LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 13, 2019…TWENTY SIX YEARS AGO ‘PLUSH’ FROM STP WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE IN THE UK AND EUROPE.
IN AMERICA NO SINGLES FROM THE ALBUM ‘CORE’ WERE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE, SINCE ATLANTIC RECORDS LIKED SELLING $16 ALBUMS MORE THAN $2 SINGLES. DESPITE NOT BEING RELEASED IN THE USA AS A SINGLE, THE SONG HIT # 1 ON THE ALBUM ROCK CHART. PLUSH ALSO WON THE GRAMMY IN 1994 IN THE CATEGORY OF “BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE” AND EARNED STP AN “MTV MUSIC AWARD” FOR “THE BEST NEW ARTIST” IN 1993.
THE LYRICS FOR ‘PLUSH’ WERE ACTUALLY INSPIRED BY AN UNFORTUNATE EVENT IN STP’S HOMETOWN OF SAN DIEGO ABOUT A MISSING WOMAN WHO WAS LATER DISCOVERED DEAD BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (AND I FEEL, WHEN THE DOGS BEGIN TO SMELL HER…”)
OTHER WEIRD FACTS ABOUT ‘PLUSH INCLUDE THE TITLE NEVER APPEARS IN THE LYRICS OF THE ACTUAL SONG. THIS IS ALSO TRUE OF THE ‘CORE’ TRACKS ‘SEX TYPE THING’ AND ‘NAKED SUNDAY’.
THE LINE “WHERE YOU GOING WITH THE MASK I FOUND” IS OFTEN MISHEARD AS “WHERE YOU GOING WITH THE MASTER PLAN?”
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘PLUSH’ WITH STP
