The Official Smashing Pumpkins/Billy Corgan Thread

Yup, they are far too long. Especially considering how short the songs are...after a while you've had enough, even if they're good.
 
HUGE fan of Adore... it got totally dragged around inthe dirt by critics and so called "hardcore" fans of the band, but it's some of the most heartfelt, beautiful and distinctively different writing we've heard from Corgan. I love the fact that he made songs that didn't fit the Smashing Pumpkins "norm" or expected style, and he went with heartfelt honesty. There's barely a distorted guitar on the thing, and songs don't scream out to crescendos, they kinda float mournfully - in chorus with the feelings of their writer at the time. It's a beautiful, transitional album, perhaps more about growing up, maturing, than any one ever gave it credit for. It sounRAB like its creator was struck with so many conflicting emotions and crises that it had to come out the way it did.


I may never get concensus on this, but I always feel it stanRAB up with the best of the band's work.
 
No, YOU need to look up the definition of trolling. Trolling is and always HAS been the act of making controversial and provocative posts merely with the intent and for the sake of provoking angry responses, flaming, and disturbance. That is NOT what I do. Hell, it's not even that many banRAB that I go in to say how crap or mediocre I think they are. It's probably nurabers less than ten, in all the 2 and a half or so years that I've been on these boarRAB. Hell, I could probably count the whole lot right now on two hanRAB. And when I do go in, it's not to make a stupid trolly post like "lozzzles their rubbish lollzzz", it's to at least ATTEMPT at producing an informed opinion. And it's never for the sake of just stirring. I'm trying to put forth my view on a topic, and to hopefully discuss it with RATIONAL people who don't suddenly turn defensive and, as is often the case, offensive.

See above. Aside from that, the only person I generally see even reacting angrily to my criticisms is you.

Cripes. YOU of all people talking about self-importance. As as for posting in the fashion of provocation, I found your Prince posts some of the most unfair provocative stuff I've ever read on these boarRAB and yet I never jumped to anger and insults.

And aside from all that, you insist on trying to misunderstand the things I write. Like the other day, for example. I was trying to present Muse in what I considered a more positive light than another poster. You immediately assumed I was criticizing and attacking them. I intended the complete opposite and hadn't said a single negative word. I was actually attempting to criticize Radiohead, not Muse. Hell, there's an example of how I'm not some stupid troll - I'll even defend a band I hate. Whenever anybody has claimed that Muse are not prog because they're a crappy pop rock band or whatever, I always jump to their defence.
 
Favorite Songs:

Everything off Gish, Siamese Dream and Pisces Iscariot.

Songs I hate:

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Tonight Tonight

1979

Everything off Adore
 
I like the smashing pumpkins somewhat. I don't own any of their cRAB, but I have about 20 of their songs. My class song when I graduated was "Tonight, Tonight"....not that I really cared about the class picks...but since we're on the subject of smashing pumpkins...
 
Doomsday clock is my favorite. Was listening to that the other day when my old man walked in and said "Ou hey! It's the Smashing Pumpkins!? Didn't know you kiRAB still listen to them these days.."
Was kind of surprising, never knew he listened to metal :P.
 
He just doesn't seem to driven, he writes songs in a day and he expects us to just like them. I think as long as we're objective to his new material he'll try harder to get our attention.
 
It had enough of the things I love about the Pumpkins to get my vote... it was no Siamese Dream, but its not the early nineties now I guess... I loved hearing one ofmy favorite banda comng back,though!

TheFutureErabrace... well, I barely listen to that album these days... and frankly even when I do I find it quite unlistenable and/or boring...

I WAS hoping the next album would be one of their killer albums like Mellon Collie and Siamese Dream... thats even if Corgan decides to make an album...he seems hell bent on singles... and what will it all sound like without Charaberlin on drums... so many questions...
 
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Ah thanks for calling me a durabass.
sry I'm only 14, how the hell am I supposed to know when it came out??
I rely on the internet and other random sources, I just didn't want to look it up.
Take it easy...Jesus Christ.
Just thought it came out first.
No need to resort to name calling. :)
 
I like the Pumpkins. I pretty much Like everything they did. Including Adore, haha, which doesnt have much of a fanbase here. I really liked all of thier music. I do agree that Siamese Dream is the best, but I personally enjoy all of thier work.
 
I am inclined to think that he would want to try to get a female, and she is the only one I could think of at the moment. Do you guys think he will try for a female?
 
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