Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream still very good after all these years

[sillymofo]

I can pretty much say the same thing about a lot of bands from the past... too bad I can't say the same thing about recent bands, any of them.

 

[Bumrush99]

I agree. Best Pumpkins cd.

 

[frankierx]

are the smashing pumkins back together again?

 

[thatsright]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
well?

Your right man, IT IS!!

I was never into the pumpkins, and then I bought The Infinite Sadness and I thought it was good. On a whim I got the Siamese dreams on eBay. Its their best CD and I was floored at how great it was.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
I can pretty much say the same thing about a lot of bands from the past... too bad I can't say the same thing about recent bands, any of them.

5 words:

Queens of the Stone Age

 

[killedradiostar]

nope. billy's doing some solo stuff.

i enjoy all of their stuff. i'm a pretty rabid fan, but i've distanced myself enough from their work to realize what's really good (SD to adore, parts of gish, a few songs from machina) from what's not so good (most of machina and machina ii). good to see that there are AT folks who enjoy the pumpkins.

 

[mpitts]

/me hugs my Siamese Singles 45s.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Electric Amish

random thought

Smashing Pumpkins sucks.

You like any music that came out after 1978?

Yeah, just got the latest by Ian Anderson: "Rupi's Dance".

Monte Montgomery
Mourning Widows
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Extreme
Van Halen
Megadeath
Metallica
etc...

bwahahaha. too old to listen to the good stuff, too young to listen to the good stuff. didn't your momma tell you the 80's make baby jesus cry? seriously though, it's all about the 70's album-rock, like queen and boston. and then the music that was influenced by it, like.... smashing pumpkins! and jane's addiciton, etc.

siamese dream is literally the best album ever made. it has but one flaw: too much mid-bass in the master. someone needed to lay off the 120 Hz boost on the guitars. but yeah, i've got it on CD and vinyl. the records are from terrible pressing but if you want to listen to this album loud, it's the way to go because it just sounds better and better the louder you crank it. also, it's in orange marble vinyl, which will amaze your friends and make you the hit at parties.

hamsuplo, yeah, chamberlain is one of the best drummers ever. my drummer hates the pumpkins but even he will admit that chamberlain is next to god. soooo solid. the crazy thing is how involved it is, but it's so effortless that you don't even notice. for one thing, he keeps time with the hi-hat pretty much all the time, which is hard as hell when you've got 3 other limbs doing syncopated stuff. for another, lots of what seems like drum rolls he actually does with one hand, while the other is playing beats on the cymbals. he's also tasteful and doesn't overplay the cymbals like most rock drummers. then when they play live, he does all the above... twice as fast.

 

[Farbio]

still love it and listen to it often, its all about the mayonnaise

 

[orakle]

mayonnaise is a beautiful song. I also really like disarm, cherub rock, most of MCIS CD1, adore I grew to like and some stuff from machina/machina II

fool enough to almost be it
cool enough to not quite see it
doomed
pick your pocket full of sorrow
run away with me tomorrow

i frickin love the smashing pumpkins.

 

[homestarmy]

Originally posted by: Jigga
You know, I'm just now beginning to appreciate the subtle nuances of GnR's 'Spaghetti Incident'...that album is a bonafide classic!

no way just a bunch of remakes... none of those songs were new, did you know?

i'm a die hard GnR fan don't get me wrong....

 

[ThisIsMatt]

once an annoying singer, always an annoying singer

 

[homestarmy]

What the hell is with that crappy band that billy came up with recently... zwan? Man that music is just pure JUNK!! I wanted to kill myself when I heard that crap!

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: homestarmy
What the hell is with that crappy band that billy came up with recently... zwan? Man that music is just pure JUNK!! I wanted to kill myself when I heard that crap!

I like it. Why don't you name some bands that aren't crappy then?

 

[orakle]

agreed, zwan was pretty weak, though i did like "honestly". Melissa Auf der Maur's band is just awful though, i'm really ashamed

 

[nan0bug]

Really? I thought it went stale and started growing mold.

 

[bobbybe01]

Siamese Dream kicks booty. My fav song is Cherub Rock. Saw them in concert in '96...great show. Great band.

 

[BigBadMunky]

no question about it...hell ya

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: nan0bug
Really? I thought it went stale and started growing mold.

I just meant it doesn't sound played out after my 100th time listening to it (unlike some other albums).

 

[HamSupLo]

I liked "Honestly" from Zwan, it's a fun song to listen to. The bassist, Paz is a hottie

 

[MAME]

Zwan was actually decent
"Baby I'm the greatest thing you've got
In a good way, I suppose"

That said, Smashing Pumpkins > *

 

[TwoMix]

O snap i just started listeing to this again earlier this wk.

 

[thomsbrain]

i thought the zwan album was really good but it took a number of listens to fully appreciate. it's still not the pumpkins, but it had it's moments. i hated the production though.