The early era of Smashing Pumpkins was nothing short of magical. It really sucks, and Billy Corgan even admits this now but he fucked up when he treated them like they were all disposable and replaceable.
@Larry Swain Billy Corgan wrote every part for every instrument except the drums. They didn't bring anything to it other than their own unique aesthetics and personalities. If he could play drums, too, and beyond that if he had eight total arms he may have not even bothered having other band mates at all. What I will agree with though is they brought something he could never replace, something he found out the hard way, and that was just the attitude I guess. Like I said, it was just a magical time and they more or less wrote the soundtrack to it for a lot of people (myself included). That and the grunge stuff from the 90's as well.
Dude, my buddies and I back in the 90s had this show in VHS as well as the Euphoria tape and watched it nonstop. I wish I could go back and tell myself how good we had it then music-wise
Siamese Dream is such an underrated album, and The Smashing Pumpkins so underrated from their 90's grunge/alt counterparts. Every one of these songs from this album is amazing and beautiful. They just don't make music like this anymore, where you can put it on and listen from the first track to the last.
Hmm, not so sure about that. Siamese Dream was their breakout album and the Pumpkin went from places like this (I think it’s the Metro) to selling out arenas, like overnight. Agreed Siamese is amazing but I think Gish is their best album and Siamese is #2. The rest don’t matter so much for me after that.
@@wlister83 How is this underrated? From Billboard: “Siamese Dream debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200, and was eventually certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with the album selling over six million copies worldwide.”
Man, when the wall of sound hits I get chills. The magic moments when a great group just gets discovered. The egos, money, and heroin always seem to ruin things. Billy was dressed normally. I found those later Lurch outfits comical. Darcy was so beautiful. Time is such a monster.
Billy leaned too much into the Uncle Fester look, he could’ve just shaved his head but kept his style without going full goth. And then it’s like the music had to fit the look almost, no more hazy sunshine psychedelia
@@patrickbertlein4626 To me Adore feels more like a Billy Corgan solo album. It's a great album but I just love that Siamese Dream sound. Mellon Collie is as you say the magnum opus though, since it has that Pumpkin feeling with Billys more mature songwriting and incredible lyrics (his lyric writing was pretty uneven on SD in comparison).
This could be their best live performance of DROWN and in front of a small audience which makes it more of an up close and personal magical experience...
Ages ago, when they all still had fun together onstage!! I miss this Smashing Pumpkins era - and this era generally… I wish, I wish, I wish I had known then, how lovely and singular an experience I was having, seeing them live. I dunno… somehow I imagine I would’ve held onto it tighter. That’s probably how everyone feels about their 20s, though. Sigh. Time… what a cruel f’ing tyrant. Gadzooks, did I ever have fun, though! ❤️
Im from 93 , my favorite band in the world, I love them more than everything. I'm from Colombia and since I remember one of my biggest dreams was to understand what they say in their lyrics, and I learn English at the nacional University to understand !! It was one of the best decisions in my life . I saw them in 2012 here in my country. I almost died haha , I was so happy and there where people putting moster energy mixed with Buchanan's 18 years that day , I just drank all , didn't care about the world it self hahaha . Love them with all my life
this is standard quality considering the audio is from the soundboard. If it was camera audio then yeah that would be amazing quality even today, but soundboard recordings were already this good even a few decades before this show.
A longtime crush randomly asked me about pumpkins songs out of the blue, and this amaz version of one of my fav songs was the perfect thing to send. Thanks, Internet. 😁🙌
This is the most epic performance of Drown ever recorded. I get goosebumps from the nostalgic rush of sound and it's just simply awesome.. Thank you so much for posting this.
@@itwontcomeout5678 I’ll bet you that when the Pumpkins (original four + Jeff) are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, D’Arcy won’t be there playing her bass. She definitely burned that bridge a couple of years ago.
Absolute time travel. I don't understand why he stopped writing like this. He had the world at his fingertips, Cobain died, Pearl Jam was on Ticketmaster strike and for some reason these guys, slowly or abruptly, however you want to look at it, changed their sound and style. You could have written Spacey, quiet then loud octave riffs until out sun burned out. Closest thing I've heard since was Mary Star Of the Sea. But he probably started writing that in 93' as well. It's not to late Billy. Bring back the spacey and change the world one more time.
