Love this song. The song doesn't fit inside a box. The music flows naturally, evolves freely into what it is. It defies verse-chorus-verse-bridge-chorus. It's just pure rock n roll, with prog adventure. The use of dynamics is brilliant. The solos are amazing. As for the lyrics, I really love how they are more abstract with the odd lines breaking through "life's a draaag", "life's a bummer", etc.
Oh yeah and you’re absolutely spot on about the comfort factor. I think ask any SP fan and they’ll tell you this song is a total warm blanket of a song (especially at 3am lol). I think it’s a good thing.
I remember seeing them perform this when it was just released at huge festival . I was on acid and when the last movement of hummer came in it was the most beautiful few moments, the music seemed to bounce off the 20thousand plus crowd and hit everybody with a spell
Lolol me too...Lolapalooza frying balls... It was like billy was in my head talking to me... Never even heard them before that night. I was instantly hooked. Pretty sure they made sure the crowd had plenty of LSD that night...
I’m totally with you on that bridge that never comes back, except that I love it. It’s like… a song with a part a / part b feel, but it transitions like a bridge. I always saw it as, like, a way to fuck with expectation. Which was a lot of Smashing Pumpkins’ thing. They had a lot more pop/ballad in their mix than most of the grunge or grunge-adjacent bands of the time. Great reaction as always, bruv. Love.
Regarding Billy’s vocals, the thing to understand about him is the music provides the melody and his vocals provide accent. That’s what is unique about them. While most bands have basic chord progressions and let the vocals drive the melody, SP do the opposite. It’s why the music itself is so lush and Billy’s vocals are more about attitude and ambiance
@@abrahamkim1078 the intro to Bleeding the Orchid disagrees, but that is quite an exception. Dunno why he doesn't go for that kind of thing more, actually.
@@abrahamkim1078 so is that voice at the beginning nasal? I wasn't thinking it was a growl or whisper. I was thinking a possible fourth mode, yeah. Sorry if I'm a bit weird or getting muddled, been having insomnia.
and d`arcy half naked on stage.... what a great time and i am so happy, that i was around 20 in the 90th and lived at the best time of music ever....^^^^^^
Hummer was one of the first songs I learned how to play on the drums. As a drummer, I really liked this song. Jimmy's signature constant 8ths on the hi hat (he keeps this constant as soon as he switches to his ride and keeps it going even through fills) is great at forcing you to build up your balance (literal sense of balance) using your core muscles. The fills are simple, which makes it even more important to execute smoothly. Jimmy really plays smoothly here. On the outro, the constant 8ths remain while he plays around the kit in a very jazz-inspired way. This is a very good exercise in dynamics and basic independence. I still love this song for that.
As a non-drummer this is the only song I can play on the drums! Jimmy's jazz training background really flows through into the psychodelic elements, keeping them dreamy but also energetic. Blissful.
I was recording some song off the radio in 1993 and left it running too long. Hummer was the extra song I recorded. At the end of the song, the DJ said "ah that really clears the head" and I listened to it repeatedly. Then I got a loan of Siamese Dream and became a lifelong fan of the Smashing Pumpkins.
This song is a masterclass in the way they blend shoegaze with heavier rock elements, allowing each section to breathe without dominating each other. Darcy's bass lines bounce perfectly within the middle giving the depth and Jimmy's drumming is tasteful as always. The outro is the nostalgia that ties this whole album together right down to the cover art.
You look cofused by one of the coolest, most unique intro's ever. So it worked! But I suggest headphones for this record. You'll hear a lot more cool things that will surprise you. Cheers from Daytona Beach, Fl.
On the subject of re-watching movies or re-listening to songs: It has been theorized that aesthetic beauty lies in the appreciation of the relationship between the parts of a thing and the whole. Experiencing something for the first time is a non-replicable experience, because of the freshness and surprise… you are experiencing the parts and forming your sense of the whole at the same time. On repeat experience, you have some sense of the whole, so you can better appreciate how the parts fit in as you experience them sequentially. Like how in a plot-twisty movie or a mystery, it’s not until the second viewing that you can appreciate all the foreshadowing and red herrings and sneaky tricks. You can see the artistry more, go back and analyze how the artist took you on that ride. I am a purist about my first-time experiences… I avoid movie spoilers like the plague, and being from the era of albums, I usually prefer to hear the album before the single if at all possible. As a musician/creative-type though, I think that the second viewing/listen is my favorite time through. But also, my inability to re-experience that first listen myself is the main reason I like reaction videos. Because experiencing that fresh take through someone else’s eyes is the closest you can get to hearing a familiar song again for the first time.
