The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-10-05

October 5, 1996 – Rosemont, IL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Infinite Sadness tour
Date	October 5, 1996
Venue	Rosemont Horizon
Coordinates	42°0′19″N 87°53′16″W
Location	Rosemont, IL, US
Venue type	Arena
Capacity	18,500
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Matt Walker, Dennis Flemion
Order of bands	Grant Lee Buffalo, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist

"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (prerecorded)
"Where Boys Fear to Tread"
"Zero"
"Cherub Rock"
"To Forgive"
"Tonight, Tonight"
"Today"
"Thru the Eyes of Ruby"
"Porcelina of the Vast Oceans"
1. "Beautiful" (unfinished)
2. "Rocket" (tease)
"We Only Come Out at Night" (acoustic) (one verse)
"Disarm" (acoustic)
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
"Fuck You"
"Muzzle"

Banter

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Intro
Where Boys Fear to Tread
Zero
Cherub Rock
To Forgive
“Thank you for participating” tape
> Tonight, Tonight
BC: Thanks a lot.
Iha: Oh - oh my god, Chi-town city. You got mad flava.
BC: Thanks a lot for coming. Thanks a lot for waiting for us to come.
Iha: For us to come out.
BC: So how is everybody?
Iha: Everyone seems to be in a rather good mood...which is good ‘cause we’re...we’re beaten and we’re tired.
BC: Yes, you know we’re not getting any younger so we need all the support we can get so thanks a lot for coming.
Today
> Planet of the Apes clip
> Thru the Eyes of Ruby
BC: (high pitched) Thank you.
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans / Beautiful / Rocket
BC: Thank you very much. ... Mmmm.
We Only Come Out at Night (partial, acoustic)
> Disarm (acoustic)
Circus tape
> Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Fuck You
(BC after “coil my tongue round a bumblebee mouth”: (guitar noise) Yeah! (guitar noise) Uh huh! (guitar noise) We got the blues. (guitar noise) So what do you want? (guitar noise) What do you need? ‘Cause we give it all back to you...)
BC: Thanks a lot, thank you, thank you. We appreciate your love and support very much. Means a lot to us. You know, I still meet people who don’t know we’re from Chicago but...we are from Chicago, yes. I mean, when I say that, I mean people who are from Chicago that don’t know we’re from Chicago. They’re like the same people that didn’t see the O.J. trial, you know? Well, thanks a lot, you’re the best, we love you very much.
Muzzle
BC: Thank you, thank you.
[encore break]
Iha: Hey, thanks a lot. How is everybody, okay? Heh heh. Please don’t do that now, later. Um, ladies and gentlemen, a special guest all the way from Milwaukee, let’s have a fine round of applause, of The Frogs, Jimmy Frog!
Jimmy Frog: Heeeyyy.
Iha: Jimmy fuckin’ Frog. Alright. On the keyboards, his brother, Dennis. Yes, Dennis Frog. And savin’ our ass, savin’ our ass, Matt “Cosmo” Walker! Thank you, Matt. A few words, Jimmy?
Jimmy Frog: On the rhythm guitar tonight, M.L. Cool J. Models Love Cool James Iha.
Iha: Thank you, Jimmy. Let’s just stick to the guitar though and the wings. Heh heh.
Jimmy Frog: One of the lead singers on the new Catherine disc, on the bass guitar, D’arcy!
Iha: She’s made up her mind now and now she’s playing bass. She’s made up her mind, yes that’s right.
Jimmy Frog: And center stage, wearing the Zero T-shirt, B-I-L-L-Y.
Iha: Rock and roll. Well, thank you very much for that introduction, Jimmy. It’s now that time of the show where you, Jimmy Frog, pick two members of the audience.
BC: Wait, wait, hold on. Hold on a second. Hold on a second. Hold on a second! Hold on a second.
Iha: Wait a minute, wait a minute, we’re keeping the ball rolling.
BC: You know, we did have a new tradition going. We were in the habit of inviting people up on the stage to dance. (crowd cheers) Wait, wait, wait. Last night the dancers were so horrible that I think we’re gonna stop the tradition so we are not gonna do the dancing anymore.
Iha: Well, I’m sorry.
D’arcy: I thought they were good.
Iha: This is, uh - there was a lack of, uh, boogie factor on stage last night.
BC: I don’t know, I don’t know.
D’arcy: No no, I disagree. I disagree.
BC: What do you think? Bring the dancing back?
Iha: I gotta hear ya. I gotta know it. Do we want dancing?
BC: Okay, who wants to dance? Who vants to dance? Who shall dance?
Iha: You must be slightly psychopathic to do this. Jimmy, go pick somebody. Jimmy Frog will pick somebody.
(simultaneously) Iha: There you go. / BC: Jimmy shall pick.
