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Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans by The Smashing Pumpkins
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The Smashing Pumpkins Is An American Alternative Rock Band From Chicago. The Band Was Formed In 1988 By Billy Corgan And James Iha With Bassist D'arcy Wretzky And Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin Joining Shortly After. Despite Going Through Many Lineup Changes The Current Lineup Is Identical To The Original With The Exception Of Wretzky Who Would End Up Leaving The Band Just Before Their Initial Breakup In 2000. Disavowing The Punk Rock Roots Of Many Of Their Alt-Rock Contemporaries They Have A Diverse Densely Layered And Guitar-Heavy Sound Containing Elements Of Gothic Rock Heavy Metal Dream Pop Psychedelic Rock Progressive Rock Shoegazing And In Later Recordings Electronica. Corgan Is The Group's Primary Songwriter His Musical Ambitions And Cathartic Lyrics Have Shaped The Band's Albums And Songs Which Have Been Described As "anguished Bruised Reports From Billy Corgan's Nightmare-Land". The Smashing Pumpkins Broke Into The Musical Mainstream With Their Second Album 1993's Siamese Dream. The Group Built Its Audience With Extensive Touring And Their 1995 Follow-Up The Double Album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 Album Chart. 1998's Adore Would Just Barely Miss Out Peaking At Number Two. With 30 Million Albums Sold Worldwide The Smashing Pumpkins Were One Of The Most Commercially Successful And Critically Acclaimed Bands Of The 1990s. However Internal Fighting Drug Use And Diminishing Record Sales Led To A 2000 Break-Up. In 2006 Corgan And Chamberlin Reconvened To Record A New Smashing Pumpkins Album Zeitgeist. After Touring Throughout 2007 And 2008 With A Lineup Including New Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Chamberlin Left The Band In Early 2009. Later That Year Corgan Began A New Recording Series With A Rotating Lineup Of Musicians Entitled Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Which Encompassed The Release Of Stand-Alone Singles Compilation EP Releases And Two Full Albums That Also Fell Under The Project's Scope—Oceania In 2012 And Monuments To An Elegy In 2014. Chamberlin And Iha Officially Rejoined The Band In February 2018. The Reunited Lineup Has Released Three Albums So Far—Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP No Past. No Future. No Sun. In November 2018 Cyr In November 2020 And ATUM In 2023.
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The Elusive Lover Porcelina Beckons The Subject To The Edge Of Belief And Beyond. His Belief System Changes As He Gives Into Porcelina And Gazes Past “The Realm Of Soft Delusions.” Ordinarily We Put Up Mental Blocks As A Defense Mechanism In Order To Stay Within The Fragile Framework That Supports Our Belief System. Corgan Refers To This Defense Mechanism As “the Thought Police” In These Lyrics And Suggests That The Power Of Porcelina Is Causing Them To Shut Down. Porcelina Is Now Free To Take The Narrator As Far As She Wishes Past His Preconceived Notions And Into A Deeper Realm Of Thought. "On Our First Two Albums We’d Grown Accustomed To The Benefit Of Playing Many Of The Songs Live Long Before They’d Been Crystallized On Tape. Once Stuck In The Glut Of So Many Ideas I Suggested We Consider Playing A Few Hometown Shows To Hammer Out Some Kinks As Well As Force The Dubious Pretenders Among Us Out Into The Light. This Made Plenty Of Sense To Everyone Save For The Fact That Very Few Of The 50 Plus Songs We Were Working On At Any Given Time Had Any True Lyrics By Which I Might Sing A Show. Only 72 Hours Before The First Of 4 Planned Such Dates I Found Myself With About 400 Lines To Fill And Very Little Idea Of What I Might Want To Say If Indeed I Wanted To Say Anything At All. I Raced My Way Through Various Spiraled Notebooks Compiling A Sort Of Master Syllabus Of Lines And Fragmented Poems That I’d Jotted Down Along My Travails. What Came Out In Haste Was A Sort Of Running Screed Where Common Ideas Spilled Over One Another Until I Wasn’t Sure What Any Of The Songs Were Really About. I Ended Keeping Most Of What I’d Scrawled Out In That Moment Of Compression And Pressure And You Can See That Most Clearly In A Song Like Porcelina Where Vague Allusions To Mythic Tides And Sinking Ships Seemed Only To Enhance The Unconscious Feelings Within. Carl Jung Would Be Proud! As Much As I Want Every Line Of Every Song To Be Perfect There Is Something Perfect About Not Fussing Over Anything Too Much Letting Synchronicity Be A Teacher And Guide To The Stars." - Billy Corgan 2012 Reissue Liner Notes
