The Smashing Pumpkins 1994-05-22

May 22, 1994 – Nürburg, DE
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
Date	May 22, 1994
Festival	Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals
Venue	Nürburgring
Coordinates	50°20′8″N 6°56′51″E
Location	Nürburg, DE
Venue type	Race track
Capacity	80,000
Personnel	Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bands	Ian McNabb, Radiohead, Dada, Richie Havens, The Cranberries, Bonnie Raitt, The Hooters, The Smashing Pumpkins, Crowded House, Rage Against the Machine, Galliano, Peter Gabriel
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May 22, 1994 was The Smashing Pumpkins' performance at MTV's Rock am Ring festival. The band took to the stage at 4:45 PM local time.

Setlist

"Soma"
"Geek U.S.A."
"Disarm"
"Today"
"Quiet"
"Cherub Rock"
"Hummer"
"I Am One" (with rant) [6:40]
"Silverfuck" [9:23]
1. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg] (tease)

Banter

Soma
Geek U.S.A.
Disarm
Today
Quiet
Cherub Rock
Iha: danke (laughs)
Corgan: this is called 'Bullet in the Head'
Hummer
Corgan: thank you
I Am One

I Am One Rant:

all i ever wanted was everything
all i ever wanted was everything
all i ever wanted was everything and all i got was shit
shit
nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken
nothing can be taken from me that has not already been taken
cause i gave it all away
gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gim gim gim gim gim gim get nothing
gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gim gim gim gim gim gim get nothing
gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gim gim gim gim gim gim get nothing
ow
gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gim gim gim gim gim gim get nothing
nothing
nothing
nothing
gimme gimme gimme gimme gim gim gim gim gim gim gim get nothing
gimme gimme gimme gim gim gim gim gim gim gimme gim get nothing
nothing
nothing
ow
twenty seven years i have lived with pain in my heart
twenty seven years i have lived with a jealous heart
twenty seven years i have lived
twenty seven years i have died
nothing
nothing
nothing
nothing
gimme gimme gimme gimme gim gim gim gim gim gim gim get nothing
nothing
nothing

nothing

Corgan: that's on our next album....i don't know what that means but uh, i'm sure it's bad
Iha: in between that, David Hasselhoff will release another record and i'm sure that will fill the gap
Corgan: we have no drums?
Iha: stop for the human beatbox! (Beatboxes)...c'mon!...yeah, no motherfuckin' drums...i'm sorry, that came out for no reason...we ain't got....got no motherfuckin' drums
(announcer says something in german)
Iha: alright (laughs)...we thank you, and we thank you, and we wish we were David Hasselhoff...where is David Hasselhoff when you need him?
Corgan: tell you what, put your mic over by his drumset...put your mic over by his middle...alright we're gonna fix this one
Silverfuck/Over the Rainbow

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