Big Bang Baby

Infobox Single
Name = Big Bang Baby


Artist = Stone Temple Pilots
from Album = Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
B-side = "Adhesive"
"Daisy"
Released = 1996
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Alternative rock, psychedelic rock
Length = 3:23
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Brendan O'Brien
Writer = Music: Robert DeLeo
Lyrics: Scott Weiland
Last single = "Dancing Days"
(1995)
This single = "Big Bang Baby"
(1996)
Next single = "Lady Picture Show"
(1996)Extra tracklisting
Album = Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Type = Studio
prev_track = "Tumble in the Rough"
prev_no = Track 3
this_track = "Big Bang Baby"
track_no = Track 4
next_track = "Lady Picture Show"
next_no = Track 5|

"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", and reached number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song features an upbeat riff and chorus, which pays homage to the glam rock musical style of the 1970s.

ong 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. [http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=115639] . The music video also supports this interpretation (see below).

Music video

The music video directed by John Eder features the band singing in a white room. [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=26792] The most noticeable feature of the video is the intentional low-budget feel. The band appears in shots that appear retro and possibly tribute early music videos. In one scene Scott Weiland throws one dollar bills towards the camera. One segment features the band in a Brady Bunch-like shot, where each member's face is shown in a box of squares.

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".Fact|date=February 2008 Both videos share plain white backdrops and are mostly performance videos.

In the "Thank You" DVD, footage of the band recording "Big Bang Baby" with producer Brendan O'Brien can be seen just before the actual music video starts. The footage shows Eric Kretz recording the song's drums outside while the rest of the band rehearses the song inside with O'Brien.

Notes

External link

*youtube|vFHHbKsbZc4|"Big Bang Baby" music video