A quote from Billie Corgan: "I didn’t have the guts to kill my parents, so I thought I’d get back at them through song. And rather then have an angry, angry, angry violent song I’d thought I’d write something beautiful and make them realize what tender feelings I have in my heart, and make them feel really bad for treating me like shit."
I never knew, wow that completely changes the emotional feeling I had since its release. I always liked Smashing Pumpkins there have been so many haters just because Billie used a high toned voice. His music was perfect for the time period. Couldn't have come out any other time.
“Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins.” “Homer Simpson, Smiling Politely” One of the greatest lines ever on The Simpsons. I can’t hear the band name without thinking of that
The real heart-breaker from the Siamese Dream album is not this song, it's SOMA :) The saddest, most ecstatic, cathartic guitar solo ever captured. so beautiful
I love how Pumpkins straddle the line between country goth, pop, shoegaze, alt rock and even metal. They don't sound like a genre-hopping band though - they blend them all into a quintessential "pumpkins" sound.
@@immortalcoils93 even "a little" metal. C'mon metal is a vague term. Jellybelly riff and drums is pretty fucking metal. Fuck You (An Ode to No One), Tales of a Scorched Earth, X.Y.U. I've heard "metal" bands do songs less metal than those. Also music is a recipe of ingredients and Pumpkins employ a little metal. They're not PURE metal if that's what you're thinking about.
Im a casual Pumpkins fan, I like a number of their songs-but this one? This one is a true masterpiece in writing and engineering. You can't not feel the weight of his words.
The story i heard was that the cello player got overdubbed a lot. Almost to the point where it would’ve been cheaper and faster to get more cello players in. Like there’s a crazy amount of dubbing of the cello
@@herethererainbows I would hate to see the final cost for producing that album. Considering the amount of re-records and Billy's insistence on redoing everything (ultimately playing basically every part himself) due to an obsession with perfection on it....... Don't get me wrong...the album is an absolute masterpiece....but that final recording studio bill. :O
@@_permanence Watch his Rick Beato interview... he didn't know how to write a string arrangement. That didn't stop him from getting his vision across. 25:20 th-cam.com/video/nAfkxHcqWKI/w-d-xo.html
That song is just so commonly played on radio (both now and when it came out) that he may have heard it already. Besides BWBW, it's probably their most well-known song.
I've been obsessed with Smashing Pumpkins since I saw the Tonight Tonight video around 1998 on MTV but it never clicked with me until you suggested it in this reaction; Disarm is Billy's Eleanor Rigby.
Love that one. Mellon Collie had some great B-sides...I'm partial to _Tales from a Scorched Earth._ It was perfect for the angsty period of my teenage years (read: all of them). Also, _Zero._ 'Nuff said.
Thank God for smashing pumpkins! When i was being molded by music as a teen, I think they were the first band to which i was able to mentally comprehend the more emotional side of music... or, just learning that it's okay to feel... at all! I feel like this band in particular kicked the door in to harder music for me... i got into tool and the metal of the 90's because i wanted more emotion! I wanted more anger! this band (and song) take up a huge part of the soundtrack of my youth. Thanks geebz!
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was the first I ever bought at the age of 9-10. Can definitely relate to this comment and boy was it worth that extra money for the double album even though it took forever to save up for.
My favorite Smashing Pumpkins song. I had just bought this album when my mom got sick and listened to this song over and over. I always associated it with her. I had it played years later at her funeral.
Yeah, the Pumpkins were always a journey for me in college. The music takes you places. Yeah they had some pop-rock things, but they were far more than that. Start at the beginning with Rhinoceros to see where they came from, it was a massively awesome first album.
Honestly, you’re hard pressed to find any smashing pumpkins song earlier than 1999 that isn’t a completely beautiful universe of sonic escape. Love your channel BTW, you’re killing it.
He is spot on with Billy's voice. I feel like people undervalue the variety of vocals he uses. Even just on one song. He will go from singing high in a pretty way to a high growl like scream. Then to like a speaking voice.
Pity he doesn’t do it as much anymore, the most recent example I can think of is Silvery Sometimes, and he doesn’t let loose as much there. I believe he had lessons and I get it, he’s more even and can sustain longer, but i kinda miss the days his voice would crack or he’d be completely off key. His voice really gets under my skin and into my brain in a wonderful way, it’s the 5th instrument that makes them what they are.
One thing that I really appreciated from 90's music is the inclusion of string orchestras in a bigger role than just a support/pad and I wish we would see more of that.
