As talented as SP were musically, I would have loved to hear more cover songs from them.

They did Landslide, which was OK; it didn't really show off their entire range. I think their cover of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" should have been a bit faster paced.

I'd love to hear them do "Under Pressure" or "Kashmir". I think they'd really do those classics justice.

I'm not so sure about Under Pressure, but Kashmir would be nice :)

I like Queen and all, but I don't really see SP covering them... Freddie's got one of those voices... I don't think Billy could do a Queen song justice.

Billy's voice is an entirely different kind of cool.

i prefer their landslide to all others, including the original, but i guess i am bias. yeah i enjoy when pearl jam cover songs. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. bwbw single is interesting.

Oh yes, I forgot to say how much I love their cover of Landslide. It was the first Pumpkins song I ever heard, and I was completely put off by it at first (it was the voice...) but now I really love it.

Moonage Daydream would be cool...

i thought zeitgeist was an album completely of queen covers?

i like their cover of Never Let Me Down. Billy's cover of Johanna was awesome. I still want to hear them covering The Zoo...

the next tongue-in-cheek cover billy will do (ala rock on/the cradle will rock/everybody wants some) will be "Rock With You"


by michael jackson

...rock the night awaaaaaay....

my life could be complete if i heard billy say:

feel the heat feel the beat

and

And we're gonna ride the boogie
Share that beat of love

I think their cover of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" should have been a bit faster paced.

this really takes me back. the Pumpkins never covered Sunday Bloody Sunday in full. you've most likely heard the Edge's solo version which has gone around on the file sharing networks tagged as SP or Radiohead or Thom Yorke & Billy Corgan since the earliest days of Napster.

this really takes me back. the Pumpkins never covered Sunday Bloody Sunday in full. you've most likely heard the Edge's solo version which has gone around on the file sharing networks tagged as SP or Radiohead or Thom Yorke & Billy Corgan since the earliest days of Napster.

ah napster. remember the 'comfortable numb FULL COVER!!!!' by radiohead, smashing pumpkins, marilyn manson, and some other people?

:erm: I think SP has done a ton of good covers.

here's a good list of covers SP has done (note this is focused on SP covers, not Zwan or BC Solo or Side Projects....you'll have to mess with the search filters to see those).

http://www.spfc.org/songs-releases/song.html?song_type=3

many of those are mere teases, of course.

rock with you by m. jackson is the bomb

actually i listened to off the wall the other day for the first time in a while, first half is a monster, so awesome

many of those are mere teases, of course.

indeed...teases and often just song portions fused into a longer overall medley (like we saw with the new CCS and HMM).

i would love to hear them play 'new york city' by john lennon in new york.

Que pasa new york?

king bee was sweet.

i lovetheir I want you to want me cover, as well as dreaming

I can't wait till SP takes a break from all this heavy crap and gets weird again. I mean, I like it well enough, but not enough to keep going in the car.

rock with you by m. jackson is the bomb

actually i listened to off the wall the other day for the first time in a while, first half is a monster, so awesome

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man in the mirror is one of my favorite songs ever

the first music I ever listened to was MJ's albums and I absolutely loved them around 8-10.

What an unbelievable fall from grace :(

indeed. the dude is amazing

i got to talk to bruce swedien who made all of mj's records with quincy jones. he said michael was the easiest person to work with ever. he said you couldnt make his voice sound bad. everything about it was musical.

and you dont get any cooler


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I can't wait till SP takes a break from all this heavy crap and gets weird again. I mean, I like it well enough, but not enough to keep going in the car.

they've always been a diverse band with some heavy songs, though i agree that the new material may have been slanted more in this direction due to a backlash against TFE and billy's desire to burn lies off souls and crush bones to dust.

personally for me, it was extremely satisfying....but i agree based on the AG stuff and some of the updates to older material that more "weird" songs (i.e. spacier tunes, etc.) would help complement the heavy ones and keep their output more diverse.

I still want Lips Like Sugar and Piece of Me to get studio treatment...

That Lips Like Sugar cover is one of the most exciting things so far since the reunion.

Anyone for a Smashing Pumpkins cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit?

i think they cover songs way too music sometimes.

Anyone for a Smashing Pumpkins cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit?

they played a few teases of it in 1997

i hate that song

i want to hear them comver just like heaven by the cure

this really takes me back. the Pumpkins never covered Sunday Bloody Sunday in full. you've most likely heard the Edge's solo version which has gone around on the file sharing networks tagged as SP or Radiohead or Thom Yorke & Billy Corgan since the earliest days of Napster.

is that what that is? edge's solo version. i have that mp3 and never knew who it was. can't really say i tried to find out, but i like it

i think they cover songs way too music sometimes.

:confused: way too much?

not sure if thats what you meant, but i'll comment anyway: for a while now i think all the new cover songs these past 2 years have basically just been a tool to bond with the new band members, practice abrupt time changes, etc.

plus its pure awesomeness.

is that what that is? edge's solo version. i have that mp3 and never knew who it was. can't really say i tried to find out, but i like it

yeah it's like this right

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request: acrobat

also, i wish my name was "the edge"

request: acrobat

yeah that would be cool.

yeah it's like this right

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yeah that it is

No one said Girl Named Sandoz? I think thats actually my favorite non-live cover, followed by Dreaming. At least they put a spin on the Blondie version.

And I remember downloading the MM/SP/RH/Whatever cover from Napster. Good times.

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Ethereal cheetos at 3:28.

Edit: This guy pwned.

i hate that song

Actually so do I, but it would storm up some controversy, especially with the "rivalry" between Billy and Kurt Cobain. Can you imagine what NME would say? How often did they cover it in 1997?

NME was in the 2nd grade in 1997. They thought "penis" was a funny.

penis is funny. i don't mean to be contrary but those are the facts as i see them.

You're a good man, TCM. A straight shooter. I like the cut of your jib.

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My favorite cover by the Pumpkins is "Venus in Furs". I love the original, and I can't stand most of the covers I've heard, which usually go for maximum bombast or overemphasize the exotic elements (DeVotchKa's cover is a great example, it's guilty on both counts).

The Pumpkins' cover is ambient without overcooking it. And Billy's got that sleazy nasal voice that works perfectly for a song like this.

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