Double Album?!

vito

It's time for them to not only release a new album but, to add a signature double album to their canon and legacy...for me it's the only thing missing for them to rightfully place their name alongside the Who(TOMMY & QUADROPHENIA), Stones(EXILE ON MAIN ST.), Beatles(WHITE ALBUM), Clash(LONDON CALLING), Zeppelin(PHYSICAL GRAFFITI), Floyd(the WALL), Dylan(BLONDE ON BLONDE), Hendrix(ELECTRIC LADYLAND) and Prince(SIGN OF THE TIMES). The real question though is do they have it in them?

JosephK

Lost Dogs is a double album!!

vito

JosephK said:

Lost Dogs is a double album!!

Sorry, doesn't count for many different reasons!

RoleModelsinBlood31

Too much punctuation on your title. One exclamation point would have kept it from misleading me into thinking a new double was in the works.

CopperTom

For a double album, you'll have to wait 5 additional years.  The creative process is slow enough.

vito

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

Too much punctuation on your title. One exclamation point would have kept it from misleading me into thinking a new double was in the works.

Lol, well there is a question mark first..again the real question is do you think they have it in them to not only do it but, make it great?? Maybe the lack of responses tells me what I feared and that's no one really believes they can pull it off. Would love to see them just go for it!

vito

CopperTom said:

For a double album, you'll have to wait 5 additional years.  The creative process is slow enough.

Lol but, there's probably a lot of truth in your answer.

CROJAM95

double the songs for people to steal online

albums aren't paying the bills anymore

vito

CROJAM95 said:

double the songs for people to steal online

albums aren't paying the bills anymore

Well, then they should just call it a day if your response is that just becoming an occasional touring band and only to make $$$ is their game plan for the future. They are still young and if the only reason to not release albums is because of $$$, then they should stop! I'm going to the 2 Wrigley shows because they have given me no indication that they wont continue to release albums. If after this tour it becomes the norm I wont continue to follow them around the world anymore!!

JimmyV

They could never release another album and I would still want to see them live, to hear them play music, to experience Mike play guitar, etc.

A double album seems like it is asking a lot given today's music industry. Let's start with a single album and go from there.

lolobugg

for a Chicago resident, you forgot "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"!!!!!!!!

vito

JimmyV said:

They could never release another album and I would still want to see them live, to hear them play music, to experience Mike play guitar, etc.

A double album seems like it is asking a lot given today's music industry. Let's start with a single album and go from there.

I respect the first part but, it would get old for me not hearing new music for what would be a lot of shows at the pace I have seen them so far as there has always been new music, although it has slowed down over the last decade. As for the second answer your response tells me you simply don't believe they can do it. Also as you say 'given today's music industry" wouldn't releasing a double album make it even all the more challenging and rewarding?

bflynn1

lolobugg said:

for a Chicago resident, you forgot "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"!!!!!!!!

One of my all time favorites

vito

lolobugg said:

for a Chicago resident, you forgot "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"!!!!!!!!

No, I didn't forget that and it's as fabulous as the other doubles I mentioned but, I just don't think the Pumpkins belong with any of those other artists I mentioned and I'm a big fan. The last 20 years unfortunately prevented the SP from being an iconoclastic band like those above!

JimmyV

vito said:

JimmyV said:

They could never release another album and I would still want to see them live, to hear them play music, to experience Mike play guitar, etc.

A double album seems like it is asking a lot given today's music industry. Let's start with a single album and go from there.

I respect the first part but, it would get old for me not hearing new music for what would be a lot of shows at the pace I have seen them so far as there has always been new music, although it has slowed down over the last decade. As for the second answer your response tells me you simply don't believe they can do it. Also as you say 'given today's music industry" wouldn't releasing a double album make even all the more challenging and rewarding?

I don't know whether they can do it or not, or whether trying would produce the best album they could make or not. At the end of the day this is their business and I just don't see a double album making sense for that business. But they certainly haven't asked me what I think, so...

rummy

lolobugg said:

for a Chicago resident, you forgot "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"!!!!!!!!

I was thinking the same thing. It's a classic (but still not better than Siamese Dream)...and why the heck haven't these guys been at least nominated for the R&R HoF yet?????

CROJAM95

vito said:

CROJAM95 said:

double the songs for people to steal online

albums aren't paying the bills anymore

Well, then they should just call it a day if your response is that just becoming an occasional touring band and only to make $$$ is their game plan for the future. They are still young and if the only reason to not release albums is because of $$$, then they should stop! I'm going to the 2 Wrigley shows because they have given me no indication that they wont continue to release albums. If after this tour it becomes the norm I wont continue to follow them around the world anymore!!

$$ is the grease to make it all go round. They raised prices for tix cause they had to, not because they want to. They aren't making the big bucks like the 1st 3 albums, and I'm sure they don't mind trading it off for a more normal life than being in that white hot spotlight. But where are the B-sides? We are lucky to get 12-14 songs every 5 years now.

Could they do it ( Double Album).. But seeing the latest music trends and the longer it takes for an album from them , I'd doubt it

kramer73

Not happening

lolobugg

vito said:

lolobugg said:

for a Chicago resident, you forgot "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"!!!!!!!!

No, I didn't forget that and it's as fabulous as the other doubles I mentioned but, I just don't think the Pumpkins belong with any of those other artists I mentioned and I'm a big fan. The last 20 years unfortunately prevented the SP from being an iconoclastic band like those above!

Well you included Prince.... but that's a whole another topic.

vito

lolobugg said:

vito said:

lolobugg said:

for a Chicago resident, you forgot "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"!!!!!!!!

No, I didn't forget that and it's as fabulous as the other doubles I mentioned but, I just don't think the Pumpkins belong with any of those other artists I mentioned and I'm a big fan. The last 20 years unfortunately prevented the SP from being an iconoclastic band like those above!

Well you included Prince.... but that's a whole another topic.

Not even going to debate Prince vs the Pumpkins cause one of the artists doesn't belong in the same sentence as the other and I've seen Prince 6x's and the Pumpkins 5x's!

lolobugg

vito said:

lolobugg said:

vito said:

lolobugg said:

for a Chicago resident, you forgot "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"!!!!!!!!

No, I didn't forget that and it's as fabulous as the other doubles I mentioned but, I just don't think the Pumpkins belong with any of those other artists I mentioned and I'm a big fan. The last 20 years unfortunately prevented the SP from being an iconoclastic band like those above!

Well you included Prince.... but that's a whole another topic.

Not even going to debate Prince vs the Pumpkins cause one of the artists doesn't belong in the same sentence as the other and I've see Prince 6x's and the Pumpkins 5x's!

strangely I have been having this debate with a friend since 2000.

no one will give an inch. I also pissed off a whole FB group talking about Prince a few years back.