After 20 years, if I don't skip this song on the album I'm at best listening to it on autopilot. I've just heard it too many times. But watching your reactions as you're listening to it made me hear it in a whole new way, for the first time in a long time. What a treat for me. Thank you so much.
This is another one I figured you'd enjoy. I agree with the others who recommended reacting to Tonight, Tonight next. If you haven't heard that tune yet, you're in for a real treat. It was a huge hit for them, and there's a reason for that. It was like the follow-up to Disarm that took string arrangements to another level, both sonically and emotionally, in my opinion. The Smashing Pumpkins wrote a lot of great songs during the 90s, but the songs by them I'd most like to see you react to are Rhinoceros Geek U.S.A. Mayonnaise *Tonight, Tonight Jellybelly Muzzle Porcelina of the Vast Oceans *Thirty-Three In the Arms of Sleep *1979 Thru the Eyes of Ruby Eye *Top priority picks
After seeing your last video, I would really love you to listen to a hidden gem, "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" by The Smashing Pumpkins, on their seminal album "Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness." For fans of the band, this song is well known, but not so much for others but it is a classic and a crowd pleaser. But you have to listen all the way to the end of the "twist" ending.
Smashing Pumpkins is another one of those bands that is part of the soundtrack of my life. Gish came out when I was in high school, but this song really blew them up (in a good way). It's beautifully written and is a very personal song. Billy Corgan doesn't have a big of an ego as he used to, but his ego back in the day is really what lead to the break up of the band up. Growing up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s was such a blessing. I grew up with some amazing music.
The thing for me that makes this song so great is the differences between the two choruses - the first one has so much space, not just in terms of the instruments but in that there are 2 bars in between each line that Billy delivers - then when the second chorus finally hits, not only does it have the full weight of the arrangement, but those two bars in between each line are gone and Billy just goes straight from delivering one line into the next, creating such a sense of urgency. I've known this song for almost 30 years now and it still always hits me really hard in that second chorus - just a masterpiece of songwriting and arrangement.
If you dig Smashing Pumpkins, you should check out The Silversun Pickups. I first heard about them in 2010 from a shoutout by D'arcy in a radio interview and I've been hooked ever since!
Billy Corgan is still writing furiously almost 30 years later- what a prolific artist. Check out stuff from his solo albums he's released the last couple of years-- specifically the tracks 'Mandarynne' from Ogilala or 'To Scatter One's Own' from Cotillions...
This is one of those songs that kicks me right in the guts if I shut of and just listen. So beautiful. So tragic yet still uplifting. I'm not crying you are
As a huge Pumpkins fan I really enjoy watching people’s first experience. You and I are in the minority in liking BC voice. Most non fans were turned off by it.
Love the Smashing Pumpkins and Billy Corgan. My favorite band, favorite guitarist, favorite singer and more. I do agree most people who find my love for the band and/or Billy Corgan say they can’t get past his voice lol but I love his voice. Lucky me I share the same birthday with Billy - March 17th :) And 17 year difference lol
So many Pumpkins songs I'd love to see you do reaction videos for - 'Porcelina of The Vast Ocean', 'Soma', 'To Sheila', 'Thru The Eyes of Ruby', amongst others.
Billie Corgan (front man) with assistance from Butch Vig, Eric Remschneider, and David Ragsdale. Eric also played cello and David on violin. The entire Siamese Dream album is a masterpiece IMO.
I love that you do such a variety of genre breakdowns. Please, I've been dying for someone to do a reaction to some Hot Water Music. Try 220 Years or Turnstile to start off! I think you'd really appreciate the orchestration between instruments and singers!
String arrangements were by Billy Corgan, Butch Vig, and the two strings players: Eric Remschneider and David Ragsdale. Apparently they were arranged on the spot. With only two strings players, they did many overdubs to achieve the lush, full orchestration.
The string arrangement was by Eric Remschneider and David Ragsdale, who played the cello and violin, respectively. Although producers Butch Vig and Billy Corgan probably had input as well.
The song Disarm speaks to child abuse singer Billy Corgan experienced at the hands of his father and that he contemplated suicide at some point in his young life.
If memory serves, it was more about his mother and their less that perfect relationship, not specifically about his father. I seem to recall him on Howard Stern years back talking about it. I'm open to having misremembered the story though. That was many years ago...and how the years burn.
