Billy Corgan makes funny comment about PJ at Winnipeg show

Hugh Freaking Dillon
Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
edited October 2012 in The Porch
On October 2nd at the Pumpkins show, Billy got tired of seeing people crowd-surfing, so just as Zero was about to get underway, he yelled at the band to stop, and he addressed the crowd, and I'm paraphrasing:

"Back in 1994, there was a network called MTV that used to play music videos. I was doing an interview and I was talking about how crowd surfing is so old and dated already. I don't want anyone to get hurt. I know everyone wants to have their Pearl Jam moment, but the next person that comes over the wall gets turfed. That shit is so old. I want everyone to go home safe.”

:lol:

Oh Billy, you never get old!
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  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    If the music being played merits crowdsurfing, it'll happen. Zero is definitely a song I would associate with crowdsurfing. I rarely, if ever, hear of a crowdsurfing-related injury, other than a scrape or bruise. I haven't done it in years, but music brings out primal urges in people, and as long as it's not hurting anyone/seriously disrupting the show, I'll accept it.
  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    Saw SP last year in Houston and Billy didn’t like the energy in the room so said (paraphrasing) he was going to play a Pearl Jam song to get us singing and into the concert…funny. Oh he didn’t play any PJ.
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    :fp:

    Speaking of getting old...the Pumpkins.....


    I digress!
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    :fp:

    Speaking of getting old...the Pumpkins.....


    I digress!

    Oceania > Backspacer
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    uninnocent- wrote:
    If the music being played merits crowdsurfing, it'll happen. Zero is definitely a song I would associate with crowdsurfing. I rarely, if ever, hear of a crowdsurfing-related injury, other than a scrape or bruise. I haven't done it in years, but music brings out primal urges in people, and as long as it's not hurting anyone/seriously disrupting the show, I'll accept it.

    I mean, what does he expect with a general admission floor?
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  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    There's always the option of seated venues, if that's Billy's sort of thing.
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    he bitches when people don't move.
    he bitches when they DO move.

    come on, billy.

    you have been instigating and talking shit about your fans worse than Trent Reznor for two decades now.
    Just let people do what the fuck they do.

    I'm sorry they don't all stand still like the emo-kids and just barely move their heads.
    :/

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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    he bitches when people don't move.
    he bitches when they DO move.

    come on, billy.

    you have been instigating and talking shit about your fans worse than Trent Reznor for two decades now.
    Just let people do what the fuck they do.

    I'm sorry they don't all stand still like the emo-kids and just barely move their heads.
    :/

    circa gish \ siamese dream, Smashing Pumpkins = one of greatest bands in the world
    now = annoying asshole who fired his whole band.

    yeah, he seems to flip flop quite a bit. He goes from "I love James Iha" to "James Iha is the worst human being on the planet" depending on the day. He needs to embrace consistency or shut up.
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  • jamburger
    jamburger Posts: 1,775
    Did Billy speak out when they crowd surfed Homer to the back of the audience because they thought he was a narc?
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    jamburger wrote:
    Did Billy speak out when they crowd surfed Homer to the back of the audience because they thought he was a narc?

    Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins
    Homer Simpson, smiling politely

    :lol:
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  • mattseattleusa
    mattseattleusa North Idaho, USA Posts: 346
    I guess they had to cancel their Vancouver, BC show due to poor ticket sales. So, they announced a surprise show in Missoula on that day. Not playing the same venue though...
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    :fp:

    Speaking of getting old...the Pumpkins.....


    I digress!

    Oceania > Backspacer

    I can't comment on that seeing as I haven't heard Oceania. Is anyone that's still in the band original outside of Billy anymore?
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,352
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    :fp:

    Speaking of getting old...the Pumpkins.....


    I digress!

    Agreed.
  • Jeremys Spoken
    Jeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    Despite all his rage he still just a

    bitch
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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    I just opened up a dictionary and looked up the word bitch. It only had one picture and no words.



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  • Kathi
    Kathi Posts: 1,828
    DS1119 wrote:
    I just opened up a dictionary and looked up the word bitch. It only had one picture and no words.



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    good god, I remember that. wasn't there also a video of when they were "writing songs" together, with him sitting at the piano and her being super annoying and flashy as usual?

    the gig in vienna last year was decent, but the first and only time he adressed the audience was when they came out for the encore. so it's either bitchfest or the silent treatment these days...not sure which I prefer. I appreciate the record club, the re-issues and other things he installed nowadays, but this is just not MY band anymore. SP were my favorite for most of my teenage years, so this sort of hurts, but he has a bad case of axl rose syndrome.
  • RoccoT.....312
    RoccoT.....312 Chicago Posts: 165
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    jamburger wrote:
    Did Billy speak out when they crowd surfed Homer to the back of the audience because they thought he was a narc?

    Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins
    Homer Simpson, smiling politely

    :lol:

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  • Dru_Cortez
    Dru_Cortez Posts: 953
    :shock:
    That freakin' picture
    turned my hair white
    like Henry Bowers!
    Cheers.
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  • gotsome420
    gotsome420 Posts: 535
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    :fp:

    Speaking of getting old...the Pumpkins.....


    I digress!

    Oceania > Backspacer

    LOL REALLY DUDE? maybe if youre into the synthesizer on every song! (the 80's are long over thank god)
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    gotsome420 wrote:
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    :fp:

    Speaking of getting old...the Pumpkins.....


    I digress!

    Oceania > Backspacer

    LOL REALLY DUDE? maybe if youre into the synthesizer on every song! (the 80's are long over thank god)

    yes, REALLY DUDE. I mean, it depends how you look at it. Does backspacer have some stronger singles? Sure, but Oceania is a more consistent and stronger record as a whole.

    there isn't synth on every song. they played every song live the other night, and it came into play in maybe two songs. that was it. I hate 80's music, and there's one song on Teargarden that is pretty much all synth that I hate just because of that. But in some songs it's tolerable, and may even have a place. It depends if it takes centre stage or if it's just the intro or background in a song as opposed to front and centre, which is what 80's music was, it essentially took the guitar out and put the synth in. GARBAGE.
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