God, all their lyrics, CD's, their vibe about then and about when feeling jaded, blue, so complete yet misunderstood, it was never gonna trend and felt precisely like you. As an ode to grunge, my actual album with the DVD included this show at metro was destroyed by my ex, heheY!
possibly my all-time favourite pumpkins' song. The original more so. Although that ten or so minutes of noise/feedback makes it not so good for bed-time :-)
i could faint i love this song so much and this video is so awesome thanks for posting it for us to enjoy!!! i wish i could've been there at that moment!!!
I remember seeing them at the Rivera theater on 10/23/95 on the Mellon Collie tour. They blew up a transformer on the main power half way through the first song which was Zero. It took about forty five minutes for an electrician to restore power. When they started playing again they couldn’t use the lights from their light show as whatever “fix” was done wasn’t enough to give them the amount of power they needed. Such a memorable show. Darcy was out front before the show signing autographs and talking with fans. I remember a seemingly drunk homeless man, that looked like an Eskimo came up and asked Darcy why they didn’t write a song about Eskimos. While Darcy was signing James pulled up in a cab with his dry cleaning and walked right in. Apparently Billy also walked right by us as the security guards were laughing at us that we’d missed him. This was before the internet and he’d recently shaved his head so no one knew what he looked like, thus we didn’t recognize him. Ah those were the days.
He did that at the August 17, 19 concert lmao he said who wants to hear Panama and everyone went crazy. The fact that I guess it’s been a running joke for so long is actually great
Saw Um live in a stadium in 95 or 96. Wish it were a smaller venue or club. They aren’t an arena band. At the 1st 2 albums. They were tight live in this Metro show
This was the song, sadly from the Singles soundtrack, that actually introduced me to SP. But first hearing.... i was a die hard fan of everything. (including the Rolling stone articles.)
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Original band members always do it best, every band has a golden period that is totally magical in retrospect...
The early era of Smashing Pumpkins was nothing short of magical. It really sucks, and Billy Corgan even admits this now but he fucked up when he treated them like they were all disposable and replaceable.
@Larry Swain Billy Corgan wrote every part for every instrument except the drums. They didn't bring anything to it other than their own unique aesthetics and personalities. If he could play drums, too, and beyond that if he had eight total arms he may have not even bothered having other band mates at all. What I will agree with though is they brought something he could never replace, something he found out the hard way, and that was just the attitude I guess. Like I said, it was just a magical time and they more or less wrote the soundtrack to it for a lot of people (myself included). That and the grunge stuff from the 90's as well.
@@voteZDLR Face it they need D'arcy
This was it I agree. They knew they were going to be something special but nobody whispering I their ears yet. Golden! Billy looks so happy.
Dude, my buddies and I back in the 90s had this show in VHS as well as the Euphoria tape and watched it nonstop. I wish I could go back and tell myself how good we had it then music-wise
Best layla cover of all time!
Dare I say better than the original!
Indeed.
Yeah it was hilarious
It went on for longer than Clapton has ever managed to stay in one band.
Siamese Dream is such an underrated album, and The Smashing Pumpkins so underrated from their 90's grunge/alt counterparts. Every one of these songs from this album is amazing and beautiful. They just don't make music like this anymore, where you can put it on and listen from the first track to the last.
Drown doesn't appear on any regular release of the Pumpkins
Hmm, not so sure about that. Siamese Dream was their breakout album and the Pumpkin went from places like this (I think it’s the Metro) to selling out arenas, like overnight. Agreed Siamese is amazing but I think Gish is their best album and Siamese is #2. The rest don’t matter so much for me after that.
@@geol1936 I was just speaking on the album, in general.
@@iap6647 I’m speaking as to how they’re generally perceived, compared to other grunge/alt artists of the time.
@@wlister83 How is this underrated? From Billboard: “Siamese Dream debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200, and was eventually certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with the album selling over six million copies worldwide.”
One of their greatest, and it's not even on a Smashing Pumpkins album.
Isn't it on Gish or am I wrong? I may be wrong.
@@euginchristo4396 No it isn't. It's on the Singles soundtrack.
@@steverok67 Oh! thanks bud!
It is on 'Rotten Apples'... Does a compilation album count?