He was debating killing himself while he was recording it. Following the "Gish" era, he had given away most of his possessions and even wrote his own eulogy. The recording sessions for Siamese Dream were a dark, complicated time in Corgan's life and he made a masterpiece out of it.
here are some other smashing pumpkins must hear tracks: hummer ( many die hard fans consider this to be one of their best tracks ) thru the eyes of ruby ( another track considered to be their very best ) soma, thirty three, to shela, tonight tonight (strings) (the song: tear also has strings but it's not widely loved as much) for martha, geek usa ( riff heavy ), porcelia and the vast oceans ( epic long track ) and my personal favorite riff heavy track by the band is jellybelly.. it's a 3 min song with non stop catchy interesting guitar riffs.
I've been listening to the Smashing pumpkins for 25+ years. The first cd I ever bought was theirs and I have heard this song more times than I can count. With that covered. Every time I hear it I still get chills. The song is so well put together and so unbelievably powerful.
Great reaction. Smashing Pumpkins one of THE great American all-rounder rock bands. The String arrangement on this tune was shared between Billy Corgan, Butch Vig & the two players on Celo & Violin.
SOMA! You will love it. A guitar gently weeps so sweetly in that tune. Mayonaise is another in that way. Some of the sweetest piano work is done on Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness song and a true masterpiece is Porcelina of the Vast Oceans.
One of , if not, my favorite bands. What makes this single a real treat is the landslide and dancing in the moonlight tracks as well. Back when singles were sought after. Although I will admit wasn't listening to them at the time
One of the things I’m enjoying about going through your videos is that although you try.not to go to deep, I keep learning things. When you mentioned mouth positions, that was a springboard to go down a google rabbit hole and learn about something I had never heard of before. Thanks!
Sonic Dream (Siamese Dream) is one of the top 3 records of the last 50 years. This is the record where they got Billy's voice/singing style 100% dialed in and smooth as silk. No harsh/horrible nasaly screaming like on parts of Mellon Collie, etc. This IS the album/recording where he sounds the very best. Thanks Butch Vig.
I know you’ve already reacted to “Cherub Rock” from the same album. Staying with the “Siamese Dream” album, check out “Rocket.” Then go back a little earlier to their song “Drown” from the “Singles” soundtrack. Their early stuff is just insanely good.
One thing you may find interesting is that Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha went on to join A Perfect Circle for their 2nd album, The Thirteenth Step.
Just fyi he had a ton of help on this song. He talks alot about how he knows very little about music in general and how it operates. His lyrics are the main point of this song. The strings came much later on. This was about his childhood more than it was about the music. It was a message.
Interestingly though, as an autodidact, he has managed to accomplish quite a lot musically. He actually wrote the string arrangement for “Tonight Tonight”, and has a great natural understanding of production, melody, and harmonics.
@@TheAlibabatree very true. He isn't a layman. He knows what he's doing. Tool however is not something he pushes his own insurances into. In fact Danny build a lot of the songs your hear on Fear Inoculum. So Tool is build on the artists involved. Perfect circle and Puscifer are Maynards brain direct into yours. More appetizing if you read A perfect union of contrary things.
This song is what made me fall in love with music as a teen. It remains one of my absolute favorite songs I've ever heard and the Pumpkins are my all-time favorite band. Thank you for doing this.
same. This song was like an awakening. I was pretty unaware that the lyrics where hitting close to home. As an adult the nostalgia level is off the charts for me.
I would be honored to hear any of these selections. Sigur Rós - anything off - Takk or Ágætis byrjun Explosions in the sky- first breath of a coma Andrew bird - simple x or plasticites My morning jacket- wordless chorus The number 12 looks like you- grandfather Tripping daisy - prick The plot to blow up the Eiffel Tower- One Stab Deserves Another or attached to the hip.
i'd love to see you do more pumpkins stuff! you've done a decent range of them, but i'd love to see your takes on 1979, X.Y.U., ava adore, and perhaps the everlasting gaze
United States by Smashing Pumpkins. The album this song is from is pretty much a forgotten SP albums, but the song is phenomenal with a killer drum track
@@TheAlibabatree I'm a huge fan of that album, probably more so than any other SP album, but for whatever reason it's just ignored and isn't even on streaming services.
@@AnimalJive I think maybe you’re a musician. If so, that probably explains it. It took me a long time to realize that non musicians listen to music very differently than we do. For them (which is most people i think) they hear a “feeling”, or a “vibe”, or even a rhythm. Zeitgeist has a very cold, harsh sound to it that was very different from every other SP album prior. Of course, it was also supposed to be their “reunion album”, so that didnt help either.
