billy looks like an epic game character...maybe ff or a gerudo or something....plus the song breakdown at 5:40 sounds like it could be a sweet game music
@jfpisciotta Uli Jon Roth is an absolute God!!! Billy Corgan only wishes he was half the player Mr. Roth is; and I am sure Corgan himself will tell you this!!
Uli is a great guitar player period! I did work for him and every time I met him were talking about guitars. Hes one of the last big guitar heroes! Finally it brought him up on stage with the SP. Also I really like the way Corgan plays his instrument. His
Feeling is great like every other in that line up! I like the bass player Lady, yam yam
I love it. That hippie guy is ruining the song! That hippie guy was the prototype for Yngwie Malmsteen (try looking up the Scorpions song Sails of Charon from '77 or Vivaldi's Four Seasons), yet plays with a ton of soul even at speed. It may be a fair analysis to say that he doesn't fit with this song, but saying he sucks is pretty idiotic. BC could practice for years and never be able to play anything close to him.
I hate when people say people who play more Blues style are better because they're expressive in a different way than rock players. Billy's ability to put emotion into music is amazing for how unconventional it is, in my opinion, and while Uli John Roth is a great player as well, to try to make a comparison of the two just weakens both artists. I know a lot of times thats the easy way out of a real discussion about talent, but with these 2 artists that's really how I feel.
man the guys on stage have nothing to do with what things sound like to the audience. I know that sounds crazy, but it's true. the sound engineers mix everything from a board out in the crowd or in a booth. the artists are there to perform, not to be engineers.
You can bet that the sound engineers were freakin ecstatic to have a guy like Roth play a gig with SP.... . and the guys in the band, if you could listen to them I bet they said CRANK ULI'S MIKE LOUD HE'S A HERO OF MINE!!!!
you know that billy is a real guitar god too?:P but in the most of his music it would never fit with a face melting solo. he is not a bad guitarist at all. and if you play for as long and at a high level you will get good.
oh and to the "Billy is wacked out now" comment...he was actually "wacked out" before because he was always on acid or X but hes got his head on straight now and making the music he loves. Thats what being in a band is about. You make the music you love and if people like it they become your fans. Youre a tool if you make music to please others. Not that thier old music wasnt amazing because it was and it was what he wanted to do then. SP is Billys band and thats that.
God! What is it with these morons saying that billy is going solo or that hes a one man band now???? There ARE other members to the band ya know! Jeezus. What? Are Jeff, Ginger, and Lisa not actual people to you jackasses? They are actually taking part in the song writing and recording on the new album as well. So why dont you and mtv go listen to some Fall Out Boy or something.
Learn your damn facts. No one but Billy (and formerly Jimmy) have ANYTHING to do with songwriting or recording. This isn't a change though, in the entirety of the Pumpkins' career, someone other than Billy has only helped with the songwriting in about 5 songs. James helped with Farewell&Goodnight, Soma, Mayonaise, D'arcy helped with Daughter, and there was one more track from MCIS i cant remember. I digress. The Pumpkins have always been a 1 man band, problem is, people mistake ART for EGOTISM.
To clarify, i don't think it would work if there were more than one person writing a majority of the song. That's exactly how you GET crap like Fallout Boy. If anyone else has control over a piece of work, it stops being the artists vision, and starts being a collective project, losing its soul. So Smashing Pumpkins is, in a way, a 1 man band, and always has been, but it NEEDs to be.
I tend to agree, judging from other live version of this I've heard. Uli Jon Roth seems like he's almost playing a different song to the rest of the band.
Gossamer IS the god of music as is... As far as I'm concerned, any band that was good is dead or has stopped making good music, but, while it isn't particularly Pumpkin-ish, Gossamer is a masterpiece, and Smashing Pumpkins still does throw us a bone every once and a while.
This "songs" undeniable quality flies in the face of simpletons who think the Pumpkins are somehow dead. They just need to open their ears and turn off the braindead junk on the radio.
There won't be a studio recording. The pumpkins said this song was unsuccessful and not popular with the fans. As many people walked out after a while. The song has never been played live since (I wanted a studio recording too :( )
are you referring to people walking out at the fillmore, as mentioned on the "if all goes wrong" dvd? i know it says on the dvd that they haven't played it since, but that's outdated and they actually have played it several times since san fran. (no idea what that date of the show in this vid is.)
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Saw them last night in Boston..I had never heard this song it was amazing!!! BC is a great guitar player but he is no Petrucci. If you like this song start listening to Dream Theater...
Dream Theater is good but I think Corgan's guitar carries some more emotional weight. The same can be said about Jimmy's drumming compared with Mike Portnoy.