@@justaguy1451 Well yeah, sure, but what am I, the reaction authenticity police? I just kinda take it on faith that reactors aren’t frauds, because it costs me nothing if they are. Anyway, I kinda have two veins of reactions videos I watch. One is, like, a specifically knowledgeable reactor (usually a musician or producer of some sort, or else just someone with an epic knowledge of at least SOME genre of music (i.e. rockers react to hip hop, rappers react to rock, etc)). The other vein is just, like… watching any person’s fresh reaction to a song. In which case I guess I don’t care much if they read Wikipedia first to seem more insightful… because it’s not, like, their analysis of the song that I’m looking for, it’s their own emotional reaction. And I think if they’re pretending it’s their first time hearing the song, I’m still kinda getting SOME version of their reaction, because I figure any individual is the world’s leading expert on their own emotional reaction to stuff.
As a gold member, avid follower of the fanbase, pretty much from the beginning (and the one who requested this song), if I’m going to offer constructive criticism, I would love if you focused more on the uniqueness of the guitar overall in all reviews. I know you’re a bassist and you look for that rhythm section but Billy Corgan’s guitar work, style, and tone has been applauded as among the most unique in rock history. I feel like you don’t appreciate good guitar work. Additionally, I feel like you don’t appreciate the ambiance of a song - it’s all just so technical all the time and for certain songs, it’s slightly obnoxious to see if I’m being real here. That said, I still love your reactions. But this is where you can improve. Maybe before you score and figure out the time and all of the mumbo jumbo, you can take a second listen and try to TAKE IN the song as the artist intended. I know you don’t analyze lyrics but I do feel like you should be able to take in the music and ambiance itself and factor it in.
and d`arcy half naked on stage.... what a great time and i am so happy, that i was around 20 in the 90th and lived at the best time of music ever....^^^^^^
If you’re hearing what seems to be multiple songs in one, that’s what this band is. They’re known to mix things right up, from passive melodic to heavy rock to psychedelic soothe.
The end of the second part does resove back to the D, but only briefly before feedback takes over. It's definitely a bit jarring, but I like that this song throws out any kind of traditional rock formula. Anyway, great review man! I'm subbed.
I enjoy your reactions, but you gotta start acknowledging your biases more often. Pop music is a genre. Progressive rock is a genre. Jazz is a genre. This particular song incorporates all of those genres. “Predictability” is a fundamental element of pop music. Change in key is an element of Prog and jazz. Its neither good nor bad, its just an element of the particular genre.
My favourite version of this is the performance at the end of Oceania live DVD. It's a shame it doesn't seem to be uploaded any more. I own the disc, I just don't really use discs much these days. But they got rid of that beginning noise which I always thought was just annoying, and it's just simply a great performance with lovely dynamic range otherwise. That and the unreleased "Dream Machine" song before it are a go-to one-two punch before going out, if I do manage to find the disc again.
How could you have never listened to this album? but if you notice the chord strums of the verses its plays the first down the middle, the second to the left and the third to the right... it's really nice engineering. Also this guy is a musical savant so I wouldn't worry about it...
Hello good sir, been recently going down the rabbithole of your videos. Many of these are songs I enjoy. I appreciate a good reaction video that's detailed. A little more than "Wow man that was amazing." I'd like to make 2 very different requests. I'm really curious about a reaction to The Mars Volta especially since it can really divide listeners over the vocals or the progressive changes. The other is my all time favorite band Slough Feg, often compared to Iron Maiden, Manila Road, Thin Lizzy etc. 1. The Mars Volta "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" 2. The Lord Weird Slough Feg aka Slough Feg "Tiger! Tiger!".
