Smashing Pumpkins - Adore

pjoasisrule
pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
edited August 2008 in Other Music
I have been listening to this alot the few days, super mellow but such a great album. Listening to this makes me even more mad that Zeitgeist was ever released. Even the worst Pumpkins is far better than Zeitgeist.
Alpine Valley 2000
Summerfest 2006

"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
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  • WindyCityFlyer
    WindyCityFlyer Posts: 244
    Zeitgeist is a joke and Corgan should be ashamed.
    They say I'm rappin like BIG, jay, and tupac
    Andre 3000 where is eryka badu at
    Who dat
    Who dat said dey gon beat lil wayne
    My name ain't Bic but I keep dat flame man

    2008 CHICAGO CUBS MAGIC NUMBER = 62

    BEAR DOWN!!!!!
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    while i agree that zeitgeist was pretty horrible, the 4 song acoustic EP they released shortly after it was a return to form for the pumpkins IMO... im looking forward to the next album... hopefully itll have less keyboards
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • WindyCityFlyer
    WindyCityFlyer Posts: 244
    sgossard3 wrote:
    while i agree that zeitgeist was pretty horrible, the 4 song acoustic EP they released shortly after it was a return to form for the pumpkins IMO... im looking forward to the next album... hopefully itll have less keyboards



    You mean American Gothic? I thought it was also horrible.
    They say I'm rappin like BIG, jay, and tupac
    Andre 3000 where is eryka badu at
    Who dat
    Who dat said dey gon beat lil wayne
    My name ain't Bic but I keep dat flame man

    2008 CHICAGO CUBS MAGIC NUMBER = 62

    BEAR DOWN!!!!!
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    WindyCityFlyer wrote:
    You mean American Gothic? I thought it was also horrible.
    yup... to each his own i guess... certainly was better than adore though... except for "to sheila" which is one of my favorites
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • Fatal
    Fatal Posts: 821
    I haven't really liked any Pumpkins since Mellon Collie....Adore had a few good tracks, the rest has been, IMO, very mediocre.

    Sad, considering Siamese Dream is one of my all time favorite albums.
    Shows: Montreal 98, Barrie 98, Montreal 00, Montreal 03, Montreal 05, Ottawa 05, Toronto 06, Vancouver Night 1 08 (EV), Vancouver Night 2 08 (EV), MSG1 08, MSG2 08, Montreal Night 2 08 (EV), Toronto Night 1 08 (EV), Toronto 09, Hartford 11 (EV), Ottawa 11, Ottawa 16, Ottawa 22.


  • morecowbell
    morecowbell Posts: 32
    Zeitgeist is fucking amazing. Especially hearing the songs live three times at the fillmore in SF.
    You wouldn't let a clown fix a leak in the john, so why let these hooligans tear down the biz?

    San Diego 06
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    I generally don't like everything on their cds, but I like some of the songs *very much* so I just listen to what I like.
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  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Would've been perfect had Jimmy not fucked up. Love the outtake Chewing Gum.
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    its all about the live shows.

    Check out songs from the 1998 tour on youtube, they had some crazy sounds and percussion at the shows, awesome.
  • evenflow524
    evenflow524 Posts: 128
    I gotta say Im a pretty huge fan of the entire pumpkins catalogue. I think Billy can do whatever the hell he wants and make it sound amazing ya know. Like you could give that guy a friggin swiffer sweeper and a piece of gum and he could make a cool song out of it. I mean I know there are a few tracks from Machina that are total wtf moments but overall I think he's great. And I would say I think Zeitgeist was the best album I heard that year. (far better than the avacado imo)
    5/24/06 Boston, 6/28/08 & 6/30/08 Mansfield
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    Yeah, I think he's got a lot of talent too. Even though he can't always sing and he sometimes steals bits of songs from other places... ;):D
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  • evenflow524
    evenflow524 Posts: 128
    His voice is for sure an aquired taste that you either love or hate. As far as stealing bits of songs.... like thats never been done before cough*giventofly*cough
    5/24/06 Boston, 6/28/08 & 6/30/08 Mansfield
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    evenflow524 wrote:
    His voice is for sure an aquired taste that you either love or hate. As far as stealing bits of songs.... like thats never been done before cough*giventofly*cough

    Yes, it has been done before, it's just so very obvious at times. He has bass-lines and rhythms he's lifted from well-known songs and he doesn't even try to hide them!! :)
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  • WindyCityFlyer
    WindyCityFlyer Posts: 244
    sgossard3 wrote:
    yup... to each his own i guess... certainly was better than adore though... except for "to sheila" which is one of my favorites



    Ehhh...I'm going to disagree with you there.


    Adore is very, very underrated and has some amazing songs. Corgans vocals are exceptional on the album. American Gothic sounded like suck rock.
    They say I'm rappin like BIG, jay, and tupac
    Andre 3000 where is eryka badu at
    Who dat
    Who dat said dey gon beat lil wayne
    My name ain't Bic but I keep dat flame man

    2008 CHICAGO CUBS MAGIC NUMBER = 62

    BEAR DOWN!!!!!
  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Adore is a million times the album Zeitgeist could ever dream of being......
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • InHiding19
    InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    yeah I like adore tooooo, probably my favorite album by them
    Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
  • Peter C
    Peter C Posts: 237
    Perfect is indeed perfect.
    London 1996 Cardiff 2000 Paris 2006 and London 2007.
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    cool version of for martha - love the solo so bad in this song.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=t3nJHbG1wgU

    Proper 98 tour percussion - to sheila:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=h7tj3MhxxOU

    ava adore :D

    Seen a lot of 98 shows and never seen him wear eye liner!

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=dPpJkw_emcw&feature=related
  • darthvedder88
    darthvedder88 Posts: 1,023
    While I greatly enjoy Adore, I agree with the previous comment in that Jimmy should've been there. I remember Billy once said that had he been there then Adore would've sounded a lot like "In the Arms of Sleep" from Mellon Collie.
    "Darth Vader would say 'Impressive'."

    -Eddie Vedder

    6/24/06 Cincinatti, Ohio
    6/14/08 Manchester, Tennessee
  • Vitalogy7
    Vitalogy7 Posts: 75
    Slightly off topic but, could anyone tell me if "Pisces Iscariot," is worth a listen?
    Obviously i have heard the song "Landslide," but i am not sure whether the rest of the album is worth a listen.
    Any input would be nice.
    "Up here so high the sky I scrape,
    I'm so high I hold just one breath here within my chest,
    Just like innocence."

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