what's going on my fellow rock n' rollers. now this was a story that happened a few years ago
and it's one of hte more bizarre feuds that shook the world of rock n' roll. But this feud
dates back to 2014 and it really started with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on his show. Now i haven't
seen his show in a long time but he used to at least have a segment called the ridiculist, which
calls out ridiculous news items of the day/And on his program one night in October of 2014,
he took a swing at the Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan for appearing on the front cover
of a hometown cat magazine called Paw Chicago for their summer issue. Not only that but his
twitter page teased that night's episode with the tweet. where are they now from 6 millions albums
to posing with cats. Now to be fair I love animals i have 2 dogs and i think it's ridiculous no pun
intended to go after the guy for doing that. But on top of that Anderson Cooper also criticized
Corgan for appearing in a local furniture ad in his hometown as well. And the furniture ad
was both sad and hilarious at the same time. And here's the news clip of Anderson Cooper goofing
on Billy Corgan Time now for the ridiculust and tonight i'd like to invite you to come with me on
a musical trip down memory lane. Not too far back, just about 20 years, when the shirts were flanel,
the rock was alternative and Smashing Pumpkins burst onto the mainstream with their album
Siamese Dream. So maybe the guitar sound was a bit derivitive of my bloody valentine, but
that's besides the point Siamese Dream came out in 1993 and sold 6 million copies worldwide and
is listed on Rolling Stones 500 greatest albums of all time. Smashing Pumpkins made more records,
but you really don't hear much about them these days, that is until now. But tonight i am happy
to report that frontman Billy Corgan is back and edgier than ever on the cover of paws chicago
magazine. Now Idon't know if you can read the sub headline it says billy corgan's siamese dream.
Well played paws chicago. well played. Now this is a kind of jarring event for a couple reason,
one being for that it made us google what else is billy corgan has been up to and just
last year he was in a commercial for a chicago furniture store.Wait! That's a walter e smith
chair! Walter E Smith. So perhaps billy corgan is Idon't know off his alternative rocker,
but i think maybe there's more too this. Maybe he's being ironic or maybe when the cool rockstars
start doing less rockstary things it kind of makes us face our own mortality. See i want REM
to stay just the way i know and love them. I don't want everybody hurts to be used in an excedrin
commercial. I don't want to see a product called Eddie Vedder's Prune jam. Maybe the internet is
the real problem here. There was a time when nobody outside of chicago would have seen the
cover of paws chicago magazine. The pinnacles of cool from days gone by do what you gotta do
you'll always have a rock n' roll in our hearts and on the ridiculist. Now strangely enough,
Billy Corgan wasn't the first person to respond to Anderson Cooper's segment. Paws Chicago first
responded by photoshopping Anderson Cooper's head onto a magazine about dogs. Now Corgan would have
his say on twitter shortly afterwards stating sorry to disappoint, but when I'm not raising
cane for a great organization like Paws Chicago, I'm still making real music. Irealize you're
too busy being a globalist shill to know the difference, but there are those of us who do
as we like he'd say. Now Corgan wasn't done just yet. As by the end of the month he started selling
FU anderson cooper shirts in his hometown of chicago and proceeds from the shirts would go to
a local charity. Even 3 years later in 2017 Corgan appeared with a newly reunited Smashing Pumpkins
lineup on Howard Stern's radio show on Sirius XM and Stern brought up his feud with Anderson Cooper
and whether the musician would like an apology from the CNN anchor to which Corgan replied. I
wouldn't want one. It wouldn't mean anything to me. I've seen enough of his ilk. He's playing
for a team that doesn't have my best interest at heart i would argue America's best interest
at heart. Now it would be ironic that years later a leaked tape of howard stern would surface from
2013 in which he claimed he helped revive billy corgan's career in 2012 during an internal team
meeting. So that does it for today's video guys thanks for watching. Let me know your thoughts on
the feud and who do you side with. Personally i side with billy corgan because i think he's
being a genuine person and helping raise money for a good cause, but let me know your thoughts
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