First Time Hearing The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore (First Reaction!!) 

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His look here is based on the classic silent horror film "Nosferatu"...

Everyone always talked about Billy’s Nosferatu look in this video, but lets talk about how awesome James and D’Arcy look! Lol I hate that I dropped off after MCIS, because this era of the band is fascinating to me. Yes it sucks that Jimmy wasn’t there and I understand why, but I hate that it took me so many years to give this album a chance, because its beautiful and creative as hell.

Ava Adore has always been a banger, and I feel like Adore is an underrated album. SP was my favorite band in junior high/high school 💜

Please do Soma by smashing pumpkins, that'll be right up your street, if you liked thru the eyes of ruby you'll love Soma. The singing, lyrics, drumming, build up, it's all great!!

So cool how Billy just sings the climax wherever he wants. Your observations are, as always, on point, and remind me of all the reasons why I love this song. Thanks for sharing another awesome reaction. I know I am going to really enjoy one of your reactions when the video is a lot longer than the song! 14 pauses for comment and 4 back ups, so fun (for me) to hear and see specifically what you like about this song. Thanks again Polo, this video has brightened my day, and I hope you have a great day Too. 🙂

The 'Pumpkins are really good, they got me through darker times back in the day. Their melancholy is soothing. "Zero" is one of my favorite bangers from the Smashing Pumpkins, it's really short at 2m45s, but it packs a punch. "1979" is a classic tune from them. "Tonight, tonight" is pretty epic feeling. "Today" was their first radio/MTV hit.

Have you heard and or reacted to "mayonnaise "? It's pretty good . Pumpkins fan BTW 😅

the fact that the video is one continuous shot is nuts

I saw Smashing Pumpkins recently along with Jane's Addiction. GREAT show, but Billy had laryngitis and so the crowd sang most of the songs along with him. Hoping to catch them again when he's feeling better.

I've seen this record "Adore" get alot of love recently. People are really coming around to that this is a strong record in their catalog. The drummer had been fired prior to this record and there was a shift in sound. Because this record was indeed fire, to me, that's their 1st 4 record are all knocked out of the park. Siamese is still probably the best

Great song and am really impressed that you are so open to hearing new music....let's see how far you go because there are some pretty unique bands out there....by the way kudos to your love for Primus they are an aquired taste as far as music goes..Primus sucks!!! You are doing great Polo 😊..

You got to do music video for Everlasting Gaze by Smashing Pumpkins.

Bullet with Butterfly Wings should be your next review of thier stuff. Epic song.

Pumpkins are certainly NOT a one-trick pony! They have many different styles (much to do with their 'defacto' leader, Billy Corgan - Uncle Fester in this video - LOL). He has no issues taking the band in any direction he sees fit - for better or worse (and trust me, there have been some missteps in the history). Highly recommend: Cherub Rock, Silverf%$k, Eye, Rhinoceros, Zero, and some newer stuff for comparison: Purple Blood, Cyr. This is a 4-Runner track if there ever was one. Great reactions my man! Keep it up. Cheers.

I have listened to Smashing pumpkins since Gish. I fell off. Polo's cuts have reminded me of that warm fuzzy feeling they give. Drums are great so is bass. But guitar is so good. The distortion.

LOL... song is bangin (crickets).... that made my Friday nite.. tyvm Polo

Polo, PLEASE react to Cherub Rock by them next!! It's right up your alley.

Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, the band has undergone several line-up changes since their reunion in 2006, with Corgan being the sole constant member since its inception. The current lineup features Corgan, Chamberlin, Iha and guitarist Jeff Schroeder. Corgan is the group's primary composer; his musical versatility and cathartic lyrics have shaped the band's distinctive albums, which one writer described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land." A distinctive sound up until Adore involved layering numerous guitar tracks onto a song during the recording process, a tactic that Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness coproducer Flood called the "Pumpkin guitar overdub army. Lyrics below: It's you that I adore You'll always be my whore You'll be a mother to my child And a child to my heart We must never be apart We must never be apart Lovely girl, you're the beauty in my world Without you, there are no reasons left to find And I'll pull your crooked teeth You'll be perfect just like me You'll be a lover in my bed And a gun to my head We must never be apart We must never be apart Lovely girl, you're the murder in my world Dressing coffins for the souls I've left to die Drinking mercury to the mystery Of all that you should ever leave behind In time In you, I see dirty In you, I count stars In you, I feel so pretty In you, I taste God In you, I feel so hungry In you, I crash cars We must never be apart I'm drinking mercury To the mystery Of all that you should ever seek to find Lovely girl, you're the murder in my world Dressing coffins for the souls I've left behind In time We must never be apart And you'll always be my whore 'Cause you're the one that I adore And I'll pull your crooked teeth You'll be perfect just like me In you, I feel so dirty In you, I crash cars In you, I feel so pretty In you, I taste god (Ah, ah, ah, ah) We must never be apart (ah, ah, ah)

I f#@ing LOVE this song AND video Billy looks so dope here! This album blew my mind when it first came out This band has always been so AHEAD OF ITS TIME and underrated in the mainstream

I like to call this one, "Try to Stay in Frame: the Music Video."

I love this song. Great pull.

Song and video is an absolute masterpiece. Corgan is in peak form here as a singer. Lyrics are fire, drums and bass are fire, the dual guitar solo is fire, 10/10.

Saw them in 2017. So thankful I got to. I think they’ve changed significantly from the sound of this gorgeous album. This song was PERFECT.

This song is top tier perfection!!! Soooo good!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This is their first album without a human drummer. It was recorded just after their touring keyboardist died of a heroine overdose and Jimmy Chamberlain went into rehab to deal with his addiction.

This is definitely one of my favorite smashing pumpkins songs.

Dope song! I will do a deeper dive into TSP!!

I give you credit for reacting to this song. I've been thinking about giving this album another listen as I didn't really like it when it came out. It's pretty different from what they had previously put out. I still maintain that Siamese Dream is their best album. Check out the song Soma from that album, it's extremely underrated.

Smashing Pumpkins is a rabbit hole once you start getting into them. Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Zero, Tonight Tonight, The End is the Beginning is the End, Eye...I mean they've just got a really deep catalog.

I just found your channel. I am loving it. I subscribed. This is a freaking amazing song.

Billy was going for being like Nosferatu in this video, that's why he looked that way.

This channel has the most insightful perspectives ! The true art of this video is the fact that it was a one take video ! Rolling .........and cut !

This album was the last time I cared about SP lol... It'd be nice to feel that feeling again, but Billy and I are just long in the tooth, I guess...

You really should listen to Bullet with Butterfly Wings. I think you'd really like it. I think it's more in your lane. I think the fans are sending you down rabbit holes and you should stick to more familiar territory first.

you like Radiohead and you like Tool… So you should really get in to the Porcupine Tree rabbit hole!

Check out their songs Ode to No One and Everlasting Gaze

1979 is probably my favourite Pumpkins song (and Billy (singer) doesn't look so "weird"). They're still touring (after a long hiatus) and he now owns a wrestling Promotion called NWA

Ay POLO, What it did, what it do, what it will do at an undetermined rime in the future? ;)

Zero is a bad ass song choice, but there are many!!!!

Do zero or bullet with butterfly wings if you want radio hits, I still play them both regularly.

while mellon collie and the infinite sadness is my favorite album, the one this is from, Adore, has another special place in my heart. another good track from this album is "tear". if you want to check out one of their heaviest tracks, "X.Y.U." holds that title i think. personally, i'm a huge fan of the song "an ode to no one"

Fun fact, this whole video was filmed in one shot

Smashing pumpkins the best band ever imo.. they just dont miss…

I remember being a student in the early 2000s, bought Adore and listened to it every night for a month, during a study session, while high, when with a girl, or drifting off to sleep. Happy times

A little gem of a song from this band, very often overlooked, but I've always loved it

Lincoln Park "Papercut"!!! Is a great song!

