The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-11-17

November 17, 1996 – Miami, FL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Infinite Sadness tour
Date	November 17, 1996
Venue	Miami Arena
Coordinates	25°46′51″N 80°11′44″W
Location	Miami, FL, US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	12,300
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Matt Walker, Dennis Flemion, Jimmy Flemion
Order of bands	Garbage, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Full performance

Setlist

1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (prerecorded) 
2. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" 
3. "Zero" 
4. "Fuck You" 
5. "Tonight, Tonight" 
6. "By Starlight" 
7. "The Beautiful People" [Marilyn Manson] (tease) 
8. "Today" 
9. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" 
10. "Muzzle" 
11. "Galapogos" (acoustic) 
12. "We Only Come Out at Night" (tease) (acoustic) 
13. "I'm Eighteen" [Alice Cooper] (tease) (acoustic) 
14. "Disarm" (acoustic) 
15. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
16. "Cherub Rock" 
17. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 
    1. "Rocket" (tease) 

Encore one

18. "Siva" [6:50] 
19. "Drown" [5:57] 
    1. "Hummer" (tease) 

Encore two

20. "Landslide" [Stevie Nicks] (tease) 
21. "1979" 
22. "X.Y.U." 

Encore three

23. "Bodies" 
24. "Silverfuck" [28:46] 

Notes

• "1979" with Jimmy Flemion
• Last performance of "We Only Come Out at Night" at any length until 2008-08-08

Banter

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Intro
Where Boys Fear to Tread
> Zero
Fuck You
“Thank you for participating” tape
> Tonight, Tonight
> By Starlight
BC: Hello. Nice to see you. How is everyone?
(Billy plays a few quiet chords over which Iha sings briefly)
The Beautiful People (tease - Billy plays through the riff twice)
> Today
> Planet of the Apes clip
> Thru the Eyes of Ruby
BC: Thank you. ... So what do you wanna hear? We’re a full service band now, so uh....
Iha: Do you wanna hear some Oasis songs? (crowd boos) Just kidding! It’s bad. We’ll play any alterna-hit you want tonight. Including our own.
BC: Alright. You’re all being suspiciously quiet, it makes us nervous.
Iha: I guess, I guess we’ll just have to smash some guitars or something. We’ll go back in time to the grunge years, when we used to headbang and smash guitars.
Muzzle
Galapogos (acoustic)
We Only Come Out at Night (acoustic) (partial: chorus, verse 1, chorus)
I’m Eighteen (acoustic) (tease - guitar from Billy and some quiet lyrics from Iha)
> Disarm (acoustic)
Circus tape
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Cherub Rock
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
> Rocket (tease)
[encore break]
Iha: Miami, I give you the evil hand, rock power. How are you, feelin’ tired? Huh? Still ready to rock on?
BC: Heh, I wanna know what’s up with those people way up there, what’s your deal? We do know you’re up there, we can see you.
Iha: [unintelligible]. Evil hands here in the front. I started giving the evil hand, this man here was giving me the finger. Nice little [1-2 unintelligible words].
BC: See this guy? (pointing at a guy towards the front of the floor) See this guy with his fingers up?
Iha: He’s rockin’.
BC: He’s telling us to fuck off, then he’s saying, “Hey, let’s cool the beef.” I told him to fuck off.
Iha: Heh heh. I don’t know what you got goin’ on, man, but you got a lot goin’ on.
BC: Alright. Most of you probably don’t know we have a first album, yes, it came out in 1991.
Siva
Drown
> Hummer (tease)
BC: Thank you very much.
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to bring a special guest to the stage. One of our...founding fathers...unknown to most, of the Frogs, Jimmy Frog! Why, uh, looking at the screen, do I look like David Bowie, like a little bit? Heh. Whatever [unintelligible]. Anyways, let’s have a round of applause for Jimmy fuckin’ Frog, come on! Alright. Yeah. On the keyboards, his brother, of the Frogs, ladies and gentlemen, Dennis Frog! Hey. The Frogs. Alright, Dennis Frog. And now the moment you’ve been waiting for, the drummer that you wanna know. All the way from Wilmette, Matt “Cosmo” Walker! You ain’t got nothin’ on that shit. And this brings us to our...entertainment portion of our show, where we wish to in full rock cliche, Hollywood style, give you full value for your money.
BC: Ugghhh. Now it’s that time in the show...to shock you. However...
Iha: How [unintelligible word].
BC: ...however, my friendly Floridians, there is a catch. This, of course, is the Sunshine State. Now, this is the part of the show where we normally -- normally -- invite people on stage to dance. Jimmy, Jimmy, please come here. Now the green angel here...has been a little disappointed by the lack of enthusiasm for the rock show. ... Jimmy...are we gonna dance tonight?
Iha: Let’s dance in Florida.
BC: Jimmy, are they going to dance tonight?
Jimmy Frog: (to Billy) You and me? (Billy gestures to the crowd and Jimmy turns to them) You wanna dance? Alright, who wants to dance?
BC: Jimmy shall choose the dancers.
(Matt starts a beat and Dennis Frog joins in on keyboard)
BC: Ohhh yeah!
Iha: Come on, you fuckin’ people. Get on your fuckin’ feet, you sorry ass shit, come on!!
BC: Where shall they be?
Iha: Hey, everything’s [unintelligible word], I can’t control my fuckin’ mind. Jimmy, pick those goddamn dancers. I don’t know who [unintelligible word] they are, just pick the dancers. That’s right, pick the dancers. Pick the dancers, Jimmy. I don’t know who they are. ... (Matt gradually slows the beat down, stops, then solos for 10 seconds) We have the dancers. Who shall they be? Professional dancing. Jimmy, have you found the rest of our dancers?
BC: Now, let’s take a moment to get to know our dancers for this evening. (Billy picks up a young girl that D’arcy’s brought from backstage) Please tell everyone who you are and where you’re from. (the girl shakes her head) Her name is Mork and she’s from Ork. Hi, who are you and where are you from?
Girl #1: Diana [unintelligible last name] from Palm Beach, woooo-ooooh!
Iha: Palm Beach?! What?
BC: That’s where all the...rich people live. [unintelligible 1-2 words], um, who are you and where are you from?
Girl #2: Zahna St. George from Miami.
Iha: Yeah.
BC: Hi, who are you and where are you from?
Girl #3: Kim from Hollywood.
Iha: Heh heh.
BC: Hollywood, California?
Girl #3: Florida.
BC: I started lying at such a young age too. Please tell everyone who you are and where you’re from.
Girl #4: I’m Gina from North Miami Beach!!
Iha: Alright, just...settle down.
BC: Uh, it doesn’t appear that Jimmy has picked any boys to dance.
Iha: Who shall be the man?
BC: No boys, you didn’t pick any boys.
Iha: Well, he -- he picked somebody but the guy ran out on him. We all are cool, opportunity, uh, rock--
BC: Please introduce yourself to everyone.
Girl #5: I’m Sarah from Miami, woo.
BC: As you can see, this is the part of the show where the entire thing grinds to a halt. Uh, music ceases to be really important anymore.
Iha: That’s why we’re here to entertain.
(Matt starts a techno beat while Jimmy is back on the floor)
BC: Heh, alright!
(Matt stops)
Iha: Uhhh...come on, just pick a dancer!
Landslide (tease - Billy plays a few seconds to test his guitar)
BC: Now, we have two rules for our dancers. Two rules. Please don’t touch us and don’t touch our very expensive audio equipment.
Iha: Or you will be beaten over the head with a wah pedal.
BC: Now, James...
Iha: Yes?
BC: ...not everyone can be picked tonight.
Iha: No. And for those of you who still wish to dance on stage, I encourage you to dance on stage, but do it in your mind, yes, any of you who’ve been to California will know what I’m talking about and uh, perhaps an adult education course will help you.
1979
Iha: High proof, ladies and gentlemen, we’ve -- we’ve hit rock bottom at this point. That was a fine show of enthusiasm, let’s have a hand for our dancers! I did see some promise in some of that dancing.
BC: Thank you very much again for coming to the concert. We wish you well. We hope your basketball team gets better, although they will never beat our Chicago Bulls.
(crowd booing)
Iha: [unintelligible].
BC: I mean, I like Pat Riley and Alonzo Mourning and all that, but...it’s not gonna happen.
Iha: Heh heh. Wow! I want you people to get angry, right fuckin’ now! Come on!
BC: That’s alright, you can all tell me to fuck off, it wouldn’t be the first time. We enjoy being -- we enjoy being the most loved and hated band in rock and roll, thank you very much. James, would you like to introduce this next selection?
Iha: Yes, this song is called (whispered) X.Y.U.
X.Y.U.
[encore break]
BC: Alright, you can all come back now, we ain’t done yet.
Bodies
Silverfuck
and i hear your winter
and i hear your rain
and i gave my love away
and i feel no pain
i feel no pain

