Man, if Billy had made the decision to take the 10 or 11 best acoustic tracks that he wrote during this period (IE: Peace and Love, 99 Floors, The Rose March) and make a full band acoustic record with clean stripped down production it would have been a total masterpiece. It probably would have gotten great reviews as well, not that it matters. But still, I really mourn that lost opportunity because these songs are just too good... They deserve to be on an album but the chance has long since passed him by.

@ja8ames

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, these are my thoughts almost exactly. They could've released a great acoustic record.

@iwearthegold

Жыл бұрын

I assembled this album for my own entertainment: the 5 tracks from the live In The Round bit from the DVD, the 4 tracks from American Gothic, plus a stray one from a bootleg that doesn't seem to have been recorded. Bit of Audacity to get the levels lined up and boom - beautiful, largely acoustic 10 track 45ish minute secret SP LP.

@joshsizemoremusic

Жыл бұрын

@@iwearthegold cool idea pham!

@chrisothoulos

Жыл бұрын

Can only hope they get released on a box set some day. Ugh

@brettkenney8444

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they could have called it American Gothic! 😁

Dynamic range..The difference between loud and soft..You have to master both to be great at either..The Smashing Pumpkins have understood this for a long time..They are simply the best at what they do..How blessed we are as fans to know this too.. recognize this and have this awesome music be a part of our lives forever..

@monkeyliver1986

3 жыл бұрын

Greatest comment ever

@chrisrowan702

Жыл бұрын

Only them and Pixies have been able to switch between loud and quiet and back so effortlessly.

This is why the the Smashing Pumpkins are my favorite band in the world... One min you hear loud screaming guitars the next you hear something like this that blows me away... I would say this is one of the best songs they have ever recoreded :O)

@omarchapa8247

3 жыл бұрын

Amy, in my opinion you are so right. I tottaly agree with you. Always brings a tear to my eye. Always gets me. Love this song.

@zachbonebrake352

Жыл бұрын

Their range is incredible and their catalog is deep as the ocean.

In my entire life, few songs or performances from any artist have captured me like this one has. Brilliance. Just pissed you guys didn't clue me in on this nine years ago. But I forgive you now.

@drtoboggan7469

3 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way. I'm a#1fan of sp since 93. I found this about 4 years ago and I've been connected to it since. More so than most my other favorites. And its not even a album song. Just something he came up with.

I love this band unconditionally. Billy is a genius.

@OrcsBR

3 жыл бұрын

This sums up my attitude with Billy as well

I love Billy Corgan and I love the Smashing Pumpkins. All of them past and present. Saw them last year with Jimmy and James back in the group again, and it was amazing! This song is an absolute treasure and masterpiece.

@drizzle1769

4 жыл бұрын

I saw them last year in Tucson and just discovered this gem today. Seeing them play together is just amazing and this performance left me speechless.

@Snagman67

4 жыл бұрын

David Rodriguez I just found this today as well, I never knew this song existed. There was a clip of this on the SP Facebook page and I was moved by it so I immediately came to KZread to find it.

@drizzle1769

4 жыл бұрын

@@Snagman67 that is exactly what I did lol

@Snagman67

4 жыл бұрын

David Rodriguez and here I am listening to it again

Billy is notorious among fans for not putting his better songs of the post 2000 years on the actual released albums. see also: the Zwan Glass House songs, Riverview, Spilled Milk, Prairie Song, the entire ChicagoSongs album, The World's Fair, Bit 5, Tilt, Gossamer, Stellar, The Rose March, the 2008 jammy stuff, Lonely is the Name, Burnt Orange-Black, etc

@ja8ames

6 жыл бұрын

Ha, I was just thinking something along these lines. You'd never know how good he could really still get from listening to the 'regular' albums. Shame, that.

@vostin

6 жыл бұрын

Cardinal Rule, As Rome Burns, most of the solo album (especially Archer)

@CodyChromeBand

5 жыл бұрын

werideatdusk it's a bit aggravating for a guy who always seems mad when he gets bad reviews.