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I will admit that the only fault that could ever be given to Petrucci is that he does not play with emotion but so what? That is not his thing no one is better than him at playing any kind of music. He is very diverse from blues and jazz to mettle. As for Portnoy I disagree completely...he is top 3 in world and a perfectionist. Not even close which is why he is already in Drummer hall of fame. Unless you have seen DT live you really can't comment..get Live at Budahkan then you will see
I'm really not into DT, but I just want to say to Tomdawg89 that I completely agree with you man. Technicality can be practiced and you may reach it, but to just making people feel your guitar playing is something that can't be practice.
ive seen them twice now since this piece has been written and they didn't play it either time. i was so sad. its by far their greatest acheivement with the new line up
holy shit this is amazing!! pleeeease please don't dumb it down and make it generic when recording it...please...hope he locks himself in the studio for three days and records crazy guitars again like he used to. That'd be phenomenal.
I don't think they should record this as a single or something like that. If they release it, they should release _this_ live version.
The rest of the show was okay, but they were much better 7 months later on tour, but this song is definitely one of (if not) the greatest song performance(s) I ever saw live..
I think a studio version would be great, though it would sound different than it does live, like with Superchrist. Though I'd settle for an official release of Gossamer live in high quality. I'd probably listen to it onloop through breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime! It's almost the magnum opus of the Pumpkins. How could you not record it?
This is definitely an amazing song. It couldn't be released soon enough! Has Billy or SP in general made any statements as to whether it will be on a single for Superchrist, or the album itself? Here's hoping sooner than later!
the words that come to my head when i listen to this is amazing and unbelievable. no one should even consider covering this song, its just a SP thing. This is just abnormal, too good
billy corgan is severly underated as a guitar player, i love his savage layering abilities, and the fact that he can seriously rip it up on leads when he wants to, so much control and restraint at times depending purely on how it will affect the song---just brilliant
@kingoftheswing000 Totally agree sometimes very talented guitarist get carried away with over the top guitar solos leaving the rest of the song and instruments in the shadows...
This is fucking fantastic, I own every pumpkins alubum, every single, Mashed potatoes, Aeroplane flies high boxset and countless live shows.... Ive got around 45 pumpkins cd's they've been my constant favorite band since 89... and I fucking loved zeitgeist I fucking loved American Gothic, and I fucking love this song. its amazing to me that good music still exists in the fog of shitty god awful fucks who play music today.
Most people don't realize what a amazing Guitarist Billy Corgan is. He's come along way since his Eddie Van Halen (no disrespect just meaning it didn't feel like billy's style Proof; watch him solo in the Marked before SP) performances although FAST were not as moving as his later solos. He's really got his own uneqiue style now.
very uncommon song really liked it, but i cant see that billy is playing a left handed guitar right handed, its a right handed played right handed ;-)
this song is the best ever and when they release it in the studio, it will be fucking unbelievable. they should let people rate this one song out of six because its a mile above every other rock song in the fucking world. sp are back!!!
This is one of the best songs I've heard by the Pumpkins. I really hope they take the time to record and release it with all it's sonic brilliance and beauty. If they studio recorded and released Superchrist they could do Gossamer. They didn't play it at any of the shows I went to so I'd love to be able to crank this and rock out to it. And I think in the long run SP would be glad they recorded one of their best songs!!
When I first heard about the American Gothic EP, I was sure that Gossamer was going to be in it. I was really pissed when I saw it wasn't on there, but the 4 songs on AG were still good. I really hope that this song is released real soon. This is by far my favorite Pumpkins song
i wish they'd release another machina, another adore. another mellon collie. gossamer is an improvement from zeitgeist. a huge one. i hope they become more epic/art rock now. <3 pumpkins for life.
I already have a concept music video suitable for this song in mind. My idea is to have Jimmy Chamberlin riding a Dodge Charger escaping as a fugitive and Billy as the villain "dirty harry type" cop chasing him around in a muscle car. There will be car chases. Its like Kill Bill meets Bullit.
saving my gossamer virginity until it is released officially so I can hear it best but I can't stay too chaste, the song sounds sick from the first guitar intro
rock am ring 2oo7 was the show of the faggots,good charlote, MY chemical romance, likin park,30 Seconds to Mars etc i hope the 2008 play coll rock and roll like marilyn manson at least
James Iha played a Gibson thats why :) You have to have someone with that Gibson up there
Regardless, nobody fucking replaces James Iha, as nobody replaces D'Arcy as well. Smashing Pumpkins are not "The Smashing Pumpkins" without those two. Now they are Smashing Pumpkins.
Fruschendrix and Sly, I agree with both of you. Seeing this amazing song back in July (albeit not as amazing and beautiful as with three guitars) totally got me rockin'to it just and havin a great time all around. Agreed: the best song not on Zeitgeist.
Jimmy Chamberlin said recently Gossamer will be realeased, a live version from the Fillmore shows, and the song will be 35 minutes long!! Check out the 'Ask a Pumpkin' answers for more...
wow, musicianfan, go listen to zwan, then come back here and start falming the board. if you dont like them, the get the fuck off this video. deal with it, whether you like it or not, the pumpkins are back, for good or for bad.
as long as Billy Corgan is still in the band, the Smashing Pumpkins will never be over. you can think whatever you want-'musicfan99999', whatever the fuck helps YOU sleep at night.
Oh, come on FruscianteLennon311. He just gave his opinion. It's not like it's preventing you from listening to the album. I guess your violent little retorts are what help YOU sleep at night. And I like Zeitgeist. A lot. I like it more than Adore but less than Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. That there, my friend, is an opinion. Don't lose your cool with me now! ;)
Calm down. It's just music. And people have their opinions about music. You don't need to get too negative with people. Same goes for that FruscianteLennon311.
Walk on home emo-boys! this is rock history!!! Uli Jon Roth is a fantasic guitar player. Billy Corgan and the new smashing pumpkins are unbelievable! Thanks for a gorgeous rock-event..
Walk on home emo-boys! this is rock history!!! Uli Jon Roth is a fantastic guitar player. Billy Corgan and the new Smashing Pumpkins are unbelievable! Thanks for a gorgeous rock-event..
not sure if you know, but now there is a video result if you type "jimmy chamberlin" solo into youtube, which is a solo from their 2000 tour. pretty short, but interesting to see.
fucking unreal trippy dreamy pumpkins!!! They are back and billy's voice and music is like everything in the past and then some new. It spans from gish - mellon collie, particulary trks like "the orchid" and "united states" "doomsday clock" all very pastashio medley. Let the echoe ring forever on.....and fuck all those emo my chemical romance crap etc/bloc party 80's disco in the wheelie bin! Stupid poser rock emo kids.
personally i think that uli jon roths guitar solos ruined the first part of this song in the very beginning otherwise the other stuff was pretty sick that he did. i fucking love this song!
To be honest, I haven't heard a lot of pumpkins-music. And What I'd heard didn't interest me much. AND I wasn't much of a fan of those old Rock Gramps. This evening changed a lot! The Pumpkins were so fucking awesome...and Uli topped it all off. One of the real great expieriences.
this is soo awesome!!! :O im really surprised tbh, cause zeitgeist blew, and this is from the same sessions
TheSicDominator 3 weeks ago
This is amazing need a version on my ipod
nutshelllisle 4 weeks ago
billy looks like an epic game character...maybe ff or a gerudo or something....plus the song breakdown at 5:40 sounds like it could be a sweet game music
Earthlessness 2 months ago
i love gossamer, but god did uli john roth just butcher the shit out of this. jesus super christ.
jfpisciotta 4 months ago
@jfpisciotta Uli Jon Roth is an absolute God!!! Billy Corgan only wishes he was half the player Mr. Roth is; and I am sure Corgan himself will tell you this!!
yankeeslad2623 2 weeks ago
I want a goddamn studio version of this!!! Dammit! :_(
thedeadserv 4 months ago
this is his genius, this is my favorite song out of all his new stuff,,,,,,
Luthien125 6 months ago
i too love the original pumpkins and hate zeitgeist..but this song stomps anything they ever did in the 90s.
teargarden is equal if not better than mellon collie
uli jon roth ruins this song. boo!
SP FOREVER
Bayview05 1 year ago
umagresi banda
Mr231076 1 year ago
epic
chrisothoulos 1 year ago
s.p is cool
Mr231076 1 year ago
S.P IS BEST FROM 90's
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acousticoldplay84 2 years ago
Uli is a great guitar player period! I did work for him and every time I met him were talking about guitars. Hes one of the last big guitar heroes! Finally it brought him up on stage with the SP. Also I really like the way Corgan plays his instrument. His
Feeling is great like every other in that line up! I like the bass player Lady, yam yam
hunchback1964 2 years ago
Hammergeil. Spitzenmässiges Gitarrensolo.
Hemdwichserine 2 years ago
ULI JON ROTH IS FKING AMAZING he was incredible with the scorpions and was great solo, this is fking sick though
hipper44 2 years ago
Why is everyone hating on uli?
PersonalJesus348 2 years ago
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anybody who knows this song knows that Uli completely fucks it up
friskysman 2 years ago
What a rewarding discovery! This is the real Pumpkins rock experience.
GossamerFilms 2 years ago 4
is ginger there? i dont see her
FullmetalFan500 2 years ago
One of the best songs,
according to what I have heard...
