Comments on: Smashing Pumpkins Release “Tarantula” Single

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:40:26 +0000

Considering that Zwan was just as much Smashing Pumpkins as the band is now would it be wrong to suggest that the past four albums were a little, if not a lot, disappointing? At any rate they’ve all had their moments, but I like you hope there’s more to Zeitgeist.

By: solace

solace — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:31:28 +0000

not as bad as i’d expected, but far from great either…

just hope the album is better than the last 3 (if you include Machina II) albums, that’s all i ask…

By: Zizo

Zizo — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:26:54 +0000

I think it rocks at warp speed. as a long time pumpkinhead (’93) its ‘bodies’ meets ‘crash car star’ meets ‘drown’ (the soft break 3/4 into the song); but with a fresh production format. kudos.

By: Avi Flax

Avi Flax — Sun, 20 May 2007 06:42:31 +0000

If anyone wants to download the song, I’ve converted it to MP3 and posted it to my blog:

http://aviflax.com/post/download-the-new-smashing-pumpkins-song-tarantula/

Enjoy!

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Sun, 20 May 2007 02:51:08 +0000

I suppose I might not quite qualify as a fan boy, but I’d like to think that it couldn’t have been any better…I think this is the best that Billy and his new crew could have done…and I like it.

By: Waffles

Waffles — Sun, 20 May 2007 00:54:30 +0000

To me it sounds like later Smashing Pumpkins. Not Machina either, maybe Machina II. I haven’t decided on that one.

But it’s something that I’ll let all the fanboys argue about. And I’ll probably let them say that it could have been so much better while I can’t escape it on the radio.