My buddy George just discovered the Pumpkins in the past 3 years. Love 'em. He's 69 like me. He missed the boat on most of the music of the 90's. I just sent him a playlist of the album... waiting on feedback. I thought it was ok. Have to give it a few more spins. Good write up! Thank you for sharing!
Great read. I am with you, the first four albums are my favorite. Zeitgeist was over-produced and the drums were deafening- it was almost as if Billy Corgan allowed Jimmy Chamberlain to go full throttle as an apology for kicking him out of the band previously.
My favorite song is Thirty-Three, it's sweet and mature, beautiful and a little awkward. I was a single mother in the 90s, and never got a chance to see the original lineup. But I did see them twice in the 2000s, one show was bloated and long and the other was at an electric dizzying pace that I absolutely loved. Billy was pissed off in the latter show, because it was part of a showcase with three other bands playing before The Pumpkins (two of the three were Jimmy Eat World and Cage the Elephant.) All the bands were great that night, but Cage the Elephant stole the show.
My buddy George just discovered the Pumpkins in the past 3 years. Love 'em. He's 69 like me. He missed the boat on most of the music of the 90's. I just sent him a playlist of the album... waiting on feedback. I thought it was ok. Have to give it a few more spins. Good write up! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, Buk! Which album did you send your friend tracks for…the new in that just came out?
Yes, just the new one....
Great read. I am with you, the first four albums are my favorite. Zeitgeist was over-produced and the drums were deafening- it was almost as if Billy Corgan allowed Jimmy Chamberlain to go full throttle as an apology for kicking him out of the band previously.
My favorite song is Thirty-Three, it's sweet and mature, beautiful and a little awkward. I was a single mother in the 90s, and never got a chance to see the original lineup. But I did see them twice in the 2000s, one show was bloated and long and the other was at an electric dizzying pace that I absolutely loved. Billy was pissed off in the latter show, because it was part of a showcase with three other bands playing before The Pumpkins (two of the three were Jimmy Eat World and Cage the Elephant.) All the bands were great that night, but Cage the Elephant stole the show.
Thirty-Three is one of my favorites too! I like your assessment of Zeitgeist haha...an apology for kicking Jimmy out of the band.