Countdown to Billy retiring the smashing pumpkins

[Order 66]

Originally Posted by Belteshazzar

I'm guessing this thread might be inspired somewhat by the brief interview where Billy said he doesn't think he has many years left to be touring in front of crowds?

dat aint happenin

[Cool As Ice Cream]

wah wah wah

[enthusaroo]

2021

[eviltimeban]

Stop it.

[Butt Pope]

2069

[Butt Pope]

420 tomorrow

[Butt Pope]

When Airplane mode reveals their marriage has all been a training exercise and she has learned to play guitar and sing and will be the female to lead the Pumpkins that Billy talked about years ago.

[MyOneAndOnly]

can we bring margin back?

[smashingjj]

Margin!! That's been a while! How have you been my friend??

[Joey Goldberg]

Originally Posted by Butt Pope

When Airplane mode reveals their marriage has all been a training exercise and she has learned to play guitar and sing and will be the female to lead the Pumpkins that Billy talked about years ago.

i think it goes deeper than that

i think the modern-day Billy is merely a puppet of AP Mode, going out to do her bidding by way of the barely-human new tracks & luxury of rights to the old stuff. every picture holds the same, dark glare. i'm afraid of it. i'm intrigued by it. i'd be more than happy with a female-fronted SP

just please get someone other than fucking Katie Cole

[enthusaroo]

Courtney Love + James Iha + Jimmy + D'arcy this would be a much better Smashing Pumpkins lineup than the current one and much better music too. No doubt.

[Woody]

The countdown to Billy retiring the Smashing Pumpkins is currently at -20 years, 13 days.

[houseofglass11]

Courtney Love? Bih can’t even play guitar or sing worth a shit. Then again...cough

[killtrocity]

How in the fuck are BC/JC gonna play Jellybelly and XYU for this hybrid fusion anniversary thingy

[Woody]

Originally Posted by killtrocity

How in the fuck are BC/JC gonna play Jellybelly and XYU for this hybrid fusion anniversary thingy

They ain’t ever playing Jellybelly or XYU.

[FoolofaTook]

How do you know this?

Are you God?

[FoolofaTook]

I mean obviously you aren't God.

Maybe you think you are God?

[LaBelle]

I imagine they'd play those two songs just like every other song they did the last few tours, slow-ass by the numbers with lazy vocal groaning on top.

[FoolofaTook]

ur dad is groaning on top

[FoolofaTook]

sorry it was impossible to resist

i am just a sinner

[enthusaroo]

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

ur dad is groaning on top

24/7/365 gay dad jokes

[Squish Squash]

Originally Posted by killtrocity

How in the fuck are BC/JC gonna play Jellybelly and XYU for this hybrid fusion anniversary thingy

I haven’t watched live videos past 2000 outside of brief clips. Have they both fallen off? Jimmy in the 90s is at worst a top 3 drummer I’ve ever heard.

[enthusaroo]

Mike Bynes on skin flute and JC on drums

[MyOneAndOnly]

Originally Posted by enthusaroo

Courtney Love + James Iha + Jimmy + D'arcy this would be a much better Smashing Pumpkins lineup than the current one and much better music too. No doubt.

I love Hole. They made several great records. But do you really think that at this point in her life Courtney Love will even be capable of playing bill's guitar parts and singing his lyrics?

[Squish Squash]

She was never capable of playing Billy’s guitar parts. Hole rocks and she’s a good singer but idk how her voice would fit in SP

[Squish Squash]

Originally Posted by Woody

The countdown to Billy retiring the Smashing Pumpkins is currently at -20 years, 13 days.

I loved her voice in the 90s, not sure what she sounds like now though. Celebrity Skin is a gem.

[MyOneAndOnly]

bill's voice is lousy, but he can still shred on guitar.

[buzzard]

Originally Posted by MyOneAndOnly

I was hired through the venue to record this show (including many others throughout that week) and was then left standing with a hard drive and an invoice no one seemed to want. Four years later I still have the files and not really any idea what to do with them. But I like to share. So here we are.

It's so awesome if that's real (which it does at least seem to be).

The other video linked in the description is probably worse, where the other guitarist needs to show her how to play the song before beginning it.

[Squish Squash]

Originally Posted by MyOneAndOnly

bill's voice is lousy, but he can still shred on guitar.

Billy (with his old voice at least) is my favorite singer of all time tbh.

[LaBelle]

Originally Posted by MyOneAndOnly

I love Hole. They made several great records. But do you really think that at this point in her life Courtney Love will even be capable of playing bill's guitar parts and singing his lyrics?

That's real punk rock