Alt-Enemies: Smashing Pumpkins vs. Pavement
Rivals: Music's Greatest Feuds
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 662 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In 1994, Stephen Malkmus of Pavement wrote a snarky song called "'Range Life" in which he made a few snide remarks about one of the world's most popular alternative rock bands, Smashing Pumpkins. Little did he know that this song would spark a rivalry that would last for decades. Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan interpreted "Range Life" as yet another example of "elite" people looking down on him, a worldview that has curdled over time in strange and unexpected ways. In the end, Corgan's ire for Malkmus is a parable about how assuming the world is against you is a good way to turn the world against you.
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