The Smashing Pumpkins 1992-01-26: Difference between revisions

January 26, 1992 – Berlin, DE
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	January 26, 1992
Venue	Loft
Coordinates	52°29′58″N 13°21′12″E
Location	Berlin, DE
Venue type	Club
Capacity	700
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Catherine Wheel, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist[edit | edit source]

"Rocket"
"Bury Me"
"Window Paine"
"Snail"
"Tristessa"
"Luna"
"Kill Your Parents"
1. "Siva" [8:03]
"Country Death Song" [Violent Femmes] (tease)
"Slunk"
"Offer Up"
"Silverfuck" [9:10]
1. "The Star Spangled Banner" [Francis Scott Key] (tease)

Encore one[edit | edit source]

"Crush"
"I Am One" [5:10]

Encore two[edit | edit source]

(jam)
"I Am My End" (final performance)
"Jellybelly (old version)"

Banter[edit | edit source]

Rocket
> Bury Me
(intro to Window Paine begins)
BC: Hello.
Window Paine
Snail
Tristessa
BC: Yes, thank you for coming to our rock show.
Iha: Yee haw.
BC: Not that it's a rock show. But you thought it was when you were [unintelligible word].
Luna
> Kill Your Parents
> Siva
Iha: Danke schoen.
Country Death Song (tease - 5 notes from Billy, followed by 1 from D’arcy, and 2 more from Billy)
BC: Hi, you look very beautiful tonight.
Iha: (fey) It's lovely to be here in Berlin, I love the people.
BC: What we think isn't important.
Iha: What you think is very important.
BC: No, I'm sorry, I'm not your Pink Floyd. Hey Mr. Light Man, heh, heh, you gotta kill these fuckin’ lights, it's just like such a drag. Put it -– put it to that dark setting...please.
D’arcy: Mr. Light Man, are you on break?
Iha: (scoffs). (jovially) Hahahahaha...
BC: Heh heh.
Iha: ...hahahaha.
BC: I kn –- yeah, there we go...
Iha: You crazy Americans.
BC: ...see, that's much better. Now we’re in -– now it's like we're in my bedroom. This is a song dedicated to all the dick suckers and motherfuckers in the world.
(feedback intro to Slunk begins)
Iha: This is dedicated to Matt Sweeney!
Slunk
Iha: We downtune for you.
Offer Up
> Silverfuck
> Star Spangled Banner (tease)
[encore break]
Iha: Oh, thank you. Oh, danke schoen.
Crush
> I Am One
[encore break]
BC: You're very, very kind. (laughing) Mr. Light Man, turn off this light...please, thank you.
Iha: (half-sings) Oh, Mr. Light Man, you’ve got a problem with your lights.
(short jazzy jam begins) (speaking, German accent) I would now like to introduce to you, Pumpkins Mach 2. A little of the performance arts, roll [unintelligible word] big dice. This is our answer to Bauhaus statements. (jam ends) Yessss!
BC: Heh heh! Okay, what is that noise?
Guy in crowd: [2 unintelligible words]!
BC: Oh, I see. Oh yeah, that's right. Heh heh heh. Germans are always right, we learned that. (crowd reacts) No, you –- (laughing) you don’t want me to enter that?
I Am My End
> Jellybelly (old version)
BC: Thank you. Well, I just bluh -– I just blew up my amp so, heh, there'll be no more songs.

Photos and memorabilia[edit | edit source]

