The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-08-06
| August 6, 1994 – New York, NY, US | |
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| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Rock Invasion tour | |
| Date | August 6, 1994 |
| Festival | Lollapalooza 1994 |
| Venue | Downing Stadium |
| Coordinates | 40°47′38″N 73°55′27″W |
| Location | New York, NY, US |
| Venue type | Stadium |
| Capacity | 22,000 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, Eric Remschneider |
| Order of bands | Green Day, 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 |
Setlist[edit | edit source]
- "I Am One" (with rant) [9:12]
- "Zero" (tease)
- "Rocket"
- "Rhinoceros"
- "Quiet"
- "Cherub Rock"
- "Soma"
- "Geek U.S.A."
- "The Sign" [Ace of Base] (tease)
- "Disarm"
- "Today"
- "Silverfuck" [10:15]
- "Bye June" (tease)
- "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease)
Encore[edit | edit source]
- "Hummer"
- "Starla" [9:23]
- "Sweet Sweet" [1:11]
Banter[edit | edit source]
I Am One / Zero
(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’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 hasn’t already been taken. Nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken! Hooooooo-ow! 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! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. What have you got?!: nothing. Where are you going?: nowhere. What can you say that hasn’t already been said, what can you do that hasn’t already been done? What is your name, what is your color, what do you feel?: nothing. Nothing, nothing, nothing. Loneliness is emptiness, emptiness is cleanliness, cleanliness is godliness, godliness is nothingness, nothing. Nothing!! What do you believe in? Straight from the heart, what do you believe in? I don’t believe in god, I don’t believe in America, I don’t believe in rock and roll! I believe in me, I believe in me, I believe in me, I believe in me, I believe in me, me, me, M-E-E-E-E-E, me. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. There is no safety in numbers, there is no safety anywhere. There is only nothing, there are no more heroes, there is only zero. There is no Generation X, there is no Generation Y. Life ain’t livin, seein’ ain’t knowin’, talkin’ ain’t knowin’ shit! Heart and soul, heart and soul, heart and soul, heart and soul. So at the end of the day, at the end of the day...welcome to the end of the day, what have we got? Nothing. Nothing but a name and a number! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!!!)
(intro to Rocket begins)
BC: Welcome to the apocalypse!
Rocket
BC: Thank you. I’m so glad it's a beautiful night tonight. I'm so glad you're here with us.
Rhinoceros
Quiet
Cherub Rock
BC: Thank you. ... We are the Smashing Pumpkins. We always have been and always will be the Smashing Pumpkins. Some people like that and other people don’t, but that's okay too.
Iha: But R.E.O. Speedwagon's okay too.
Soma
Geek U.S.A.
(BC alt last line: I fuckin’ love the U.S.A.!)
The Sign (tease)
Iha: (singing) I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign. Life’s so demanding without understanding, I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign.
BC: Hi, my name is Jerry and we're the Rocktones. We'd like to do a song about growing up in New Jersey.
Disarm
> Today
BC: Thank you very much for staying to watch us play. I hope everyone has had a good time...today. We are--
Iha: Jaded –- jaded New York, come on.
BC: Ah, lay off New York, James.
Iha: Come on, New York, jaded New York.
BC: I don’t –- now, wait a second. I usually don't disagree with James but last night the people here were pretty jaded, you people aren't so jaded, so...thank you very much. You're fine, you're fine. There's nothing wrong with you, it's all...in my head, see? But anyway, we hope you've enjoyed the bands, we're very honored to be on this bill with everyone. And I hope that maybe, I hope that maybe someday there'll be more than just Lollapalooza, there'll be a lot more of these kinds of things for us to go see and be a part of. 'Cause music's pretty cool and I'm glad to be a part of it, thank you.
Silverfuck / Bye June / Over the Rainbow
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you.
BC: You sure you want us to play more songs? You know, we've been on tour for fourteen months and uh...we've forced a lot of people to listen to a lot of shit, you know, if you know what I mean. That's why I ask. Alright, who wants to catch a pass? I could have been a quarterback. Can you -– this is so fu -– aw, this is crazy, it’s too loud. So, thank you once again for your support. We realize that we're always not the best band but we do try to be and...I hope you understand. I know that sounds really conceited but it’s not the way that I really meant it, I just...sometimes when you reach for the stars, you end up in the fuckin' shit, if you know what I mean. That’s right!
Iha: That's right.
BC: So tonight we're gonna rock you tonight.
Iha: Let's see some evil hands, evil hands out there, evil hands. You know, Ronnie James Dio, evil?
BC: You sure you're into this, really, are you sure? You're positive, you're absolutely positive? Okay. All together now.
Hummer
BC: Bless your hearts, thank you. We'd like to do one more song for you, it's one of our favorite songs...and uh, it's gonna come out soon in America, it's never really come out except on import, it’s called Starla. Actually I -– I met the girl that I wr -– I didn't write this song about a girl but I met a girl named Starla and I met her about a month ago and I said, uh, “Hey, I wrote a song about you with your name” and she said "Oh, Darla?" and I went, “Oh, no, Starla.” I know it's not very funny but I just thought you might wanna know the genesis behind the song. (Iha starts Starla intro) Actually, this song's about eating carrots, I hope you understand that. That's Midwestern humor for those of you who don't know. Please tell your parents we said hello. We do love parents. My parents died in a car crash, sorry. I can't tell them hello. Just kidding.
Iha: And now we'll start the song.
(Billy starts his guitar part)
BC: Listen, if you're gonna throw shit at us, we're not gonna play, so you might as well stop that part of the fit.
Starla
Sweet Sweet (Billy solo acapella)
BC: Thanks, bye. Oh yeah, one more thing. When I -– when I started singing this, I heard somebody yell "Oh, it's another one of them songs about love." Well, yes it is and I'm gonna keep singing ‘em forever too.