This is great! I love watching/hearing song/voice reactions. This is extra special because of your knowledge of music, the writing process, etc. well done!!
Saw the pumpkins twice. Both times great, the last time in 2018 I was dope sick only my good friend knew.and he didnt even know the whole story. But this song and thirty three made me cry.
Smashing Pumpkins had some amazing slow songs. I'm very fond of their song Beautiful. My sister and her husband had their first dance to it at their wedding. It was gorgeous.
A quote from Billie Corgan:
"I didn’t have the guts to kill my parents, so I thought I’d get back at them through song. And rather then have an angry, angry, angry violent song I’d thought I’d write something beautiful and make them realize what tender feelings I have in my heart, and make them feel really bad for treating me like shit."
I never knew, wow that completely changes the emotional feeling I had since its release. I always liked Smashing Pumpkins there have been so many haters just because Billie used a high toned voice. His music was perfect for the time period. Couldn't have come out any other time.
wow. he sounds like a spoiled whinny pussy
@@SlapNSniff Can I ask why you feel like this is an appropriate thing to say about someone?
@@Istielthia its called projection
@@oldnsleepysmitty5503 Oh, I get that, I wanted to see if they could get that.
‘Siamese Dream’ is a phenomenal...PHENOMENAL...guitar album.
Mayonaise next!
And drums!
Probably best ever
Absolute greatness from front to back. My favorite album of the 90s.
I still have the original CD I got at 13 years old. Almost 30 years ago. Still listen to it regularly
“Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins.”
“Homer Simpson, Smiling Politely”
One of the greatest lines ever on The Simpsons. I can’t hear the band name without thinking of that
The real heart-breaker from the Siamese Dream album is not this song, it's SOMA :) The saddest, most ecstatic, cathartic guitar solo ever captured. so beautiful
Goosebumps everytime 🤙
Exactly the song that came to my mind as I was watching this video, it's a song that really takes you on a journey :-)
Forever my favourite SP guitar solos... and song in general really.
My favorite SP song! Or is it “Rhinoceros?” 😁
@@cebrinpitts Absolutely. It's not a solo, but a guitar crying
I love how Pumpkins straddle the line between country goth, pop, shoegaze, alt rock and even metal. They don't sound like a genre-hopping band though - they blend them all into a quintessential "pumpkins" sound.
country goth Yes!!!
Metal has or will never be apart of Smashing Pumpkins
@@immortalcoils93 even "a little" metal. C'mon metal is a vague term. Jellybelly riff and drums is pretty fucking metal. Fuck You (An Ode to No One), Tales of a Scorched Earth, X.Y.U. I've heard "metal" bands do songs less metal than those. Also music is a recipe of ingredients and Pumpkins employ a little metal. They're not PURE metal if that's what you're thinking about.
@@halfalligator6518 haha maybe to you and the examples you are giving. Sure. But actual metal music, fuck no.
@@halfalligator6518 nope. Been listening to pumpkins for a while now. Not metal. Sorry, sir. Enjoy them a ton though.
Im a casual Pumpkins fan, I like a number of their songs-but this one? This one is a true masterpiece in writing and engineering. You can't not feel the weight of his words.
That song segues into what I think is the best song on Siamese Dream .... Soma. A must!!!
Soma is a beautiful song!
Agreed. My favorite from dream.
Whenever Disarm ends I’m expecting to hear that trippy guitar intro soon after...
@@derricktipps9867 that solo is the MOST emotionally expressive performance by billy if u ask me awwwright
I recently found out that R.E.M.'s plays piano on Soma. It would have been nice if he would have played more with them.
Arrangements, cello, and violin we're done by one Eric Remschneider
and David Ragsdale along with producer Butch Vig handling some arrangements too.
The story i heard was that the cello player got overdubbed a lot. Almost to the point where it would’ve been cheaper and faster to get more cello players in. Like there’s a crazy amount of dubbing of the cello
@@herethererainbows I would hate to see the final cost for producing that album. Considering the amount of re-records and Billy's insistence on redoing everything (ultimately playing basically every part himself) due to an obsession with perfection on it.......
Don't get me wrong...the album is an absolute masterpiece....but that final recording studio bill. :O
@@FadingNewDawn absolutely a top album of all time....like in the top 5 to me.
