Smashing Pumpkins - An Ode to No One (final Metro show)

[BajuriProduction]

livin a lie..Timmmy!!!

[heyheyscotty]

i dedicate this to my ex.

[grigir4o]

fucking brutal song

[XYUSoma]

How can anger be so beautiful?

[dchalf10]

@XYUSoma It can because Melissa Auf der Mer is playing Bass.

[PuppyLover1900]

U mad bro?

[bigbarcelona23]

I love this fucking version of the song. Honestly, this version goes harder than the album version and 10 times better and superior! I wish I would of been in Chicago and this show.

[zeropm1]

OMG. Amazing musicians

[ironvlaiden]

Happy BDAY Jimmy!

[yahoothewife]

Couldn't be better. Amazing pace and speed. The drumming is some of the best I've ever seen.

[tristessa1975]

Love the non verbal exchange between Billy and Jimmy at the beginning, and Jimmy's wink. I think it's saying: "It's gonna be fast, and I know you can keep up."

[Suprematista]

eh... maybe the crowd are shocked by the insanity... so they're just looking...

[HM3Giggles79]

@Suprematista that and just upset that this was THE last time to ever see the Pumpkins together. I'd probably be crying in the crowd lol. And it sux that at this point James hated Billy and Jimmy....such a bitter end to a really great and talented band :( I miss the 90s music!

[MrShagasaurus]

@Suprematista Pumpkins stopped moshing after a fan got killed

[Suprematista]

extaxix

[MrShagasaurus]

Fucking awesome!!, haven't seen this vid before!

[urface102]

JIMMY CHAMBERLIN IS GOD. And to think he played like that for three and half hours plus.....

[GAdawgsfan93]

Man, for such a crazy fast awesome song, that crowd was about as lively as a crowd of zombies.

[appelsnoranges]

@GAdawgsfan93 the pumpkins would stop shows if big moshpits erupted... this policy began after a kid died in a moshpit during a tour

[ljohns84]

Jimmy Chamberlin you fucking machine.

[slipknotrule12]

hahaha the faces @0:17

[doddy1984]

Masterpiece!

[23478979]

Why Iha play in this video ?? isn't he suppose to be in another band already ?? or he came back ?? if yes that's a great news !!

[MechanicalChrist1]

@23478979 Lol I wish, dude this is from 10 years ago

[loughlan]

OMG wow. Thank you!

[loughlan]

OMG wow. Thank you.

[DeathFromAbove1981]

Thats impossible.

[griffontalons]

cool! its like death metal with billy's voice.

[SamCurran41]

i cant belive how fuckin good this is

[rombowman]

fuckin' fast, furious & historical !!! also the new staff is overwhelming again (favourite: song for a son ...)

[BongofSecrets]

That was AWESOME

[JohnLennonVideos86]

2:49 worried james. hahahaha

[Bayview05]

angry? billy seems really sad and regretful, at this point in time he knows its the last time he'll ever perform it, and that frustration shows

[stevecato]

just seeing evryone knowing the song, but not believing the version is awesome! reminds me of asheville ( a tiny bit!, no james there!) just fucking TURBO! like when I seen 'em at lallapalooza! (anyone remeber tha shaloin monks on that tour?)

[PedroRiot]

holy shit that was fucking brutal!!! epic performance.

[peganian]

I NEED THIS FULL VIDEO OR CD PLEASE!!! willing to pay with my own blood xD seriously, where can i get this?

[ivegonemad303]

@peganian this video is on their greatest hits video collection. Supposedly they recorded the whole concert and set to release it, but now it looks like they never will

[luismartinmori]

@ivegonemad303 Billy said last night that the dvd will come out at some point in the future. :) Check out his fb .

[ljohns84]

Face melted. Love it.

[theacanlas]

This is such a brutally good version. I love the face Billy gives Jimmy when he started drumming the song almost twice as fast. SO GOOD.

[punkdrummah]

@theacanlas In the beginning? I think it was about how crazy bright the lights were being lol

[cellhero]

all i can say after watching this is 'holy fuck'

[Frankloves]

Jimmy rocks

[ColoredPig]

Billy got really into that... And Jimmy is phenomonal, it's a shame he left.

[crytotheangels89]

oh my girlfriend Melissa Auf der Maur, i love you girl!!

