2/2 The Smashing Pumpkins "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" (Reaction!!) 

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Kudos to whoever picked this track for polo. Beautiful, lush song that's indulgent and more obscure to a non-fan, without being inaccessible or hard to listen to for someone who isn't versed in the pumpkins

Jimmy Chamberlain was always my favorite drummer in the midst of an astonishingly great class of drummers from the 90s. I just vibed with his feel like no other. The song Quiet is a pretty fun one with great drums that should catch your ear.

Good choice of track that musically sums up the album. The Melloncollie double-album is a great piece of work from '95.

The outro is a masterpiece.

Great choice of song!!! Also you can go eyes closed on this album, it's a masterpiece. I could suggest "stand inside your love" ,or "tales of dusty and pistol pete" from other albums.

I can't listen to "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" without listening to "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" from the same album and vice versa.

you should listen to this song and "by starligth" live versions from "Les Eurockeennes" festival from 1997. absolutely amazing

Jimmy Chamberlain is a monster talent and often (sadly) left out of the conversation on top drummers. He’s one of my favorites, so smooth and inventive.

I am all in for your Pumpkins journey! Favorite band of all time. You can pick any song from their original run in the 90's and not go wrong. Their drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin, is one of the all time greats and there are many tracks where he gets unleashed.

Porcelina is a must !!! Always make me happy to see new pumpkins fans.

Smashing Pumpkins is timeless. Go through Gish, Pisces Iscariot, then Siamese Dream, to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Those albums (along with Radiohead) got me through my teen years. Billy might/may be a big drama queen, but he damn well knows how to write a song. Edit: If you like A Perfect Circle, James Iha joined that super group in the mid 2000's.

The Siamese Dream album is great top to bottom. I can still listen to it all these years later. I never get tired of it.

Mayonnaise is a very melodic track! One of the best, if not the best, smashing pumpkins song!

This is Allan's daughter (the one that recommended this song) and we all hang out every night and watch your reactions. When we saw you were doing The Smashing Pumpkins 1979 we were stoked, and when we saw that you were reacting to Thru the Eyes of Ruby we freeeeaked. All of their albums are great but Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is by far their best. His youngest daughter is 14, I'm, 30 and my brother is 31 and he did us a favor by showing us Tool/The Pumpkins/A Perfect Circle etc when we were growing up. It's just on a whole other level as far as talent, meaning, the whole enchilada. As far as The Smashing Pumpkins goes, I would recommend Muzzle, Zero,Tonight Tonight, Bullet with Butterfly Wings and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. (Muzzle is probably the next best IMO) Keep doing what you do!!! Looking forward to your next tracks!

Smashing Pumpkins aren't my favorite band, but their Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is my absolute favorite album ever. Its just one of those classic albums that never gets old, I hope you listen to more!

JimmyChamberlin (the drummer) was the Danny Carey of the 1990’s . I know Tool were around in the 90’s, but Jimmy was (arguably) the better drummer back then. It is SHOCKING that they aren’t in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame! They created a whole new genre of music with their second album (Siamese Dream). It wasn’t grunge, like most alt rock/metal bands were back then. They brought back arena rock mixed with face melting riffs, insane drumming, layered vocals (kind of like how Queen layered their vocals). They had a sound that will never be copied. As soon as you hear a clip of a Pumlins song you KNOW it’s them. Their third album (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness) was the highest selling double album of the 1990’s , and is consistently in the top 10 double albums of all time. They fused hard rock with metal, with grunge, with pop. They are Kind of genreless.

Easily one of the most iconic bands of the 90s. Not in the Hall of Fame? Incomprehensible.

🎃Love Smashing Pumpkins!!! Please react to -Bullet with Butterfly Wings -Tonight, Tonight -Cherub Rock -Thanks!!!

The Smashing Pumpkins were invaluable to me during my teenage years. So many of their songs were integral during different parts of my life. YES, I think The Smashing Pumpkins deserve to be in the Rock and Roll HOF!!

Alan killed it on this request, a classic deep cut that is probably better than their known hits of the double EP. This song almost sounds like it was a cut off the Siamese Dream album (imo their best) , just the sound and feel feels like it could have come off the album.