Billy recently claimed on his podcast that he wrote the string arrangements.... I don't know whether to believe him or not ha
@@_permanence Watch his Rick Beato interview... he didn't know how to write a string arrangement. That didn't stop him from getting his vision across. 25:20 th-cam.com/video/nAfkxHcqWKI/w-d-xo.html
This was the first song I learned to play on guitar. I'm 45 now and the 90's are all I have left in life.
I hope you have more left than a decade that happened 30 years ago!
Too bad the world defaulted back to a crazy psychopath version of the late 80s that we´re still stuck in.
Another great Smashing Pumpkins Song that really goes all out on the strings is Tonight, Tonight. You should give it a try.
He'd love the strings
YES PLEASE
this prob would've been a better beginning imho
That song is really so beautiful.
That song is just so commonly played on radio (both now and when it came out) that he may have heard it already. Besides BWBW, it's probably their most well-known song.
I'm not gonna lie, my favorite pumpkins song is "Thirty Three." That would also be a nice one to come back around to or listen on your own
you ... can make it last... forever ...
Wonder if he'll spot the Asprin bottle out, lol...
That's a good one. "Today" is also a good one.
Absolutely my fav Smashing Pumpkins song
33.... great video too!
Mayonaise! The emotional heart of that album...
Agreed
I've been obsessed with Smashing Pumpkins since I saw the Tonight Tonight video around 1998 on MTV but it never clicked with me until you suggested it in this reaction; Disarm is Billy's Eleanor Rigby.
another great Pumpkins track is "Thru the Eyes of Ruby"
a bloody rock masterpiece, that one
Yessssssss. Now THAT is a journey...
Love that one. Mellon Collie had some great B-sides...I'm partial to _Tales from a Scorched Earth._ It was perfect for the angsty period of my teenage years (read: all of them).
Also, _Zero._ 'Nuff said.
Or galapagos.
As a *very* casual music nerd... this channel is an absolute treasure. Thanks for sharing this ride with us, man.
Yes! Totally agree!
Facial expressions showed that the strings hit the spot. I think every song on Siamese Dream is perfect. It's my desert island disc.
Thank God for smashing pumpkins! When i was being molded by music as a teen, I think they were the first band to which i was able to mentally comprehend the more emotional side of music... or, just learning that it's okay to feel... at all! I feel like this band in particular kicked the door in to harder music for me... i got into tool and the metal of the 90's because i wanted more emotion! I wanted more anger! this band (and song) take up a huge part of the soundtrack of my youth. Thanks geebz!
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was the first I ever bought at the age of 9-10. Can definitely relate to this comment and boy was it worth that extra money for the double album even though it took forever to save up for.
@@andrewjunge-dennison5953 bought that album with my first multi disk cd player... night and day didn't leave my changer for all of 96... a good year.
this song melts my face everytime. So great
My favorite Smashing Pumpkins song. I had just bought this album when my mom got sick and listened to this song over and over. I always associated it with her. I had it played years later at her funeral.
Tonight, tonight and stand inside your love
Yeah, the Pumpkins were always a journey for me in college. The music takes you places. Yeah they had some pop-rock things, but they were far more than that. Start at the beginning with Rhinoceros to see where they came from, it was a massively awesome first album.
Gish...yes!
Gish...yes!
Gish is life!
Honestly, you’re hard pressed to find any smashing pumpkins song earlier than 1999 that isn’t a completely beautiful universe of sonic escape. Love your channel BTW, you’re killing it.
He is spot on with Billy's voice. I feel like people undervalue the variety of vocals he uses. Even just on one song. He will go from singing high in a pretty way to a high growl like scream. Then to like a speaking voice.
Pity he doesn’t do it as much anymore, the most recent example I can think of is Silvery Sometimes, and he doesn’t let loose as much there. I believe he had lessons and I get it, he’s more even and can sustain longer, but i kinda miss the days his voice would crack or he’d be completely off key. His voice really gets under my skin and into my brain in a wonderful way, it’s the 5th instrument that makes them what they are.
Keep Smashing Pumpkins reactions coming! 👏🏼👋🏼👍🏼🙌🏼💜🇨🇦
Ever since I heard this song when I was 12 or 13, I still get the chills.
Please do Tonight Tonight!!!! 🙏
One thing that I really appreciated from 90's music is the inclusion of string orchestras in a bigger role than just a support/pad and I wish we would see more of that.
