LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 25, 2020…SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO THE STONE TEMPLE PILOTS RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘SEX TYPE THING.’ THIS IS A DRIVING ROCKER FROM STP’S DEBUT ALBUM, AND MAN IS IT DARK. THE SONG IS SUNG FROM THE RAPISTS POINT OF VIEW TRYING TO JUSTIFY HIS ACTIONS. SCOTT WEILAND WHO WROTE THE LYRICS EXPLAINED THE SONG IS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST RAPE, BUT THE MESSAGE IS OFTEN LOST IN THE MUSIC. WHEN SCOTT WEILAND REALIZED THAT FANS WEREN’T GETTING THE POINT OF THE SONG, HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE HIS POINT BY SLIPPING ON A DRESS AND SINGING THE SONG WITH SMEARED LIPSTICK ON HIS FACE. HERE’S A GREAT LIVE VERSION OF THE SONG FROM A CONCERT IN 2001