The aforementioned Kretz, Weiland and (Robert) DeLeo wrote this song. There is an alternate, acoustic version of this song floating about, as rendered in 1998 for a MTV program known as Headbangers Ball. Scott Weiland served as the band’s lead singer up until 2013 and subsequently passed away, at the age of 48, in 2015. This track is from “Core”, Stone Temple Pilots’ first album. Three members of the group from back then – Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz – are still participants to this day. For instance, the clip earned Stone Temple Pilots the distinction of being named Best New Artist in a Video at the 1993 MTV VMAs. Logically, this song’s success would be partially attributable to its well-received visual, as assembled by director Josh Taft. It won in the Best Hard Rock Performance category. This is a reality that is further buttressed by it winning a Grammy in 1994. That said, the fact that this track is a verifiable hit cannot be denied. The label did this in an attempt to make likers purchase the entire, more expensive album. “Plush” does not appear to have earned Stone Temple Pilots any certificates. But it should be noted in that particular regard that Atlantic Records opted not to sell it, despite the track being a single, on its own in the United States. For instance, “Plush”, which officially went up for sale on 29 September 1992, was only the crew’s second single. However, having topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock list and charted in approximately 11 countries overall, it became one of the band’s biggest hits. That is to say that they have experienced monumental mainstream success, especially during the band’s early goings.
Stone Temple Pilots is an act from San Diego that is very well known in music circles. But it may have something to do with the addressee’s “smell”, which again serves as a major plot device. Meanwhile, the title of this song doesn’t appear in the lyrics, nor is it abundantly clear how such a word relates to the narrative. Instead, it appears he’s under the belief that he may be able to rectify the situation in the future. Or if anything, it is obvious he still has feelings for the addressee despite her hypothetically being involved with other guys. Or put otherwise, by many other people’s standards this romance may already be dead. But the singer seems unable to accept that reality. Of course most guys, if they truly suspect the woman they love of cheating, would likely proceed to terminate the relationship. But the fact that the vocalist is not doing so is why Scott Weiland has referred to this piece as being “a metaphor for a lost obsessive relationship”. Yes, this song is very metaphorical. But what it comprehensively reads like is that this romance has degenerated to the point where there’s more or less open cheating going on, particularly on behalf of the addressee. Moreover, it has been concluded that as for the references to “dogs”, Weiland is actually utilizing that term based on its well-known colloquial definition, i.e. It's like it's too little, stretched over too much time.But that being noted, no, this song is not about a missing girl in the truest sense. To the contrary, the addressee is actually, as it would appear, the vocalist’s significant other. And the concept of her being missing is actually a metaphor for, most simply put, their relationship being messed up. Even four minutes, for the single version, feels too long.
It's exhausting and a bit too tedious to go on for five minutes (as the album version does).
Weiland's chameleon vocals sound a bit too much like Eddie Vedder in this track (and a lot of Core, for that matter) for those to be unique, either, although his voice is always pleasant to hear, powerful and passionate.įor me, the song is just a bit too repetitive, and aside from the rather explosive final chorus, which, out of everything in this song, stands out in particular because of Weiland's vocal delivery there, every other part of the song - the verses, the chorus-bridge, the choruses that aren't the last chorus - has the same amount of energy. They took a page from the grunge guidebook and wrote vague lyrics about a dark subject matter (in this case, the murder of a young girl), so there's nothing really special about the words.
Compared to some of their other hits, I never understood the fawning over this one in particular.
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