Billy Corgan Is Feeling Pretty Glorious (And Gorgeous)
Surely I’m not the only one who thinks that, at this point, the whole “band releasing a new song through Guitar Hero and/or Rock Band” angle is kind of played out, even if other media outlets are willing to lap it up like it’s a dish of slightly melted vanilla ice cream. I mean, the seal has been broken. People are going plastic instead of going platinum. Big whoop. If you really want to get creative with your distribution methods, why don’t you go back to the wax-cylinder route? Or 8-tracks? Plastic guitars are almost… quaint at this point. Now, that’s not to say that I’m not interested in the newest song by the Smashing Pumpkins, which comes out next month in a bundle with “1979” and “The Everlasting Gaze.” (You know–it’s what us olds used to call a “b-side.”) It’s called “G.L.O.W.,” after all, and anyone who had a TV that pulled in crappy syndicated channels 20 years ago knows that those letters can only stand for one thing.
Here’s a transcript of Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin being interviewed about the song by the somehow-still-employed shock jock Mancow Muller:
BC: Yeah, I’m going to be in the new Guitar Hero, like, actually be in the new game, which was pretty cool. We just recorded a new song, we’re getting ready for our tour, we’re getting ready for our 20th anniversary tour, we’re getting ready to put out a Gish box set.
MM: The new song is called “G.L.O.W.”, right?
BC: Yes sir.
MM: What does it stand for?
BC: Glorious Ladies of Wrestling.
MM: What?!
BC: Don’t you remember the Glorious Ladies of Wrestling?
MM: Yes! Yes, I do.
BC: I bet you had a few private moments with the Glorious Ladies.
MM: I did, I did, actually. Farmer’s Daughter.
BC, JC: [laughter]
Corgan, you may remember, is a longtime wrestling fan, having appeared on an ECW telecast, and even had the indignity of being called a colleague of Fred Durst. (Ouch.) Anyway, as luck would have it, we have an exclusive preview of the song for you right here and right now! MUST CREDIT IDOLATOR!!!!!
G.L.O.W. Wrestling beginning theme [YouTube] Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling [Official site] G.L.O.W. [Hipsters United]
