I feel you but we're growing up with it too, aren't we ? I was 16 when I heard it first over 2 years ago and it came at the perfect timing cause I was going through some shit and everyday was pretty much just surviving. That Song just put everything into words and music I couldn't. Now I'm almost 19 and have a lyric off it tattoed on my arm, so this Song will literally grow with me. The Pumpkins changed my Life and I'm so happy to even life in a time where they're around
@@Moe-bg6lm Funny you should mention this, because your experience is similar to mine when I was a teenager. I am actually a millennial and a fair bit older than you. I started listening to the Smashing Pumpkins when I was 15 or 16, around 2005 or 2006. I was just old enough to remember them in the late 90s a little bit. I'm glad Gen-Z can appreciate music like this, I have been pretty down on your generation, so this is a big plus to hear it from one of you directly. Now two subsequent generations are keeping the band alive. Very cool.
@@Walker_Flocker Hey man if this l cheers your day up I’m around the age of the first guys reply and I listen to tons of 90’s and early 2000’s music and go out of my way to show friends and family of similar age this type of music.
@@floyd989 Corgan deserves a ton of credit for the end product though - he was obsessive about overdubs to make the guitar sound as thick as possible. Some of these songs have something like 70 tracks on them.
I have these marvelous memories because I lived this... Billy with hair is how I remembered him because he had it for most of the Pumpkin's reign. I was 17 when SD dropped. I remember those 4 videos getting like hourly play on MTV pretty much for a solid 1.5 years.
@@bobsondugnutt5688 ha ha, i've found my people! What a perfect ending wasn't it? Blown away by this performance too, I even learnt it on guitar today (with all its weird tuning) after watching the beef finale last night
SHIT YOUR TELLING ME. HELL IT'S 2021, AND WOULD DO ALMOST ANYTHING JUST TO GO BACK 5 YEARS. 2020 & UP TILL NOW HAS BEEN ONE BIG NIGHTMARE AFTER ANOTHER. BULLSHIT PLAN-DEMIC & BULLSHIT COVID-19 FUCKED UP EVERYTHING!!! I SEEK OUR CREATOR♡, I LOVE♡, I TRUST♡, AND I BELIEVE♡... I AM BLESSED♡. I AM LOVED♡.
It's 2022 now, nearly 29 years since Mayonaise was released. I still get the same goosebumps today--listening to this--as I did the first time I heard this track all those years ago
I used to have a problem with his voice but now I realize he has one of the most unique voices in rock. As soon as someone imitates it, you know right away its Billy Corgan. I can only think of like 5 singers you could say that about.
My main issue with him is I thought his live performances were terrible, but liked the recorded output because it fit the songs so well. That said, these performances are better than I remember.
Same here, was directed to this video by another fan of Cold Desert by the Kings of Leon and i hope that by the time this song finishes it doesnt disappoint
Smashing Pumpkins are the band that best represents Generation X to me. I grew up listen to them, but I was a kid and wasn’t part of that cool generation that got to experience the end of an era in America. I love seeing the people from back then at shows. They’ll always be the coolest to me. No cell phones. They knew the words. Out there having the time of their lives that they’ll always remember being the best show. I hope they’re doing alright now.
we were barely technologically advanced enough that some of our friends carried "beepers" hahahaha I miss those days. Some of the most carefree days of my life
I remember road trips with my family just in the back seat listening to cassettes and cds while reading the liner notes and lyrics, fully immersed in the experience. It was incredible.
I can't get over how nostalgic this song is. Everything from 92-00 takes me back to a much much simpler time in my life. A time where there were no bills, no jobs, nothing but listening to music every night and being home by the time the streetlights were on.
Hello my friend , I´m from Argentina , I don´t speak you lenguague but I have the same feeling.. it´s so strange .. I love the 90... greetings from Buenos Aires
Quite the opposite situation for me, but same effect. Violent at home and violent on the receiving end from teachers at school. Sometimes it felt like music was my escape.
@@camarasnorte5317 90's were the best music of all time. The best times for most, the worst times for me! Music was my escape. Life is tough. You may also like the rolling stones in their live shows 1972. Just saying.
i heard this first time at my friend's house, it was on side B second track cassette. we would learn this on two accoustic guitars, we would go crazy playing just the intro alone cauze it's so beautiful. till this very day whenever i played Maynoise in my car i will always remember my friend and his house - the size of the room, the pictures on the wall, his mom n pop and the brightness of the day. This song is essentially transport you to a special time in your life.
@@davedave7313 we just used standard tuning, we play it with Bb. Not only we dont know about alternate tuning at the time, we also didnt knew the album was tune half step to Eb. we were like as long as it sounded "close enough". Lol
for being grunge, this is such a mellow set. I’ve only ever seen the nirvana “hit people in the face, dive into the drum kit” grunge, and never this somber almost distraught tone. everyone in the room just seems to be one puddle of people with similar emotions and interests. i love it
Welcome to a whole new version of music you will never be disappointed with yourself for listening to most of the shite that get forced upon us by the media 🙏😁
One of the best songs ever written. Makes me float into the air. It feels like taking a step back from life, surveying everything all at once, and being ok with it
@XRP Music nah, they had great stuff till about 2000. siamese dream is still their best imo, but mellon collie had some epic tunes, just a bit bloated.
