interview with founder of smashing pumpkins

[norral]

very interesting interview with the founder of smashing pumpkins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...8kyfhABWug


i agree 100% that musicians have a responsibility with the music they make negative messages created for profit dont work for me. i particularly dislike some of the images of women as sexual objects. that doesnt work for me at all . also dislike this crap about the thug life im a thug etc etc. instead of being a thug and a bully how about being a hero and standing up for someone who is oppressed. that is what i believe in.

norral

[ocean50]

Thanks Norral, I look forward to watching this. SP is my favorite band.

[norral]

i have a lot of respect for what he said. a thoughtful man who has taken a much deeper look than most at the implications of what he does.

[Meerie]

Awesome, thank you....
Billy Corgan is definitely not one of these mainstream puppets.
Smashing pumpkins don't make music anymore, do they?
Edit: just checked, they dissolved in 2000 but reunited again, later....
Lol, I liked how at the end of the interview Billy tries to subtly direct Alex into a more positive view....

[norral]

so much of the music portrays a negative message, especially regarding women an violence, encouraging kids to confront . everyone is protecting their machissimo. heres a rapper i like common

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi6tatSEa...re=related

jill scott - she is a singer also

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7OwBQPZY...re=related