I love it
Kr4tZeR 2 years ago
I love it. That hippie guy is ruining the song! That hippie guy was the prototype for Yngwie Malmsteen (try looking up the Scorpions song Sails of Charon from '77 or Vivaldi's Four Seasons), yet plays with a ton of soul even at speed. It may be a fair analysis to say that he doesn't fit with this song, but saying he sucks is pretty idiotic. BC could practice for years and never be able to play anything close to him.
muttonbuster 2 years ago
I hate when people say people who play more Blues style are better because they're expressive in a different way than rock players. Billy's ability to put emotion into music is amazing for how unconventional it is, in my opinion, and while Uli John Roth is a great player as well, to try to make a comparison of the two just weakens both artists. I know a lot of times thats the easy way out of a real discussion about talent, but with these 2 artists that's really how I feel.
rohiogerv22 2 years ago 3
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yeah man, shut that hippie up. He's ruining the mix..
YamsiFflow 2 years ago
i agree
SuperSajkoSimon 2 years ago
man the guys on stage have nothing to do with what things sound like to the audience. I know that sounds crazy, but it's true. the sound engineers mix everything from a board out in the crowd or in a booth. the artists are there to perform, not to be engineers.
You can bet that the sound engineers were freakin ecstatic to have a guy like Roth play a gig with SP.... . and the guys in the band, if you could listen to them I bet they said CRANK ULI'S MIKE LOUD HE'S A HERO OF MINE!!!!
Vstrat0 2 years ago 4
What? Dude the artists have everything to do with the sound. If they don't create it, there's nothing left to engineer...
And it's just my opinion, but i could do without fucking Uli and his guitarmasturbation..
YamsiFflow 2 years ago 2
Uli is not a "wanker" by any means.
Steve128967 2 years ago 2
you know that billy is a real guitar god too?:P but in the most of his music it would never fit with a face melting solo. he is not a bad guitarist at all. and if you play for as long and at a high level you will get good.
SuperSajkoSimon 2 years ago 9
my mind is blown
Jmort1213 2 years ago 4
I've been playnig this song through my head for 2 days now and in my spare time a I watch this! I love this song!!!
JimiAbraham 2 years ago 3
oh and to the "Billy is wacked out now" comment...he was actually "wacked out" before because he was always on acid or X but hes got his head on straight now and making the music he loves. Thats what being in a band is about. You make the music you love and if people like it they become your fans. Youre a tool if you make music to please others. Not that thier old music wasnt amazing because it was and it was what he wanted to do then. SP is Billys band and thats that.
sikboy5000 2 years ago 4
God! What is it with these morons saying that billy is going solo or that hes a one man band now???? There ARE other members to the band ya know! Jeezus. What? Are Jeff, Ginger, and Lisa not actual people to you jackasses? They are actually taking part in the song writing and recording on the new album as well. So why dont you and mtv go listen to some Fall Out Boy or something.
sikboy5000 2 years ago 4
Learn your damn facts. No one but Billy (and formerly Jimmy) have ANYTHING to do with songwriting or recording. This isn't a change though, in the entirety of the Pumpkins' career, someone other than Billy has only helped with the songwriting in about 5 songs. James helped with Farewell&Goodnight, Soma, Mayonaise, D'arcy helped with Daughter, and there was one more track from MCIS i cant remember. I digress. The Pumpkins have always been a 1 man band, problem is, people mistake ART for EGOTISM.
rohiogerv22 2 years ago 8
To clarify, i don't think it would work if there were more than one person writing a majority of the song. That's exactly how you GET crap like Fallout Boy. If anyone else has control over a piece of work, it stops being the artists vision, and starts being a collective project, losing its soul. So Smashing Pumpkins is, in a way, a 1 man band, and always has been, but it NEEDs to be.
rohiogerv22 2 years ago 4
You must be thinking of Take Me Down, the song James sings and most likely plays.
moosedog65 2 years ago
i think take me down was entirely james iha...none the less smashing pumpkins would not be the smashing pumpkins without corgan
skylar44 2 years ago 2
@rohiogerv22
indeed.
"i often speak of you but the you is always me
cause when i speak of me it's me i ask of you
so let there be no truth just trickery in rhymes
time the only thing waiting still as death " - from Soot and Stars. Very sad song. I'm taking a stab that he wrote that about D'arcy and James.
oOMACHINAOo 1 year ago
this is so great, i watch this over and over again...what a great show!!! this song!!! aaaaaah!
