Not really, he just divested his energy out of the band. His solo albums from 1998 and 2013 show that he has nothing going for him.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 April 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
i like let it come down ok
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 April 2016 19:26 (eight years ago) link
he plays some nice geetar on that one Fountains of Wayne song
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 April 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
he's great with an ebow
― flappy bird, Friday, 29 April 2016 03:14 (eight years ago) link
"Everyone has a misguided perception of...my brain."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRlJlJBAQQs
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 May 2016 17:45 (eight years ago) link
All started with Gish for me, and SD was the soundtrack to pretty much all of puberty. I dont think I played any other CD more in my life than SD. Hanging out with them and drinking Jack Daniels in their tour bus after a Rotterdam concert was the high point of my teenage years.
I unashamedly love all their albums up to Machina, which disappointed, and after that I gave up. Which felt odd to do, breaking up in a way. Age-wise it was perfect timing: when Machina came out Billy just wanted to "rawk" (after the Jimmy debacle, the death of a fan in Ireland, Jonathan Melvoin od'ing) and I saw why. I at that moment tried to squirm away from my teenage years, and develop my musical taste further by taking an interest in Alvin Lucier, Can, Throbbing Gristle and the likes.
But my love for all albums up to TAFH (their swan song for me, to my ears) is undying. And looking back and being asked this question now, this can only be between Mellon Collie and Adore. And it's a nigh on impossible choice to make, as they are complete opposites.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 26 May 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
Great story, thanks for sharing. Can only imagine what the vibe on that bus must've been.
― flappy bird, Friday, 27 May 2016 16:45 (eight years ago) link
Billy played "This Time" for the first time since 2000 recently. I always loved this overlooked song, it's really sweet and very sad- all about the impending collapse of the band...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vto9efbruA0
― flappy bird, Friday, 27 May 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Results are about right.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 01:10 (eight years ago) link
Yep, could've easily predicted the outcome of this one.
― Turrican, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
no votes for Machina II though? sorta shocked. who tf voted for monuments to an elegy
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
I never understood the sd love. After the amazing gish which was new, fresh and psychedelic as hell to me sd was where they became mainstream. Boring almost classic rock. Mellon collie was a return to form after that as it had great tunes sd didn't have. I guess it was also the production on sd which did not work for me. Too slick.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 3 June 2016 16:28 (eight years ago) link
I agree, I almost never listen to the album proper because the production is so homogenous. But my favorite live era of the band is 1994 - they were like a paramilitary unit, and the SD and Gish songs sound great played really fast and with a lot of venom.
― flappy bird, Friday, 3 June 2016 16:59 (eight years ago) link
bombs away!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLHEitwq20w
― flappy bird, Friday, 3 June 2016 18:26 (eight years ago) link
man, that really brings out the song's kinship with "ace of spades." not in a bad way.
― bucyrus ohio, vus cun nus en l’aria (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 June 2016 21:06 (eight years ago) link