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Billy seems like the best example of someone rocketed into mainstream and not only SURVIVED IT but came out the other end in a pretty awesome way. He's lived through a lot
No kidding. That was raw and remarkably open. I love instances where abusers unwittingly create wonderful things. His abuser had no way of knowing she was driving the creation of an album so magnificent and significant that it would help heal Billy and also countless others the world over for decades. Not to mention driving the creation of an album that flat out kicks ass.
I think it was a stepmother, but that's just based on what I've read. I shouldn't have commented on details I don't know and stuck to what I do know; his early hurt drove the creation of a massively impressive body of art.
"Nothing like sitting around the pool and hearing about things you can't believe even happened or were physically possible with another human" Bless you, Tommy Lee.
I think it comes from understanding things on a hugely complex level. I don’t think he’s sad. I think he understands what he’s talking about with a real life perspective and genuine willingness to be open and honest
They did a gig in Manchester in about 2005 and I travelled from Wales, I sat on my seat in the arena and just before the band car on stage I got thrown out by security, I've never seen them live, I've been a fan since 95
I would have considered you way above my class and speaking to your generation as well as mind I think we were no different we had the same struggles in different circumstances
Billy Patrick > I Noticed that You are More Mentioning Your Family / Wife / Children in your Public Communications .. IMO .. The Family is the Grounding Core around which EveryThing Revolves .. So Glad .. and Keep HP Rocking !
Siamese dream disarm ,were great songs i thought nothing of your band it was very good without sensoring yor thoughts its was buetiful i have respect for truth and truth has respect for art the hole to thesource opens up and feeds the receptors or anteni that have tried it not hide it.blow a hole through the univervse to the source and you will reap the source. You know i know peace source tap.when you do.its the fundamentall key to all.
He has said that he cannot watch the slideshow that is shown behind him during Disarm, and he has at times been frustrated be some people's misunderstanding of Today (it is not a shiny happy song).
isn't it sad that kids appreciate and long for parents, who don't deserve it, they left them with no love, left alone..(I won't be relating this to Billy Corgan, cause I can't know his private situation)
Oh come on. It’s not so black and white. It seems from this comment you think that parenting is an easy job. It’s the hardest thing anyone will ever do
@@x97s Are you joking me? They have to form and raise a child’s mind . They teach little human beings how to be a human. And if they make any slight mistake in doing that it’s catastrophic. Gtfoh you don’t know what you’re talking about
I’m a drummer and I can tell you, tommy lee is at the bottom of the list as far as drummers go. He may have a big personality but as far as drumming goes he doesn’t have the chops and he doesn’t have the technique.
Mother Bear because our generation now is digital. music is digital now. back then it felt like it had more emotion and feeling for how they used to make the music back then. but for today’s music industry, it’s just repetitive rap music and sexual pop music. people are wanting for rock music to comeback to when it took over the billboard charts. just my opinion.
Flood ruined Mellon Collie & T. I. S. It's so muddy that pigs want to splash around in it. And it's such a shame since it's one of the biggest records of all time in rock music.
@@jwebb6352 Just because you don't understand what I'm saying doesn't mean I don't have a clue. YOU don't have a clue. Listen to the two Nevermind mixes, the Butch Vig and the Andy Wallace one and maybe you'll get a hint.
@@MotoGreciaMarios, I have the biggest clue, the best clue, bigly. I would suggest that firstly Corgan was happy with it and secondly that the pumpkins at that time were primarily a psychedelic rock band, with a gothic visual element. it takes a slightly different mix to open up the inner world of psychoactive drugs rather than just a 2D mix as i would call it. I dont think it is a fruitful comparison either, nirvana were an outright rock grunge act Cobain was revolutionary and iconic, paved the way; but in terms of texture, detail, range of emotion I think billy was way ahead with the pumpkins as a grandiose, epic rock band at the time.
@@jwebb6352 I welcome the civilised discussion. Now on the details: I didn't compare Nirvana to Pumpkins. I only wanted to show you that the composition and musicians' performances is the root of the music and the recording, mixing & mastering are its interpretation onto the reproductive medium. And this means that a mixer can do a disservice to the quality of the compositions and the performances by not recording it in a good way onto the medium. I used Nirvana to show you this only because it's the only example I know of of an album that has been mixed by two different people and I have heard both mixes. Now regarding all you said about the musical and visual character of the Sm. P. I agree but dude all other records produced by them did not have that problem, no matter who produced them. I'm sure Flood has produced wonderful records in his career- it's just "Mellon Collie" that he botched. The fact that Billy liked it means nothing to me - maybe he got carried away, maybe he thought it's cool this way or maybe he was just too depressed to bother with steering Flood away from his own vision. Thankfully the problem is not that evident with the calmer songs, but the hard and aggressive ones like Zero, Bullet W. B. W., X.Y.U. and the rest, are to my ears a medley of various shades of mud. It's not by luck that the 2012 remasters tried to ameliorate this problem.
@@MotoGreciaMarios As great an album Mellon Collie is, I have to agree about the original mix. I always felt the harder songs on the album were indeed muddy. "Jellybelly" is a good example of this. Although it's been slightly improved on the 2012 Remaster, the original mix of Jellybelly sounds like one big noise. It sounds compressed; the instruments blend together too much, like listening to the radio. Billy has stated that they switched producers to get a fresh start, but I feel they should have stuck with Butch Vig. Butch Vig's method of recording/engineering/mixing is a significant reason why Siamese Dream was so successful; he also produced Gish and Nirvana's Nevermind.