Smashing Pumpkins (1987-2000) songs you dislike/skip - Page 6

ButterflyBullet · 12-20-2015, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Ram27

what's scary about that is that at first i thought it was satire, now i'm not so sure

you have actually heard hummer right?

I just don't understand what's so good about it ._. it's not a bad song but it just doesn't click with me at all

FoolofaTook · 12-20-2015, 11:53 AM

that's a very popular opinion around here. people feel the same way about rocket too. everyone hates those two songs.

now rat in a cage, on the other hand, is a true hardcore fan favorite.

teh b0lly!!1 · 12-20-2015, 11:56 PM

took i felt the need to tell you i regularly skip ur mom

FoolofaTook · 12-21-2015, 10:25 AM

I regularly slip your mom.

If you know what I mean.

bright_doom · 12-22-2015, 01:05 AM

Gish: I don't really listen to this record much, maybe once or twice a year. So when I do put it on, I play it all the way through.

Siamese Dream: Nothing.

Pisces: Blue & Sandoz.

Mellon Collie: Nothing.

Aeroplane: Transformer, Tribute2Johnny & Pistachio. Also I don't listen to the Bullet disc much either, there's nothing particularly bad about it, except for Destination Unknown.

Adore: Daphne Descends, Pug & Pistol Pete.

Machina 1 & 2: Also don't listen to these ones much either, especially M2 (but that's more because of the sound quality than anything else). But honestly, if it wasn't for Wound, Ghost Children, Try Try Try, Slow Dawn, Home & Go, I'd probably never listen to Machina. It's just never grown on me. The piano and voice version of Saturnine on the Adore boxset is great though imo.

vixnix · 12-22-2015, 08:33 AM

Zero
Bodies
Ava Adore
Crestfallen
Tear
Once Upon A Time
For Martha
Shame
Perfect
Daphne Descends
Heavy Metal Machine
Everlasting Gaze
Pennies

teh b0lly!!1 · 12-22-2015, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

I regularly slip your mom.

If you know what I mean.

i do not know what you mean. http://forums.netphoria.org/wwwboard/icons/icon9.gif
are you referring to the act of sexual intercourse?

topleybird · 12-22-2015, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by bright_doom

Pisces: Blue

The part in the second verse where he sings "Hey! Blue, where'd you run to now? (hey BLUUUUUUUUE)" is, like, top five moments in any Pumpkins song for me, I dunno why, it just makes me smile

Quote:

Originally Posted by bright_doom

The piano and voice version of Saturnine on the Adore boxset is great though imo.

I really enjoy that too; I don't think it 100% works as its own thing, but as a companion to the first version it's pretty sweet

FoolofaTook · 12-23-2015, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by teh b0lly!!1

i do not know what you mean. http://forums.netphoria.org/wwwboard/icons/icon9.gif
are you referring to the act of sexual intercourse?

what is this act of sexual intercourse you speak of?

ckeegan · 12-25-2015, 02:01 AM

Spaced (it's essentially a sound effect track right? But works if you play the album from front to back on repeat)
Take Me Down (Sorry James)
Believe (Sorry again, James)
The Bells (at this point, I have to stop apologizing)
Pistachio Medley (I don't have 23 minutes to spare on samples

)
Daphne Descends (I prefer the Kerry B mix...if it were "You love her" it would be way more listenable)
Wound (can't stand the acerbic vocals)
The Crying Tree of Mercury (I like the goth-ness, but let's face it, it's tough to listen too most of the time)
Because You Are (too repetitive)
My Mistake (forgettable demo)
Saturnine (Adore version...the Machina II version is way better)

Ram27 · 12-25-2015, 02:18 AM

I love every song you listed until Mercury. Then I agree

teh b0lly!!1 · 12-25-2015, 02:19 AM

not enough brackets

redbreegull · 12-25-2015, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ckeegan

Daphne Descends (I prefer the Kerry B mix...if it were "You love her" it would be way more listenable)

what

BurtSampson · 12-27-2015, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by redbreegull

what

Ckeegan confirmed sexist

FoolofaTook · 12-27-2015, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by topleybird

Special shout-out to "Because You Are" on the greatest hits album

bitch please!

redbreegull · 12-27-2015, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BurtSampson

Ckeegan confirmed sexist

oh I meant how could you prefer the kerry brown mix to the lushness of the album version... but yeah, why would changing the pronoun make the song listenable?

MisterLove · 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by D.

I'm just counting album tracks but feel free to add non album stuff.

Love
Take Me Down
Blank Page
Shame
Blue Skies Bring Tears (all versions)
Heavy Metal Machine (all versions)
Crying Tree of Mercury (all versions)
White Spyder
Soul Power
Le Deux Machina

The Machina II stuff like White Spyder doesn't even count to me, it was basically an unfinished demo. Maybe a finished version could be better - I wouldn't know, I couldn't get past the un-listenable sound quality this particular song had on MII. I could never stand "If there is a god" or "In My Body" either - and honestly most of the Machina II tracks weren't that good. Some of the more "finished" ones were ok - like Home and Slow Dawn especially. That whole era turned into a bloated mess once BC tried to turn it into a "concept" album. As far as the actual Machina tracks, Glass and the Ghost Children, The Everlasting Gaze, and Heavy Metal Machine were particularly bad IMO... and the songs he probably wrote as "singles" were mediocre as well (I'm thinking Age of Innocence and I of the Mourning). If he had stuck with most of the Arising material as originally played live, and written a couple of better singles that whole era might have been perceived differently - and who knows, maybe the band wouldn't have died in 2000.

