Music: Smashing Pumpkins

Posted by Dan November 7th, 2008 at 11:11am In General

Listen — I was about to do a post defending the newfangled line-up of the Smashing Pumpkins. Even though they are nowhere near as wonderous as they were when we were adolescents, they are still making okay music. Listenable, at least.

However, I just spent about three and a half hours trying to embed the new Smashing Pumpkins video — a nine minute monstrosity that is basically a lot of strumming and boring poetry. And it’s only embeddable through AOL (it was taken off YouTube). And it begins playing immediately, whether you press play or not. Thanks for being a pain in the ass, Smashing Pumpkins.

So, as petty revenge, I’m embedding a YouTube clip of Bullet With Butterfly Wings. It’s a dated song — I don’t know how I’d respond to it if I heard it for the first time today, but I can enjoy it based on nostalgia alone. If you want to to take a snooze and listen to the new stuff, it’s after the fold.

But if you want to remember high school, acne, and the era of television where Murphy Brown reigned supreme, watch the clip below.

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