Billy Corgan Interview

[trololo5289]

Silly Billy... Where is Jimmy, where is James?!

[civiru]

This vid shows that he truly is bald. There is some hair on the side but the top is completely hairless. I think it would look cooler if he just let it grow

[JoddTamison]

i hate how he says vinyl is more inviting

a lot of the music nowadays is about distance and getting away/

digital robot no emotion

[jumpinjoe88]

@JoddTamison He meant digital is more inviting. If you re-listen, you'll notice he said when young people hear vinyl for the first time they are surprised... because it's more real. That's what he was saying.

[j1mbafr0sty]

@jumpinjoe88 no he says vinyl is more inviting and warm. ask any audiophile / producer/ mixer / audio enginer

[JoddTamison]

HAPPY MONDAYS POSTER IN THE BACKROUND!!

[ipiximeat]

he seems pretty sharp

[Bearattacka]

@ipiximeat you can tell by his music that he's pretty damn sharp.

[Bearattacka]

I'm not posting this for a thumbs up, I really wanna know from all the fans out there, old school or new, What is your favorite SP album? Mine = pisces iscariot.

[blackerthanebony100]

@Bearattacka I like MCATIS I like it because if you hear 2 sides to the album, there is the nice soft side that makes you say 'Aww, that's sweet :)', then there's the fucking insane, loud, heavy side that scares the shit out of you as it makes you go 'AHHHH!!!!! STOP IT!!!!!'

[ak47popper]

@Bearattacka greatest hits :)

[Bearattacka]

@ak47popper is that the "rotten apples" album? I got that for Xmas one year and its still sitting in my collection basically untouched.

[ak47popper]

@Bearattacka WHAT?

[Bearattacka]

hmmm...ssssorry

[mercurymadhatter]

The Children of Lir, thats one of the rarest records in the world! Go Billy!

[tetilt]

He was wrong about the vinyl being more realistic than digital.

[NEXUSXEMNAS23]

@tetilt

Actually if you have an an touched vinyl record the sound is better quality that digital or cds

because for cds and digital releases the sounds is compressed

but the sound from vinyl comes from the physical properties of the disc so they dont have to worry about compressing the file to make it all fit

[tetilt]

@NEXUSXEMNAS23 Nup. Not true, sorry.

[TheSw1ftBlade]

banana  pancakes in the back ground 2:40 maybe?

[Floskeknosk]

CD isn't a proper album format. LP is.

bloggzilla.blogg.se

[BeckEhster]

AT 3:18 the last question she asks, "anything new from the smashing pumpkins?" and the background music (a rather annoyingly happy song) goes dead for a bit and right as billy answers "no, no just workin right now" the music kicks right back in, in a coincidental way. I don't know, it may not mean anything to you but t I find it a sort of funny weird coincidence.

[nickzaneaw]

Wow...A very accessible celebrity...that's rare. I really don't care to know any of them myself but if they were this cool who knows. Seems like a real and genuine dude.

[quillber]

ha, he had The Children Of Lir by Loudest Whisper, an Irish record ;O)

[jbcooljb]

he seems annoyed. when you see a musician like billy corgan in public, its cool to say hi and stuff. but god, i can just see in his eyes what hes saying in his head, "yeah im billy corgan, but im a person. not a god." i dont know, people like him dont seem like they like people interviewing them and asking for autographs, photos, yaknow.. all that stuff. that is what you ask them at their gigs. when the fans are supposed to be annoying. not at their favorite record shop.

cool you met him tho.

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

@jbcooljb Just goes to show you how two people can watch the same thing, and have two totally different takes on it. He doesn't seem even remotely annoyed to me. He comes off pretty gracious and accommodating, a lot more so than I'd have expected.

[petrovwithv]

Just listen to the song "I Know Where You Sleep" by Emilie Autumn (her ex-girlfriend and very talanted musician) and then think again about "....he is so nice guy" :P

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

@petrovwithv How would that dreadful song change anyone's opinion? It's retarded. And I don't mean that as a slur against the mentally challenged. I mean it literally. Like, the person who wrote it seems in a state of arrested development. It's not like she makes any good points or anything. She just comes off like a bitter ex. She even ends it w/ a typical 12yo girl insult: "Your poetry sucks." haha. "You're So Vain" or "How Do You Sleep?" it is not. Shit, it ain't even "My FoFo."

