The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-07-30

July 30, 1994 – Burgettstown, PA, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	July 30, 1994
Festival	Lollapalooza 1994
Venue	Starlake Amphitheater
Coordinates	40°25′11″N 80°26′3″W
Location	Burgettstown, PA, US
Venue type	Amphitheater
Capacity	22,683
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, Eric Remschneider
Order of bands	Boredoms, L7, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, A Tribe Called Quest, The Breeders, George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars, The Beastie Boys, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Soma" 
2. "Rocket" 
3. "Disarm" 
4. "Today" (tease) 
5. "Quiet" 
6. "I Am One" (with rant) [8:56] 
   1. "Zero" (tease) 
7. "Drown" [5:22] 
8. "Hummer" 
9. "Geek U.S.A." 
10. "Today" 
11. "Cherub Rock" 

Encore

12. "Siva" [4:11] 
13. "Silverfuck" [15:09] 
    1. "Never Let Me Down Again" [Depeche Mode] (tease) 
    2. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease) 

Notes

• Pro video claiming to be from this show is a mislabel of the Vieuphoria Lost Tapes (1994-08-10 and 1994-08-11)

Banter

(possibly incomplete)

Soma
(intro to Rocket begins)
BC: (slow and deep) Thank you, good evening.
Rocket
> Disarm
> Today (tease - 5-6 notes)
> Quiet
Iha: [cuts in] They don’t even care what you’re saying, okay?
BC: (rock star voice) We love you man, we love you man! Fuckin’ love you, man!
(I Am One drums start)
Iha: Well, we’ll switch it when he gets back.
I Am One / Zero
(BC midsong: What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing. What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing. Nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken. Nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken. All I ever wanted was everything, all I ever wanted was everything and all I ever wanted was everything and all I got was shit! What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing. What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Everything’s coming up zero...sss. Everything’s coming up zeroes. Everything’s coming up zeroes, there are no more heroes, everything’s coming up zeroes. Loneliness is emptiness, emptiness is cleanliness, cleanliness is next to godliness, godliness is next to nothingness, nothingness is nothingness, nothing means nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Speaking is not intelligence. Seeing is not knowing. Thinking is not thought. Believing is not faith. Nothing. Nothing. What have you got?! Nothing! What do you need?: everything. Where have you been, where are you going, what are you gonna do? [2 unintelligible words], sir, yeah, that’s it. I got the blues. Is anybody alive? No way. No no no no no. What have you got? Nothing. What is in your heart? Nothing. What do you feel?! Nothing. Very good, you get an A. Straight from the motherfuckin’ heart, there’s nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. Nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!!!)
BC: (sad voice) Thank you. (normal voice) Hi, we're your esoteric death metal band for the evening. We have come to bring you gloom and doom. Well, if that matters.
Iha: Now that the vibe is right, we're gonna play you a song.
BC: Laz, turn it on! Now I’d like to say hello to each and every one of you personally. Good evening, good evening, good evening, hi, hi.
Iha: Hey everyone, heh heh.
BC: Normally we see you long portions of the show, so...we can try to cling this one.
Drown
> Hummer
Iha: Are we playing you to sleep? Oh, okay. (brief guitar shred)
BC: Little more. (another guitar shred) Now I just can’t hear the goddamn [unintelligible word] machine with these monitors, James. There it is!
Iha: There it is. Alright, we will try to attempt to awaken you from your slumber with another rock jam.
Geek U.S.A.
(BC alt last line: I fuckin’ love the U.S.A.!)
BC: (sad voice) Thank you.
Today
Cherub Rock
BC: (sad voice) Thank you.
[encore break]
Iha: Well, we appreciate you staying.
BC: Diem, why is he in my monitors?
Iha: We have the full vocal surround effects on my voice.
BC: We’d like to play a couple new songs for now, uh...gonna open with Tuesday Boogie. We’ll go right into The [unintelligible word] Unleashed Rocked. You go, girl. Wait, turn on these lights now for a second. (crowd cheers) What’s the matter, does the sound suck, what’s wrong? Alright, wait, we’re gonna take a poll. ‘Kay, here’s your options, uh, number one: does the sound suck, yes or no, yes? Does the sound suck, no? Well, I guess the sound sucks. Do we suck, yes? Well, that sounded like a big yes, thank you.
Iha: Heh heh, alright.
BC: Oh, look, some hippie threw his hacky sack. Dude, why are you gonna get through life without this, man? You’re gonna be bummin’ next time the Dead’s in town.
Iha: Don’t forget your mantra.
BC: We got some promotional sandals backstage, so if you wanna come find your hacky sack, we’ll give you some free sandals. For your Moses-like feet.
Siva
(BC alt lyrics: All this pain smothers me, like a bomb that you can see. Tell me, tell me what you’re called. Six norm high and stone lies have regrown.)
(intro to Silverfuck begins)
Iha: There’s the cheat sheets, rush down for a look...for our audio track.
BC: Ah, you can swear, it's called Silverfuck, dummy! Silver.... Don't worry, your mom's not here, she won't let you.
Silverfuck / Never Let Me Down Again / Over the Rainbow
Iha: Thank you. [tape cuts]