The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-04-15
| April 15, 2000 – Chicago, IL, US | |
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| Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| The Sacred and Profane tour | |
| Date | April 15, 2000 |
| Venue | Aragon Ballroom |
| Coordinates | 41°58′10″N 87°39′29″W |
| Location | Chicago, IL, US |
| Venue type | Ballroom |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Personnel | Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Melissa Auf der Maur, William Corgan Sr. |
| Order of bands | The Smashing Pumpkins |
Setlist[edit | edit source]
- "Pale Scales"
- "The Everlasting Gaze"
- "Heavy Metal Machine"
- "Age of Innocence"
- "Glass and the Ghost Children" [9:59]
- "Blew Away"
- "Stand Inside Your Love"
- "This Time"
- "I of the Mourning"
- "Le Deux Machina" (prerecorded)
- "To Sheila" (acoustic)
- "Drown" (acoustic) [2:40]
- "Disarm" (acoustic)
- "Ava Adore" (acoustic)
- "Rock On" [David Essex] [7:29]
- "Zero"
- "Today"
- "Tonight, Tonight"
- "Blue Skies Bring Tears" [6:47]
- "Cherub Rock"
Encore one[edit | edit source]
- "Blank Page"
- "Walking the Dog" [Rufus Thomas] (only performance)
- "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
- "Once in a Lifetime" [Talking Heads] [8:21]
Encore two[edit | edit source]
- "With Every Light" (acoustic)
- "Mayonaise"
Notes[edit | edit source]
- "Blank Page" and "Walking the Dog" with William Corgan Sr. on guitar and vocals
- Billy Corgan on bass for "Walking the Dog"
Banter[edit | edit source]
Pale Scales
The Everlasting Gaze
> Heavy Metal Machine
Age of Innocence
Glass and the Ghost Children
BC: Good evening, everybody. Thank you, thank you everybody. As always, it’s always an honor to play here in our hometown. Even Melissa’s from Chicago now. About 13 years ago, I started this crazy band with this guy over here, Mr. James Iha.
Blew Away
> Stand Inside Your Love (abandoned after 4 seconds)
Stand Inside Your Love
This Time
I of the Mourning
Le Deux Machina (tape)
To Sheila (Billy acoustic w/Iha)
BC: Thank you.
Drown (Billy solo acoustic)
Disarm (acoustic)
BC: Like to, uh, introduce to you on the drums, Mr. Jimmy Chamberlin.
Ava Adore (acoustic)
Rock On / Everybody Wants Some!! / And the Cradle Will Rock...
(BC during quiet part before outro: Long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll, long live rock and roll, may it save all our souls, long live rock and roll. That’s right, long live rock and roll. Because uh, it’s gonna be uh, boy bands for the rest of our lives, so...please try to remember this moment because it might be the last rock and roll moment you’ll ever see, hahahahaha! Yeah! Maybe – maybe Britney will go grunge and it’ll all return. That’s right, long live rock and roll. Shhhhh...yeah.)
> Zero
BC: Thank you all very much, thank you very much, thank you very much. Thank you very much! [unintelligible]. Is everybody feelin’ alright?
Iha: (funny voice) Are you feelin’ okay? (normal) Is everybody having a reasonable time [unintelligible]? Nobody’s getting hurt, good.
Today
Tonight, Tonight
Blue Skies Bring Tears
Cherub Rock
[encore break]
Blank Page (with Bill Corgan, Sr. on guitar)
BC: [unintelligible]. Give me a bass. An E bass. ...
Walkin’ the Dog (with Bill Corgan, Sr. on vocals/guitar)
BC: My father, thank you.
Bill Sr.: Thanks a lot.
BC: Yes, Bill Senior. ... He’s a better guitar player than the Beatles, that’s for sure. (Jimmy begins Bullet with Butterfly Wings drums) Is everyone alright? Is that too much blues for you? Are you missing the down, death metal? Do you want more?
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
> Once in a Lifetime
and you might ask yourself
what do i feel if I don’t have any feelings?
and you might ask yourself
what does this mean if it has no meaning?
you might ask yourself
why does my dad think that i’m gay, huh?
you might ask yourself
is the world gay or am i just still gay?
letting the days go by
water flowing underground
into the blue again
water flowing underground
you might ask yourself
who’s that fucking guy on stage? you!
you might ask yourself
what does he know about me and my life?
you might ask yourself
why do i cry tears of milk?
you might ask yourself
why [unintelligible]? yeah
letting the days go by
water flowing underground
into the blue again
water flowing underground, yow!
why?!
go!!
fuck
every time I move forward, it’s just one step back
every time I move back, [unintelligible]
[unintelligible]
i don’t know why
this is my life, this is my house and i am [unintelligible]
ow!
what...!
...the fuck?!!
what the fuck?!!
into the eyes of america with your rudeness, values, all [unintelligible word] in vain, can move stars
julia roberts rotting teeth
it’s a bit much, it’s a bit much
the echo rings on, too rich, too far, too hard, too high
and we seek, and we search, and someone somewhere gives us a number and wants to know about our e-trading
we’re nothing more than a number these days
just another statistic
yes
and we say (gradually rising to screaming) what the fuck is going on, what the fuck is going on, what the fuck is going on, what the fuck is going on, what the fuck is going on, what the fuck is going on?!!
yow!
[2-3 unintelligible words]!
he’s not a [unintelligible]!
(instrumental break)
i broke my guitar
i lost my mind and broke my guitar
lost my mind and broke my guitar, i’m gonna go real far, a fuckin’ rock star!
rock star!
(screams)
yow!
what?!!
come on, fellas, one more time, one more time
yow!!!
yeah!!
ooh!
Iha: Ow!
[encore break]
With Every Light (acoustic)
BC: Now, just one uh, one, one second before we do this one more last song. Thank you again, thank you again for a great show. We’re always in awe and humbled by the love and faith that the people here in Chicago have put in us and we thank you always. And also, and now when I was in a younger band, I didn’t really truly understand or appreciate great moments like these and so, besides, sort of.... I’d just like to take a moment to say thank you to, to our friends and our family for uh, for being there for us and a special note to people that are very close to us that we’ve lost recently and uh, her dad and my mom. So we’d just like to take a moment to honor them and uh, thanks.
Mayonaise