BROOOO!!!!!!! I can't believe you're doing this song!!!! I saw them live in '96 for their Infinite Sadness tour (this album) and to be honest, I was was aware of this song but it wasn't one of my favorites. This song absolutely stole the show! It was so powerful! If you really like this I implore you to find a live version of this around '96, it's amazing! It's definitely one of my favorite Pumpkins songs after seeing it live. As you alluded to, their drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin, is a monster. He is my all-time favorite drummer, and yeah I'm also a Tool fan, so that says a lot lol. You really made my day doing this song and I hope you really enjoyed it!

I’m an “album listener” by nature, but there’s a few albums in particular that stand out as needing to be heard in their entirety as a collective work of art. “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” is one of those albums, in my opinion.

I forgot how good this song is. I haven't listened to Mellon collie in a long time. Smashing Pumpkins has always been one of my absolute favorites. The face-melting heavy distortion contrasted against Billy Corgan's childlike, almost bratty voice is just magical. Please react to Hummer of you can! They have so much great music.

Such a polarizing band whose talent is undeniable. Their debut Gish got me through some really tough times in 92-93...they can melt your face, make you cry, and just take you on surreal journeys....so glad my favorite reactor is on the SP train.

Cherub Rock is a great song by them and particularly good as an intro

Drown, Mayonnaise, Rhinoceros, Cherub Rock, Hummer, Soma, my favorite tracks. The entire Siamese Dream is 🔥🔥 this track is great also. They do deserve their recognition

Siamese Dream was the album of the decade ('90's) in my opinion.

Shout out to that patron for recommending Snail

Rhinoceros Geek USA Disarm Tonight, Tonight Zero Bullet With Butterfly Wings XYU To name a few. Really most of the tracks on Siamese Dream or Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness are great. And then even though Adore and Machina, the next two albums, take some odd turns, there are some pretty good songs there too.

If had to describe this song in one word: epic. My favorite song on Mellon Collie, which is saying something because this album has some absolute bangers. Allan definitely did your right and his other suggestions are great. They should be (and will be) in the HOF. JImmy Camberlain is an excellent drummer. Look forward to more reactions to the Pumpkins. Another epic on Mellon Collie that is definitely worth your time is Porcelina of the Vast Oceans.

Corgan has always been polarizing with his vocals but the dude can craft masterpiece songs

As epic and majestic as the Pumpkins ever got. This is their Freebird, Bohemian Rhapsody, Stairway to Heaven, etc.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is an amazing double disk! Very well produced with a very diverse range of songs.

Soma by Smashing Pumpkins will break your heart, melt your face and blow your mind.

It's interesting because through The eyes of Ruby and 1979 are both great songs they are both very different from each other but also very different then a lot of the pumpkins catalog thur the eyes of Ruby is the cultured fan pick Though your guy is right this is one of my favorites also loved "body's" off this album

Any reactor to the mighty smashing pumpkins gets a folllow! In the pantheon of greatest bands ever

Polo, I think you will love the Smashing Pumpkins song Hummer!💛

That donation request letter at the beginning sounds just like what I would write. Crazy to see likeminded fans. Songs I would say are great -whirl -thirty-three -Starz -Geek USA -United States -Mayonnaise Also drummer Jimmy chamberlain is underrated AF and should be considered one of the goat 🐐 drummers.

I'd add "Soma", "Starla", and "Cherub Rock" to the list of Smashing Pumpkins

My favorite band for the last 30 years. Changed my life. Thanks for giving them a chance, my friend.

Please do Ava Adore by Smashing Pumpkins. The video is interesting as well. Love this song.

Mayonnaise is a must listen, same with Soma, James Iha is fire (see also A Perfect Circle)

Smashing pumpkins should be in the hall of fame. A 1994 fan in here.

Jimmy Chamberlin is one of the all-time great rock drummers.

If you liked that check out Muzzle, Hummer, Tonight Tonight, Silver Fuck. So many killer tracks

Porcelina of the Vast Oceans. Give this song a whirl. You won’t regret it

If you like the vibe of this song, the most similar song I could recommend from Smashing Pumpkins is “Porcelina of the Vast Oceans.”

GREAT song! I'm so happy that you're getting into the Pumpkins, one of my top 3 bands of all time! Cherub Rock was their first hit, it's the song that put them in the national spotlight. Please go down their rabbit hole, you won't regret it!

The Pumpkins should 100% absolutely be in the hall of fame!

"It's a softer voice or whatever..." Hehe. Now react to songs like 'Bodies', 'XYU' or 'Tales of a Scorched Earth'... He actually has a voice that can go from eerily soft through to face melting scream of the banshee and the band have excellent songs that take advantage of it all but the main reason some people don't like his voice is that it can sound quite nasal and that puts a lot of people from diving into the pure gold that is the Smashing Pumpkins song back catalogue.

