Tuesday, January 19, 2010
National Skyline / Wow New 'Song' From 'Smashing Pumpkins'
Posted by D Patrick Rodgers on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:53 PM
What happened to you, Billy? Oh right. This. And this. You know, I now realize of course that Mellon Collie and Gish and Siamese Dream and all that probably weren't quite as earth-shattering as I thought they were back in the day, but they always had something going for them, be it a great hook or a combustible riff or a semblance of edginess that most mainstream '90s alt-rock just couldn't nail down. Anyway, Corgan's releasing a 44-track song-at-a-time free-download collection called Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. This is the first second song. It says "shine" and "oh, ah-uh, oh!" a lot. It does NOT sound like Smashing Pumpkins, but I can't say I'm especially surprised. Are you? To paraphrase Adam Gold, Corgan is like that super-cool older brother you looked up to in high school, but now he's a weirdo born-again who's dating a kooky skank, and he beats the shit out of you every time you see him. You always hope he won't beat the shit out of you, but he invariably always does. Anyhow, ready your ears for an unwarranted beat-down:
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This isnt the first song. "Song For A Son" was the first off of this new album. Check your facts champ.
Just looking at the words Teargarden by Kaleidyscope pisses me off. I'm in an actively bad mood now.
Teargarden. A 42 year old man made that up.
Cry me a Teargarden, Spurgeon. I'm a gawdamn millionaire and my GF's boobies are huge! Corgan for the win! Praise God.
That Twitter feed is littered with emoticons (another thing 42 year olds need to avoid) and retweets from Jim Carrey about the evils of vaccination.
I'm going to go punch a baby now.
A simple look up would have given the facts, Gold. Are you embarrassed to be in an office full of shitty journalists? Yourself included?
This is truly a shame. And did anyone actually try and listen to the "Song for a Son" ? I actually made it thru that one. It made me go blind for about a week. But .. i do kinda disagree with the critique that those albums weren't as good as we thought they were. I still think they're pretty genius. Popular music had a good run with him steering the ship a bit.
You idiots probably think any Queen album prior to Night at the Opera sucks too. Both tracks are good tunes...he's paying homage to his roots...70's rock...you all are now assigned to after school detention in the nursery school of rock.
Uh...I'm not exactly getting a "Stone Cold Crazy" or "Keep Yourself Alive" vibe from "Widow Wake My Mind." If you think this shit sounds like Queen, then you're more delusional than a Muse fan.
I agree with prior comments that Siamese Dream really is kick ass. I think that Mellon Collie is too (though some songs, in hindsight, are harbingers of Corgan's future).
HOWEVER, these new song sucks dirty ass. Corgan is delusional to think that anyone would really like this other than the few delusional fans he has left.
I still check in now and then on what he's doing with the false hope that he can actually write a song or that somehow he'll tap into whatever creative well he had years ago. But alas, that's run dry. And now all that's left is crap.
Gold - your Muse line was on another level. I'm sending you an internet hi-five.
Teargarden also happens to be a band featuring Skinny Puppy's Cevin Key and Legendary Pink Dots' Edward Ka-Spel that began in the latter-half of the 80's and is still putting out music.
And don't forget early 70s detroit rockers Teegarden & Van Winkle who were way better than anything Corgan's done since he parked the ice cream truck.
Billy stole the ice cream truck from My Bloody Valentine.
That said, most the stuff on Gish, Pisces Iscariot & Siamese Dream is pretty listenable.
Stephen H. is waiting for his mother to die so he can have the house to himself...
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