Big Bang Baby
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| Single by Stone Temple Pilots from the album Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop |
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| B-side | "Adhesive" "Daisy" |
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| Released | 1996 | |||||||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:23 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Atlantic | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Music: Robert DeLeo Lyrics: Scott Weiland |
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| Producer | Brendan O'Brien | |||||||||||||
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"Big Bang Baby" is a song featured on Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, the third album by the band Stone Temple Pilots . It was the first single to be released on the album, followed by "Lady Picture Show". The song features an upbeat riff and chorus, which pays homage to the musical style of the 70's. Canadian singer-songwriter Emm Gryner has covered "Big Bang Baby" live. [1]
[edit] Song meaning
There have been several theories to the meaning to the song, with no cut answers. Probably the most agreed on meaning is a reference to selling out, as interpreted by the lyrics;
- Sell your soul and sign an autograph
- Spin me up, spin me spin me down
- Station to station send me up or down
Many see the last two lines as a reference to a vinyl record and the playing of the song on radio stations (as well as a reference to the David Bowie album, Station to Station). Another allusion to the fact are the striking similarities of the main chorus to the Rolling Stones song "Jumpin' Jack Flash", and stating that originality is becoming impossible. [2]. The music video also supports this interpretation (see below).
[edit] Music video
The music video features the band singing in a white room. However, the most noticeable feature of the video is of the 60's-esque use of varied colors to provide a rather psychedelic video. Another segment features the band in a Brady Bunch-like segment, where each member's face is shown in a "quilt". Other notable features include Scott Weiland throwing a large amount of money towards the ceiling, another allusion to the selling out theory. The band stated in interviews that the video, which was produced cheaply and shot on videotape, was inspired in part by the video for Toni Basil's song "Mickey".[citation needed] Both videos share plain white backdrops and are mostly performance videos.
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