@nebulous8389

5 жыл бұрын

Hes an idiot for doing that

@cags113

3 жыл бұрын

Zeitgeist (the bonus track from the album of the same name) is one of my fav songs hes ever done and it didnt even make the cut for the album its named after!

This moment in time is possibly the most underrated of Billys entire career the Asheville and San Fran shows in 2007 were some of the most amazing shows of the 19 I have seen since 1994

WTF?, what a level of complexity!, something so beautiful and deep could exist out there?. And there's people saying pumpkins legacy is over. What a bunch of assholes, this is top notch.

Perfect example of how Pumpkins' sound can change, and still be Pumpkins, and still be awesome.

this is an underrated masterpiece I just love the ebb and flow of it

@Dmh1983

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

This is beautiful

Great song, great performance! The Smashing Pumpkins never disappoint!

How does this not have millions of views??

Such a beautiful song and performance... I am happy to see that many people around the world share the same taste for great music :)

I simply cannot believe the amount of positive comments on this video. So nice to read all of your comments. True fans, I guess. I never listen to 99 Floors, never. Only because it's been stuck in my head since 2009. From first note to last. Some might say that this is not ''seminal'' work or important but it is valid, always fresh and important to all of us.

This beautiful piece of music exemplifies that SP became even better following their reunion.

@werideatdusk

6 жыл бұрын

the precision and textural control improved. im not sure about the overall power or dynamism of the band. although the 2008 version gave the originals a run for their $$$

@chrisrowan702

Жыл бұрын

@@werideatdusk The Oceania line-up was amazing, despite not having Jimmy.

i love this sound of the pumpkins its so jammy and flow ... such a different side of the smashing pumpkina the new band members added so much creative refreshing new creativw influence to pumpkins great era

Come back to this all the time. Such a beautiful song that makes me feel at total peace.

Havent heard this song in years and years but i watched a zwan bootleg before bed and i guess billy musta played a show for me in Dreamland becauze i woke up with this in my head. Great earworm to have stuck in my head all day.... its now 4:47 am... so... welp. As im iust seeing this now, I guess I could say its been stuck in my head for almost two days.... before i knew what song it was. Thanks

Love this song. In my opinion one of the best. Love it Billy.

love this song, I can't remember where I 1st heard it but I've never forgotten it. ❤

I used to know you I used to care I used to know you Are you still there? I won't touch you I won't feel you I won't hear you I won't see you I used to know you Are you still there? I used to know you I used to care It goes far and wide It's a cruel device I cannot drive You from my mind I won't reach out I won't strike in I won't dream about I won't parse the thought I used to know you I used to care I used to know you Are you still there? I jumped from the top And fell right back and I Hit the ground running Scared I swam to the bottom of the sea And I asked around for someone Who might know me Ain't a sad when your choices are Vegas and your friends 99 floors And still nowhere to go 99 floors And still nowhere to roam A punch to the head I passed right out and an impotent stood dumbstruck and stared Armed once again by the fist of fate I wait for his resurrection home Ain't it sad when your choices are vices or advice It's eleven o'clock And don't that make you bawl It's eleven o'clock And don't ya make it bawl Evil, ailing Feeling oh so low I'm slow to anger Wonder where I could Ever go You know I'd have to forget It goes far and wide It's a cruel device I cannot drive You from my mind

@shelbythompsoon

5 жыл бұрын

ether boy I cannot *just drive

part of what makes billy a great songwriter is his ability to be patient and slowly build to an awesome crescendo

Wow. This is incredible.

I'm already crying.

I love it! Thank you

Billy Corgan This was a Brilliant Arrangement of this Song. Billy, I play it on my Taylor when I miss someone I loved but can't be with or even talk to. It's a weird world when a person runs from the thing they profess to hold most dear. Love. Strange, these Humans.;) T1

@user-rh6hx6hj4l

8 жыл бұрын

:)

Perfection as usual ...

human beings, sometimes they're like trees, simple, complex, beautiful, innocent. billy gives music as they give oxygen, it's like an obvious miracle

Gorgeous! I love it

Best drummer in the world

I love this

This song is ten years old and i never heard it.

