Video Premiere: Smashing Pumpkins, 'Tarantula'
- Posted on Jul 2nd 2007 12:00AM by Mike Spinella
- Comments (41)
You've heard the song, now take an exclusive look at the green-screen psychedelia of Smashing Pumpkins' 'Tarantula' video. Listen to Smashing Pumpkins' 'Zeitgeist' album one week early, exclusively on Spinner.
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Reader Comments(1 of 3)
Jeffat 7-02-2007
Hey! It's Grand Wizard Billy Corgan! I'm sure this video is really popular in the south.
Steveat 7-02-2007
This video is trippy and cool. A+
TSat 7-02-2007
Ty Billy CORGAN!!!!!!!This video pwnz all things.So glad the pumpkins are back!! Their new album has totally been worth it,Billy has really showed credits ,he still got it.Thank you Smashing pumpkins!!!Your return has really exciting to us fans!!
WE LOVE YA SP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alexisat 7-02-2007
Hey Jeff, blow yourself. Great video, rock on SP!
Kateat 7-02-2007
I've been looking foward to this ever since "Tarantula" was released!!! I
ivandragoat 7-02-2007
realy cool
appolocreedat 7-03-2007
great to see the pumpkins back!
johnnyat 7-02-2007
the song aint bad but...are you kidding me? this has to be one of the worst videos i have ever seen!!. i know it's supposed to be fun, but come on!!!! this is juss plain horrible and it really saddens me, i used to love sp. they were intelligent and always had killer videos.
god billy what is it with you and those stupid outfits. also, i cant tell if this video was really expensive or cost nothing to produce
anthonyat 7-02-2007
They may be Smashing Squash, Smashing Grapefruit, Smashing Cucumbers but it sure as hell is not the Smashing Pumpkins I love. James Iha and D'arcy were the quiet cool of one of the best bands ever. Now it's just Billy Corgan and his ego. Notice his rhythm guitarist is another race and his bassist is a woman? Coincidence? I think not.
Crystalat 7-02-2007
Having seen some stills I was afraid the video would be Batman and Robin style BAD. (ie too many close ups and too much bizarre tai chi action.) However, this video pleases me Billy. You are a dork, even with the lazer eyes, but you are not afraid to be one. Bless your black heart. See you in San Francisco.
Tampa Web Developerat 7-02-2007
That is the worst video ever!
hajiat 7-02-2007
That video was awesome!!!!!
Revolutionary!at 7-02-2007
Amazing video... Pumpkins vs the Posers.. who will win? It's time for a revolution baby..
ROCK ON!
Shiroat 7-02-2007
WTF? Where's James Iha????
That's NOT Smashing Pumpkins!!!!1111 WTF Billy
chris Sat 7-02-2007
The rhythm guitarist is another race... hahaha Anthony must not really be a fan to say that..
it was probably just something they did quickly.. anyway.. who watches music videos anymore ??? MTV sure doesnt play them.
The Uspat 7-02-2007
The Smashing Pumpkins are dead...this sounds like everything less S.P and the video is very bad.
What hapenned with your criativity?,Billy.
Hoopsat 8-08-2007
does anyone know who all the extra's are in the video, and whether they have any relevance to anything at all? I can see what they are trying to do...maybe...a bit confusing...wtf though really! is this a parody of itself, they can't be serious? and if it is a parody, then they did not do a very good job. I mean come on this is their return to glory? wanky wank pretentious shi*te fun to watch I spose....b- maybe
Blumpkinat 7-03-2007
So it's Billy Corgan.... and Jimmy Chamberlain... and a bunch of other guys/girls.
So this is *different* from Zwan.... how?
Better yet, how is this any different from solo Billy Corgan?
After all, Corgan wrote most of the Pumpkins material by himself... so one could argue that disbanding the Pumpkins in the first place was pointless.
So what does that make the reunion? (The answer is: pointless).
ivandragoat 7-03-2007
i hope now mtv will stop playing shitty bands like my chemical romance
Trevorat 7-03-2007
I don't see how anybody can give this video a piss poor rating? granted, the old smashing pumpkins were great. But if your going to try and reinvent a band you gotta make some changes. It sure is a whole hell of alot better than all that rap shit thats being played on Mtv, and a hell whole of alot better than the crap thats being played off as Alternative music. I'm glad to see Something like the smashing pumpkins take off. I hope they do well. Because frankly bands like fall out boy, good charlotte, John Mayer, all suck ass. If anybody here has listen to one good band thats came out recently let me know because i think music in general has hit a dry spell. Thats why its cool to see something related to 90's grunge rock come back into light. Rock on pumpkins!