The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-04-18

April 18, 1994 – Albany, NY, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	April 18, 1994
Venue	Recreation And Convocation Center
Coordinates	42°40′55″N 73°49′42″W
Location	Albany, NY, US
Venue type	Gym
Capacity	4,800
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Red Red Meat, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Full performance

Setlist

1. "Cherub Rock" 
2. "Rocket" 
3. "Disarm" 
4. "Today" 
5. "Snail" 
6. "Quiet" 
7. "I Am One" (with rant) [7:46] 
8. "Monday, Monday" [The Mamas & the Papas] (tease) 
9. "Drown" [4:56] 
10. "Hummer" [6:05] 
11. "Geek U.S.A." 
12. "Soma" 

Encore

13. "Silverfuck" [9:39] 
1. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease) 

Banter

Tribal intro
Iha: Ooooooh, haaa.
Cherub Rock
(feedback intro to Rocket begins)
BC: Good evening! Welcome to the rock show. I am your host...Billy.
Rocket
Disarm
> Today
BC: I'm play--
Iha: Testing.
BC: Like to do an old, old song. This is from our first album. It came out in 1972...on Elektra Records. Shhh.
Snail
Quiet
I Am One
(BC midsong: All I ever wanted was everything. All I ever wanted was everything. All I ever wanted was everything and all I got was shit. What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing. What you want is what you’ll get and that’s nothing. Hoooooo-yow. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gim gim gim nothing. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing. I got the blues! Play some blues. (Iha solo, joined by Billy at times) Nothin’. Stop. (band stops) For 27 years, I have lived with hatred in my heart! 27 years I have lived with hatred in my heart.
Guy in crowd: [2-3 unintelligible words]!
BC: Shut up, you. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! What have you got?! Nothing. Says who? Says me. Yeah, it’s a fine line. Just because you have a heart does not mean you have feelings! Just ‘cause you have a tongue don’t mean you know what you’re saying. Ow! Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme nothing! (band starts again) Nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!!!)
BC: Thanks. Hi, good evening. Welcome to our don't know where it's goin’ set. How are you all tonight? What day of the week is it? Monday?
Monday, Monday (tease)
Iha: (singing) Monday, Monday.
BC: Tuesday? Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday? Ah, it doesn't matter. So, for all you, uh, moshers and stage climbers and stuff, this song will not suit you, I'm very sorry. You have to wait your turn.
Drown
> Hummer
Geek U.S.A.
(BC alt last line: I fuckin’ love the U.S.A.)
BC: Thank you very much. How are all you people in the back there? Hey, how you doing back there?
Iha: Hey, man, where you been? Where you goin'? What's that? You let us feel freaky style, fuckin’ in the fuckin’ street? We're already kicking that dope jam, man.
BC: No one can hear what we're saying anyway. So we'd like--
Iha: Fuck you, they know what I'm fuckin' sayin’, don't fuckin’ tell me that fuckin’ ass shit.
BC: We'd like to, uh luh luh, we'd like to play you a song written by James and myself. And it's called Soma. And it goes kinda like this, (counts into song).
Soma
BC: Thanks.
[encore break]
Iha: (high pitched) All right, Albany! I can't hear you, Albany! [3 unintelligible words]! Alright now! Stop. [unintelligible].
Silverfuck / Over the Rainbow