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"'''Violet Rays'''" is a song by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] off of their 2012 studio album, ''[[Oceania]]''. | "'''Violet Rays'''" is a song by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] off of their 2012 studio album, ''[[Oceania]]''. | ||
{{cquote|1=This song, in particular, really shows what the band is bringing to the table. There's a certain vibe and ambience that's very much them. There's a lot of parts to it. We're rehearsing it right now for the tour, and we're like, 'What the fuck is going on?' [laughs]|author=Billy Corgan|source=[[w:MusicRadar|MusicRadar]] interview, June 13, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-billy-corgan-talks-the-smashing-pumpkins-oceania-track-by-track-548578|first=Joe|last=Bosso|website=MusicRadar|access-date=April 28, 2020|title=Interview: Billy Corgan talks The Smashing Pumpkins' Oceania track-by-track}}</ref>}} | {{cquote|1=This song, in particular, really shows what the band is bringing to the table. There's a certain vibe and ambience that's very much them. There's a lot of parts to it. We're rehearsing it right now for the tour, and we're like, 'What the fuck is going on?' [laughs]|author=Billy Corgan|source=[[w:MusicRadar|MusicRadar]] interview, June 13, 2012<ref name="musicradar">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-billy-corgan-talks-the-smashing-pumpkins-oceania-track-by-track-548578|first=Joe|last=Bosso|website=MusicRadar|access-date=April 28, 2020|title=Interview: Billy Corgan talks The Smashing Pumpkins' Oceania track-by-track}}</ref>}} | ||
It was written as a straight acoustic song, starting with just the ascending figure. After months of hearing the basic demo, Corgan broke down the song into chords without any rhythm, wrote the song melodically and reverse-engineered it back into the riffs.<ref name="musicradar" /> | |||
The arpeggios heard in the recording are Moog 55 keyboard.<ref name="musicradar" /> | |||
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