They're right. Mayonnaise may be my fave or top 3. But the album diameter dream is in my top 10 faves of all time and I have like 100 great album.faves

Jimmy Chsmberland is a legion.

During Pumpkins mania in the 90s I vividly remember hating Billy Corgan's voice and once they won all those Grammys they got played to 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 on radio and Mtv, which didn't help. I dug the instrumentation a lot but him....ugh. Then about 10 years ago while on a road trip with my cousin he played their classic album " Siamese Dream " and I was blown away by how solidly crafted it was. "Cherub Rock", "Disarm" and "Mayonnaise" in particular slammed me with a wave of nostalgia. They all drove home memories of my youth in a crazy way. Billy's vocals no longer bothered me after that, in fact it really grew on me. Now I love both his tone and singing style. My wife and I have seen Smashing Pumpkins twice live in Australia and I bought four of their albums which continue to be on rotation: Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness are my favourites. Just so weird how that goes. And yeah, trust me I deeply regret missing them at their peak.

This song is a perfect example of the band's spectrum of sound and emotion. Good suggestion.

Mayonnaise Mayonnaise Mayonnaise Mayonnaise Mayonnaise Mayonnaise Mayonnaise

I think we used to say "as a vocalist billy corgan is an amazing guitarist" lol. Wouldnt trade his voice in his songs tho. Ever

I WAS AT THIS CONCERT. IWAS ON THE FLOOR 20 FEET FROM THE STAGE ..THE SHOW AMAZING!!!! COULDN'T HEAR FOE 2 DAYS AFTER THE SHOW ...IT WAS 3 HOURS OF THEM CONSTANTLY ROCKING , THEY WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF YOUR LIFE

Porcelina of the Vast Oceans is another track on MC&IS album that fits nicely with Thru the Eyes of Ruby. Starla, The Aeroplane Flies High Turns Left Looks Right, Hummer, Soma, and Silverfuck are also standout tracks.

Very much agree with Mayonnaise. It has been one of my favorite songs since the 90's, and I've never gotten tired of it.

Definitely a Rock and Roll HOF band!

I'm glad you touched on the polarizing aspect of Billy's voice. They're a tough band to recommend because if you don't like his voice, then you're automatically out. BUT, if you love his voice, which many of us do, it's easy to fall head over heels in love with their music. Greatest band of all time for me. Daring to be different while backing it up with ludicrous chops and songwriting. I love this band.

This is not a song you see a lot of people react to, but I think it's the perfect choice because it really encapsulates what Billy the the gang were trying to do at this point.. not being afraid to embrace their heavier roots, bombastic guitar solos, wall of sound guitars... Mellon Collie is all over the place, but this is one of the best songs they've ever done. Mayonaise next, please! (I met Billy once, I told him Mayonaise was my favorite song, he said thanks. And then my girlfriend proceeded to talk to him for several minutes about poetry or something.. it ended with Billy asking his security guy "Where's my slushie, motherfucker?!" Good times.)

The outro is so damn dope I wish they would have man an entire song with that sound. Unbelievable

Jimmy is just so god darned good at drumming. Jazz styled hard rock. Hits all the right beats and lifts the energy of every song without ever over-doing anything. Everything sounds so effortless.

Bullet with Butterfly wings and Disarm

Mayonnaise is one of my favorite songs in general. Would love to see you react to that one.

"breathing underwater and living under glass" I love the way the guitars sound during this part. It goes with the lyrics so perfectly. Probably my one of my favourite Pumpkins songs ever.

If you like this song on this album I also recommend “To Forgive” on this album or “Thirty-Three”

Jimmy is an absolute beast on the drums. He's also the most humble, and gracious person in the band. I met the band in 1999, and Billy and James were both wonderful, but Jimmy really made an impression on me. I've been a big fan of Jimmy ever since. There is a method to Billy's singing voice. He used a nasal voice to create a juxtaposition between the soft and harsh sounds. It's perfection.

Yes they should be in there, this CD was one of the best selling CDs of all time. This was one amazing tour, they were so good live.

If you were vibing to the end of Ruby, just wait til you hear Porcelina of the Vast Oceans

I think you'd love Drown by Smashing Pumpkins, check it out, I had a feeling you would enjoy Thru the eyes of Ruby. Nice reaction.

