The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-03-12

March 12, 2000 – Toronto, ON, CA
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Resume the Pose tour
Date	March 12, 2000
Venue	The Guvernment
Coordinates	43°38′39″N 79°22′8″W
Location	Toronto, ON, CA
Venue type	Club
Capacity	900
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Maur
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Glass and the Ghost Children" [10:03] 
2. "Age of Innocence" 
3. "Zero" 
4. "Heavy Metal Machine" 
5. "The Crying Tree of Mercury" 
6. "Ava Adore" 
7. "I Am One" (with rant) [7:36] 
8. "Rock On" [David Essex] [6:00] 
9. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
10. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [7:26] 
11. "To Sheila" 
12. "Cherub Rock" 
13. "I of the Mourning" 

Encore one

14. "Limelight" [Rush] (acoustic) (only performance)
15. "1979" (acoustic) 
16. "Join Together" [The Who] (acoustic) 

Encore two

17. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
18. "Gloria" [Them] (tease) 
    1. (improv: "Canada")
19. "X.Y.U." (with rant) [9:12] 
20. "We Love You" [5:42] (final performance)
    1. "Cash Car Star" (tease) 
21. "Gloria" [Them] (tease) 
22. "Whole Lotta Love" [Led Zeppelin] (tease) 
23. "Smoke on the Water" [Deep Purple] (tease) 
24. "The Trooper" [Iron Maiden] (tease) 
25. "Back in Black" [AC/DC] (tease) 
26. "Sweet Home Alabama" [Lynyrd Skynyrd] (tease) 
27. "Tristessa" (tease) 

Notes

• Last performance of "The Crying Tree of Mercury" until 2007-06-05 and last full band performance until 2015-07-07
• Last performance of "X.Y.U." until 2012-05-24

Banter

Glass and the Ghost Children
> Age of Innocence
Zero
> Heavy Metal Machine
BC: Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank you, Toronto.
The Crying Tree of Mercury
Ava Adore
> I Am One
(BC: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, good evening, good evening, good evening to all of you. Good evening. Can we have a little light in this motherfucker, Tommy? I wanna see everybody. Let’s get some light. Put the house lights on. Do something, I wanna see everybody. I wanna see everybody. Yes, put the house lights on, yes, please, I want to see everybody, hello. I want to see you. Thank you very much for coming to the last night of our Resume the Pose tour. We’re very happy to be here with you tonight, there you go. We are the Smashing Pumpkins. Eternally breaking apart. Yes, falling apart. So one more time, one more time, one more time, we reach way back, way back...way back, way back, 1991. Yes, shhhh. A simple time of revolutionary thoughts and happy hearts, all before it went all wrong. Yes, shhhh. We reach way back, shhhh. One more time we deliver this message to you. It’s a revolution, it’s a revolution of thought, there are no soldiers, there are no bullets, there are no guns. Yes. ... There you go. There are those rare moments where, yes, even I don’t know what to say and I’m very humbled by your love and support for our band. So tonight, I’ll skip the spiel, I’ll cut all the bullshit talk and just say we love you and we thank you. We are the machines...)
Rock On
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Once in a Lifetime
you might ask yourself
what is the true meaning of truth?
you might ask yourself
just what the fuck am i gonna do?
you might ask yourself, yeah
what do these eyes really see?
you might ask yourself
just who am i supposed to be

letting the days by
water flowing underground
into the blue again
water flowing underground

and you might ask yourself
what do i feel in my bones?
you might ask yourself
why does my home feel like a warzone?
you might ask yourself
why am i so fucking lazy?
you might ask yourself
is it them or am i going crazy?

into the blue again
letting the days by
into the water again
under the rocks and stone!

