Smashing Pumpkins - Snail (1991) 

Too good of a song to have been written by kids, seriously, sounds like a band that’s already been together for 20 years…so damn good, I can’t fathom it

The crowd probably had no idea that they were witnessing history. I love this song, and the drum solo on the studio version is amazing. Gish is an absolute masterpiece of songwriting, performance, and production.

This clip is the exact reason why RU-vid exists, not for the garbage that people post about their boyfriends, American Idol reviews, etc.

Gish is their best album, in my opinion

I wish you all could experience this band when they were new - came out of nowhere and changed everything - the 90s were a blast if you loved music.

I remember hearing this album when it first came out my sophomore year of college, and thinking my God who is that drummer!

I love the old concert footage when the original band members where still together. Long live the Pumpkins.

Most underrated song in SP's catalog of songs. My top 2-3 . . . .

Billy just got this guitar back. It was stolen 27 years ago.

remember seeing them in s.f 1991 18 at the time. got in using my french cousins passport. hole opened up for em. small club on the height. billy and darcy just hanging out mingling with the crowd. the good ol days. great concert and stage diving!!!

Takes me back. Live Pumpkins,Pixies,and Jane's Addiction is all i need.

I love Billy's later work, but their early psychedelic phase from Gish/Siamese Dream/Pisces Iscariot will always be my favorite.

I saw them play last summer, and honestly they are still a great show. I'm sure the feel is different compared to the 90's, but they do actually still have it- which is pretty darn rare.

Pumpkins have probably top 5 best all-around rock sounds ever. This song is a great example of that, another just for context...cherub rock...when it's hard, its Rock hard...and it doesn't stop til that last power chord...U2 is my fave all time but in aggressive sound and attitude distortion, there is none better for me than the smashing pumpkins...energy of amps is just crazy...

Jimmy just kills on the drums, such a phenomanal musician. Pumpkins would've been so different without him.

You can just tell with this song that Billy had big aspirations.

Amazing right out the gates. Didn't see them until 94 at Lollapalooza. Would have loved to catch a Gish era club show.

this is the coolest shit ever

THIS.....will forever be....." smashing pumpkins"......

love the way D´arcy sounds in this one ......

Saw them twice on this tour, and three times on the Siamese tour....and yep, they effing smoked!

Simply JC, no words for that idol

I love old school Pumpkins :(. All your seven dreams. hahaha

Saw these guys open up for Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers in like 90 - change your life type of show. Gish is their best album by a lot!

I was at this show and got in for free and drank for free

My favorite SP song; The story of my Life. :)

I bought this on cassette at Virgin Records in Amarillo, TX in 1990 or so...

I wish these people would film more than just billy. I wanna see some drumming!

Very underrated song, if you ask me they should stop playing today's current music on the radio and play stuff like this all over again, it's stood the test of time therefore it is timeless we are all witnesses to this, I miss the 90's :(

This and mayonnaise my two top favs!!

Watching this carving a pumpkin, I have had the honor of seeing the Smashing Pumpkins this young age, and last tour. Rock On!

Snailed it!

man ill never forget i saw this the first time on shrooms literally changed my fucking life

One of my fav songs of theirs.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but in my opinion their first album, "Gish" is their best!

What are you waiting for, Flower? Make the sun shine. The flowers make the sun shine? It's the flowers!

@flipingsweet779 they were awesome... Seen them this year.. lalapoloza Dallas TX front row... Billy is still awesome...

This song is a classic, there were not many bands who could compete with them back then, Shame it's not like that now.

I enjoyed watching this.

One of the most difficult songs to play on drums, look for it, it doesn't have a drum cover! Jimmy Chamberlin teacher

damn this is really fantastic

Chills

Yeah, we got the blues...

Jimmy Chamberlain was a beast. Probably the most skilled of the bunch.

Wow. Amazing performance

still lovin it

Wow this is the oldest clip I've seen of them. I saw them summer before this with PJ and RHCP. One of the top tours of all time and I won the tickets!

dead actually...dead was the word i was looking for. amazing performance!

...you can't get over it hollowpoint? EVERYONE did that in the 90's, and it shows they were having a good time....not to mention this is about 17 and a half years old this video, so I don't think it's something to be annoyed over...it's over seventeen years old...

