Billy Corgan, frontman of the legendary band 'The Smashing Pumpkins' will be releasing 44 songs for free on the internet. The first of 44, 'A Song For A Son', was released on December 8th, 2009. Corgan said he plans to put out a new song every 2 - 4 weeks, giving people a chance to listen to the songs before buying them. There will be 11, 4 track EP's available for purchase and a boxset featuring all 44 after all the songs are released.
'A Song For A Son' opens with a beautiful piano piece that is reminiscent of 'Stairway To Heaven' followed by some uninspiring vocals from Corgan. There is also a guitar solo that sounds out of place from the rest of the song. It is 6 minutes of sub par music by classic Pumpkin standards. The only reason I'm being so hard on this one is because I hold SP in such high regards, I expect a lot from them. Thankfully, with 43 songs still to be released, there are bound to be at least a handful of gems. As a loyal Pumpkin-head myself, it's exciting to be getting some new and unreleased material. As my favourite shiny headed singer once said, "Can't wait for tomorrow.."
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The Smashing Pumpkins - A Song For A Son
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