No, but the experiences of the mother and father contribute to the very essence of the child. Maybe they were at this concert? :D And maybe the name should be nirvgorillumpkin? :o
This song has brought me to tears on several occasions, and I can’t pinpoint wtf it is. Just finished watching “Beef” on Netflix and Damn! This perfect goddamn song wrapped up the series! Again, I’m in tears. Perfect ending!
This song takes me back to the fall of 95' when I met my wife at college. She is a HUGE pumpkins fan to this day. She was always listening to Gish, Siamese Dream, or Pices, when I went up to see her. But when I hear this song, I am instantly taken back to those care free days, the fall colors, the late night walks around the neighborhood in that crisp October air, oh the memories:-).
Fool enough to almost be it Cool enough to not quite see it Doomed Pick your pockets full of sorrow And run away with me tomorrow June We'll try and ease the pain But somehow we'll feel the same Well, no one knows Where our secrets go I send a heart to all my dearies When your life is so, so dreary Dream I'm rumored to the straight and narrow While the harlots of my perils Scream And I fail But when I can, I will Try to understand That when I can, I will Mother weep the years I'm missing All our time can't be given Back Shut my mouth and strike the demons That cursed you and your reasons Out of hand and out of season Out of love and out of feeling So bad When I can, I will Words defy the plan When I can, I will Fool enough to almost be it And cool enough to not quite see it And old enough to always feel this Always old, I'll always feel this No more promise no more sorrow No longer will I follow Can anybody hear me I just want to be me When I can, I will Try to understand That when I can, I will
For the record: Jimmy C is criminally underrated. He was definitely the musical glue holding these space cadets together. every single hit, every ghost note, the whole groove EXACT. precision. just like the record. great tune. charming performance.
Thats because he's from the Chicagoland area. Nobody understands sadness like we do. If you were born and raised here, you'd know sadness well. The weather is miserable. Everything is flat. If you're content sitting on your azz inside, eating cheese steaks and waiting to die..... then it's not a bad place to live, though.
I understand the criticism of Billy's voice, but I think people who write it off are missing a pretty unique rock vocal style. He has a hard time getting to the higher registers at the end of the song, but doesn't care and goes for it. That's fine by me. How many times does a rock singer go for a stretch of a note and miss? It happens all the time. He also hit the switch on the Strat and cut the neck pickup, dropping out of the mix, forgot the lyrics and so forth. It just makes the performance more approachable, even though the band produces the album's sound very well.
I was in love to a girl named "jenny" at the time of this song. Sophomore in high school. My story with jenny ended but this song always reminds me of that bittersweet memory. To be young and in love
How did it end? Did you go to her flat and hear her being banged from the outside then realse your friends car was parked on the road? Cause that happened to my brother in the 90’s.
I remember the 90s and was alive for it, but I was pretty young. I mostly remember nirvana and Alice In Chains from those days but naturally I got into most of the grunge/alternative bands. The pumpkins are one of my favorites and have been for awhile, especially Mellon follow. The first album that truly truly resonated with me was “is this it” from the strokes. I get those same kinda feelings from that album. It takes me back to the days of my first love and having absolutely no worries, and all fun. It gives me feelings of being young and learning new things. I Miss those times. The world was a much better and different place back then. My family and friends were always around and there was always something to do. We would communicate face to face instead of over text. I wish I could go back
The Smashing Pumpkins is the band I keep forgetting exists, but when I remember I go down a rabbit hole of their music. Reading everyone's comments I remember how special they are.
I consider myself very lucky to see the band Rush live three times. 3 hour fantastic shows!! Billy Corgan speaks highly of Rush as an influence. I am just bummed I never saw the pumpkins live in the Siamese Dream era. Their music was so very emotionally crafted.
now this was the greatest era of music in my honest opinion. Love this song and this performance and the album siamese dream up there with my favorites from the 9th grunge era which inspired me to play guitar.
Siamese Dreams is such a great album. I will argue that it was one of if not the best album of the 90s. Listened to this album so many times in college and after. The drumming is so underrated on this album. Love, love, LOVE this album.
I agree. Of the trio Nirvana-Nevermind, Pearl Jam-10 and Siamese Dream, my top vote from the 90's is Siamese Dream. I can still listen to it and fully get immersed in it just like I did in the 90's.
Lets just take a moment though to appreciate how genuinely hard a question "best album of the 90s" is to answer. Maybe I'm old but best album of the 00's? I can name maybe 3, and beyond that, well ok I am actually old.
It's still one of the best 2022... but gish is the best for me and its demos the same....and dinosaur jr the same for that band anyway don't use for a name ect
I lost a great friend of mine today. This song was something that always has this underlying feeling of sadness and nostalgia to it. This ones for you Tim
I was 18 when this album came out. Living in San Antonio, TX. I used to drive my 1987 Toyota Corolla north into the hills to go get stoned and crank this cassette.