@@jonesyonmysleeve no
Man, when the wall of sound hits I get chills. The magic moments when a great group just gets discovered. The egos, money, and heroin always seem to ruin things. Billy was dressed normally. I found those later Lurch outfits comical. Darcy was so beautiful. Time is such a monster.
Billy leaned too much into the Uncle Fester look, he could’ve just shaved his head but kept his style without going full goth. And then it’s like the music had to fit the look almost, no more hazy sunshine psychedelia
Indeed.
I don't know man Ava Adore is SP's best album IMO, and I only say that because Melon Collie isn't an album its an epic magnum opus. @@TheMattmatic
@@patrickbertlein4626 To me Adore feels more like a Billy Corgan solo album. It's a great album but I just love that Siamese Dream sound. Mellon Collie is as you say the magnum opus though, since it has that Pumpkin feeling with Billys more mature songwriting and incredible lyrics (his lyric writing was pretty uneven on SD in comparison).
This performance is unbeatable.
Pinkpop 94 was excellent
why doesn't anybody mention billy's guitar skills so many riffs and solos killed on the pumpkins
His style is pretty unique.... very melodic with squealy feedback.
🤘🏻
He needs his own guitar hero
Perhaps his egomania gets in the way for so many.
The first five years of SP is undeniable. I love Billy as a musician. As a person....
That girl was so cute singing along
yea at 1:20 ..
That was Dave grohl…
This was a golden age of music. Classic Pumpkins.
I watch this video, and this entire concert, frequently in 2024. It's just perfect and reminds me of the 90's
This could be their best live performance of DROWN and in front of a small audience which makes it more of an up close and personal magical experience...
Best live version of this song for sure
I agree. I looked around and watched other versions, this one has the best sound/performance.
Yeah I belive it SP know how to do a live performance
Darcy is the bassist that band needs and deserves! What a wonderful combo!
There’s something so pure with this performance. Love it.
Ages ago, when they all still had fun together onstage!! I miss this Smashing Pumpkins era - and this era generally… I wish, I wish, I wish I had known then, how lovely and singular an experience I was having, seeing them live. I dunno… somehow I imagine I would’ve held onto it tighter. That’s probably how everyone feels about their 20s, though. Sigh. Time… what a cruel f’ing tyrant. Gadzooks, did I ever have fun, though! ❤️
52 here bro, I feel you... FUCK
born in 96. but the pumpkins have always been my favorite band. can't stop watching pinkpop and metro concerts..definitely born too late haha
At least you were around when it was the og ineup I was born 02 they were dead by they were done by then
You're never to late to hear great music!
@@the_tune_of_your_death bro I was born in 97 we were not around 😂 we were babies lol
Im from 93 , my favorite band in the world, I love them more than everything. I'm from Colombia and since I remember one of my biggest dreams was to understand what they say in their lyrics, and I learn English at the nacional University to understand !! It was one of the best decisions in my life . I saw them in 2012 here in my country. I almost died haha , I was so happy and there where people putting moster energy mixed with Buchanan's 18 years that day , I just drank all , didn't care about the world it self hahaha . Love them with all my life
1:49 ,that is one of the most true and beautiful solo , someone could have ever done every single note has a meaning ... love u billy
Arthur Sebba i liked how he laughed right after, you know what you did 😃😃😃
excellent sound quality for a live gig from the early 90s. sounds clearer than the studio recording lol
It's really incredible.
It's soundboard recording. The whole show was pro-shot, officially released.
this is standard quality considering the audio is from the soundboard. If it was camera audio then yeah that would be amazing quality even today, but soundboard recordings were already this good even a few decades before this show.
Metro always has great sound.
I was there that night. I lived on Byron between Ashland and Southport, two blocks from the Metro. I will never ever forget this night.
band: 100% sound engineers, stagehands, & videographer: 110%
the crowd is just putty in his hands at this point in time, such a great vibe love the pumpkins
This music lives in the core of my soul forever.
Would love to go back in time and see this concert
A longtime crush randomly asked me about pumpkins songs out of the blue, and this amaz version of one of my fav songs was the perfect thing to send. Thanks, Internet. 😁🙌
wow such an amazing cover of Layla
just a gem in music history
Drown is a gift to true pumpkins fans. How this song was never on a a regular album is unbelievable. Such a great song.
My all time favorite of theirs!!!
I'd sell my soul to the devil just to go back in time and watch this concert in real live..
