The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-04-16
| April 16, 2000 – Chicago, IL, US | |
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| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| The Sacred and Profane tour | |
| Date | April 16, 2000 |
| Venue | Aragon Ballroom |
| Coordinates | 41°58′10″N 87°39′29″W |
| Location | Chicago, IL, US |
| Venue type | Ballroom |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Maur |
| Order of bands | The Smashing Pumpkins |
Setlist[edit | edit source]
- "Rock On" [David Essex] [6:06]
- "Heavy Metal Machine"
- "Age of Innocence"
- "Glass and the Ghost Children" [10:36]
- "I of the Mourning"
- "This Time"
- "Blew Away"
- "Stand Inside Your Love"
- "Le Deux Machina" (prerecorded)
- "To Sheila" (acoustic)
- "Disarm" (acoustic)
- "Try, Try, Try" (acoustic)
- "Ava Adore" (acoustic)
- "Mayonaise"
- "The Everlasting Gaze"
- "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
- "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [7:12]
- "Blue Skies Bring Tears" [6:23]
- "Tonight, Tonight"
- "Cherub Rock"
Encore one[edit | edit source]
- "Blank Page"
- "Today"
Encore two[edit | edit source]
- "1979" (acoustic)
- "Join Together" [The Who]
- "Today" (tease)
Banter[edit | edit source]
Rock On / And the Cradle Will Rock... / Everybody Wants Some!!
Heavy Metal Machine
Age of Innocence
Glass and the Ghost Children
BC: Good evening, everybody, good evening. Gooooood evening! You know, um, when me and James were, uh, young boys, we used to listen to like, uh, live rock concerts and there’d always be that guy would say, “You know, you people, tonight we’re taping and uh....”
Iha: That’s right!
BC: Well...that’s right, and um, so just a - for those of you that don’t know, right now we’re, uh, live on the radio, WXRT. So tonight, people, we’re taping, let everyone hear you out there in Chicago.
Iha: I can’t hear you!
BC: Ah, we’d like to dedicate this next song to uh, to a friend of ours, uh, Johnny Mars from WXRT, he’s celebrating his 20th anniversary at WXRT and I know me and James are - he was the guy that always played the Smiths and all the weird bands, so...thank you, Johnny. This song’s for Johnny.
I of the Mourning
This Time
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. Thanks. Now I’d like to introduce you to somebody. Many of you know him as a superhero, uh, a space age character. I just know him as this...sort of shy, introspective kind of guy. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. James Iha.
Blew Away
Stand Inside Your Love
Le Deux Machina (tape)
To Sheila (Billy acoustic w/Iha)
Disarm (acoustic)
BC: Thank you very much, thank you. We’d like to, uh, play a song for you we’ve never played live before, so...heh heh. You might not be cheering after the song, but um.... This is a song from our new album, it’s called Try, Try, Try, Try, Try, Try, Try.
Try, Try, Try (acoustic)
Ava Adore (acoustic)
Mayonaise
The Everlasting Gaze
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Once in a Lifetime
you might ask yourself
what do i feel today?
you might ask yourself
is this just a dream or am i just okay?
you might ask yourself
why do my friends think my dad is gay, huh?
you might ask yourself
if my dad is gay, what does that say about me?
into the blue again
water flowing underground
letting the days go by
into the blue again...yeah!!!
you might ask yourself
who is that guy on stage?
you might ask yourself
what does he know about me and my life?
you might ask yourself
what does this mean, it has no meaning, huh, what is that?
you might ask yourself
is my life wealth or feeling?
into the blue again
letting the days go by
water flowing underground
into the blue again
why??!!
why??!!
what the hell?
we ask the definition [unintelligible]
we demand an answer!!!
we demand an answer, we want an answer, we want an answer, we wanna know!!!
what?!
...the hell is going on?
what? the scream version
why?!!
all mysteries torn open
our head is reelin’
i am the last mohican
last band standing wins, last band standing wins, last band standing wins
last band standing wins
we shove our knife into the eyes of america and split that puppy right open and say “look at what you’ve created, look!!”
look, ouch, ouch, i say
ouch
we crack open the carcass and we kick it one more time
deeper, harder, faster, stronger, longer, meaner
we pose this question
we ask what’s going on
why, why?
why did boy bands come back?
i want to understand
just because the wahlbergs became movie stars doesn’t mean new kids on the block were ever cool
we ask what’s goin’ on, we demand an answer, america, america, (gradually escalating to screaming) wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!!!
wow!!
goddamn!!
this always happens – wow!
i’m tired, i’m tired
i’m tired
i’m tired.
(escalating to screaming) i feel it, i feel it, i feel it, i feel it, i feel it, i feel it, wow!!
ow!!!!
this is not my house!
this is not my beautiful life – yow!
that’s right, ow!
Blue Skies Bring Tears
Tonight, Tonight
> Cherub Rock (abandoned)
BC: Hold on there, Jimmy. Hold on, Jimmy. Hold on, Jimmy. I think these people are a little too tired and they can’t handle the Cherub Rock right now. I mean, honestly, the show’s been a little long. We sort of, uh, went out on a limb a couple of times. It’s not fair to keep pushing these people past the boundaries of their hearing and their, their tolerance for rock and roll. ...
Iha: Are you peep - are you people still with us? Having a reasonable...[unintelligible] time? Are you still with us? Ready to rock once more? Alright.
Cherub Rock
[encore break]
Blank Page
Today
[encore break]
Iha: Hey, thanks a lot. Chicago, our hometown, you rock. Uh, I’d like to make some quick introductions. On drums and acoustic guitar, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. (Jimmy strums) Ah yes, the sweet sound of Spanish guitar licks. On lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Mr. Billy Corgan. (more strumming) Aye chihuahua. Uh, heh. And on the bass guitar and socialism, Ms. Melissa Auf der Maur. (more strumming) Aye carumba. Um, and I am...James. (strumming) Alright. What’s your favorite year?
1979 (acoustic, Jimmy plays guitar)
BC: Thank you so very much for a nice, wonderful, exciting, visceral, yes, even at times profane concert. Thanks a lot to all of you for coming.
Iha: Bless you.
BC: As always, it is, uh, an honor and privilege to play in front of our hometown. Of course, you truly understand what it means to be from the suburbs and then being that we’re from the suburbs our self and we all know what that means. Dead.
Join Together
> Today (tease)
BC: Thank you, god bless you. Thank you.
Iha: Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot. Goodnight, everybody.
