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December 2, 2008

New Smashing Pumpkins Video - "G.L.O.W."

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Lo and behold, Billy Corgan found time apart from his 20th anniversary staged exorcisms to make a video. It's for "G.L.O.W," which still isn't sung by the Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling. There are some fairly impressive get ups, though (see Billy's Sunn O)))/Lawrence Of Arabia/Jawa threads, etc.), plus flashing lights and smeary cupcakes. Remember, "G.L.O.W." is the first song ever recorded exclusively for Guitar Hero, so while you watch, no need to worry about pretending Smashing Pumpkins are still a real band.

Also, so you know, Corgan can be calm in his live rambling, when he's in San Diego.

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I dig the video.
I still dig the band. A lot.

Did anyone get a vibe that this video was yet another sequel to an older one??? Bullet with Butterfly Wings???

Posted by: Michael! at 12/02/08 6:02 PM  | Reply
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boring.

Posted by: fuck this at 12/02/08 6:03 PM  | Reply
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boring + contrived

Posted by: banafanafeux at 12/02/08 6:21 PM  | Reply
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Good stuff, much better than the "tarantula" video from last year... i like the feel of this song/vid, its darker like some of their earlier videos and uses some pretty cool imagery. hopefully this is a sign of good things to come for billy & co.

Posted by: Gianni at 12/02/08 6:24 PM  | Reply
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good one! thanks for the laugh.

Posted by: zap  in reply to Gianni's comment at 12/02/08 6:34 PM  | Reply
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pretty good. still not enough to convince me or anyone else that this "band" is "back"

Posted by: grover at 12/02/08 7:19 PM  | Reply
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Perhaps if I heckle, Billy Corgan will offer me my 3:22 back?

Posted by: mtthw at 12/02/08 10:41 PM  | Reply
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the worst thing i can say about this song is that it sounds like The Billy Corgan Official Guitar Hero Track.

Posted by: dramamine at 12/03/08 3:23 AM  | Reply
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This band was dead. Now they're not reborn, they're zombies.

Posted by: franz at 12/03/08 4:00 AM  | Reply
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"One more trip through hell" is what all the fans were saying during this last tour, too. ZING!

Nice of them to hire D'Arcy again as a dancer for this video though.

Posted by: rog at 12/03/08 7:09 AM  | Reply
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Dude...that's not even the lyric.

Posted by: !Michael profile link  in reply to rog 's comment at 12/04/08 1:32 AM  | Reply
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Billy should just be thankful that "The End is the Beginning is the End" is getting mad hits lately via the original online trailer for "The Watchmen".

Posted by: JK at 12/03/08 10:40 AM  | Reply
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People who bitch that the new Pumpkins is "contrived"... you know, so was the old Pumpkins. A band can be "contrived" AND good at the same time. They're not mutually exclusive.

Honestly, I wish there was more contrivance in bands now. Nobody's doing drama or showing signs of thought these days. All this post-indie feel-good bounce stuff is starting to finally get old.

I still laugh that that the people who bitch about the Smashing Pumpkins reunion only has two members are the same people who bitch that "their last good album was Siamese Dream"... which, you know, only had those two members actually playing on it.

Posted by: noisedisciple profile link at 12/03/08 6:29 PM  | Reply
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Testify!

Posted by: !Michael  in reply to noisedisciple's comment at 12/04/08 1:29 AM  | Reply
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I reallly love it. Video is awesome in so many ways. I think it's great. I can not wait for a new record from The Smashing Pumpkins. :)

Posted by: Savannah Love at 12/09/08 1:10 AM  | Reply
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