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smashingjj 06-07-2018 10:35 AM

YOU CALL YOURSELF FANS???

BEST SONG IN AGES

smashingjj 06-07-2018 10:35 AM

GO LISTEN TO BRUNO MARS IF YOU DONT LIKE THIS

WakaFlocka 06-07-2018 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ram27 (Post 4440790)
Yeah I was disappointed in the drum production

Reminds me of Oceania. Just kinda...weird and vaguely wrong sounding

Yes exactly, just very dry and the cymbals sound almost deadened after each hit. Can't wait to hear the "3 guitars version" on tour. :erm:

fluxequalsrad 06-07-2018 10:37 AM

Where to start. The guitars sound like crap, somehow Jimmy's drumming makes this bad song worse. Vocals are still dry and carry zero emotional weight. The melody is just atrocious. NUTHIN BUT A BAWDY!

How can someone who has written so many great songs lose the quality control this bad? I can't think of another artist who has lost the touch this bad.

DemonUnicorns 06-07-2018 10:39 AM

Wow is this terrible.

Worse than One and All, but better than Being Beige, maybe?

It fits in comparison with those tracks, what else needs to be said? There's nothing new here.

House of Bread 06-07-2018 10:39 AM

jesus fucking christ

DemonUnicorns 06-07-2018 10:41 AM

It's mediocre guitar riffing with modern Billy's vocals. No guitar solo. Nothing incredibly inspiring from Jimmy's end. What exactly were they hoping to accomplish here?

Ram27 06-07-2018 10:42 AM

I mean what the fuck is this? There's no aesthetic or beauty to it. It's just so dry and generic

It's like the opposite of the Tonight Tonight video/track. Gorgeous production, cool turn of the century vibe, parody of that Le Voyage Dans la Lun film

This is just Corgan screaming BURN DOWN THE SUN as if that's supposed to mean something over shitty compressed guitars

DemonUnicorns 06-07-2018 10:44 AM

Also that one hook is a complete rip from I Hate Myself for Loving You.

run2pee 06-07-2018 10:44 AM

Bills surprisingly sexy steven tyler impersonation “eye-eee-eye-eee-eye-eee-eye-eee” truly tickled my scrotehole; otherwise, song is boring af

DemonUnicorns 06-07-2018 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Run To Me (Post 4440813)
Bills surprisingly sexy steven tyler impersonation “eye-eee-eye-eee-eye-eee-eye-eee” truly tickled my scrotehole; otherwise, song is boring af

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Quote:

Also that one hook is a complete rip from I Hate Myself for Loving You.

Ram27 06-07-2018 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WakaFlocka (Post 4440805)
Yes exactly, just very dry and the cymbals sound almost deadened after each hit. Can't wait to hear the "3 guitars version" on tour. :erm:

Jimmy seems to like really dry rides now. At least the crashes sound like real cymbals unlike Oceania

He worked a lot more rimshots in there than usual, which was one of the two or three redeeming things about the track

Quote:

Originally Posted by DemonUnicorns (Post 4440810)
It's mediocre guitar riffing with modern Billy's vocals. No guitar solo. Nothing incredibly inspiring from Jimmy's end. What exactly were they hoping to accomplish here?

That flam transition at 1:18 was cool. Some of those tom fills in the chorus sound like he was taking inspiration from Oceania (2:06)

DemonUnicorns 06-07-2018 10:47 AM

Here we go, cued up.



vs


LoveIsSuicide42 06-07-2018 10:48 AM

Billy is nothing but a baldie in my mind

Forgotten Child 06-07-2018 10:48 AM

Well, is it bad? I don't think so. It's just forgettable.

I'd rather have an awful song like "Because You Are" than this tho. I mean, it is like Billy was still trying to experiment something when he wrote Because You Are... now, this... who is he talking to? How does he want people to relate to this song? Vague lyrics, generic guitars. The drums are good, but it sounds like Jimmy is trying to hard to show off, and it's not like we needed him to prove how great a drummer he is anyway...

SPLATTER 06-07-2018 10:50 AM

didn't remind me of i 'hate myself for loving you' but it sure does now.

immediately reminded me of 'because the night'.

amoergosum 06-07-2018 10:51 AM

Man...I would have never expected the new song to be this awful.

