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edited November 2008 in The Porch
Billy Corgan blames Cubs playoff flop on Eddie Vedder

Posted by: The SI Staff

Billy Corgan (above) implied Eddie Vedder jinxed the Cubs.FTR caught the Smashing Pumpkins at Philadelphia's Tower Theater in October 2007. And while it's easy to write off the band's reunion as a Billy Corgan vanity project -- especially with D'Arcy and James Iha conspicuously M.I.A. -- it's equally difficult to deny the Pumps their propers. Yes, Corgan's a pretentous wanker but he's also a masterclass performer and expert musician responsible for 98 percent of his band's catalog.

Corgan also happens to be a devout Chicago Cubs fan -- perhaps explaining lyrics like "way down deep beneath my heart / lies a soul that's torn apart" -- and often opens up about his lifelong passion during shows.

Home Run Derby reports from a homecoming concert this week in Chicago, where Corgan spoke between numbers to the crowd about "All the Way," the Cub-themed song Eddie Vedder recorded earlier this season. Corgan seems to believe the Pearl Jam frontman, a former Chicago native, torpedoed the team's chances of ending its century-long title drought by writing the ditty.

If … If … IF … the Cubs did have a chance this last year that just passed … [expletive] Eddie Vedder killed that [expletive] dead. Last I checked Eddie ain’t living here, Okay?

Eddie ain’t living here to write a song about my [expletive] team.

Nothing like a feud between fortysomething alt-rock legends to spice up the Hot Stove League.

What say you, Cubs fans? Did Vedder's song pump you up? Or, like Corgan, did you see the writing on the wall?


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  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,044
    Sounds about right...writing a song causes a team to play poorly and lose a series.
  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    Would somebody just kill this bald headed freak already?
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  • not4u10not4u10 Posts: 238
    Why does Corgan hate Eddie and Pearl Jam so much? Is it because SP suck and he wishes his band could be half as successful as PJ? I remember he singled out a kid at his show last year for wearing a Pearl Jam shirt.

    Billy Corgan is an asshole!
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Well, I blame Corgan for the destruction of one of my favorite bands and I could give a shit about the Cubs.
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • samnationsamnation Posts: 277
    It's that attitude that has killed Billy's career. I know a lot of '90s Smashing Pumpkins fans that were not interested at all in this so-called "reunion." And being a world-class dick doesn't help things.
    Sam
  • CitizenRickCitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Here is another article:

    http://www.nbcbayarea.com/sports/baseball/Billy-Corgan-Accuses-Eddie-Vedder-of-Jinxing-Cubs.html

    This guy says he doubts Corgan can beat Vedder.
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    but who really cares.
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  • goldenboy8167goldenboy8167 Posts: 194
    Seriously, what is this guys problem? What really got me what he said here, about 27 min. 35 sec. in (I know, it's going to take a while, and the sound is out of sync).

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oak1OFfYQII

    I was only a casual Smashing Pumpkins fans so I don't know the relationship they had with their fans, but we all here know how unique Pearl Jam's us with us. I know some of the things Pearl Jam does now is standard but they were ahead of it - tickets, bootlegs, benefit shows, etc. "Squandered their opportunity?" Speak for your self. Did he use his popularity / position of power to change anything? Did he try to rally the other bands to change the music business? If there's some noble cause he undertook, like, for example, oh, maybe taking on a giant corporation to keep ticket prices low for their fans, let me know and I'll shut up.
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  • inthefleshintheflesh Posts: 170
    Hawk123 wrote:
    Sounds about right...writing a song causes a team to play poorly and lose a series.

    I know you're just being sarcastic...but

    Technically, they didn't write the song, but Dropkick Murphys released the single "Tessie" in August of 2004 and the Red Sox went on later that year to win the World Series.
    was it?....
  • phillyfanphillyfan Posts: 831
    fuck em
    If you hate something dont you do it too
    world fucking champs!!!
  • haffajappahaffajappa Posts: 5,955
    betcha the next live version of ed's song will be dedicated to billy
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • iamicaiamica Posts: 2,628
    The Cubs lost because they always lose. Ed had nothing to do with it.
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  • IwasBit10IwasBit10 Posts: 646
    Billy Goats, black cats, spilled gatorade, Bartman, now EV.

