The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-10-31

October 31, 2008 – Columbus, OH, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
20th Anniversary tour
Date	October 31, 2008
Venue	Newport Music Hall
Coordinates	39°59′51″N 83°0′27″W
Location	Columbus, OH, US
Venue type	Club
Capacity	1,700
Personnel	Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Pooley, Lisa Harriton, Kristopher Pooley, Gingger Shankar, Stephen Bradley, Gabrial McNair, Doug Goodman
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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The Smashing Pumpkins open their 20th Anniversary tour on Halloween, dressing in costume for a set of mostly cover songs, followed by a normal electric set. The covers set was advertised as an acoustic set but was only semi-acoustic: Billy Corgan used a 12-string acoustic-electric guitar (with the exception of "Monster Mash" and "The Gambler", on which he didn't play guitar) and Jeff Schroeder used a regular acoustic-electric guitar.

Setlist

Set one

1. "Louie Louie" [The Kingsmen] (acoustic) (only performance)
2. "Hang On Sloopy" [The McCoys] (acoustic) (live debut)
3. "Monster Mash" [Bobby Pickett] (acoustic) (only performance)
   1. "Unchained Melody" [The Righteous Brothers] (tease) (acoustic) 
4. "Wipe Out" [The Surfaris] (acoustic) (only performance)
5. "Gingger's Raga" (acoustic) (only performance)
6. "The Gambler" [Kenny Rogers] (acoustic) (only performance)
7. "Lizard Blues" (acoustic) (only performance)
8. "Jeremy" [Pearl Jam] (tease) (acoustic) 
9. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" [Iron Butterfly] (acoustic) (only performance)
   1. "Stairway to Heaven" [Led Zeppelin] (tease) 
10. "Gingger's Raga Returns" (acoustic) (only performance)
    1. "Hang On Sloopy" [The McCoys] (tease) (live debut)

Set two

11. "Tarantula" 
12. "G.L.O.W." 
13. "Kill Your Parents" 
    1. "Siva" [9:28] 
14. "Speed Kills" 
15. "Superchrist" 
16. "As Rome Burns" 
17. "The Sounds of Silence" [Simon & Garfunkel] 
    1. "Li'l Red Riding Hood" [Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs] 
18. "A Song for a Son" 
19. "Today" 
20. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
21. "Heavy Metal Machine" [12:15] 
    1. "White Rabbit" [Jefferson Airplane] (tease) 
    2. "White Horse" [Laid Back] (tease) 
    3. "Stranglehold" [Ted Nugent] (tease) 
    4. "Tom Sawyer" [Rush] (tease) 
    5. "YYZ" [Rush] (tease) 
22. "Glass' Theme" 

Encore

23. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" [Pink Floyd] [21:02] 

Notes

• "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" with Doug Goodman (the band's tour manager) on vocals
• First performance of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" since 1997-02-04
• Corgan held printed lyrics during "Monster Mash" but ultimately didn't use them
• The band dressed in costume for the first set: Corgan was a China Girl, Jimmy Chamberlin was a mariachi with pom-pom sombrero and fake mustache, Jeff Schroeder was an elf, Ginger Reyes-Pooley and Kris Pooley were dinosaurs (or possibly lizards), Lisa Harriton was a court jester, Stephen Bradley and Gabrial McNair were rabbits and Doug Goodman was Manny Ramirez; it's unclear what Gingger Shankar was

