Billy Corgan 2012-07-16
| July 16, 2012 – West Allis, WI, US | |
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| Live performance by Billy Corgan | |
| Artist | Billy Corgan |
| Date | July 16, 2012 |
| Venue | Dennis and Janice Flemion’s living room |
| Location | West Allis, WI, US |
| Venue type | Private home |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, Jimmy Flemion |
Following the passing of former Smashing Pumpkins touring member Dennis Flemion, Billy Corgan attends the wake at Dennis's house in Wisconsin and performs an impromptu version of "Space Oddity" with Jimmy Flemion. Jimmy also performs at least two other songs by himself with Corgan in the chair next to him. Jimmy's wife Sabrina films the performance and posts it to YouTube six weeks later.
Setlist[edit | edit source]
- "Space Oddity" [David Bowie] (abandoned) (acoustic)
- "Space Oddity" [David Bowie] (abandoned) (acoustic)
- "Space Oddity" [David Bowie] (acoustic)
Banter[edit | edit source]
Space Oddity (abandoned)
(Billy starts playing the song on guitar. Jimmy Flemion sings the first line, then gestures for Billy to sing with him. Halfway through verse 2, Billy accidentally skips to the first chorus. Jimmy gestures at him to keep going but Billy is clearly mortified, so Jimmy picks up from where they stopped.)
Jimmy: (singing) This is Major Tom to Ground Control / I’m stepping through the door. (speaking, to Billy) F. (singing) And I'm floating in a most peculiar way--(speaking) you need some work with that, [1-2 unintelligible words].
(Billy stops playing guitar and Jimmy takes it from him)
Jimmy: Why don’t we-–why don’t we do this, why don’t we do my version, you do your version....
BC: No, you gotta understand...
Space Oddity (abandoned)
Jimmy: (singing) Ground control...
BC: ...stop, stop, just stop, stop. That’s just our version’s all--we play all these weird guitar parts, so I don’t really actually know what the chords are.
Lady off camera: Hope Jim does.
Jimmy: I’ll try my version. (plays a few chords) It’s actually where–-where does it start out with, this? (plays guitar) [3-4 unintelligible words].
BC: (shrugs) I guess.
[tape cut]
Space Oddity (acoustic)
(Billy and Jimmy start over with verse 1 and are joined by some of the people surrounding them)