*****
♥
nataschart 2 years ago
Epic song, Pink Floyd-Style! Great guitars! But Ginger Reyes(Bass) and Lisa Harriton(Keyboard) are my personal favorites. Good choice, Billy! ;-)
Reizflut 2 years ago
billy is whacked out now
Tysonmi70 2 years ago
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They just won't be the same without Jimmy. Fuck BC's solo bullshit.
silverfuck 2 years ago
Jimmy is there, on the drums
dewitp 2 years ago
duh, thanks a lot. but he left the band a few weeks ago.
silverfuck 2 years ago
Descendant of Corganism at Amazon
mrzerodocfan 2 years ago
shit is whack
eatrocksah 2 years ago
agreed
lazer59882 2 years ago
This song makes a great outro to the concert
Pumpkin71193 2 years ago 2
this song was one of the best on the tour but that hippie guy ruined it with his sour fill-ins
sbusz 2 years ago
I tend to agree, judging from other live version of this I've heard. Uli Jon Roth seems like he's almost playing a different song to the rest of the band.
PantheonLincoln 2 years ago 2
yea i dont like it. He's ruining the feel and melodies of the Goss!
Jept 2 years ago 2
If "Superchrist" is like "Silverfuck," then I'd have to say this is a bit like "Glass and the Ghost Children."
TheUnknown285 2 years ago
Well, Superchrist is not like Silverfuck, so...
silverfuck 2 years ago
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localyokel07 2 years ago
Gossamer IS the god of music as is... As far as I'm concerned, any band that was good is dead or has stopped making good music, but, while it isn't particularly Pumpkin-ish, Gossamer is a masterpiece, and Smashing Pumpkins still does throw us a bone every once and a while.
rohiogerv22 2 years ago 3
Brilliant song
pumpkins will always be amazing.
glitterlip 3 years ago
the pumpkins are great but uli jon roth needs to shut the fuck up.
hes a good player, but he doesnt fit in well
seamusconley 3 years ago 2
This "songs" undeniable quality flies in the face of simpletons who think the Pumpkins are somehow dead. They just need to open their ears and turn off the braindead junk on the radio.
VonRichter 3 years ago 15
This is an incredible song. Can't wait to hear a studio recording.
perpitbla5 3 years ago 4
There won't be a studio recording. The pumpkins said this song was unsuccessful and not popular with the fans. As many people walked out after a while. The song has never been played live since (I wanted a studio recording too :( )
sicmanbooya 2 years ago
How do you walk out on Gossamer? Its 28 minutes of nothing but awesomeness.
rohiogerv22 2 years ago
It proves that their not very loyal Pumpkins fans...
sicmanbooya 2 years ago
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are you referring to people walking out at the fillmore, as mentioned on the "if all goes wrong" dvd? i know it says on the dvd that they haven't played it since, but that's outdated and they actually have played it several times since san fran. (no idea what that date of the show in this vid is.)
rainesong 2 years ago
für genießer
fastglatze 3 years ago
They should make the bass louder and the keyboards way quieter
hardhittn63 3 years ago
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Saw them last night in Boston..I had never heard this song it was amazing!!! BC is a great guitar player but he is no Petrucci. If you like this song start listening to Dream Theater...
podiatron 3 years ago
Dream Theater is good but I think Corgan's guitar carries some more emotional weight. The same can be said about Jimmy's drumming compared with Mike Portnoy.
Tomdawg89 3 years ago 6
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I will admit that the only fault that could ever be given to Petrucci is that he does not play with emotion but so what? That is not his thing no one is better than him at playing any kind of music. He is very diverse from blues and jazz to mettle. As for Portnoy I disagree completely...he is top 3 in world and a perfectionist. Not even close which is why he is already in Drummer hall of fame. Unless you have seen DT live you really can't comment..get Live at Budahkan then you will see
podiatron 3 years ago
I don't mean no hate by my comments, I just like emotive playing more than technicality. He probably is one of the most skilled alive.
I have the Budokan show but haven't listened to it yet. My favourite DT albums are Images and Words, Scenes from a Memory and Awake.
Tomdawg89 3 years ago
I'm really not into DT, but I just want to say to Tomdawg89 that I completely agree with you man. Technicality can be practiced and you may reach it, but to just making people feel your guitar playing is something that can't be practice.
DanielPro21 2 years ago 2
ive seen them twice now since this piece has been written and they didn't play it either time. i was so sad. its by far their greatest acheivement with the new line up
starladear19 3 years ago 4
after watching tha dvd, i think i have a better appreciation for this version, just fucking epic, to say tha least....
stevecato 3 years ago 2
holy shit this is amazing!! pleeeease please don't dumb it down and make it generic when recording it...please...hope he locks himself in the studio for three days and records crazy guitars again like he used to. That'd be phenomenal.
dropkickkennedy 3 years ago 2
I already saw the dvd and have a copy of it. I won it by entering in a contest. Saw it last night,truly amazing!
dkofnrc 3 years ago
my god they played this show at Massey last night...friggin epic
audiosnag 3 years ago
I don't think they should record this as a single or something like that. If they release it, they should release _this_ live version.
