The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-08-03

August 3, 1994 – North Kingstown, RI, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	August 3, 1994
Festival	Lollapalooza 1994
Venue	Quonset State Airport
Coordinates	41°35′40″N 71°24′53″W
Location	North Kingstown, RI, US
Venue type	Airport
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, Eric Remschneider, Yamantaka Eye, Seiichi Yamamoto
Order of bands	Boredoms, 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. "Geek U.S.A." 
4. "Disarm" 
5. "Quiet" 
6. "Cherub Rock" 
7. "Rhinoceros" 
8. "Hummer" 
9. "Today" 
10. "I Am One" (with rant) [10:57] 
    1. "Zero" (tease) 
    2. "Unchained" [Van Halen] (tease) 
    3. "Hand in Glove" [The Smiths] (tease) 
    4. "Stay (I Missed You)" [Loeb] (tease) 

Encore

11. "Spaced" (tease) 
1. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" [Metallica] (tease) 
2. "Silverfuck" [18:48] 
3. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease) 
4. "Symphony No. 5" [Beethoven] (tease) 
5. "The Star-Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease) 

Notes

• "Silverfuck" coda features Boredoms members Yamantaka Eye on vocals and Seiichi Yamamoto on guitar
• Longest "I Am One" ever played

Banter

Iha: How is everyone? Bleh? Well, we're gonna start out very mellow tonight, we're gonna do an Eagles song, Peaceful Easy Feeling. I hope you like it. As soon as uh, soon as D'arcy comes, we'll have some sounds. Any second now.
Soma
> Rocket
Geek U.S.A.
(BC alt last line: I fuckin’ love the U.S.A.!)
BC: Thank you, thank you, good evening. Well, it's a beautiful day, evening, really beautiful day, you know what I mean. We're all so happy to be here on the military base with you. I already said hello, but I'll say hi to you, okay?
Iha: Hi.
Disarm
> Quiet
Cherub Rock
Rhinoceros
BC: Is everybody okay? You're sure now?
Iha: The smallest state in United States, let's hear some noise from the smallest state! You may be small, but you are big, you're big at heart.
Hummer
Today
> I Am One / Zero / Unchained / Hand in Glove / Stay
(BC midsong: All I ever wanted was everything. All I ever wanted was everything. All I ever wanted was everything and all I got was shit! What you want is what you get and that's nothing. What you want is what you get and that's nothing. What you want is what you cannot have. Nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken. Nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing, nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Shot to hell. Left with nothing. Dead of heart and tired of mind. Lost that soul, sharp of teeth. What have you got? Nothing. Where have you gone? Nothing. What have you got?! It’s nothing compared to what! Compared to god, compared to America, compared to...school, parents, mom, dad, Jesus Christ, love, TV. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. ... (band stops) Loneliness is emptiness and emptiness is cleanliness and cleanliness is godliness and godliness is nothingness and nothingness is nothingness is nothingness is loneliness and loneliness is emptiness and emptiness is cleanliness and cleanliness is godliness and godliness is nothingness. And I open my heart to you and I ask you: what have we got?! Nothing! Not rock and roll. By the way, the governor of your fine state tried to make this show not happen. So for all of you who are of voting age, which includes me, just remember not to vote for him the next time he comes up. Lord knows that the governor of this state would not want the fine youth of his state tearing up this empty fucking lot.
Iha: There's very important missiles underneath, that's why, they don't want anything to go off.
BC: James, you can't stop rock and roll.
Iha: You just can't! (Iha plays a few seconds of the Unchained riff) I forgot how it goes.
BC: No, it goes like this. (Billy plays the Unchained riff)
Iha: Come on, people! [1 unintelligible word].
BC: He had the Smiths records when I had the Van Halen records, so....
Iha: (singing) Hand in glove...hand in Providence.
BC: Laz. (people cheer as lights are turned on) I am very glad that we have come together at this point in time. Life is fleeting. Woodstocks are a-plenty. At least you can tell your children someday that you came and you rocked. Now how do i get outta this one?
Iha: Uh....
BC: Yeah, I don’t know!
Iha: Uh...(singing) You say, I talk so all the time. You say, I only hear what I want to.
BC: Well, you might as well bring back in the drum beat.
Iha: Come on! (laughing) Come -– come on, Jimmy!
BC: Put yo’ hands in the air!
Iha: Put your motherfuckin' hands in the motherfuckin' air! Fuck this governor, you’re fuckin’ rockin’ on this land! There may be a bomb underneath but you are rockin’! (Jimmy restarts drum beat) You got water right down here! You got missiles right down here. Come on, Providence, the smallest state in America!
BC: Haha! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!!!)
BC: We apologize for trapping ourselves in a vortex we could not get ourselves out of. Sorry to be that entertaining.
Iha: Thanks, um, heh heh heh.
[encore break]
Iha: We're sorry, we had to go offstage, they just brought out the beers and you know, you know what I'm saying, heh heh. Just kidding. Now I will...tap dance for you.
BC: You know we're fucked when he starts resorting to cheap vaudeville tricks. Well, we're sorry we sucked, you know, we're gonna try and make it up to you in one song, but....
Silverfuck / Over the Rainbow / Symphony No. 5 / Star Spangled Banner (with Yamantaka Eye & Seiichi Yamamoto) (with Spaced & For Whom the Bell Tolls teases in the intro)
(BC at normal “Over the Rainbow” part: (singing) Ssssssssssssssss-somewhere.... (pause for audience singing) Why, oh, why...? (Billy scats the “someday I’ll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me” line that he usually doesn’t sing) (speaking) Eric, how ‘bout some Beethoven? (Eric plays first few seconds of Symphony No. 5) (laughing) Heh, that’s so bad, heh. Don’t you understand, we’re very sorry that we’re sucking, we’re trying not to but uh.... Some nights we just don’t have the magic, you know what I’m saying?
Iha: We want you people to give us the magic.
BC: I’ll tell you what, I know what’s gonna get everyone revved up. Okay, this is the magic goblet and whoever catches the magic goblet gets to win a date with James.
Iha: We’ll first go see Forrest Gump and then after that, we’ll go to Denny’s.
BC: Please present the magic goblet backstage and you will receive a free date with James.
Iha: (laughing) No. No no no.
BC: And he doesn’t care if you’re a man or a girl. He swings both ways, if you know what I mean. (Billy plays a brief guitar flourish) Thank you.
Iha: Boy, we really are suckin’ tonight! We’re telling our worst jokes all in one show, we’re sorry.
BC: Alright, back to the rock show, you ready? Hey, where were we? Oh yeah, Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Okay, if everyone could just be quiet for one second, we can actually have a good, wholesome rock moment. Are you ready, everyone? I just need your participation, just need everyone to be quiet, shhh, shhh, shhh. Look at your neighbor. Ready? Shhh. (whispering) Can you hear me? (song slams back into final chorus))
Iha: We'd like to thank the Boredoms, the Boredoms, everyone. Everyone drive home safe, goodnight, take care, thanks for having us, thanks for staying out, have a good night.

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