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Meeting Billy Corgan tomorrow...

TyTy Posts: 1,007
edited October 2010 in Other Music
...I won a meet and greet with Billy Corgan tomorrow before the Smashing Pumpkins gig in Sydney!

Any suggestions of what I should discuss with him or ask him?

I am going to introduce myself as "I'm Ty, smiling politely!" :lol:
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  • climb_high_nzclimb_high_nz Posts: 564
    Ask him for an apology...... :lolno:
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  • theserialthrillatheserialthrilla Posts: 15,760
    knock his cap off and go hi baldy..
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  • guypjfreakguypjfreak Posts: 2,281
    ask him if hes going to play Glastonbury for me old son PLEASE :D:D:lol:
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    OMG NO WAY ONE OF MY FAVES!!!

    Ask him if he will come to Europe and any plans to release the last pumpkins show @ metro on DVD?

    PLEASE ASK HIM THAT PLEEEASE

    And if you get chance any boxsets of old stuff.
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Whaaat! how awesome!
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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    tell him he's nothing without jimmy ;)

    thats awesome! have a great time!

    i wonder if he'll catch the simpsons reference... might be better to just wing it instead of having your first line prepared :P
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    EVERYONE says "oh, I've loved your music since forever" and nonsense.

    Say something memorable.

    Tell him if Billy is the pilot of the airplane that is Smashing Pumpkins, that Jimmy was the jet engines... and that currently they downgraded to a propeller.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,303
    I bet at the end of the meet and greet you'll want to say "Hey Billy, why are you such a dick?"

    :lol:
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,345
    Wow, harsh you all.

    Ask him about the abanonded "subscription service" he was toying with last year. Would love to see something similar to Jack White's vault service.

    **I had to come back and edit this. Not trying to be a dick to you all, but I really like SP, Billy Corgan. I have attached a lot of memories/experiences/emotions to their music, like we all do with music. Have been a favorite for a long time and my comment about being harsh came from that place. :)
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    what's jessica like in the sack?
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    did Jimmy quit, or was he fired?
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    When is the next Zwan album coming out? Former fans of SP are curious, as Zwan is closer to SP than the current lineup is.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
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    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    that is cool that you are going to meet Billy. I tried to meet him last month, but failed.

    Let us know how it was. :D
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,953
    Treat him like anyone else, don't press him for news and updates and don't try too hard to be his new best buddy.
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  • False_BeliefFalse_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    Jessica Simpson....bed.....marks out of 10.

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  • False_BeliefFalse_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    Paul David wrote:
    what's jessica like in the sack?

    Beat me to it. I really should read threads before posting in them...

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  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    CJMST3K wrote:
    When is the next Zwan album coming out? Former fans of SP are curious, as Zwan is closer to SP than the current lineup is.

    This! :thumbup:
  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Zwan won't be reuniting:

    In the years following the breakup, Corgan began elaborating more on the circumstances of the breakup, and specifically, his disdain for his former bandmates. It started with a blog post on August 3, 2004:

    “ I see that ex-zwan people are running their mouths again...the day will come when I set the record straight (not today), but let me say this to you now... I am not afraid of dirty, filthy people who have no self-respect or class...never have I met such creatures who feel so entitled to all yet contribute so little, not only to my life but the culture and the world in general...the world is on the brink of wars and mass terror, and their main concern is whether or not their indie friends still like them...kinda funny, kinda sad, kinda pathetic... my version of the zwan story is a good one, a sad one, and ultimately a tale of wasted moments and people who told me they were my friends but were really just there to take, take, take... time will reveal them to be the poseurs they truly are...don't let their dirty faces fool you, they painted them that way...their filth is in their larcenous hearts, if they have them at all...[4] ”

    On April 24, 2005 in the Chicago Tribune, Corgan commented briefly on the breakup of the band: "The music wasn't the big problem, it was more their attitude... Sex acts between band members in public. People carrying drugs across borders. Pajo sleeping with the producer's girlfriend while we were making the record."[5]

    In the May 27, 2005 edition of Entertainment Weekly, Corgan elaborated on his version of what went wrong:

    “ Sex and drugs and junk. Tick off the list: heroin, band members having relationships...You don't trust the person next to you. I'm on the bus. I send an email to somebody and I throw my BlackBerry in my little day bag. The next day, my ex-girlfriend calls me screaming. Somebody in the group went into my BlackBerry and forwarded her an e-mail that another girl sends me. I mean, that's the kind of stuff we were dealing with. ”

    Pajo denied Corgan's accusations in the same article. "Pretty much everything that he said has been exaggerated and blown out of proportion," he said. "The drug stuff in particular. I know there was no heroin." Adds Lenchantin, "I believe that we were a really good team. I am moving on and onward. I hope that our paths will meet again in peace." Sweeney declined to comment.

    In the same Entertainment Weekly article, Corgan disclosed that things went wrong at some of the very first recording sessions. "...it was like, 'What do you mean the guitar's out of tune? What do you mean I have to be there at 11? What do you mean I can't order $100 of lobster every day?' I mean, like, bad. But it was too late. It was already public. The album was going out. So I did what I always did: Try to make the best of a situation and start covering up. Put on a good face. And honestly, I'm glad the thing didn't sell, because if it had sold well it would have been really tough. I would look like I was going to walk away from something that I'd just built."

    He also stated that he can no longer listen to Mary Star of the Sea, because to him it sounds like "thousands of lies upon lies upon lies. It's a shame because there's tons of music unreleased that will just sit in a box until I can stomach it." When asked which of his two former bands would ever reform, he said, "Pumpkins. You'll never see Zwan. I'll never go anywhere near those people. Ever. I mean, I detest them. You can put that in capital letters. Bad people. James and D'Arcy are good people. They might be misguided people, but they're good people."[6]

    gabers wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    When is the next Zwan album coming out? Former fans of SP are curious, as Zwan is closer to SP than the current lineup is.

    This! :thumbup:
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    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,873
    "Remember when you weren't such an egotistical asshole??"
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    He said he may do an acoustic tour and play EVERYTHING.
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    talk to him about pearl jam. I heard he loves pearl jam. ask his opinion on pearl jam. tell him he looks like a bald version of eddie vedder.
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    if Vince McMahon has approached him yet to be a celebrity at a PPV. Maybe write a new intro for a wrestler, then play that song at their entrance at Wrestlemania. Or be a manager for a day. He could be the new Baron Von Raschke!

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  • guypjfreakguypjfreak Posts: 2,281
    you didn't ask him about Glastonbury then :cry:






    shame on you :lol:
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