No other band could deliver such an amazing performance in the 90's. This is the pinacle of psychedelia, heavy metal, jam session, alternative rock and everything that the mainstream were most affraid of, delivered with rawness and precision. That's why this band is my favorite band for 22 years and counting. Thank you Alt Copperpot5 for the amazing work you've been doing. It is very important for the history of music.
I love the Pumpkins but there were so many great bands and Billy is definitely not the best vocalist out there so I don’t think they were necessary the greatest band.
Really? No other band? This is not even close to their best performance. As far as "mainstream" being afraid...sorry, but when your album sells 5 million copies, you become mainstream whether you like it or not.
@@medievaltimes6473 yeah no other band could deliver this concert. All the best bands are unique. No other bands could deliver what Beatles, Zeppelin or Metallica did either
@@karinaf8326 as far as a unique voice with incredible emotional range Billy was hard to match. The interesting thing is he only had this ability for a number of years. He can't sing even close to this level these days
Very good....I didn't realize James played so many leads. He said in an interview that he and Billy were "about 50/50" with the leads on Mellon Collie, but I really didn't believe it....until now. He's not as fast as Billy, but he's damn good with what he does.
James is underrated. Iv closely analysed many pumpkins shows, like you said he isn't as fast as billy but he's just as if not more melodic. Hes also really good at lead lines, effects and textures.
@@aegisreflector1239He is. His playing is so different than Billy's, he's much more mechanical but I believe helps hold the songs together live. He doesn't miss his parts by even a fraction. And the sound of a Les Paul is really quite pumpkins, if you wanted to capture the Pumpkins distorted song you'd just buy a 2 humbucker whatever. Because essentially Billy plays a strat with 3 humbuckers.
This is really an amazing show, peak Smashing Pumpkins in my opinion. All 4 of the original band members and only their 3 best albums of songs to pull from. I love how they arranged the setlist to start with the acoustic stuff while sort of easing their way into some of the guitar shredding heavy songs, then they sort of pull back to some softer songs again before going into more heavy tracks. It just makes for a great show.
Greatest version of Rocket I've heard. Used to collect these live videos and they did just a handful of these PJ shows, this was a standout. So so good!
2:12:37 so damn cool seeing James and Darcy interact during the jam. Of course we know silver would be an ever evolving jam for the next 15 months. So cool seeing them work on it like this early on.
true. i've never seen d'arcy go so far off to the left of the stage to chill with James like that before while Billy just chills and plays some improv fills or fills of a song they're playing haha. makes me wonder what kind of chat they were having. very chill version of Drown during that part by the way. i dig it.
So amazing from the very beiginning to the very end... Thank you for sharing a moment from my absolute favourite band ever at their peak, great set and great moment.
I was there during my year as an Au Pair in Palo Alto. Stood in line for the tickets at the Shoreline Amphitheatre for an hour or so. Forgot my ID to the show (personalized tickets) but still managed to get in. The setup was unexpected but really fantastic. One of the best shows I ever saw. Bought myself the Zero longsleeve at the show and wore it proudly for a long time. So sad it went downhill from there. I was shocked to see what happened to Jimmy and Melvoin in NYC that summer and it broke my heart to see him kicked out. I liked Adore and Machina alright but somehow the records after Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness were much "colder" - kind of like a mirror to the atmosphere in the band, I guess.
Beautiful transfer. Some historic songs. The 1-2 punch of Geek>Cherub. To forgive. Galapagos. Here is no why. Ruby. Porcelina. So many great songs. Great show.
This is before the beauty of what was fell apart. I will always be grateful for the pumpkins for this before and barely thereafter but certainly after this hearts were broken forever...
00:26:54 Take Me Down | the climax from the accoustic set | ...so great to see James singing.... it reminds me to Sparklehorse... great video by the way, thanks for uploading...
Wow- They played an acoustic Soma that sounds great- about as rare as it comes. I remember several acoustic/electric shows (even the pajamas) but I don’t remember hearing that soma before-
Thank you Copperpot for this amazing live set!! I love it, to think that so much talent could be given to one songwriter and one band is amazing to contemplate.
Was at this show, Kezar is a small gymnasium and the basketball floor was bouncing up and down. This was a very special time for the band, they were launching into the stratosphere! Bought tickets at The Fillmore day of show as they were not available Ticketmaster. The art on the ticket was sweet. They were playing intimate shows at this leg of their tour before going to arena rock. Jimmy was an animal, the next time they came to SF he was kicked out of the band and Matt Walker played with them at the Cow Palace.
@@Grateful2Exist Wow that's amazing! Such a small show I'm surprised anyone else who was there saw this video or took the time to read the comments. Thank you for sharing your experience with me, that was a special day for me and I'm so glad you appreciated that moment as much as myself. Long live JC and SP!
@@AkathisiaWarriornice! Very jealous lol & glad you made it through the bad weather cuz I remember hearing it was blizzard central & they mentioned something about that on stage. I was 16 & obsessed enough to be spending too much money on bootleg videos of SP shows. Definitely an escape but I was in deep & loving it.
Overstated perhaps....but these early MCIS tour shows were epic.....magical and emotional for the attendees. Glad some of 'my shows' are getting improved treatments.
This is brilliant, thanks! I love the MCIS songs being played in an order closer to the original vinyl tracklist (which was different from the cd, and much better imho)
I'm so glad I found this. I was at the show and only remember it for having terrible sound (Kezar is a gymnasium, after all) and it was very hard to decipher all the noise from where I was sitting. This video shows what a great show it was, thank you! Also, at the time I was shocked to see Billy with a shaved head. Even on the postcard-tickets, he was pictured with hair.
Thanks for posting! I saw them the following 2 nights in Seattle. Those shows were some of my all time favorite concerts. SP at the height of their popularity playing intimate theater dates was like a dream. ❤️
Watching this, it struck me how good a punk band these would have made in the 1970's, Billy's screaming vocals and great guitars and drumming, proper attitude as well.
A close friend and I saw this same show, but at the Palace in Pasadena, five days earlier. Tiny place. It was fabulous and sweaty, and a whole mess of other things...
i've never seen farewell and goodnight performed with the full band and definitely never seen jimmy sing! what a rarity! honestly sounded better than d'arcy.
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