REVIEW: Smashing Pumpkins Release New Song

I'm so dissappointed. Such flat and heartless music from Corgan.
What happened to him...? He used to have something to say, or at least a real place he was coming from. I don't feel anything from this. Maybe it's lacking the imput of some of the original members, or maybe he's just...become complacent. :/

Absolute garbage. Just like 99.9% of their crap.

Beautiful song... these last two songs are the best songs I've heard from Billy since Adore.

That is total bollocks and you know it, who has paid you to to say this???

To me this song allmost had the potential to go somewhere but unfortunately it went the wrong way. I've heard nothing from this new drummer either that makes me think he is even a good drummer. I'm a guitarist and sometimes I find myself listening to some pumpkins/zwan songs just for jimmys drumming because it is that stand out, his drumming on zwan songs 'Lyric and Settle Down' are top notch.

I would love to hear something like 'My Life And Times' in the same kind of format as Pearl Jams 'Better Man'.

Just because he's giving it away for free does NOT make the song good. I agree with the majority of feedback that is out there, which is that this is not a very good song. That statement is put in the context of both Billy's work, as well as ANYONE elses.

And I have indeed heard a lot of great music from unknown artists who give their music away for free; again, much better than this garbage of a song.

Another comment is that anyone who feels Billy doesn't understand the media is a moron. It's a fact that there is a street team assigned to promoting this song. Get over it, any succesful musician knows how this works. It's a reason they are succesful.

I think the song is mediocore at best. It's gotten a little bit better as I have listened to it, but it just isn't that great of a song in my opinion. Just because a peace of **** is free doesn't make it good.

I am very appreciative of what Billy is doing, and can't wait for his other music, but I'm not going to fool myself into thinking all of the songs are going to be gems. I think Song for a Son is brilliant personally. Widow is just crap. That is my opinion, so deal with it and get off of your ****ing high horse you ass kissing ****s.

God damnit **** Pumpkins fans are the worst. Billy Corgan is not a demon. He's not "manipulating the media to give him positive reviews". As he said himself at one point, SP is *not* a corporation, he's *not* trying to take over the world, and especially not now, so whoever is trying to accuse BC of a cashgrab/attention whoring/whatever, just shut up. There's a fine line between realism and trite cynicism, and you just crossed it. He just wants to write happy songs instead of the stereotypical doom-and-gloom, and it's not like all of Teargarden is going to be Zwan (which I like anyway).

A Song for a Son is excellent. Widow Wake My Mind is not my favorite and I don't love it as much as I love SFAS but it's still good. There's a reason why no one except some retard from pitchfork has insulted Teargarden so far - because it's *good* and it's on par with old Pumpkins in every way.

Love it! i'm no musical reviewer but i find it to be happy, and peppy and not at all what I expected. Thansk Billy! :D

complete and utter ****.

and not comparing it to other albums, other eras either. if anyone else - any other "band" released this - i would feel the same way. there's no soul to it. there's nothing innovative about it. this is the kind of trite you get when you surround yourself with kissassers who tell him day in and day out how great he is because they need him or at least need to name drop him every chance they can get.

perhaps this is the result of hanging out with the likes of tila tequila or jessica simpson or paris hilton. no wonder jimmy bailed out just as soon as he can. who would want to attach their name to something like this other than some 19 year old drummer no one has ever heard of before?

instead of searching out GOD or promoting GOD billy should be asking GOD why hast thou forsaken me? my music is **** now GOD! can you help a brother out?

First impressions, are i really dont like it. Its sorta boring musically. And predictable. One popcorn.

SERIOUSLY, It's a catchy and "oh. . oh . . oh," happy song and I'm so happy for BC and his Love that he can call his own, without shame. I have to admit, the song is not recorded how I expect a SP Song in tearms of quality. .but heck he's giving it away for free! I think I hear Feedback or something in there too! It did take a while for me to get where the song was going. The repetition of "Widow Wake my mind" at the beginning was hard at first but now I get it.
I know he will keep writing and expanding like he always has and does> I'm a fan of his art, and the music he produces.

It's not like anything I've heard in a long time.

BC or B Square

BPTWEETER

I like this. It's much more poppy than Song for a Son and in some ways thats kindof nice. I'd like to thank Billy for putting his music out free for anyone to do what they please with. Its a refreshing and exciting change to the industry. It's a nice addition and I'm looking forward to a lot more to come.

I really dig this tune! It has a great 1970's mojo to it, and I love how it's simple, yet captivating. There is actually quite a lot of music occurring during the main chorus section. The buildup from 1:50 into the piano interlude is so Beatlesque, but in such a great way!

His vocals are top notch on this too, and it doesn't sound like he's afraid to embrace his uniqueness like he perhaps was with Zeitgeist (which I also liked).

I'm really looking forward to the next 42, and it's good to see a positive review from Spinner, especially since this track is so unique amongst SP's catalog.

My brother is a huge Pumpkinhead too, but he isn't in to the dark sound. I played him this and he was so ecstatic about it, he even said it's his favorite song from Billy!

Beautiful song... these last two songs are the best songs I've heard from Billy since Adore.