A new 44 song project from the Smashing Pumpkins brings too much to mind.
People ask why? I think those people gave up too easy. Corgan most certainly lost his "self-delete" button years ago, the poetry book comes to mind.
But what's to say he's not capable of something grand in 2010? I'm not overly excited by Teargarden, unless I sit and contemplate the latest free song, A Song for a Son is almost understated by Pumpkins standards - a distinct lack of strings in a ballad is a good place for a Corgan ballad to start.
"This is a song for a son, this is a song for a sailor, the best I ever had, he sailed without a map."
It's different, quieter, calmer, somehow more refined.
What might be almost as interesting as the music is how these songs are released. Are we going to download a song a week for much of the year? Another Pumpkins double or even triple album would never sell, there's just not enough belief anymore.
That last sentence risks putting all of this in the land of Smashing Pumpkins eulogy. Let me clarify: there is a whole heap to criticise but that's not as much fun as remembering Tonight, Tonight.
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