i'd like to believe that "rotten apples" rules but billy sings it like dogshit. it's really apparently when sequenced next to "medelia" which is one of my favorite vocals he's ever done
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 November 2017 23:41 (six years ago) link
"galapogos" is a perfect song imo
yes, top 10 so songs probably. medelia was the last thing I cut from my sequence tho I could probably swab out tonite reprise
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 November 2017 23:44 (six years ago) link
lol *sp *swap
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 November 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Thursday, 2 November 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
re: “Suffer my desire” - so much of MCIS is sung from different perspectives and attitudes. The super whiny needy vocal performance fits the super whiny pathetic lyrics. Same can be said for the naive nihilism of Tales of a Scorched Earth (“you’re all whores and I’m a fag” / “I lie just to be real, id die just to feel, why do the same old things keep on happening???????”)
― flappy bird, Thursday, 2 November 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
the ludicrous sonics of TOASE wallpaper all other considerations for me, also lol at the Doom sample
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 November 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
the Doom sample is in Where Boys Fear to Tread (recurs several times but first happens right before Billy sings the first line)
― flappy bird, Thursday, 2 November 2017 23:53 (six years ago) link
These abbreviations are doing my head in, though it's a very, very SP thing. TOASE? :/
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 2 November 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
oic
oh fuck you're right on the sample
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 November 2017 23:56 (six years ago) link
it's funny how the drumming on the destination unknown cover is boring given the two bands' drummers
― j., Monday, 21 October 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link
feeling these the most these days
"Pastichio Medley" (always)"Mouths of Babes" (massive riff, tune)"Rotten Apples" (this one just feel right)"The Last Song" (don't know if i would find it as moving if corgan sr. wasn't playing on it)"Meladori Magpie" (wonderful tune)"God" (rawk)"Marquis in Spades" (rawwwwwwk, great lead guitar)
― brimstead, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 02:08 (four years ago) link
"mouths of babes" is perfect
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 02:12 (four years ago) link
I guess this is as good a place as any to announce on ILX that I haven't listened to SP or Billy since July and don't intend to listen to either willfully until, at the very earliest, January 1, 2030.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 02:13 (four years ago) link
my opinion about "rotten apples" upthread is wrong
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 02:15 (four years ago) link
wait flappy i must know why
I became obsessed with The Smashing Pumpkins in January 2010 after 17 years of being a very casual fan. In Billy, and the Pumpkins, I saw everything I wanted to do as a musician and a performer. Literally every detail: the awe-inspiring work ethic, the aesthetics, the mix of humor & power, the frankness and honesty compared to other more coy Gen X artists, the clothes, his playing style, his gestures, his tics. And, obviously, the music and lyrics. It was beyond just being a huge fan, it was a dead end. For years I felt it was impeding me creatively and I think my sudden superfandom in 2010 really derailed my own work. So after nearly a decade of superfandom, where I evangelized and acted as a surrogate defender of maligned artist at his lowest point (does it get any worse than the Teargarden era?).
I'm still regularly inspired by artists I've loved for years, and songs I've heard a million times, but Billy is different. The Pumpkins weren't giving me anything anymore, and they took up space in my brain, so I expelled them for a decade. I feel great.
Fitting for The Aeroplane Flies High thread, because that was the last song I listened to back in July.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 02:29 (four years ago) link
Discussion of said band may continue at a moderate pace, Instagram may be accessed, Q&A's may be read.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 05:23 (four years ago) link
I felt like I was burning a dead circuit, for years.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 06:11 (four years ago) link
is there like a 12-step for that or did you just white-knuckle it
― j., Wednesday, 23 October 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
did you guys know that despite all my rage i am still just a rat in a cage?
― treeship., Wednesday, 23 October 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
we know buddy don't beat yourself up
― j., Wednesday, 23 October 2019 02:52 (four years ago) link
flappy i wanna hear your band
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 03:25 (four years ago) link
i should probably poll this again without the a-sides.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 03:26 (four years ago) link
Flappy just think of all of Billy's appearances on Joe Rogan you can binge in 2030.
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 24 October 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link