Smashing Pumpkins - Silverfuck (live @ The Fillmore)

[MisterMisanthropy]

still low energy. Billy's just standing there.

[friendsandenemiesofu]

c'mon he's 41. i would like to see you jumping around at his age after all he went through

[MisterMisanthropy]

other musicians still do. all he went through? what did he go through? he wasn't in a car accident or anything. all i'm asking for is a little spirit not this monotonous crap that made me not want to see them when they were in my town.

[xLordOfTheFliesx]

@MisterMisanthropy

He's old......relax.

[goldwing7500]

Cool Vid Man

[OgadaNosaFasu]

wow now that's the energy I'm looking for

[ChromeLocust]

Geek USA is better, and that's coming from a canadian.

[plungerhigh]

i agree, but mayonaise is the best song on siamese dream

[shottylovesyou]

I was SO there! I was right up front.  It kicked my ass. I'll never be the same.

[hiphopopatomous]

Billy is a musical genius..he has the ability to express every emotion through music, on top of that - he writes every note of every song and makes sure that his compositions are performed correctly...a true musical master, I hope that history compares him to the true masters...because he is a genuine composer/prodigy/genius/master of his art.

[jgxcmonkey]

go suck his balls already

[pipoka0000]

amazing :|

[camobaby]

yer i went to reading fest 07 too see them and tehy didnt play this nor disarm and i was gutted

[man3ack]

whats with the ronald mcdonald outfit. lol

[Lugak14]

Thanks Live 105. The night I went they didn't play this. Shame since it's my favorite song.

[pacoworld]

I went to the 7/31 and it was awesome!! They played for almost 3 hours, incredible!!

[dbuitrago]

Anyone who went to see them live and thinks it was anything short of spectacular needs to stop doing bad drugs... This was a flat out Rock Extravaganza of Pumpkins classics. I went on 7/24 and they played mostly Siamese Dream. The BEST show EVER!

[kevinmkr]

I was at the Metro, which is the last time the Pumpkins played Silverfuck. It was the last song they every played. Although, I admit that this Pumpkins cover band does a pretty decent version of it (consider that they have 2 of the original members). ;)

[ohsodreary]

so the cover band you saw that night at the metro in 2000 was still missing all of its original members too, genius.

[kevinmkr]

D'arcy quit. There's a big difference between a member quitting and being replaced and the band breaking up, genius. If that's your logic, then the Pumpkins weren't the Pumpkins starting with Adore. Besides, Iha was, on so many levels, the heart of the Pumpkins, even if he wasn't the brains behind the operation. It was his departure, after all, that ended their run. If you think that this rag-tag group is anything more than a covers bands on a nostalgic joyride, you are delusional.

[easternmind]

Glass covered Billy with MACHINA... Why can't Billy cover Billy with Zeitgeist?

[ExclaimedMusic]

@kevinmkr Iha - heart of SP. The idea of that is hilarious.

[kevinmkr]

@ExclaimedMusic.... I know why you may be skeptical -- my source has been proven to be unreliable and a bit flakey -- It is, after all, Billy Corgan, himself, who said it almost EVERY SINGLE SHOW on the Machina tour before James played Blew Away (well, at least the two dozen shows that I was at). Find any recording of the tour. And then get back to me in 3 more years. Geez.

[ExclaimedMusic]

@kevinmkr Yeah, I know, I was at a few. I have tons of bootlegs from the Machina tour, too. There's no doubt that the friendship between Billy and James was, for a time, the Smashing Pumpkins. Billy wrote all the words and majority of the music and James had a lot of interpretation, but I don't believe that James was the heart of the band. I believe that Corgan, when inspired, was the heart of the band. Plus, you really can't take a word Billy says seriously. . . Metro DVD, rereleases, etc. . .

[kevinmkr]

@ExclaimedMusic I guess I just consider the fact that the band ended when James left to be a larger indicator of his role. SP survived the loss of D'arcy. SP survived the loss of Jimmy. But when James said "no mas", Billy shuttered the windows. There's no denying that Billy was the creative and administrative leader of the band in each era and I'd be a fool to suggest otherwise. Maybe James was simply the last straw.

[ExclaimedMusic]

@kevinmkr One more thing, I went to six shows this year, and I saw the fire in his eyes that was completely absent for most of the decade. He wants SP to work more now than ever. Every show this year felt more genuine than 2007/8. He's beginning to write SP1 quality material (Lonely Is The Name, Quasar, Zen Baby, As Rome Burns among many others). The band is tighter than it's been in a long, long time. I'm cautiously optimistic with the direction the band is headed at the moment.

[kevinmkr]

@ExclaimedMusic I'll admit that I haven't been completely objective (or even extremely fair) in assessing the new SP. However, my few stumbles into their material (such as a performance on Jay Leno where the drum part may as well have been pulled straight from Muzzle) haven't had the strength to give me much incentive. So, grain of salt and all that.

[bjthepumpkinguy]

some ungrateful fucktards just wont cut it!

i mean, you are all so lucky to see them live and some of you just walked out because the band's playin' machina songs?

There's no PITS here, goddamit!

[jackjls]

I LOVE the smashing pumpkins. I went to this show. I was ten feet from the stage. I almost walked out. It was the worst concert I have ever been to. The audience was either really lame and didn't feel like moving at all or they were jsut falling asleep like me from the endless machina jams. TERRIBLE (although this song was one of the few good parts)

[Ashesx666]

Im so happy someone got this shit recorded i was up front for this shit!

[stevecato]

fucking awesome...enough said

[Calla7Lily]

killer