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Subject: Re: To all Smashing Pumpkins detractor

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Date Posted: 17:04:44 01/21/02 Mon
In reply to: Johan 's message, "Re: To all Smashing Pumpkins detractor" on 17:01:53 01/20/02 Sun

WHY MUST YOU MENTION NIRVANA AND PEARL JAM IN COMPARISON TO SMASHING PUMPKINS.... IT ONLY FUELS THE IDEA THAT SP IS THE SAME AS THOSE BANDS "grunge" IS A DIRTY WORDS.... PUMPKINS R THE ONLY BAND FROM THAT ERA TO ACTUALLY EVOLVE MUSICALLY. NOT THAT THE OTHERS R BAD THEY JUST SHOULDN'T BE LABELED AS THE SAME TYPE OF MUSIC BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH DIFFERENT

>if you'll note what i said about 1979. i think it's a
>great song but i dislike any song that gets so much
>airplay that non-fans base their entire opinions on a
>particular band on them. does smells like teen spirit
>rock out? fuck yes. is it worthy of basing an entire
>opinion about nirvana on it? no. jeremy? same thing.
>do i love the songs? sure. but because i say "least
>favorite" doesn't mean i don't like it. it means just
>that, of my favorites, it's not high on the list. i
>hate the fact that i heard it so much on Top 40 shit
>that i'm sick of it. anyway, my favorite SP songs are
>the longer, more emotional ones like Soma, Mayonaise,
>Thru the Eyes of Ruby, For Martha, and GatGC. radio
>hits and singles don't really do it for me as much
>anymore for most any band.

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Re: To all Smashing Pumpkins detractor	Johan	20:31:14 01/21/02 Mon