[23478979]

Srry But...Wht Iha Play in this Live ?? He's nolonger with the band isn't he ??

[Suprematista]

This is no real, this is JimMystic.

[JJVMusic]

I saw this performance before I heard the MC&IS version. Which is unfortunate in one respect because the LP version is markedly worse than this one.

[bjthepumpkinguy]

if only billy came up and write songs like this like has more intensity-- very metal-ish.. then they would've not been alienated 3 years ago.

[seaninboise]

I was at this show and it was the best 1200 bucks I ever spent. Amazing show.

[bainelaker]

This DVD is never coming out. :(

[vjoshbv]

@bainelaker what ya mean? this DVD came out in 2001.

[bainelaker]

@vjoshbv this DVD is the greatest hits, right? With just this one song from the Metro? Billy mentioned a bunch of times that they filmed the WHOLE SHOW to release as a live DVD.. but it doesn't seem like it'll see the light of day. :(

[thetheRedundant]

@bainelaker nope, it's not....stuck in a bunch of legal mumbo jumbo

[maxbsgonnafuckyouup]

fucking stellar.

[SusanaLD]

Billy is GOD¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡, i love him¡¡¡

Fuck you¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[NooDLES411911]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO myyyyyy fucking awesome. Why can't the radio play this stuff, I mean seriously, I am so sick of hearing 1979, cherub rock, and bullet with butterfly wings (the latter not so much) over and over again whenever they play pumpkins. Treat me once in a while (and I listen to the radio in the car)

[chrijhns]

now that's how to put on a show....

[mackilvane]

Billy! Please please please release the final metro show dvd!

[armoredyosk]

i wish he could, but he really cant because he is still playing under the SP name

[jsh020]

@mackilvane he is

[mackilvane]

@jsh020 I've heard the rumor that it would be with the Machina deluxe re-release (which would be awesome), but I haven't heard it officially. So I'm hopeful, but not counting on it.

[jsh020]

@mackilvane well thats not a rumor, billy has said it a couple of times, they are releasing live DVD's for all the releases, also the siamese dream dvd was really good, gish one was ok, looking forword to the mellon collie one

[verrrro]

Fuckin' Crazy!

[debaser4]

This is a nothing short of a musical tour de force. Arguably one of the best hard rock performances of all time by any band. Theres a few reviewers at Pitchfork who need to be tied to a chair and made to watch this at silly volumes. Looking forward to Billys new Teargarden by Kaleidyscope material.

[lalometalik]

jimmy chamberlin is the SH**!!! smashing pumpkins were such a force once upon a time... such chemistry

[mahoilen]

Kick assssssssssssssssssssssssss

[durgadurg]

Jimmy Chamberlin, Matt Tong, Dave Grohl, Mitch Mitchell, and John Bonham are the best drummers I've ever heard.

[Snowblind333]

i wouldent say Dave Grohl is one of the best drummers. Hes good obviously, bit theres nothing that makes you really go HOLY TITS I JUST CAME IN MY PANTS! DID YOU HEAR THOSE DRUMS!

[nirvanasam]

@Snowblind333 Grohl can keep a beat, But JC makes melodies....Easily one of the top 5 drummers of all time

[SludgePunkGrunge]

@Snowblind333 listen to songs for the dead.

[jimmypage2322]

It fuckin' kicks ass!!

[zeropm1]

very fast tempo

[P572video]

Billy is on fire

[williampatrickcorgan]

billy's voice is awesome, especially at the end he sounds possessed

[arsenico70]

great great drummin'!

[kida2k313]

Jimmy Chamberlin has serious chops

[funnyman5500]

hes the fucking man tho

[WikidWoman]

Lol! I love how Jimmy and Billy wink at each other near the beginning!

[HalifaxSamuels]

This really is one of the better examples of Jimmy's drumming. That man is amazing. Mellisa Auf der Maur rocks pretty badass, too. I don't think the show would have had the same energy with D'arcy...

[2n2equals5]

Fuck me, this is horrible. The minor key is awful around 3.05 and Billy's yelping is just all kinds of wrong. Thank God he took a break, got some inspiration back, and came back fresh and rejuvenated, performing the classics as they're meant to be performed.

