The Smashing Pumpkins 1993-10-05

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October 5, 1993 – Minneapolis, MN, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Invasion tour
DateOctober 5, 1993
VenueFirst Avenue
Coordinates44°58′41″N 93°16′33″W
LocationMinneapolis, MN, US
Venue typeClub
Capacity1,500
PersonnelBilly Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin
Order of bandsShudder to Think, The Smashing Pumpkins

Setlist[edit | edit source]

  1. "Rocket
  2. "Quiet
  3. "Today
  4. "Disarm
  5. "I Am One" (with rant) [5:45] 
  6. "Spaceboy
  7. "Geek U.S.A.
  8. "Hummer
  9. "Soma
  10. "Siva" [6:40] 
  11. "Cherub Rock

Encore one[edit | edit source]

  1. "Starla" [8:10] 
  2. "Pissant" (with rant) 

Encore two[edit | edit source]

  1. "Silverfuck" [12:19] 
    1. "When You Wish Upon a Star" [Leigh Harline / Ned Washington(tease) 
    2. "Over the Rainbow" [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg(tease) 
  2. "Sweet Sweet" [0:54] 

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • First known show of the tour to contain taped segues between some songs

Banter[edit | edit source]

Intro
Rocket
> Quiet
Today
Disarm
> I Am One
(BC midsong: What you want is what you’ll get. What you want is what you get. ‘Cause all I ever wanted was everything, yeah. That’s all I ever wanted was everything. What you want is what you’ll get: nothing, nothing. What you want is what you’ll get: nothing. And there’s nothing that can be taken from me that hasn’t already been taken. Nothing can be taken from me that hasn’t already been taken! Yeah, that’s right. Nothing in this world will satisfy, nothing. Nothing in this world will satisfy. ‘Cause there is nothing, nothing, nothing. Nothing, no. Nothing, no. Nothing. Nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!!!)
Spaceboy
BC: Thanks for comin’ to the rock show. We appreciate it and uh...I hope you’re having fun. Don’t hurt anyone, I hope you’re having fun, please don’t hurt anyone. Woo woo, woo, WOO! How do you feel? Woo woo...
Iha: Woo!
BC: ...not good, not bad, just woo.
Iha: Heh. (Jimmy starts Geek U.S.A.) Yeah.
Geek U.S.A.
Hummer
(BC at beginning of outro: Flannel? Ugh! Bad, bad, no good.)
Soma
(Iha at 0:44: (mic not on) Stop giving the evil hand. (mic on) Stop giving the evil hand, please.)
(BC at 1:08, where lyrics should begin: This is um, a song we call Soma. I wrote it about how we used to come play Minneapolis and no one liked us. Treated us mean.)
> Siva
Iha: Alright, now you may give the evil hand. Give the evil hand now.
Cherub Rock
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you, thanks.
BC: Thank you, thank you. ... Shh. Don’t yell at me. I’m a human being. We’re gonna play a song you probably don’t know, so: sorry. (Starla begins and continues for 35 seconds) This is, um, Starla.
Starla
Pissant
(Iha over drum solo: Oh yeah! We got a good crowd out there tonight, how you doin’, you motherfuckers? Mr. motherfuckin’ Jimmy Chamberlin on the motherfuckin’ ass motherfuckin’ motherfucker drums.)
BC: Thanks, thank you very much.
[encore break]
BC: Thank you.
Iha: This has been such an emotional show for us, ladies and gentlemen, we is just trying to keep that intensity tonight with uh, this next number, it’s gonna rock you.
Silverfuck / When You Wish Upon a Star / Over the Rainbow
> Sweet Sweet (Billy a cappella)