Smashing Pumpkins - Billy talks about protecting his music

-- I thought I'd upload this in light of the recent lawsuit brought against virgin records for using the the Smashing Pumpkins in an advertising campaign --


In a clip from 2005, Billy Corgan states he would never want his music to be used for commercial reasons.


also discussed - release of pumpkins back catalogue online, the break-up and a reunion? :)



original air date: 2005-04-06

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Smashing
• Pumpkins
• Sue
• Virgin
• Records
• Billy
• Corgan
• Lawsuit
• Music

[MCRmy0611]

billy corgan is a god .. and i dont care what anyone says

i cant believe that hes that selfless .. hes more real and human that anyone in the music industry...

the fact that he cares soo much about his music makes me respect him sooooooooo much ..

billy corgan ... possibly the best musician in the world

[MegaMusicfreak4life]

did the cubs win yet? cuz i want a classic pumpkins lineup

[ZeroThirtyThree033]

importing and placind siamese dream on my mp3 isnt illegle downloading cuz rhapsody is completely leagle. i looked it up. by the way, i would never use sp's music for commercial reasons cuz i respect the music and billy too much to do that.

[ArchRascal]

I'll preface this by stating that Smashing Pumpkins are possibly my favorite band of all time, but playing "Today" while talking about not selling out + later allowing a car company to use that exact song in a commercial = Uberirony.

[jsh020]

dont care wha people say, gish - teargarden is all amazing to me, dont give a shit if its odl or new, its all amazing

[dzubmariner]

today

[HardyzTannerCoadV2]

what is the song at the very start when the guy introduces the interview

[ThePack496]

cubs? how bout when the blackhawks win the cup, or the bulls win the championship or even the bears win the super bowl. GOD!!! i miss the old smashing pumpkins hopefully they come back

[zakslezak]

"I think you'll see a Smashing Pumpkins reunion when the Cubs with the World Series"

[theman4130]

Billy the original premadonna

[FroylanRuiz1]

I will become a baseball fan, and promote the cubs over and over, until they have all the publicity and fans in the baseball world and then they have enough money to win the world series just for a chance to see the original Smashing Pumpkins live.