| The Smashing Pumpkins – The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Actually, I believe everyone here is wrong on this song. This song was actually written about the Pumpkins drummer, Jimmie Chamberlain! During the Melancholy tour on 1996, Chamberlain and touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin (who's sister is Lisa Melvoin from Prince's Revolution), were shooting up heroin in a New York hotel room that resulted in the overdose death of Melvoin on July 11th and subsequent firing of Chamberlain on July 17th. The remainder of that tour on drums was filled by Matt Cameron from Soundgarden and Matt Walker of Filter. During the recording of Melancholy, the Pumpkins recorded over a hundred tracks, some of them rocked a lot harder and sounded better, but somehow didn't make it on the final cut for that double album. If you listen to the song "Pastichio Medley" from the Zero EP, you can pick out the medley of "The Aeroplane Flies High" which started out as a song with a different name. Corgan went on to record "Aeroplane" after the tragic, and very stupid death of Jonathan Melvoin and Chamberlain's betrayal of the band with that incident clearly in mind. :-) |
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| Chevelle – Delivery (Compulsion cover) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song was originally written and recorded by the Irish band "Compulsion". Chevelle did the retake on it, which to me, sounds better than the original. | |
| Soundgarden – Burden in My Hand Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I found it ironic that the song was released not long after the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson. | |
| Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Lol, the apocalypse! Kim Thayil once commented on the song as how the band saw their city, Seattle! He said Seattle was a mecca for techies and other displaced individuals who seem to dwell and even prosper in a land with no sun. Those who live in Seattle would tell you how the sun never shines 8 months out of the year, due to constant overcast from Puget Sound and Pacific Ocean, a "Black Hole Sun" |
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| Throwing Muses – Bright Yellow Gun Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I think this song was Kristen reflecting on her struggles with Halucinations, which she's had for most of her life. | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins – The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Actually, I believe everyone here is wrong on this song. This song was actually written about the Pumpkins drummer, Jimmie Chamberlain! During the Melancholy tour on 1996, Chamberlain and touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin (who's sister is Lisa Melvoin from Prince's Revolution), were shooting up heroin in a New York hotel room that resulted in the overdose death of Melvoin on July 11th and subsequent firing of Chamberlain on July 17th. The remainder of that tour on drums was filled by Matt Cameron from Soundgarden and Matt Walker of Filter. During the recording of Melancholy, the Pumpkins recorded over a hundred tracks, some of them rocked a lot harder and sounded better, but somehow didn't make it on the final cut for that double album. If you listen to the song "Pastichio Medley" from the Zero EP, you can pick out the medley of "The Aeroplane Flies High" which started out as a song with a different name. Corgan went on to record "Aeroplane" after the tragic, and very stupid death of Jonathan Melvoin and Chamberlain's betrayal of the band with that incident clearly in mind. :-) |
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