Probably my favorite song by the Pumpkins, Billy never ceases to amaze me. His voice is just perfect in my eyes, and he nails it here. I hope to see them live one day, fucking sweet performance.
The documentary where they were looking to replace Jimmy showed this kid's audition, so glad he got to play with them, he was too young to tour with them due to certain venues being over 21s only. Good to see this kid doing an amazing job and having fun with them
I agrizzle with drums bass but Jeff is badass Billy found a guy he can go to to figure out how to do something he wants to as awesome as Billy is like a gunslinger there's always someone as good or better and he found him.
One of the best Pumpkins song Ever. I don't give a shit who's on drums or bass or any of that. As long as Billy's strumming his guitar and singing with his beautiful voice all is right with the world❤️🤘
He's a brilliant singer because no one else could provide the emotional interpretation his incredible lyrics demand. Much like Bob Dylan. God forbid Corgan's lyrics succumbed to the syrupy vocal stylings of "really good singer" Paul McCartney or even the late Chris Cornell who was too much in control of his great voice to do the originality and quirkiness of Pumpkins music and lyrics even the slightest favor. Billy Corgan is already the greatest composer/interpreter of rock that America has ever produced and the legacy keeps growing. So Kymberli, all is right with you.
This reminds me of the tv show Dukes of Hazard when the original actors went on strike so they hired some other actors that kinda looked like them and made them wear the same clothes.
I do miss the original lineup (although a reunion is likely soon), I think performance wise Jimmy is the only one the band really misses. Billy sounds really good in this particular performance aswell
Haha I know it's acoustic, but so typical Billy to look towards and point to the electric guitarists at 2:18 when the solo comes in and then still play it himself. Great rendition of one of my top 5 pumpkins songs, but that just made me laugh.
I watched that part again, and I'm pretty sure his gesture was just a visual queue to the drummer to bring it down. You can see them kinda laugh about it after his solo.
I remember back in the day, I didn't know that this song was off the Singles soundtrack and not off Saimese Dream. I hated that and also loved it because back then you had to buy that soundtrack to get the song. I did buy Saimese Dream looking forward to hearing that song tho..but Geek USA did and always has made up for that.
Remember how Billy once said when the original Pumkins first had come on stage, they'd noticed people simply'd liked to stare at them? It's the first time I actually like looking at this lineup.
Haha, I love how Billy and Mike both look at each other and laugh during Billy's solo. I suspect they both know how funny it sounds on an acoustic guitar.
I'll give you Jimmy. Melissa Auf Da Mer said something similar, all Billy needs is himself and Jimmy. People do need to stop acting like Billy can't make a SP record without Iha and D'arcy, he made Siamese Dream just fine without them!
Wrap your heads around this, Jeff Schroeder has been a member of the Smashing Pumpkins 13 years. James Iha was a member for 12 when they broke up in 2000. So for all the talk of Billy and his band, I understand that the original lineup is nostalgic, but Jeff is arguably just as seasoned a member as James was, and is also a far greater musical force than James was. He came to the Pumpkins as a virtuoso player, played the parts that James never played all that well live ( he can play the parts that Billy recorded on the albums). And he probably has his playing in considerably more recorded album tracks than James does at this point. I love the original lineup too, but Jeff actually can hang with Billy in the playing department, and he deserves a lot of credit for that. Not to mention being able to put up with Billy Corgan for 13 years lol.
thats why he didnt get rid of Jeff when they reunited with the old members! Considering pumpkins have 30ish guitar tracks in a lot of their songs its only right they have 3 guitarists..
Fucking fantastic. What can I say? I like everyone had doubts about a new line up (espeacially Jimmy leaving) but this is the greatest live version of drown Ive heard. If this was the original line up everyone would be saying how amazing it is but the SP original snobs dont like the fact its new. Add to that two great new songs Freak and Tom Tom. Things are going foward for SP again
Man i just time warped back to 1992!!! I've only heard the album version before, this tunes holds up so good acoustic.. love the acoustic and tele combo, raw bass tone, hot rods on the kit!!! DEADLY! Who's the kid on the drums?? lol
I thought some high school students won't a competition and got to play with Billy. No, they were actually replacement members of the band and really good!
The drummer is only 21-2 tops, but the other 2 members are in their 30s and have been around the block a few times with other bands, so they have enough cred to be in the band :)
This new version of SP is awesome.. I always thought that Darcy wasn't really that talented and Iha just looked cool next to the bald guy, Jimmy can never be replaced but Mikey is super talented and I'm really excited to hear Oceania..
I agree with you, Corgan is the Pumpkins...but even if they were a "live band" they were a damn good one at that. Jimmy Chamberlain is one of the better drummers, and James was a fantastic guitarist. D'Arcy was never the best bassist but I think Jimmy and James were such a huge part of the Pumpkins. Still listen to them and enjoy doing so.
75% of the original crew may be gone, but they contributed very little to to the Pumpkins studio recordings, they were mostly just his live band. Billy Corgan is the Smashing Pumpkins, he created their sound, wrote almost all their songs, sang, and even recorded all the bass, guitar and some drum parts himself on Siamese Dream. The guy responsible for all the song writing and >95% of the Pumkins sound is still there, you're just blinded by nostalgia.
Ah... no E-Bow : ( I knew there was something missing. The other guy has an electric guitar, so he could have played it. No Billy, you didn't hit your high note on "I wish, I wish, I could LIE"! Sorry, Billy's been doing that live forever. I have this S.P. Live CD, or rather a burnt copy that's scratched up now. 1/2 of it's acoustic, and 1/2 electric. In the acoustic set Corgan fails to his the high note in "Mayonnaise". His voice cracks on "I just want to BE..., me!" He laughs it off in good humor. I thought that it was cool before I began to take singing classes, and private lessons. Corgan has a unique voice, a cool style, but he's not really versatile. In fact, If I were given the chance, by the time I'm his current age, and we're like a decade a part, I'd be doing some cool things. Getting that opportunity, that's a whole different story. Overall performance, not bad, but the drummer does speed up the tempo, something Jimmy Chamberlain would never do. Gives me bad memories of Jimmy going to jail, and having to see the real S.P. with Filter's drummer. Everything was sped up, and the songs on Mellon Collie don't sound good that way.
Is it just me, or does Mikey Byrne look like he was literally kidnapped from a little league baseball game? He looks like he should still be in cub scouts, not even boy scouts! That being said, he straight destroys the drums so we're lucky to have him. Rock on SP, rock on...
This song never gets the praise it deserved, it's one of their best ever, and Nichol Fiorentino's base is great on here, sadly better than Darcy Wretzky's.
