What will be MTAE's first single

[Siva rules]

So now that the official site mentioned that the first single is due any day, what do you think it will be?

[Shallowed]

The one that goes na na na na na na duhh duhh duhhhhhh

[pavementtune]

whoa-whoa-oh-oh-oh *triple Corgan on backing vocals*

the one that has "end" "love" and "home" in the lyrics

[Ram27]

Tiberius

Apparently it's a 'rocker', it's the first track on the album, and it has a cool sounding name.


Also it's interesting reading the wikipedia page. From a different perspective this whole process seems less dysfunctional and more normal.

Tracklisting in case you can't navigate THE PANOPTICON:



1. "Tiberius"
2. "Being Beige (World's On Fire)"
3. "Anaise"
4. "One And All"
5. "Run2Me"
6. "Drum And Fife"
7. "Monuments"
8. "Dorian"
9. "Anti-Hero"

[Shallowed]

Jesus, is one of the songs really titled "Run2Me"?

[Elijah Moon]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

the one that has "end" "love" and "home" in the lyrics

"Until the end I'll love you like home."

Writes itself.

[The exploding boy]

It's probably a "rocker" and barely disguised rip off of Bryan Adams Run to You. One can only hope anyway.


Or maybe it's a 80's funk song a la Prince.

[slunken]

Originally Posted by The exploding boy

It's probably a "rocker" and barely disguised rip off of Bryan Adams Run to You. One can only hope anyway.


Or maybe it's a 80's funk song a la Prince.

This just made me realize that all of Billy's modern vocals sound like Bryan Adams trying to do Prince or vice-versa. It's like a yin-yang. So cosmic.

[pavementtune]

next quiz question: the album title stands for -?


a) methyl tert-amyl ether
b) message transfer agent entity
c) monuments to an elegy



I take b) for $500

[Grox]

god that cover is so fucking ugly, you thought he couldn't do any worse than oceania or zeitgeist but wow wtf

[Grox]

I don't remember what he said about Anaise on the panopi, but it's the third song so i'm guessing it's the single

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Grox

the panopi,

kill me

[F.Delacroix]

monuments to an elegy = memorials for a memorial

[Reyngel]

Single? When was the last time Billy had a song played on the radio? Like 10 years ago?

[pavementtune]

Originally Posted by Reyngel

Single? When was the last time Billy had a song played on the radio? Like 10 years ago?

Oceania - The Celestials, 2 years ago

http://hipstersunited.com/images/TheCelestialsPromo.jpg

[Ram27]

Really ugly design there

I get what they're going for, kind of. Like a comic book type thing and MCIS space stuff. But it's just kind of bland.

And the L and S are kerned weirdly in 'Celestials'

[Mals Marola]

the one that actually surprises everyone by being unexpected & good

i kinda like the MTAE cover
it's sorta "grittier" or somethin than the past coupla ones, more mysterious i guess?

and to his credit that Run2Me thing COULD just be an unfortunately-titled but well-meaning ode to the New Order single Run2

that's what i tell myself anyway

[Ram27]

Also if you look at the original post by Billy, Anti-Hero is supposed to be Anti-Her0.

I don't know if that was a one time joke, if he was stoned, or if the titles are actually supposed to be in all caps, or if he hit the wrong key, or what.

[Mals Marola]

Originally Posted by Ram27

And the L and S are kerned weirdly in 'Celestials'

in what way
looks like a pretty uh normal l to me
and those s's are the same as the ones in smashing pumpkins as far as i can tell
then again that was just after a glance at the whole thing

[Araneae]

No, Ram's right, it looks weird. The spacing (kerning) is off between the L and S.

[Gossamer]

i actually love the album cover

[milk-plus]

he really named a song "being beige"

[Elphenor]

Originally Posted by Ram27

Also if you look at the original post by Billy, Anti-Hero is supposed to be Anti-Her0.

I don't know if that was a one time joke, if he was stoned, or if the titles are actually supposed to be in all caps, or if he hit the wrong key, or what.

Sounds like he put a 0 at the end of it as a bit of a joke about his Zero personna

[fuzzyroes]

Album cover looks sweet. I had no idea a single was due so soon. I know Corgans been hyping up the new work but I thought it would be like it was with Oceania where it wouldn't see the light of day for like a year.

Has a release date been made for the album yet?

Does anyone have any hopes that it'll actually be good? My expectations are pretty low.

[Mals Marola]

Originally Posted by Araneae

No, Ram's right, it looks weird. The spacing (kerning) is off between the L and S.

oh, just the last two letters, yeah i see that now

was only lookin at the celest part, anyway at least that was one of the oceania songs i liked i guess

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

Does anyone have any hopes that it'll actually be good? My expectations are pretty low.

yeah
for the first time in a long fuckin time i feel like this is a record he's actually just kind of making for himself

[dreams of glass]

Album cover is bland, kind of bleak, very abstract.

Hopefully it's not a reflection on the music. Actually I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high on this one.

[fuzzyroes]

I'm hoping I'll be pleasantly surprised. My beef with TBK and Oceania was that the music just lacked any urgency it was all just sorta bland and loose. Tommy Lee plays with a lot of intensity and urgency so I'm hoping it brings some energy to the overall sound.

[Grox]

vocals are our biggest stopping block, fellas. then again, i was encouraged to hear he used the SD era harmonizer on his voice on at least one song

[dreams of glass]

Hope it's rawkin

[fuzzyroes]

Yeah, his voice really has been a deal breaker lately. It's gotten pretty one-dimensional on the latter material.