SP will be in your top five if you listen to more. I've been commenting all over your SP reactions, but this time I'll just say that.

This entire album is underrated. It's a departure from their older stuff but I adored it...pun intended.

I’ve been a SP fan since “Cherub Rock.” They’re the only band I’ve seen live almost 10x. I think I’ve Tool 4x. Anyhow, they have a diverse range of sound & that’s what I like about them. Billy & Jimmy are excellent musicians that know when, or when not to show off. I don’t always agree w/ Corgan’s views on religion & politics, but the band has a nice balance of soft dreamy shoegaze, alternative, metal, progressive, psychedelic & electronic.

Never heard Pumpkins called fancy. Listen to Siamese Dream album to get to know them.

more pumpkins, please! Cherub Rock Tonite Tonite Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Love any reaction to SP! I’d recommend you checkout Cherub Rock next off their Siamese Dream album. Beautiful 🎸 great reaction Polo 🙋🏻‍♀️🙌🏼👋🏼👍🏼💜🇨🇦

"The end is the beginning is the end" from the Batman soundtrack is an absolute banger! Please listen to it? Or "Zero" 🖤🖤

It’s a goodun. The guitarist played with A Perfect Circle for a bit

Polo digging Billy's entry into his "Dark City" phase love to see it 😂 Interesting to hear a comment about the drums, as this was their first album without IMO the best drummer of the era, Jimmy Chamberlain. They took more of a loop kit approach on the album because of it. Coolest thing about the video was the band having to match their lip syncing to the speed of the track, which the directors sped up and slowed down in parts to layer achieve the visual fast/slow effect.

Billy Corgan has done some acting and producing (Batman and Robin, Ransom, Stigmata, and Transformers that were of any note). What's going on in the background? That's easy; bunch of millionaires showing off.

If you like Pumpkins... listen to the Siamese Dream album... it's their most consistent.

This was post-Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness when there was a gap of time after they had fired their *amazing* drummer Jimmy Chamberlin for drug issues and turned toward more digital drum tracks and fill in drummers. Their peak batting average era was absolutely Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness. They still do great work and still capable of putting out a banger, but those were their stride days of hit after hit and I don’t know what part of that may have been Jimmy Chamberlin’s touch (he’s back with the band, but now they don’t have their bassist D’arcy Wretsky 🤷🏻‍♂️)

This video makes all of today's look like trash. This was the last truly great album from SP. Even though, I didn't appreciate it at the time because, I loved Jimmy so much. I'd love to hear you react to: Behold! The Night Mare.

This song is the anomaly of the album. Love the album Adore, but I take this song off the playlist. This album was the beginning of the end of The Pumpkins imo.

Music has become so safe and generic. Just watched you listening to Grand Funk Railroad and Smashing Pumpkins are in the creative spectrum.

Adore is such a great album but I always felt like it was held back a little bit by its synthy drum machine production. I loved the live performances of these songs in 1998.

Fun fact: Billy Corgan has always been a wrestling fan. He currently owns the National Wrestling Alliance, writing and promoting shows. He has an incredibly creative mind.

do yourself a favor and don't listen to Smashing Pumpkins after this album (post-90s). Trust me 😩

Please please react to Tonight Tonight by Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan wrote and incorporated an orchestra into that song and it’s an absolute banger!!

If you wanna listen to more Linkin Park, you should listen to From the inside, lying from you, one step closer. Some of my favs. Love your channel!! Thank you for your genuine reactions :)

I find myself listening to a lot more Tool and Radiohead vs Pumpkins, but have always thought Billy was one of the best lyric writers. Even on albums where I might not have been crazy about the sound, his lyrics were always ridiculous. He's like a poet who's never had writers block.

