Billy Corgan 2005-06-08

Setlist
Set: Encore One: Encore Two:
 * Bit 4
 * All Things Change
 * Bit 5
 * Mina Loy (M.O.H.)
 * I'm Ready
 * Pretty, pretty STAR
 * TheCameraEye
 * To Love Somebody [The Bee Gees]
 * Johanna [Pop/Williamson]
 * Now (And Then)
 * Bit 7
 * Strayz
 * Walking Shade
 * A100
 * It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n Roll) [AC/DC]
 * Sorrows (in blue)
 * DIA
 * I'm a King Bee [Moore]
 * Turning Japanese [The Vapors] (tease)
 * Today (tease)
 * Star Spangled Banner [Key] (tease)
 * Sittin' on Top of the World [Vinson/Chatmon]

Banter
Bit 4 Intro All Things Change Bit 5 M.O.H. BC: Thank you. Thank you very much. I’m Ready BC: Thank you. We’re playing a bunch of new songs tonight so thank you very much for listening. (a few woo’s from the crowd) Heh. I don’t know what that cheer was for but.... ...  Here’s another new song. It’s called, uh, what’s it called? Oh yeah, Pretty Night Star. Pretty, Pretty Star The Camera Eye To Love Somebody Johanna Now and Then > Bit 7 BC: Shhhhh. Strayz (Billy solo) BC: Thank you very much. I’m sorry I don’t play loud music anymore. I’m old. Guy in crowd: How old are you? BC: Too old to play loud. Other guy in crowd: [unintelligible] BC: Yeah right. Why don’t you just give ‘em away? Third guy in crowd: [unintelligible] BC: Excuse me? Just [unintelligible] do something for your money? Would you like your money back? I’ll give you your money back if that’s what you want. I have no problem giving your money back. (multiple audience members yell shit) Okay. Walking Shade A100 It’s a Long Way to the Top [encore break] Sorrows in Blue DIA BC: Thanks. [encore break] I’m a King Bee > Sittin’ on Top of the World BC: Thank you. [bow] BC: I’d just like - I’d just like to say, I’d just like to say, I’d just like to say, I’d just like to say, I’d just like to say. Yes. (audience member shouting) Excuse me? (more people screaming) ‘Scuse me? Now let’s - I wanna hear this guy, what do you have to say? (crowd yelling)  What are you saying? Guy in crowd: Give us some Pumpkins! BC: Ohhh, you want some Pumpkins. Ohhhh, some Pumpkins. He wants some Pumpkins. Were you at the other two concerts I played here with the Smashing Pumpkins? Were you at those concerts? Wait wait, the guy asking for Pumpkins, were you at those concerts? You were at those concerts? Were they good? Thank you! I’m glad you came. (crowd cheers) I don’t know if you got the e-mail but the Pumpkins broke up. But trust me, the Smashing Pumpkins are very much alive, okay? Now, I’d like to say a few things, okay? I hate the fuckin’ music business, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. It creates an environment that makes it hard to be in a band like the Smashing Pumpkins, okay? It’s lucky that band lasted as long as it did ‘cause they tried to fucking kill us and they did a pretty good job. Now, me standing here has nothing to do with against the Pumpkins, in fact it has everything to do with the Smashing Pumpkins, I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the Smashing Pumpkins. I wouldn’t even be alive if it wasn’t for the Smashing Pumpkins. (crowd cheers) No one - no one on this planet loves that band more than I do and I appreciate that you want to hear those songs. I honor them, I honor that, okay? But there’s times to try new things - this is that time, okay? (crowd cheers) I stood on this - this stage right here in 1992 and played songs off Gish, okay, nobody knew who the fuck we were, okay? And there were people throwing beer and bottles, okay, and we still stood there and played our music, so don’t tell me I don’t know what I’m doing. I do know what I’m doing. If you trust me, all your dreams, all the things come true, just trust me a little bit, okay? (crowd cheers) As much - as much as I hate the stupid fucking record business, it’s the same proportion as how much I love you. That’s why I stand here, that’s why I try, that’s why I try new things, believe me, my life would be a lot easier if I just stood up here and played my old songs. You’d be happy, I’d sell more fuckin’ T-shirts, there would be more people standing in here, okay? I’m not stupid. (crowd cheers)  But - but, okay, and this doesn’t have anything to do with me as me, this has me do as a fan, if rock and roll is so great, where are all the great bands? Where’s all this great music that’s supposed to be happening? It’s coming! Wait, it’s coming. There are great bands coming because the business is changing and the great bands will rise again. But you have to invest in the future, you have to try new things, you have to reach out and you have to want something. If you want the same thing over and over and over again, then that’s what you’re gonna get. You’re gonna get these fake fuckin’ bands playing fake fuckin’ music for the rest of your fucking life, okay? (crowd cheers) I play, ahem, I played one thousand concerts with the Smashing Pumpkins, ‘kay? I bled on this stage, I bled on stages all over the world and I really appreciate that you came and I really appreciate that you gave me that chance and if I disappointed you, I’m sorry. But I have - (crowd disapproves) - wait, I’m just talking, I’m just talking to him, it’s fine. Just talking to him, I’m not talking to you. (crowd cheers)  Life - life is short, life is good, love is better, I love you very much and I appreciate you listening to me. Thank you.