My local rock radio station plays one song off this album. Disarm. Good choice smashing pumpkin fans? I would prefer cherub rock myself. Also Dave Heretic you're my favourite reactor by a fair margin and I felt it might interest you to know Australia used to have a pre covid heavy metal/rock/punk rock festival called Soundwave. The last yr they existed went for 2 days. Faith No More was the day 1 festival headliner, Slipknot was day 2. It was the first time I saw Ministry (TONS of kickass Industrial Metal hits, well worth reacting to a few). The "metal stage" headliners on day 2 were Judas Priest \m/ and Smashing Pumpkins simply because Slipknot were bigger than them and they wanted night time for their light show
"Disarm" was played-out 27 years ago. I'd take "Soma" over it 10 times out of 10. If you're looking for the softer side of the Pumpkins, Try "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans", "To Forgive", "Daydream", "Rhinoceros", "Suffer", "Crush", "In The Arms of Sleep", or "Stumbleine".
@@THEDavidHeretic they had their moments. Shame it was ran into the ground though. The PR guy in charge of the whole thing paid for the artists in the previous lineups with ticket sales from the current festival. Needless to say one yr had a terrible lineup and bye bye festival (and bye bye all 70 odd bands money)
He's a Gold Tier member on the Patreon page, so he gets 3 Prioritized Requests every month. Apparently he loves Smashing Pumpkins, and he chose to prioritize them a lot for his requests.
Thank you for this video. As a drummer, I appreciate hearing the stuff about chord changes and all that, because it's stuff I'm largely unfamiliar with and would like to know better. BUT - OK. You appreciate constructive criticism? Ditch whatever butt-rock you have playing in the background while you talk (I didn't.... couldn't... finish the video). I'd honor your opinions, just not smeared with a layer of butt-rock, please. Good video, but Jesus man, ditch the butt-rock in the background.
At their best, Smashing Pumpkins was fascinating. At their worst they could be annoying. This song seems to have enough of a hook to fascinate. Wasn't crazy about the intro, but the changes in at least the feel of the time, and the interesting chord progressions grabbed my attention. That having been said it's nothing special for them. Pretty generous score, great reaction!
Siamese Dream was a perfect album, but Hummer and Mayonnaise were my favorite two tracks. Glad this made your list.
Mayonnaise is #1 by far. All the songs, except "Quiet", are way better than "Hummer".
@@paulolapa3040 hummer is one of their best songs ever. Probably top 3 for me.
@@feramires Top 3 of all SP songs? Definitely not. But these are just our personal opinions. In the end, we're all Smashing Pumpkins fans
Soma should be on that list, too.
How about “Geek USA”? That track amazed me every time :)
Love this song.
The song doesn't fit inside a box. The music flows naturally, evolves freely into what it is.
It defies verse-chorus-verse-bridge-chorus. It's just pure rock n roll, with prog adventure. The use of dynamics is brilliant. The solos are amazing. As for the lyrics, I really love how they are more abstract with the odd lines breaking through "life's a draaag", "life's a bummer", etc.
10/10 song for me. maybe my favorite song ever. long live the mighty SP
Siamese Dream is one of those rare albums where the singles are the filler.
Oh yeah and you’re absolutely spot on about the comfort factor. I think ask any SP fan and they’ll tell you this song is a total warm blanket of a song (especially at 3am lol). I think it’s a good thing.
I remember seeing them perform this when it was just released at huge festival . I was on acid and when the last movement of hummer came in it was the most beautiful few moments, the music seemed to bounce off the 20thousand plus crowd and hit everybody with a spell
Lolol me too...Lolapalooza frying balls... It was like billy was in my head talking to me... Never even heard them before that night. I was instantly hooked. Pretty sure they made sure the crowd had plenty of LSD that night...
I’m totally with you on that bridge that never comes back, except that I love it. It’s like… a song with a part a / part b feel, but it transitions like a bridge. I always saw it as, like, a way to fuck with expectation. Which was a lot of Smashing Pumpkins’ thing. They had a lot more pop/ballad in their mix than most of the grunge or grunge-adjacent bands of the time.
Great reaction as always, bruv. Love.
Regarding Billy’s vocals, the thing to understand about him is the music provides the melody and his vocals provide accent. That’s what is unique about them. While most bands have basic chord progressions and let the vocals drive the melody, SP do the opposite. It’s why the music itself is so lush and Billy’s vocals are more about attitude and ambiance
Billy has three distinct vocals. A growl, whisper, and nasal.
