Comments on: Smashing Pumpkins, Zeitgeist (Part 3 of 3)

By: hotshotrobot

hotshotrobot — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:39:50 +0000

ummm…they’re good?

I find it interesting that you attribute a large fanbase to the talent of the band, and not the talent of the label’s marketing department.

Fall Out Boy have MILLIONS of fans! Obviously they’re awesome!

By: joiezabel

joiezabel — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:03:45 +0000

sigh. a “following” does not make a band good. ask my chemical romance.

also, whatever. siamese dream is an awesome album, gish is almost perfect imho, zeitgeist sounds like a bad pumpkins cover band. but whatever your thoughts, there is no reason to be an immature jackass, cough JOE cough. to each his or her own.

By: Commissar Startastic

Commissar Startastic — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:01:46 +0000

@Joe

Given your attitude and choice of words, you are obviously listening to Smashing Pumpkins critically, and without bias. Why don’t you go log onto ‘UpToMyShouldersInBillysAss.com’ and agree with everyone how great this new material is. Maybe if some of his fans weren’t so blinded by the light coming off his shaved head, he wouldn’t be so full of himself and would actually produce his first good album in 11 years.

By: the_fifth

the_fifth — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:57:38 +0000

ummm…they’re good?

By: hotshotrobot

hotshotrobot — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:27:46 +0000

the chems, pumpkins, pearl jam, etc. all these bands still have SERIOUS fucking followings.

So?

By: the_fifth

the_fifth — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:08:07 +0000

OH, and i just thought of something else. Daft punk released a CRAP-TASTIC album with “Human After All”. I mean seriously Guy & Tomas, there’s like 4 listenable songs on there, the rest is trash.

however after seeing that album performed live, i really like it alot more. because of the show at Lolla, i’ve thrown the album back into the mix on my iphone…after about a week of listening to it i’ve re-concluded that the album is a piss-poor follow-up to “Discovery”.

By: the_fifth

the_fifth — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:04:32 +0000

i also think that the reviews of the new chems’ album are mighty weak. new pumpkins…i can take it or leave it, but the chems…those are my boys!

the chems, pumpkins, pearl jam, etc. all these bands still have SERIOUS fucking followings. despite lack of radio airplay, or the lack of enthusiasm your ipod shuffle shows them.

on the other hand…i DONT think we should be calling people bitches…well at least not seriously. But this is the internet too, so the first rule of the internet is…THERE ARE NO RULES IN FIGHT CLUB…i mean INTERNET!

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:59:23 +0000

@Joe: where in the review do I mention my *English* teacher? Also, the Chemical Brothers comment (b) refutes the assertion that (a) the Chemical Brothers didn’t matter and (b) mentions “airplay” in spin class, not on the radio, which isn’t airplay unless you count the fans blowing back the sweat of thirty cyclists. I suggest you go back to high school and work on your reading comprehension…

By: hotshotrobot

hotshotrobot — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:36:41 +0000

Goddammit, i slagged the ever-living shit out of this record in my review, and i didn’t get any comments that were this pissy. FOUL! NO FRICKING FAIR!

By: joe

joe — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:09:03 +0000

your review is pathetic. if you think doomsday clock is truly about the apocalypse you haven’t listened enough. in his heart bitch, in his heart.

furthermore, you don’t address any musical aspect of the album whatsoever, and you only show a knowldge of 2 old pumpkins songs, both which were mega-singles….so it doesn’t seem to me that you have any fucking business reviewing this album.

and i’ve read your other comments too. you are clueless about chemical brothers, and pretty much every band you say anything about. you must have been listening to the same spoon-fed radio station mega-hits again, since no chemical brothers airplay means they barely exist, right?

i suggest starting a blog where you can follow your trip down memory lane about your english teacher to its logical conclusion. the fact that you wanted to fuck him and still fantasize about him to this very day is more than clear.