    Just one more reason I love the guy.;)
    He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share, his key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere.
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Oh gee let's see here...

    Smashing Pumpkins- just got back into touring with only 1/2 the original members and calls it a 20th anniversary tour. What a joke. They are playng in small venues across the country.

    PJ- has been touring consistently the past 18 years, selling out in full size arenas, withOUT the help of mtv,music videos, and excessive advertisements.


    Corgan is jealous.
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  • Surf RiderSurf Rider Posts: 813
    Ed, if by chance you are reading this thread. I know your a classy person and all but.....................please the next time you see Corgan, punch this mother fucker in the nose for all of us.
  • rdalhuisenrdalhuisen Posts: 110
    PJAMEDVED wrote:
    Ed, if by chance you are reading this thread. I know your a classy person and all but.....................please the next time you see Corgan, punch this mother fucker in the nose for all of us.

    I would rather do that myself...
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  • YoullseeDragonsYoullseeDragons Posts: 2,144
    Billy Corgan is a Hump Head!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • dreamweaverdreamweaver Posts: 717
    corgan is interviewed about pj on the vh1 greatest hard rock list only saying good things, it makes me wonder if this is all a joke, that all of you are getting heated over for no good reason..
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  • VOLITIONVOLITION Posts: 328
    Yawn
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    The Cubs only have themselves to blame.
  • haffajappahaffajappa Posts: 5,955
    VOLITION wrote:
    Yawn
    ditto
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • einatshauleinatshaul Posts: 2,219
    Sorry, Billy, Sorry Eddie, the Cubs always sucked just fine without you. Go on.
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  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    I blame the smashing pumpkins recent success on Eddie Vedder too.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    you are all idiots.

    this is obviously tongue in cheek. corgan has spoken numerous times about his respect for Ed.

    I bet they're friendly.

    reee laaa aaaax.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • 3days3days Posts: 1,158
    long red wrote:
    you are all idiots.

    this is obviously tongue in cheek. corgan has spoken numerous times about his respect for Ed.

    I bet they're friendly.

    reee laaa aaaax.

    I have to disagree with you, long red... I don't think it's tongue in cheek at all. Corgan may have said that he respects Ed in the past, but lately that doesn't seem to be the case.

    At a Smashing Pumpkins show over the last year or 2, Corgan chastised a fan for wearing a Pearl Jam shirt. He then said something like, isn't everybody sick and tired of Eddie Vedder? He's also said that Ed's anti-war stance is absurd. Now, he's been quoted as saying, "[expletive] Eddie Vedder killed that [expletive] dead. Last I checked Eddie ain’t living here, Okay? Eddie ain’t living here to write a song about my [expletive] team."

    None of those things sound very friendly to me. It just sounds like Billy exercising the low maturity and intelligence that he's famous for.
  • sailboatcaptainsailboatcaptain Posts: 251
    cropduster82 wrote:
    I blame the smashing pumpkins recent success on Eddie Vedder too.


    so true !! LOL!!!

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  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    Billy Corgan is a freak! I read that he also claims he could write a better song then Eddie...
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  • opie1280opie1280 Posts: 39
    Billy Corgan can fuck off.
  • lostpuppylostpuppy Posts: 110
    I enjoy the Pumpkins....

    went to the show last night.

    i was entertained.

    at the show he dissed the cubs fans that boo the team.....


    Cubs lose because well, they are the cubs.
  • beachdwellerbeachdweller Posts: 1,532
    wow, Mr Cub, Eddie Banks, asks Ed to write a Cubs song for his 82nd birthday, Ed abliges, it's released to make money for charity, and all Billy can do is be selfish. Wow, Corgan is special, talentless now and heartless.
    "Music, for me, was fucking heroin." eV (nothing Ed has said is more true for me personally than this quote)

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