Smashing Pumpkins -New Music

Not too shabby

I imagine it will sell out in no time? although sales in the states not great so far Would be great to see them live though.They would sell out any stadium in Ireland.
I do think getting Chamberlin and Ida back has revitalized Billy,great performance on that american late show recently.

AbusesToilets wrote: »

How's Billy's voice sound? Feel like he tries to "improve" it nowadays, compared to the old records.

Sounds fine to me.

flasher0030 wrote: »

I think you're a bit of a biased fan there. ie that the band can do little wrong. Croke Park - 80k to 100k capacity (I think)?? I doubt if they would sell out 3Arena these days. I wouldn't pay 80 or 90 euro to see them anyway. Would pay 50 squids.

I did adore them in the 90's but haven't kept with later releases or zwan or Billys solo stuff ,this reunion and the new tune has got my attention.I have never seen them live and if London is as close as the come well then I would fork out.
Prehaps I have over estimated their appeal amongst the younger concert going fans.

ArrBee wrote: »

Really?

Sounds like he is protecting it to me. Like he doesnt have that rawness that he had previously.

Audio not great on this but no mistaking the vocals ..Billy has an odd sort of voice at the best of times.

Smashing Pumpkins Today Live Troubadour 6.27.18

general admission is 95 adds up to 113 but its gonna be worth it ..i wouldn't bank on this line up remaining together too long
..do I want a 1996 version of these guys yeah I do ..I have little interest in what they did in the last decade and to hear a mostly 90;s set....they played dublin in 2008? I did not even know that tbh.why was it rubbish? .was their previous visit when the fan died at the gig?

Kassandra Poor Trigonometry wrote: »

I think finding out Billy Corgan is a wing nut conspiracy theorist Alex Jones fan might have affected how I respond to this music. I cannot identify with it I guess...Or maybe it really just is a bit mechanical and sh!t.

its an awesome video I thought ,,,I didn't post it cos I assumed most people had seen it by now . so now the politics come into and corgan thinking trump is not a bad president ?

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Remember Corgan said he saw a shapeshifting lizard. That was odd

not really ..link to Corgan when said he saw a shapeshifting lizard?

Youtube comment!

Giuliano Camiolo.
1 week ago (edited)
To my understanding the meaning of the video:

When the video starts, Billy is wearing black and in a position similar to Ava Adore, he look towards a cage where a bird is trapped,
but actually is a drone meaning that he wants to evolve. Then there is a picture with the word "Dream", saying as I could become reality.
Then three blondes get in the room (I suppose a "D'Arcy or Courtney").
He is connected, traumatized and tied by the past, like James when he washes his hands on blood.
In the room where Jimmy and Jeff are playing there's a floor that looks like a chessboard, and Billy walks behind with a chainsaw.
Then in a close-up shot Jeff's jacket shows a hand of God with a chain touching an Adam's hand,
stating that even if the band evolves they couldn't escape from past.
Billy enters a blue delivery room where he sees something alive was bring to the world but now is invisible
but too much protected and valorated,
stating a relation to the Mellon Collie era, I suppose. (And he looks aside thinking: "Well it's over, leave this Mellon Collie obsession")
There he enters another room, with a picture of the same house,
with the word "Opportunity" stating that he wants to try new things and explore.
Then he exits by the back door of the same house, and you see him going out, being delivered by a stork, as if born again.
He walks over a new lighter future and take a flyer that say Freedom, again, the same house or in this case: a prison.
But he is being observed and vigilated by an executioner, stating that even if he wants to go ahead
with this he has to be careful and dont change too much, then an old woman (the past) cheers his growth and tells him where to go,
while the future is telling him not to go off at a tangent.
Then we see a old "Billy" looking like a sad and lazy clown and a young girl destroying those old but used until today "stereotypes".
While he's walking on the sidewalk a grumpy father don't let go the "new generation" and those kids don't make an effort to go neither.
Then a little zombie girl have fun with an innocent hula hoop, something that today will be considered boring.
He is watching sad people (fans) and wants to leave it behind, but he reaches the end of the alley and sees the house
where he has been and he will always be trapped.

brevity wrote: »

Anyone getting an Audioslave vibe from the song?

Not all that familiar with audioslave tbh