@@ Line 20: / Line 20: @@
 # {{live song|Tristessa}}
 # {{live song|Luna}}
-# {{live song|Kill Your Parents|length=1:19}}
+# {{live song|Kill Your Parents}}
-## {{live song|Siva|length=6:41}}
+## {{live song|Siva|length=8:03}}
+# {{live song|Country Death Song|tease=1|cover=[[w:Violent Femmes|Violent Femmes]]}}
 # {{live song|Slunk}}
 # {{live song|Offer Up}}
-# {{live song|Silverfuck|length=9:05}}
+# {{live song|Silverfuck|length=9:10}}
 ## {{live song|The Star Spangled Banner|tease=1|cover=[[w:Francis Scott Key|Francis Scott Key]]}}
 === Encore one ===
-# {{live song|Crush}}
+# <li value=12>{{live song|Crush}}</li>
-# {{live song|I Am One}}
+# {{live song|I Am One|length=5:10}}
 === Encore two ===
-# (jam)
+# <li value=14>(jam)</li>
 # {{live song|I Am My End}}
-## {{live song|Jellybelly (old version)}}
+# {{live song|Jellybelly (old version)}}
-=== Notes ===
-* First performance of "Offer Up"
-* Final performance of "I Am My End"
 == Banter ==
@@ Line 45: / Line 41: @@
 {{banter|1=
 '''Rocket'''
-'''Bury Me'''
+> '''Bury Me'''
-Corgan: Hello
+''(intro to Window Paine begins)''
+BC: Hello.
 '''Window Paine'''
 '''Snail'''
 '''Tristessa'''
-Corgan: Thank you for coming to our rock show
+BC: Yes, thank you for coming to our rock show.
 Iha: Yee haw.
-Corgan: Not that it's a rock show, you thought it was when you bought
+BC: Not that it's a rock show.  But you thought it was when you were [unintelligible word].
 '''Luna'''
-'''Siva'''
+> '''Kill Your Parents'''
-Corgan: Hi, you look very beautiful tonight
+> '''Siva'''
-Iha: It's lovely to be here in Berlin, I love the people
+Iha: Danke schoen.
-Corgan: What we think isn't important
+'''Country Death Song''' (tease - 5 notes from Billy, followed by 1 from D’arcy, and 2 more from Billy)
-Iha: What you think is very important
+BC: Hi, you look very beautiful tonight.
-Corgan: I'm sorry I'm not your Pink Floyd... hey Mr. Light Man, you gotta kill these fucking lights, it's just like such a drag, put it to that dark setting... please
+Iha: ''(fey)'' It's lovely to be here in Berlin, I ''love'' the people.
-Wretzky: Mr. Light Man, are you on a break?
+BC: What we think isn't important.
-Corgan: Yeah, there we go
+Iha: What you think is very important.
-Iha: You crazy Americans
+BC: No, I'm sorry, I'm not your [[w:Pink Floyd|Pink Floyd]].  Hey Mr. Light Man, heh, heh, you gotta kill these fuckin’ lights, it's just like such a drag.  Put it -– put it to that dark setting...please.
-Corgan: See that's much better, now it's like we're in my bedroom. This is a song dedicated to all the dick suckers and motherfuckers in the world
+D’arcy: Mr. Light Man, are you on break?
-Iha: This is dedicated to Matt Sweeney
+Iha: ''(scoffs)''.  ''(jovially)'' Hahahahaha...
+BC: Heh heh.
+Iha: ...hahahaha.
+BC: I kn –- yeah, there we go...
+Iha: You crazy Americans.
+BC: ...see, that's much better.  Now we’re in -– now it's like we're in my bedroom.  This is a song dedicated to all the dick suckers and motherfuckers in the world.
+''(feedback intro to Slunk begins)''
+Iha: This is dedicated to [[Matt Sweeney]]!
 '''Slunk'''
-Iha: We downtune for you
+Iha: We downtune for you.
 '''Offer Up'''
-'''Silverfuck'''
+> '''Silverfuck'''
-'''Star Spangled Banner (tease)'''
+> '''Star Spangled Banner''' (tease)
 [encore break]
-Iha: Oh thank you
+Iha: Oh, thank you.  Oh, danke schoen.
 '''Crush'''
-'''I Am One'''
+> '''I Am One'''
-[encore break #2]
+[encore break]
-Corgan: You're very very kind. Mr. Light Man, turn up this light please.. thank you
+BC: You're very, very kind.  ''(laughing)'' Mr. Light Man, turn off this light...please, thank you.
-Iha (half-sings): Oh, Mr. Light Man, you gotta ???
+Iha: ''(half-sings)'' Oh, Mr. Light Man, you’ve got a problem with your lights.
-[random jazzy jam]
+''(short jazzy jam begins)''  ''(speaking, German accent)'' I would now like to introduce to you, Pumpkins Mach 2.  A little of the performance arts, roll [unintelligible word] big dice.  This is our answer to [[w:Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] statements.  ''(jam ends)''  Yessss!
-Iha: I would now like to introduce you, Pumpkins mark 2... A little of the performance arts, walk and big dice...  This is our answer to Bauhaus statements.  Yes!
+BC: Heh heh!  Okay, what is that noise?
-Corgan (aside): What is that noise?  Oh, I see... Oh yeah, that's right. Germans are always right, we learned that
+Guy in crowd: [2 unintelligible words]!
+BC: Oh, I see.  Oh yeah, that's right.  Heh heh heh.  Germans are always right, we learned that.  ''(crowd reacts)''  No, you –- ''(laughing)'' you don’t want me to enter that?
 '''I Am My End '''
-'''Jellybelly (old version)'''
+> '''Jellybelly (old version)'''
-Corgan: Thank you.  Oh, I just blew up my amp so there'll be no more songs.
+BC: Thank you.  Well, I just bluh -– I just blew up my amp so, heh, there'll be no more songs.
 }}