[Jmort1213]

This is a much angrier version than the one on Melon Collie (even though it's an angry song in general) and for this live performance Billy manifested the anger into those yelps you don't appreciate. You know this was their "last" performance so it wasn't really a happy time for them. I think this is the best version I've heard.

[infeted14]

@Jmort1213 agreed , it sounds a lot heavier and more powerful

[infloslinger]

@Jmort1213 the bridge in the original is done without distortion, and its like a few BPM slower. I agree, much better. You are probably right, took the aggression out on the tune. Jimmy's performance gives me goose bumps. That guy rips!

[zachiswayposi1]

TOTAL FUCKING FAIL.

[ecosiszman]

does anyone have the mp3 version of this I can't find it.

[Jept]

I WANT THIS BACK.

why wont he give it all back to us. fuck you BC.

[muserock69]

if only they were all together now. Not just Corgan and his inflated ego

[lonely182guy]

Shit...this live is AMAZING...great!!!!!really powerfoul song.

[colorbarsat4am]

There will never be another drummer like jimmy chamberlin. Either on the pumpkins or on the alternative rock scene.

Long live Jimmy!

[edstark44]

@colorbarsat4am Jimmy is a machine!! Just look how casually he plays... Effortless!

[edstark44]

@colorbarsat4am Rock on! Jimbo's a machine!!!

[slowhands666]

I sort of wish the pumpkins hadn't gotten together. Who knows when we'll see the whole thing now?

:(

[49isAmAzInG]

THE best live performance EVER!

[elrodeo]

some of the finest drumming I've ever heard

[Koloheguy79]

this is such an awesome performance of an awesome song! I my love for SP has been rekindled!

[Jept]

I'm so Bloody Gutted that jimmy's left. =0[

[faro7719]

fuck the beetles

[bowledpeakey]

Jimmy feeling it @ 2:49!

[stevecato]

JIMMY FUCKING CHAMBERLAIN!!!!

[mrvalerian]

I AGREE!!!!

[satellite619]

JImmy CHAMBERLIN

[VampVertigo]

as hard as u can make it, without it being unlistenable

[Iconiser]

This is the definition of KICK ASS 5*****

Don't start a rock band if you cannot do better than this.

[CLONEHIGHUSA]

i love how billy fucks up right off the top, still great though

[richpon1973]

UNBELIEVABLY SMASHING!

jimmy's number 1!

smashing pumpkins for-fuckin'-ever!

[freud7832]

I've just run through some of these Pumpkin videos and I had forgotten how good they really were. They blow any of the modern day 'rock' bands out of the water.

[pissant75]

..one of the greats,,,its pretty damm fast if u ask me...dats gotta run like 300bpm or more hahaha

[switchfootdude224]

this version needs to be on guitar hero and wow billys vocal chord must hurt after screaming that much and i cannot believe jimmy did all that drumming without a drop of friggin sweat

[koolguy1029]

fucking amazing

[knopfslash]

i love them anytime, but honestly i miss james and d'arcy

[newmicrobot]

this song's performance seems to me like a shakespearean theatral performance !!!

absolutely breathtaking !!!

why on earth this has not been issued on dvd format ???

[manpractice]

it is. its on the pumpkins videos dvd 1989 - 2000. its at the end

[newmicrobot]

i know bro.

i mean the whole concert should be on dvd.

i believe it was terrific.

[idiotsrus92]

something tells me those corporate fatcats at Virgin won't let Billy release it on DVD after he cut all ties with them. damn shame, though, cuz I REALLY wanna see that whole concert, as I'm sure a lot of people do

[srt4b]

Billy told a fan in late 2008 outside a show that they owned it but didn't want to release it right now.

[PersonalJesus348]

booo! I really want to see that version of "silverfuck" from that night

[Adrain30]

This version is fucking epic!

[pruf]

jimmy machine gun

[Eradicator00987]

This song is dedicated to Jen.

[Candyking2007]

man this is so fuckin awsome. i was listning to this song while there was police sirens outside. rocked ass !

[richpon1973]

jimmy chamberlin was indeed a monster here. no need double pedals man. only one foot! thats fuckin' sick!

whatta stamina!

[hardhittn63]

this is practically thrash

[adammatsui]

fucker

[newmicrobot]

this is consistent heavy metal straight from a golden heart, watch your mouth if you dont want an electric guitar crashing your head

[hardhittn63]

go fuck yourself I was joking

[adammatsui]

after 700 times listening to this song, it is still awesome.

