I just looked up the setlist of the Reading '95 show and I do remember at the time thinking it was picking up a bit around Geek USA, probably because they'd played a few Mellon Collie songs before that and it hadn't come out yet, or I hadn't heard it yet anyway. Mayonaise is one my favourite SP songs so I wish I could say I remembered them playing it, but I don't unfortunately. It's probably on Youtube by now though.
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link
xp Wasn't it a thrill?! 'My' guy actually got busted for selling bootleg cd's. It cost him dearly, and he was out of business a year later.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 12:58 (six years ago) link
I saw them twice in 94 & they were bad both times, because Billy kept trying to play too fast and Jimmy would get lost a bit before catching up, and it was a mess. I would not go see them again (and have never been a fan as much as an interested observer)
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 13:08 (six years ago) link
I know I saw Zwan once, at the Aragon, and I seem to recall it was pretty okay.I was reading the comments of that AV club twist the knife takedown, and somebody compared Melancholy to Frampton Comes Alive.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 13:11 (six years ago) link
xxp Around '97 the thrill of buying bootlegs at my local shop (the Record Exchange in Lakewood, OH) dimmed with the advent of the internet, as I spent the next few years dealing and trading SP concert cassettes via some SP message board. But boy did I spend too much hard-earned cash on them.
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 13:24 (six years ago) link
Listessa was the first band mailing list I was on I think, and a spin-off from that, June. That's when the trading started indeed!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 13:52 (six years ago) link
oh my God, second shows added in Chicago and Los Angeles!! Act fast!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link
Lol
the 1998 cover of Transmission:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDF08fr7Efo
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
And they said it couldn't be improved.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
What a flatulent mess
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 20:06 (six years ago) link
great Pearl Jam soundcheck jam cover of "Transmission"
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 20:22 (six years ago) link
damn fools, fuck a $25 boot, you should have gotten into the CD-R trading scene!!!
― brimstead, Friday, 2 March 2018 22:54 (six years ago) link
except all the live boots i traded for were crap except for that pre-siamese dream tower records acoustic set
the last 5 tracks on this: https://www.discogs.com/Smashing-Pumpkins-A-La-Mode-Vol-2/release/8475182
― brimstead, Friday, 2 March 2018 22:55 (six years ago) link
11-27-93, i guess it was after SD was released
― brimstead, Friday, 2 March 2018 22:56 (six years ago) link
Save yourself $25 here's Mayonaise from Reading 1995:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCct55BFetE
I'd just turned 19, jesus christ.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 2 March 2018 22:57 (six years ago) link
When I saw the final show at Metro whenever that was they handed out CDs of their first show at Metro. Not sure I ever listened to it, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 2 March 2018 22:58 (six years ago) link
1,162 Pumpkins shows on archive.org for free: https://archive.org/details/SmashingPumpkins
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 March 2018 23:05 (six years ago) link
a far cry from ye ancient unreliable Smashing Pumpkins Audio Archive FTP
― brimstead, Friday, 2 March 2018 23:05 (six years ago) link
If you email me negativly about this, expect to get a reply...a nasty one! I am not above flaming anyone that does not respect that hard work and hard currency I have sunk into maintaining the Archive over the past year and a half.
― brimstead, Friday, 2 March 2018 23:07 (six years ago) link
― brimstead, Friday, March 2, 2018 5:54 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
CD-Rs were still not on the market at that time! I did some tape trading, but once stuff made its way to me, we're talking like 10th generation audience recordings recorded over my sister's copy of Grease.
― how's life, Friday, 2 March 2018 23:24 (six years ago) link
heads up btw: POLLcelina of the Vast Oceans - ILM artist poll #87 - SMASHING PUMPKINS (voting open until 2 April 2018)
― lol dis stance dunk (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
RS: You're a Smashing Pumpkins fan. Thoughts on the D'arcy-free reunion?
JARED LETO: I don't...I didn't even know there was a reunion. Sorry.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/f...ouring-w518756
― flappy bird, Sunday, 15 April 2018 02:57 (six years ago) link
I didn't know Thirty Seconds to Mars was still a going concern.
