The Smashing Pumpkins 1991-10-22 (Atomic Records): Difference between revisions

October 22, 1991 – Milwaukee, WI, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	October 22, 1991
Venue	Atomic Records
Coordinates	43°4′15″N 87°53′15″W
Location	Milwaukee, WI, US
Venue type	Record store
Capacity	150
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	The Smashing Pumpkins
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Setlist[edit | edit source]

"Blue" (acoustic)
"Obscured" (abandoned) (acoustic)
"Obscured" (abandoned) (acoustic)
"Siva" (acoustic) [5:13]
"Smiley" (acoustic)
"Out of Focus" [Blue Cheer] (tease) (acoustic)
"Suffer" (acoustic)
"Terrapin" [Syd Barrett] (acoustic)
"Luna" (acoustic) (live debut)

Banter[edit | edit source]

BC: Yeah, yeah, hey. Alright, I feel like a midget. Thank you. Can you turn off the incessant yelling? Um, first of all, I'd like to apologize that we're so ugly, except for D'arcy and uh...and um, um, obviously we're not like really amplified, so um, to make our life easier and make everyone who wants to hear it, we could keep it like fairly quiet and uh, that way we can like, play the songs the way they're meant to be played, so bash them all out like we do live, so.... So.... So um, we’ll begin, heh.
Guy in crowd: Speak out, friend.
BC: I can't help it, I'm...soft spoken. Alright, so...so see the fun quiet and let us do our thing. This is a song off our new “don’t call it an EP,” it’s uh, called Blue.
Blue
BC: Um, this is a song we haven't really played live yet but um, we had tried to record it for this new single but it didn't come out, so it'll probably be on our next album, which will be out in 1995.
Obscured (abandoned after 26 seconds when...)
D’arcy: Wait a minute, start over. I’m playing in the wrong key.
BC: Like I said, um, we've never really played this song live.
D’arcy: Never played it [unintelligible word].
BC: Once again, another ominous in-store.
Guy in crowd: 1995!
BC: And then you can see why it won't be out until 1995. And uh....
Guy #2 in crowd: Smash that pumpkin, man.
Guy #3 in crowd: Smash it!
BC: Huh?
D’arcy: Yeah.
BC: Alright. Rewind and no fuckin' pumpkins please, you know, I'm really sick of this shit, (immediately counts into Obscured).
Obscured (abandoned after 90 seconds when...)
BC: Ah, I can't do this. I can't go on pretending that you're not (laughing) fucking this up. Alright, well, see...they say that about us, hit or miss, you know? So uh, heh heh, it's all downhill.
Siva
BC: (to D’arcy) Um, no, see in the [unintelligible word] it’s actually half a step down, but we only know how to play in that key.
D’arcy: What?
BC: We only know how to play in that key.
D’arcy: What, A?
BC: Yeah. Alright, another attempt at failure. Let's play uh, let’s play Smiley. This is a....
Unknown guy: James, it was a good call.
Iha: Thank you.
BC: Yeah, you might as well do that. Um, this is a song, we um, we did a Peel Session and I know we're trying to get this released, maybe a seven inch on Caroline –- thank you, um, I don't know, this song may never see the light of day but...it sounds like another one of our songs, so see if you can guess. You ready?
Smiley
BC: Thank you, um, for your attention, it’s appreciable.
Guy in crowd: Play Out of Focus!
Out of Focus (tease - brief attempt at playing beginning)
D’arcy: Haha!
BC: Yeah. That was the old Pumpkins, this is the new Pumpkins, flower children. Well, haha, should we go to D?
D’arcy: No.
Guy in crowd: [unintelligible].
BC: O.P.P., what's O.P.P.? Yes. ... Um, this is a song off Fish.
Suffer
Iha: Merci beaucoup.
BC: This is James's ballad.
Terrapin (abandoned after a few seconds)
BC: Should I come there, James?
Iha: No, D. That’s just fill in.
BC: This is James Barrett.
Terrapin
BC: Heh, now she’s gotta play all the other songs. Well...anybody wanna hear anything?
Guy in crowd: Not Worth Asking!
BC: No.
D’arcy and Iha: (laughing) Oh my god.
BC: Gotta keep asking.
Iha: It’s not worth asking that.
BC: We already played that song. Well, I'll leave you, uh, we'll leave you, the collective I...we. Um, this is a new song, um, which I'm sure we'll fuck up too but I don't give a fuck anymore.
Guy in crowd: I Am One.
BC: No, we will not be playing the funky version of I Am One today. You’d have to--
Guy in crowd: Play [unintelligible].
BC: You'll have to travel to um...Ottawa, Canada if you wanted to see that. This is a song called Luna.
Luna
BC: Thank you, goodnight. And uh...see you uh...we’ll see you at the motherfucking rock show.

Photos and memorabilia[edit | edit source]

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 | artist = The Smashing Pumpkins
 | date = October 22, 1991
-| venue = Atomic Records
+| venue = [[w:Atomic Records|Atomic Records]]
 | location = Milwaukee, WI, US
 | venue_type = Record Store
-| lat =
+| lat = 43.070955
-| lng =
+| lng = -87.887472
 | capacity = 150
-| lineup = Corgan, Iha, Wretzky, Chamberlin
+| lineup = Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
 | bands = The Smashing Pumpkins
 | tour =
+| splra_page = Tsp1991-10-22A
 }}
 == Setlist ==
-# {{live song|Blue}}
+# {{live song|Blue|acoustic=1}}
-# {{live song|Obscured|abandoned=1}}
+# {{live song|Obscured|acoustic=1|abandoned=1}}
-# {{live song|Obscured|abandoned=1}}
+# {{live song|Obscured|acoustic=1|abandoned=1}}
-# {{live song|Siva|length=5:13}}
+# {{live song|Siva|acoustic=1|length=5:13}}
-# {{live song|Smiley}}
+# {{live song|Smiley|acoustic=1}}
-# {{live song|Out of Focus|tease=1|cover=[[w:Blue Cheer|Blue Cheer]]}}
+# {{live song|Out of Focus|acoustic=1|tease=1|cover=[[w:Blue Cheer|Blue Cheer]]}}
-# {{live song|Suffer}}
+# {{live song|Suffer|acoustic=1}}
-# {{live song|Terrapin|cover=[[w:Syd Barrett|Barrett]]}}
+# {{live song|Terrapin|acoustic=1|cover=[[w:Syd Barrett|Syd Barrett]]}}
-# {{live song|Luna}}
+# {{live song|Luna|acoustic=1}}
-=== Notes ===
-* Acoustic
-* First performance of "Luna"
 == Banter ==
 {{banter|1=
-Corgan: Yeh yeh hey... alright, I feel like a midget.. thank you
+BC: Yeah, yeah, hey.  Alright, I feel like a midget.  Thank you.  Can you turn off the incessant yelling?  Um, first of all, I'd like to apologize that we're so ugly, except for D'arcy and uh...and um, um, obviously we're not like really amplified, so um, to make our life easier and make everyone who wants to hear it, we could keep it like fairly quiet and uh, that way we can like, play the songs the way they're meant to be played, so bash them all out like we do live, so....  So....  So um, we’ll begin, heh.
-Can you turn off the incessant yelling?
+Guy in crowd: Speak out, friend.
-Um, first of all I'd like to apologize that we're so ugly... except for D'arcy
+BC: I can't help it, I'm...soft spoken.  Alright, so...so see the fun quiet and let us do our thing.  This is a song off our new “don’t call it an EP,” it’s uh, called Blue.
-And obviously we're not like really amplified so to make our life easier and everyone who wants to hear
-if we could keep it fairly quiet and that way we can keep the songs the way they're meant to be played and bash them all out like we do live
-So we'll begin... I can't help it I'm a songsmith..
-Alright so if you people are quiet, we'll just do our thing
-This is a song off our new 'don't call it an EP' called 'Blue'
 '''Blue'''
-Corgan: This is a song we haven't really played live yet but we tried to record it for this new single.
+BC: Um, this is a song we haven't really played live yet but um, we had tried to record it for this new single but it didn't come out, so it'll probably be on our next album, which will be out in 1995.
-It didn't really come out so it'll probably be on our next album which will be out in 1995
+'''Obscured''' (abandoned after 26 seconds when...)
-'''Obscured'''
+D’arcy: Wait a minute, start over.  I’m playing in the wrong key.
-[breaks down]
+BC: Like I said, um, we've never really played this song live.
-Wretzky: Wait a minute, start over
+D’arcy: Never played it [unintelligible word].
-Corgan: Like I said we've never really played this song live.
+BC: Once again, another ominous in-store.
-Once again another ominous instore
+Guy in crowd: 1995!
-Audience member: 1995!
+BC: And then you can see why it won't be out until 1995.  And uh....
-Corgan: And now you can see why it won't be out until 1995
+Guy #2 in crowd: Smash that pumpkin, man.
-Audience members: Smash that pumpkin!
+Guy #3 in crowd: Smash it!
-Corgan: No fuckin' pumpkins please, I'm really sick of this shit
+BC: Huh?
-[breaks down again]
+D’arcy: Yeah.
-Corgan: No I can't do it, I can't go on pretending you're [D'arcy] not fucking this up.
+BC: Alright.  Rewind and no fuckin' pumpkins please, you know, I'm really sick of this shit, ''(immediately counts into Obscured)''.
-Alright, well see, they say that about us- hit or miss, so it's all downhill
+'''Obscured''' (abandoned after 90 seconds when...)
+BC: Ah, I can't do this.  I can't go on pretending that you're not ''(laughing)'' fucking this up.  Alright, well, see...they say that about us, hit or miss, you know?  So uh, heh heh, it's all downhill.
 '''Siva'''
-Corgan [aside to Wretzky]: We only know how to play it in that key
+BC: ''(to D’arcy)'' Um, no, see in the [unintelligible word] it’s actually half a step down, but we only know how to play in that key.
-Wretzky: What? A?
+D’arcy: What?
-Corgan: Yeah... alright, another attempt to failure, let's play "Smiley". This is a song, we did a Peel Session and I know we're trying to get this released maybe a seven inch on Caroline hopefully. I don't know this song may never see the light of day but it sounds like another one of our songs so see if you can guess
+BC: We only know how to play in that key.
+D’arcy: What, A?
+BC: Yeah.  Alright, another attempt at failure.  Let's play uh, let’s play Smiley.  This is a....
+Unknown guy: James, it was a good call.
+Iha: Thank you.
+BC: Yeah, you might as well do that.  Um, this is a song, we um, [[The Smashing Pumpkins 1991-09-08|we did a Peel Session]] and I know we're trying to get this released, maybe a seven inch on [[w:Caroline Records|Caroline]] –- thank you, um, I don't know, this song may never see the light of day but...it sounds like another one of our songs, so see if you can guess.  You ready?
 '''Smiley'''
-Corgan: Thank you for your ??, it's appreciable
+BC: Thank you, um, for your attention, it’s appreciable.
-Audience member: Play 'Out of Focus'
+Guy in crowd: Play Out of Focus!
-Corgan: That was the old Pumpkins, this is the new Pumpkins, flower children...
+'''Out of Focus''' (tease - brief attempt at playing beginning)
-[responding to something said] OPP? OPP, what's OPP?
+D’arcy: Haha!
-This a song off 'Fish'
+BC: Yeah.  That was the old Pumpkins, this is the new Pumpkins, flower children.  Well, haha, should we go to D?
+D’arcy: No.
+Guy in crowd: [unintelligible].
+BC: [[w:O.P.P. (song)|O.P.P.]], what's O.P.P.?  Yes.  ...  Um, this is a song off Fish.
 '''Suffer'''
-Corgan: This is James ballad
+Iha: Merci beaucoup.
+BC: This is James's ballad.
+'''Terrapin''' (abandoned after a few seconds)
+BC: Should I come there, James?
+Iha: No, D.  That’s just fill in.
+BC: This is [[w:Syd Barrett|James Barrett]].
 '''Terrapin'''
-Corgan: Just gonna play all the other songs, well anybody wanna hear anything?
+BC: Heh, now she’s gotta play all the ''other'' songs.  Well...anybody wanna hear anything?
-Audience member: Alabaster
+Guy in crowd: [[Not Worth Asking]]!
-Corgan: No! [another request] We already played that song.
+BC: ''No''.
-Well, I'll leave you, we'll leave you, the collective I... we.
+D’arcy and Iha: ''(laughing)'' Oh my god.
-This is a new song which I'm sure we'll fuck up too but I don't give a fuck anymore.
+BC: Gotta keep asking.
-No, we will not be playing the country version of 'I Am One' today, you'll have to travel to Ottawa, Canada for that.
+Iha: It’s not worth asking that.
-This is a song called "Luna"
+BC: We already played that song.  Well, I'll leave you, uh, we'll leave you, the collective I...we.  Um, this is a new song, um, which I'm sure we'll fuck up too but I don't give a fuck anymore.
+Guy in crowd: I Am One.
+BC: No, we will not be playing the funky version of I Am One today.  You’d have to--
+Guy in crowd: Play [unintelligible].
+BC: You'll have to travel to um...Ottawa, Canada if you wanted to see that.  This is a song called Luna.
 '''Luna'''
-Corgan: Thank you, goodnight. We'll see you at the motherfucking rock show.
+BC: Thank you, goodnight.  And uh...see you uh...we’ll see you at [[The Smashing Pumpkins 1991-10-22|the motherfucking rock show]].
 }}