BILLY CORGAN talks Good Things Festival, Solo Material, Metal Riffs and Origins of ‘Eye’

[@JCTHEKEEWEE]

You did an amazing job with this interview. You can see that billy could tell you were a fan and know his music and not just the hits. He was more engaged with you than other interviews he has done on this tour.

[@Everblackpodcast]

Thank you mate that means a lot!

[@Dmh1983]

Thanks for showing WPC respect. You got a great interview from him because you showed him you knew him, his work and were a fan. Thank you. I’m going to search out your podcast and give it a spin.

[@Everblackpodcast]

@@Dmh1983 thank you mate, TSP will always be my #1 and I’m very grateful I had that time with him. Thanks for subscribing too, links to the audio version are in the notes above if that’s your thing. Cheers!

[@timycarter]

Quality interview! Really natural and interesting. You are always top class and nailed this one. I love theFutureEmbrace

[@LeadMe2TheBliss]

Billy is such a f**king legend.

[@Garbrel80]

Awesome interview, mate!

[@blind_melon1]

Excellent interview! Hopefully more Corgan interviews with Everblack in the future, he seems to go beyond with stories and responses with you guys! :)

[@nclsrfn]

great interview man

[@derekperry261]

My fav b sides are mouths of babes and God

[@LeadMe2TheBliss]

Billy may be a little cocky, sure, but the dude is an amazing songwriter like him or not. I love how cool and humble he is here though and he keeps thanking the interviewer for appreciating his music and that is awesome! All bands should love all of their fans and appreciate them and don't forget where they came from.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

14:14 soundcheck? So they played it half step higher (on Mellon Collie it's in D standard, live they played everything in Eb on that tour)? Anyway, PICK ME FOR THE VOCALS (my drum loop cover is on my channel)!!!

[@djxxeess]

Great job! I agree with @JC-zt1zu . You are a true die-hard fan and Billy caught on to it so he gave you deeper responses rather than his surface run of the mill answers he's known to give when he gets annoyed with those type of basic interviews. Keep up the great work. Subscribed 👍

[@Chris_Sherwood]

Eye was definitely a peak at what was to come with the style of Adore.

[@Goodcompanywithbowling]

What’s the name of that beside song they’re talking about??

[@NoniMcPony]

Eye

[@Everblackpodcast]

It’s from the Lost Highway Soundtrack

[@melvinleong3731]

also lookin pretty good for 60 👍👍

[@derekperry261]

Tales of a scorched earth tour songs: Siva, Jelly belly,Zero,XYU,An ode to no one,tales of a scorched earth, Where boys fear tread, Everlasting Gaze,

[@rushshukla4636]

It's funny he should say that about Fuel coz he completely ripped them off with Starz which is a total steal off of The Thing That Should Not Be.

[@sammmm87]

Boooy Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins both ripped off Melvins with those songs, listen to Houdini and tell me I'm wrong

[@theunborn33]

One hundred percent. A lot of people ripped the Melvins. Nirvana literally copied and pasted the bassline from "It's Shoved" and used it as the main riff on "Milk It".

[@ChannelZero1031]

Can someone tell me if the pumpkins broke up again? Each time he's solo, he is going through a crisis.

[@arekpocicki5681]

goldstone

[@sickofsellinsmth]

Why is his hand red like this?

[@steverichards1482]

birthmark

[@bluecandyart8596]

Fisting.

[@EnemyOfThaParty]

The new album is amazing.

[@FlawlessRhythmGG]

Never heard that track before, so I went and listened to it. The arrangement and tempo are both different than Fuel. That's like saying Billy Joel ripped off Yesterday. Nah buddy. Nah.

[@bcmusic2277]

Nobody owns music. There is no such thing as an original idea. Music is a language A melody line analogous to a phrase. Any idea that you come up with has already been there. You did not invent what has already existed eternally.Before you discovered it and decided to claim it for yourself. Yes, you were the one responsible for channeling this and bringing it to us. And people deserve credit in recognition for that absolutely, but you can not claim that you came up with this riff. Guaranteed, even the smashing pumpkins riff is similar more pieces of music than I could hope to name. Like I get people have to legally protect their assets so that their careers can be viable. But if somebody happens to come up with something that sounds like something you did. There's a pretty strong chance that they did that on their own, unless, of course, they're subconsciously, influenced by you by direct exposure to those songs but I think it's more likely that as human beings, we only perceive music and musical phrasing in a finite amount of configurations that we find to be valid parts of a song. So of course people are going to make alot of songs that are very similar sounding to eachother. This is such a useless thing to get stressed out over and the modern industry just feeds this incorrect portrayal of the nature of music.

[@TheMicrodance]

I'd so much rather another FutureEmbrace than Aghori. I prefer Monuments. Loud guitars does not equal peak Pumpkins.

[@mullholand]

To say that James was ripping him off is so damn weak. Corgan's pettiness has no bounds. James is one of the class acts in the music world and he sure doesn't need to sound like SP - and I love both bands but come on - pick on someone that deserves it.

[@gabrielllllllllllll]

Billy was joking around stop crying

[@grungegods]

But It is literally the same song!!! Metallica just sings different lyrics! Straight up copied that...

[@truffle4321]

It's just ridiculous. By that rule, Red Hot Chili's "Warped" or Sepultura's "Bloody Roots" and so many others would be plagiarism. These types of riffs based on 0-1 or 0-2 are very intuitive to obtain naturally. The problem here, you already know what it is: the ego of an artist who demands attention after having been one of the best composers of his time. Poor Billy.

[@someguy2972]

Should of asked about the lizard person...

[@kristopherryanwatson]

oh god. give it up already.

[@NoahMarshall-y1q]

How does one turn what seems to be a compliment into an accusation of plagiarism? Two faced.

[@MMJK-eu3pi]

Both ripped off Anthrax fueled 😊

[@PedroHenrique-mj1mn]

This song is fucking awful. Anthrax goes butt rock.

[@ZacxOff]

Billy trying to claim Metallica ripped him off is just Billy’s way to try and gain relevance as a musician again 🤦‍♂️

[@kristopherryanwatson]

yeah, except for the fact their latest album is great, which only came out 3 months ago, and they are doing all sorts of touring and shows. yes, he really needs to try to be or go out of his way to stay relevant byu way of things he says. dummy.

[@ZacxOff]

@ he blatantly admits that his shows are going horribly in this interview 🤷‍♂️ he’s a nostalgia act at this point, and notoriously difficult to work with.

[@claytuckett1830]

​@@ZacxOff Your comments only make you look like a misinformed clown. The band has been all over the place lately with good reviews for shows and the most recent album.

[@theunborn33]

His ego has always been his worst enemy.

[@mondobizzzarro]

Giving a shit about "relevance" is for chumps like you, but I'll bite. He didn't need to gain something he already has.

[@0CETI]

How insufferably vapid egotistically boring lol. His words are dressed in a garb of profundity, yet seem to circle around his own orbit, void of true depth… his talent, once undeniable, now just chases its own shadow mistaking verbosity for vision.

[@2morrowillcome]

Sometimes you can say 'hes full of himself' and leave the thesaurus alone.

[@mondobizzzarro]

Me smart man use many word ne hate pumpkin man

[@DanielPenny-v7s]

What is wrong with his hand

[@steverichards1482]

birthmark

[@dylanjohnhoey]

Lars coupd never pull off the drums like Jimmy chamberlain.

[@ishmael2586]

I can see why d'arcy hated him so much

[@kristopherryanwatson]

i can see why your opinion carries very little weight. D'arcy always had a lot of her own personal issues.