The Smashing Pumpkins 1993-08-07

August 7, 1993 – Pontiac, MI, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	August 7, 1993
Venue	Phoenix Center
Coordinates	42°38′6″N 83°17′26″W
Location	Pontiac, MI, US
Venue type	Amphitheater
Capacity	6,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Red Red Meat, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist[edit | edit source]

"Geek U.S.A."
"Quiet"
"Today"
"I Am One"
"Spaceboy"
"Rocket"
"Cherub Rock"
"Starla" [8:19]
"Disarm"
"Drown" [5:58]
"Silverfuck" [10:19]
1. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease)

Encore[edit | edit source]

"Mayonaise"
"Always on the Run" [Lenny Kravitz] (tease)
"Siva" [7:42]
1. "When You Wish Upon a Star" [Leigh Harline / Ned Washington] (tease)
2. "Always on the Run" [Lenny Kravitz] (tease)
3. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" [Lenny Kravitz] (tease)

Banter[edit | edit source]

Iha: Thank you. Sorry you had be subjected to, uh, Wagner there for six hours.
BC: Hello. Hi. Hi! Woo!! Hi, alright. Heh heh. So you ready?
Geek U.S.A.
BC: Thank you. Heh heh, heh.
Quiet
Iha: Hello.
D’arcy: You're all so far away. We're not used to playing shows this big, it's weird.
Today
Iha: Thank you. This being the big rock festival that it is, we hope you--we can rock you...outdoors. Like no other band knows outdoors.
I Am One
Iha: This is the first part of a big...big club we’d sell out tour and uh, we're really slow, so...heh heh. Just keep, uh, moshing about and rockin' out there, heh. while we tune. I even think you can’t understand a word of what I’m saying. I was talking about the brown recluse spider.
Spaceboy
Rocket
BC: So thank you all for coming. It's a beautiful night, no rain. Glad you're here. Detroit fuckin' rocks. This is an awesome place to play.
Iha: Paul Stanley wishes he could play here.
BC: Who?
Iha: Paul Stanley of Kiss.
BC: Paul Stanley? Isn't he dead?
Iha: No, man, he's right out there with you, Paul Stanley's out there with you tonight, people.
BC: You mean Paul Stanley from Kiss is out in the audience?
Iha: That's right, Paul Stanley from fuckin' Kiss is out there tonight.
BC: Look around you, where is he?!
Iha: Where is fuckin’--
BC: Raise your hand, Paul! No, wait, there he is, no, no.
Iha: Fuckin' Paul's out there, man, I can feel it.
Cherub Rock
BC: Is everyone having a good time? We wouldn't wanna bum your trip. I know all of you took a bunch of LSD and mushrooms before the show...to heighten your experience.
Iha: You look like--
BC: We wouldn't wanna bum you out, you know.
Iha: These kids are cyber kids, man, they don't need drugs, they're cyber kids.
BC: Oh, they're into computers?
Iha: Right. (Billy starts Starla intro) And now I will do an interpretative dance to his guitar.
Starla
Disarm
BC: Why you wanna hear old songs? (crowd cheers) Maybe I don't wanna play old songs. We're not the fuckin' Beach Boys, you know. Okay, California Girls and Fun Fun Fun, now I know. I know, fuck the Beach Boys. So what do you wanna hear?
Iha: They wanna hear the old songs, man.
BC: Altogether now.
Iha: Alright, let's have one shout of one song, alright? 1,2,3! (crowd shouts) Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, we’ll be--
BC: We know that one.
Iha: We’ll be playing that one.
Drown
Iha: Man, these goggles are really fuckin' cool.
BC: So is-–is this a good concert? (crowd cheers) Ya, ya? Are we rocking you with our sounds?
D’arcy: This is so ridiculous, if you guys are gonna throw shoes, throw pairs of shoes. We have four shoes up here, none of ‘em match.
BC: This is what I want, “throw more shoes”, thanks, thanks a lot. That's really what I want. No, I don't need change, thank you.
Iha: Alright.
BC: Yeah, by the way, somebody threw their keys on stage so um, I hope you can get home without your car. No, I don't want your shoes, it's obvious you have something wrong with your feet. I know, “shut up and play”, I know, we always get that. But it's such a beautiful night, I'm in no fuckin’ hurry.
Iha: It's a beautiful night, the people are all really beautiful and dreamy and starry.
BC: Everyone looks so beautiful.
Iha: I just wanna commit sodomy with all of you.
BC: He just wants to make love to every single one of you, heh heh, all of you. He's got a lot of stamina, trust me. Call thee Piston. Heh, James “Piston” Iha.
Iha: No, it's James “Roto-Rooter,” heh.
BC: So here's a little love song for all of you all.
Silverfuck / Over the Rainbow
(BC after “bang bang you’re dead, hole in your head”: Shhh, wait, I wanna sing you a little song, shhhhh. Heh, it’s really cool, listen, shhh, come on for two minutes, one minute, not 30 seconds, shhh! Shhh. Shhh, as quiet as six thousand people can be, shhh. Heh. Shhh, come on. Shhh. (singing) Somewhere over the rainbow...)
[encore break]
BC: So who has the new record? That's it? There should be more...heh, just kidding. Nah, that's alright, you don't have to buy it, just--no, I won't say that, heh heh heh.
Iha: You guys are a bunch of corporate sellouts.
BC: Well, this is a s--
Iha: Alright. We'd like to play you our power ballad.
BC: This is Mayonaise.
Mayonaise
BC: So once again, thank you for coming, thanks for sharing this beautiful night. We'll come back soon and...fuck you again.
Always on the Run (tease)
BC: That was a dumb joke.
Siva
> When You Wish Upon a Star (tease)
> Always on the Run (tease)
> Are You Gonna Go My Way? (tease)
BC: Bye.
Iha: Goodnight.
BC: Bye, bye, bye.
Iha: Goodbye.
BC: Bye, bye.
Iha: Goodnight, bye.
BC: Bye, bye.
Iha: Goodbye, thank you.
BC: Goodbye, see ya.
Iha: Goodbye.
BC: Bye. Bye, bye? Bye. Hope you liked the show, bye, whatever. Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye. Ready? Ready? (screams twice)

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