I find myself in a state of confusion when I hear bands covering Pumpkin songs. On one hand I say \"I'm glad these bands love to play the same music I love to play and listen to.\" On the other hand I say \"Why do these fucks butcher the music I love?\" I can play a lot of pumpkins songs close to the original thing, but I am nowhere near an original artist, so that is my forte...playing by ear to sound the same. The fact that these 'successful' bands, with their original songs, cover a song verbatim irritates me. If they have the talent to be original and new, where's the challenge in playing a song verbatim down to the fucken high hat ring? For all I knew, listening to this cover sounded a lot like the Pumpkins until the singing started. And that's when I got disgusted. You hear something you love, it sounds like the thing you love, but then you get a rude shock when you hear it isn't that at all, especially when it's awful. At least when the Pumpkins covered songs they made them their own. Even Billy's covers on TFE where quite different to the original, and that's what makes old songs exciting. Oh well, maybe I'm getting too old. LOL And as for 'emo', what the fuck is that? Genres have to be categorized by the mood they convey now? Can't wait for hap'e rock and a bit of anger jazz. Yeah. As far as I'm concerned most the Pumpkins songs were emotional songs (not \"emo\"). They made me cry, laugh, tense, explosive and ecstatic. I don't think there is enough emotion in music these days. Just look at mainstream pop. Wow. The only emotion you get there is when a pop star whore smacks her booty on another royalty cheque. Yeah. Really tears at the heartstring. Rant, rant, rant. Done. LOLI almost completely agree with the whole covers thing. The only cover of a Pumpkins song that I like is the version of Cherub Rock by Roses Are Red. Anyways.. for those who hate Panic!, maybe this will do you some justice? http://youtube.com/watch?v=mxS_lLGQ2KE