate rotation on MTV (at the height of the early 1990s grunge music scene). The single peaked at number 23 on the US Album Rock chart.
Lyrics and composition:
Scott Weiland was inspired to write the lyrics after an incident in which a girl he was dating was raped by three high school football players after a party. Thus, Weiland has stated the song is an anti-rape statement, not a song simply about sex, saying:
“This song is really not about sex at all. Its about control, violence and abuse of power.”
According to guitarist Dean DeLeo, the song “In the Light” by Led Zeppelin had a direct influence on the main riff in “Sex Type Thing”. In an October 1997 interview in Seconds magazine, Glenn Danzig mentions the similarity of the main riff to the Danzig song “Snakes of Christ”.
Live performances:
Over time, “Sex Type Thing” became the bands traditional closer at live shows. During some performances from 1999 until STPs 2003 break-up, the band would extend the songs bridge into a jam session where Weiland would strip naked in front of the audience and then wrap his lower body in an American flag. The song continues to remain a staple at STP shows.
Music video:
During the grunge explosion of the 1990s, the music video for “Sex Type Thing” is usually denoted as the single factor that drove Stone Temple Pilots into the scene. The video was in medium-heavy rotation on MTV during the time, and helped make STP a contender in the grunge war. The video itself hosts a very dark motif, with Scott Weiland (who bleached his hair blond) being tortured in a rather BDSM fashion, with the band members playing their various instruments in the background. Various shots of women are shown being hung by chains. This video is rather distinctive because it is the first to showcase Scott Weilands trademark “dance”. The set was used again for Sunny Day Real Estates “In Circles” music video in 1994.
Controversy:
Upon the success of “Sex Type Thing”, controversies regarding the songs lyrics emerged while STP was on tour opening for Megadeth. Weiland found himself in the position of defending “Sex Type Thing” to individuals who took the first-person approach he used in the song (“I am a man, a man/I’ll give ya something that ya won’t forget/I said ya shouldn’t have worn that dress”) literally. In a 1993 interview with Rolling Stone, Weiland expressed his frustration with the songs reception by saying “It was, ‘All right, the “Cop Killer” controversys dead, lets try to find something else’…I never thought that people would ever seriously think that I was an advocate of date rape.”
CD Single #2
“Sex Type Thing” – 3:38
“Piece of Pie” – 5:28
“Dead and Bloated” [Live] – 4:53
“Sex Type Thing” [Live] – 4:01
Note: Live versions recorded at the Reading Festival 1993.
Appearances and covers:
“Sex Type Thing” was featured on the soundtrack of the American version of Gran Turismo 2.
Along with “Interstate Love Song”, “Sex Type Thing” is one of the first two STP songs available as a downloadable master track for Rock Band.
The song has been covered live by Velvet Revolver, a supergroup in which Weiland fronted from 2003-2008.
Evanescence, Fuel, Papa Roach and Theory of a Deadman have also covered the song live.
The song is part of the main setlist featured in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
“Weird Al” Yankovic covered part of “Sex Type Thing” in his song “The Alternative Polka” off the album Bad Hair Day.
An electronic reworking of the song appeared in the episode “Let it Bleed” of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
The song was released as Downloadable Content on June 1, 2010 as part of Stone Temple Pilots Track Pack with “Plush” and “Between the Lines” for Guitar Hero 5
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I am, I am, I am
I said, “I wanna get next to you”
I said, “I gonna get close to you”
You wouldn’t want me, have to hurt you too, hurt you too
I ain’t, I ain’t, I ain’t
A buyin’ into your apathy
I’m gonna learn ya my philosophy
You wanna know about atrocity, atrocity?
I know you want whats on my mind
I know you like whats on my mind
I know it eats you up inside
I know, you know, you know, you know
I am a man, a man
I’ll give ya somethin’ that you won’t forget
I said, “Ya shouldn’t have worn that dress”
I said, “Ya shouldn’t have worn that dress, worn that dress”
I know you want whats on my mind
I know you like whats on my mind
I know it eats you up inside
I know, you know, you know, you know
Here I come, I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come
I am, I am, I am
I said, “I wanna get next to you”
I said, “I gonna get close to you”
You wouldn’t want me, have to hurt you too, hurt you too
I know you want whats on my mind
I know you like whats on my mind
I know it eats you up inside
I know, you know, you know, you know
I know you want whats on my mind
I know you like whats on my mind
I know it eats you up inside
I know, you know, you know, you know
Here I come, I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come
Come on
Here I come, I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come, I come
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