(Iha solo)

you might ask yourself
who is that fucking guy on stage?
you might ask yourself
what does he know about me and my life?
you might ask yourself
i feel so dead i cannot be alive
you might ask yourself
there’s no way i shall survive, there’s no way

into the blue again
water flowing underground
letting the days go by
water flowing underground

what!
What!
help me

To Sheila
Cherub Rock (abandoned after Billy starts introducing the band)
BC: Ladies and gentlemen, I’d now like to introduce the band to you. Yes, the band. Yes, he’s a cat, he’s a gnome, he plays the guitar, his name is Mr. James Iha.
Iha: Hello? Hello, hello, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, I have - I have, hello, Bruce, may I have the house there? Um, stop, uh, too many people are getting crushed up here in the front, so if you could just not push as much. Thanks. That was my service announcement.
BC: To my left, Miss Melissa Auf der Maur. On the uh, on the primal thumbs, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. (Jimmy starts the song again) And my name is Fred.
Cherub Rock
BC: Thank you all, thank you all, thank you all. So it uh, so it being the last night, um, we ask you to indulge us to let us play you one more song from our new album. Oh yeah, by the way, um, if you didn’t see the Juno Awards, the results are in, so I know them. So in case you were curious, best album, best vocal by a lip syncing band, best looking band: Backstreet Boys. Best Canadian group: the Backstreet Boys. Best instrumental: the Backstreet Boys. There was best fake boobs category but I can’t remember who won. So uh, this is a new song, it’s called I of the Mourning, thank you.
I of the Mourning
[encore break]
BC: Thank you. I’d like to try something I don’t - well, let me start again. I’m about to play a song for you that I’ve never played before in my life. I’ve been wanting to play this song for a really long time.
Guy in crowd: We love you, Billy!
BC: Thank you, I love you too. It’s um, I think that uh, that uh, this amazing night and um, this city, um, is - is uh, this is the perfect song, I guess that’s what I’m trying to say. So I guess that’s a long prelude for saying that I’ve never played this song before, so if I mess up, it’s not my fault. Okay, so, I hope you’re with me. If you know this song, sing along.
Limelight (Billy solo acoustic)
BC: I’d like to say uh, I’d like to say uh, I wanted to say this before I played this song. We uh, our band is so indebted to Rush, it’s such an amazing band. And I love that song very much and thank you to them for what they’ve given to us, so thank you.
1979 (acoustic, Jimmy plays guitar)
BC: Thank you. Thank you very much. I hope we’re not playing too long, we have a tendency to do that. It’s not every day we get to play in front of you, so we’re just trying to get the most out of.... Plus we figure, you know, with Melissa being Canadian, you’ll let us get away with whatever we want. Is everybody alright, is it too hot, is it too cold, is it too [unintelligible word]?
Iha: It’s just right.
Join Together (acoustic)
Iha: Thanks, thanks.
[encore break]
Iha: Woo!
The Everlasting Gaze
BC: Thank you very much, uh, if we could have the house lights on please, Whitey. No, house lights, like real lights. We’d like to take a moment to um, to um, well, I’d like to thank my three bandmates very much. Thank you, Melissa. Thank you, James. Thank you, uh, Jimmy. Uh, thank you very much, my friends in the band. Um, I’d like to thank our esteemed road crew for making this all possible. Thank you. Thank you everybody for making our lives easy. Haha, well, kinda easy. Um, there’s one person we’d like to really...well....
Iha: Dedicate.
BC: We’d like to dedicate this next song to this person. Where is he? I can’t find him.
Iha: For that psychedelic....
BC: Where is the light - where is the lighting guy? Where’s the lighting guy?
Iha: Ah, he’s over that way.
BC: Oh, he’s over there, see him up there? Wave, Tommy. Uh, this is good ch - that’s Tommy. Um, this is a good time to say thank you and you’re fired. This is your last gig with us, Tommy. I joke.
Melissa: I was just thinking about the fact that I’m representing our fine country and a very fine rock band. And I am so proud of our Canadian rock ability, thank you. And basically the rest of this goes to Canada and bye, Tommy.
BC: Also, one further announcement, besides saying thank you and goodnight is um, this is a - we’ve played this song every once in a while and um, this is pretty much the last time we’re going to play it, so if it’s really bad and then, it’s the same sort of concept. I know that doesn’t help, but it puts at least in our minds some sort of context to allow us to play this song, because if we didn’t believe it was the last time, then we couldn’t even play this song. Do you agree with that, James?
Gloria (parody version “Canada”)
Iha: I spell C. A. N. A. D. A, A, A, A. Stand up! Canada. Everybody! Canada. Get into Canada. ‘Cause the Canaca-ca-ca-ca-ca, grato! I met you a long time ago, woman. You’ve been so B team, Toronto. Knockin’ on my door. Knockin’ on my door. Hello Montreal. You’re lookin’ good tonight, Montreal. Hello Vancouver, where you been all my life...woman? I spell C. Come on! A. N, yeah! A. D. A. Back off, Canada! Canada. Canada and North America. Canada. One more time. Canada. You got them Canadian blues? Uh! Sho nuff you do. Huh! Sounds like you been down out there, Mooselip or something out that. You been campin’? You got them campin’ blues? Uh! Yeah, feeling funky. Feelin’ kinda Canada. No no. Yes yes. Canada.
> X.Y.U. / Never Say Never
she didn’t wanna know
she didn’t even care
she gave it all away
all on a dare

