Hey! What about The Smashing Pumpkins?

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  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    Juan Godoy wrote:
    Loulou wrote:
    I agree, there are ALOT of bands that are very good that are headed by a complete tosser but they are still great to listen to. :lol:


    why did you say that about him?
    :lol::lol: I didn't mean that I think that but for people that do, it really has nothing to do with the music they come out with. You can't deny he's a talented bloke.
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  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    I like the pumpkins. I've never seen them live though. I think Mellon collie and Siamese are fantastic records. Pisces Ascariot was really good too. I liked adore alot, cause it had a darker somber edge. I don't know too much about Machina 1 & 2, never got around to hearing them really. I thought Zeitgeist had some good songs, and even the tear garden cd has some descent songs and they are giving that away free.
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  • Juan Godoy
    Juan Godoy Posts: 490
    red mos wrote:
    I like the pumpkins. I've never seen them live though. I think Mellon collie and Siamese are fantastic records. Pisces Ascariot was really good too. I liked adore alot, cause it had a darker somber edge. I don't know too much about Machina 1 & 2, never got around to hearing them really. I thought Zeitgeist had some good songs, and even the tear garden cd has some descent songs and they are giving that away free.


    you MUST hear Machina 1, it's one of the best cd's i've ever heard
  • Back_Pedal
    Back_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    Anyone who can't at least appreciate Siamese Dream probably doesn't like music much.
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  • Juan Godoy
    Juan Godoy Posts: 490
    Back_Pedal wrote:
    Anyone who can't at least appreciate Siamese Dream probably doesn't like music much.

    :lol::lol:
    i'm not saying you MUST like the SP, what sucks it's when people insults Billy Corgan without knowing a shit.. :wtf:
  • Back_Pedal
    Back_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    Juan Godoy wrote:
    Back_Pedal wrote:
    Anyone who can't at least appreciate Siamese Dream probably doesn't like music much.

    :lol::lol:
    i'm not saying you MUST like the SP, what sucks it's when people insults Billy Corgan without knowing a shit.. :wtf:
    I know, haha. I just saw a look of generalized knocks against SP so I countered it with my own sweeping generalization.

    EDIT: Plus SD is one of my all-time favorite albums :P
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    I've trashed him for shit he's said too. He was on MuchMusic (Canada's MTV), and said "I'd like to thank Our Lady Peace for keeping our music alive up here in Canada".

    Then when they came to Winnipeg in the late 90's, he made a joke about how we lost the Jets. Chorus of boos. Then he took a shot at the giant picture of the Queen we had in the arena.

    Then back in 2000 for Summersault (who they co-headlined with OUR LADY PEACE!!), he made yet ANOTHER crack about the Jets. Another chorus of boos. At the time I thought "why does this guy like pissing off his audience? doesn't he understand he's taking the steam out of his own show?". But as I've learned more about him, he just likes to rile up audiences, it's his type of humour.

    Not mine, personally, but whatever. To me that would be like being invited to someone's house for dinner and telling them their pot roast sucked.

    I really wish he'd come back. Especially now that the Jets are back! LOL
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Machina 1 and Zeitgeist are two of my favourite albums of all time, not just SP.
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  • Back_Pedal
    Back_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    Not mine, personally, but whatever. To me that would be like being invited to someone's house for dinner and telling them their pot roast sucked.
    Not really, fans of sports teams don't really cook their own players. ;)
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  • Juan Godoy
    Juan Godoy Posts: 490
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    Machina 1 and Zeitgeist are two of my favourite albums of all time, not just SP.


    dude, you totally get the idea!!

    i think he is one of the best musicians ever!! did you read "blinking with fists"? it's AWESOME!!
    his writing power and skill is something incredible, when he played "a song for a son" here in Argentina i can't help it and i almost cried, really something extraordinary.

    did you have the chance to see them live?
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Juan Godoy wrote:
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    Machina 1 and Zeitgeist are two of my favourite albums of all time, not just SP.


    dude, you totally get the idea!!

    i think he is one of the best musicians ever!! did you read "blinking with fists"? it's AWESOME!!
    his writing power and skill is something incredible, when he played "a song for a son" here in Argentina i can't help it and i almost cried, really something extraordinary.

    did you have the chance to see them live?

    the last time they were around here was in summer of 2000 at Summersault, when everyone knew they were splitting.

    I'd love to see them live now, because Billy keeps playing obscure tracks and unreleased songs. I'd love to go to a show like that.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    and yes, I have Blinking With Fists. I often peruse it when I feel like I need some lyrical inspiration.
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  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    But as I've learned more about him, he just likes to rile up audiences, it's his type of humour.

    I've never really understood why he likes to do that. I appreciate his gift as a songwriter, but I don't understand his relationship with the audience.

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  • Juan Godoy
    Juan Godoy Posts: 490
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    and yes, I have Blinking With Fists. I often peruse it when I feel like I need some lyrical inspiration.


    too bad you can't see him. but i'm sure you will and it's gonna be awesome!

    cheer up!!
  • jopetto75
    jopetto75 Posts: 397
    Great Band all around if your a better songwritter than Billy or play drums as good as Jimmy pm me I play bass lets start a band!
    until next time......
  • Juan Godoy
    Juan Godoy Posts: 490
    jopetto75 wrote:
    Great Band all around if your a better songwritter than Billy or play drums as good as Jimmy pm me I play bass lets start a band!


    better songwritter than billy??

    mmm.. would like to see that.. :lol::lol:
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    For some reason Billy's whiny ass voice pumps me up. Love the Pumpkins.
  • themessenger
    themessenger Dallas Posts: 1,320
    Siamese Dream is one of my all time favorite albums. I also like a lot of Pisces iscariot and Mellon collie but they really fell off after that in my opinion. I havent really listened to any of their newer stuff at all so maybe I'm missing out.
  • Back_Pedal
    Back_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    I actually enjoy Adore and Machina more than Mellon Collie. MC should have been pared down to one disc, with similar production to SD. A lot of those songs would've benefited from that huge sound. But as it stands I find it hard to get through 2 hours of music with so many iffy songs thrown in.
    Thanks EPOTTSIII!
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  • Juan Godoy
    Juan Godoy Posts: 490
    Back_Pedal wrote:
    I actually enjoy Adore and Machina more than Mellon Collie. MC should have been pared down to one disc, with similar production to SD. A lot of those songs would've benefited from that huge sound. But as it stands I find it hard to get through 2 hours of music with so many iffy songs thrown in.


    i think MCIS in 2cd's is great!! :D

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