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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The | The opening riff had its origins during the very first ''[[Siamese Dream]]'' [[December 1992-March 1993 – Triclops Sound|studio session]]. According to [[Billy Corgan]], "somewhere, I have a tape of us from 1993 endlessly playing the 'world is a vampire' part over and over".<ref name=kingbs>{{Cite news| last = Corgan | first = Billy | title = King B's | publisher = Guitar World |date=January 1997}}</ref> Corgan wrote the noted chorus "rat in a cage" on an acoustic guitar during the [[September 12, 1993 – BBC Radio One|same session]] that "[[Landslide]]" was recorded.<ref name=kingbs /> Well into the later months of [[March-August 1995 – Pumpkinland and Chicago Recording Company|recording ''Mellon Collie'']], Corgan still hadn't decided if he liked the song, and he was "shocked" when Virgin Records decided it to be the lead single.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|first=Billy|last=Corgan|website=Genius|title=Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 2012 reissue liner notes|url=https://genius.com/The-smashing-pumpkins-mellon-collie-and-the-infinite-sadness-liner-notes-annotated}}</ref> | ||
Corgan hasn't been very clear on the true meaning of the song, writing "The song's true message has grown on me over the years, as I find it to be a withering attack on the lameness of fame."<ref name=":0" /> The lyrics "Can you fake it, for just one more show?" may refer to the band's experience headlining the [[Lollapalooza 1994|1994 ''Lollapalooza'' festival]], with Corgan calling it the "old job".<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last1=Pareles|first1=John|title=RECORDINGS VIEW;Alternative Rockers Think Big, Uneasily|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/22/arts/recordings-view-alternative-rockers-think-big-uneasily.html|accessdate=November 25, 2014|work=[[w:The New York Times|The New York Times]]|date=October 22, 1995}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{cite web|last1=McKelvey|first1=Iain|title=The Throwback, 1995|url=http://vulturemagazine.com.au/throwback-1995/|work=Vulture|accessdate=November 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222064611/http://vulturemagazine.com.au/throwback-1995/|archivedate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> "Old job" may also refer to the biblical figure "[[W:Job (biblical figure)|Job]]", whom faced many challenges to prove his faith to God. Along with other parts of the album, Corgan appears to compare himself to Jesus Christ, with the line "Jesus was an only son / Tell me I'm the chosen one".<ref name="nytimes" /> | |||
{{Cquote|With "Bullet...," really early on when we were going through all the demos, it was quite obvious that the great thing about working with the Pumpkins was that it was obvious which tracks were going to be the real main players. That was most definitely one of them, and we all knew it because it had the energy we wanted to capture.|author=[[Flood]]|source=Tape-Op interview, September/October 2016}} | {{Cquote|With "Bullet...," really early on when we were going through all the demos, it was quite obvious that the great thing about working with the Pumpkins was that it was obvious which tracks were going to be the real main players. That was most definitely one of them, and we all knew it because it had the energy we wanted to capture.|author=[[Flood]]|source=Tape-Op interview, September/October 2016}} | ||