Line Out - Comments on Life's a Bummer When You're a Hummer http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer I've never been exactly sure what that line meant. In fact, many of Billy Corgan's lyrics have always sort of evaded me. Still, Siamese Dream was one of my favorite records in high school. It starts out bright and loud... Copyright 2008 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:02:18 -0800 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:13:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Eric Grandy So does this post count as a "Mayonnaise Fact of the Day"?

Because if so, that means Frizzelle gets a Belle & Sebastian freebie.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689004 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689004 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:09:32 -0800 Comment by William Goodman From one music writer to another, "Mayonaise" is my fav. tune from 'Siamese Dream' as well...also one of my all time favs...

]]> William Goodman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689022 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689022 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:22:08 -0800 Comment by Ryan Today was the best summertime song when I was growing up in the suburbs. I may have to make an iTunes stop later today.

]]> Ryan http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689032 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689032 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:29:57 -0800 Comment by graig markel "gish" is actually the only decent album these guys made.

i can't even imagine the goofy shit they're up to now...

]]> graig markel http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689037 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689037 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:36:19 -0800 Comment by sniggles yeah, well, actually, ....

]]> sniggles http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689044 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689044 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:43:15 -0800 Comment by Matthew I'm one of the few who liked everything from Siamese Dream up through Adore and Machina. This is the first I've heard of the new album... after thumbing through Corgan's book of poetry, I'm apprehensive about what's happened to his mind. But optimistic.

]]> Matthew http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689067 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689067 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:09:52 -0800 Comment by Bryan in the UK Disarm! Disarm! That song just sounds so...big!

]]> Bryan in the UK http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689075 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689075 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:18:29 -0800 Comment by nipper I had some friends that equated certain SP songs/dynamics with shooting heroin. (sigh) some of my friends sucked.

]]> nipper http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689076 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689076 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:18:59 -0800 Comment by unpaid intern i have to confess my absolutely unsquelchable affection for this album, Pisces Iscariot, and Mellon Collie. I cringe at the thought of a new album, though; Billy really fell off the horse some time after '95. Zwan and his solo album were friggin trainwrecks.

]]> unpaid intern http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689081 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689081 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:26:25 -0800 Comment by MattyDread Did it ever bother anybody that "Mayonaise" is misspelled? It bothered me.
I saw the Pumpkins on this tour and they were fantastic live, but Corgan's antics and pseudo-profound teen angst lyrics eventually got to me and now I can't bear to listen to them at all ever. Although I loved that line "despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage." And Gish was a great album at its time. Jane's Addiction clone, but great.

]]> MattyDread http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689087 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689087 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:40:11 -0800 Comment by josh b life is a bummer when you’re a hummer = it sucks when you can hum a melody but can't think of any clever lyrics to write.

]]> josh b http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689095 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689095 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:53:33 -0800 Comment by jz megan, knowing you never listened to this album while getting high in your dormroom makes me cry inside a little.

seeing the pumpkins on "gish" tour at washington square in miami beach while high on LSD remains one of my peak musical experiences.

theyve always been, to me, an extremely drug-friendly band.

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689109 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689109 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:16:18 -0800 Comment by Bryan in the UK @8, 12:

No kidding on the drug angle! I bought Mellon Collie at the Wenatchee Hastings when I was like 16, and I received a serious browbeating at the hands of the lady who was behind me in line. It went something along the lines of "I heard their keyboardist just OD'ed. Do you want to support that sort of lifestyle? DO YOU??? That $20 bill of yours is just going to go straight into one of the Pumpkins' veins."

I thought her citizen-cop act was a bit over the top. Then again, maybe she was right to be concerned...

]]> Bryan in the UK http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689129 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689129 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:45:27 -0800 Comment by mrobvious Wow, I would have told that woman "What, are you crazy? At most the Pumpkins will get to put $2 of this $20 in their veins, the rest will go up the noses of record execs."

]]> mrobvious http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689135 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689135 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:59:38 -0800 Comment by segal Did it ever bother anybody that "Mayonaise" is misspelled?

All misspelled words everywhere bother me... unless the misspelling is intentional and done with wit.

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689212 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689212 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:18:38 -0800 Comment by nipper Gish was a Jane's Addiction clone? wow. seriously. wow.

]]> nipper http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689272 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689272 Love Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:45:54 -0800 Comment by Mersault Well said, Mayonaise is a great fucking song. I love the way he says "I just want to beeeeeee meeeeee."

And, while Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness had it's fair share of shite, some of those songs are fabulous.

]]> Mersault http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689462 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689462 Love Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:26:10 -0800 Comment by lauren Jane's Addiction is actually an argument against cloning-- what an awful, awful confederation of turds that band was/is/will ever be.

]]> lauren http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689542 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/lifes_a_bummer_when_youre_a_hummer#c689542 Love Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:13:59 -0800