Billy Corgan

I can't understand how ANYONE would even be diverted for a minute for anything to do with this bell-end anyway!

lopatin is killin' it

― illegalblues, Friday, February 28, 2014 9:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah that was great. he seems pretty ilxy

was lopatin telling the truth when he said the whole thing went under an hour

please say yes

naw

damn it

it was shit. i hate myself for watching all nine hours but i was sick in bed and its awfulness was distracting

I like the guy's tea shop, though.

he sucked as soon as he cut his hair

DrZoidberg1 38 points 9 hours ago
Billy, what's your go to acoustic? Still Taylors? Martin?
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iamBillyCorgan 66 points 8 hours ago
I'm currently working with Yamaha. And I hope that we might be able to build kind of a signature BC acoustic.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2os94f/i_am_billy_corgan_of_the_smashing_pumpkins_and/

"you remind me of my signature BC Yamaha. my BC Yamaha. my BC Yahama."

MegaShit 531 points 9 hours ago
Why is the world a vampire?
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iamBillyCorgan 1294 points 9 hours ago
Just look in the mirror.
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love this guy

Gohagan 110 points 9 hours ago
How excited are you for the new Star Wars movie?
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iamBillyCorgan 228 points 9 hours ago
I'm very excited.
I have a feeling that these new series of movies (particularly because of the technology that is available now) will finally realize the vision that George Lucas must've had when he began.
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trolling or playing to the fedoras?

he didnt seem eager to play along elsewhere in the ama so i think he really likes star wars

That's such a great answer. I'm going to spend all morning trying to imagine a collaboration with Rob Crow.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/18/billy-corgan-smashing-pumpkins-interview

can't bring myself to extract just one quote

Couldn't you just make a poll?

he is truly a pisces

There was a whole bunch of discussion about this on the Smashing Pumpkins thread, iirc.

Oh billypaws

I wish the subheader of this interview was “he’s a nutter and he’s obsessed with his reviews!”

i do feel for the guy. i can't help but think that if he was more attractive, had better teeth, and wasn't so cranky, people would view him more like they view Johnny Greenwood.

The Guardian should reissue this interview with a second disc of bonus quotes.

Wow man this is a new level of idiocy. What a giant baby.

he's venting about a long-simmering frustration that he's being treated differently-- and worse-- than a lot of rock royalty for reasons that aren't related to talent. while I can't say I'm a huge SP/BC fan, i sense that this is actually true.

annotating an interview with anything other than background facts seems like such a dick move

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long-simmering frustration that he's being treated differently-- and worse-- than a lot of rock royalty for reasons that aren't related to talent

who is rock royalty from his generation - Cobain, Slash/Axl...? One's dead and didn't have a chance to age poorly, Axl is p much a joke, I guess Slash does p well but who cares about what new music he makes these days

I think that Malkmus is (or was considering the poll) a better example

Maybe it's not even rock royalty; it's the people who have been innovative and pushing the envelope in art and music. People talk about BC like he's a laughable, abysmal failure as an artist. While I'm not his biggest fan, you cannot say he is lazy about his art, nor that he isn't ambitious and has vision. You could argue that these qualities aren't sufficient for producing great art, but my impression is other people's pretentious horseshit (e.g. Radiohead) is lauded as visionary genius while BC's pretentious horseshit is written off as simple wankery.

maybe but Malkmus never sold as many records/never had as much mass appeal - I doubt Bilbo considers him "rock royalty"

xp

Radiohead is another good example

I guess the simplest way to put it actually comes through loud and clear in the interview: he's far more talented and important than many of the people in the 'cool club.' So why hasn't be been invited in?

I doubt Bilbo considers him "rock royalty"

Bilbo Corgans, the tallest hobbit motherfucker of them all.

"You have no hair on your feet!"

"Fucking DUH."

he's far more talented and important than many of the people in the 'cool club.' So why hasn't be been invited in?

because he isn't cool!

i think the burning question to him is "WHY???"

lol "i don't really like his music but i hate radiohead and people talk about how radiohead is so great so why don't they talk about Melon Collie & The Infinite Sadness the way they do OK Computer?"

to which i respond IF YOU HAVE TO ASK

we need a fincher biopic to really understand billy

honestly I think Mellon Collie IS better than OK Computer, and oddly, less pretentious.

He's a dick, he craps out too many records, he keeps firing or losing band members/momentum, he has no apparent sense of humor or humility ...

honestly I think Mellon Collie IS better than OK Computer, and oddly, less pretentious.

that is odd.

honestly, i think this has a lot more to do with image than what people are willing to cop to.

fuck are you talking about people happily admit they hate corgan's image

honestly I think Mellon Collie IS better than OK Computer, and oddly, less pretentious.

so otm

well tell billy because he's the last person on earth who gives a shit

i mean, come on, "Fitter Happier"? that is some pretentious shit right there.

right, people admit to hating BC's image, but let's ask people if they choose musical favorites based on image. I bet few people will come out and admit that.

JiC otm in general

i just can't take this "billy corgan isn't getting a fair shake because people are obsessed with superficial beauty and cool points" plaint seriously. i think corgan's done very well for a guy spewing shit calligraphy lyrics with a voice that sounds like jon lovitz with strep

If you guys were the authors of cherub rock you'd have invented cherub rock!