{"id":117815,"date":"2024-06-03T21:01:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/06\/03\/smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-defends-taylor-swifts-album-length-how-is-it-a-bad-thing\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T21:01:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:01:16","slug":"smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-defends-taylor-swifts-album-length-how-is-it-a-bad-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/06\/03\/smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-defends-taylor-swifts-album-length-how-is-it-a-bad-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan defends Taylor Swift’s album length: “How is it a bad thing?”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Beth Garrabrant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Taylor Swift<\/strong> released her “anthology” version of The Tortured Poets Department,<\/em> some fans complained that 31 tracks was just too long for an album. But one rock star who’s famous for his own extremely long albums is coming to Taylor’s defense.<\/p>\n

In an interview with The Irish Times<\/strong><\/em>,<\/strong><\/a> Billy Corgan<\/strong> of Smashing Pumpkins <\/strong>\u2014\u00a0a band whose 2023 album,\u00a0Atum,<\/em> ran 138 minutes and whose bestselling album Mellon Colie and The Infinite Sadness<\/em> was two hours in length\u00a0\u2014 says he doesn’t understand why this is a problem.<\/p>\n

Corgan used the late\u00a0Sin\u00e9ad O’Connor<\/strong>, who he knew and talked about earlier in the interview, as an example. “Now that Sin\u00e9ad\u2019s gone, would it be a bad thing if somebody turned up tomorrow and said, \u2018Hey, I just found this tape, and there\u2019s enough for 20 Sin\u00e9ad songs,\u2019” he asks. “Would that be a bad thing?”<\/p>\n

“Taylor Swift is one of the most gifted pop artists of all time,” he continues. “How is it a bad thing that she\u2019s releasing more music? I can\u2019t follow that … You can go on Spotify and just skip it.”<\/p>\n

Corgan notes, \u201cPeople complained about the length of my last album, Atum.<\/em> I thought, Well, just go make your own playlist. Just listen to the record one time … and make your own record. Why is this such a strange concept?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHave some sense of proportionality. This hyperbolic thing … \u2013 \u2018They ruined Star Wars<\/em>. My God, this is all too much for me to process\u2019 \u2013 it\u2019s all a bit childish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Corgan is one of several iconic ’90s rock stars who have praised Taylor: the list also includes Pearl Jam<\/strong>‘s Eddie Vedder<\/strong><\/a> and Liam Gallagher<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of Oasis<\/strong>. On the anti-Taylor side are Liam’s brother and former bandmate Noel Gallagher<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and, of course<\/strong><\/a>, Blur<\/strong>‘s Damon Albarn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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