There's alot of stuff on MCIS I really can't tolerate anymore, especially Tales of a Scorched Earth or even X.Y.U. They are borderline cringe worthy to me now, I was a bit annoyed that X.Y.U was so heavily featured on all the deluxe albums... hell it's even on Adore - though I actually enjoy that rendition for being different and filled with teases of of other songs.

Ava Adore was always embarrassing/cringe worthy to me. "You will always be my whore because you're the one that I adore" was like "Rate in a Cage" as far as embarassing lyrical lines. Daphne Descends, Perfect... I liked Adore on the whole - everything starting with Apples+Oranges might be my favorte stretch of SP ever, but there were some poor songs on there.

redbreegull · 01-11-2016, 10:03 PM

In My Body is like a lost classic. It's too long, but there's a lot of good meat to the song. So weird and the chord changes are so unexpected. And when the chorus kicks in and it's similar to the verse except the drums pick up and then just where you think you are going to get a jarring chord change, the progression comes full circle and gives us this dark, sweet pop hook... yeah, it's a good one!

TheAeroplane · 01-12-2016, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ckeegan

Daphne Descends (I prefer the Kerry B mix...if it were "You love her" it would be way more listenable)

Daphne Descends is a great song. Fuck you.

12-25-2015, 02:01 AM	#160
ckeegan Demi-God Posts: 269	Worst of the worst. Spaced (it's essentially a sound effect track right? But works if you play the album from front to back on repeat) Take Me Down (Sorry James) Believe (Sorry again, James) The Bells (at this point, I have to stop apologizing) Pistachio Medley (I don't have 23 minutes to spare on samples ) Daphne Descends (I prefer the Kerry B mix...if it were "You love her" it would be way more listenable) Wound (can't stand the acerbic vocals) The Crying Tree of Mercury (I like the goth-ness, but let's face it, it's tough to listen too most of the time) Because You Are (too repetitive) My Mistake (forgettable demo) Saturnine (Adore version...the Machina II version is way better)

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12-20-2015, 11:53 AM	#152
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: Donald Trump of Netphoria Posts: 37,218	that's a very popular opinion around here. people feel the same way about rocket too. everyone hates those two songs. now rat in a cage, on the other hand, is a true hardcore fan favorite.

12-20-2015, 11:56 PM	#153
teh b0lly!!1 Braindead Location: PROWLING THE BADLANDS Posts: 17,399	took i felt the need to tell you i regularly skip ur mom

12-21-2015, 10:25 AM	#154
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: Donald Trump of Netphoria Posts: 37,218	I regularly slip your mom. If you know what I mean.

12-22-2015, 01:05 AM	#155
bright_doom Apocalyptic Poster Location: Machina Reissue HQ Posts: 1,005	Gish: I don't really listen to this record much, maybe once or twice a year. So when I do put it on, I play it all the way through. Siamese Dream: Nothing. Pisces: Blue & Sandoz. Mellon Collie: Nothing. Aeroplane: Transformer, Tribute2Johnny & Pistachio. Also I don't listen to the Bullet disc much either, there's nothing particularly bad about it, except for Destination Unknown. Adore: Daphne Descends, Pug & Pistol Pete. Machina 1 & 2: Also don't listen to these ones much either, especially M2 (but that's more because of the sound quality than anything else). But honestly, if it wasn't for Wound, Ghost Children, Try Try Try, Slow Dawn, Home & Go, I'd probably never listen to Machina. It's just never grown on me. The piano and voice version of Saturnine on the Adore boxset is great though imo.

12-22-2015, 08:33 AM	#156
vixnix Socialphobic Location: we are champions, bathed in the heat of a thousand flame wars in the grim future of the internet there is only netphoria Posts: 12,467	Zero Bodies Ava Adore Crestfallen Tear Once Upon A Time For Martha Shame Perfect Daphne Descends Heavy Metal Machine Everlasting Gaze Pennies

12-25-2015, 02:18 AM	#161
Ram27 dumb Location: $8.6 million embezzled funds Posts: 11,368	I love every song you listed until Mercury. Then I agree

12-25-2015, 02:19 AM	#162
teh b0lly!!1 Braindead Location: PROWLING THE BADLANDS Posts: 17,399	not enough brackets

01-11-2016, 10:03 PM	#168
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: N3t4Euh Haus Posts: 32,753	In My Body is like a lost classic. It's too long, but there's a lot of good meat to the song. So weird and the chord changes are so unexpected. And when the chorus kicks in and it's similar to the verse except the drums pick up and then just where you think you are going to get a jarring chord change, the progression comes full circle and gives us this dark, sweet pop hook... yeah, it's a good one!