and i feel your fade away
and i hear you crawl
and yes, i feel your summer ways
i feel no pain

i feel no pain
i feel no pain
i feel no pain
i feel no pain
i feel no pain
i feel no pain
i feel no pain
i feel no pain
i feel no pain
i feel no pain

and she was my lover
she was my angel
and what i recover of me i put into a box underneath my bed
i put her in a box underneath my bed
i put her in a box underneath my bed and yet, she still had something to say

and to her i said baby why
i said baby why
why must you make me cry
why must the girls make the boys cry

baby my baby my baby
where are you now
baby my baby my baby
lost in the clouds

and i screamed your name to the ethers
and the years of tears, we were together again
it was meant to be
yow yow yow! yow yow yow!

one and all
fuck it all
fuck it all
fuck it all
fucking whore
fucking whore, she was a fucking whore
yow!!

BC at 17:58: Time, time...time. Time to squeeze the last drops out of the Mellon Collie Express leaving now. We pause in this moment to say thank you to everyone. As you look around you and you see the uh, the empty seats of what was once a sold out concert, know that those are the people that left early because they already heard their MTV hits. So we salute you, our true fans. We thank you from the bottom of our rusty little hearts. We’ll leave you with a couple words of wisdom before we part company. Uhhh...stay warm, it gets cold down here. Um, drop outta school and learn how to play the guitar. Or the bass. You wouldn’t want to learn how to play the drums, it’s kind of a waste of time, but uh...heh heh heh. So we hope you had a good time. We have tried our best to rock you to the bottom of your dirty little souls. We all know you’re a bunch of preverts [sic] or you wouldn’t be here. So, be safe, be happy, say hello to your parents and your friends and everybody for us. We are the Smashing Pumpkins.
(song ends)
Iha: Thank you. Thanks, [2-3 unintelligible words].