[petrovwithv]

@MckyMseNTarotCrds if you knew more about the artist and her story you would see some points.Anyway everyone have his own opinion,you may think that the song is dreadful but is her kind of perfomance.She is bi-polar and she use in sarcastic way how people react on that fact.''If you're going to call me crazy,I'm going to make crazy awesome''.But is not about a bitter ex and 12y old acting.She never quoted him as but probably he is the man who abused her and treated her like a whore.

[EddieVedder13]

lol his voice is completely different from how he sings it's actually hilarious.

[ThePack496]

@EddieVedder13 thats soooooo true

[MesoAsian]

@EddieVedder13 most people's are..

[niterainbow47]

Why's his face so big?

[TheEchomaker]

Whenever a question is asked i imagine Billy is completely zoned out because of how faint the question is... but then he answers the question :/

[Criddington]

I think this shows that everyone has two sides: True, he's egotistical about his music, but at the same time, at a 'normal' level, he is a personable, nice guy!

[johnralex]

corgan new what fucking day it was....cmon billy bs

[extrathree]

cool

[kampaikampaikampai]

What's the story about NOFX dissing Billy Corgan, They have a song and the lyrics say "Egos get as big as Billy Corgans" I never understood that

[silkpill]

He smiles three minutes in and it's so cute in such a geeky and adorable way

[westernNYnativ]

He couldn't be more right. The only reason record companies fazed out vinyl is because it is enormously faster an cheaper to record, produce, and manufacture music digitally. If it was based solely on making the artists' music sound its best, all musicians would be recording to 2 inch tape and pressing vinyl.

[BlackSabbathory]

He looks better bald.

[Shnufkin]

billy corgan is not coool :/

[SALVOTHESTONEDONE]

@Shnufkin why the fuck are you looking him up then :\

[Shnufkin]

@SALVOTHESTONEDONE cos he writes kickass music. he is a nerd tho. you have to admit

[SALVOTHESTONEDONE]

@Shnufkin he is a geek i will admit

[CLWHITEHEAD1]

@Shnufkin Shnufkin is not cool.

[iloveKianaDexter]

He's almost half as cool as Isaac Brock.

[staleyman13]

He seems much nicer than the media portrays him. Good to know.

[lawinnn]

If you want to know what Billy Corgan is listening to, the record he's holding up is Loudest Whisper, some crazy ass psychedelic folk band.

[Gingerfish851]

Billy is such a likable guy. He can get along with just about anybody.

[TheJackassFan2002]

love the smashing pumpkins.

[kriswizzle123]

cueball xD

[kriswizzle123]

cueball XD

[happysamman]

below, of course, is my opinion based on the facts i know, to know the truth you would have to go and find the answers yourself(through certified media! not internet blog babble!) or ask the pumpkins which is not really a likely hood of that happening

[happysamman]

he is not an ass hole, he got labeled a sell out by critics and contemporaries who were too concerned about their image or reputations to see that the pumpkins were trying to expand the alternitive genre out of the 90's grunge scene, which had by the time Cobain committed suicide: become a corperate money train. really to their credit Corgan, iha, watzky and chamberlain were the only band of that era who remained concerned about the music and not their image or rep

[Clerks0]

Everyone says he's an asshole, but it looks like he's a pretty awesome guy. What's everyone talking about?

[guyanaboi122]

@Clerks0 i think he called d'arcy a crackhead, billy is awesome though

[xkrzyicex]

that song in the backround is pretty damn annoying.

[jillianmarquett]

Polite rockstars- not many of them left anymore. Too bad....

[cosmokramer41]

@jillianmarquett mick mars

[jillianmarquett]

@cosmokramer41 Ah, good one!

