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'''Silverfuck''' is a song from [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' second studio album, ''[[Siamese Dream]]''. At 8:42, it is the longest track on the album. | "'''Silverfuck'''" is a song from [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' second studio album, ''[[Siamese Dream]]''. At 8:42, it is the longest track on the album. | ||
{{Cquote|an endless jam that we beat into submission, using the club crowds as test dummies for what needs to be a ever-infinite magnum opus. We are inspired by a date we play in Minneapolis by a UK band called [[w:Thee Hypnotics|Thee Hypnotics]], who play a thirty minute encore that goes on for so long that the club cuts the power, yet the band refuses to stop. One can only find these hidden realms by pushing past the bounds of time and expectation. Eventually this song will stretch in 45 minutes, driving half the crowd for the exits. Managers warn that this song alone is costing us t-shirt sales. I end the song by breaking every string off with my bare hands. We are all fucked. It doesn't matter what t-shirt you are wearing when you figure that out.|author=[[Billy Corgan]]|source=Siamese Dream remaster liner notes, November 2011}} | {{Cquote|an endless jam that we beat into submission, using the club crowds as test dummies for what needs to be a ever-infinite magnum opus. We are inspired by a date we play in Minneapolis by a UK band called [[w:Thee Hypnotics|Thee Hypnotics]], who play a thirty minute encore that goes on for so long that the club cuts the power, yet the band refuses to stop. One can only find these hidden realms by pushing past the bounds of time and expectation. Eventually this song will stretch in 45 minutes, driving half the crowd for the exits. Managers warn that this song alone is costing us t-shirt sales. I end the song by breaking every string off with my bare hands. We are all fucked. It doesn't matter what t-shirt you are wearing when you figure that out.|author=[[Billy Corgan]]|source=Siamese Dream remaster liner notes, November 2011}} | ||