Banter

Louie Louie
Hang On Sloopy
(BC over intro: Shhhh... I think you know this song.)
(BC spoken interlude: You know, I, I see Sloopy everywhere. The other day I saw her at the game. She was lookin’ fine. I said “Sloopy, girl, you sure lookin’ (high pitched) fine.” (normal) She said, “What’s that?” I said, “You lookin’ (high pitched) fine!” (normal) I said “Sloopy, girl, you ever gonna have a baby with me?” She said, “No, China Girl. My love is for the Buckeyes.” [Billy was dressed as a China Girl.] And if you’re not on Team China Girl, I just can’t go there. But I’m a wishin’ and a prayin’ on Sloopy. I’m a wishin’ and a prayin’. I’m sayin’ “Hang on...hang on...hang on...oh, hang on...oh please, just hang on...aw, just hang on...you know I just wanna hang on...come on, let's hang on!” (singing) Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on...)
Monster Mash
> Unchained Melody (tease)
(BC: (singing) My love / My darling / I hate you / And [1-2 unintelligible words] too. You left me / Just left alone / Ooh, with a goal / To sing this song. (speaking) Can't go on. I can't go on. I just can't go on. I just can't go on. I just can't do it. I just can't do it. I just can't do it. (singing) Sarah...Sarah...how could you...how could you fall in love with Todd? The snowmobile driver. How could you...oh, how could you...yeah.)
BC: You can talk all you want. Every day is Halloween for me.
Wipe Out
Gingger’s Raga
BC: Thank you, thank you. We’re now halfway through this special show, and uh....
Guy in crowd: [unintelligible]!
BC: Thank you. Thank you, uh, thank you.
The Gambler
BC as song begins: There aren’t words in the English language to say thank you more than I can say thank you. ... Buenos dias. ... Like to try out...try out a new song. Try to reach you. I know a lot of you feelin’ down right now. Lot of trouble in the world. This is a little song I wrote to try to cheer you up. (crowd cheers) Thank you, I’m known for that.
(after verse 1) Listen to the gambler. That’s the problem with Ohio, nobody listens, nobody listens in Ohio. Lots of undecided voters not listening. Shhh....
(after verse 2) The gambler’s got some advice for you. Try living in a warm place, start there. Try living in a state with only one “o” in the title. Try not living in a city named after a fake explorer. That’s what the gambler has to say.
(after chorus 1) I hope these words are etching upon your heart like a bad tattoo. I’m guessin’ there’s some bad tattoos out there, you know what I’m talkin’ about. It’s hard to work at the post office with those full sleeves. It’s hot, you gotta wear the short-sleeved shirt, it’s the full sleeves. The gambler, no tattoos.
(after verse 3) Yeah, sometimes dying in your sleep’s a better option. But then you wake up the next day after you died in your sleep and you think, “That wasn’t such a good idea.” Gambler’s got a little more to say to you right now. I want you to open up your heart and later I want you to open up your wallet, but now I want you to open up your heart. Shhhh....
(chorus 2) “You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em...” No no no, “know when to walk...” Go back, dammit. That’s the wrong chords. Start, start again. (coughs twice) (band stops) Gimme the kick drum. You gotta wait! You gotta wait. You gotta wait, buddy, I know you’re young but you gotta wait. (kick drum starts) Come on! Feel it! Everybody’s a gambler, just like everybody’s Joe the Plumber, come on! (singing) “You’ve got to know when–” (speaking) No, that’s the wrong chord! E, E, buddy, E, no, E. It’s E, E. As sure as my name is Fred, it’s E.
Jeff: A.
BC: Come on. It’s ‘cause you’re not from the Midwest. If you were from the Midwest, you’d know the right chord. (singing) “You’ve got to know when to hold em....” (speaking) Thank you! (singing) “Know when to fold ‘em....”
(after chorus 2, going into short Lisa solo) Feel it! Gamble your lives away! Just throw ‘em right down the drain. Sometimes there’s no hope. Thanks to us, you have something to listen to before you die.
(after chorus 3) That’s right, there’s a new tomorrow coming! And his name’s Joe Biden. We don’t need Joe the Plumber, we need Joe Biden. Because “Biden” rhymes with “fightin’,” and that’s what the gambler would want.
(as song trails out) Ah, fuck it, they’re not listening anyway.
Lizard Blues
(BC towards end, during quiet part, mid-harmonica solo: You fucks need to shut the fuck up! Don’t make me play your funeral song.)
BC: It’s okay, elf man, have a sense of humor. Little sense of humor, elf man. I know, I know. I know.
Guy in crowd: Freebird!
BC: We didn’t get up here to play fuckin’ Freebird, okay? We didn’t get up here to play Karma Police, Jeremy Has Spoken...
Jeremy (tease - first 4 notes from Jeff)
BC: ...get it through your skull, ain’t gonna happen.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (with Doug Goodman on lead vocals)
(BC: Anyone remember laughter?
Doug: (speaking) In the garden of motherfuckin’ Eden, baby. Don’t you know that I love you? In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby, don’t you know I’ll always be true? Won’t you come with me? Won’t you come with me? And take my hand? In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby. Don’t you know that I’ll always be true? In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby! Don’t you know that I love...you? In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. In-A-Gadda...Da-Vida. In-A-Gadda...Da-Vida...baby. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey! My name’s In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, oh baby, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida! In-A-Gadda, In-A-Gadda, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby! In-Da-Vida, baby! I said, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida! Do it, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby! In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. In-A-Gaddaaaaaaaaaaaaa...Da-Vida...honey...baby...sweetie...baldie...Mexican drummer-y stick droppie. In-A-Gadda, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.)
> Gingger’s Raga Returns / Hang On Sloopy
(Doug at beginning: You guys don’t even know how to play this song, I don’t even know what I bothered coming out here for in the gah-den. In-A-Gadda, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby, don’t you know that I’ll always be true. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby. Don’t you know, don’t you know, don’t you know, don’t you know, don’t you know, don’t you know? Don’t you know? Don’t you know? Why don’t you know? (singing) Hang On Sloopy (speaking) is a stupid fucking song.)
(BC towards end: I believe it’s “Where are the Smashing Pumpkins?” “Where is Smashing Pumpkins?” is not proper English. Happy fuckin’ Halloween. (mic drop))
[20 minute set break]
Tarantula
> G.L.O.W.
Kill Your Parents
> Siva
Speed Kills
BC: Thank you, thank you.
Superchrist
BC: Thank you. Welcome to the start of our 20th anniversary tour. We hope you enjoyed our performance art before. For youse, for youse who can’t take a joke, that was all a joke, just, you know, it was a joke. We weren’t fighting, that was a joke. The Raga, that was a joke, it was all a joke. The qualifier, I’m qualifying, because if I don’t qualify now, it’ll be, tomorrow it’ll be “Corgan’s lost his mind again.”
Jeff: (off mic) I like the lights tonight, the lights are....
BC: I can’t hear, sorry?
Jeff: The lights, the lights are really good.
BC: Yeah, the lights are very bright.
Jeff: The lights. Lights.
BC: Thank you for sharing your Halloween with us. Thank you for letting us put sp...huh? Thank you for letting us put razor blades in your spiritual apples. Yes. ... So let’s go back to fun time joking. ‘Cause that went so well. Did anyone leave after we played? (crowd yells “no”) Aw, we tried to trick you. We tried to make you leave, it was a trick. Now here’s a treat.
As Rome Burns
BC: Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums. The quesadilla.
The Sounds of Silence
> Li’l Red Riding Hood
A Song for a Son
BC: Alright. ... Yeah. ... Yeah. Now is the time to sing, uh, what is it? Oh, now is the time to yell for old songs, that’s what it is. You’ve waited patiently for the hits, now here they come. Heh heh heh. Don’t cheer too loud, I won’t play ‘em. ‘Cause I’m like that. Eh, it’s getting late, Jeff. Gotta get out of here!
Jeff: Yeah, I gotta go have some fun too.
BC: What’d you say? You gotta go see the Tool concert?
Jeff: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I need to go have some fun. No, I didn’t say Tool, I said I need to go have some fun.
BC: I wanna get over there and see some Jackyl.
Jeff: Jimmy brought his chainsaw. He’s got it.
BC: Okay, let’s try a little experiment. Okay, I want everyone to close your eyes, close your eyes. Just trust me for once, please? Close your eyes. Shhh...shhh...shhhh.....shh. There we go, shhh.... Feels good to be quiet, doesn’t it? Shhhh....very good, alright.
Today
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Heavy Metal Machine / White Rabbit / White Horse / Stranglehold / Tom Sawyer / YYZ
> Glass’ Theme
BC: Thank you very much, good night. ... We ain’t fuckin’ dead yet!
[encore break]
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun