From a Simpsons episode, when Billy Corgan introduces himself to Homer:
Corgan: Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins.
Homer: Homer Simpson, smiling politely. You know, my kids think you’re the greatest, and thanks to your gloomy music, they’ve finally stopped dreaming of a future I can’t possibly provide.
In chronological order, some of my favorite Smashing Pumpkins songs that have videos:
Rhinocerous, from Gish. So many people today don’t realize that Billy used to have hair….
Gish was not my favorite disc, to be honest, but some of the songs are alright. Siamese Dream, on the other hand, was really strong from start to finish. Here’s the opening track, Cherub Rock:
And my favorite SP song…. Today:
On youtube you can also find videos for: Disarm and Rocket. The whole disc is good.
Next up we have (I think) the last video before the appearance of “Uncle Fester” Billy. It’s Bullet with Butterfly Wings which is a simple but pretty effective song, I think. I like the bridge with the long bend that leads to the “tell me I’m the only …” section.
Bullet with Butterfly Wings was from their double album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. I loved those discs, but my favorite songs on it were not made into videos, so … that was all you get.
I’m afraid, after this point, the pumpkins were much more hit-and-miss with me. Especially if I’m trying to pick from their videos, which is obviously just a small subset of their total output. Let’s see…
Remember that terrible Batman and Robin movie? Well, the pumpkins did one of the songs on the soundtrack, which I actually liked quite a bit:
Here is the video for Ava Adore, from the
I don’t have Zeitgeist yet, so I don’t have on opinion on it.
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