Smashing Pumpkins - Tarantula

dane

Since there was no Tarantula thread on the first 3 pages, I'll start a new.....

Has anybody heard this new single? What do you think?
I saw it by chance in Itunes. I have really high expectations for the new album. Maybe that's why I'm a bit dissapointed. Tarantula is OK, but it reminds me to much of the last albums. Either they should have gone oldschool or completely reinvented themselfes imo.
I bought two songs on Itunes. The other was Eyes by The scottish enlightment and I've listedned alot more to that........

Julien

I love tarantula
Great single, great riffs, great energy.
I saw it live in Brussels last saturday and it was incredible !

dane

You saw them last week-end!!?? Man, I envy you! Do you remember the setlist?
Just checked out their HP (which I didn't know was up and running) and they'll return to Belgium in august.
I was hoping that they would play this years Roskilde Festival. But no danish shows this time. ARRRGGHHH!!

Indian Summer

i downloaded it, and after a couple of listens I think its kind of Blah....nothing special...if I heard some bar band playing it, I wouldn't get excited or anything.

Julien

dane wrote:

You saw them last week-end!!?? Man, I envy you! Do you remember the setlist?
Just checked out their HP (which I didn't know was up and running) and they'll return to Belgium in august.
I was hoping that they would play this years Roskilde Festival. But no danish shows this time. ARRRGGHHH!!

Yes, I saw them last saturday !
I don't remember the setlist perfectly. It was quite similmar to the Paris' setlsit. They started with United States, the they played today, etc.
They played something like 10 tracks of the new album, 5 or 6 from Mellon Collie, and 5 or 6 from Siamese dream. Setlist can be found on the netphoria forum. There are also many pics taken during the show.
I think I'm going to Pukkelpop in August to see them again.
Are you coming ?

dane

Julien wrote:

Yes, I saw them last saturday !
I don't remember the setlist perfectly. It was quite similmar to the Paris' setlsit. They started with United States, the they played today, etc.
They played something like 10 tracks of the new album, 5 or 6 from Mellon Collie, and 5 or 6 from Siamese dream. Setlist can be found on the netphoria forum. There are also many pics taken during the show.
I think I'm going to Pukkelpop in August to see them again.
Are you coming ?

Sounds like an awesome show!
And no, I wont be seeing them this summer. But thanks for rubbing it in!

sasoj

its the best song ever written

pjfan020

the music is reallly good but the lyrics seem kind of lame to me. I'm still gonna buy the album.

prytocorduroy

pjfan020 wrote:

the music is reallly good but the lyrics seem kind of lame to me. I'm still gonna buy the album.

Yeah and he sings really bad now too. But the music is good enough that I can't stop listening.

pjoasisrule

Very cool song, the Pumpkins are in form again

facepollution

danny72688 wrote:

Yeah and he sings really bad now too. But the music is good enough that I can't stop listening.

What planet are you on?! His voice sounds just fine, he's never been an amazing singer, but he sounds like he always has.

hailhail82

I was only half impressed with the 30 sec clip that was released a while ago but I heard the whole thing yesterday and I gotta say it's pretty damn good. Feels like it'll grow on me more and more too.

prytocorduroy

facepollution wrote:

What planet are you on?! His voice sounds just fine, he's never been an amazing singer, but he sounds like he always has.

His voice is 100x happier than on MACHINA and all other Pumpkins songs (especially the chorus). I don't hate it but I think it's definitely nowhere near as good as before.

facepollution

danny72688 wrote:

His voice is 100x happier than on MACHINA and all other Pumpkins songs (especially the chorus). I don't hate it but I think it's definitely nowhere near as good as before.

Happier? and really you are setting the bench mark at Machina.....

have you listened to the recent live stuff?

prytocorduroy

facepollution wrote:

Happier? and really you are setting the bench mark at Machina.....

have you listened to the recent live stuff?

Not much and what I did hear sounded better. But the specific recording of Tarantula. Well....let's say with that kind of riff I was expecting vocals parallel to Silverfuck or Geek U.S.A....even The Everlasting Gaze.