After 20 years, if I don't skip this song on the album I'm at best listening to it on autopilot. I've just heard it too many times. But watching your reactions as you're listening to it made me hear it in a whole new way, for the first time in a long time. What a treat for me. Thank you so much.
The strings in this song are cellist Eric Remschneider and violinist David Ragsdale.
This is another one I figured you'd enjoy. I agree with the others who recommended reacting to Tonight, Tonight next. If you haven't heard that tune yet, you're in for a real treat. It was a huge hit for them, and there's a reason for that. It was like the follow-up to Disarm that took string arrangements to another level, both sonically and emotionally, in my opinion.
The Smashing Pumpkins wrote a lot of great songs during the 90s, but the songs by them I'd most like to see you react to are
Rhinoceros
Geek U.S.A.
Mayonnaise
*Tonight, Tonight
Jellybelly
Muzzle
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
*Thirty-Three
In the Arms of Sleep
*1979
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Eye
*Top priority picks
In The arms of sleep is so underrated .
Great list!
After seeing your last video, I would really love you to listen to a hidden gem, "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" by The Smashing Pumpkins, on their seminal album "Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness." For fans of the band, this song is well known, but not so much for others but it is a classic and a crowd pleaser. But you have to listen all the way to the end of the "twist" ending.
Smashing Pumpkins is another one of those bands that is part of the soundtrack of my life. Gish came out when I was in high school, but this song really blew them up (in a good way). It's beautifully written and is a very personal song. Billy Corgan doesn't have a big of an ego as he used to, but his ego back in the day is really what lead to the break up of the band up.
Growing up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s was such a blessing. I grew up with some amazing music.
@twnsn while all of that is true, you do have to admit Billy had a hell of an ego back in the day.
All their music is just hauntingly gorgeous
The pumpkins are such a deep and, they are unique and a battle at times. But there’s incredible stuff the deeper you go.
The thing for me that makes this song so great is the differences between the two choruses - the first one has so much space, not just in terms of the instruments but in that there are 2 bars in between each line that Billy delivers - then when the second chorus finally hits, not only does it have the full weight of the arrangement, but those two bars in between each line are gone and Billy just goes straight from delivering one line into the next, creating such a sense of urgency. I've known this song for almost 30 years now and it still always hits me really hard in that second chorus - just a masterpiece of songwriting and arrangement.
Thank you so much for decomposing this song 😍. This song has kept me sane in the most crazy of times - you're a legend, Geebz!
Back to my uni years. Goosebumps again 🖤❤
If you dig Smashing Pumpkins, you should check out The Silversun Pickups. I first heard about them in 2010 from a shoutout by D'arcy in a radio interview and I've been hooked ever since!
Yes! I think he'd dig the rollercoaster ride that is 'Lazy Eye' for sure!
Yes! Lazy Eye or Panic Switch. Maybe Nightlife, too.
Weird, i was just thinking about this song today and how it helped me get over so much stuff when i was a teenager
My favorite Pumpkins tune, and one of my favorite 90s songs period.
This (in my opinion) is one of the greatest songs of all time. Along with many others but definitely one of them.
This may well be my favourite Pumpkins song.
Billy Corgan is still writing furiously almost 30 years later- what a prolific artist. Check out stuff from his solo albums he's released the last couple of years-- specifically the tracks 'Mandarynne' from Ogilala or 'To Scatter One's Own' from Cotillions...
Would be interested to hear your take on "The Beginning is The End is The Beginning"
This song is a thing of beauty! Audio art!
This is one of those songs that kicks me right in the guts if I shut of and just listen. So beautiful. So tragic yet still uplifting. I'm not crying you are
As a huge Pumpkins fan I really enjoy watching people’s first experience. You and I are in the minority in liking BC voice. Most non fans were turned off by it.
it's their loss mate
Love the Smashing Pumpkins and Billy Corgan. My favorite band, favorite guitarist, favorite singer and more. I do agree most people who find my love for the band and/or Billy Corgan say they can’t get past his voice lol but I love his voice. Lucky me I share the same birthday with Billy - March 17th :) And 17 year difference lol
Billy just had 5yrs of shear greatness!!!! 🤟🤟
So many Pumpkins songs I'd love to see you do reaction videos for - 'Porcelina of The Vast Ocean', 'Soma', 'To Sheila', 'Thru The Eyes of Ruby', amongst others.
Billie Corgan (front man) with assistance from Butch Vig, Eric Remschneider, and David Ragsdale. Eric also played cello and David on violin. The entire Siamese Dream album is a masterpiece IMO.
