The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-02-14

February 14, 2000 – Birmingham, AL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Resume the Pose tour
Date	February 14, 2000
Venue	Five Points Music Hall
Coordinates	33°30′5″N 86°47′51″W
Location	Birmingham, AL, US
Venue type	Club
Capacity	1,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Maur
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Pale Scales" 
2. "The Everlasting Gaze" 
3. "Heavy Metal Machine" 
4. "Tonight, Tonight" 
5. "Blue Skies Bring Tears" [5:46] 
6. "I Am One" (with rant) [7:12] 
7. "Ava Adore" (abandoned) 
8. "Ava Adore" 
9. "Crush" 
10. "Glass and the Ghost Children" [11:06] 
11. "Rock On" [David Essex] [6:09] 
12. "Zero" 
13. "I of the Mourning" 
14. "To Sheila" 
15. "Cherub Rock" 

Encore one

16. "1979" (acoustic) 
17. "Frail and Bedazzled" (tease) (acoustic) 
18. "Today" (acoustic) 

Encore two

19. "Glass' Theme" 
20. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
21. "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [7:31] 

Banter

Pale Scales
> The Everlasting Gaze
> Heavy Metal Machine
Tonight, Tonight
Blue Skies Bring Tears
I Am One
(BC midsong: You speak in whispered cries, [2 unintelligible words]. I land on my [unintelligible]. I know I’m real, what is this all, just a dream? I know I can feel, I’m not sure how to see. (quiet growl) Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our concert. Tonight we take you on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, into the deep psyche, into the deep psyche of troubled adults and of former teens. Oh. Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight we ask you to bear with us, we ask you bear with us, as we ask you to join our revolution, our revolution, our revolution. Our revolution does not wave any flags because we don’t need flags and our revolution doesn’t shoot any guns because we don’t need any guns, we don’t need bullets. We have the greatest gift of all and that’s a pure heart and our art. Woo! (solo break) So let us crawl inside your ears. Let us run around inside your mouth, let us kick you in the stomach and give you a good smack on the fuckin’ ass. Woo! That’s right. Us Yankees are gonna try and show you somethin’. That’s just a joke, that’s just a joke. (sings) We are the machines...)
Ava Adore (abandoned after first part of intro)
BC: Tommy, turn on the fucking light. Thank you. We'll try that one more time 'cause when we stop, you're supposed to cheer, it's part of the show.
Ava Adore
BC: (Southern accent) Thank y'all very much. (normal voice) Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you very much for coming, thank you. Britney Spears will be out in a while, so um, just bear with us.
Crush
> Glass and the Ghost Children
BC: Thank you very much, thank you.
Rock On
(BC during Iha solo: Ladies and gentlemen, on the lead guitar, Paul “Bear” Bryant.)
Zero
BC: Thank you very much, people of Alabama. Thank you very much, thank you very much. How's everybody doing out there, you alright? How many people were at the record store thingie today? Thank you very much, thank you, thank you. Some of the people we met with today were telling me that when we played here before there was some problem, I don’t know, somebody threw a shoe, I don't fuckin’ even remember what they were talking about, but anybody who thinks we have a problem being here, obviously we don't 'cause we're back, so.... If there was a problem, I'm too dumb to remember there was a problem, so there is no problem and uh, hope you don't have a problem with us and uh, we love you and thank you very much for coming to our concert. We'd now like to play you yet another new song. Yes I know, the old songs are better than the new ones, I know, I've heard this before. We'd like to play you a new song, it's called I of the Mourning.
I of the Mourning
To Sheila
Cherub Rock
BC: Thank you, god bless you, thank you.
[encore break]
[tape cut]
Iha: A quick rock and roll introduction. On the drums and guitar, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin. On vocals and guitar, Mr. Billy Corgan. Rockin' the new bass, Miss Melissa Auf der Maur. My name is Pulled Pork.
1979 (acoustic, Jimmy plays guitar)
BC: Thank you very much.
Frail and Bedazzled (acoustic) (tease - twice through the riff)
> Today (acoustic)
(BC over extended outro with Iha soloing: Yes, today is the greatest day! Why, I don’t know why, it just is. Sometimes you don’t have to have a reason for it to be a great day. Go James, take off. Don’t light this place on fire, James.)
[encore break]
Iha: Woo!
BC: Tommy, put on all the lights. House lights too, somebody, put on the house lights. Leave all the lights on. I want to see you before I fuck you.
Glass' Theme
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Once in a Lifetime
and you might ask yourself
why do i [unintelligible]?
and you might ask yourself
this is not my beautiful house
and you might ask yourself
that woman cooking breakfast is not my mother
and you might ask yourself
why has daddy gone? yeah

once in a lifetime
water flows underground
into the blue again
and water flows dirty to hell

and you might ask yourself
who is this motherfucker on stage?
and you might ask yourself
what does he know about me and my life?
and you might ask yourself
why is high school so high?
and you might ask yourself
why am i asking why?

into the blue again
the water flows underground
shaking off these [unintelligible word]
i don’t even wanna remember how, yes
here comes the twister to knock it all down
it’ll probably blow
blow our house down
the fabric means nothing
nothing [1-2 unintelligible words] means nothing
our flags are waving
but no one can see now

and you might ask ourself [sic]
why do i feel like there’s a drill in my head?
and you might ask yourself
if i’m so fucking alive, why do i feel so fuckin’ dead?
and you might ask yourself
why these people follow me
and you might ask yourself
does it mean anything if it doesn’t mean anything?

into the blue again
the water sails underground
once in a lifetime
we done rocked your asses, we take our chances, yeah

(guitar solos)

once in a lifetime
where water flows underground
here comes a twister to blow it all down
once in a lifetime
water flows underground
into the blue again
water flows underground
you might ask yourself
you might ask yourself
whhyyy
whhyyy
why why why why why why why
why why why why why

sometimes you just gotta live it down if you know what I mean
make that pour over everyone
the dungeon [1-2 unintelligible words]
ladies and gentlemen, we are the smashing pumpkins
we’re behind you
i'd like to thank sweet melissa on the bass
jumpin’ james on the lead guitar
jester jimmy on the drums
we bid you adieu, goodnight

(song ends)

BC: Thank you!
Iha: Thanks, goodnight.