BUT I'm also glad it's not a rehash, and it obviously doesn't bother me that much because I can't stop listening to the damn song

facepollution

danny72688 wrote:

Not much and what I did hear sounded better. But the specific recording of Tarantula. Well....let's say with that kind of riff I was expecting vocals parallel to Silverfuck or Geek U.S.A....even The Everlasting Gaze.

BUT I'm also glad it's not a rehash, and it obviously doesn't bother me that much because I can't stop listening to the damn song

Haha, you're just being picky!!!

rage333

THAT SONG BLOWS. I'm sorry, but its not very good. Compare it to ANY other Smashing Pumkins single and it will get defeated......Remember when everyone was saying "It doenst matter if Iha or D'Arcy arnt in the band. Billy does everything on their records.", well thats total BULLSHIT! This song sucks!

Ali baba

the song is THE BEST SONG IN THE WORLD

it is fun, energetic, good drumming, great solos, cool mix ...

facepollution

rage333 wrote:

THAT SONG BLOWS. I'm sorry, but its not very good. Compare it to ANY other Smashing Pumkins single and it will get defeated......Remember when everyone was saying "It doenst matter if Iha or D'Arcy arnt in the band. Billy does everything on their records.", well thats total BULLSHIT! This song sucks!

I totally disagree, I think it's awesome, and so do the VAST majority of Pumpkins fans.

bertan

i just listened it once but i'm loving it.

did anyone actually think they would make another siamese dream? that is way in the past, to me it was obvious they would pick up from where machina left and it seems like that's what they've done. machina had some great stuff as well so i'm quite ok with this. great energy, good dynamics, and billy sounds great, what else could i ask for?

btw, tarantula kinda reminds me bodies, which is just another reason to love it

Brisk.

facepollution wrote:

I totally disagree, I think it's awesome, and so do the VAST majority of Pumpkins fans.

indeedy

and i dont care if this record sucks or is awesome becuase...


THE PUMPKINS ARE FUCKING BACK AND THEY ARE TOURING

kdpjam

i like it alot!!!! its pretty rockin'.

dane

bertan wrote:

i just listened it once but i'm loving it.

did anyone actually think they would make another siamese dream? that is way in the past, to me it was obvious they would pick up from where machina left and it seems like that's what they've done. machina had some great stuff as well so i'm quite ok with this. great energy, good dynamics, and billy sounds great, what else could i ask for?

btw, tarantula kinda reminds me bodies, which is just another reason to love it

I was hoping for a new Today

superdeluxe

rage333 wrote:

THAT SONG BLOWS. I'm sorry, but its not very good. Compare it to ANY other Smashing Pumkins single and it will get defeated......Remember when everyone was saying "It doenst matter if Iha or D'Arcy arnt in the band. Billy does everything on their records.", well thats total BULLSHIT! This song sucks!

How is it bullshit? Billy does do everything (except drums)

WWS

What a rocking first single!! It's been awhile since a new release rocked like this.

sasoj

WWS wrote:

What a rocking first single!! It's been awhile since a new release rocked like this.

only 1979 was higher on billboard modern rock charts ....
tarantula is second behind linik suck

Pearl Jam and toast

At first I didn't really like it but it grew on me FAST. I love it now.. It's a pop song.

"You're the real, if real ever was.... just becuz,... you're real, if real ever was..."

what the hell? Kind of a crap line... but think about it as a pop song. It's pretty much a perfectly written chorus. Catchy as hell.

The crowd at the Orange Peel Saturday night exploded when they played it.

Brisk.

seen it live 3 times

and its just so awesome

heard it loads of times before i went to the shows. Best new song so far.. starz and bleeding the orchid follow closly

mca47

I'm a huge Pumpkins fan, but I think Tarantula is terrible.

The first time I heard it I thought it was an AFI, or 30 Seconds to Mars-type band.

sasoj

well
afi doesnt have jimmy on drums or billy solo guitar crashing lies into dust

darthvedder88

Tarantula is the best single they've had since Cherub Rock (unless you want to count Muzzle, which was a single in Europe). And I plan on buying as many copies of Zeitgeist as possible so I can have all the B-sides!!