Jesus this song brings up so many memories!!
I love that you do such a variety of genre breakdowns. Please, I've been dying for someone to do a reaction to some Hot Water Music. Try 220 Years or Turnstile to start off! I think you'd really appreciate the orchestration between instruments and singers!
String arrangements were by Billy Corgan, Butch Vig, and the two strings players: Eric Remschneider and David Ragsdale. Apparently they were arranged on the spot. With only two strings players, they did many overdubs to achieve the lush, full orchestration.
The string arrangement was by Eric Remschneider and David Ragsdale, who played the cello and violin, respectively. Although producers Butch Vig and Billy Corgan probably had input as well.
The song Disarm speaks to child abuse singer Billy Corgan experienced at the hands of his father and that he contemplated suicide at some point in his young life.
That would explain how he seems to express pain so perfectly. He sings like someone who has been through some $#!t.
If memory serves, it was more about his mother and their less that perfect relationship, not specifically about his father. I seem to recall him on Howard Stern years back talking about it. I'm open to having misremembered the story though. That was many years ago...and how the years burn.
@@bosshogg8447 His father was physically abusive, his step-mother was verbally abusive, according to him.
Written the same day as Today, which is more or less his suicide song.
He was debating killing himself while he was recording it. Following the "Gish" era, he had given away most of his possessions and even wrote his own eulogy. The recording sessions for Siamese Dream were a dark, complicated time in Corgan's life and he made a masterpiece out of it.
here are some other smashing pumpkins must hear tracks:
hummer ( many die hard fans consider this to be one of their best tracks )
thru the eyes of ruby ( another track considered to be their very best )
soma, thirty three, to shela, tonight tonight (strings) (the song: tear also has strings but it's not widely loved as much)
for martha, geek usa ( riff heavy ), porcelia and the vast oceans ( epic long track )
and my personal favorite riff heavy track by the band is jellybelly.. it's a 3 min song with non stop catchy interesting guitar riffs.
You forgot Speed Kills (Rare Version)
I've been listening to the Smashing pumpkins for 25+ years. The first cd I ever bought was theirs and I have heard this song more times than I can count. With that covered. Every time I hear it I still get chills. The song is so well put together and so unbelievably powerful.
You really should treat yourself to the Mighty SP catalogue 30 years of amazing music and counting
Great reaction. Smashing Pumpkins one of THE great American all-rounder rock bands. The String arrangement on this tune was shared between Billy Corgan, Butch Vig & the two players on Celo & Violin.
This is such a beautiful song , and it wouldn't be out of order to cry to this
A good throwback thursday breakdown would be Perry Mason By Ozzy
I believe the string arrangement was cowritten by Billy Corgan and Eric Remschneider.
SOMA! You will love it. A guitar gently weeps so sweetly in that tune. Mayonaise is another in that way. Some of the sweetest piano work is done on Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness song and a true masterpiece is Porcelina of the Vast Oceans.
One of , if not, my favorite bands. What makes this single a real treat is the landslide and dancing in the moonlight tracks as well. Back when singles were sought after. Although I will admit wasn't listening to them at the time
I reccomend Mayonnaise for another fun pumpkins song. Other suggestions include Siva, Everlasting Gaze and Cherub Rock
One of the things I’m enjoying about going through your videos is that although you try.not to go to deep, I keep learning things. When you mentioned mouth positions, that was a springboard to go down a google rabbit hole and learn about something I had never heard of before. Thanks!
Great Pumpkins song!
Love your Tool/APC series. Pleeeeaaassse do Disillusioned by APC.
Sonic Dream (Siamese Dream) is one of the top 3 records of the last 50 years. This is the record where they got Billy's voice/singing style 100% dialed in and smooth as silk. No harsh/horrible nasaly screaming like on parts of Mellon Collie, etc. This IS the album/recording where he sounds the very best. Thanks Butch Vig.
This was the song that first got me tuned into SP in 1993. So much nostalgia.
I know you’ve already reacted to “Cherub Rock” from the same album. Staying with the “Siamese Dream” album, check out “Rocket.” Then go back a little earlier to their song “Drown” from the “Singles” soundtrack. Their early stuff is just insanely good.
I was like 19 when this came out.. so crazy. Pumpkins were so huge for a few years it was awesome time
One thing you may find interesting is that Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha went on to join A Perfect Circle for their 2nd album, The Thirteenth Step.
