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"Drum + Fife" released digitally November 24, 2014! It is the third single from The Smashing Pumpkins' ninth studio album Monuments to an Elegy. The track first premiered through NME on November 21. The cover art shows a young Billy Corgan playing a drum, believed to be aged 13 months based on the date of the photo. However, the UK single apparently states "And yes, that is Billy Corgan on the cover! Aged 5…".

In an interview with the NME, Corgan said the song "was originally a folk song. We really had a problem getting it off its almost dour Irish balladeer aspect. And I must give a lot of credit to [drummer] Tommy Lee, because he's the one who turned the corner. Without saying it he was reacting in a way that told me he thought it was a bit boring … He got on the computer and used his experience in dance music and kind of turned the corner and found some loops and some beats and suddenly I was like...'wow'."

The song was received positively. Consequence described it as "a melodic, yet rallying rocker", and described Corgan's vocals as "tenacious". Radio.com called it "a mid-tempo, melodic rock song, structured and accessible like all [SP's] best work. Essentially, [they] are not still in their experimental period. They are back to crowd-pleasing—and many are, appropriately, pleased."

The music video was directed by Jimmy Alhander and Robin Antiga, and produced by Good Company. It takes place in a rocky desert, with a group of boys carelessly playing a drum, before being interrupted by exploding mines. This serves as a metaphor to post-traumatic stress disorder and the after-effects of war. "I asked, albeit in an allegorical way, for the video to represent what our returning soldiers are going through with PTSD, and I feel that the directors captured that with poignancy", Corgan said. "I couldn't be more proud of the message we’re sending that we care what happens to those that are out there hurting." The directors said in a statement, "Our aim was to create a film which was poetic and yet made a very direct statement about war, conflict and how we acclimatize ourselves from an early age to this course of action".

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"Drum + Fife" released digitally November 24, 2014! It is the third single from The Smashing Pumpkins' ninth studio album Monuments to an Elegy. The track first premiered through NME on November 21. The cover art shows a young Billy Corgan playing a drum, believed to be aged 13 months based on the date of the photo. However, the UK single apparently states "And yes, that is Billy Corgan on the cover! Aged 5…".

In an interview with the NME, Corgan said the song "was originally a folk song. We really had a problem getting it off its almost dour Irish balladeer aspect. And I must give a lot of credit to [drummer] Tommy Lee, because he's the one who turned the corner. Without saying it he was reacting in a way that told me he thought it was a bit boring … He got on the computer and used his experience in dance music and kind of turned the corner and found some loops and some beats and suddenly I was like...'wow'."

The song was received positively. Consequence described it as "a melodic, yet rallying rocker", and described Corgan's vocals as "tenacious". Radio.com called it "a mid-tempo, melodic rock song, structured and accessible like all [SP's] best work. Essentially, [they] are not still in their experimental period. They are back to crowd-pleasing—and many are, appropriately, pleased."

The music video was directed by Jimmy Alhander and Robin Antiga, and produced by Good Company. It takes place in a rocky desert, with a group of boys carelessly playing a drum, before being interrupted by exploding mines. This serves as a metaphor to post-traumatic stress disorder and the after-effects of war. "I asked, albeit in an allegorical way, for the video to represent what our returning soldiers are going through with PTSD, and I feel that the directors captured that with poignancy", Corgan said. "I couldn't be more proud of the message we’re sending that we care what happens to those that are out there hurting." The directors said in a statement, "Our aim was to create a film which was poetic and yet made a very direct statement about war, conflict and how we acclimatize ourselves from an early age to this course of action".

https://spcodex.wiki/Drum_+_Fife

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"Drum + Fife" released November 24, 2014! It is the third single from Monuments to an Elegy. Consequence described it as "a melodic, yet rallying rocker" and praised Corgan's "tenacious" vocals. The cover art shows a young Billy Corgan playing a drum. https://spcodex.wiki/Drum_+_Fife

"Drum + Fife" was originally a folk song which Corgan said "had a problem getting it off its almost dour Irish balladeer aspect". He credits drummer Tommy Lee for "turning the corner" and making "the Irish ballad part of the song come alive and have more of a expansive quality."

The music video was directed by Jimmy Alhander and Robin Antiga. It takes place in a rocky desert with a group of boys carelessly playing a drum, before being interrupted by exploding mines. It serves as a metaphor to PTSD and the after-effects of war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuSLpa5bQvE