Originally posted by bearman:
Nkotb, all I'm sayin' is that everyone is REALLY taking all of this so damn seriously...bynced0 simply reported that he/she saw the show, was excited by it, and everyone has to go and fucking psychoanalyze this shit to death. This thread is going way beyond the pros and cons of "reunion vs. nonreunion" stuff. It's petty, and it just sounds way more emotional than usual. Lighten up. It was a rock show. Even as a fan of the Pumpkins, I find myself totally on the fence and indifferent to them reforming. I kinda sorta dig the new single, I might go check them out...either way, I'm not getting my panties all in a bunch over any of this. I just have one question for bynced0: was the show free?
Gawd what a shit storm this seemingly benign subject has started. It??s not like the subject line of the post was cryptic, so I can??t understand why anyone who feels so strongly that the ??new pumpkins? is a farce and inconsequential would even click on the thread let alone spend so much time to justify why this is such a bad idea.
As far as whether or not the show was free for me, no I paid my 60 euros just like everyone else, plus the surcharge or having to fly over there and stay in a hotel. But just to give some perspective, everyone has their vices, I have mine and it includes a core group of artists (which includes Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Prince, Bjork, Ani Difranco, Depeche Mode, Morrissey, and in the past the Smashing Pumpkins amongst others) that I will travel where ever it??s necessary to see them and some people will find that list unworthy of praise and adulation, and I could give a shit less who likes what I like, I make the money I spend, on the shit I find interesting and my vote is the only one that counts.
Anyway my intention wasn??t to start a fight over this subject I just wanted to give my impression of how the pumpkins were to those who care, because I was fairly certain that there would be some curiosity. I honestly don??t give a shit who likes them and who doesn??t. I don??t work for them, not on their street team, and not interested in their personal lives, or anything else that doesn??t have to do with the music. If they??re successful more power to them, I??d be just as happy if no one gave a shit and they had to play Velvet Lounge to pay the rent.
With that said, I don??t think people are going ape shit in a vacuum, and if some think they are exploiting the smashing pumpkins name who the fuck are we to determine that, and try to dissuade them from doing what they want to do? The market will take care of all of this, if they suck no one will care, right?
So let??s see what happens, my first impression is that they don??t suck and all I care is about the quality of the music, someone else can spend their time worried about the other bullshit.
