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The Smashing Pumpkins – Rhinoceros
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“Rhinoceros” is the second single from the Pumpkins' debut album, Gish. The song introduces listeners to that now familiar contrast, seesawing between soft and sweet to loud and
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Gliss – Rhinoceros
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Panda show / Trees and balloons / Ice cream snow / See you in June (June) / [Instrumental Break] / [Verse 2] / Could have known / I would reveal
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KMFDM – Rhinoceros
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Panda show / Trees and balloons / Ice cream snow / See you in june / Could have known / I would reveal / Should have known / I would conceal your way / Color show / After the moon
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Rhinoceros (Alternate)
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[Verse 1] / Panda show / Trees and balloons / Ice cream snow / See you in June (June) / [Instrumental Break] / [Verse 2] / Could have known / I would reveal / Should have known / I
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Love (Old Demo)
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Recorded in 1989 at the Reel Time Studios in the band’s hometown of Chicago, this demo entitled “Love” was completely different from the well-known song by the same name which
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Siva
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One of the harder tracks from the album, “Siva” was surprisingly written and demoed on an acoustic guitar. “Siva” is most easily recognized from the opening guitar riff, one that
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Mayonaise
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Billy Corgan’s explanation of the sound of his guitar in “Mayonaise”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vd3uMxTpdI
In a 2012 interview with Adam Graham, Billy commented on his
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Bye June
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“Bye June” was originally on the self-released Moon demo in 1989. Two years after, it found its place as the final song on the Lull EP featuring a one-take solo performance of
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Daughter
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Hands that offer / Hands that take / Someone's daughter / Taking me, take me away / In the water / Just like a snake / Someone's daughter / Hearing love slip away / And you've been
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Blue (Gish Sessions Demo)
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The Smashing Pumpkins. 1. I Am One. 2. Siva. 3. Rhinoceros. 4. Bury Me. 5. Crush. 6. Suffer. 7. Snail. 8. Tristessa. 9. Window Paine. 10. Daydream. 11. Starla ( ...
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Honeyspider (Reel Time Demos / 2011 Mix)
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Honeyspider / Honeyspider, yeah, yeah / Didn't anyone say they knew I looked a lot like you? / 'Cause I do, I do / Didn't anyone say they knew I looked a lot like you
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Plume (2011 Mix)
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[Verse 1] / Oh yeah, another day / Oh yeah, gotta play / What it is, it never was / I don't care to give enough / [Chorus] / My boredom has outshined the sun / It's so down low / I
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Stars Fall In
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I know this room just crumbled like a tomb / Surrender to the day that I made / Your stars fall in / Your stars fall in / Don't waste it / You're not simple / When my head swells
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Egg
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And you brought this / 'Cause your eyes were born to see / Something going strong / If you're blinded / The shield was all alone / Sing to sleep, going strong / She said all things
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Girl Named Sandoz (Peel Sessions)
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[Verse 1] / Well, I met a girl called Sandoz / And she taught me many, many things / Good things, very good things / Sweet things / [Verse 2] / I met her on a Sunday morning / It
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Silverfuck
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The heavily ambitious nine-minute “Silverfuck” was, at the time, the longest song put out by the band. Looking back, it seems to mark the beginning of a tradition which would be
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Drown
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Arguably one of the most famous non-singles that came out of 90s alternative rock, “Drown” is a testament to the bold moves taken by Billy Corgan. While the song is often cited as
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Eye
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Released at the height of Smashing Pumpkins fame, “Eye” give us a taste of a genre that was struggling to find a place in the 1990’s. Mixing electronica and alternative rock, we
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Psychodelic
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Taking my time / Taking everything I have / Losing my mind / Losing everything I have / [Chorus] / Who do you want to be? / You want satisfaction you can't receive / Who do you
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Blue
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From the Lull EP, later included on B-sides collection “Pisces Iscariot.” Here are Billy’s notes from that album insert:
“blue is the only gish outtake represented here. from the
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Untitled
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[Verse 1] / Should I know all we're missing / What's to stop what they're missing / To feel love, to be in love / All around / Anyone can hold a promise / Not everyone can feel
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Tristessa
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[Verse 1] / Pledge your faith, my heart, it breaks / Struggle to renew / Blurry mind, so hypnotized / Fast enough, who? / [Chorus] / Wonder / Where you are / Tristessa / [Verse 2
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Window Paine
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[Verse 1] / Window pane / Around my heart / Shadows streak / Around my heart / [Chorus] / Do what you're gonna do / And say what you got to say / Do what you're gonna do / Yes
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Crush
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“Crush” is a rare song for the Pumpkins in that it celebrates love. As Corgan states in the liner notes, he wrote this song about his then future wife, Christine Fabian. He wrote
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Daydream
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Recorded in 1989, “Daydream” was first featured in the original Smashing Pumpkins Demo tape, later released under the music label, Chance.
Two versions of “Daydream” were recorded
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Bury Me
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While one can infer all sorts of meanings from these lines, not even the writer knows what to make of them. After all, the song was written at least two years before it was
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Snail
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The seventh track off the Pumpkins' debut album, “Snail” is a prime exemple of the marriage of beautiful melodies and heavy distortion that set the Pumpkins apart from the get go
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The Smashing Pumpkins – I Am One
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The Smashing Pumpkins' first official release was the “I Am One” single, originally recorded in 1989 and released in 1990 on 7" vinyl (only 1500 copies were pressed and now sell
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Suffer
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“Suffer” was originally titled “Seam,” referencing the lyrics, “On this seam I will dream.” An earlier version with the old title and alternate lyrics was later released as part of
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