Starla

"My friend Aneta still says to me that this song should have been on Siamese Dream. But back again to that no record 2x rule. This was recorded at the same time as Plume, and was also intended to be a demo, but we needed b-sides for our pretty worthless I an One U.K. Single (the dark continent). So in a way Plume and Starla were their own single if that makes any sense at all. Recorded over time, or recorded at two different sessions, one for vocals and solos, and one for drums, etc. Another song with vocals written at the last second. I wrote the middle part on the back of an envelope - serve yourself no one else can do for you like you and no one else fails like me but in my eyes I burn alive no more words just you and I high in the sky- some of my favorite lyrics. Better that I did not care. Solo played at 7 a.m. Listen for the police car going by. I met this girl in Dallas when we were on tour with the Chili Peppers and that was where I got the idea for the song because when she said her name I thought wow, what a great title for a song.. Two and one fourth years later, I run into this same girl at a party and I say did you hear that song we recorded using your name, starla? And she said, no my name is Darla but hey Starla, Darla whatever, it doesn't matter, so there you go. Never trust a girl who ends up with... well I can't say."

Pisces Iscariot Liner

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For the song "Starla," form Pisces Iscariot, I had a riff which didn't really do much for me. Then, I ran it through a fuzz (which gave it a drone-y sound and added some different harmonics), and panned it back and forth in time with the songs. Soon, I started to hear an orchestration for the song. The effects inspired the arrangement, even though I didn't end up using the original effects on the final version of the tune.

1997-Guitar World