(simultaneously again) Iha: [unintelligible]. / BC: Who shall it be?
Iha: Who shall it be? Jimmy Frog is picking.
BC: Who vants to dance?
Iha: There he goes down to the barricade to pick some friendly member of the audience out. One - one guy, one girl.
BC: Who shall dance?
Iha: Who knows where he’ll stop?
BC: You? No, you can’t dance.
Iha: Who shall be the dancer, Jimmy? Let’s, uh, get this thing goin’ on.
BC: Ah, Jimmy’ll pick him.
Iha: Who will pick the man of the evening? I know what you’re thinking, this has stopped the momentum of the show but we just thought we’d have, uh, some fun.
BC: This girl really wants to dance, she even made a sign. Should we pick her?
D’arcy: She’s been dancing for the whole show.
BC: Okay, you can come dance, this girl right here. Come along. Come join the funky infinite sadness train.
D’arcy: Don’t hurt anybody! Careful, don’t step on anybody’s head. Heh heh.
BC: Please take it easy. Jimmy, have you chosen some dancers? You can bring five, come on, just five though! Five only. Five, five, five, five, five.
D’arcy: Usually we only pick two dancers...but from Chicago we have five. Five a night.
BC: Whoa. James is pickin’ the girls from the front row, heh heh heh.
Iha: Okay. Jimmy, now you brought the men and women up here.
BC: Okay dancers, it’s time to get to know your public.
(simultaneously) D’arcy: As you can see, Jimmy cannot count. / BC: Oh my god. Hahahahaha, oh jesus.
Iha: Okay.
D’arcy: He’s like five squared.
BC: Oh my god. Alright, uh, please tell everyone who you are and where you’re from.
Girl: Louise.
BC: And you’re from where?
Girl: Chloe?
BC: No, from where, where are you from?
Girl: Chicago.
BC: She’s from Chicago, where are you from?
Girl #2: Chloe from Chicago, woo!
BC: Woo.
Guy: Jason from Chicago.
Girl #3: Island from Chicago.
Girl #4: Tammy from Chicago.
Girl #5: Jennifer from Chicago.
Girl #6: Candice from the south side of fuckin’ Chicago!
Girl #7: Crystal from Chicago!
Girl #8: It’s nice to meet you, that’s all I gotta say.
BC: Yeah but what’s your - what’s your name?
Girl #8: Heather.
BC: Okay.
Girl #9: Kristen from East Lansing, Michigan! (crowd boos)
D’arcy: Hey! Hey hey, I live in Michigan. Don’t be mean to Michigan.
Girl #10: Gina from Chicago!
Girl #11: Laura from Chicago!
D’arcy: I’m gonna stop the show if you’re gonna boo Michigan.
Girl #12: Nicole from Chicago, I just got married! Woo! (crowd tentatively boos)
BC: Heh heh!
D’arcy: Oh.
BC: Who are you people and what are you doing on stage? Heh heh heh.
Iha; Alright.
BC: It appears that Jimmy’s picked all girls and one dude. What do you think of these dancers? Alright, alright, you got a lot to prove.
D’arcy: You’re just jealous.
BC: Let me tell you - let me tell you something. Ah, dancers, I am used to a hostile public. Good luck to you, heh. Okay, once again, the rules for dancing are: Don’t touch us and don’t touch our shit. ... Alright, is everybody ready to dance along? Come on! You don’t sound very enthusiastic.
Iha: You can stop the jumping.
1979 (with Jimmy Flemion)
Iha: Well, we just have to, uh, may retire this dancing routine. It started out as fun and now it’s obviously gone insane.
D’arcy: Thank you dancers, thank you very much, you’re outta control, thank you. Big hand for - big hand for the dancers. Come on.
Iha: Let’s have a fine round of applause though for our dancers. They tried their hardest out here working the stage. I see you. Hi. Okay.
BC: Now get off the fuckin’ stage. ... That could possibly be the last time we have the Smashing Pumpkins, heh heh heh, dancers.
Iha: Well, it was slightly interpretative, uh, I haven’t seen the likes of, uh, that sort of thing in.... I’ve seen something like that on cable though, I think.
BC: We realize, uh, the show is slightly unprofessional but what the hell, we’re home, it don’t really matter, right? ... All of those who’ve seen us over the years, you know how professional we are anyway. Mmm.
Iha: Okay, let’s just... (Billy talks over him)
BC: How is everybody?
Iha: I think, uh... (Billy talks over him again)
BC: We’re a little worried that the dancing thing has caused some bitterness.
Iha: I think we lost a little momentum there, it’s now time to rock.
BC: Well, it’s time to clean that wound with a jagged piece of glass known as the cybermetal. Brace yourself. Grab someone you love, it’s gonna get ugly.
X.Y.U.
[encore break]
Iha: Thanks.
Mayonaise
BC: Thank you, god bless you, good night.
[encore break]
Silverfuck / The Aeroplane Flies High / Dose

