Talk:Tarantula (The Smashing Pumpkins song)

Why is Paris Hilton the cover?

As one can tell from the discussion below and on various internet forums, the cover art seems to have stirred up quite a bit of controversy. Should it have it's own section? Corgan recently gave an interview where he discussed the photo shoot, it appears he took the actual photo of Paris:

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/billy-corgan-opens-up-about-the-paris-hilton-singl.html

PAT or JK 18:16, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Can anyone tell me? Berserkerz Crit 12:43, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Because she's in front of a mushroom cloud, but most viewers would notice Paris Hilton first. I think it's a pretty potent statement on our priorities. What that has to do with the song, who the hell knows. Same goes for the title, for crying out loud. -Werideatdusk33 18:57, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Surely the presence of Paris Hilton relates to Zeitgeist (The Spirit of the Time), the album name? Vaughn (NonUser)

One thing that occurred to me the other day is that, although Tarantula may indeed be a Scorpions reference, Corgan often uses double (or more)-entendres as song titles, and Tarantula may be a deliberate corruption (another common characteristic of Corgan's song titles) of Tarantella. Tarantella is a musical style commonly written in 12/8 meter, much as this song can be interpreted to be in 12/8. I'm sure one could wiki Tarantella and find more about this, and neither it nor I can purport to be experts on the subject, but it seems to me a likely candidate for where the title came from. Sucks that we can't put this in the article, because there's no "official source" that says it. Wait, you could always just reference the talk page as the source ;)71.61.64.113 19:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

• This was my first impression of the title when I heard Corgan say it as he pronounced it in the same manner as tarantella and not the spider that the song shares it's name with. I also wish there was some sort of feedback from Billy on this.... (Chris) --24.59.155.203 17:53, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Wow, I just saw a video where he talks about it, and you're right, he does pronounce it that way - he even emphasizes the "u" as he leads into talking about how it's sort of an homage to the Scorpions (like it's a Tarantella in the style of the Scorpions). Although the meter and the pronunciation make it almost certain that this is what was intended, and although there are dozens of wikipedia articles with far worse sourced statements than this, I still hesitate to do anything. Anybody else wanna chime in, or have any other sources on this? ;)71.61.64.113 14:06, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Bob Dylan reference?

Is the song title a reference to the Dylan experimental novel, Tarantula? StevePrutz 15:23, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

• That's a question for Billy Corgan Joe 08:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
  • At a private show in June, 2007, Billy said that the name was in honor of the Scorpions. JesseStu 05:50, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Full length

The full length version of the song can be found on this site also.

http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/new-music-tarantula-by-smashing-pumpkins/ I have no clue how to edit Wikipedia so I'll just post the link and let someone who knows what they are doing take care of it.

Reception of 30-sec Clip

Anyone want to go around the forums to verify?

Forums are not reliable sources per Wikipedia guidelines. WesleyDodds 19:10, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Chart position

Can we get a reference for that? Godlord2 01:59, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

vinyl availability

The CD has arrived in the UK but the vinyl seemingly hasn't made it yet. 128.240.229.67 12:04, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Tracklisting

The EU CD single tracklisting includes 'Death From Above' and 'Zeitgeist' as b-sides. The US CD single includes no b-sides on the tracklisting. Should the main article reflect this? It can be verified on www.spfc.org Vaughn (NonUser)

Influence?

Is it me or does the song sound like something written by Wolfgang? Philippine Rock music fans know who I am talking about. 202.65.191.138 (talk) 07:55, 2 February 2008 (UTC)