[cosmokramer41]

@jillianmarquett haha i've always admired how cool and what a good guy he is

[MuzicLyricVideoz]

I'd be freaking the hell out if I saw Billy in a record store haha. But I agree with most comments, I'd probably just say hi if I saw him, not interview the guy haha.

[Frikinman]

What's the band he likes?

[Mineav]

He looks and sounds good/healthy. Good to see. Always been a fan of his.

[AKMAC82]

What Billy talks about @ 1:20 is a VERY important point. In Analog world there is a frequency that is accentuated that (and this word has been turned into the next 'like') "Literally" tickles the inside of your ear. Whereas in DIGI-WORLD that overtone can't function properly. Part of this is why you hear "albums" being mastered at hotter & hotter levels over the past 10 years. Digital remastering isn't the end all, be all.

[NoRulesInNam]

Just goes to show that you can be an asshole (professionally) and a nice guy at the same time.

[jayinwww]

this was the best interview i have ever seen from billy

[ilwilco]

dude...REALLY? he's at a record store. Leave the guy alone!!!

[pignout69]

@ilwilco It come with being a celebirty. You can't really expect people to leave him alone right?

But at least he was nice enough to answer her questions. ... such an interesting and awesome man.:)

[Passonetwothreefour]

Can this bitch talk on the mic?

[Eldererr]

HEY BILLY HOWS COURTNEYS PUSSY?year..16 ago,cough

[DavidFUBB]

Next time keep the mic closer when you make questions...

[thekillman2659]

This guy went to the same middle school I'm at now. MMS Marquardt Middle School, Glendale Heights, IL

[anandbala1]

@thekillman2659 so your trying to say your as good as billy corgan?

[aelturk]

i like about he talks about "connecting the dots" with records and their influences and using brian eno -through david bowie- as an example, considering thats exactly how i discovered david bowie -through billy corgan ;)

[Crimsonphilosophy]

he's a nice guy

[SpasmOfJoy]

The most talented man in the world...

[RedandWhite84]

He actually went to the same high school i did back in the 80s..........and lived in the same town i lived in when i was first born.

[wojtek0000]

This guy is a God.

[ArtLenLa]

Downright lovable.

[Metalmanz666]

Is this where billy corgan helped wayne static start static x?

[BBalmost]

what is the song playing?? plz anyone

[paddybowman]

I like that Billy's buying a vinyl from the Loudest Whisper - The Children of Lir. good irish folk, seen them live in the early nineties

[KingNuggety]

When you ask a question, take the mic to your mouth, when you are ready to hear his answer, place it towards his, hard stuff.

[TheMelarose]

I would be beet red in the face if I randomly walked into bills. My face would hurt from smiling. What a guy. Why aren't there more hunks and generally sweet men like this everywhere? Screw me! Where are all the mysterious charmers? Where have they gone? Sigh---- doomed!

[Lowebrau]

@TheMelarose

Cause they're all either at work or in their homes trying to perfect their craft. They don't hang out in bars. The plight of the geeks

[ScreamoxXxPanda]

I would have charged and hugged him.

[jupitertronic]

@ScreamoxXxPanda I did that in San Diego after a show, in 2000. I think I surprised him cause he sort of paused for a second before realizing what had happened. Then he returned the hug. (Yay!) I couldn't help myself, I was like 16 and very much in love. lol The hormones were raging.

[ScreamoxXxPanda]

@jupitertronic Oh you lucky duck. Billy hugged you. :'c I would have fainted if that happened to me. o___o;;

[filmgirl1979]

i can't hear you, billly!

[BNxTACTICZ]

ahaha

"is it record store day? i didn't know that"

so full of shit

[legomaniac1346]

@BNxTACTICZ maybe he didn't..? he said that he goes in often...

[11joshman]

he looks like my uncle lol

[muaythai4lifelife]

What a nice person :)

Thanx for posting this interview ;)

[Cattacaustic]

billy corgan is the man. seems super down to earth and approachable enough to where he doesnt seem all high and mighty. i wish the original line up of sp wud get back together. just atleast for ONE last album. they owe it to themselves and their career together. the fans would love it. i wish the misfits wouldve done it too at some point. oh well. maybe someday.

