I first became a huge Pumpkins fan as a 14 year old in 2004. As I’d binge watch MTV2 UK religiously, I was very familiar with the hits before ever purchasing any of the albums later on.
Despite my love for MCIS and thinking the song had a great video - I just didn’t care for 1979 at all. 1979 was actually one of very few songs I would actually skip on MCIS. I didn’t dislike it but just felt complete apathy towards it and didn’t quite understand the appeal.
Fast forward to 2018, I attend the Shiny show in London and I have a baby on the way and there are a lot of changes in my life. The nostalgic allure of 1979, it’s context and video as well as that strong feeling that the song belongs to a bygone younger era of life made for the perfect storm and like a huge percentage of people aware of SP… the song is now my favourite Pumpkins song altogether, something I never would have expected.
As for an album, I’ve always liked Machina but I wouldn’t listen to it all that much. These days, I probably listen to it the most out of any of their albums. That could be from simply over-indulging the others though to be fair.
Has anyone else had a big change of heart when it comes to any material?
The long-awaited return to pop stardom of Justin Biber has been one of unparalleled levels. Since his first full-length release in 2015, almost a full half a decade now, the pop world had felt as if it were truly missing that big name, strictly pop, male superstar that it once boasted come the beginnings of the 2010s. Naturally, with his streak of features within recent years, the pop world had become more and more demanding for the solo return of Bieber and with him, the presumable return to the throne.
What has instead ensued is one, a most pathetic and lifeless attempt to return to form from a musical standpoint, and two, with that, a heap of controversial baggage as an individual. ‘Changes’ Justin’s formal return to the spotlight is by no means the progression into the pop hall of fame that his career so long ago near promised, but is instead a trainwreck display of a man that had halted his progression as an artist only to return half as much refined as before. This certainly isn’t the first time Justin has attempted to reinvent himself as an artist. In fact, his first saw him capturing the passing of his youth and transitioning into manhood, only for him to years later attempt the exact same shtick. Only the second time around, the glitz and glamour didn’t veil the lack of substance Bieber had relegated himself to.
Justin takes no time in exposing his hollow and unrefined material, with the intro track, ‘All Around Me’. In an evident transition from his former pure pop, kidz bop sound to moody r&b and emotionally in touch performer, Bieber sets the painfully slow and reconceived version of himself into practice. What has become apparent from his absence in the spotlight is the deterioration of definable characteristics, as a once inescapable and unmistakable Bieber struts his lack of individuality. His vocals on the track are simply just not strong enough to bare the weight of the emptiness that is created by the watered-down instrumental. Bieber exposes his weaknesses from the opening moments on the track, putting on display a surprising lack of well, substance, material, and a sound that manages to leave even the slightest of impressions.
Whilst Bieber makes certain his new genre-bending sound, he also manages to stay true to his all so humble beginnings and includes several more pop-oriented cuts. ‘Intentions’ is a classic example of Bieber playing with the more conventional pop equations, as the track welcomes a host of far more traditi
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Thoughts ? I hope this is not the case.
this cover is too hard and Opium would be a good name
Billy had said before her thinks there isn’t any appreciation in 2019 for the long, 8-minute epic rock song with long intros and outros, etc. Think the success of the newest Tool album will change his mind?
Inspired by a discussion I had with one of my friends, thought this community would probably have some good 'what if...' ideas too!
What the title says
I get wanting to explore with new musicians but that never seemed to be the case. It always looked as though they just had a genuine issue working with anyone for long periods of time. The impression I get from the countless amounts of interviews on the subject is that all four original members where completely traumatized by the split and some of the years leading up to it, and like the drugs they all reacted to that trauma in different ways. Do you think that might have something to do with it? What are your theories?
I don’t mean picking a track on the album necessarily though you can do that. But, also any other title.
What would you change the title of the debut to? I can’t pick for my life. I need one that really represents the album.
I think Fearless is a perfect title for Fearless.
I like Speak Now as the title for that album. I know she initially wanted to name it Enchanted. But I don’t really like Enchanted as the album title. What would you call it if not Speak Now?
I think Red is perfect for Red.
If not 1989, I would call 1989 either Style or Wonderland. But I really love 1989 as the title seeing as the album is heavily influenced by 80s synth pop.
I think Reputation is a perfect title for Reputation. I can’t pick something else for my life.
What would you do?
It's sooo good. I wish it was more.
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