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The Smashing Pumpkins Is An American Alternative Rock Band From Chicago. The Band Was Formed In 1988 By Billy Corgan And James Iha With Bassist D'arcy Wretzky And Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin Joining Shortly After. Despite Going Through Many Lineup Changes The Current Lineup Is Identical To The Original With The Exception Of Wretzky Who Would End Up Leaving The Band Just Before Their Initial Breakup In 2000. Disavowing The Punk Rock Roots Of Many Of Their Alt-Rock Contemporaries They Have A Diverse Densely Layered And Guitar-Heavy Sound Containing Elements Of Gothic Rock Heavy Metal Dream Pop Psychedelic Rock Progressive Rock Shoegazing And In Later Recordings Electronica. Corgan Is The Group's Primary Songwriter His Musical Ambitions And Cathartic Lyrics Have Shaped The Band's Albums And Songs Which Have Been Described As "anguished Bruised Reports From Billy Corgan's Nightmare-Land". The Smashing Pumpkins Broke Into The Musical Mainstream With Their Second Album 1993's Siamese Dream. The Group Built Its Audience With Extensive Touring And Their 1995 Follow-Up The Double Album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 Album Chart. 1998's Adore Would Just Barely Miss Out Peaking At Number Two. With 30 Million Albums Sold Worldwide The Smashing Pumpkins Were One Of The Most Commercially Successful And Critically Acclaimed Bands Of The 1990s. However Internal Fighting Drug Use And Diminishing Record Sales Led To A 2000 Break-Up. In 2006 Corgan And Chamberlin Reconvened To Record A New Smashing Pumpkins Album Zeitgeist. After Touring Throughout 2007 And 2008 With A Lineup Including New Guitarist Jeff Schroeder Chamberlin Left The Band In Early 2009. Later That Year Corgan Began A New Recording Series With A Rotating Lineup Of Musicians Entitled Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Which Encompassed The Release Of Stand-Alone Singles Compilation EP Releases And Two Full Albums That Also Fell Under The Project's Scope—Oceania In 2012 And Monuments To An Elegy In 2014. Chamberlin And Iha Officially Rejoined The Band In February 2018. The Reunited Lineup Has Released Three Albums So Far—Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP No Past. No Future. No Sun. In November 2018 Cyr In November 2020 And ATUM In 2023.
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The elusive lover, Porcelina, beckons the subject to the edge of belief and beyond. His belief system changes as he gives into Porcelina and gazes past “The realm of soft delusions.”
Ordinarily we put up mental blocks as a defense mechanism in order to stay within the fragile framework that supports our belief system. Corgan refers to this defense mechanism as “the thought police” in these lyrics and suggests that the power of Porcelina is causing them to shut down.
Porcelina is now free to take the narrator as far as she wishes, past his preconceived notions and into a deeper realm of thought.
"On our first two albums we’d grown accustomed to the benefit of playing many of the songs live long before they’d been crystallized on tape. Once stuck in the glut of so many ideas, I suggested we consider playing a few hometown shows to hammer out some kinks, as well as force the dubious pretenders among us out into the light.
This made plenty of sense to everyone save for the fact that very few of the 50 plus songs we were working on at any given time had any true lyrics by which I might sing a show. Only 72 hours before the first of 4 planned such dates I found myself with about 400 lines to fill and very little idea of what I might want to say if indeed I wanted to say anything at all. I raced my way through various spiraled notebooks, compiling a sort of master syllabus of lines and fragmented poems that I’d jotted down along my travails.
What came out in haste was a sort of running screed, where common ideas spilled over one another until I wasn’t sure what any of the songs were really about. I ended keeping most of what I’d scrawled out in that moment of compression and pressure, and you can see that most clearly in a song like Porcelina, where vague allusions to mythic tides and sinking ships seemed only to enhance the unconscious feelings within. Carl Jung would be proud!
As much as I want every line of every song to be perfect, there is something perfect about not fussing over anything too much; letting synchronicity be a teacher and guide to the stars."
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Published: 08 Aug 2008, 02:33
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Is The Third Album By American Alternative Rock Band The Smashing Pumpkins Released On October 24 1995 On Virgin Records. Produced By Smashing Pumpkins Frontman Billy Corgan Flood And Alan Moulder The 28-Track Album Was Released As A Two-Disc CD And Triple LP. Flood And Moulder Had Previously Worked With Nine Inch Nails To Produce 1994's The Downward Spiral. Led By The Single "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" The Album Debuted At Number One On The Billboard Charts A First For The Group. The Album Spawned Four More Singles Over The Course Of 1996 And Has Been Certified Nine Times Platinum. Praised By Critics For Its Ambition And Scope Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Earned The Band Seven Grammy Award Nominations In 1997. The Album Was Voted The 29th Greatest Album Of All Time In 1998 By Q Magazine Readers. In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 487 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.