@werideatdusk

6 жыл бұрын

Billy is notorious among fans for not putting his better songs of the post 2000 years on the actual released albums. see also: the Zwan Glass House songs, Riverview, Spilled Milk, Prairie Song, the entire ChicagoSongs album, The World's Fair, Bit 5, Tilt, Gossamer, Stellar, The Rose March, the 2008 jammy stuff, Lonely is the Name, Burnt Orange-Black, etc.

@CodyChromeBand

5 жыл бұрын

cdreyes81 sure there are scads more

@mikeneuburger3989

3 жыл бұрын

@@CodyChromeBand he has entire albums in the can that have never been released. The actual depth of the catalog is probably more astounding than anyone knows.

@cass2303

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeneuburger3989 agreed

This is the best thing they've done since they've been back (the DVD and the song)!

Awesome!!! Thank you for posting..; )

just beautiful... no more word needed.

wonderful

Billy Corgan sempre arrebentando :D Que voz incrivelmente linda. :3

Wow you know there was a lot of beautiful songs written by billy during this zeitgeist era ... the album had some mixing issues but some of these songs you hear live just incredible. Like a blend of Gish and adore

Beautiful music...

Damnit this song sounds amazing. It's too bad you can't get it on iTunes...

I. LOVE. THIS! #fanforlife

I adore Billy and the smashing pumpkins..

Billy Corgan is such a talented human being.

I have this DVD. It's so good!!

JESUS JUST AWESOME!

magnific!!

this song is so marvellous...

Wow, I wish there was a studio version of this. If someone posts the whole "if all goes wrong" movie on KZread, I will love you forever

@brettkenney8444

Жыл бұрын

It's on the American Gothic album

@Hulkamaniac418

Жыл бұрын

@@brettkenney8444 unfortunately that’s not true. The Rose March, Pox, Sunkissed, and Again, Again, Again are the four tracks on American gothic

❤️❤️❤️

Baixei no celular e ouço todo dia. Linda !

Such a cool song.. Actually really love this era of the band.. Although lets be honest, Corgan never really got the harmonica thing down.

in 2021, We need this king of songs from billy......

Love

long live the pumpkins!

Such an amazing song. Similar in feel to a couple of Pisces Iscariot tracks I love.

I still love billy, lattely has been making some pretty cool versions and even some new song, that even diferent from the Great SP are very nice....

Everyone always craps on Billy for being smug or arrogant but if u could make and play something like this with that voice on top of it I'd allow u to be oppinunative about the music industry as well.

@CodyChromeBand

5 жыл бұрын

Dr Mantis Toboggan :/

@drtoboggan7469

5 жыл бұрын

iasip. Magnum dong.

this is actually a studio version, played live....

love this had the dvd lost it eh fml

wow this configuration setting reminds me of the BeaTLes "Let it Be" inside the album picture (when u open the album cover) spread, cheers! x0]

@muzicnub4life No studio version really exists right now, unless the band's recording it for "Teargarden by Kaleidyscope". This is probably the best version of it that exists.

this song is sooooo good i hope its on the next album

@kennykensworth I love these lyrics. 99 Floors is a masterpiece.

my master Billy

Anyone who says they like the Smashing Pumpkins, I show them this. You either love them or you don't ❤️

Questo è un vero pezzo malin-corgan

still it leaves a particular feeling in my gut of ambitous curiousity if the orignal line up would fail miserably or succeed gracefully now a days and how they would sound together making new music. i guess we will never know.

I play this but find it hard to fight the pain. Peace to all who used to know

And I do think the very same brother ... I totally agree!!! But actually this song hasn't been recorded in studio yet just written and performed ...

Imagine how many takes this took.

@TheKatiness

5 жыл бұрын

Just one. It was impromptu.

