Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – “Dolly” – Jolene, I Will Always Love You (Square Vinyl)
Siamese Dream is the 1993 Smashing Pumpkins release that I purchased with my Christmas money when I was in 7th grade. Man how time fly’s. I must first confess that I have not listened to the Smashing Pumpkins for a few years because I saw them in concert in 2007 and the show was very disappointing and boring. I was looking around at 4,000 Holes on Saturday and saw the album and it brought back great memories so I picked it up. Even thought the non original lineup sucks live… Siamese Dream is a fantastic album! Kicking off with “Cherub Rock” (A song the kids all know from one of the Guitar Hero games) this album has great rock and melodic songs. “Today”, “Luna” and “Disarm” are mellow gems that I could listen to every day…”Geek U.S.A.” and “Silverfuck” rock like nobody’s business and the mix makes Siamese Dream a must listen for any music fan (not just 90′s music freaks). It was great after not really listening to them for a few years to drop the needle on this great album. It brings back a lot of great and weird childhood memories.
The 7″ I picked was punk rock super group cover band Me First and The Gimme Gimmes Dolly 7″ on Square Vinyl. Outside of the fact that it’s a bitch to put the needle on a square vinyl the album has two rockin’ great Dolly Pardon Covers. The Cover of “Jolene” is my favorite and prefer it over the White Stripes cover of the song. In fact I also prefer the “I Will Always Love You” cover over Whitney Huston also.
Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
Cherub Rock
Quiet
Today
Hummer
Rocket
Disarm
Soma
Geek U.S.A.
Mayonaise
Spaceboy
Silverfuck
Sweet Sweet
Luna
– Matt