Forgotten Child 06-07-2018 10:51 AM

I'm nothing but a B0lly in my mind

fluxequalsrad 06-07-2018 10:53 AM

more like I hate myself for listening to this song amirite.

Ram27 06-07-2018 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Forgotten Child (Post 4440798)
Burn down the sun
I’m not everyone
High and dry
Nothing but a body in my mind

I’m here to stay
Not here today
High and dry
Nothing but a body in my mind
I’m nothing but a body in my mind

I feel that somethin ain’t right
No fear but reasons that I can’t say it

Take down the sun (tear down the sun?)
Bring down the sun (break down the sun?)
I’m not everyone
I’m not everyone
I’m not everyone

Unholy sins
Unholy faith
High and dry
Nothing but a body in mind
I’m left to ash
Not here but past
High and dry
Nothing but a body in mind
I am nothing but a body in my mind

I feel that somethin ain’t right
No fear but reasons that I can’t say it
Take down the sun (tear down the sun?)
Bring down the sun (break down the sun?)
I am not everyone
I am not everyone
Burn down the sun

Speculation
Come on get yourself together (?)
Speculation
Become the only _____
Situation
I am the seer, I am the seeker
Situation
become the one that ___ (fucks?) you (finds?)
become the one that ___ (fucks?) you (finds?)
become the _____ (eye of midnight?)
become the _____ (eye of midnight?)

High and dry
Ash bates eyes(?)
I'm sun-filled, bright
I am nothing but a body in my mind
I am nothing but a body in my mind

Take down the sun (tear down the sun?)
Bring down the sun (break down the sun?)
I’m not everyone
I’m not everyone
Burn down the sun

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changes, i think

i almost want the shakespearean prose back

DemonUnicorns 06-07-2018 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ram27 (Post 4440815)
That flam transition at 1:18 was cool. Some of those tom fills in the chorus sound like he was taking inspiration from Oceania (2:06)

Now that I've listened to the song with headphones, yeah the drums sound a little better than I thought. Still a lot of stuff we heard on Zeitgeist though.

slayed23 06-07-2018 10:56 AM

Like another person said, it's not bad. It's just forgettable.

It will get played on the radio for a short period and then no one will remember.

slayed23 06-07-2018 10:58 AM

The problem is Billy's voice. Guitars and drums are not the issue.

fluxequalsrad 06-07-2018 10:58 AM

At this point I'm fairly certain that anyone on this board could write a better pumpkins song in one day. Just put your index finger on the 11th fret on A, keep the E open and start from there. Boom its 1994 again. Brand salvaged.

Oklahoma Sexual 06-07-2018 11:03 AM

we. are. starz

BurtSampson 06-07-2018 11:05 AM

Literally more boring than most songs on Monuments and that was the most boring Pumpkins album to date.

You have the most talented drummer of a generation back in the fold, make him sound like Mike Burns. A creative guitarist, bury him in the mix and don’t let him do anything. You make a boring 3 minute rock song that goes absolutely nowhere and rips off Joan Jett.

Leave it to Billy to completely kill the little excitement I had left for this reunion

bigleaguechew 06-07-2018 11:06 AM

First login in ages to thank *Insight Scoop* for the link as I was super curious to hear this track. I have to agree with most of the posters here though, this track sucks. It sounds so phoned in and lacking in ideas and yet the sad thing is I bet they tried. Not to mention it's impossible to tell if Iha is even on this. Bummer.

Forgotten Child 06-07-2018 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ram27 (Post 4440823)
changes, i think

i almost want the shakespearean prose back

Speculation
Become the only _____ "Glyph knight" maybe?

artvase 06-07-2018 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fluxequalsrad (Post 4440827)
At this point I'm fairly certain that anyone on this board could write a better pumpkins song in one day. Just put your index finger on the 11th fret on A, keep the E open and start from there. Boom its 1994 again. Brand salvaged.

new challenge, everyone on this board capable of recording one full song should have this done by sunday ready to share

Shadaloo 06-07-2018 11:10 AM

Pretty by-the-numbers on first listen. Not terrible but not mindblowing. Seems very middle of the road and doesn't communicate much of anything. Gonna give it a few days to mull it over.

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeealllly sounds like a ZG-era song though.


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