Great stuff as always. On Gregory Alan Isakov - he has a ton of great stuff. I strongly recommend Stable Song or Big Black Car.

Good album and sure it's Billy Corgan's band but without drummer Jimmy Chamberlain they lost an edge, left Billy with 2 decisions; new drummer or drum machine, the latter of which which was in vogue for the 90's. Jimmy got kicked out of the band for a heroin incident which resulted in the death of their touring keyboardist, Jimmy was shooting up with him when poor dude overdosed and Billy has a zero tolerance policy for band BS so Jimmy got bounced out the door...until he cleaned up and he and Billy buried some hatchets some years later.

You said in the intro you're more of a Radiohead and TOOL kinda guy and based on that I HIGHLY recommmend you listen to a few more songs from this album.

A lot of fans were giving up on SP at this point because it was more electronic. I found this album to be very good. Not my favorite, but I still lump it in with the classic pumpkins.

Anybody mentioned that it's a one take video? No cuts no editing just one camera... Masterpiece

Pretty sure he was going for the whole Nosferatu Vampire look!❤❤❤

Man, I LOVE The Smashing Pumpkins. One of the very best bands of my youth and such range. Their evolution through the years has really been amazing.

Everybody, this guy posing as polo saying “lets talk” is all a scam!!!!

I've been a SP fan for a very long time. Billy Corgan is a vastly underrated guitarist and bassist (he wrote both for all but 2 or 3 SP songs). I think this is because of the songs that have been chosen as their albums singles. The singles are his most pop friendly songs, not his most technically interesting. His range is amazing, he can write well in most genres. I recommend their album Siamese Dream, it's a perfect album in my opinion (I don't say that lightly).

Again. You talk too much. Thumbs down.

I was just about to listen to the album for the first time because I just finish Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. But I stopped to watch this reaction of yours.

Try AC/DC “ down payment blues”

This video was shot in one take, not many videos ever shot like this.

Eureka! Billy is The Pumpkin King 🎃

This is one of those songs taht I dont wanna see an end. Just throw in another verse Billy! keep on going. Awesome dark song

This was an excellent album that didn't get much love.

The literal meaning and subtle undertones and what he really means are all parallels. To me this song is about loneliness and searching for someone that feels the same way you do and they dont exist at least you think there isn't one and the feelings that come from that. Everyone being soo full of crap and selfish and boring. Yeah we can identify with these feelinngs.

I do, indeed, have a bit of fanciness about myself. 🤣

a side by side (likely off camera) ○ comparison of 1995's "Zero" *and* 2000's "The Everlasting Gaze" ° could be increasingly( in a trivial manner )enlightening Thanks once more ~ ( no descriptions necessary ) ◇ Corgan is locked in spot # 2 ~ regarding *personally.* influential Poets( e. e. cummings ) ● obviously there are hundreds of others( • zero heated disagreement with that • . . . in "t h e s e" eyes ○ cannot rise above # 3 )

@PoloReacts your son would love Dirty Loops. Lots of MJ vibes

I think if you listened to melon collie and the infinite sadness all at once, you'd find a few that if you had it on cd that you'd return to over and over. Have you reacted to bullet with butterfly wings yet? Anyways. That's how I got into them. Didn't really get into much of anything else if I'm honest, but I'll always love them for that album. Just so perfect for 16 year old me at the time.

Not a bad song but there are many other great tracks, in my opinion that would have been better

Rare reaction to a song I haven't heard in years. Thanks :)

I love this song. Also, he's so vampiric in this video

He dress like this in person too.Seen them last summer and there awesome live!

People stopped listening to them because they got too real.

I hope you react to their classic today song

Thanks for reacting to this song....I love this song so much bc of that beat... definitely do Bullet with Butterfly Wings though

You have to listen to their song " I of the morning "

Prolly my favorite by them

Have you done a reaction to sleep token yet?

Do smashing Pumpkins mayonnaise