and i said
i wanna fill you up
i wanna break you
i wanna suck you up
‘cause i’m your lover
and i’m your motherfuck
come to save you
‘cause you’re all mine

yeah!
rat tat tat!
oh!

do you love me? hahahaha
do you really care?
is it my body?
or just my long hair?

and i said
i wanna fill you up
i wanna take you
and crumble you up
‘cause i’m your lover
and i’m your motherfuck
come to save you
‘cause you’re all mine!!

ow!
rat tat tat!!
owwww!!

her dad said she was a good girl
she always did her homework
especially when daddy was through with her
after he got home from work, yeah!

ow!
rat tat tat!!
ow!

mary had a little lamb
and her face was white as snow
everywhere that mary went
nothing that would for sure to go!!

yeah!
yeah!
yeah!

i’ll make you cry real tears of milk
i’ll make you wish you weren’t a girl
i’ll make you wish you’d never been born at all
i’ll make you wish – owwwww!!!

unh!
yeah!
ooh!

(outro begins)

BC: Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall. And alllllll the king's horses couldn’t pay his bills. Little Red Riding Hood went walking through the dense Canadian forest and she came upooooon a golden key. And that key unlocked a door which held a room which held another key that unlocked another door that held another room with another key and unlocked another door with another door and unlocked another door with another key and on and on and on. ‘Cause you can get lost in the dense Canadian forest. (Billy solos briefly) There’s nowhere to go. There’s nowhere to hide. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nowhere to hide. I might like you better, I might like you better, I might like you better if we slept together. But there’s something, yeah, something in your eyes that says maybe, maybe, that’s never say never. Ow! Oh, do you wanna, oh do you wanna, shhhhh. Oh do you wanna, oh do you wanna, oh do you wanna play house? Oh do you wanna, oh do you wanna, oh do you wanna play house? I’m a Hollywood baby, come out by your window and let me (howled) howl. (normal) I’m a howlin’ wolf, baby, come outside your window, let me (howled) howl. (howls) (normal) I’m a king bee, I’m a king bee, I’m a guitar hero, I’m a whoop wooooooo! (howls) (howls) (scream howls) (normal) I’m a king bee wolf, a big bear. (Billy solos) Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright. Let the blues die. Let the blues die. Then you never listen to the surf music again. Let the blues die. (song ends) (howls) (scream howls) (howls) (normal) Whoo. Look out! (howls)
Iha: Thanks, uh...thanks a lot, everybody. Oh, Tonto, you’re rockin’. Thank you.
BC: Have - have we made everyone really tired and sleepy? No no no no no, really, that’s not a - that’s not one of those concert questions to elicit a tremendous response. We know that you’ve - we’ve worn you out, so we’ll just kind of lull you to sleep now. Shhhh. Shhhh. No no, there’ll be no more loud music, it’s all very pleasant now, shhhh. We’re just gonna group meditate and wish for good things, here we go. Shhhh. Here we go, we’re all thinking positive thoughts, like uh, positive thoughts like soon the rock will stop to suck. Soon rock music will stop sucking. Positive thoughts, positive thoughts! Soon there will be no more boy bands. We’re all thinking positive thoughts, positive thoughts. Soon the rock will return to the people. I know that James is building some sort of environmental slash rock campaign, something to do with trees and rock music, I don’t know. Would you like to explain it?
Iha: Me oh my, me oh my. Me oh my, me oh my. Wiggle wiggle, wiggle wiggle! Hello! Devil? Is that you, devil? What you sellin’, devil? A lake of fire? Seven deadly sins? An everlasting gas fire barbecue grill? I don’t want any of that, devil. I’m gonna have to say goodbye to you, devil. I hung up on the devil, ladies and gentlemen. Have you had that problem yourself? The devil callin’ you and you don’t have caller ID? Ohhh, the devil works in so many ways and we’re gonna be purified tonight! Can I see some hands in the air? Of the faithful? Are some of you using the devil’s phone service? Are there any of you that would like to switch? There are some of you who would like to switch...away from the devil’s phone service and to get onto god’s Canadian Bell. You’ve heard the devil’s music tonight so you wanna be purified in one last jam, right? Rock music, rock music has a history. Do you know that heathen song These Boots Are Made For Walkin’? These Boots Are Made For Walkin’. I’m gonna write walk all over you. Well, I got the devil in my shoebox. That’s where I been keepin’ him so he don’t walk on us. Ow! So I want the energy of all of you right now for this one last jam, come on Toronto, show me your hands!
We Love You / Cash Car Star
Iha: Ooh yeah. Spread the gospel, Toronto. Come on! [unintelligible]!)