[PironoidRock]

hes human just as u and me 

[venuslnd]

He was really cool in this interview. I love his songs. they usually unpredictable and great fun sound.

[mattisprettycool]

Hey it's good to see he's not some uptight prick. I'm glad he's cool.

[20stevieray]

hes my neighbor

[PieKlan]

@20stevieray bull

[20stevieray]

@PieKlan not bull hes my neighbor

[PieKlan]

@20stevieray Thats sick bro

[illuminez]

Cool guy...ok band. 

[xxxXGuNzXxxx]

who says he's a douche? I don't understand people who say that. He hot :P

[rasta3nickels]

Does anybody know the song playing in the backround? Sound pretty rad.

[rasta3nickels]

Im seeing him next week in orlando!!!

[AlienMomProductions]

Billlly <333

[sloma111]

mono right?



[NoRulesInNam]

Nice guy.

[ethansloan]

As far as sound quality goes, vinyl is the best there is. CD's come in second, still pretty good, plus they're portable. MP3's are just horrible. It's like listening to AM radio. Every song sounds like it was mixed in mono sound when listened to on MP3.

[musicmanLPB]

If you compare a CD and an iPod, the CD has much better sound quality than a iPod, at least thats my opinion.

[danccaddy]

@musicmanLPB thats because itunes compresses the quality of the tracks. if you import a cd without compressign it , itll have 100% sound quality and then all you need is good earphones

[henrox555]

hes very good at interviews... dam

[ebonics4everyone]

I used to ride the horse too. I remember way back in like 1996 I was at my dealer's house. Billy C showed up and injected the stuff right in his cock. I was like "that's so punk rock." He didn't even die. How fucking cool is that shit? Unfortunately he left his money at the Hilton in the Presidential Suite, so the dealer had to rape him.

[TheOriginalBoarders]

@ebonics4everyone ... what the fuck?

[silentkarl]

has no fuckin sound

[paradoxdesigns]

yom yom yom yom

[ATARIEone]

what is the song in the background!

[MeteorArmageddon]

great music playing in the background

[BLCKFLAME666]

I remember the first actual record I listened to was Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon.

[ThomMac777]

Vinyl Records will eventually save the music industry. And the Pumpkins will be apart of that

[emmthreejonny]

I used to listen to this guy from the mid 90's. Huge mental, emotional inspiration, I'd be too disoriented if I ever interviewed Billy.

[ssonicdeafmonkey]

It looks like he fixed his teeth.

[manrayer88]

His talking voice is nothing like his singing voice

[AeroplaneFliesHigh22]

What record is he holding?

[madmanswhispers]

@AeroplaneFliesHigh22 a slipknot record!

[SpunAndDone]

@madmanswhispers At first I thought it was too but I paused it and its The Children of Lir...

[ClearReception]

@AeroplaneFliesHigh22

The one in the front is...

amzn . to/d5v6v7

[Wubble64]

This is awesome! How are the people in the backround so calm?!?! I'd be flipping out, and probably end up tackling him XD

[TheRattlerProduction]

@Wubble64 lol

[bati555]

FUUUUCK why does only the left earphone work in this video

[uphillracer]

he is such a sweet guy

[ThePhantomviper]

musicians are so full of it

[ThePhantomviper]

musicians are so full of it. greedy selfish ego maniacs

[brack909]

Mr. Corgan is a geezer. End of.

[austony85]

@brack909 i think ur talking about brack909 retard

[brack909]

@austony85 I'm guessing that you are not familar with the English vernacular "geezer". Thank you for suggesting that I am one, I'm flattered. However, please note that in our language (English), "retard" is a verb. You're welcome.

[ChosenReject123]

He went up in my estimation when i found out he has had an epic arguement with Courtney Love via Twitter.

[Silverfucked]

I wonder if Billy has literally smashed a pumpkin before? lol

[forsak3ngirl]

@Silverfucked me too lol

[runsk88]

he does sound nice but the interviewer is probably just really hot

[ar4216]

Seems like a very cool guy.

