Thread: Buff, Shake and Mo's Pumpkins thread.

I bought this album after reading about it, and although it isn't as good to me as the older albums I'm glad I bought it. Good album, thanks for the reference guys

They neeta put Holiday in on Offence

Let this thread not die.

I thought you guys were really into Jack-O-Lanterns or something.

Carry on.

I'm upset that I didn't get an invite to this thread.

Sorry NTL...

Hollywood has it wrong, BTW. The vampire rock stars don't have long, flowing, rock star hair, they look like Billy Corgan.

I never got the appeal. Corgan has a terrible voice IMO, somewhat akin to 1000 cats clawing the same chalkboard. Just my opinion obviously.

Originally Posted by chazoe60

I never got the appeal. Corgan has a terrible voice IMO, somewhat akin to 1000 cats clawing the same chalkboard. Just my opinion obviously.

The best I ever heard it explained was that there are singers (like Freddy Mercury) and then there are vocalists (like Bob Dylan). I don't care for Corgan's voice either personally, but it does sound cool on some songs. The thing that got me hooked on the Pumpkins was that during the grunge movement they still managed to sound like something else and there was a certain theatrics and poetry to their songs, even with early albums like Gish. What sealed it though was when I got to see them during the Mellon Collie tour at the old McNichols arena. They managed to piss off the kids that were there in their polo shirts and cargo shorts to hear the "hits" and pump up all the weird kids like me with loud, thrashing versions of their songs. It was the closest I have ever seen a true rock show as I understand it should be.

Say what you want about Billy Corgan as a singer, but his arrangements on songs, lyrics (for the most part), and guitar playing are par with some of the best. But I can totally understand why some people don't like the band.

Plus I like how he always hires hot chicks for bass players.

And here is one of their newer songs that came between Zeitgeist and Oceania on the very underrated Teargarden by Kaleidoscope EPs:

Originally Posted by chazoe60

I never got the appeal. Corgan has a terrible voice IMO, somewhat akin to 1000 cats clawing the same chalkboard. Just my opinion obviously.

He's Irish and that goes a long way with me. Pumpkins are alright. I have one of their cds, the one with the 2 girls on it.

Originally Posted by bronconut

He's Irish and that goes a long way with me. Pumpkins are alright. I have one of their cds, the one with the 2 girls on it.

And all my friends from Chicago worship him just for the fact that he is from there.

I'm as big a fan of Irishmusic as there is on this site, probably the biggest actually, and I still think his voice is the worst I've ever heard on an actual recording artist.

I like people with weird "original" voices, and I prefer those to the clean cut ones. Most of the music I listen to includes singers whose voices most people would listen to and go "what the **** this person sucks at singing" but I find that usually the voice fits the aesthetic of the music, so that's all that really matters. Clean cut voices are usually just boring.

I like the Pumpkins. Melon Collie is the goods.

Originally Posted by aberdien

I like people with weird "original" voices, and I prefer those to the clean cut ones. Most of the music I listen to includes singers whose voices most people would listen to and go "what the **** this person sucks at singing" but I find that usually the voice fits the aesthetic of the music, so that's all that really matters.

I like the Pumpkins. Melon Collie is the goods.

I stopped reading Rolling Stone reviews after they gave that 3 stars...

Originally Posted by MasterShake

I stopped reading Rolling Stone reviews after they gave that 3 stars...

Rolling Stone is a joke for music anyway.

I think Siamese Dream is my favorite over Melon Collie though.