across the bends of time
we reach into your intuitive mind
i jinx a puzzle that cannot be solved
within the lilted lies
we hold a big surprise
everybody’s gonna be a big star
everybody’s gonna walk real far
everybody’s gonna be a big star
everybody’s gonna drive a big car
everybody’s gonna be a big star
(screams)

we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
come on, sing along
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
that’s right, we loooooove you

BC: Yes, I may be speaking for the devil but I love you too.

we’re gonna get so high
we’re gonna reach to the ground
we’re gonna make you cry
we’re gonna make you not wanna hang around after the concert because it’s awfully cold and you’re probably not gonna get an autograph anyway because we’re big rock stars and we’re just gonna get in our vans and limos and just drive away
(screams)

we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you

we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
come on
come on
we love it, come on
we love you

BC: Yes. It’s not easy, you know. Hold on, kick it down there a second, Jimmy, I got a little speech of my own. You know, it’s not easy being rich and famous, there are a lot of pitfalls. It’s a joke. It is a joke! Yes, that’s called American humor. American humor, yes. Aw, come on.

we love you
we love you
(howls)
(howls)
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you
we love you

(Billy solos)

BC: Oh yeah, that’s the end of the concert, now we just fuck off, so...don’t worry about it, go home.

(Billy and Iha solo together)

BC: No seriously, that’s the end of the concert. Please go home, that’s it, there’s no more concert, we love you and uh, god bless you and uh, don’t worry about it, just go home.

> unknown (tease)
> Gloria (tease)
Iha: Whoa. Thank you. Heh heh heh.
Whole Lotta Love (tease - riff once)
Iha: You wanna hear Zeppelin?
Smoke on the Water (tease - riff once)
Iha: Alright, Purple, no, they were Deep Purple. We’ve run out of...
The Trooper (tease - riff three times)
Iha: What?
Back in Black (tease - riff once)
Sweet Home Alabama (tease - riff a few times)
Tristessa (tease - riff once)
Iha: Um. Oh.
BC: I think it’s time, I think it’s time to bid you adieu. Thank you very much.
Iha: Goodnight. You’re great. Be safe. Thank you. Thanks a lot. I would like to thank all the nice people I’ve met in my life right now. All the nice people I’ve met, thank you. As a group of people, you seem to be a nice group of people, goodnight, I thank you.