Comments on: A New Smashing Pumpkins Song… That Doesn’t Totally Suck

By: Hipsters United

Hipsters United — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:47:53 +0000

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By: j

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:04:31 +0000

UUGGHHH… the drums?!!!!! the drums are horrific. great song , but what are they thinking with this new drummer??? this kid is aweful!

By: Smashing Pumpkins Widow Make My Mind @ Antiquiet

Smashing Pumpkins Widow Make My Mind @ Antiquiet — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:54:09 +0000

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By: DonCarlos

DonCarlos — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:15:11 +0000

Yikes. How could he have not improved his singing after so many years.

It wounds me deeply to hear Billy Corgan as the musical equivalent of the blind squirrel looking for the proverbial nut. The same Billy Corgan who provided the soundtrack for my late teens and early 20s. The same Billy Corgan that guided me through my first experiences with love and heartache. The same guy who wrote Drown, I Am One, Soma, Mayonaise, Porcelina of the Vast Oceans, Thru the Eyes of Ruby, Crestfallen and For Martha. It almost seems appropriate that as I’m trying in vain to find more music that makes me feel the way I felt the first time I listened to Siamese Dream or Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Billy is impotently trying to grasp at the ethereal qualities that used to make him so idolized.

There are bright points to this song – the intro and the first part of the guitar solo – just enough to make me look forward to seeing if he recaptured some magic on the next of the 44 tracks. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that each track will provide just enough of a tease of what The Smashing Pumpkins used to be that it will come together in an undeniable train wreck and make us all feel older for it.

By: g

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:28:02 +0000

if he’s so damn talented why is all of his solo stuff (which includes this and most of zeitgeist) suck so hard, compared to oh say.. zwan, which was practically fuckin’ transcendental live, and was at least tolerable otherwise.

By: 2hands10fingers

2hands10fingers — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:08:55 +0000

I thing this song wants to hit the mark, but doesn’t quite make it there.
Lyrically, wtf.
Musically, Thin Lizzy.
Production-ally, fail.

By: James

James — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:59:57 +0000

I love Smashing Pumpkins, every song ever. Their music means a lot to me, and you guys arent giving Billy’s talent and prowess near enough recognition. He’s a better musician than anyone writing on this page and probably always will be. Albeit, the new drummer sucks.

Chamberlin was a BEAST. Listen to Bring The Light from Zeitgeist and tell me im wrong.

By: zoopster

zoopster — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:55:11 +0000

I disagree, Porkspam. Front to back, every song on Siamese Dream is a gem. No stinkers there. Mellon Collie had a few less-than-stellar songs, but, c’mon, there’s 28 songs on that. And very little filler. Front to back, that is a pretty complete album also.

By: Porkspam

Porkspam — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:15:03 +0000

I don’t think the pumpkins were ever one of those bands were front to back the album was all good tracks. They came close, but there was always a few stinkers. Not to be to optimistic but I’d hope billy peak with the first of the 44 tracks

By: Stoo

Stoo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:39:01 +0000

That’s some seriously terrible, terrible production.

But yeah I guess the song doesn’t totally suck.