Love them or Hate them? The Smashing Pumpkins - Page 3

GrungeMonkey · 03.24.2007, 11:29 AM

I knew there would be some akward people saying "ooh, I think they're ok" and "I don't love them or hate them"... Maybe I should have said like them or don't like them...

EyeballGrowth · 03.24.2007, 02:22 PM

Yo fluxequalsrad. What about Starla and Obscured. I'd definately put those in the catergory of epic.

[sigh] why did someone even make this thread? Your just egging on all the indie snobs on this board who we've heard from time after time after time after time, who are too cool for the Smashing Pumpkins.

pantophobia · 03.24.2007, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GrungeMonkey

I knew there would be some akward people saying "ooh, I think they're ok" and "I don't love them or hate them"... Maybe I should have said like them or don't like them...

well even that can be subjective too, it's because they are a very divisive band that there is strong arguments on both sides of the spectrum then you have alot of people like me in the gray area who enjoyed one album, and only a couple songs from another album,

so i can't actually say i like them or dislike them, it more like "they did some good stuff 10 years ago, and the new stuff is likely gonna rehash his stuff that made they successful in the first place"

LittlePuppetBoy · 03.24.2007, 02:31 PM

Love. Basically the first badn I ever loved.

Washing Machine · 03.25.2007, 08:25 AM

I'm happy to see that more people love them than hate them...just listened to Adore yesterday...so beautiful

aaronalive · 03.25.2007, 01:18 PM

One of my all time favorite bands

Bal · 03.25.2007, 01:40 PM

GrungeMonkey · 03.25.2007, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by pantophobia

well even that can be subjective too, it's because they are a very divisive band that there is strong arguments on both sides of the spectrum then you have alot of people like me in the gray area who enjoyed one album, and only a couple songs from another album,

so i can't actually say i like them or dislike them, it more like "they did some good stuff 10 years ago, and the new stuff is likely gonna rehash his stuff that made they successful in the first place"

Now youre just being akward on purpose.

EyeballGrowth · 03.25.2007, 10:32 PM

Coming from someone who was a total Pumpkins freak since Gish, I don't think anything they did after Mellon Collie was any good. It just didn't sound like Smashing Pumpkins, it sounded like Billy Corgan.

I want to be optimistic but I doubt their new album will be any good. Only way I'm going to see them is if James Billy and Jimmy are all in the band

EyeballGrowth · 03.26.2007, 01:12 AM

Jarlsberg is a damn good cheese btw

Silent Dan Speaks · 03.26.2007, 09:05 PM

I love them and I don't think Billy Corgan is as bad as everyone says he is.

afterthefact · 03.26.2007, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Silent Dan Speaks

I love them and I don't think Billy Corgan is as bad as everyone says he is.

On what basis do you support this? I mean, just go to his website and you can see what egotistic prick he is.

noumenal · 03.26.2007, 09:16 PM

I've never listened to them.

afterthefact · 03.26.2007, 09:29 PM

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I've never listened to them.

Well then what are you waiting for?!? Listen to them for God's sake and tell us what you think!! We can't wait forever!!!!

noumenal · 03.26.2007, 09:32 PM

Well, I've heard them before. I used to see them on MTV when I was in middle school and high school. A friend told me that he could have written all of the songs on Melancolie and the Infinite Sadness in the time it takes to while have a good shit. I believed him, so I never bought their albums. I didn't like what I had heard anyway. I didn't listen to rock music back then anyway.

Silent Dan Speaks · 03.27.2007, 02:36 PM

I don't think he's as bad as everyone says he is because the band continually ran into problems (breakups, drugs, things of that nature) so he had to take charge and make things get done. Otherwise, they would've gone nowhere.

gmku · 03.27.2007, 02:48 PM

Hasn't this come up before?

Anyway, I love Gish, sort of like Siamese Dream, hate the rest.

Gish is sort of like Spiderland, only not. Like a Pumpkins version of Slint. Then after that, starting with S.D., Pumpkins got increasingly gooey pop overproduced.

Rob Instigator · 03.27.2007, 04:49 PM

I FUCKING HATE THEM!!!!

aaronalive · 03.27.2007, 08:41 PM

I cant wait for the new record. Thinking about it gets my dick wet.

afterthefact · 03.27.2007, 08:49 PM

You've got to be kidding. After machina, or whatever it was called, you really look forward to their next step into the descent of pure unadulterated electro-crap?

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03.24.2007, 11:29 AM	#41
GrungeMonkey 100% Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Huddersfield, England Posts: 670	I knew there would be some akward people saying "ooh, I think they're ok" and "I don't love them or hate them"... Maybe I should have said like them or don't like them...
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03.24.2007, 02:22 PM	#42
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	Yo fluxequalsrad. What about Starla and Obscured. I'd definately put those in the catergory of epic. [sigh] why did someone even make this thread? Your just egging on all the indie snobs on this board who we've heard from time after time after time after time, who are too cool for the Smashing Pumpkins.
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03.24.2007, 02:31 PM	#44
LittlePuppetBoy expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Aylmer(now Gatineau), Quebec Posts: 1,756	Love. Basically the first badn I ever loved. __________________
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03.25.2007, 08:25 AM	#45
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	I'm happy to see that more people love them than hate them...just listened to Adore yesterday...so beautiful __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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03.25.2007, 01:18 PM	#46
aaronalive little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 42	One of my all time favorite bands __________________ Cheap lips, soft eyes, lost in the most blinding lights
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03.25.2007, 01:40 PM	#47
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03.25.2007, 10:32 PM	#49
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	Coming from someone who was a total Pumpkins freak since Gish, I don't think anything they did after Mellon Collie was any good. It just didn't sound like Smashing Pumpkins, it sounded like Billy Corgan. I want to be optimistic but I doubt their new album will be any good. Only way I'm going to see them is if James Billy and Jimmy are all in the band
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03.26.2007, 01:12 AM	#50
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	Jarlsberg is a damn good cheese btw
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03.26.2007, 09:05 PM	#51
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	I love them and I don't think Billy Corgan is as bad as everyone says he is.
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03.26.2007, 09:16 PM	#53
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	I've never listened to them.
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03.26.2007, 09:32 PM	#55
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	Well, I've heard them before. I used to see them on MTV when I was in middle school and high school. A friend told me that he could have written all of the songs on Melancolie and the Infinite Sadness in the time it takes to while have a good shit. I believed him, so I never bought their albums. I didn't like what I had heard anyway. I didn't listen to rock music back then anyway.
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03.27.2007, 02:36 PM	#56
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	I don't think he's as bad as everyone says he is because the band continually ran into problems (breakups, drugs, things of that nature) so he had to take charge and make things get done. Otherwise, they would've gone nowhere.
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03.27.2007, 02:48 PM	#57
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Hasn't this come up before? Anyway, I love Gish, sort of like Siamese Dream, hate the rest. Gish is sort of like Spiderland, only not. Like a Pumpkins version of Slint. Then after that, starting with S.D., Pumpkins got increasingly gooey pop overproduced. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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03.27.2007, 04:49 PM	#58
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I FUCKING HATE THEM!!!! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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03.27.2007, 08:41 PM	#59
aaronalive little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 42	I cant wait for the new record. Thinking about it gets my dick wet. __________________ Cheap lips, soft eyes, lost in the most blinding lights
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03.27.2007, 08:49 PM	#60
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	You've got to be kidding. After machina, or whatever it was called, you really look forward to their next step into the descent of pure unadulterated electro-crap? __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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