@@abrahamkim1078 the intro to Bleeding the Orchid disagrees, but that is quite an exception. Dunno why he doesn't go for that kind of thing more, actually.
@@Torthrodhel what are you saying? Fourth element? It’s a bad ass song. Lots of layering. With the traits I’ve listed.
@@abrahamkim1078 so is that voice at the beginning nasal? I wasn't thinking it was a growl or whisper. I was thinking a possible fourth mode, yeah. Sorry if I'm a bit weird or getting muddled, been having insomnia.
@@Torthrodhel I would consider nasal. Not as nasal as he gets though. And I feel your pain (sleep is so hard to find)
2nd greatest track on Siamese Dream, Mayonaise being #1! But Hummer is about Billy himself! And it has a Sitar! Mellotron! Bliss...... 😎 ❤️
I always felt Jimmy Chamberlin was underrated or just plain old overlooked. The early Pumpkins.. D'arcy and Jimmy were fantastic together.
and d`arcy half naked on stage.... what a great time and i am so happy, that i was around 20 in the 90th and lived at the best time of music ever....^^^^^^
Hummer was one of the first songs I learned how to play on the drums.
As a drummer, I really liked this song. Jimmy's signature constant 8ths on the hi hat (he keeps this constant as soon as he switches to his ride and keeps it going even through fills) is great at forcing you to build up your balance (literal sense of balance) using your core muscles. The fills are simple, which makes it even more important to execute smoothly. Jimmy really plays smoothly here.
On the outro, the constant 8ths remain while he plays around the kit in a very jazz-inspired way. This is a very good exercise in dynamics and basic independence. I still love this song for that.
As a non-drummer this is the only song I can play on the drums! Jimmy's jazz training background really flows through into the psychodelic elements, keeping them dreamy but also energetic. Blissful.
I don't agree with Dave but loved the review. Bigger props to Patreons like Amasayek(?), who keeps requesting the right Smashing Pumpkins songs🔥.
I was recording some song off the radio in 1993 and left it running too long. Hummer was the extra song I recorded. At the end of the song, the DJ said "ah that really clears the head" and I listened to it repeatedly. Then I got a loan of Siamese Dream and became a lifelong fan of the Smashing Pumpkins.
This song is a masterclass in the way they blend shoegaze with heavier rock elements, allowing each section to breathe without dominating each other. Darcy's bass lines bounce perfectly within the middle giving the depth and Jimmy's drumming is tasteful as always. The outro is the nostalgia that ties this whole album together right down to the cover art.
You look cofused by one of the coolest, most unique intro's ever. So it worked! But I suggest headphones for this record. You'll hear a lot more cool things that will surprise you.
Cheers from Daytona Beach, Fl.
What's funny is that the guitar player and singer billy corgan is playing all the instruments on the song except the drums.
On the subject of re-watching movies or re-listening to songs: It has been theorized that aesthetic beauty lies in the appreciation of the relationship between the parts of a thing and the whole. Experiencing something for the first time is a non-replicable experience, because of the freshness and surprise… you are experiencing the parts and forming your sense of the whole at the same time. On repeat experience, you have some sense of the whole, so you can better appreciate how the parts fit in as you experience them sequentially. Like how in a plot-twisty movie or a mystery, it’s not until the second viewing that you can appreciate all the foreshadowing and red herrings and sneaky tricks. You can see the artistry more, go back and analyze how the artist took you on that ride.
I am a purist about my first-time experiences… I avoid movie spoilers like the plague, and being from the era of albums, I usually prefer to hear the album before the single if at all possible. As a musician/creative-type though, I think that the second viewing/listen is my favorite time through. But also, my inability to re-experience that first listen myself is the main reason I like reaction videos. Because experiencing that fresh take through someone else’s eyes is the closest you can get to hearing a familiar song again for the first time.
@@justaguy1451 Well yeah, sure, but what am I, the reaction authenticity police? I just kinda take it on faith that reactors aren’t frauds, because it costs me nothing if they are.
