Big Empty
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| "Big Empty" | ||
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| Single by Stone Temple Pilots | ||
| from the album Purple | ||
| B-side(s) | "Lounge Fly" | |
| Released | 1994 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | May 25, 1993 at The Record Plant | |
| Genre | Hard rock | |
| Length | 4:55 | |
| Label | Atlantic | |
| Writer(s) | Music: Dean DeLeo Lyrics: Scott Weiland |
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| Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien | |
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| Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology | ||
| "Creep (1993) |
"Big Empty" (1994) |
"Vasoline" (1994) |
| Purple track listing | ||
| "Silvergun Superman" (Track 7) |
"Big Empty" (Track 8) |
"Unglued" (Track 9) |
"Big Empty" is a song by Stone Temple Pilots that first appeared in 1994 on the soundtrack to the Brandon Lee movie The Crow. The song later appeared on the band's second album, Purple, and was released as a single.
The song was performed live on the TV show MTV Unplugged on November 17, 1993, seven months before the "Purple" album was released. The track's title is a play on "The Big Easy," a nickname for New Orleans.
The song's verses have somewhat of a blues sound, mainly through guitarist Dean DeLeo's style of slide guitar playing and Scott Weiland's softer vocals. The thunderous chorus features a dissonant, suspended E7 chord.
The song cleverly plays on all the hackneyed conventions of rock music, with references to a woman, cigarettes, and fast-driving.
| Stone Temple Pilots |
| Scott Weiland | Dean DeLeo | Robert DeLeo | Eric Kretz |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Core | Purple | Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop | No. 4 | Shangri-La Dee Da |
| Compilations: Thank You |
| Singles: "Sex Type Thing" | "Wicked Garden" | "Plush" | "Creep" | "Big Empty" | "Vasoline" | "Interstate Love Song" | "Unglued" | "Pretty Penny" | "Dancing Days" | "Big Bang Baby" | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | "Lady Picture Show" | "Tumble In The Rough" | "Down" | "Sour Girl" | "No Way Out" | "Days of the Week" | "Hollywood Bitch" | "Revolution" | "All In The Suit That You Wear" |
| Related articles |
| Talk Show | Velvet Revolver | Army of Anyone |
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