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one year passes...
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
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
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