and I hear your winter
and I hear your rain
and I failed your summer ways
and I feel no pain
I feel no pain

and I hear you fade away
and I hear you crawl
and I gave my life away
and I feel no
and I feel no
and I feel no
pain

I feel no pain
Yeah I feel no pain
and I feel no pain
and I feel no pain
and I feel no pain

and I feel no pain
and I feel no pain
and I feel no pain

and I feel no pain

She was my lover
She was my angel
What I recover
Whatever was left
I put into a box
I put into a box underneath my bead
The very same bed where she had rested her head
I her in a box underneath my bed
I her in a box and she had so much to say

hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn

and I said baby why?
Baby why must you make me cry
Why must the sad girls make me cry
Why must the girls make me cry

it was no fun anymore
So I headed for the door
but there was no door
fooled again
tricks are for kids

Baby my baby
Where are you now?
Baby my baby

lost in the clouds

I send her a secret message through the ethers
that our time come again
because we've always been together
and this we could not pretend
yeah

fucking whore
fucking whore
fucking whore
fucking whore
fucking whore
fucking whore
She was a fucking whore
yeah

Go

Yeah

cause we're on a mission to mars
a mission to mars
no matter how far the rocket goes
it will go far
on our mission to mars
ahh

love is a sentimental heart
and life is a sentimental way
so spy this fragile heart so cursed
as I walks carcass across this earth
yeah

let my man here james here take you to the stratosphere
show 'em

James, he knows how to get there

if you could put on the lights there for a second there sammy man

thanks you for all stayin'
see the end of the show
our favorite part
not cause it's of the end of the show
because just of this wicked jam

usually when we get to this part of the show
there's a lot of empty seats
cause people
they've seen their MTV hits
they're ready to split
so thanks for stayin'

so all aboard
the infinite sadness train
it's leavin' right now
all aboard johnny
and jackie
and sammy
and freddy
and tommy

can you people hear up there?
can you hear
can you dig it?

we're sending you an intergalactic communication
from this side to that side

so guess what
let me tell you the secret
shhh
I'll promise to tell you a secret if you don't tell nobody
the secret
shhh
you promise not to tell anybody
alright

alright, got to bring the band down here
shhh

here's the secret
the secret is there is no secret
you know why?
cause there ain't nothing to know
except yourself, your family, your earth, your feet, your stomach, and your heart
all the rest of it
clothes
hair
it's all kind of meaningless in the end
trust me
that's the secret
but don't tell no body
Geno
I'll come kick your ass

so every night we play in front of a bunch of people
you know
after a while it becomes a sea of faces
it's just a sea of faces
it's hard to pick individual people out
because you're all so fucking beautiful
you know
can't focus on anybody

but here
here in this place
I know your
I know your faces
I know you
I know where you come from
I know where you're going

the best people that I've ever met always come from Chicago
you know why
do you know why
because we live
we all of us
live in motherfuckin' reality
that's why

and that's what I like

so we send you this message of love
of compassion
and of trust
trust in me
I trust in you

thank you

we hope you've had a good journey with us

may the sycophants
and the suckers
and the teachers
and whoever else gets you down
not get you down

we are
have been
and will always be
the smashing pumpkins

this one is for our boys in filter

Iha: See ya. Goodnight. Goodnight, thanks everybody.
BC: God bless you, thank you. Thanks for putting up with our bullshit again. ... Hey, put the lights on!

Photos and memorabilia

Setlist

Encore one

Encore two

Encore three

Notes

Banter

Photos and memorabilia