Just fyi he had a ton of help on this song. He talks alot about how he knows very little about music in general and how it operates. His lyrics are the main point of this song. The strings came much later on. This was about his childhood more than it was about the music. It was a message.
Interestingly though, as an autodidact, he has managed to accomplish quite a lot musically. He actually wrote the string arrangement for “Tonight Tonight”, and has a great natural understanding of production, melody, and harmonics.
@@TheAlibabatree very true. He isn't a layman. He knows what he's doing. Tool however is not something he pushes his own insurances into. In fact Danny build a lot of the songs your hear on Fear Inoculum. So Tool is build on the artists involved. Perfect circle and Puscifer are Maynards brain direct into yours. More appetizing if you read A perfect union of contrary things.
Obscured is my favorite Pumpkin's song. Check it out!
your intro kills me. love what your doing here, the only de-composer channel for the laymen. love your energy. peace brother.
This song always ripped me apart as a teenager. Beautiful and heart breaking. 💖
Butch Vig, Eric Remschneider and David Ragsdale took care of the string arrangements.
I’m still here! Love your work. 🙏❤️
THANK YOU. GREAT TRACK ..... and strings man . again happy birthday sir
I don’t know why, listening to this song for decades, I never connected it to a similar haunting tone of Eleanor Rigby. Fantastic comparison
Awesome breakdown of one of my favorite old songs. Almost forgot about it. I'm heading back down the SP rabbit hole now! Thanks.
@Vlad the Inhaler ill check it out!. Thanks +
This song is what made me fall in love with music as a teen. It remains one of my absolute favorite songs I've ever heard and the Pumpkins are my all-time favorite band. Thank you for doing this.
same. This song was like an awakening. I was pretty unaware that the lyrics where hitting close to home. As an adult the nostalgia level is off the charts for me.
I would be honored to hear any of these selections.
Sigur Rós - anything off - Takk or Ágætis byrjun
Explosions in the sky- first breath of a coma
Andrew bird - simple x or plasticites
My morning jacket- wordless chorus
The number 12 looks like you- grandfather
Tripping daisy - prick
The plot to blow up the Eiffel Tower- One Stab Deserves Another or attached to the hip.
I was like 1000, sweet! I love this song, this album is amazing, back in the day it blew my mind and I had it on repeat all the time.
One of the best songs of the 90s. Fantastic.
Another great Pumpkins track with fantastic string arrangement is Tonight Tonight
Smashing pumpkins guitarist James Iha is now playing with A Perfect Circle - listen to ANYTHING off APCs 'Eat the Elephant' and rejoice!
i'd love to see you do more pumpkins stuff! you've done a decent range of them, but i'd love to see your takes on 1979, X.Y.U., ava adore, and perhaps the everlasting gaze
One of my favorite songs of all time. The strings slay me, every time.
Oooooh, THANK YOU FOR THIS ONE! (and all others)
It’s like that build up is designed to wring you out and make you cry
United States by Smashing Pumpkins. The album this song is from is pretty much a forgotten SP albums, but the song is phenomenal with a killer drum track
The entire album kicks ass.
@@TheAlibabatree I'm a huge fan of that album, probably more so than any other SP album, but for whatever reason it's just ignored and isn't even on streaming services.
@@AnimalJive I think maybe you’re a musician. If so, that probably explains it. It took me a long time to realize that non musicians listen to music very differently than we do. For them (which is most people i think) they hear a “feeling”, or a “vibe”, or even a rhythm. Zeitgeist has a very cold, harsh sound to it that was very different from every other SP album prior. Of course, it was also supposed to be their “reunion album”, so that didnt help either.
This is great! I love watching/hearing song/voice reactions. This is extra special because of your knowledge of music, the writing process, etc. well done!!
Siamese Dream is one of my favorite albums and was a big influence on my guitar playing. The whole album is worth reacting to
[Papillon voice] I'm still here [/Papillon voice]
Saw the pumpkins twice. Both times great, the last time in 2018 I was dope sick only my good friend knew.and he didnt even know the whole story. But this song and thirty three made me cry.
Smashing Pumpkins had some amazing slow songs. I'm very fond of their song Beautiful. My sister and her husband had their first dance to it at their wedding. It was gorgeous.
Pumpkins were so underrated. Billy Corgans unique voice and thick, thick guitar sounds still grab me...
"what´s a boy supposed to do?". this line breaks me every time.
Wow, I haven't listened to that song in maybe 20 years. So powerful. Thanks!