Smashing Pumpkins VISA Commercial (Billy gets paid)

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"Last year, I was offered heavy, heavy money to license ["Today"]. I actually turned down two huge, huge, seven-figure-plus deals last year for two songs.... At this point in my life, I don't feel comfortable. Those songs are the reason I'm alive. If your music is not sacred to the point where it's a really, really, really heavy decision about whether or not you would allow somebody else to exploit it, then what's not for sale?" -- Bill Corgan, 2004

http://www.newsweek.com/id/105040

*** Hey disillusioned kids! *** Check out this video to make yourself feel better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRyLcCnLpm8

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Smashing Pumpkins
• Billy Corgan
• VISA
• Commercial
• Today
• Suicide
• Sell-out

[jackosmithy]

The only reason the right's to Today were sold was that Billy could build a recording studio so that he could produce music FOR FREE for YOU! TBK (Teargarden) was only partly possible through the funding of selling the rights of Today! I didn't know selling the rights to one song to produce FREE music for you was selling out! Or leaving their record company!? It seems like their doing the exact opposite to me! He's giving you 44 fricken songs for Free? How much more do you want?

[YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

Ugh, can we STOP with the "Sellout" shit???

[neilmatharoo]

And? Who gives a fuck? He made some money from licensing his song. Big deal. Why should it affect how I feel about his music?

[Nfox0900]

Goddammit here we go again. Billy makes an intelligent business move and people bitch and moan because they want to be SP's hipster fan base and act like he's abandoning them. News flash, billy wants money and for his music to be heard, of course he's going to advertise it.

[Ramoa111]

@jackosmithy What load of crap. As if the guy is short in cash.

[Ramoa111]

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cleaning the puke off my keyboard.

[cerisskies]

"More people Go with Visa"

I'm assuming by "Go" he means commit suicide

[jacklegg21]

Everyone has a price...

[elfman20]

@emorris77 This may be why Billy allowed it: For the irony.

[777Lateralus]

this is just gross

[deanthebeanmachine1]

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the "Smashing Pumpkins" moniker is releasing some of the best alternative rock music to be released in YEARS and people think it sucks because they would rather listen to a confused, 24 year-old BILLY BOY than glean the pearls William Patrick Corgan now has to offer. It's a crying shame, because I don't even know if the next generation will EVER be able to understand it now. But hey, they're playing for a relatively small crowd here in LA on Oct 5 at the Wiltern. I'll be there!