The rest of the show was okay, but they were much better 7 months later on tour, but this song is definitely one of (if not) the greatest song performance(s) I ever saw live..
kudelbudel 3 years ago 2
i agree, its fucking amazing!
pattyson12345 3 years ago 2
I think a studio version would be great, though it would sound different than it does live, like with Superchrist. Though I'd settle for an official release of Gossamer live in high quality. I'd probably listen to it onloop through breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime! It's almost the magnum opus of the Pumpkins. How could you not record it?
sombromantic 3 years ago
yea they really fucked superchrist.
hardhittn63 3 years ago
Epic Rock Song from the Heaven.
ferrero84 3 years ago 3
a live version of this song will be on their new dvd "if all goes wrong"( will be released november 11)
lennon54601 3 years ago
His voice AND guitar playing are top notch in this song!!
DeathBySeksy 3 years ago 4
This is definitely an amazing song. It couldn't be released soon enough! Has Billy or SP in general made any statements as to whether it will be on a single for Superchrist, or the album itself? Here's hoping sooner than later!
Fahumsixtysix 3 years ago 3
I love double solos!!! Great stuff.
Reminds me of Boston or Queen.
datalorez 3 years ago 5
the words that come to my head when i listen to this is amazing and unbelievable. no one should even consider covering this song, its just a SP thing. This is just abnormal, too good
Echothebunnyman1 3 years ago 9
billy corgan is severly underated as a guitar player, i love his savage layering abilities, and the fact that he can seriously rip it up on leads when he wants to, so much control and restraint at times depending purely on how it will affect the song---just brilliant
kingoftheswing000 3 years ago 50
@kingoftheswing000 Totally agree sometimes very talented guitarist get carried away with over the top guitar solos leaving the rest of the song and instruments in the shadows...
Lowlifecomedy 1 year ago
@kingoftheswing000 yes! that's what I tell everybody I meet
jtdonner1 8 months ago
This is fucking fantastic, I own every pumpkins alubum, every single, Mashed potatoes, Aeroplane flies high boxset and countless live shows.... Ive got around 45 pumpkins cd's they've been my constant favorite band since 89... and I fucking loved zeitgeist I fucking loved American Gothic, and I fucking love this song. its amazing to me that good music still exists in the fog of shitty god awful fucks who play music today.
wowweetoki 3 years ago 43
@wowweetoki You said exactly what I think. Pumpkins/Billy are the shit.
p0479 1 year ago
This is a great song. Looking forward to its release. Too bad it'll get overlooked by people who don't have time for them since the reunion.
perpitbla5 3 years ago 7
Most people don't realize what a amazing Guitarist Billy Corgan is. He's come along way since his Eddie Van Halen (no disrespect just meaning it didn't feel like billy's style Proof; watch him solo in the Marked before SP) performances although FAST were not as moving as his later solos. He's really got his own uneqiue style now.
007FakeCrazy 3 years ago 11
and he's also left-handed playing a right-handed guiar which makes him even more amazing
erfgbvsdfhgsed 3 years ago 4
very uncommon song really liked it, but i cant see that billy is playing a left handed guitar right handed, its a right handed played right handed ;-)
magomed007 3 years ago
jimmy chamberlain looks like john terry
geddongeorge 3 years ago
this song is the best ever and when they release it in the studio, it will be fucking unbelievable. they should let people rate this one song out of six because its a mile above every other rock song in the fucking world. sp are back!!!
erfgbvsdfhgsed 3 years ago 3
does any else think the opening riff sounds like spiteface?
lblackholesunl 3 years ago
i was there!
dabra85 3 years ago
One of the best riffs ever written!! Harks back to 70's era...how awesome is this song!!
pandyandypandy 3 years ago 2
This is one of the best songs I've heard by the Pumpkins. I really hope they take the time to record and release it with all it's sonic brilliance and beauty. If they studio recorded and released Superchrist they could do Gossamer. They didn't play it at any of the shows I went to so I'd love to be able to crank this and rock out to it. And I think in the long run SP would be glad they recorded one of their best songs!!
sombromantic 3 years ago 3
When I first heard about the American Gothic EP, I was sure that Gossamer was going to be in it. I was really pissed when I saw it wasn't on there, but the 4 songs on AG were still good. I really hope that this song is released real soon. This is by far my favorite Pumpkins song
Unconditional0Anger 3 years ago
i wish they'd release another machina, another adore. another mellon collie. gossamer is an improvement from zeitgeist. a huge one. i hope they become more epic/art rock now. <3 pumpkins for life.
blackfireINSANITY 3 years ago
i promise they will never release another album that would be a copy of any of their last ones
scott172 3 years ago 7
Gossamer is an invention of the Gossamer era. Note he says: "One, two, three, Four What are we fighting for?"
One would assume he's alluding to Iraq or War in general.
