Thread: SOSB Volume 2
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Old 03-24-2019, 12:59 PM   #104
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Originally Posted by enthusaroo View Post
I haven't once had any interest since November to go back and listen to any songs on SOSB. There's no just memory of them at all. It's strange.. I remember the days when I used to be excited to listen to SP albums over and over again.
That’s because Monuments and Shiny were the first completely unmemorable Pumpkins albums ever.

Think about it. Even Zeitgeist, which is Billy at his absolute fucking worst, was memorable. I don’t mean that in a good way, but when you think of Z, you immediately think of Billy choir, metallic production, “yah shud waaaaaaant it aaaahhhll” etc

When you think of Teargarden and Oceania you think of the weird hippy vibe and toybox synths

When you think of Monuments and Shiny, you think of...um...?

It’s just not memorable. Nothing about it is distinctive. It’s just Billy in autopilot, making lukewarm, average tracks. Other than Run2Me and Anti-Hero, nothing on the last two is fucking bad. But they’re all just kind of there, unmemorable and blah, just like Billy’s vibe about the band nowadays

 
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