The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-08-08
| August 8, 1994 – Charlestown, WV, US | |
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| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Rock Invasion tour | |
| Date | August 8, 1994 |
| Festival | Lollapalooza 1994 |
| Venue | Charles Town Raceway |
| Coordinates | 39°17′45″N 77°50′57″W |
| Location | Charlestown, WV, US |
| Venue type | Race track |
| 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]
- "Soma"
- "Quiet"
- "Cherub Rock"
- "Drown" [5:04]
- "Eruption" [Van Halen] (tease)
- "Hummer"
- "Geek U.S.A."
- "Today"
- "Disarm"
- "I Am One" (with rant) [9:12]
Encore[edit | edit source]
- "Rocket"
- "Silverfuck" [8:36]
- "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease)
Banter[edit | edit source]
Iha: Hi.
Soma
(intro to Quiet starts)
BC: Good evening! Welcome to the rock shooooooooooow!)
> Quiet
Cherub Rock
(brief amp feedback)
BC: Rock power.
Iha: Alright! Heh heh, thank you very much.
BC: You're not at all tired and shit, are you? “No, we are not!”
Iha: “We are though crowded.”
BC: “We are from the east coast, we are not tired.” Hello. We are four people, no machines, just rock.
Drown
> Eruption (tease)
> Hummer
> Geek U.S.A.
(BC alt last line: I fuckin’ love the U.S.A.)
BC: Thanks for stayin’ late for the rock show.
Today
Disarm
> I Am One / Zero / My Generation
(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. What you want is what you get, what you need is what you desire, what you desire is what you cannot have. Ah-ah-men. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme 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. All I ever wanted was everything, all I ever wanted was everything, all I ever wanted was everything and all I got was shit! Generation No. Generation Zero. Generation Shit! Generation Bullshit. My ass. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Nothing. I come from nothing! I am nothing. I believe this earth has nothing but dust and bone. Gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. There are no more heroes. There are no more heroes. There are no more heroes. Everything’s coming up zeros! Aw yeah, aw yeah, oh yeah, aw yeah, put your hands in the air, grab your dicks like you just don’t care! The time of the apocalypse is near but there’s no need to fear ‘cause we ain’t gonna leave anything behind anyway! Zero, nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme some nothing. 27 years of a broken heart, 27 years we have been apart, 27 years of bad poetry. Poetry in motion, death of you and me, yeaaaaaaaah. The voice of god is in your head! The voice of god is in your head, the voice of god is in your head, the voice of god is in your head. Loneliness is emptiness and emptiness is cleanliness and cleanliness is godliness and godliness is nothingness! Blah! Nothing. Voice of a generation of bullshit! Bullshit, bullshit! Bolshevik bullshit. And we separate as we divide and we come together. We come together, commas...rock and roll. Rock and roll! You know, a hundred and thirty-five bucks a pop up at Woodstock, rock and roll! I don’t believe in shit! I don’t believe in shit. I don’t believe in god, I don’t believe in MTV, I don’t believe in you, I don’t believe in me, I believe in shiiiiiit!! Shit. My generation, my g-g-g-generation. So I ask you...gimme some more, gimme some more, gimme some more of that nothing, nothing. Nothing. Ah, breaks my heart. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!!!)
[encore break]
Iha: OW!!! We appreciates uh, heh heh,.is that bullshit meant for good or for bad? Alright, heh. I used to yell that in high school at the uh....
BC: (laughing) What?
Iha: What's that, brother? Watch your mouth.
BC: We don't believe in swearing.
(intro to Rocket begins)
Iha: Psychedelic.
BC: Come join us on our interplanetary craft as we visit...Uranus.
Rocket
BC: Listen, I have to ask you for a favor, please do not throw things at the stage, if you throw things at the stage, we will stop the show, so if you want to be the asshole to stop the show and have everyone around you kick your fucking ass, then go ahead. And I'm serious, we will stop the show, please do not throw things at the stage, we get hurt and it's not very nice, thank you.
Silverfuck / Over the Rainbow
Iha: Again, thanks a lot, goodnight.