 Genius Meanings
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The Smashing Pumpkins – To Sheila
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The opening track on the Smashing Pumpkins' fourth studio LP, Adore, prepares listeners for a dramatic break from the past. “To Sheila” greets fans with nothing but a quietly
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
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“Ava Adore” is the first single and the second song on The Smashing Pumpkins' fourth studio album Adore. Released May 18th, 1998, the track reached number 3 on the Billboard Top
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The Smashing Pumpkins – For Martha
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“For Martha” is a tribute to Corgan’s mother, Martha Louise. Martha died of cancer while Corgan was in the midst of a world tour supporting Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Pug
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[Verse 1] / Kiss and kill me sweetly / Come and drive me home / Drag the miles in me / I am yours alone / [Chorus] / Inside, where it’s warm / Wrap myself in you / Outside, where I
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Blank Page
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Originally named “48 Chords” as a commentary on the unusual high number of piano chords played, “Blank Page” is about Corgans marriage ending. According to himself, he felt it was
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Annie-Dog
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Amphetamine Annie-Dog / Has her leash and a face / Her velvet spleen / Her shackle spine / Her diamond curse / It comes with mine / A vessel she for violent I / Confession arms a
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Tear
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[Instrumental Intro] / The lights came on fast / Lost in motor crash / Gone in a flash, unreal / But you knew all along / You laugh the light / I sing the songs / To watch you numb
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Do You Close Your Eyes?
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“Do You Close Your Eyes” is an outtake from the Adore recording session in February of 1997. The song never made it as a B-side nor has it ever been played live. It was released
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Once Upon a Time
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Mother, I’m tired / Come surrender, my son / Time has ravaged on my soul / No plans to leave but still, I go / Fallin’ with the leaves / Fallin’ out of sleep / To the last goodbyes
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The Smashing Pumpkins – 17
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“17,” a 17 second instrumental, closes the album much like it began: soft, subdued, and subtle. The back of the album pamphlet contains a poem written by Billy Corgan also entitled
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The Smashing Pumpkins – The Other Side
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“The Other Side” is essentially an instrumental version of “For Martha”, a song Corgan wrote as a tribute to his mother shortly after her death. “The Other Side” shows the stark
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Daphne Descends
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A warning aimed at one who is falling in love, “Daphne Descends” is a song that presents the idea of romance with heavy trepidation.
The track moves along eerily with a novel
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
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The second and final commercial single off the Pumpkins' 1998 album Adore.
“Perfect” is in many ways a “sister song” to the band’s biggest hit, “1979” – from Rolling Stone
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Appels + Oranjes
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“Appels + Oranjes” touches on the age-old subject of metaphysics; a branch of philosophy that explores reality. Is reality what we perceive in our day-to-day experiences or is
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Shame
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[Verse 1] / You’re gonna walk on home / You’re gonna walk alone / You’re gonna see this through / Don’t let them get to you / [Chorus] / Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-shame / Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-shame
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Cross
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Climb across a sea-filled cross / See your mind as it's falling / Do you know where you've been / When you hide your old feelings / I let down, and I am falling / Time lives on
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Behold! The Night Mare
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[Verse 1] / I’ve faced the fathoms in your deep / Withstood the suitors' quiet siege / Pulled down the heavens just to please you / [Refrain 1] / Appease you / The wind blows and I
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Annie-Dog (Take 10)
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Amphetamine annie-dog / Has her leash and a face / Her velvet spleen, her shackle spine / Her diamond curse, it comes with mine / A vessel she for violent I / Confession arms awake
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Chewing Gum
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Chewing gum / Wondering where i've been and what i've done / Wondering where i'll go and where i'll run / Hide myself away from everyone / Chewing gum / Doesn't ['does it'] bother
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Chewing Gum
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Chewing gum / Wondering where i've been and what i've done / Wondering where i'll go and where i'll run / Hide myself away from everyone / Chewing gum / Doesn't ['does it'] bother
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The Smashing Pumpkins – The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete
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“The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete,” like much of Adore, combines electronic music with something akin to folk rock.
The story is one of murder. After Pistol Pete kills his female
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The Smashing Pumpkins – The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning
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“The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning” is track 15 from the Batman & Robin Sountrack.
It is an alternate version of the album’s opening track and lead single: “The End Is The
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Valentine
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Let the horses run / Your deserted mind / Catch the thread-bare strains / Of departing trains / Bound for their last goodbyes / You thought you'd think you'd know / You're sure you
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Crestfallen
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Crestfallen was to be the third single from Adore but was only released as a promotional single due to a strained relationship with the band’s label, Virgin Records. While it did
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Let Me Give the World to You (Rick Rubin Version)
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While Corgan and company were recording Adore, record executives and publicists began to worry about the direction of the album. In a 2014 interview, Corgan told radio.com he
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Jersey Shore
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“Jersey Shore” is an acoustic demo recorded in Billy Corgan’s home studio after the Melon Collie tour. The song was most likely intended to make it on 1998’s Adore album but
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The Smashing Pumpkins – 2014 Adore Reissue Liner Notes
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Part 1: 'Adore' of Perceptions / By David Wild / Adore is the surprisingly beautiful sound of a great band falling apart. / Just about a decade and a half ago-shortly after the
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Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
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One of the best-known Talking Heads songs, “Psycho Killer” was the second single from the 1977 album Talking Heads: 77, peaking at #92 on the Billboard Hot 100.
It is the first
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The Goo Goo Dolls – Lazy Eye
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[Verse 1] / The world spins around the secret lives / Of everyone that needs to hide (yeah, hide) / A cheap parade of endless lies / Filters through this lazy eye / [Chorus] / And
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James Brown – Soul Power
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Know we need it, soul power / We got to have it, soul power / Know we want it, soul power / Got to have it, soul power / Give it to me, soul power / We need it, soul power, we need
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