The Smashing Pumpkins- Shame

[jmek17]

According to Wikipedia, under "Tributes to Michael Hutchence":

"Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins wrote 'Shame' on their 2 June 1998 album, 'Adore'".

I hadn't heard that before... Can anyone out there substantiate that fact; that Billy wrote this for the recently (at the time, of course) deceased singer of INXS?

[7Saburo]

Mellon Collie is their signature album, but Adore is so great, so gloomy and has a unique sound. Smashing Pumpkins, icons of the 90's.

[shotgunshawzy]

Shame this has so little views.

[beforethree]

Adore is a masterpiece, ive got a lot of beautiful memories listening to this album.

Adore you M

[0371998]

this song will be also nice..with the PUNK AND THE GRUNGE SONG!

fast tempo! and scream!

[ZimrayaTV]

2 people should be a sh-sh-sh-sh-shamed

[jrbirt]

Wow, I've heard a lot of versions of this song, but this is amazing. I guaruntee noone else out there could come up with a song like this. It's absolutely gorgeous. Thanks BC.

[tigernikki101]

ROXTARWANNABE \m/ *o* \m/

[HarmonyDepp]

Billy wrote this song as a tribute to Michael Hutchence.

[rocknnroller]

@HarmonyDepp

I thought it was for Jimmy Chamberlin

[EtcEtcAndEtc]

godly bass tone from D'arcy

[zpeyser]

Just brilliant....the emotion is unreal.....love is good all the time

[hatc9723]

I adore Adore...

[daedemona3]

one of the best performance of Smashing Pumpkins!

[dfresh0114]

ah, Adore....so good

[92san92]

esta cancion es simplemente espectacular........ esto si es musik de verdad

[dubconcrete]

this song is really powerful to me, and ironically has a more simple arrangement and lyrics than usual

[aprilis6underground]

ahh.. love this song!

[NoHeartAnthony]

Adore just shows how credible Billy Corgan really is. He could've rode the MASSIVE success of MCIS and churned out similar stuff for another few years, but no. The Pumpkins were constantly evolving and thank god for us that the next evolution was the Adore era.

This era is when I discovered the Pumpkins, I didnt even know they were a rock band before this!

[gatmog2007]

I think it's a shame that people forget this era of the band. James' ebow takes the song to a whole new level, and even though Jimmy is missed, the three percussionists are cool.

[ednocondriaco]

esta version en vivo suena mucho más trágica q la del disco, impresionante cancion con un sentimiento derramado a mas no poder, simplemente excelente!!!

[mtopper66]

A real "shame" (though not too surprising) that their best, most sophisticated, deepest, darkest, most elegant album (Adore) be the album that started their slow descent...considered a failure, even though it still sold nearly 2 million and received some critical acclaim. One of the best albums ever, and Shame is one of its most powerful songs, and all of the songs were even better, witness this video and the one for For Martha (my GOD)...

[united1500]

An Irony there is no Justice in the world, the greatest band in the world in my opinion

[jaadtoly23]

i agree that album is such a master piece. but so many masterpiece are not popular anyway. you can not expect a mass success with such deep songs.

music is still supposed to be an "entertainment"...

[time2pretend09]

hes sooooo ugly.......

[GalwaThrone]

and that's why he's so great :)

[radioactivekid389]

i think the piano ruins it

[nebka94]

palalalaaaa terrible !!

[richpon1973]

its for jimmy!

[TheDistorted]

I think Iha's best work can be found on the Adore album, IMHO: he makes the guitar sound like something else on practically every song.

[heyyitsfranklinn]

i agree the adore album was diff. from other things i have heard.

[nicesweater]

Mostly due to his extensive use of the EBow. ;D-

-OC

[TravuhsWree]

YES!

Ebows are SO cool.

[morphientje]

pure beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pfinger18]

This song is about the late, great Michael Hutchence :)

[Californiasoul05]

adore is such a beautiful album, and this song is just one of many proofs

[MetroidSR388vr]

screw it... this should have been the first single off of Adore and recorded with more swirly distortion in the chorus like this version.

[MetroidSR388vr]

My favorite Pumpkins song... the fact that this album didn't just proves that people are stupid, rather than proving Corgan lost his inspiration after Mellon Collie (like the lame-o critics with no ears say).

[Chino7685]

i wonder if the song written for jimmy

[Alianger]

i agree with elctric15

they dont

ha ha

[Esperanto77]

This song is amazing! makes me cry everytime

[Fabinesss]

Goosebumps!

[yoshinobuthecat]

I love smashing pumpkins.

[crpat]

does anyone happen to know what effects billy is using when he plays the main riff? sounds like a modulated delay or something, any thoughts?

[dfresh0114]

delay, reverb, distortion I would guess

[proluco]

la mejor detodas es una obra de arte esta rola

[JBrugger1080]

God I wish I saw that live, that probably sounded so full in sound.

[Aramvanderest]

The quality of ths video is very good!

and the sound is fantastic...

Well, they are just amazing!

[klicbill]

love this song

helloo goodbye you know you made us cryyyy

[3lectric15]

i reckon Adore is like a Smashing Pumpkins test, anybody who doesnt like it doesnt deserve to be a fan of the Pumpkins.

[NoHeartAnthony]

@3lectric15 hellz yes. they don't deserve to have ears!! no that's not fair...

my mum heard me playing Shame too loudly in my bedroom in 1998. She knocked loud on the door and said: "Turn it down, this is Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Shit!" to the tune. I was simultaneously amused and insulted.

[NoHeartAnthony]

@nicholsjoshua15 nah she didn't when she was young, but it's hard to stay cool as you get older :)

[NoHeartAnthony]

@nicholsjoshua15 what d'you want, a medal? I don't care about what your mum had to do, like clinging on to her youth by listening to her sons music. buzz off.

[nicholsjoshua15]

I have always listened to Led Zeppelin, The Bee Gees, David Bowie and The Jefferson Airplane that doesn't mean I'm trying to act old before my time. Good music and good taste are timeless, a song like this transcends age, race, and religion.

[FooFighterBiffyClyro]

Love the way James Iha ebows that guitar on this song, the 1998 era was where the pumpkins had peaked in creativity

[nirvanacookie]

love this song.

[08L1V10N]

adore is a fucking great album

[DivertySmile]

hello goodbye

you know you made us cry

paris  canal +

[allanvendetta]

Billy Corgan is cool

Mike Garson is cool

Kenny Aronoff...

...is not cool

[bounttyhuntter]

they are so fucking cool

[joandino]

you got it love the pumpkins!!!!

[folsov]

This is so much better than the bastardized Zeitgeist version. It's a slow dark song, it doesn't work to up tempo it.

[claireev]

i really like that lyric 'love is drunk all the time'

[darkboy06]

hte best song of this band ever

[jazza79]

Wow, I'm so glad to hear someone say that! This is truly the best Pumpkins song ever. It is an absolutely timeless classic, and it has never ceased having the same overwhelming effect on me every listen. Every note, melody and part is amazing!

[julesmuse]

it is the definition of beauty...

[BillyCorgan777]

That's one of the most deep and emotive Smashing Pumpkins song to me.

[lollies91]

Thanks so much for this vid! This is one of my favourite Pumpkin songs.

[gideoncho]

AMO ESTA CANCION LA MEJOR DE TODAS

[gohanmrpants]

thank you armyamy, this is my favorite Smashing Pumpkins song

[westcoastoffense]

Wow...that was a wonderful performance of that song:) Where is this performance from? I really think Adore is going to prove to be as timeless of an album as the rest of the Pumpkin's great albums.