Thoughts on Glass and the Ghost children

[L'egoMan]

The song is my favourite SP song, funny that it is on Machina. It's use of mellotron, the drumming, awesome bassline, the opening guitar riff, the almost 70'ish dramatic prog lyrics makes it almost to hot to handle. I've always thought it was Corgan handling that crazed whammy guitar intro, but now I am in doubt. Iha is absolutely capable of creating and playing something like that. Anyone know who's in charge of it?

If bully puts together a new album I hope he stops try try trying and makes a decent dynamic and progressive rock album with less vocals and more guitar. He is a damned good guitar player too with a uniqe style a shame that he's lost his way.

[Tabris]

did you just refer to a song as "too hot to handle"?



you just killed god

[Luriden]

Meh, I think it's one of the worst songs they've done. Machina would have been so much better had they removed this, Heavy Metal Machine, and Crying Tree Of Mercury.

Glass & the Ghost children just really doesn't go anywhere for awhile, and when it does, you wish it wouldn't. Billy's lyrics are too abstract here. "And she counted the spiders as they crawled up inside her". No thanks. I'm sure it goes along nicely with the whole album theme, but too bad I didn't go along with it, I just liked the music.

[pen1562001]

I think it's one of the better songs off of Machina.

I certainly feel like I'm on acid whenever I'm listening to it. In fact, it's on one of the cds I burned filled with music to trip out to while smoking marijuana or just having eaten shrooms.

[TheImplodingVoice]

Originally posted by pen1562001
one of the better songs

That sounds so Engrish!



( btw please dont think Im a grammar snob... my english is terrible anyway)

[pen1562001]

terhes a porlbem wiht mi enligsh?

[sad machines]

Originally posted by Luriden
Billy's lyrics are too abstract here. "And she counted the spiders as they crawled up inside her". No thanks.

I don't like to argue whether a song is good or not...it's kinda silly. But, I have to say that these lyrics are not very abstract. Actually I think they are some of the more straight-forward lyrics on the album.

If you didn't know...this line is referencing the feeling that one gets when injecting heroin.

[ocean]

great song, abstract, but solid. fantastic lyrics... could have closed the record. yet another forshadow of the impending band breakup. among other things.

[Herr Lipp]

Originally posted by TheImplodingVoice
That sounds so Engrish!

nah that's all good.

It can be "one of the better" or "one of the best"
but it can only be "one of the worst" not "one of the worse". COnfused? Good! Teach me how to say suck my balls in Spanish :)

I think this song just about works in general, theres some good melody on there, and I like the BIG sound it has after the spoken part. But lyrics are pretty meanngless.

[Walter Sobchak]

nothing will top the 9.21.00 version of GATGC.

GATGC rules!!!

[TheImplodingVoice]

Originally posted by Walter Sopchak


Chúpame las bolas, fras

[Herr Lipp]

sweet. i thought it was cojones? or is that just slang?

[Herr Lipp]

Originally posted by Walter Sobchak
nothing will top the 9.21.00 version of GATGC.

GATGC rules!!!

you suck. fan boy.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

hi nik how are you doing?

[TheImplodingVoice]

Originally posted by Walter Sopchak
sweet. i thought it was cojones? or is that just slang?

well the most common is HUEVOS(eggs) but Bolas and Cojones are used regularly too

[L'egoMan]

Originally posted by Cool As Ice Cream
hi nik how are you doing?

i'm orite thank you very much. how're you?

[Herr Lipp]

why dont you two speak to each other in the mother tongue??

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally posted by Walter Sopchak
why dont you two speak to each other in the mother tongue?? i don't speak oslosh and he doesn't speak flemish.

nik, i'm fine.

[Herr Lipp]

my mistake. :O

[Rael]

This song is good. I wouldn't call it Prog though, it's more like two songs sandwiched together with some atmosphere in the middle.
It has some prog elements but the development is not as symphonic as i would like for a prog song.

I am however glad that Billy writes songs like this. And i hope that he continues to do so.

[somaziro]

i really like the live versions of the song, its a great opener.

[Zen Acolyte]

yes, for the cocept that it is, it's a great song. Great album imo.


...and Billy hasn't lost his way, this is your opinion, as it is mine. Remember, all things change.

[Luriden]

Originally posted by sad machines
[BIf you didn't know...this line is referencing the feeling that one gets when injecting heroin. [/B]

Ah, I didn't know that. I'm not the best at interpreting lyrics.

[Siamese_Dreamer]

Hey, hey, I'm new!

I think its a good song, but it does tend to drag on a bit....




In other words, I much prefer "long" songs like X.Y.U

[Joliet's Green Onions]

i don't like the interlude, but the song itself is good

[Rael]

Originally posted by Citizen Snips
i don't like the interlude, but the song itself is good

The live interlude by Mike Garson is very cool & Much more dramatic.

[(.)Ions]

i'd have to say it's my favorite song on Machina...and probably in my SP top 5.

sometimes i wish they would have cut out the middle part with the talking and put in a nice instrumental or a good solo. but the start and end more than make up for it.

[Stevie Nicks]

I think it's shit. man I sound so authoritive

[Joliet's Green Onions]

Originally posted by Rael
The live interlude by Mike Garson is very cool & Much more dramatic.

i like him a lot(or at least the stuff he's done with tsp) especialy the live Blue Skies Bring Tears

[hukt own fonikz]

Originally posted by Walter Sobchak
nothing will top the 9.21.00 version of GATGC.

GATGC rules!!!

You have it? Where did it come from. Everywhere I've looked only has the 9/20 show. I love this song though, the interlude and end are awesome. I love the part during the end when the drums come back in. It sounds very dramatic.

As for the beginning solo, I noticed in the last year or so, a ton of the songs had crazy ass slide solos. What was up with that?

[Trickster]

James does a lot of e-bowed guitar on the later pumpkins albums.

I really like when the drums come in all distorted during the second part. :cool:

[Chopstick]

Originally posted by Tabris
you just killed god
I'm so stealing that line.