Being Beige
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"Being Beige" is the first single from The Smashing Pumpkins's tenth album Monuments to an Elegy. The track was released through SoundCloud on October 20th, 2014.[1][2][3]
Background and recording
The song was first mentioned on the Smashing Pumpkins' website under the working title "World's On Fire," and later under the title "Being Beige (World's On Fire)."[4][5]
Speaking of the song with Rolling Stone, Corgan said "People always ask me to explain songs, and honestly I can't. But if there's honesty in this lyric, it's that there's something amiss in our cosmos. Yet still, we must love."[6]
Reception
The song has received fairly positive feedback. Rolling Stone said that though the song "has a simple title... its acoustic guitar and drum machine intro builds toward an urgent, memorable chorus."[7][8][9]
Chicago Reader said "Corgan seems remarkably placid on this new cut. It sounds like Monuments... won't be a retread of the Pumpkins' "rat in a cage" days. Corgan's putting his rage behind him in favor of a slow, piano-accented build toward the heights of songs like "Perfect" or the more energetic selections from his early-aughts stint with Zwan."[10]
The 405 said "...the track features some pretty acoustic guitar arpeggios over mist-like drum machine sounds in its quieter moments, livening up to a crashing wave kineticism with sweeps of distorted guitar and aching melodies, as the vocals paint a stumbling melody over these sounds, layering towards the end in a maintained crescendo."[11]
Personnel
- Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards and synthesizers
- Jeff Schroeder – guitar
- Tommy Lee – drums
References
- ^ http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/187771/9
- ^ http://zumic.com/music-videos/112999/being-beige-smashing-pumpkins-soundcloud-audio-stream-lyrics/
- ^ http://diymag.com/2014/10/20/smashing-pumpkins-announce-monuments-to-an-elegy-album-stream-being-beige
- ^ http://www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com/board_new/#!NUMEN/c7ba/4D9B4C1E-5D4E-468E-8EF5-0B951975B37E
- ^ http://www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com/board_new/#!KISS-THIS-SP-ALBUM-UPDATE/c7ba/44BA6A7D-F7DB-43F7-943B-2D0300D791DE
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/smashing-pumpkins-being-beige-20141020#ixzz3GjuiNF5f
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/smashing-pumpkins-being-beige-20141020#ixzz3GjuXS1lk
- ^ http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/10/smashing-pumpkins-share-new-single-being-beige-listen/
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/20/smashing-pumpkins-being-beige_n_6014958.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment
- ^ http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2014/10/20/smashing-pumpkins-crank-the-neutrals-on-new-song-being-beige
- ^ http://www.thefourohfive.com/news/article/smashing-pumpkins-share-new-song-being-beige-141