[rswc55]

You. You. YOU! YOU!! YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!

Flippin' sick.

[KOTRA1307]

4:12

COWBELL!!!

[vjwalleum]

3:21 -> fin

chair de poule non stop (nom de dieu, jimmy chamberlin...!)

[adammatsui]

fucking awesome

[guerrilla85]

certo ke anke dal vivo spacca(va)no di BESTIA!

[Kobesagent]

Cannot get enough of this performance so of course I analyze every little fookin' thing, when Billy goes on "I loved you" rant Iha makes a face, wonder if it's the lights or a reaction to Billy's comments. Btw, I still think Corgan was secretly the kid from the show "It's a small wonder".

[Papatorrejano]

XD - Jamie Lawson and Paul Pfeiffer were the masterminds behind two of the most recognized bands of the '90s - LMAO

[hardhittn63]

which ones

[Papatorrejano]

I was joking. Based on Kobesagent's comment.

[Kobesagent]

Also wonder who he is referring and indirectly talking to here.

[PersonalJesus348]

his ex-wife and probably yelena.

[SleeplessxNights]

prolly courtney love

[PersonalJesus348]

lets just settle it with every woman he's ever met. I know that's who I put in there :D

[Kobesagent]

I've seen the Pumpkins perhaps a dozen times, Palace in Hollywood during Melancholy, Siamese, Palladium, Palooza with Green Day opening, but this is the best live performance I have witnessed.

[Takrezz]

bad ass

[icarusdescending87]

its hilarious in the first 5 seconds after the song starts, billy turns around and makes a funny face at jimmy. then jimmy laughs. haha

[tastost]

There is no other explanation:

THEY ARE ALIENS!!!

Absofuckinglutely amazing...

[ICHnaemonidae]

excuse me whilst I place my skin back on cos that was FACE MELTING!

[nikheizen]

no kidding XD

[jgxcmonkey]

hahaha! you sound like your fat and nasty. go eat more corn and listen to slipknot.

[turinwark]

what th fuck is billy wearing

[Jmort1213]

0:18-0:20

Best part of the vid when Jimmy smiles :)

[AdoreWasAmazing]

wow your do gay.

[Jmort1213]

that's not even english

[stevecato]

i,mean, just listen to jimmy fucking killing it...and the rest of tha song to!!! my bad..

[stevecato]

this is just fucking basically called "THE JIMMY CHAMBERLAIN EXPERIENCE!!" why cant I just say that is the best drum solo ever, being backed by MY motherfucker, BILLY CORGAN!

was, and is, still tha pumpkins...

[bjthepumpkinguy]

THIS AINT ALTERNATIVE..

THIS IS FREAKIN' FUCKIN' METAL!

thats why I love smashing pumpkins, megadeth and pantera alike..

[AnthonyParalikas]

Yeah, the Pumpkins have some really metal moments.

[parabol]

billy corgan is probaly the last true rockstar, end of a generation.

[mackilvane]

When is this dvd coming out anyway?? I want it!

[shaldo]

it is already released since 2002 i think

[mackilvane]

I mean the whole final Metro show. That's what I'm waiting for. It was promised back in like 2005 but we're still waiting

[itchyundies]

fukin RAW POWER awesome

[BillysEvilCuzan]

little James Iha was so silly cute LOL

[filteredglitch]

how is it possible for someone to drum soooo fast, yet look like he's not even breaking a sweat???!! go jimmy!

[GVHxC]

you should look for chris pennie's videos!

[Jept]

No we shouldnt. here we're admiring Jimmy. =0]

[adammatsui]

awsome!

[levey24]

... umm... and holy sh1t that fvcking rocked like a mother fvcker ...

[levey24]

since when did billy play an SG?

[Jept]

oct tour, 1995.

but seriously, i dont know =0]

[hattmac0202]

i love this version

[canmoore]

AMAZING!!! Does not matter if this is a totally shredded version of the original. If you want to hear the original listen to the record..

This song was played with so much passion, and intensity..that is the difference between listening to a record, and listening to it live.

AMAZING! SIMPLY AMAZING!

[mikefenn00]

holy shit thats was fucking amazing