This song came off Mellon Collie, which sold 10+ million copies. I can't imagine these songs without his voice. HOF? Yes, absolutely. But Billy so rubbed people the wrong way, I don't think they'll ever be inducted. And thank you for noticing the drums... Jimmy Chamberlain is probably the best rock drummer of all time. He seems to empathize with the guitars... But before you fall in love with them, check out the song "Beautiful," from the same album. I love it, it shows their range, but a lot people just stick to the face melting. Great channel. Kudos.

Any Pumpkins fan knows this one but Polo check out one of Smashing Pumpkins B Sides called ‘Set the Ray to Jerry’ it’s a beautiful vibe. Definitely worth a listen imo

I have spent my whole life trying to replicate the sound of the distorted guitar sound (without layering) that comes in at 4:33....its been 24 years. lol

Love this song!! Definitely up there as one of my favorites

Muzzle is great from the same album. Too many iconic songs on this double LP, hope you check out the whole thing

The sequence between 708 and 721 is a stunning transition, gives me chills yo this day, and I bought this album the day it released... Best tune on the entire album IMHO

Love you commenting on his fills! Jimmy Chamberlin is my favorite drummer!

„porcelina of the vast oceans“ will blow your mind 🙈

Their is a companion B sides set to the mellon collie album called the Aeroplane Flies high.....very amazing collection of songs also

Alan you superstar, what a song!

These albums are the type you need to listen to in their entirety. Melonchollie and the infinite madness was the first successful double album since Zeppelin and Pink Floyd to be released. Pumpkins are the modern day Zeppelin.

Just to let you know (a little off topic 😂) i just love the little spinning thing behind you, i watch it almost the entire time you react to a song. 😊fantastic

And I exactly agree- I can totally see why someone wouldn't like his voice, and yet I like it

Also: every band/artist Butch Vig has produced or performed with should be in the RRHOF🎉

Best band of the 90s. Check out Hummer and Cherb Rock

Nobody actually cares about the rock and roll hall of fame. It's a joke to anyone that actually listens to rock.

first time viewer of your channel. i am at 1:13, paused the video to comment - you haven't started listening to it yet... but from a long time fan, you're in for a hell of a time. enjoy the ride - i'll see you on the other side.

SM are a great example of "don't judge a book by their band name, look, or genre"... good is good is good

Smashing Pumpkins at their best mix the best of 90s alternative rock and shoegaze music.

Yes… The Smashing Pumpkins should be in the HOF. Also, check out their song “Geek USA” if you want the drumming masterclass.

I'm not the biggest fan of CD2 of this album, but that song is a grower for sure.

My favourite song from my favourite band!! I’m glad you chose this song as most RU-vidrs would pick a single. The strange thing about the Pumpkins is that many of their non-single songs are usually a lot better than the singles they chose to release. They released the most simple / commercially viable songs as the singles to draw fans in and saved the real gold for the albums. Examples - hummer, mayonnaise, Soma, here is no why, muzzle, porcelina, bodies, thru the eyes of Ruby, tear, for Martha etc etc. Even some of their b sides, although undeveloped, are better then the singles! His voice is very polarising but I love it - extremely powerful, It’s like another instrument!

Billy is one of the best song writers of all time IMO

"Cherub Rock" and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" - their best tracks IMHO!

The “WHY” at 8:36 is my favorite part of the song.

HERE WE GO! I just left another long comment about how SP are my favorite band since 93' when I was 11 years old. If I had to pick my favorite songs it would literally be impossible. There's so many from each album. Ruby is one of their epics. Other epics in my opinion off the top of my head would be Hummer, Soma, Porcelina of the Vast Oceans, and Glass and the Ghost Children(this one is not for everyone, it's weird but great). I haven't played this video yet but I'm really hoping you like it. Whoever recommended it is a damn hero. My second favorite band is Dream Theater and I saw on your channel you have a reaction for them too. Dream Theater is a supergroup of dudes that have degrees in music, there's very few people on the planet as talented as them. People's main complaint of Dream Theater is James LaBrie's voice, but you get used to it and it grows on you. Kind of like RUSH, Geddy Lee's voice is something to get used to. Actually, since I'm commenting on a Pumpkins video, a lot of people hate Billy's nasal voice but I actually prefer it to his "new" singing style. Sorry for these long comments man, just excited to see new Pumpkins fans being made!

Smashing Pumpkins should absolutely be in the hof. This album (Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness) is a masterpiece Needs to be listened to from beginning to end. It's a story.