Hey I have a live recording of these guys off the radio and during the first song the power went out for a long time! I was living in Atlanta and I think the show was in Chicago. crazy!

🐌!!❤️ Watched Mr Corrigan perform at live at a bar with a point of beer acoustic 2 years ago and had to see it live/brought me here👌

i turned 3 during this concert

We saw them in Hawaii, back in 91' ish. Jimmy didn't wear a shirt, he was HUGE! Billy wore a dress, and I never saw him be more wild and aggressive in any video. He was like Curt Cobain, just ALL OVER the place. It was AMAZING!~!!

i love it when people say in my opinion! it cuts out a lot of bs comments!

@ragtopdodge Siamese Dream was the peak for me.

1:57 almost....

cheers for upping

What's that stuff on Corgan's head?

top 3 albums in order: GO!

@flipingsweet779 there's still time. but I know what you feel, I would've loved to have seen them before they were big. I only saw them on the Sacred and Profane Tour (2000). I was 14 at the time.

Top 3 SP track for moi.

this is fucking top notch on top of top notch

The lyric is “When you wake up you’re all weak”

Wtf don't look back in anger at the start in 1991 wow

Flower chase the sunshine

Billy Corgan with long hair lol

7 months before I was born

I'd give a limb to have been there

Sna..ai...ai..ail!

I had crushes back in the '90s on D'arcy, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano, and White Zombie's Sean Yseult (sp?) -- all four women bassists for their respective bands.

@Caligamecock But he's older and getting older like you and me. People change, that's life. You can't expect the guy to stay the same.

This is amazing. I've always loved this song too, but regardless, pls correct me if I'm wrong but it's never sounded this good to me either. Now I have a theory, Billy was griping (I mean joking) about no one having the album... so I'm assuming it was brand new at this time they performed.... My friend just saw SP for the first time ever in Tampa, and he said even though he doesn't like ATUM, he couldn't deny the three ATUM songs "beguiled , empires + Spellbinding" sounded way better live than the others in the set. Knee-jerk response is, technology, the new songs probably have backing tracks or something synched up maybe? Or Hardware in the studio for its recording may have very well been employed at the Florida show. Maybe billy just sucks at "covering" his past LPs? Thoughts?

He's saying Bugg as in James dog.

That A sus chord made me think of champagne supernova for a brief second

metro, chicago

SEVEN DREAMS OK

This full show used to be on youtube now its gone

The ending is always awesome to listen to, because of Corgan and Chamberlin.

Shout out to Mr. Wreksty

guy leaning back at 2:45 looks like a doll or something.

@flipingsweet779 Same here.

D'arcy must have been so nervous! She does have severe stage fright ): Also its so weird seeing James have energy on stage XD

No they should stop playing crap on the radio and start playing the good music that's made every day by great musicians.

Bang the fuck out of those drums dale I mean jimmy!

lightest shove ever lol

How the F did Nirvana get all the credit? These guys were 500 times better

Is the guitar Billy's playing at this gig the same one that was stolen from him and only recently recovered a couple years ago?

last moicanos

@DanBL0N00 In their early 20's and pumped full of drugs? I wish they were still like that too =P

And he just found the long lost gish guitar. I will be at the Dallas show. Will be the 3rd SP show in a year. And I'd go to more if they came. Oklahoma

Im really glad Billy has his favorite guitar back just restrung my 1997 Strat and its like an old friend And the seventies Strats were not very good so that one is special a very good and unique Strat and d'arcy was cute im nervous cause my dads here .

@majunior000 Chamberlin is king. :)

why do they all have to 'mosh' during a slow, tender track ??

I think the date is wrong

What did Darcy say at the beginning?

Gish is the only Pumpkins album that matters, and it is a must-own. Sorry, not sorry.

No Pumpkins without Jimmy Chamberlin

I saw them in 2000 and it was actually a bit of a letdown.. They only played a couple songs from Siamese Dream, nothing from Gish, and closed with 1979. I know it's a popular song but not my favorite by a long shot.

The very beginning sounded like champagne supernova

If a Chicago alley cat transformed into a human...then was run over...then came back to life as another human, it would be Billy Corgan.