>During production, Corgan described the album to the music press as "The Wall for Generation X", a comparison with Pink Floyd's 1979 album, one of the highest selling and best known concept albums of all time.
So, did he succeed? Can Mellon Collie really be considered “Gen X’s The Wall”?
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should have been one cd imo
I can see that. The wall was utter shit.
>unnecessary double album
it really is The Wall
An overindulgent, overproduced, self-flagellating slogfest for the Kurt Cobain generation? Yes, in that regard they are about equal.
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Pink Floyd is unironically a top 5 GOAT band. Smashing Pumpkins is lucky to crack the top 100.
>So, did he succeed? Can Mellon Collie really be considered “Gen X’s The Wall”?
As a member of Gen X, I'll say yes, even though I've never heard "The Wall." Mellon Collie is a great album.
You have reefer madness.
>Smashing Pumpkins is lucky to crack the top 100
They could be top 100 off the 90s output alone, but Corgan really has spent the past 20 or so years systematically destroying what was left of the bands legacy.
desu all of these, i truly dont know what he was thinking. I think the whole title of double album is such a cop out especially when 60% of it is filler bsides bullshit but even weirder when the bsides to this album are actually way better than some of the tracks. Ill never understand why Stumbeline is on this album and not Set the Ray to jerry
we should hang out sometimes
desu if you make the top 100 all time, then you aren't that far below the top 5.
She looks as smug as corgan
he was overrating two excellent albums.
The wall is shit. Mellon Collie is (probably) my favorite album ever, just listen to thru the eyes of ruby, everything great about the pumpkins in one track
You are all full of shit. The Wall is pretty mid as far as Floyd goes, while Mellom Collie has no filler whatsoever.
Pumpkinhead Corbin has the worst voice ever. The song Tonight, Tonight isn't even rock its Sissy-Core. This album is made by faggots for faggots.
mellon collie is a much more cohesive and interesting album than the wall
It wasn't overproduced at all. Corgan just played through his live rig.
Certified retard.
it's a good album, but anyone who tries to compare their work to something already established tends to be either insecure about their feelings towards their own work or has delusions of grandeur
In any case, no this album never reached the same amount of cultural impact the Wall did
Idk about comparing it to the wall since theyre very different sounds, but I rate mellon collie as an amazing double album.
On another note, the claims that it has a bunch of filler is crap. Here are the worst songs on the album in my opinion:
>tales of a scorched earth
>x.y.u
They aren't even bad, I just wouldn't be in tears if they weren't on the album. The amazing tier songs are:
>1979
>tonight tonight
>thru the eyes of ruby
>jellybelly
Then there's 23 songs in between that in terms of quality. Does having songs of varying quality mean filler? Just because Thirty-Three isn't as good as the amazing 1979, does that make it filler? I think it would be a stupid way to look at things. If you're saying this album has filler, what do you qualify as filler and why?
That's funny because the Wall was basically a Waters solo project
*22 songs in between that
i cant math
Both albums are masterpieces for average listeners. More demanding listeners need something a little more ambitious.
rec something ambitious user so i can listen to it
Everything the smashing pumpkins made was superior shitvana
As in 20% good tracks and 80% filler? Absolutely.
"Fragile" by Yes comes to mind. "Thick as a brick" by Jethro Tull. "Red" by King Crimson. And perhaps Camel's "Moonmadness" (a person favorite).
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Smashing Pumpkins is shittier than anyone would ever claim Pink Floyd to be, Siamese Dream might be good but it's overrated as fuck and anything afterwards is trash. Corgan needs to get off his high horse.