[israfel856]

people who are arguing are silly, but seriously, is anyone denying his musicianship? He's a great guitarist, which is undeniable at this stage. And he does know how to write good songs; the proof is there, just listen.

[dedricthere]

Billy is the shit and wrote the greatest album I own "Siamese Dream"

[isabella07]

What vinyl is he holding, out of curiosity?

[SpunAndDone]

@isabella07 The Children of Lir, whoever that is hahaha

[meleemaster1up]

This interview makes him seem WAY too normal from what we hear from his music and his on-stage style.

[juswolf22]

@meleemaster1up yeah like hes boring

[GuitarRHCPfan]

@meleemaster1up Think of alice cooper, look at his on stage performance compared to his real life...hes a golfer and good person all around.

[tornmask]

@meleemaster1up : Billy C. is so COOL! =0]

[elpatriotaLX]

@meleemaster1up

The guy is super normal, I met him in downtown Chicago... He hangs out like everyone else. I swear I wouldn't doubt if he takes the train.  He is super approachable.

[meleemaster1up]

@elpatriotaLX

I would kill to spend the day with him.

[ivoryisis]

EVERYBODY STOP BADMOUTHING BILLY.  SHUT IT SUCKAS! Thank you.

[ivoryisis]

Whoa.. Billy acts like me.. this is kind of creepy. He stole my brain, the zombie!!

[f4freddie]

..Need to hold mic to mouth when asking a question!!!

[mikekorz]

Hey Billy,

I was ripped off of my songs in 1978 by the record company and while the artists made millions I wasn't recognized as the author and din't get paid a dime... Have you ever been involved in something like that???

[Will137]

People need to remember that being in a successful band and maintaining a career is a JOB. All the material is written by him and he clearly cares a great deal about it. If he feels that some peope he has worked with didn't quite have the dedication, or didn't have their head screwed on straight - then i say fair play to him.

If anyone wants to make conclusions on a persons character, then listen/watch the words coming out of that persons mouth and NOT what journalists/other people speculate.

[Floskeknosk]

Billy, you need to stop being an a----hole all of the time and learn by your much more MATURE ex-bandmates how to act.

Upon hearing the recent news that you fired Jimmy in 2009, I'm sorry that Jimmy wasted 20 years of his life playing with you.

[et720]

He seems like a narcissist in the new Rolling Stone interview...seems cool here though

[benfirst]

Billy Corgan touched my penis.

[johnnybaills]

billy corgan lives in the same town as me. 1 of my friends delivered pizza to his house and 1 of my other friends bagged his groceries for him.

[kowtpr187]

@johnnybaills did one of your friends cup his balls for him while he did a local hooker?

[johnnybaills]

no but i kno u did cuz billy told me

[piepartyzena]

@johnnybaills Where do you live?

[johnnybaills]

@piepartyzena i live in highland park IL

[jumparound49]

@johnnybaills i would piss my pants if i was delivering pizza and billy corgan opened the door

[Mugen251]

@johnnybaills where do you live?

[johnnybaills]

@Mugen251 highland park, IL

[Mugen251]

@Mugen251 near chicago. Does he live near me?

[Dltn97]

@johnnybaills well lucky you

[gayosso2]

@johnnybaills man i would jizz my pants if i touch the groceries that billy bought

[MrShadow102]

@johnnybaills Where do you live?!?! lol

[Supaduck0]

@johnnybaills Fuckin' A dude. Billy Corgan is such a rad dude dude... dude

[memattman777]

He seems like such a nice person.

My fav band.

Older music is the best.

[burnikshrapnel]

yeah. cool guy.

[TheMelarose]

who the eff cares about his hairline or etc. The man is a genius and a poet. I would cut my ... well... then again NO- but... I would do anything to meet the dame guy already. Had a crush on him since i was in 4th grade- and now i am 27- damn... still haven't met him. His is my ideal man. Love that lil gish fish. mmmm, mmm, mmm. i want my bills.