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amoergosum 09-29-2017 09:50 AM

New WPC single "The Spaniards"
 

themadcaplaughs 09-29-2017 10:07 AM

https://i.imgflip.com/1bsfr4.jpg

Shadaloo 09-29-2017 10:09 AM

It lacks flow a little, and the synths shouldn't be quite so omnipresent, but I like this one a hell of a lot more than Aeronaut. Much more subdued than the live versions and while I think it's better for that, it really feels like an album closer rather than a "track 3".

MyKeyZ 09-29-2017 10:10 AM

Well, it's not terrible. One of his better post-original band songs. I just wish he didn't restrict himself to an "acoustic" album. I wouldn't mind some minimal beats or something. The synths are a nice addition. But I do kinda wish the album wasn't entirely beatless.

Forgotten Child 09-29-2017 10:16 AM

It's too fucking slow! The electric version was way better!

+ I think I've heard that intro somewhere else:


Ram27 09-29-2017 10:26 AM

aesthetic of the video is really nice

song is okay

amoergosum 09-29-2017 10:30 AM


Forgotten Child 09-29-2017 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by amoergosum (Post 4386776)

Settings > Speed > 1.25

There, I fixed it!

Shadaloo 09-29-2017 10:38 AM

Listen to it without the video. I don't hate whatever they're going for there - though I do feel like I just watched one of those trailers that shows the whole movie - but it's just such a distraction.

PuzzledMuzzle 09-29-2017 10:49 AM

Vocals are on point! Good song, it always was.

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reprise85 09-29-2017 11:32 AM

i want to like this but it sounds like he's singing gibberish and the verse melody is not compelling enough to make that irrelevant. song can't rest on only the chorus, which ultimately makes this a failure

aeronaut i still like

BurtSampson 09-29-2017 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amoergosum (Post 4386786)

This version is infinitely better

Big Truck05 09-29-2017 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reprise85 (Post 4386810)
i want to like this but it sounds like he's singing gibberish and the verse melody is not compelling enough to make that irrelevant. song can't rest on only the chorus, which ultimately makes this a failure

aeronaut i still like

same

and when will the Linda Strawberry era end? Stop trying to save so money, Billy!

lionheart0 09-29-2017 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amoergosum (Post 4386786)

Was really hoping we would get a studio version in this style. Welp...

Ram27 09-29-2017 12:23 PM

can't stand jeff but live version is way better

honestly i really like aeronaut now. maybe this will grow on me too

cokefantastic 09-29-2017 12:37 PM

Why did you call the song "The Spaniards?"

Oh because it's meaningless. The video also means nothing, and is drenched in my own bad taste. Any other questions?

VoxUpDoc 09-29-2017 12:52 PM

Love the video.

Cold on the song.

themadcaplaughs 09-29-2017 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lionheart0 (Post 4386820)
Was really hoping we would get a studio version in this style. Welp...

http://static.spin.com/files/styles/...lly-corgan.png

enthusaroo 09-29-2017 01:10 PM

sounds like B0lly farting into a tin can.

Corgan's Bluff 09-29-2017 01:22 PM

Take me as I am?

NO, you're no Spaniard...:dead:


And I thought it couldn't get worser after MONUMENTS. :dammit:

DemonUnicorns 09-29-2017 01:26 PM

Uh that beginning vocal melody sounds an awful lot like the third part of "Oceania"

SPLATTER 09-29-2017 01:34 PM

this is the song where i lost all hope

it's got no juice, no life, no charm. all forced.

i couldn't even listen to the whole thing.

BurtSampson 09-29-2017 02:01 PM

It’s unreal to me how tuneless the verses are. Ther s no melody at all, he’s just lazily strumming the guitar and rambling and making oooooh noises

SPLATTER 09-29-2017 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BurtSampson (Post 4386830)
It’s unreal to me how tuneless the verses are. Ther s no melody at all, he’s just lazily strumming the guitar and rambling and making oooooh noises

his ego may have ruined his songwriting skills. he clearly thinks him ooohing, like you said, is good enough.

or maybe it was just old age

wHATcOLOR 09-29-2017 02:24 PM

fuckin thing sucks!!! also the video is vaguely racist

Grox 09-29-2017 02:42 PM

Cool song, love the double-tracked vox on the chorus, live version was slightly better but w/e. Not nearly as good as Aeronaut.

Shadaloo 09-29-2017 03:30 PM

I figured the song would lose its live bombast once it was on BC's solo album. Bet he wants to save the SHREDDING for the SP name.

Doesn't matter much to me, I like both forms.

themadcaplaughs 09-29-2017 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wHATcOLOR (Post 4386839)
fuckin thing sucks!!! also the video is vaguely racist

Billy seems vaguely racist so that make sense.

topleybird 09-29-2017 04:47 PM

Well this did it, I was gonna give the album a chance but this is the worst fucking song by anybody I've heard in a long time, and I've heard "Aeronaut"

If I ever post in the future hinting that I've listened to this album I want you to shame me for breaking my vow


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