Pinwheels
| "Pinwheels" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Released | June 19, 2012 |
| Studio sessions | |
| Length | 5:43 |
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Corgan |
"Pinwheels" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins off of their 2012 studio album, Oceania.
Background[edit | edit source]
In an interview with MusicRadar, Corgan said reading Life by Keith Richards may have inspired the open G tuning. Initially the band all enjoyed the song but didn't like the direction it was heading during recording. Corgan attributed the advancement of the song to Jeff Schroeder. "There’s something about melodicism that Jeff is starting to tap into in his own playing, and it’s been a huge contribution. He plays completely different from me, but that’s what I want. He’s really coming into his own".[1]
| “ | That's all Jeff's guitar stuff at the end. What I love about Jeff as a musician is, he's always learning, he's always pushing himself. Technically, he's far superior to me, but where I've been able to help him is, not to just say, 'Study this guy,' but to explain to him why I think a particular guitarist would help him. And he came back and said, 'I'm really understanding why you asked me to listen to this guy.' | ” |
| — Billy Corgan, MusicRadar interview, June 13, 2012[1] | ||
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Mother moon
Mistress of the sun, say
I got you, I got you
Sister soul
Lovers of the tune, sing!
I got you, I got you, I got you
Floating away I think I'll stay as refused
Floating away I think I'll stay blue-black
Floating away I think I'll change next to you
Finding a way to make the loss seem new
Cause you don't deserve me
But I deserve you
Mother moon
Mistress of the sun, say
I got you, I got you
Sister soul
Lovers of the tune, sing!
I got you
I got you
Mother moon
Mistress of the sun, say
I got you, I got you, oh I've got you
I got you, I've got you mother moon
Floating away I think I'll stay as refused
Finding a way to make the loss seem new
Floating away I think I'll change next to you
Finding a way to make the loss seem new
Cause you don't deserve me
But I deserve you
Flies for the may queen
But life for the prince
If nobody wins
Then what gets lost?
If I've got you
Availability
| Title | Type |
|---|---|
| Oceania | Studio |
| Oceania: Live in NYC | Live • Video |
Tour stats
- Total plays: 141 plays, 46 acoustic, 2 artists
- First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2011-10-07 at Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA, US
- Last performance: Billy Corgan 2017-11-12 at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA, US
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bosso, Joe. "Interview: Billy Corgan talks The Smashing Pumpkins' Oceania track-by-track". MusicRadar. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Pinwheels" at SPFC