PersonalJesus348 3 years ago
Zeitgeist era** my mistake.
PersonalJesus348 3 years ago
I already have a concept music video suitable for this song in mind. My idea is to have Jimmy Chamberlin riding a Dodge Charger escaping as a fugitive and Billy as the villain "dirty harry type" cop chasing him around in a muscle car. There will be car chases. Its like Kill Bill meets Bullit.
markanthonychan 3 years ago 4
this is fucking awesome!
pipoka0000 3 years ago
ginger is neat :)
CCMrJones 3 years ago 2
saving my gossamer virginity until it is released officially so I can hear it best but I can't stay too chaste, the song sounds sick from the first guitar intro
SPFrobber 4 years ago 2
lmfaooo
stabbakop 3 years ago
This song friggin rocks...HARD!
lennon54601 4 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
rock am ring 2oo7 was the show of the faggots,good charlote, MY chemical romance, likin park,30 Seconds to Mars etc i hope the 2008 play coll rock and roll like marilyn manson at least
carlos123nono 4 years ago
Uli isn't plain' a Fender guitar.
He's plaing his own guitar named "Sky Guitar"
look it up at google!
fragges 4 years ago
It's funny that Billy, Ginger and Uli are all playing Fenders and then there is the rhythm kid with a Gibson.
Hastyl3 4 years ago
James Iha played a Gibson thats why :) You have to have someone with that Gibson up there
Regardless, nobody fucking replaces James Iha, as nobody replaces D'Arcy as well. Smashing Pumpkins are not "The Smashing Pumpkins" without those two. Now they are Smashing Pumpkins.
JBrugger1080 3 years ago
xD hell wtf?!?!
CCMrJones 3 years ago
that song is amazing. i was at their concert in paris the 22nd of may :)
ashera3000 4 years ago
...i was there...
dabra85 4 years ago
what's the name of the bassplayer?
jogargg 4 years ago
Ginger
AmitRLP 4 years ago
talk about fucking epic!!!
ofarevolution441 4 years ago 4
I wish they would release this as a Single. Its so totally amazing. The intro is a lot like Hummers.
JamesVsGravity 4 years ago 3
They are going to.
darksean99 4 years ago
they were but now there just going to release a live version from the filmore. it runs 35 min long.
Digitalcameron666 4 years ago
Uli's tone sucks here
Levesque999 4 years ago
this song is amazing, every version of gossamer is different, they just kind of wing it every night
Vathane 4 years ago 3
Fruschendrix and Sly, I agree with both of you. Seeing this amazing song back in July (albeit not as amazing and beautiful as with three guitars) totally got me rockin'to it just and havin a great time all around. Agreed: the best song not on Zeitgeist.
Affliction17 4 years ago
What is with the crowd? Are they dead or something? Can't they see this awesome song being played for them?
SlyCracker 4 years ago
I would assume they are in awe, as they should be.
darksean99 4 years ago
This song f'ing rocks. I like Zeitgeist alot, but this song is better than any song on it.
FruschendrixFan01 4 years ago 4
I cant wait until the album of zeigiest b-sides and outtakes comes out, call me impatient but this is like the Smashing Pumpkins Magnum Opus
spoonman1000 4 years ago
aw shit, it's the 32-fret Sky Guitar!
pinholedstars 4 years ago
Jimmy Chamberlin said recently Gossamer will be realeased, a live version from the Fillmore shows, and the song will be 35 minutes long!! Check out the 'Ask a Pumpkin' answers for more...
Gossamer33 4 years ago
i agree with personaljesus.
you took the words right out of my mouth.
zeitgeist is a fantastic album, and the pumpkins are one of the bands in the history of music.
iamcoolalot 4 years ago
in my opinion one of the best and most original songs by the pumpkins just a shame its not on the new album
mynameisethanorevan 4 years ago
wow, musicianfan, go listen to zwan, then come back here and start falming the board. if you dont like them, the get the fuck off this video. deal with it, whether you like it or not, the pumpkins are back, for good or for bad.
mrshock13 4 years ago
billy PWNED that guitar!
subotaj 4 years ago
dummer = clive owen !!!!
Jasper15M 4 years ago
umm no,...the drummer is jimmy chamberlin
darksean99 4 years ago
as long as Billy Corgan is still in the band, the Smashing Pumpkins will never be over. you can think whatever you want-'musicfan99999', whatever the fuck helps YOU sleep at night.
FruscianteLennon311 4 years ago
Oh, come on FruscianteLennon311. He just gave his opinion. It's not like it's preventing you from listening to the album. I guess your violent little retorts are what help YOU sleep at night. And I like Zeitgeist. A lot. I like it more than Adore but less than Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. That there, my friend, is an opinion. Don't lose your cool with me now! ;)
ParanoidPajamas 4 years ago
I say as long as Billy and Jimmy are in it, but you're definitely on the right track.
