“the boy” showed up without needing my vote for it! hooray!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
imo it’s james’ best song and should’ve been on mellon collie between oh say “arms of sleep” and “1979,” that would’ve been cool
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
“said sadly” is so good too
https://i.imgur.com/HsEBtTh.jpg63. Glass and the Ghost Children118 points, 4 votesFrom: Machina/The Machines of God, 2000
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
mercifully low
― Simon H., Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
So it's all very obtuse, because it's all, like, I don't know.
― jmm, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link
so all my past demagoguery
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:21 (six years ago) link
I only really like the first part, but the monologue is pretty funny.
― jmm, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
I quickly became sick of Disarm at the time, but twenty years of perspective had mellowed me a lot. I found it never fit within the maximalism of the rest of SD, now I find myself moved by its honesty and simplicity.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
I find "Disarm" really moving, lyrically.
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
I had no memory of "Glass etc". As with other Machina songs, I'm able to get something out of it now that I'm listening to a live version.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:37 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/5GqOj17.jpg62. Farewell and Goodnight120 points, 4 votesFrom: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
I love the first section of Glass and the Ghost Children but the rest really drags, if the outro was cut down so the total length was 6 minutes at most it'd be great
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
OK wtf @ this piano break in "Glass" xp! (Right at the 6m mark of a live clip, ha)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
that's mike garson!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link
doin' his mike garson thing
drumming in the first part of glass is so good
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link
There are so many parallels on this album with The White Album. This song included. A sleepy closer by a non-frontman wishing the audience goodnight. Both of them do their job fine, kind of sweet but kind of boring in equal measure
― loud horn beeping jazzsplaining arse (dog latin), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
it's nice to hear them all harmonize especially bc of the way the band fractured afterward
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link
yeah I wouldn't have voted for it but it's a very sweet closer. (my single-disc edit ends with "Tonight, Tonight", incidentally)
― Simon H., Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
bold
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link
I think it's wonderful. The piano leading into the second verse is my favourite part.
― jmm, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link
i never try to reduce mellon collie to a single disc, i just try to make a better double album out of it. it's improbably difficult
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link
I couldn't pick between the last five songs on Mellon Collie and wound up voting for three of them. I wouldn't want to break up that section.
― jmm, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
here's the attempt i made a few years ago. first disc: title track -> thirty-three. second disc: medellia -> infinite sadness https://open.spotify.com/user/unbornwhiskey/playlist/4MWIKGgMknTs6PsiCCGCSd?si=DuaxTKTZRXSuX-rJT9O2Vg
the most aggro tracks on my version are "jellybelly" and "bodies" so it's a considerably gentler vision of mellon collie than the real one
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:00 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xtEV5ha.jpg61. X.Y.U.122 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 voteFrom: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 1995
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:00 (six years ago) link
and in the eyes of the jackal i say kaaaaaaaaaaaboom
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
def did a lot of very sill thrashing around to this when I was a wee lad
― Simon H., Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
This is the Helter Skelter, I guess?
― jmm, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
this is one of my least favourites on Mellon Collie, way too aggro for my tastes
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
oh this is their most aggro track I think
― loud horn beeping jazzsplaining arse (dog latin), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:08 (six years ago) link
yeah totally Helter Skelter
i like it more than "fuck you" or "tales" bc it's more fun than either
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:08 (six years ago) link
the 'waka waka ka-BOOM BOOM' bit is fantastic
― loud horn beeping jazzsplaining arse (dog latin), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
which btw if we're gonna extend the white album analogy it kinda falls apart when there are three helter skelters on the record
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
conceding that both albums have a "each individual song will cover a different sonic territory" approach though
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
my "single-CD-capacity version" plus "odds and sods record" edit (the second part starts at "Medelia"). I reserve the right to keep fiddling with it lol
https://open.spotify.com/user/suckerblues/playlist/1KLJKzcVFnkfgTSXLzKZz6?si=0f5pSSQ8T8qEmQxSni_-5w
― Simon H., Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
xxp it is half an hour longer than TWA. of course there isn't going to be a direct parallel but it's funny how the connection works at times
― loud horn beeping jazzsplaining arse (dog latin), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
lol i just changed mine three times xp
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:11 (six years ago) link
my edit is kinda specifically arranged so the mood of the album gradually goes from dark -> light so it's like a sunrise
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:12 (six years ago) link
my current single disc MCIS:Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessTonight, TonightThirty-Three1979Here is No WhyJellybellyBullet With Butterfly WingsTo ForgiveThru The Eyes of RubyStumbleine BeautifulGalapogosMuzzlePorcelina of the Vast OceansBy StarlightFarewell and Goodnight
re: White Album comparisons Corgan's said that his goal with MCIS was more The Wall rather than The White Album
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link
another record that seems to jump between styles between songs
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:15 (six years ago) link
they're my favourite kinds of albums
― loud horn beeping jazzsplaining arse (dog latin), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/DoU0nBH.jpg60. Disarm124 points, 6 votesFrom: Siamese Dream, 1993
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
Good placement.
― Simon H., Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:20 (six years ago) link
The Wall for Generation X xps
― how's life, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:20 (six years ago) link
"We're the best band in the world and we can do anything" albums
― jmm, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
I still really like Disarm, it's nice as a change in sound on SD and the strings are lovely, especially in the climax "the killer in me is the killer in youuuuuuu"
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
Mellon Collie was my #1 song
― flappy bird, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link