― how's life, Sunday, 15 April 2018 10:49 (six years ago) link
1991/08/17 - I-Beam - San Francisco, CA
RocketTristessaWindow PaineIha: Bob English come on to the stage, Bob English.Bury MeCorgan: Danke Iha: Mr. Bob English, we want you to report to the stage. Please we're begging you, Bob English, come to the stage, thank you. Thank you very much, it's very nice to be here. Toronto again!Corgan: No way man, San Francisco kicks fucking ass.Wretzky: He says that to all the girls.Corgan: But you should hear what I tell the boys.Iha: Mr. Bob English, get to the stage, get to the stage at any point in time.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 29 April 2018 01:42 (five years ago) link
"It used to be pleasurable to crank up Zeppelin or Nirvana to 12 in your car. Now everyone would complain – it's so piercing, so bright."
― earlnash, Sunday, 29 April 2018 10:50 (five years ago) link
new single "Solara" is out there. officially released tomorrow I think.
BWBW/God drum beat, The Cars "Just What I Needed" guitar hook, vocals way too high, melody isn't bad, lyrics feel like Mellon Collie mad libs, forced moments of JC showoff, too long. Could've been worse, but not much...
― flappy bird, Friday, 8 June 2018 01:25 (five years ago) link
You summed it up well there to me, sadly. An utterly underwhelming song.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 8 June 2018 08:22 (five years ago) link
Sounds like it was recorded on a phone, where is the ATTACK?
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Friday, 8 June 2018 09:06 (five years ago) link
idk what i expected from a rubin-produced sp track but this checks out. v monuments-lite
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 8 June 2018 12:25 (five years ago) link
lol this is almost identical to how i felt about “glow” when it came out
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 8 June 2018 12:34 (five years ago) link
Really the song is not bad but the drumming is fucking hilarious
― Simon H., Friday, 8 June 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
That's some alt-rock paint-by-numbers schlock if I've ever heard any. At this point I'd be shocked if the album has any decent moments let alone a good song.
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 10 June 2018 00:24 (five years ago) link
This is a middling Zeitgeist track. I don't like it. But after a few listens I kinda dig the bridge ("Speculation" etc.).
― Sam Weller, Monday, 11 June 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link
And what's the deal -- this is going to be part of a tour EP, right? Not a full album?
"Drown" just came on after I played "Solara" on my playlist. God, BC really could conjure some magic in those days.
― Sam Weller, Monday, 11 June 2018 12:28 (five years ago) link
Overloud vocals and poorly mixed instrumentation. This is why Rick Rubin gets the big bucks.
― beamish13, Monday, 11 June 2018 15:08 (five years ago) link
Love that there are "reaction videos" on YouTube.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Monday, 11 June 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
Literally every riff from the Pastichio Medley is more compelling than this
― flappy bird, Monday, 11 June 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
which is prob why every time i try to remember how this song goes, i get "glow" stuck in my head instead
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Monday, 11 June 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRV1n00iga0
v encouraging performance for me, a person who bought tickets lol
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
James is good there.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
I haven't liked "Zero" since 1997 and that was pretty great.
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
Just watched the Solara performance as well and it is significantly better than the released version - again I think I like James's additions most. Billy is very lack-lustre in both performances and they do all seem a little lifeless, but I hope proper shows will be better on that front than tv appearances.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
so James was either a) not on the studio recording, or b) his parts are so buried in the mix that they're almost indistinguishable. Still not a good song but way more interesting with James' parts. re: Zero, Billy's holding back/not screaming for whatever reason - nerves, first performance this year, trying not to strain his voice. But I too have a ticket to this tour. Feeling shiny.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
I cancelled my SiriusXM subscription a while ago but I'm listening to a stream of the Pumpkins on Howard Stern rn, they did BWBW and yeah, same thing as Zero, not screaming. Solara sounds OK. Another thing is that Billy's vocals aren't as high and dry in the mix, which improves the song by an order of magnitude. Howard pressing Billy on the shapeshifter story. Very nice to hear James talk.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
yeah instrumentally tight af, Billy singing a guide vocal
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
usually a band will have some backup vocals
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
and usually it's a choir of Billies
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
he posted the song titles of the rest of the EP on instagram today. no idea when it's coming out, either during tour or after.
Announced tour dates in London and Bologna today.
― Sam Weller, Friday, 15 June 2018 09:25 (five years ago) link