@dethmag Well you have to respect the fact that the same mind that That wrote songs as hard as Bullet With Butterfly Wings, and The Ever Lasting Gaze can write a smooth sweet song like this. I love this song it would have been perfect for Melancholy And The Infinite Sadness.

People who say Billy can't write anymore haven't heard this song.

Peace+Love, 99floors, No Surrender, Gossamer, Mama, Promise Me, and rerelease Zeitgeist properly with all the songs from that era on one album like Zeitgeist, MaBelle, Death from Above, ....and release Superchrist, GLOW, and FOL as well...oh and release Lightning Strikes and Owata....!! commmeeee onnnnnn!!

@ozefreclaimed

5 жыл бұрын

Lightning strikes and owata have a release on vinyl. It's incredibly rare though.

@ozefreclaimed

5 жыл бұрын

And yes a zeitgeist reissue with all these songs would amazing

Fantastic, but the Chris Isaac Show version is even better.

@travistravinyle4207

7 жыл бұрын

I agree they had a vibe at that point that was really special

@Trinity636

6 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt! The Chris Issac show session is the absolute best - in performance as well as sound.

' I use to know you...

@WhiteLotusFlower well, I have to agree that the last concept that billy adopt is very interesting. about james, is a diferent way is choose to follow. I cheer him. just hope that billy can mantaine the good work pos tarantula (that was really a side shot). cumps

Honestly the only Pumpkins song I like (and really like) post reform and it's not on an album!

I didn't like Zeitgeist much but songs like this are a great addition to the Pumpkins legacy imo. He had any number of names to call the band he puts out these new songs under, but obviously he feels that they're "Pumpkin" material, or hed have called them "Zwan" or "Billy Corgan" songs.

Jimmy will return. I already know. Billy just needs to focus on music and stop selling the songs for commercials. I mean 2 already this year.

@darkstarhuxley6748

4 жыл бұрын

And Chris your comment from 11 years ago came true. :)

Explain how its over-indulgent? It's a great build up to a great song. Just because he solos it in the beginning? You mean like starla? He's starting you off on a ride... why not just enjoy the trip? ;) A great song doesn't need to be dissected, just enjoyed.

It's a GS8 Taylor Model !

just one question,do you know james solo work, or his participations in other band (liek a perfect circle)? and melissa, his solo album? james is a diferente musician, but a great one to. it misses something in SP. PS: if you were talking about the tinted windows, i agree thats not a band for james. cumps

Is anybody here can tell me , what is the Taylor he play with ? GA model ?

It's a pity that stuff like this never made it onto a proper album. The Pumpkins could've really aged gracefully if they'd released something in the 00s that had this sort of nuanced acoustic sound.

Does somebody know the key of the harmonica in this song ? Thx.

3:20 Rocket? nah fuck it

@ 0:46 whats that little screen on the floor by billy ?

@analogonthird6506

3 жыл бұрын

Peterson tuner

@greek42069

3 жыл бұрын

@@analogonthird6506 thanks i ended up figuring it out but thank you for reply its very apreciate just the same!!

I have to ask again, did he even sell Today? I thought Virgin still had the distribution rights.

4:52

Handclaps.. ;)

@Koindrank 2 right

kinda sounds like classic country or folkish with that guitar not saying its a bad thing either

I take it it's some kind of open chord tuning billy uses for this one?

@minutesandmiles

9 жыл бұрын

I learnt it by ear, drop D with a capo does the job. may not 100% but worked for me!

He is left handed but plays With right position

20anosdepois Of course i've heard james solo works dude and(perfect circle) Sorry I've heard his solo stuff not be a hater of what he does,it adds up to?Lets see NOTHING really.I don't have problem with melissa's solo works...good stuff.Fan's really need stop living in the pass really.Billy's making music get over it and SP is his.I do really miss jimmy tho...but like the old saying goes, stop living in pass and "ALL THINGS CHANGE".

got sick of looking at the comment below for 3 weeks. great song though.

what key harmonica does he use?

@leob4403

7 жыл бұрын

Deathhawkgnar C major

It's not long enough..