The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-03-25

March 25, 1994 – Davenport, IA, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	March 25, 1994
Venue	Palmer Auditorium
Coordinates	30°15′37″N 97°45′4″W
Location	Davenport, IA, US
Venue type	Auditorium
Capacity	4,320
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Red Red Meat, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

1. "Cherub Rock" 
2. "Quiet" 
3. "Disarm" 
4. "Today" 
5. "Rocket" 
6. "Rhinoceros" 
7. "Siva" [5:35] 
8. "Drown" [4:55] 
   1. "Hummer" [6:14] 
9. "Geek U.S.A." 
10. "Soma" 

Encore one

1. "I Am One" (with rant) [7:37] 

Encore two

1. "Mayonaise" 
2. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (abandoned) (live debut)
3. "Bad Moon Rising" [Creedence Clearwater Revival] (tease) 
4. "Bye June" (abandoned) 
5. "Communication Breakdown" [Led Zeppelin] (tease) 
6. "Unchained" [Van Halen] (tease) 
7. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (live debut)

Encore three

1. (instrumental) [4:03]
   1. "Spaced" (tease) 
   2. "Suffer" (one verse) 
2. "Silverfuck" [13:10] 
   1. "Never Let Me Down" [Depeche Mode] (one verse) 
   2. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease) 
   3. "Jackboot" 
3. "Sweet Sweet" [1:25] 

Notes

• First performance of Bullet with Butterfly Wings

Banter

Cherub Rock
Quiet
Corgan: Hi. Welcome to the rock show. Davenport, Iowa. Or should I say Quad Cities? So, hello up there, hi, hi. We say hi to you; we say hi to you too. And of course all you crazy fuckers down here. Well, this is a - a song.
Disarm
Today
Rocket
Corgan: Thanks. Thanks a lot. I could play you a - a oldie. And how many people here have actually heard our first album? Ah, somebody's lying.
Rhinoceros
Siva
Drown
Hummer
Geek U.S.A.
Corgan: Thanks a lot. We uh - wait, shut, hold... We can't thank you enough for coming, it's very nice, thank you. We appreciate it very much. You know in these uh, these days of uh, rock bands supposedly not caring about records, fans and all that kind of shit well, we're sorry, we're an old kind of band. We actually do care. We want you to listen to our records and we want you to come see us play, so thanks for listening.
Iha: Just - just think about the - the new '90s Eagles.
Soma
Corgan: Thank you very much.
(encore break)
Iha: All right! I can't fucking hear you! (laughs) I'm just kidding. Stop your enthusiasm.
Corgan: Motherfucking rock and roll man, don't you know?
Iha: It's great to be here at a sold out show and I'd just like to let you know that if - I want you.
Corgan: What? Anyway, it's a love song.
I Am One

all I ever wanted was everything
all I ever wanted was everything
all I ever wanted was everything and all I got was shit
nothing can be taken from me that hasn't already been taken
nothing can be taken from me that hasn't already been taken
nothing can be taken from me that hasn't already been taken
ooo, yeah
ooo, aaah
gimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmenothing
gimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmenothing
gimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmenothing
gimmegimmegimmegimmegimme nothing, oh
I testify
and I bear witness
and I bear witness
hey, cut the shit
yeah, my parents used to tell me that when I was hurting that there were other people hurting, so therefore I shouldn't hurt.
my parents told me that my pain is not real because other people feel it too; that's fucking shit.
cut the shit!
what you feel is real, even if it is wrong
what your hurt is real
pain is not a commodity
hurt is non-transferrable
gimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmenothing
gimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmenothing
gimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmenothing
and what have you got?
nothing
and what do you feel?
nothing
nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, there's nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing!
aaaah!

(encore break) Iha: Thank you indeed-y. Corgan: Thank you so much. I hope you've enjoyed yourself. It's been a great pleasure. Mayonaise Corgan: Thanks a lot. Okay. Um, can anybody hear me talking? 'Cause like, when I went out to see Van Halen in 1984 I could not hear what they were saying but everybody yelled anyway, so ever since then I always think when I talk nobody can hear me they just yell. So you can't hear me, yes? (audience cheers) Corgan: Okay, well this is um, ever since we put out the album we have not played - shush - ever since we put out the album we have not played any new songs and tonight, this will be the first time we play a new song. So when - when you hear this on the new - on what will be the next album when it comes out in 1997 um, you'll - you'll know this song 'cause you heard it first, so... Iha: This is uh - this is called Siva Part 2. Corgan: Yeah, Siva Part 2. (laughs) Hit it Jimmy. 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings

(abandoned)

Corgan: Now James, James is in the wrong tuning, see? Bad Moon Rising (tease) Corgan: See this is why we don't play new songs. So anyway uh, (laughs) I don't know what to say now. I say, all together we say, "fuck you, James." Fuck you, James. (laughs) I don't - you know what it is, he doesn't like this song; he does not want to play this song, that's what it is. (guitar riffs) Wretzky: Yeah, me either. Corgan: (laughs) You were in the wrong tuning too? The song is in E flat. You know it's in E flat 'cause it's the robot guitar. (guitar riffs) Corgan: What the fuck? All right. (guitar riffs) Bye June (abandoned) Corgan: I don't even know how to play this song anymore. We can play - wanna play a Van Halen song? Unchained (tease) Corgan: Unchained... Okay. Anyway, I got the new song. Bullet with Butterfly Wings Corgan: Thanks for listening to our new song. (encore break) (Unknown Instrumental) Spaced (tease) Suffer (tease) Silverfuck Over the Rainbow (tease) Jackboot Sweet Sweet Corgan: Thank you. God bless you.