The Smashing Pumpkins 1991-02-09
| February 9, 1991 – Cambridge, MA, US | |
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| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Artist | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Date | February 9, 1991 |
| Venue | T.T. The Bear's Place |
| Coordinates | 42°21′49″N 71°6′6″W |
| Location | Cambridge, MA, US |
| Venue type | Club |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin |
Setlist[edit | edit source]
- "Siva" [4:52]
- "Blue"
- "Rhinoceros"
- "Bury Me"
- "I Am One" [3:54]
- "Window Paine"
- "Snail"
- "Out of Focus" [Blue Cheer] (live debut)
- "Paranoid" [Black Sabbath] (tease)
- "Tristessa"
- "Slunk" (abandoned)
- "Godzilla" [Blue Öyster Cult]
Banter[edit | edit source]
Siva
Blue
Rhinoceros
Bury Me
> I Am One
Window Paine
Iha: (mic very quiet) Thanks a lot and uh, we’re the Smashing Pumpkins, we’re from Chicago. Thank you, (mic at good volume) thank you very much and um, right now we got a Sub Pop single out right now and if you wanna come by afterwards and buy one, we got one for you.
Snail
> Out of Focus
BC: Thank you very much. What are you trying to say?
Iha: Heh ha!
BC: Paranoid?
Paranoid (tease - first 2 notes)
BC: Alright, this song's in the key of E and it's called Earth of the Phoenix Child, Part 3, thank you.
Tristessa
BC: Alright, this is another in a metaphysical, uh, series. This is called -- it'll never be released -- Chump!
Slunk (abandoned after 2nd line)
BC: Ah, that was the greatest short song we ever played.
D’arcy: Alright.
BC: You wanna hear that one again?
(crowd cheers)
Guy in crowd: Backwards!
D’arcy: Exactly.
BC: Alright, you gotta pretend you didn't hear this.
Godzilla