Love them or Hate them? The Smashing Pumpkins - Page 2

raging_nelly · 03.23.2007, 03:39 AM

I've never really heard any of them but my Dad loves them and has all their stuff, so I guess it's there for me to try out...

Any recommendations?

dressedindreams · 03.23.2007, 05:18 AM

love 'em, but billy is one super douche.

king_buzzo · 03.23.2007, 06:30 AM

My vote goes for love em.

Washing Machine · 03.23.2007, 07:06 AM

I adore them, its the music that changed my life..

Torn Curtain · 03.23.2007, 09:55 AM

I used to love them, I don't love love them as much now but I still think Billy is a brilliant guitar player and songwriter (I really don't give a fuck if he's an asshole or not because that would then be a reason for leaving out lots of great music).

pantophobia · 03.23.2007, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

I used to love them, I don't love love them as much now but I still think Billy is a brilliant guitar player and songwriter (I really don't give a fuck if he's an asshole or not because that would then be a reason for leaving out lots of great music).

well thats just the thing, it's when some one can infuse asshole and ego into the music that it ruins alot of what he has done

the poll sucks, because life is only in black and white and there is no grey area?

Siamese Dream is a solid record, (regardless of who is playing the instruments)

Mellon Collie is over indulgent and pretentious to a Nth degree, Zero has some the worst lyrics in the history of music (God is empty just like me? I'm in love my sadness?) but still has the best song they ever wrote in 1979

then Billy goes all goth and says, fuck drummers, Adore is the future of music, and kills their career

Trasher02 · 03.23.2007, 12:17 PM

No opinion, I like to listen to some songs once and a while but most of the songs they made were pretty horrible.

Trasher02 · 03.23.2007, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by StevOK

They're my third favorite band.

NEW ALBUM 7-7-07!!

Don't get your hopes up.
It'll be shite.

king_buzzo · 03.23.2007, 12:29 PM

Corgan's voice is brilliant

Trasher02 · 03.23.2007, 12:57 PM

No, his lyrics are nice sometimes. His voice is plain awful.

Green Magnesium · 03.23.2007, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Trasher02

No, his lyrics are nice sometimes. His voice is plain awful.

So is Kim Gordon's...

...according to some folks

Stumbleline is a very pretty song with nice vocals.

When it comes to the SP I often just ignore the lyrics and enjoy the melodies.

andrei · 03.23.2007, 01:28 PM

Love / Hate aren't to radical!?!

HaydenAsche · 03.23.2007, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

annoying, perhaps even laughable. hate? who has the time??

Exactly my thinking.

Terrible band. I just ignore them.

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 03.23.2007, 02:33 PM

love them

Washing Machine · 03.23.2007, 03:57 PM

I love his voice, but then again I tend to be attracted to unusual voices (John Lennon, Ozzy Osbourne, Kim Gordon, Thom Yorke etc)

Plus Corgan had some ingenius lyrics

"Mispent youth faking up a rampage" - Stumbline
"I sensed my loss before I even learned to talk" - To Forgive
"Time is never time at all, you can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth" - Tonight, Tonight
"Have you ever heard the words im singing in these songs? Its for the girl i've loved all along" - Muzzle
"The Street heats the urgency of now, as you see there's no one around" - 1979
"I know we're just like old friends, we just can't pretend that lovers make amends" - Perfect
"So beats the final coda of a vinyl storm....a dream of soft focus sunsets filters through the din, we are losing contact as she dials it in, as she counted the spiders as they crawled up inside her" - Glass and the Ghost Children

Alex's Trip · 03.23.2007, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Green Magnesium

So is Kim Gordon's...

...according to some folks

Stumbleline is a very pretty song with nice vocals.

When it comes to the SP I often just ignore the lyrics and enjoy the melodies.

Exactly. I don't really have any standards when it comes to vocals, but if you say Corgan has a terrible voice, so does J Mascis, Kim Gordon, Stephen Malkmus, Wayne Coyne, Satomi Matzuaki (?), Issac Brock, etc...

ZEROpumpkins · 03.23.2007, 11:42 PM

Some of their songs are good, but Billy is just such a jerk. Ruined the music for me. Voted hate.

Toxa · 03.24.2007, 04:24 AM

I like them. They did influence on me.

fluxequalsrad · 03.24.2007, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

Some of their songs are good, but Billy is just such a jerk. Ruined the music for me. Voted hate.

you love them

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 03.24.2007, 10:36 AM

I want an option for "apathetic"

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03.23.2007, 03:39 AM	#21
raging_nelly stalker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norwich, England Posts: 409	I've never really heard any of them but my Dad loves them and has all their stuff, so I guess it's there for me to try out... Any recommendations? __________________ "Thurston's gonna spin 'till he's dizzy... and that's the right move!" www.myspace.com/myboyslashmygirl www.dischordmusic.blogspot.com
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03.23.2007, 05:18 AM	#22
dressedindreams bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 123	love 'em, but billy is one super douche.
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03.23.2007, 06:30 AM	#23
king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	My vote goes for love em.
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03.23.2007, 07:06 AM	#24
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	I adore them, its the music that changed my life.. __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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03.23.2007, 09:55 AM	#25
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	I used to love them, I don't love love them as much now but I still think Billy is a brilliant guitar player and songwriter (I really don't give a fuck if he's an asshole or not because that would then be a reason for leaving out lots of great music).
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03.23.2007, 12:17 PM	#27
Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	No opinion, I like to listen to some songs once and a while but most of the songs they made were pretty horrible. __________________ 666
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03.23.2007, 12:29 PM	#29
king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	Corgan's voice is brilliant
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03.23.2007, 12:57 PM	#30
Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	No, his lyrics are nice sometimes. His voice is plain awful. __________________ 666
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03.23.2007, 01:28 PM	#32
andrei expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,686	Love / Hate aren't to radical!?!
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03.23.2007, 02:33 PM	#34
cryptowonderdruginvogue invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the party Posts: 10,281	love them
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03.23.2007, 03:57 PM	#35
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	I love his voice, but then again I tend to be attracted to unusual voices (John Lennon, Ozzy Osbourne, Kim Gordon, Thom Yorke etc) Plus Corgan had some ingenius lyrics "Mispent youth faking up a rampage" - Stumbline "I sensed my loss before I even learned to talk" - To Forgive "Time is never time at all, you can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth" - Tonight, Tonight "Have you ever heard the words im singing in these songs? Its for the girl i've loved all along" - Muzzle "The Street heats the urgency of now, as you see there's no one around" - 1979 "I know we're just like old friends, we just can't pretend that lovers make amends" - Perfect "So beats the final coda of a vinyl storm....a dream of soft focus sunsets filters through the din, we are losing contact as she dials it in, as she counted the spiders as they crawled up inside her" - Glass and the Ghost Children __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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03.23.2007, 11:42 PM	#37
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Some of their songs are good, but Billy is just such a jerk. Ruined the music for me. Voted hate. __________________
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03.24.2007, 04:24 AM	#38
Toxa 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Evil Empire Posts: 846	I like them. They did influence on me.
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03.24.2007, 10:36 AM	#40
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I want an option for "apathetic"
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