The Official Smashing Pumpkins/Billy Corgan Thread

[Kingofquestions]

Recently I found the I Am One UK single at a record store here in Vancouver, Canada and listened to the old Gish-era B-sides that I hadn't heard in ages. Tracks like 'Plume' and 'Starla' reminded me just how amazing the Smashing Pumpkins were over their varied lifespan. "My boredom has outshined the sun/" Billy sings on Plume, back when their tracks sounded more alt-rock, more Nirvana-grunge, if you know what I mean.

What I'm trying to say is talk about the Smashing Pumpkins and/or Billy Corgan. Sorry if a thread has already been started.

[Killer Queen]

XYU is one of my favourite angry songs definitely.

[Lady Jay]

It's possible I played down the role of Iha in my post... I was thinking less of the live situation than the albums and the recording process that would often just screen him and D'arcy out anyways... so, indeed I stand corrected!

[azureazyl]

Yeah foshizzle. He can do it I believe in him.

[Tom Gainer]

Great band. My favourite songs are Here Is No Why, 1979 and Today. I haven't heard anything from Gish though.

[GrnEyedGurl]

I love Smashing Pumpkins...Siamese Dream is one of my favorite albums, Mellon Collie as well.

[Asten]

Absolutely horrible live band. They sound so good on cd and I was so excited to see them at Lolapalooza, then they came on and sounded like ****. After a while people started throwing water bottles, I was one of them. That ticket cost me a lot of money

[Spike3689]

Love them.

[BIBI J]

I think it's slow at points but it contains some of their best work. It pisses over Siemese Dream, to be honest.

[Elibby]

Right, and like I said, I didn't come in merely to express my distaste. I had some good things to say about them too. I like Siamese Dream a lot and think Corgan evidently had some talent in him. I also liked the guitar work of Iha on that particular album.

Other than that, it's common behaviour on these boarRAB to go into threaRAB about a particular band and express some particular negative criticism. You will be well aware that various moRAB themselves do exactly the same thing. There is no rule stated anywhere on the boarRAB that one cannot do it - it comes within the scope of discussing a band.

The purpose of posts with a negative opinion on the relevant topic is to generate discussion, not to disrupt discussion. There's no attempt at provocation at all. I find the sort of anger-ridden responses you give sometimes to be bizarre. It's only a band, for God's sake. It's nothing serious.