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>Ack... I heard that a while ago. It's pretty dumb; >not even the least bit funny. Unlike Billy the >Egomaniac, the author, Stephen Lynch, is not a >Pumpkins fan, and is taking a cheap shot at Billy. >Mr. Lynch probably doesn't know a single thing about >the Pumpkins other than what lies on the outside w/the >popular songs. This is always true with those that >exaggerate Billy's singing. They hear songs like >Bullet w/Butterfly Wings and then completely dismiss >the band. A local newspaper music critic once put in >a 3-eleven concert review that "the most unsufferable >things to come out of the 90's is the music genre of >rock-rap, let alone Billy Corgan's singing voice". My >God, I was pissed off. Especially since he then >proceeded to give 311 a good review! In his review of >the recent Zwan concert at Bogarts here in Cincinnati >(which was amazing, BTW), this is what he said: "Here >are two oxymorons for you to take into consideration - >a good Billy Corgan band and...." (the other one is >irrelevant). His review of the concert was positive >and he mentioned liking the band's hit, Honestly. But >what bothered me about this particular article is that >he expressed a liking for poppy songs like Honestly, >but not for the genius songs of The Smashing Pumpkins. > This can only lead one to believe that this critic >didn't do enough research to look beyond songs like >Bullet w/Butterfly Wings. Someone like that should >step down from writing reviews in a newspaper and go >work for MTV. Anyway, I got a little side-tracked, >but my point is that people who make fun of Billy >Corgan's voice are ignorant and have no idea as to >what he or she is talking about. This is exactly the >case with Stephen Lynch's little joke and that is >something I, being a diehard Pumpkins fan, cannot >appreciate.

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