Anyway, I kinda have two veins of reactions videos I watch. One is, like, a specifically knowledgeable reactor (usually a musician or producer of some sort, or else just someone with an epic knowledge of at least SOME genre of music (i.e. rockers react to hip hop, rappers react to rock, etc)). The other vein is just, like… watching any person’s fresh reaction to a song. In which case I guess I don’t care much if they read Wikipedia first to seem more insightful… because it’s not, like, their analysis of the song that I’m looking for, it’s their own emotional reaction. And I think if they’re pretending it’s their first time hearing the song, I’m still kinda getting SOME version of their reaction, because I figure any individual is the world’s leading expert on their own emotional reaction to stuff.
As a gold member, avid follower of the fanbase, pretty much from the beginning (and the one who requested this song), if I’m going to offer constructive criticism, I would love if you focused more on the uniqueness of the guitar overall in all reviews. I know you’re a bassist and you look for that rhythm section but Billy Corgan’s guitar work, style, and tone has been applauded as among the most unique in rock history. I feel like you don’t appreciate good guitar work.
Additionally, I feel like you don’t appreciate the ambiance of a song - it’s all just so technical all the time and for certain songs, it’s slightly obnoxious to see if I’m being real here.
That said, I still love your reactions. But this is where you can improve.
Maybe before you score and figure out the time and all of the mumbo jumbo, you can take a second listen and try to TAKE IN the song as the artist intended. I know you don’t analyze lyrics but I do feel like you should be able to take in the music and ambiance itself and factor it in.
Pumpkinhead ha??? Me too
So many great SP songs but I always find myself coming back to this one, it’s got all the signature pumpkin elements
Primera vez que veo este canal y sabes que es un temaso cuando agarras cualquier instrumento para intentar sacarlo 👏
That ending solo is everything to me. I always end up whiping my eyes at the end...
and d`arcy half naked on stage.... what a great time and i am so happy, that i was around 20 in the 90th and lived at the best time of music ever....^^^^^^
You can’t predict what they’re gonna do man! Amazing eclectic range within one song…more than many do on an album.
This album and earlier 🤘
This is my favorite track off of Siamese Dream. The guitar solo at the end is so beautiful and dreamy..
My favorite SP song.
If you’re hearing what seems to be multiple songs in one, that’s what this band is. They’re known to mix things right up, from passive melodic to heavy rock to psychedelic soothe.
Soma, Stand Inside Your Love, Thru The Eyes Of Ruby, Porcelina of the Vast Oceans (Live), and DROWN. You will love them all.
Love this album, love this song. Soma is a great one too!
The end of the second part does resove back to the D, but only briefly before feedback takes over. It's definitely a bit jarring, but I like that this song throws out any kind of traditional rock formula. Anyway, great review man! I'm subbed.
This is my favourite SP song. You better like it!!!!
I enjoy your reactions, but you gotta start acknowledging your biases more often. Pop music is a genre. Progressive rock is a genre. Jazz is a genre. This particular song incorporates all of those genres.
“Predictability” is a fundamental element of pop music. Change in key is an element of Prog and jazz. Its neither good nor bad, its just an element of the particular genre.
My favorite song from the album
Can you react to snail of their first album. Curious on what you think.
Jimmy Chamberlin did the drums in one take on that song apparently.
My favourite version of this is the performance at the end of Oceania live DVD. It's a shame it doesn't seem to be uploaded any more. I own the disc, I just don't really use discs much these days. But they got rid of that beginning noise which I always thought was just annoying, and it's just simply a great performance with lovely dynamic range otherwise. That and the unreleased "Dream Machine" song before it are a go-to one-two punch before going out, if I do manage to find the disc again.
How could you have never listened to this album? but if you notice the chord strums of the verses its plays the first down the middle, the second to the left and the third to the right... it's really nice engineering. Also this guy is a musical savant so I wouldn't worry about it...
Masterfully produced by Butch Vig, who was also behind Nirvana’s “Nevermind” and plays drums for Garbage.
