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Billy Corgan: 'Younger Generation Are Not Interested In Albums'

The Indie rock pioneer says he is frustrated with records not being listened to in entirety and the music industry...

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Saturday, November 8, 2014 - 15:58

Billy Corgan has spoken out about his frustration with albums and the lack of a new record format.

Speaking exclusively to MTV News, the Being Beige guitarist quipped that in today’s digital age people do not listen to albums as they were intended.

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Pop tart, what's our mission?
Do we know, but never listen
For too long, they held me under
But I hear, it's almost over
In Detroit, on a Memphis train
Like you said it's

Down in the heat and the summer rain of
The automatic gauze of your memories
Down in the sleep at the airplane races
Try to hold on
To this heart
A little bit longer
Try to hold on
To this love aloud
Try to hold on
For this heart's
A little bit colder
Try to hold on
To this love

Paperback scrawl your hidden poems
Written around the dried out flowers
Here we are still trading places
To try to hold on

Pop tart, can you envision
A free world of clear division?
For too long they held us under
But I know we're getting over
In Detroit with the Nashville tears
Like you said it's

Down in the heat with the broken numbers
Down in the gaze of solemnity
Down in the way you've held together
To try to hold on
To this heart
A little bit closer
Try to hold on
To this love aloud
Try to hold on
For this heart's
A little bit older
Try to hold on
To this love aloud
And we are still alive
Try to hold on
And we have survived
Try to hold on
And no one should deny

We tried to hold onto the pulse of the feedback current
Into the flow of encrypted movement
Slapback kills the ancient remnants
That try to hold on

Try to hold on
To this heart alive
Try to hold on
To this love aloud
Try to hold on
And we are still alive
Try to hold on
And we have survived
Try to hold on

Pop tart
You never listen
Skinned knees
Try to hold on
Stop start
What's our mission
Skinned knees
Try to hold on
Writer(s): William Corgan Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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“It’s a bit frustrating as an artist to make an album knowing basically people won’t probably listen to it as an album,” Corgan said. “The fact we have not come up with something better it has something more to do with inane nature of the music business.”

The songwriter added:  “I think the younger generation are basically saying they’re not interested albums.”

Billy is gearing up for the release of the latest Smashing Pumpkins album, Monuments To An Elegy, which also features Tommy Lee on drums.

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