The Smashing Pumpkins 1993-12-11

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December 11, 1993 – Cincinnati, OH, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
DateDecember 11, 1993
VenueBogart's
Coordinates39°7′48″N 84°30′35″W
LocationCincinnati, OH, US
Venue typeClub
Capacity1,460
PersonnelBilly Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bandsSwervedriver, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

  1. "Soma" 
  2. "Rocket" 
  3. "Geek U.S.A." 
  4. "Disarm" 
  5. "Today" 
  6. "Even Flow" [Pearl Jam] (tease) 
  7. "Alive" [Pearl Jam] (tease) 
  8. "Spiteface" (tease) 
  9. "Siva" [5:32] 
  10. "Bury Me" 
  11. "Rhinoceros" 
  12. "Snail" 
  13. "Tristessa" (abandoned) 
  14. "Johnny B. Goode" [Chuck Berry] (tease) 
  15. "Window Paine" (blues version) 
  16. "Drown" [5:00] 
  17. "Hummer" [6:13] 
  18. "Cherub Rock" 
  19. "Quiet" 
  20. "Pissant" 
  21. "Starla" [8:03] 
  22. "Spaceboy" 
  23. "I Am One" (with rant) 

Notes

  • Rescheduled from 1993-12-09 due to a second Chicago date being added
  • Setlist is incomplete

Banter

Wretzky: Hi.
Iha: Hi, hello.
Soma
Rocket
Corgan: (unintelligible)...it's up front!
Geek U.S.A.
Corgan: Thanks for comin'...uhhhh....this is our last show of our tour.
Iha: Thank god.
Corgan: So...we're gonna play more, and uh, oh you, you cheer now...we're gonna play, we're gonna play till everyone leaves....you'll see!
Iha: You'll leave.
Corgan: So uh, hope you have a good time..it's nice to be here again..not here, but here...and oh, by the way, I'm sorry that you're so far away, I have nothing to do with it...sorry, talk to your local security man
Disarm
Today
Iha: Thanks
Corgan: So whaddaya wanna hear?
Iha: (babbles unintelligibly)
Corgan: Somebody's got a sign for 'Obscured'
Iha: Wait, on the back it says 'Even Flow'!
Even Flow (tease)
Iha: Watch, and I'll remember...alright, we will play that song.
Corgan: Alright, seeing as this is uh--what, why are you giving me the finger?
Iha: It's a sign of endearment.
Corgan: Well fuck you man, don't give me the finger...there's no, see, we're gonna play, we're gonna play about everything we can, I promise.
Iha: Baby, I feel good.
Corgan: It's time for the oldies portion of our set.
Spiteface (tease)
Corgan: Not that old!
Siva
Bury Me
Corgan: Thanks.
Iha: Thanks
Corgan: Would you care if we played more old songs? We'll get around to the new ones, just uh...there's no need to shout the songs...because we don't take requests, that's why....we been playin' together for five and a half years, I think we know what we're gonna play! Whoa, sorry, gettin' a little forward there...this is called 'Rhinoceros'
Rhinoceros
Snail
Corgan: Uh, *laughs*...thanks, we haven't played some of those songs for a while...alright, I'd like to play one more old song that we haven't played for...about, like this whole tour...we have to convince Jimmy to do it.
Iha: Would you please play this song Mr. Chamberlin? Can we hear that from the audience? Would you please play this song for me?
Corgan: They don't know what song it is, oh yeah, Tristessa...come on Jimmy...oh yeah, Jimmy's gettin' old, he can't play this song anymore
Iha: We had to buy him a new prosthetic foot
Tristessa (abandoned)
Corgan: I can't remember the lyrics
Iha: And uh, we're moving on to our new LP, Siamese Dream...any second now...
Corgan: Let's just play some blues.
Window Paine (blues version)
Corgan: Sorry about that...no, no more old songs, I realise why I stopped playing them in the first place.
Iha: See we're from Chicago, da home of da blues, and da Bears, and da Bulls.
Corgan: And now back to our uh, reg, regularly scheduled program...alright, so who have we disappointed so far, please raise your hand...we've disappointed you? I apologise.
Iha: See but, he's givin' the evil hand, he just wants to rock more! Who's havin' a good time? No wait, I see some people not raising their hands now, so if you're not having a good time and you're not having a bad time what kind of time are you having?
(audience members shout)
Corgan: A what?
(audience members shout answer)
Corgan: A wonderful time! oh ok
Iha: Raise your hand if you've ever read Beowulf...yeah, everybody has, ok
Corgan: James wrote Catcher in the Rye, most people don't know that
Drown
Hummer
Cherub Rock
Quiet
Pissant
Starla
Corgan: Thanks.
Spaceboy
I Am One

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