Scott Weiland – lead vocals, keyboards (tracks 2,8,9).Despite not selling as well as the band's first four albums, Shangri-La Dee Da was certified Gold by the RIAA and the CRIA and was a commercial success for the band.ġ1. Neither was released, however, and limited footage was made available through the band's official website in the form of live performance-based music videos. While recording the album, the band also worked on a documentary and coffee table book. Shangri-La Dee Da was originally planned to be a double album dedicated to the memory of Andrew Wood, but the concept was vetoed by Atlantic Records. It was produced by Brendan O'Brien and released on June 19, 2001, by Atlantic Records. Studio recording with fan noise added in.Shangri-La Dee Da is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band Stone Temple Pilots.
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed. Since the single was cancelled, the video was never released. Music VideoĪ video treatment was developed for the Family Values version of "Wonderful" and included live footage from the tour along with shots of Linkin Park. Ĭhester says "Wonderful" is his favorite song off Shangri-La Dee Da and, overall, one of his favorite Stone Temple Pilots songs. radio outlets for airplay consideration in March 2002, but instead, Elektra opted to send a sampler featuring various album tracks to U.S. "Wonderful" was set to be the album's first single and would be sent to U.S. "Wonderful was never actually recorded live with him, just in a studio (the fan noise you hear on the Family Values CD was added in later)." Besides being completely recorded in the studio, the song was recorded after the Family Values Tour, possibly in 2002 since that's when Scott first started to sing "Aaaahhh-Ahhh" over the solo. It was later confirmed by the band's management this was not true: A few lucky winners of a contest supposedly had the chance to watch the performance. It's also a love song for my wife." Family Values Versionĭuring the Sacramento show on the Family Values Tour, Scott Weiland announced that "Linkin Park and STP are putting a song together and it should be out fairly soon." For years it has been thought that "Wonderful" was performed live with Chester Bennington for a radio station in the middle of the Family Values Tour. More so than "Creep," "Big Empty" "Lady Picture Show." It's probably the most well-written song that we've ever done. Of all the ballads that we've ever put out, this is probably my favorite.
We've always walked a fine line between experimenting with different instrumentation and acoustic music. There were some battles back and forth, because this is one of those songs that we knew was real important. But as we started doing demos, it kind of felt like, "Well, it's such a great song that it could make a real imprint on pop music and we might be doing it a disservice to just have it completely stripped down." We decided to play with a few different arrangements.
My initial thought was to take it in kind of a Nick Drake direction. Over the next couple months, we did different recordings of it onto DAT in arena dressing rooms and bathrooms, because they're really big and lots of reverb. We were in the dressing room, and it started off just my voice and Robert playing acoustic guitar. Scott Weiland (MTV 01 June 2001): "Robert and I wrote it while we were on tour.
Sometimes when I'm lying in bed with Mary in the morning, and she's still sleeping, I wonder, 'What would she do if I died? What would I do if she died?' It's a what-if song." Scott Weiland (MTV ): "Of all the ballads that we've ever put out, this is probably my favorite, more so than 'Creep,' more so than 'Big Empty,' more so than 'Lady Picture Show.' It's probably the most well-written song that we've ever done.
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