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Originally Posted by FoolofaTook
Yah.
Pills + b0lly = lame electronic music (adore)
Meth + b0lly = lame metal (machina)
Should of stuck to shrooms and hash bon bons (gish, sd, pisces, mcis)
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Yes! Except Adore is gorgeous. It really is. Billy + emotional distress, relationship issues, and death = genius. Struggling with divorce and the death of your mother is hardcore. I agree with the statements about production and this being the first signs of the wheels coming off for the Pumpkins, but it feels like Adore was the last time he truly looked inward and expressed it in music. After Adore it could be argued that he was trying to hard, but on this album I feel he was trying to deal with huge feelings through music. There is also something to be said for the Jimmy thing. I really think Billy feels disadvantaged or exposed without Jimmy though he would never outright admit it. Just like the amazing tour with the hard rock interpretations of the album, a big part of why they were so good is Billy taking it all on himself and proving he can do it. I think this was a time where it worked. But yeah, shrooms, hash, and occasional ecstasy is where it's at for SP music.