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A Smashing Pumpkins kinda song.........thoughts?

I don't think it sounds like a Smashing Pumpkins song. But it sure is a fucking great song.

To me this song sounds Very STPish (shangri-ladeeda era) even the guitar tone and such.

yeah i agree about Shangri-ladeeda era

that plus a little oasis/beatles/pink floyd

Yeah, theres shades of "Wonderful" and "Hello, Its Late"...Dont know what Smashing Pumpkins song it sounds like though...?

I was just listening to the song while driving, and it gave me chills.  Such a geuinely beautiful, haunting song.  To say Im impressed is an understatement.  Everybody is perfect on this song.  I hope they make this one a single with a video...

I like it, it really reminds me of Pink Floyd.
But I think out of all the ballads on the album, the best solo is in YGNR. The solos in both FTP and LTA kinda go nowhere, whereas the one in YGNR builds and builds until its climax.

Loving the Alien gives off the feeling of Comfortbaly Numb by Pink Floyd.

It's a very beautiful song. The best on the record IMO


 :peace:

The solos in FTP, LTA and YGNR are all incredible!!

If you guys want to hear a song that sounds ALOT like LTAS, listen to a live track by Ben Harper called "The Drugs Don't Work".

i thought so too... its kind of "spacey" and "light on its feet" if that makes any sense..... to me anyways...

i think it sounds alot like bowie. weiland sounds like bowie not only on this song but on others (especislly their KROQ acoustic set), but the whole vibe of this song reminds me of ol' ziggy stardust sometimes when i listen the image of him all decked out like an alien singing pops into my head lol

Pink Floyd...

In an otherwise excellent album i think this is the weakest song

I really don't like this - its too sappy for me - half way through i feel like screaming 'for gods sake man, pull yourself together!!!'

Lacks something...

I dont know Slash does a hell of a job on his guitar and the lyrics are better the FTP to me

I agree, definitely a Pink Floyd vibe going on in that song.

Definetly Pink Floyd : ok:

I think it sounds like.. uhm, a mix of Pink Floyd & Guns N' Roses.. It's Kind Of Reminds Me Of Patience & SCOM.. And The Solo In Loving The Alien Is So Fucking Great.. Oh Man, I Love To Loving The Alien

It's a hit song. Definetely. But what does it need is a great/classic solo, now it doesn't have one. (as some one also mentioned in some thread).

"Drugs don't work" is not by Ben Harper. Ben always performs it live but the song is by british band "The Verve"

"Loving the Alien" is the best song of Contraband.  The Chorus guitar may sound like " Today, Today" by the Smashing Pumpkins but slower.

I don't see the resemblence with wonderwall, it does sound like Oasis "Half the world away" though.

I don't know exactly what it sounds like besides a damn good song, but I hear scom in there plus some floyd

I thought it sounded kind of like The Verve in "The Drugs Don't Work".  It's Beatlesque, definitely, and a bit like Britpop.  But I think D nailed it in the other thread devoted to this topic - the verse sounds almost exactly like Ozzy Osbourne's "Dreamer".  Compare and see.