(By the way, this song is in Drop-D tuning)
This is one of the albums that would be the soundtrack of my early teen yrs
Hello good sir, been recently going down the rabbithole of your videos. Many of these are songs I enjoy. I appreciate a good reaction video that's detailed. A little more than "Wow man that was amazing." I'd like to make 2 very different requests. I'm really curious about a reaction to The Mars Volta especially since it can really divide listeners over the vocals or the progressive changes. The other is my all time favorite band Slough Feg, often compared to Iron Maiden, Manila Road, Thin Lizzy etc. 1. The Mars Volta
"Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" 2. The Lord Weird Slough Feg aka Slough Feg "Tiger! Tiger!".
Love the T-shirt! Absolutely monumental version of Fade to Black in that movie.
The song is beautiful
I always loved the way they juxtaposed soft with hard..
One of the interesting things about this album is that the guitar used to create the effects is defective, so the effects are hard to reproduce.
Okay… did anybody request silverf&@$, mayonnaise, soma or drown?
Mayonaise and Soma have been reviewed on this program
I agree with the two different songs thing. I'm glad you hit on that.
Drop D. The intro always reminded me of American Woman.
Dude you remind me of Adam Duce (Bass player for Machine Head). I enjoy your commentary and learn from you.
Pumpkins style was always about transitions! Soft to heavy to soft.... Isn't that how a story goes? Prologue, body, bridge, climax? Isn't it art?
the best riffs are easy, but to find that isnt so easy at all...^^
My favorite on Siamese Dream.
It was an outro.
the start sounds like slipknot, but years before
Good reaction but love the shirt Cliff Burton one of the greatest bass players ever. His bass solo is the best ever. (Anesthesia)-Pulling Teeth
My biggest influence on my bass playing.
It’s simply an outro. I makes you want to listen to the song again.
My local rock radio station plays one song off this album. Disarm. Good choice smashing pumpkin fans? I would prefer cherub rock myself. Also Dave Heretic you're my favourite reactor by a fair margin and I felt it might interest you to know Australia used to have a pre covid heavy metal/rock/punk rock festival called Soundwave. The last yr they existed went for 2 days. Faith No More was the day 1 festival headliner, Slipknot was day 2. It was the first time I saw Ministry (TONS of kickass Industrial Metal hits, well worth reacting to a few). The "metal stage" headliners on day 2 were Judas Priest \m/ and Smashing Pumpkins simply because Slipknot were bigger than them and they wanted night time for their light show
Cherub Rock definitely
@@jasoli1749 agreed. But only cause its the only song in guitar hero 3 that i can get an fc on medium difficulty from a completely different room
"Disarm" was played-out 27 years ago. I'd take "Soma" over it 10 times out of 10. If you're looking for the softer side of the Pumpkins, Try "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans", "To Forgive", "Daydream", "Rhinoceros", "Suffer", "Crush", "In The Arms of Sleep", or "Stumbleine".
I've heard of the Soundwave festival.
@@THEDavidHeretic they had their moments. Shame it was ran into the ground though. The PR guy in charge of the whole thing paid for the artists in the previous lineups with ticket sales from the current festival. Needless to say one yr had a terrible lineup and bye bye festival (and bye bye all 70 odd bands money)
The part of you that didn’t like it is a dumdum 😂✌🏻🤘🏻
How vome all ur request come from the same guy
He's a Gold Tier member on the Patreon page, so he gets 3 Prioritized Requests every month. Apparently he loves Smashing Pumpkins, and he chose to prioritize them a lot for his requests.
This was good however i like billy i do but he is to nasally for me
Thank you for this video. As a drummer, I appreciate hearing the stuff about chord changes and all that, because it's stuff I'm largely unfamiliar with and would like to know better.
BUT -
OK. You appreciate constructive criticism?
Ditch whatever butt-rock you have playing in the background while you talk (I didn't.... couldn't... finish the video). I'd honor your opinions, just not smeared with a layer of butt-rock, please.
Good video, but Jesus man, ditch the butt-rock in the background.
You have something against sp.
Nope, there have been several songs I have really enjoyed by them on the channel.
At their best, Smashing Pumpkins was fascinating. At their worst they could be annoying. This song seems to have enough of a hook to fascinate. Wasn't crazy about the intro, but the changes in at least the feel of the time, and the interesting chord progressions grabbed my attention. That having been said it's nothing special for them. Pretty generous score, great reaction!