FruschendrixFan01 4 years ago
i agree those emo bands are the worst, but zeitgeist really sucks.. zwan part 2
musicfan99999 4 years ago
hahaha what the fuck are you kidding zeitgeist is nothing like zwan
tommyblunt 4 years ago
whatever helps ya sleep at night. the pumpkins are over.
musicfan99999 4 years ago
Calm down. It's just music. And people have their opinions about music. You don't need to get too negative with people. Same goes for that FruscianteLennon311.
ParanoidPajamas 4 years ago
Zeitgeist is Zwanish, and who cares.....they both f****** rock
JTristesse 4 years ago
why I don't get is why people expected the old siamese dream Pumpkins. The closest to that will be the cd, Siamese Dream.
You can't moved backwards if you only want to go forward.
PersonalJesus348 4 years ago
i don't expect them to sound like the old pumpkins, i merely expect them to sound GOOD. too much to ask?
musicfan99999 4 years ago
well that's based on opinion. We can argue for ages that they do or do not sound "GOOD".
PersonalJesus348 4 years ago
your a douche
dcs7922 4 years ago
at least i can spell "you're"
musicfan99999 4 years ago
dude, zeitgeist sounds nothing like zwan, it may not be their best album but its better then most the albums coming out this year
keioffice 4 years ago 5
the album leak!!!!!!!
legrax 4 years ago
They have returned to kill fag emo bands like hawthorne heights and fall out boy
Eballs84 4 years ago
It's nice to see Billy smiling (2:29). I never see him smiling anymore.
Somesaymisery 4 years ago
finally... real rock
Cell3fase 4 years ago
LONG LIVE SMASHING PUMPKINS!!!
Jimmy rock's so much ass!
bjthepumpkinguy 4 years ago
Walk on home emo-boys! this is rock history!!! Uli Jon Roth is a fantasic guitar player. Billy Corgan and the new smashing pumpkins are unbelievable! Thanks for a gorgeous rock-event..
gueniekologe 4 years ago
Walk on home emo-boys! this is rock history!!! Uli Jon Roth is a fantastic guitar player. Billy Corgan and the new Smashing Pumpkins are unbelievable! Thanks for a gorgeous rock-event..
gueniekologe 4 years ago
He doesn't whine any more. i MISS his whinning. He just sings totally gay now.
qwertyfuck1 4 years ago
wow! jimmy actually does a solo for once!
that was cool even if it was a short one...
although it might of just been a sound check.
IJUSTWANNACDVID 4 years ago
not sure if you know, but now there is a video result if you type "jimmy chamberlin" solo into youtube, which is a solo from their 2000 tour. pretty short, but interesting to see.
and of course, phenomenal.
ewanlaing 4 years ago
fucking unreal trippy dreamy pumpkins!!! They are back and billy's voice and music is like everything in the past and then some new. It spans from gish - mellon collie, particulary trks like "the orchid" and "united states" "doomsday clock" all very pastashio medley. Let the echoe ring forever on.....and fuck all those emo my chemical romance crap etc/bloc party 80's disco in the wheelie bin! Stupid poser rock emo kids.
jetsollegend 4 years ago
personally i think that uli jon roths guitar solos ruined the first part of this song in the very beginning otherwise the other stuff was pretty sick that he did. i fucking love this song!
bounttyhuntter 4 years ago
Oh my god, why is this song not on a album? It's so great! Can it be true that a hman being has created it? It's divine!
Suedetussy 4 years ago
awesome, and tummelke says: very nice
Dopecoil 4 years ago
REALTIME Trolly-Dolly RHCP Music Video---
10 CAMERAS rolling at the same time---
ENJOY IT!
hoshy4RHCP 4 years ago
Ridiculously AWESOME! Uli With the Pumpkins Incredible Landmark~
hippisteve 4 years ago
Tanks !!
humboldtmyche 4 years ago
Put simply: WOW!
To be honest, I haven't heard a lot of pumpkins-music. And What I'd heard didn't interest me much. AND I wasn't much of a fan of those old Rock Gramps. This evening changed a lot! The Pumpkins were so fucking awesome...and Uli topped it all off. One of the real great expieriences.
Morboxx 4 years ago
a true encore! Rock history.
Calla7Lily 4 years ago
JIMMY ROCKS ASSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bjthepumpkinguy 4 years ago
I love this song!
djaliplume 4 years ago
Uli shouldn't have played the riff... lol
xarmi 4 years ago
saw the whole thing live! it was amazing. this right here is the best encore ever. Uli PWNED that guitar.
AAFB 4 years ago
Whose that fella behind Billy with the guitar? Santana?
i2ad10head 4 years ago