Comments on: Review: Stone Temple Pilots – Summerfest, Milwaukee

By: dave

dave — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:47:02 +0000

Why would we all agree the lightshow was a hold out from the 90’s? It looked great! Speak for yourself, you clearly know nothing about lighting to even make such a narrow minded comment. Maybe the heat at the game got to your head? Touch of sunstroke maybe?

By: uwmryan

uwmryan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:20:54 +0000

Sean: Thanks for the info! What Riverwest bar?

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:12:13 +0000

Pretty lame.
There was absolutely zero passion in Scott’s performance. I went to see Frank Black more than anything, but had to leave after about 3 songs from STP.
It was pretty disappointing, to say the least. Weilland is clearly back OFF the wagon.
The Roots were great and ?uestlove spun records at a little bar in Riverwest afterward. If you were lucky enough to make it, you know that it was OFF THE HOOK!!
Plus, I got to meet Blackthought. One of the best MCs around.
Maybe STP should go to a few Roots shows and learn a thing or two.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:51:50 +0000

I admit I was a little skeptical in the weeks leading up to the STP show. Now that I’ve left most of the music I used to listen to in middle school and high school in a dusty pile on the shelf, I wasn’t sure if the show would bring back nostalgia or leave me bored a realizing why I don’t listen to it anymore. The show left me surprisingly happy and satisfied. There was something in the air, a sort of camaraderie between the thousands of people singing along to every word of every song.

Early in the day, when I found out Frank Black was opening, I felt excitement. Even though I haven’t dug deep into his solo material, I’m a huge Pixies fan. When he took the stage the ampitheater was only half full and people were more interested in finding their seats and grabbing a beer, but I guess that’s something that can be expected at a show like this. I was loving his set though. I found myself trying to remember lyrics so I could look up the songs when I got home. One song that he sang, that I’ve since been addicted to is called “Burnt Out Rock n’ Roll.” As far as I can tell it’s a cover that hasn’t fond it’s way to a studio recording, but there is a nice acoustic version here at MN Public Radio website.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/objects_in_mirror/archive/2007/10/is_that_burnt_out_rock_and_rol.shtml