He forgot the lyrics but he waited his next q and killed it afterwards, he lost the sound of his guitar but he played anyways, till it naturally came back. And then proceed, as a band, in one of the greatest performances of the 90"s. Perfection is a lucid dream, dealing and overcoming imperfection is divine.
I've seen a lot of concerts in my life (I'm 48), and I saw the Smashing Pumpkins in Minneapolis at Lollapalooza in 1994. It's the best concert I've ever seen, and I've seen many very good concerts, but they were the best.
this was the song that the disc shop owner played to me when I requested to hear something from the album. I still remember my being so impressed at the heavy, almost tangible emotion that came out of those big speakers. It's part of me now, and Chamberlin drew me into drumming which gave me unforgettable experiences. Siamese Dream is going to be in my grave with me, together with "The Queen is Dead", "Nevermind", "Doolittle", "Alice in Chains MTV Unplugged", "Money for Nothing" and "TOTO".
I know Billy is a notoriously difficult person to get along with and work with, but he also looks like the only person on that stage who didn’t shoot up five seconds before the show
People give him a lot of shit, but I don't get it. When he talks, he's so down to Earth. I could listen to his stories for hours. Also, look at how he interacts with the audience. Hardly a dick compared to most rockers.
Finally listened to Siamese in full today and I gotta say what a great fucking album it's took me a while to get round to it since I've been obsessed with Mellon Collie (relatively new fan here lol) and I feel like an idiot for not listening to it sooner this came on and it gave off this warm nostalgic feeling that quite a lot of pumpkins tracks do for me and for others too I'm only 16 but I understand the nostalgia you guys get from these songs I'm in college rn and things are going great I have a great group of friends and I feel like I'm finally living my life I didn't have a great end to high school since I was bullied and got my heart broken by the girl I stupidly thought was the love of my life and got pretty darn close to depression and then I met Billy and the guys I listened to Mellon Collie for the first time two nights before I got my exam results and it was such a rollercoaster of emotions and in some ways healing I've gotten over it now thankfully and like I said have a great group of pals although I kinda got friendzoned by a girl I'm super close with and it sucks I'm kind of getting scared I won't find someone and this song encapsulates how I feel right now scared but hopeful that I can get through this Love ya pumpkins thank you for healing my wounds again as I'm sure you will for years to come
@@marcdesilva1644 Love that album everything up until the 2000 breakup is awesome not so sure onthe later stuff byt did like the last two albums and i'm excited for the new album too
It’s funny I’ve always loved the Smashing Pumpkins. But lately I’ve been going through a little bit of sadness and depression and I’ve been playing the hell out of this song and come to find out so many other people have been doing the exact same thing. There’s just some thing about this album there’s just something about the way it flows it just comforts you for some thing you can really feel in your soul and you’re depressed state
I'm with you (even if you wrote this 4 yrs ago and my comment is just dust). I remember being a very depressed 15 year old boy, so unsure of his place in the world, hiding under a tree in the grounds of my school and listening to this track on my discman (yep, discman, look it up). It validated my feelings, helped me release some anger and helped me keep it together enough to keep going. I have a big space in my heart for this song even though my musical tastes have diverged a lot in the last 30 years.
I’m 7 years old and they just played this show while I’m laying in bed somewhere in MA. In a couple years I’ll hear about them through my fathers amazing taste in music, and see them live with him on the melancholy tour at fleet center in Boston. It’ll change my life. Thanks dad!
Hmm, I love Billy's music.....but to consider him a god? There's thousands of guitarists out there who fit the term more than he does. Definitely an awesome song writer, but in terms of talent I think Jimmy is more skilled in his instrument. Geek U.S.A. is a prime example. Dude is such a blast to listen to.
+Josh T billy is an underrated player. Technically speaking there isn't much he can't play. He was even selected to study a prestigious music programme when he was young because of his ability to distinguish piano notes
Happy 52nd Birthday D'arcy Wretzky-Brown 5/1/1968 The lost but not forgotten Smashing Pumpkin.. She doesn't get enough credit for her solid bass playing..
Okay wow. That was intense. I loved this song when it came out. It almost broke my heart to hear it again because I had forgotten how much this song broke my heart back then too but I sang along with it three times a day to face that pain. Knowing how heartfelt it is because I sang it from the heart and gut too. Hearing it again transported me back in time. Like a time capsule. Something hidden to refind later.
Yes. And YES. It IS VERY amazing to be forgotten. 2017 - and "they" say I'm 61, when in all reality I AM 21 - "LIFE" is quite weird. Only speaking as a highly expereinced expert here. And the concept that there are "people" who do not FEEL really makes some of us REALLY wanna be somewhere else.....
The Metro might be the most underrated venue in America. If you've never been, it's intimate, not too small, not too big & the sound/acoustics are impeccable. Uniquely Chicago.
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