I just heard the single "Tarantula" from Smashing Pumpkins new album
Zeitgeist. All I can say is
"Ew. Ew. Ew. Go back to the 90s." Yeesh, what a crappy track. It's got like seventeen guitar solos and it's only 4 minutes long. God.
VOMITPlus, I don't know if you've heard about their clever marketing plan...(which is most likely to ensure the album's monetary success, as well as simultaneously bleed lifelong Pumpkin fans dry.) They are releasing four different versions of the album. (One at Best Buy, One on iTunes, One at Target, and I guess one that you can pre-order) But, the catch is, each has a different bonus track. So, let's just say you're a faithful Pumpkins fan, you haven't had a new album since what...2000? And you're just itching to get your hands on any and all new Pumpkins tracks. Well, tell you what, pal. That's gonna be a solid 40 bucks. AT LEAST. At the very least. Surely, some greasy-haired waifs in their 30s will stroll in, looking like they haven't stopped rocking in 20 years, and say, "Whatever man. IT'S THE PUMPKINS DUDE" And gladly slap the wad of dirty bills down. Then of course, take their Sonic Youth shirt wearing, living in the 90s ass out to their truck and commence the rocking out. But others. (The ones who grew up. Or the
intelligent ones.) Will take it for what it is:
a fucking scam And, with any luck, boycott the entire album.I've never liked Billy Corgan. Not at all. Never cared for his bald
whining. And this makes me care even less. But it also makes me laugh. Laugh at the fact, that the very face of the alt-rock subculture has now become the very face of corporate corruption and money-grubbing--blatantly exploiting the Pumpkins' popularity and fanbase to squeeze a few more bucks outta their endearing pockets.My guess, and hopefully the universe will back me up on this one, is that the album will totally flop. Based on declining record sales and the upwards mobility of illegal downloading, I'd say the album will sell somewhere between 800k and 1 mil copies. At best. Not to mention the fact that people who were fans of the Pumpkins, in the 90s, are probably the exact people who upload and download files on P2P networks, and assuming the album leaks at least a week in advance (and it most definitely will, if it hasn't already), this downloading will put a HUGE dent in the amount of sales. Which, as fate would have it, would ironically make a bust of this cleverly conceived plan to hoodwink people into buying more than one CD.Suckers.SUCK IT BILLY CORGAN. YOUR BAND BLOWS. HAHA!
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