The Greatest* Albums Of All Time - a DiS listening club! 💿 CURRENT ALBUM: FRANK OCEAN - BLOND 💿

[Kallgeese]

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obsessive… Alice Coltrane fans

I have restrained myself on this topic.

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[mrmrongov]

@Kallgeese

I have restrained myself on this topic.

I want to hear the unrestrained version!

(I mean I want to hear more about Alice Coltrane from you, somehow that phrasing came out ambiguous)

[colon_closed_bracket]

Me too! I really enjoyed the album that was on this list - a rare instance in this thread where I was left wanting more at the end.

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[riverwise]

Guys, if someone likes the Smashing Pumpkins it’s fine. I might not go much on them myself but if another poster gets something out of them then good for them.

[colon_closed_bracket]

Aw no, I agree

@colon_closed_bracket

for all our mocking, it’s quite sweet when people are really into one band, so long as the band isn’t a bunch of neo-Nazis or something

I am absolutely going to town in the 391 records thread when The Crane Wife by The Decemberists comes round, which I know is nails-down-a-chalkboard for many.

[UncleRetrospective]

Easy there Zach Braff…

[radbitt]

Yeah this. Not really enjoying the thread descending into weird bullying tbh

[colon_closed_bracket]

Hey, I started this thread, and the last thing I’d want to do is for anyone to feel bullied (or feel that there was bullying going on).

The intention was no more than a light hearted joke, in keeping with a wider narrative about The Smashing Pumpkins (there’s a 1.5K thread dedicated to them so there’s plenty of engagement with them elsewhere). Though I regret using the words “oddly obsessive” - that wasn’t right and I’m sorry for that.

Anyway, I didn’t massively enjoy MCATIS, but I didn’t hate it either, and I’m glad I’ve listened to it.

[radbitt]

Yeah I know that you started it and it’s been great. Just thought the discussion re the Smashing Pumpkins / MCATIS seemed a bit mean spirited. I don’t post here that often and I know that there is a fair bit of eye rolling every time SP are mentioned so it may be more of an in joke situation, but just felt that the different treatment that this record received seemed a bit targeted (shutting it down early followed by lots of posts saying how boring posts about MC were to read etc), particularly as there is a user who was probably looking forward to writing about and discussing the album (which I thought was the entire point of the thread). Think the general tone would also have put anyone else who wanted to talk about the record off as well, as any potential conversation relating to it was effectively shut down.

Anyway, like I say, perhaps there’s more to the whole Smashing Pumpkins dialogue that I’m not aware of, and no one who knows the background would have been offended, but just seemed a bit churlish to me and out of keeping with the rest of the thread. I also know this isn’t a forum that encourages bullying etc as well, so willing to accept that it may be me being oversensitive as opposed to anything else

[colon_closed_bracket]

Fair enough. The lines between discussing each album are pretty blurry, as is my scheduling for suggesting a new album. I’ll dial back on commenting on SP, and see how it progresses organically from here.

this is the generic SP thread which is at 2000 posts

Thread for posting in every time you're listening to The Smashing Pumpkins

EVERY time and I mean EVERY TIME. If you listen to them ONCE and don’t post in here, then you’re NEVER ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO THEM AGAIN!!

[Funkhouser]

Also this one (3600 posts)

The Smashing Pumpkins - Rage against the Machina

My old friend John Brainlove did this thread about a thousand years ago, but I still remember. I voted for SP mostly on the strength of Adore. Yes, of course, Gish and that other famous one, but Adore…I love Adore, and never mind ever thing else. Yes, Kurt Cobain, it was a tough decision, but for me, SP. Revisiting old threads. SP v. Nirvana. [Appels + Oranjes - Smashing Pumpkins] SP - Apples+Oranges

[ma0sm]

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the generic SP thread

@Thread for posting in every time you're listening to The Smashing Pumpkins

EVERY time and I mean EVERY TIME. If you listen to them ONCE and don’t post in here, then you’re NEVER ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO THEM AGAIN!!

[radbitt]

Still not sure I totally understand tbh - is it that Smashing Pumpkins generate so much chat that it has to be corralled to specific parts of the site and isn’t tolerated elsewhere?

[Funkhouser]

I think the fact there are 2 dedicated threads with thousands of posts, plus countless others that contain a lot of SP discussion are part of the reason people (myself included) were making the jokes we were making. Plus

@radbitt

there is a user who was probably looking forward to writing about and discussing the album

They have been doing just that in this thread. So have others. And nobody is stopping them. I’m also certain that that user knows exactly what will happen when SP come up in these kinds of threads, and continues to post their opinions and links regardless, as they have for a long time now, so I’m not sure how much a few (admittedly tired) jokes will bother them.

[Funkhouser]

Tbh that user and I disagree about pretty much everything and have clashed a lot in the past, but that perseverance in talking about their favourite band is something I respect about them and find admirably quite funny.

[radbitt]

@Funkhouser

They have been doing just that in this thread. So have others. And nobody is stopping them

Yeah was more that I thought the general discussion around this particular record was shut down in a way that hasn’t happened with any of the others, and and they might have been looking forward to engaging with other users on it which effectively wasn’t allowed to happen. Just seemed a bit strange in a thread that was specifically set up to discuss records in. Obviously though there’s more background / site convention / etc. than I’m aware of, and if its not upsetting anyone else then I’ve got no reason to be tetchy either. Cheers for the explanation

[Bamnan]

tbh I was going to post a nice long post about that album but decided against it because I didn’t fancy the snark

[Funkhouser]

You’ve never let the snark stop you in the past!

[roastthemonaspit]

Guys…

Why are all the dusty gifs just ones with Ed Sheeran