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Greatest song by The Smashing Pumpkins?

Swimmingpool
08-02-2005, 19:00
I like The Smashing Pumpkins more than the Cure or the Clash, so answer me this. I think my favourite is "Mayonaise", though it's a very hard choice.

My thread is more interesting because there's a poll for you!
Neo-Anarchists
08-02-2005, 19:01
My thread is more interesting because there's a poll for you!
Yay! Poll!
:fluffle:
The State of It
08-02-2005, 19:02
Cherub Rock, Disarm, Today.

In fact just the entire Siamese Dream album.
Swimmingpool
08-02-2005, 19:04
In fact just the entire Siamese Dream album.
I agree, it's virtually a perfect album. Definitely in my top 3.

PS... you might be confused as to why I did not put my favourite in the poll. I put all the songs that were famous and that people were most likely to vote for.
Drunk commies
08-02-2005, 19:04
I think the song is called "Tristessa". It's on the "Gish" album.
Sdaeriji
08-02-2005, 19:06
Cherub Rock is easily my favorite.
Swimmingpool
08-02-2005, 19:07
I think the song is called "Tristessa". It's on the "Gish" album.
That's an unusual one! Yes, it's on Gish.

I think that their album Pisces Iscariot is very underrated, as is Adore. Pisces Iscariot was released after Siamese Dream and has songs like "Starla", "Soothe", "Blew Away" and "Pissant"
Neo-Anarchists
08-02-2005, 19:08
Grr, I can't choose...
I love "Today", "Cherub Rock", "Disarm", "Zero", "Tonight, Tonight", "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", out of just what's on the poll.

I suppose I'll vote "Disarm", since I've just learned to play that and have been playing it a lot lately.
Baltasia
08-02-2005, 19:10
ah, a mighty band if there ever was one...

i voted for tonight tonight, as its my fav on the list, but my over all favourite has got to be "soma" off of "siamese dream"
UpwardThrust
08-02-2005, 19:14
EVERLASTING GAZE

I love them all but I love the dirty low gutar sound of the base :D

makes me want to :fluffle: her
Bunnyducks
08-02-2005, 19:17
Mouths of Babes.
Nadkor
08-02-2005, 19:18
Cherub Rock or Today i would say
Sblargh
08-02-2005, 19:32
Wow, sunday I was at this club and suddenly "Ava Adore" started to play and I blackened out, like, in pure joy and happiness, the world suddenly melted and it was me, ava adore and nothing, it was one of the greatest experiences in my mind. When I "woke up", I was kissing this girl and... gee, I dunno what else happened, but Ava Adore made my day sunday, really, funny you start a thread about Smashing Pumpkins, because it´s really stuck in my mind how amazingly happy they made me this weekend.
Neo-Anarchists
08-02-2005, 19:34
Wow, sunday I was at this club and suddenly "Ava Adore" started to play and I blackened out, like, in pure joy and happiness, the world suddenly melted and it was me, ava adore and nothing, it was one of the greatest experiences in my mind. When I "woke up", I was kissing this girl and... gee, I dunno what else happened, but Ava Adore made my day sunday, really, funny you start a thread about Smashing Pumpkins, because it´s really stuck in my mind how amazingly happy they made me this weekend.
Wow.
Good for you!
Swimmingpool
08-02-2005, 19:42
Wow, sunday I was at this club and suddenly "Ava Adore" started to play and I blackened out, like, in pure joy and happiness, the world suddenly melted and it was me, ava adore and nothing, it was one of the greatest experiences in my mind. When I "woke up", I was kissing this girl and... gee, I dunno what else happened, but Ava Adore made my day sunday, really, funny you start a thread about Smashing Pumpkins, because it´s really stuck in my mind how amazingly happy they made me this weekend.
Drugs are great, aren't they!

j/k

Yeah, I know how it is to love a song like that so much.
Neo-Anarchists
08-02-2005, 19:48
I think my favourite is "Mayonaise", though it's a very hard choice.
Whoa, I forgot about "Mayonaise"!
*slaps forehead*
That song is awesome.

"Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pockets full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June

We'll try and ease the pain
But somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go..."
Pythagosaurus
08-02-2005, 20:00
For the purposes of this poll, I put "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" because it's better than "Zero", and I'm in the mood for something loud.

Overall, I rather like "Lily (My One and Only)", "Galapagos", and "Landslide".
Swimmingpool
08-02-2005, 20:03
Whoa, I forgot about "Mayonaise"!
*slaps forehead*
That song is awesome.

"Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pockets full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June

We'll try and ease the pain
But somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go..."
Yeah, damn right. It also contains the most emotional moment on the album at about 4:54!

Also has great riffs and guitar tone.
Disciplined Peoples
08-02-2005, 20:07
My favorite is Porcelina. Very relaxing.
Neo-Anarchists
08-02-2005, 20:09
My favorite is Porcelina. Very relaxing.
Yeah, at first, I never listened to the whole thing since it was so long. But when I actually did, I realized it was good.
Neo-Anarchists
08-02-2005, 20:13
Whoa...
The video for "Zero" is profoundly weird.
Swimmingpool
08-02-2005, 20:22
My favorite is Porcelina. Very relaxing.
One of my favourite songs off Mellon Collie.
Swimmingpool
08-02-2005, 20:22
Whoa...
The video for "Zero" is profoundly weird.
Did you just watch it on the internet or something?
Neo-Anarchists
08-02-2005, 20:23
Did you just watch it on the internet or something?
Ja.
Neo-Anarchists
08-02-2005, 20:57
Ooh!
I just saw the video for "Bullets with Butterfly Wings", and it's awesome!
Yay weirdness!

Also, Billy looked better when he had hair...
Swimmingpool
09-02-2005, 00:10
Ja.
Where can I download these videos?
Minskia
09-02-2005, 00:13
Today and Zero
Neo-Anarchists
09-02-2005, 00:18
Where can I download these videos?
I was looking at them over RealPlayer, but I'll go look for them.
Ah, it appears you can watch them here:
http://www.netphoria.org/videos/videos.htm

I can't seem to find downloadable versions at the moment.
:(
Swimmingpool
09-02-2005, 00:30
I was looking at them over RealPlayer, but I'll go look for them.
Ah, it appears you can watch them here:
http://www.netphoria.org/videos/videos.htm

I can't seem to find downloadable versions at the moment.
:(
Thanks! I wasn't aware of this before!
Robert the Terrible
09-02-2005, 00:38
Everlasting Gaze for me. Tis a very good song
Gurnee
09-02-2005, 00:39
I selected "Other" becuase it's too hard for me to chose. They're all good.
Swimmingpool
09-02-2005, 00:55
Everlasting Gaze for me. Tis a very good song
Damn, I should have put that on the poll instead of Perfect.
Syawla
09-02-2005, 00:56
Isn't that an oxmymoron?
The SLAGLands
09-02-2005, 03:14
"Thirty-Three" + "Rocket" = Very Yes.
Monkeypimp
09-02-2005, 03:24
Because I don't have any of their albums, I'll have to go with Bullet with butterfly wings. Its a song I randomly sing to myself sometimes.
Billiebob
09-02-2005, 06:12
mayonaise or stumbleine
Neo-Anarchists
09-02-2005, 06:17
Because I don't have any of their albums, I'll have to go with Bullet with butterfly wings. Its a song I randomly sing to myself sometimes.
Hmm, I randomly sing "X.Y.U." to other people sometimes...
Bodhis
09-02-2005, 06:19
You're making me pick?????????????

*passes out*

I need time....
Xenophobialand
09-02-2005, 06:36
I'd say a tie between "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" and "Disarm". They're both songs I relate very well too.
The Lagonia States
09-02-2005, 18:29
Going with 'Tonight, Tonight,' but giving honerable mention to 'Disarm.'
Swimmingpool
10-02-2005, 00:39
Did anyone ever see them live? I did not. :(
Kanabia
10-02-2005, 04:34
Damn, tough call. I voted other 'cause i'm torn between X.Y.U. and Geek USA.


Hmm, I randomly sing "X.Y.U." to other people sometimes...

:D
Jello Biafra
10-02-2005, 13:36
Isn't that an oxmymoron?
No, but it's redundant.
Jello Biafra
10-02-2005, 13:39
I picked other, because there are too many to pick. My inclination is "Bullet With Butterfly Wings," though "Ugly," "Silverfuck," "Hello Kitty Kat," "Rhinoceros," "X.Y.U.," and "Tales of a Scorched Earth" are all up there.
New Lutchia
10-02-2005, 15:07
I picked other, because there are too many to pick. My inclination is "Bullet With Butterfly Wings," though "Ugly," "Silverfuck," "Hello Kitty Kat," "Rhinoceros," "X.Y.U.," and "Tales of a Scorched Earth" are all up there.


I agree, although I'd add mayonaise and porcelina of the vast oceans as well.

Smashing Pumpkins are what got me into music so I almost want to say all of them but if I have to choose...