Sex Type Thing (3:39)
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Sex Type Thing” was the debut single released by the rock band Stone Temple Pilots in 1992 off their debut album Core. The song spawned a music video which received moderate rotation on MTV (at the height of the early 1990s grunge music scene) and is still heard on most rock radio stations today.
Contrary to popular belief, singer Scott Weiland wrote the song as an anti-rape statement, not as a song simply about sex, as he has stated:
“”This song is really not about sex at all. It’s 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.” Although not stated by DeLeo, the main riff bears a striking similarity to the opening riff of the Danzig song, “Snakes of Christ” from the album Danzig II: Lucifuge.
Over time, “Sex Type Thing” became the band’s traditional closer at live shows. During some performances from 1999 until STP’s 2003 break-up, the band would extend the song’s 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.
==MUSIC VIDEO==
During the grunge explosion of the 90’s, the music video for “Sex Type Thing” is usually denoted as the single factor that drove Stone Temple Pilots into the scene.
Sex Type Thing” was the debut single released by the rock band Stone Temple Pilots in 1992 off their debut album Core. The song spawned a music video which received moderate rotation on MTV (at the height of the early 1990s grunge music scene) and is still heard on most rock radio stations today.Contrary to popular belief, singer Scott Weiland wrote the song as an anti-rape statement, not as a song simply about sex, as he has stated:
“”This song is really not about sex at all. It’s 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.” Although not stated by DeLeo, the main riff bears a striking similarity to the opening riff of the Danzig song, “
Snakes of Christ” from the album Danzig II: Lucifuge.Over time, “Sex Type Thing” became the band’s traditional closer at live shows. During some performances from 1999 until STP’s 2003 break-up, the band would extend the song’s 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.
==MUSIC VIDEO==
During the grunge explosion of the 90’s, the music video for “Sex Type Thing” is usually denoted as the single factor that drove Stone Temple Pilots into the scene.
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NekoMiki wrote:
What a powerful song...
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tryxee wrote:
I know you know you know you know!!!!!
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ghostchild1979 wrote:
It's always amazed me that the raw and blatant sexual dark side of this song's lyrics made it so prominantly into the mainstream without anybody banning it or demanding it be pulled off the air. Circumventing the system kicks ass.
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CountDruckula wrote:
I haven't heard this song in a LONG... Time
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AylaQuark wrote:
F....yaaaa....I know..lol
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agentz714 wrote:
ALL OF THE BELOW !
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SASSYSTEPH09 wrote:
OH THE MEMORIES!
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jeffjeffrey wrote:
This song is fucking FIRE!
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Signofthezodiac wrote:
Hawt<3
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Don_Vitaliy wrote:
I know you like what's on my pants... I know it fills ya up inside. Here i cum, i cum, i cum.
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Dyard1 wrote:
STP kicks ass........
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LeandroPaz wrote:
Here I come I come I come
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clintbeed6793 wrote:
Very sexual
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stratocaster_ wrote:
i know you like what's on my mind...
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strungouttobee wrote:
like a cat in the cage----yayayayaya just fuckin poke -- IT--
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kimmienance wrote:
My FAV STP song ever! :)
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LunaAmbrosia wrote:
I think this is my favorite STP track. <3
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jessefivey wrote:
STP is so weirdly varied. Most of their songs sound nothing like most of their other songs.
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N-arcisse wrote:
Listening to this song is a particular experience. I like to think about that girl, well I know she would like what's on my mind too.
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Eishera wrote:
One of my favorites from them.
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