@@rolandminute1174 I didn't know that, that's depressing. I hate it when people succumb to that stuff. I dont hate the people, I just hate the heroin. I hate all the drugs that can be OD'd on. Federal Illegalization of pot i feel like is a large contributing factor to that
@@Calvin-ek9bb haha, yes, when you put it like that...Billy can write a lovely romantic ballad when he chooses to, can't he? But I'm guessing that whoever it was written for, it wasn't D'arcy Wretzky. James might have, but not in 1995 I'm thinking...they'd already busted up by then...that's never a good look in a band, is it? Something about not shitting where you eat, hmm, although I apologise for the crudity....
I was 16 when this came out. A metalhead to the core. But I tell you at 42 I just can't discount how damn good this music is. Belongs in the soundtrack of my life.
I was 4 lol... but I was a big metalhead because of my dad. He was big into iron maiden, sabbath, motorhead, but also had a punk faze si loved the pistols as well as prog like genesis and pink floyd etc... the latter (prog) I didn't get into until recently due to a stoner metal phase I'm into which is very close to prog blues lol. I love blues too so recently got into lighter stuff like blues rock, led zeppelin, rolling stones hendrix (stuff that wasn't heavy enough when I was younger but now I'm 30 I appreciate the blues a while lot more, genuinely love muddy waters and BB). Which has brought me to these beauties... never gave them any time for whatever unknown reason but as I'm into a lot of fuzz pedal using bands I had to give them a listen and I've been listening to them all day since the first song. Love the grunge but also punky as well as the blues rock solos mixed in - they are an incredible band and I don't know how I missed being a fan of them when I was younger.
There are so many weird, off-putting, unsettling, just-slightly-askew things going on in this video, it's so brilliant. I love the way the camera frames all the band members' faces, cutting most of them off on the sides. All the intense stares. Just so creepy and bizarre, I love it.
I remember hearing this on the radio for the first time when I was 11. Me and my friends, immediately obsessed, singing it and all of our parents hated it. My best friend at the time convinces his parents to buy "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" for him (only child)... he gives it to me behind his parents back a week after my birthday. Bill, if you're reading this, you were the best friend anyone could have ever asked for.
@@DubbleTee Couldn't look up Bill on social media? For all you know he wrote a similar story about how he was trying to help his friend enjoy some good tunes "i hope he remembers me"
“Emptiness is loneliness and loneliness is cleanliness and cleanliness is Godliness and God is empty just like me” this line resonates for me it’s just so amazing
My last dog passed away in 2015 but for years her favorite thing in the world was to jump in my jeep and ride around town, tongue out, head out the back window. But before every ride I'd always put on my best Corgan voice and ask her "Wanna go for a riiide?" After years of this, not even thinking about it, watching music videos in the living room, this comes on and boy, when he delivers that line in the same cadence I'd been for years, you've never seen a dog's head whip around so fast!
Lyrics: My reflection, dirty mirror There's no connection to myself I'm your lover, I'm your zero I'm the face in your dreams of glass So save your prayers For when we're really gonna need them Throw out your cares and fly Wanna go for a ride? She's the one for me She's all I really need, oh yeah She's the one for me Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanliness And cleanliness is godliness, and God is empty Just like me Intoxicated with the madness I'm in love with my sadness Bullshit fakers, enchanted kingdoms The fashion victims chew their charcoal teeth I never let on That I was on a sinking ship I never let on that I was down You blame yourself For what you can't ignore You blame yourself for wanting more She's the one for me She's all I really need, oh yeah She's the one for me She's my one and only
Just saw them play this last night live as the closer for their Salt Lake show. This song still rocks as hard as it did when it first came out. Classic.
How is it underrated??? It was a hit and one of their most defining songs...not underrated. Their late era material was overrated, I know that...without Jimmy C. There is no smashing pumpkins...he defines their sound as much as Corgan. Peace.
I remember buying the double CD back when it was released and being blown away by this track. They kept releasing singles from the album and I believe this was the very last one. To this day, I believe if this one was the first single released it would've become a massive hit.
Since this came out I never knew or wondered what this lyric was because I figured it was "you blame yourself,(something something) in an hour, you blame yourself for awhile, she's mine." I think I need to see a therapist now, LOL!
@@rocco79308 》... but please! this girl will be at least 10 years younger than d'arcy ... and in any case she left the band on several occasions and then definitively already several years ago, I don't think she would have lent herself to the makeover do a video so useless🙄🙄🤨🤨
My dad and his best friend went to Joliet High School with the drummer Jimmy Chamberlin in the 70's. They used to smoke weed together behind the bleachers before classes. I never got to see or meet the man, but every time I watch this MV I always think about that.
