Speed Kills - The Smashing Pumpkins

Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA 08/08/08 "Speed Kills"

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• Smashing
• Pumpkins
• Adler
• Davenport
• Speed Kills

[hoacky]

I had the pleasure of being at this concert and as good as it was to hear them play siva and mayonaise, this was the best performance of the set. The video doesn't do it justice visually, the colors were amazing and the wall of sound hitting you rattled the bones. Pure bliss!

[requieted]

billy is NOT about commercial success. he is only a growing artist creating for the sake of creating. if you were a "true follower," you wouldn't look to the past success of mellon collie, but embrace billy's new music for it is from his heart...

[Herbalaussie]

I've noticed that, too.

[racinchick24298]

I like the live version more than the Machina II version personally.. what an amazing concert!

[AlmigthyIsDead]

always one of my fauvorite songs, and it's too bad that machina II doesn't exist except for mp3 files, cause if it was a record i'd buy it.

[oOMACHINAOo]

If he wanted Commercial Success constantly then we would have a very different makeup of albums. We'd have no Adore, or Machina I / II for starters. He would have done what the Offspring always did, who just copied their own songs and changed it a little bit at the end on each album.

[iamthejane]

Billy's all about commercial success since he tasted it back in 96'.... he's looking for his next Mellon Collie and he'll probably never find it, he should just enjoy and respect his true followers...

I can't wait to see the 2 NY shows next month :)I can only hope the set list can compare to the august shows, I can't believe the songs he dusted off for those shows!!!

[CO4youthkrewandanahe]

Billys has never been about craving commecial sucess. He just plays for the music. this song didnt fit the energy of Machina, so it got put on Machina 2. As he said, You dont seek for fame it just comes . Of course he worked hard for what he has, but its never been a "craving for commercial sucess", just the love of music and the belief that he had something profound and special to say. one only needs to study The Marked, The Pumpkins and any other thing that he has done to figure that out.

[headofwords]

Only Billy Corgan could be genius enough to write such a beautiful, elegant rock song and then dumb enough not to put it on an album. For a guy that craves commercial success he's extremely good at burying some of his best songs.

[theodoros44]

one of the best sp songs..ever!