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Old 11-26-2022, 11:24 PM   #1
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Exclamation Sorry, but I LOVE Billy’s vocals on ATUM.

Keep seeing comments on the internet complaining how big willie (WPC) has changed his singing style, how it’s not produced like it use to be, somebody even called it “dry gasping and croaking” which is just insulting.

For me it feels like big willie is right next to me, confiding his poetic thoughts into my eager ear, while the music swells and swoons in the distance. Yes his voice has changed, but for me it’s charming, he’s not the kind of artist that let aging vocal chords stop him from sharing his passion

Who else loves this new Billy!

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 12:16 AM   #2
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saw this on reddit posted by our very own run2pee.

you guys are just having a the time of your lives eh?

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 12:50 AM   #3
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That wasn’t me i don’t know who this loser is that apparently is stealing my identity online

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 01:06 AM   #4
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Anyone else uncomfortable with the phrase "eager ear?"

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 03:54 AM   #5
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Love his chopped up pronunciation style.lol

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 05:49 AM   #6
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That wasn’t me i don’t know who this loser is that apparently is stealing my identity online
Yeah right.

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 05:53 AM   #7
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To me the problem is less about the sound of his voice (I get it age comes, voices change, whatever) than it is the super cheesy saccharine melodies he insists on using on every single song for the past bunch of albums, it's so grating and annoying.

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 08:58 AM   #9
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To me the problem is less about the sound of his voice (I get it age comes, voices change, whatever) than it is the super cheesy saccharine melodies he insists on using on every single song for the past bunch of albums, it's so grating and annoying.
This as well

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 09:36 AM   #10
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I think people are just unwilling to grow with Big Willie as an artist, people have a strange “stuck in the past” problem with this band for some reason

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 09:38 AM   #11
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To me the problem is less about the sound of his voice (I get it age comes, voices change, whatever) than it is the super cheesy saccharine melodies he insists on using on every single song for the past bunch of albums, it's so grating and annoying.
This is exactly what I love about it. The older music big willie (WPC) always felt kind of distant, unreachable. Now I feel like it’s just me and him, together sharing a musical moment, it feels really intimate and exciting

Keep trying. The more you listen you will begin to “get it.” I recommend not listening to any “classic” pumpkins until u begin to understand and (inevitably) love the new singing style. You will feel the brilliance of the new stuff so much more!!!!

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 09:57 AM   #12
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There are fewer songs from SP 2.0+ that I love in the same way I did classic SP. I have, however, enjoyed the journey of the reformed band. I feel like the trajectory has been upward, even if there have been some stumbles, and I feel Boz & Co. may still have another truly great album in them.

I don't believe that the new singing style is holding them back from another 10/10 album.

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 10:40 AM   #13
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can we call the OG sp "the virgin era"

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 10:46 AM   #14
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can we call the CURRENT sp "the viagra era"

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 12:18 PM   #15
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This is exactly what I love about it. The older music big willie (WPC) always felt kind of distant, unreachable. Now I feel like it’s just me and him, together sharing a musical moment, it feels really intimate and exciting

Keep trying. The more you listen you will begin to “get it.” I recommend not listening to any “classic” pumpkins until u begin to understand and (inevitably) love the new singing style. You will feel the brilliance of the new stuff so much more!!!!
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Old 11-27-2022, 01:48 PM   #16
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yeah i can't even begin to intone how fucking off putting everything he does now is

the shitty leftover microwave cyr tracks that make up 2/3 of the fucking first record, each week having some naive hope it'd be good but then it's fucking SYNTH FUCKING GARBAGE AGAIN AND FUCKING AGAIN

LIKE FUCKING WORLD WAR I BUT WITH SYNTH INSTEAD OF GAS ATTACKS

every single vocal is nauseating. i can hear him croak and squeak and it's fucking painful to listen to. it's actively unpleasant to listen to

and then -- i guess this isn't technically the tracks' fault but -- knowing fucking iha and JC are sitting on the sidelines while corgan vomits more of this stuff to us

my fucking god

 
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Old 11-27-2022, 03:39 PM   #17
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gross
He thinks he's funny at the moment, it will pass

 
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yeah i can't even begin to intone how fucking off putting everything he does now is

the shitty leftover microwave cyr tracks that make up 2/3 of the fucking first record, each week having some naive hope it'd be good but then it's fucking SYNTH FUCKING GARBAGE AGAIN AND FUCKING AGAIN

LIKE FUCKING WORLD WAR I BUT WITH SYNTH INSTEAD OF GAS ATTACKS

every single vocal is nauseating. i can hear him croak and squeak and it's fucking painful to listen to. it's actively unpleasant to listen to

and then -- i guess this isn't technically the tracks' fault but -- knowing fucking iha and JC are sitting on the sidelines while corgan vomits more of this stuff to us

my fucking god
Lol. There’s something really quite satisfying about seeing you go through your own personal hell in regards to this

 
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