Just saw them the other night in pgh. Jane's addiction didn't show up so they played a 3 hour set. Fucking awesome! After 40+ years this band still puts on a kickass show and sounds better live
my mother hates when I get in this mood, in love with my sadness and thinking I'm a zero, its adorable.... but THIS SONG is AWESOME... love Smashing Pumpkins!
seriously one of the most unique guitar riffs I've ever heard. Before I learned this song on guitar I always thought the sliding palm muting part was just some type of synth. Amazing.
One of my favorites... The video is so weird and bizarre, love it. Also D'Arcy's make up... Suits her perfectly. Billy and the rest of the band are displaying this focus disturbed glance, is hypnotic. And at the end, his smile... Perfect, just perfect.
@@stevechristie2569 taken by a gamer nerd, best friend ever, partner in life and crime haha, since my 16s: my hubby. He married another kind of weird nerd and a crazy pumpkin head. We met since we were in highschool and he's 1 year and a half older. Has been quite a ride... Right know is snoring next to me haha, long shift of work. But yes sir, taken since a while ago. We have 5 years married and 8 funky years of dating. Thanks for the cheers, for asking and reading me out! Greetings from Costa Rica!
@@colddeadwitch I had mistakenly thought she was just trying to be intimidating or something. I didn't realise it was supposed to be erotic. Now that I look at again yeah I can see that it could be that too.
I put Pumpkins in my top 3 90s rock bands with A & C and Soundgarden. STP, Nirvana, PJam etc… afterwards. I don’t know why they were always in my background of favorite bands back then. I’m 51 now.
My reflection dirty mirror There's no connection to myself I'm your lover I'm your zero I'm the face in your dreams of glass So save your prayers For when you're really gonna need 'em Throw out your cares and fly Want to go for a ride? She's the one for me She's all I really need, oh yeah She's the one for me Emptiness is loneliness and loneliness is cleanliness And cleanliness is godliness, and God is empty just like me Intoxicated with the madness, I'm in love with my sadness Bullshit fakers, enchanted kingdoms The fashion victims chew their charcoal teeth I never let on, that I was on a sinking ship I never let on that I was down You blame yourself, for what you can't ignore You blame yourself for wanting more She's the one for me She's all I really need, oh yeah She's the one for me She's my one and only
I, was a grunge kid. I, listened to this growing up. Grunge or not, this is what I liked as a grunge kid, into my goth days in high school.... Doesn't matter what genre they are. They were part of that in the 90s, I lived it...
Xavier Morales You can't really place them. You can only really trace their orgins back to the grunge era and the late 90's early 2000 goth, more darker era. They fit into many genres musically. Alot of good bands can pull that off. However, they never touched emo territory. I love emo, but definitely not something SP ever sounded like. I think it's considered whatever you think it is, or as you remember it. Look at these silly people almost fighting about the subject. Just listen to the music, watch the video and enjoy the memories it gives you.
"Emptiness is loneliness, loneliness is cleanliness, cleanliness is godliness, and God is Empty... Just like Me!" - still get a crazy feeling at that part, everytime i hear this song.
This is my favourite song ever. I've listened to it over 1000 times and i still wonder how much beauty it has. That solo has been in my head since 1995
I remember them opening for Metallica...and Billy singing the lyrics "Emptiness is loneliness, Loneliness is emptiness, then God is empty, just like me." Instead of ending with a low key "me" like in this video, Billy just roared, "God is empty, just like ME!" It was awesome.
I was working at the Argyle Hotel in Hollywood and the SPs were staying there during the filming of this video. John Melvoin came in at the end of the day wearing this makeup and hair and we were laughing and talking about it. He was very chatty and was telling me about his family. None of core four were getting along very well and seemed pretty miserable most of the time. Darcy was very nice though.
He looks like the serpent... This song is very dark... "She's the "ONE" for me".... Perhaps he's talking about the Queen of heaven. He did say his "God was empty, just like me".... Jeremiah 2:13
I was so depressed and anxious when I was a teen and never knew what was wrong till I was diagnosed…this music spoke to my soul and was a constant friend ❤❤
En los 90´s estábamos deprimidos, estábamos muertos por dentro, vacíos pero ese vacío era la musa de nuestra música y poesías, no queríamos salir de esto...
@@23v0lv32being popular because your on tv is not the same as being recognized for greatness. And to your point: go out on the street and ask a random person to name 3 of their songs and you'll see
I don't really listen to Smashing Pumpkins at all, but I'll never forget the first time I heard/came across this song(probably 17 years ago or so). The intro riff, and then how it goes into the next ascending type riff. Phenomenal. They're simple riffs but so badass. And having that lead singer singing over it just takes it to another level. You know a guitar riff is good when it still gives you goosebumps every time you hear it, even after X amount of years.
