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This is bad, really bad. I wouldn’t even want to imagine how it would sound like. Why on earth would Rob Thomas want to cover the Smashing Pumpkins’ 1979 is beyond me. Not that I despise Rob, I’m just not a fan after Yourself or Someone Like You, and especially after he went solo and did that ‘dance’ thing of his.

Few artists/bands manage to cover the Pumpkins successfully. Apart from the Ghost Children project (and the upcoming Ghost Children 2), only Pavement and Evanescene covered the Pumpkins lived (according to here) and Stabbing Westward too. And there’s this whole bunch of goth/industrial bands’ tribute compilation, simply titled A Gothic-Industrial Tribute To Smashing Pumpkins. Here’s a track of gothic-ized version of 1979 from the compilation.

I’ll leave to your thoughts on how Rob Thomas will fair on his version. I have plenty of Pumpkins stuff to keep me glued.

Download: Pig - 1979 (MP3 format)

• RSPAA - the Reborn Smashing Pumpkins Audio Archives
• Act IV: A Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins