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== Setlist == | == Setlist == | ||
# {{live song|Snail}} | # {{live song|Snail}} | ||
# {{live song|Kill Your Parents | # {{live song|Kill Your Parents}} | ||
## {{live song|Siva|length= | ## {{live song|Siva|length=6:22}} | ||
# (interview) | # (interview) | ||
# {{live song|Crush}} | # {{live song|Crush}} | ||
# {{live song|Silverfuck|length= | # {{live song|Silverfuck|length=9:35}} | ||
== Banter == | == Banter == | ||
{{banter|1= | {{banter|1= | ||
BC: Hello? | |||
'''Snail''' | '''Snail''' | ||
BC: This next song is called Kill Your Parents. | |||
''' | '''Kill Your Parents''' | ||
''' | > '''Siva''' | ||
Interviewer: Billy, welcome in the studio. | |||
BC: Hello | |||
Interviewer: Billy, welcome in the studio | Interviewer: You wanted to request a record on this show a record from [[w:Queen (band)|Queen]]. | ||
BC: Mm hmm. | |||
Interviewer: You wanted to request a record on this show a record from Queen | Interview: Are you a Queen fan? | ||
BC: Yes. | |||
Interviewer: Why? | Interviewer: Why? | ||
BC: They're just an amazing band and there's not really been another band like them, I think. And then, obviously [[w:Freddie Mercury|Freddie Mercury]] dying makes it kinda more obvious, I guess, now. | |||
Interviewer: Are they an influence on your music? | Interviewer: Are they an influence on your music? | ||
BC: Mm hmm, yeah, very much so. And uh, I think when you look at, you know, all the bad disco '70s period, they were one of the coolest bands around, so, I mean, growing up at that time.... | |||
Interviewer: | Interviewer: You got influenced by them. | ||
BC: At least not mustache wise, but music wise. | |||
Interviewer: The first thing that comes to mind when you hear the Smashing Pumpkins is the dynamic intention in the songs | Interviewer: The first thing that comes to mind when you hear the Smashing Pumpkins is the dynamic intention in the songs. Is tension a key word for the Smashing Pumpkins? | ||
BC: Umm, I think sex would be the key word. | |||
Interviewer: Why? | Interviewer: Why? | ||
BC: ‘Cause our music’s kinda like having sex. Heh heh heh. | |||
Interviewer: Can you explain | Interviewer: Can you explain a bit? | ||
BC: Well, sometimes you go fast and sometimes you go slow. Heh, sometimes you stop. Heh heh. | |||
Interviewer: | Interviewer: Okay, that explains it, heh heh. Sometimes it seems like there's several songs in one song... | ||
BC: Yeah. | |||
Interviewer: | Interviewer: ...aren't you tempted to make three songs out of that? | ||
BC: Yeah, sometimes I am, but um, I guess maybe it's the fear of dying or something that makes me want to cram as much into one song as I can. | |||
Interviewer: How do you write songs? | Interviewer: How do you write songs? | ||
BC: Unfortunately I kinda sit around and wait for it to happen, you know, like a thunderbolt from heaven or hell and uh, it's not the best way to write songs but there's something about an inspired moment that's kind of untouchable. So um, once I have the inspiration part, then it's kind of a somewhat mechanical process to not play the same thing over and over for five minutes until you bore everybody out at the door. | |||
Interviewer: Do you do something to create that inspiration? | Interviewer: Do you do something to create that inspiration? | ||
BC: Can you ask me that again, I didn’t hear the last part. | |||
Interviewer: Do you do something to create that inspiration? | Interviewer: Do you do something to create that inspiration? | ||
BC: Yeah, I try not to, um...you know, watch too much TV and uh... | |||
Interviewer: Don't poison your mind | Interviewer: Don't poison your mind. | ||
BC: ...it's kind of a zen concept, yeah, you know? Obviously your mind has to be somewhat open and um, there's a certain mental preparation necessary for that when those moments in your life come that you can seize them and take the opportunity, so there is kind of a mental awareness that's necessary at all times. Beyond that, I don't know, there's no black and white way to write a song. | |||
Interviewer: It seems like your songs are more based on hooks, guitar riffs than on melodies, huh? | Interviewer: It seems like your songs are more based on hooks, guitar riffs than on melodies, huh? | ||
BC: Oh, I would disagree. I would very much disagree. See, I can write guitar riffs all day but it's very much the marriage of melody and the guitar, you know, that I think makes what I do a little different than say someone who just writes guitar riffs. Sometimes the best guitar riffs don't make for a very good song and there's a lot of great guitar riffs that we throw away. | |||
Interviewer: The dynamic of the sound of Smashing Pumpkins, doesn't that make the band very hard to record? | Interviewer: The dynamic of the sound of the Smashing Pumpkins, doesn't that make the band very hard to record? | ||
BC: Yes, very much so. It's probably gonna take about 10 years off my life, trying to record our band properly. | |||
Interviewer: You have been here | Interviewer: You have been here on the Eine Abend in Wien Festival [[The Smashing Pumpkins 1991-09-01|that's five months ago]], what did change for the band since then? | ||
BC: Since then? Oh, um, I've had about three nervous breakdowns and um, the band sold a lot of records in America and we did a couple tours, we toured with the [[w:Red Hot Chili Peppers|Red Hot Chili Peppers]], a whole [[Blood Sugar Sex Magik tour|national tour in America]] and um, you know my mother likes me again. | |||
Interviewer: Is that the nicest thing about success? | Interviewer: Is that the nicest thing about success? | ||
BC: Success is such a weird thing, you know? I don’t want to sound like I'm detracting from anything but so much comes with it and um.... | |||
Interviewer: Like what? | Interviewer: Like what? | ||
BC: I don't wanna say responsibility because that's not necessarily the right way to explain it, but I think as you open up doors for yourself, you're also kind of obligated to walk through them, if you push yourself up to a point, you should keep going. So having pushed our band to the point of this, we just want to keep on going and with that comes a lot more stress and strain and preparation, I don't know, whatever, I mean our lives are kind of -- you know, we don't live like normal lives, we live these kind of weird troll existences, so I mean, yeah, you know, I have some money in the bank and yeah, people know who I am, but I'm not a normal human being anymore, so it’s just strange-- | |||
Interviewer: You look quite normal to me | Interviewer: You look quite normal to me. | ||
BC: It's a strange trade-off, um, underneath this walks a psychopath. | |||
Interviewer: Last question: Are there any concrete plans for a new album? | Interviewer: Last question: Are there any concrete plans for an album, a new album? | ||
BC: Yeah, but I don’t know, we may come back to Europe and we may do the [[w:Lollapalooza|Lollapalooza]] festival and we may do a lot of things, so our next album may not come out -– I know our next album at least won't come out until 1993 but I don't know, we're gonna be one of those bands that never puts out a second record, it would’ve been the greatest record in the world but we didn’t quite make it. | |||
Interviewer: Okay, you’re gonna do two songs for us now, Billy. | |||
BC: Mm hmm. | |||
Interviewer: Okay, you can walk over to the other stage. | |||
BC: Okay. | |||
'''Crush''' | |||
> '''Silverfuck''' | |||
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