+LittleMarch yeah! and watch d'arcy at her prime
And see Billy with hair.. :)
LittleMarch right there with ya!! ✌️🤘❣️
LittleMarch who knows be careful what you wish for
Any luck on that time travel Gig, I am SO IN
My all-time fave SP song. Just breathtaking to hear.
This intro has got to be top 10 of all time imo
We're never going get to rock this good ever again...
You won’t get commercial rock this good ever again
@@samputnam6348 commercial rock lmao what a joke
@@pgai824 yeah it is. it will never be as popular as it was but still a lot of really good contemporary bands
This is the concert i would sell my soul to go back and be at
This is the most epic performance of Drown ever recorded.
I get goosebumps from the nostalgic rush of sound and it's just simply awesome..
Thank you so much for posting this.
One of their best tracks
Absolutely sick guitar work
Trying to forget what we are having here in 2020...what a decade... So fucking sad we can't go back..
This show was perfection. Just awesome. ❤️🤘
D'arcy! Made me eternally fall for female musicians... Too bad how things turned out for D'arcy
I heard she might have started talking to Billy again! Maybe things are looking up for her in the near future :D
@@itwontcomeout5678
I’ll bet you that when the Pumpkins (original four + Jeff) are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, D’Arcy won’t be there playing her bass. She definitely burned that bridge a couple of years ago.
@@Brinta3 you’re right!
Damn the fr don't do performances like these anymore like each band mate was in perfct sync wit the heavy melodic rifts which go so hard🔥🔥🎸😌💙💯
I remember first hearing this on Singles soundtrack. I must have rewinded this song on cassette about a 1000 times!
This song makes me feel better. Thank you
Awesome clip. Such a magical moment for the Pumpkins.
Thank you for sharing this.
Simpler and beautiful times. X
god she was so beautiful...
i know its such a shame with the drugs and all.
Was.
E4T6
I know Billy was but actually he’s a dude
@@fun101productions9 their talking about darcy
@@rocknrollbodybuilder Duh really?
Absolute time travel. I don't understand why he stopped writing like this. He had the world at his fingertips, Cobain died, Pearl Jam was on Ticketmaster strike and for some reason these guys, slowly or abruptly, however you want to look at it, changed their sound and style. You could have written Spacey, quiet then loud octave riffs until out sun burned out. Closest thing I've heard since was Mary Star Of the Sea. But he probably started writing that in 93' as well. It's not to late Billy. Bring back the spacey and change the world one more time.
Maybe 27 yrs later the lovebirds 1:20 are still in luv like in this recording.
The 90's wer golden
Darcy was so gorgeous back then.
one of my favorite albums to this day
Can't believe this was 25 years ago. WTF.
now 30😢
@@its_Sam19That part!
Awesome version of this song
fucking sick.. This shit just made my day..
Fav performance of drown ❤️❤️
God, all their lyrics, CD's, their vibe about then and about when feeling jaded, blue, so complete yet misunderstood, it was never gonna trend and felt precisely like you. As an ode to grunge, my actual album with the DVD included this show at metro was destroyed by my ex, heheY!
I love this! This was the best time!
1993 Smashing Pumpkins was something special that we (and they) didn’t appreciate at the time.
trust me, it was definitely appreciated at the time, and so say millions of other fans!
D'arcy. Beautiful. Nuf Said.
All of those yesterday's comig down....I miss these days so much it hurts
I adore this song ❤
possibly my all-time favourite pumpkins' song. The original more so. Although that ten or so minutes of noise/feedback makes it not so good for bed-time :-)
Its 2 -3 minutes of feedback
God they sound so good live!
Sounds sooooooo good. Damn.
I love this one ❤️
Chills every time
i could faint i love this song so much and this video is so awesome thanks for posting it for us to enjoy!!! i wish i could've been there at that moment!!!
Best Pumpkins song.
I remember seeing them at the Rivera theater on 10/23/95 on the Mellon Collie tour. They blew up a transformer on the main power half way through the first song which was Zero. It took about forty five minutes for an electrician to restore power. When they started playing again they couldn’t use the lights from their light show as whatever “fix” was done wasn’t enough to give them the amount of power they needed. Such a memorable show.
Darcy was out front before the show signing autographs and talking with fans. I remember a seemingly drunk homeless man, that looked like an Eskimo came up and asked Darcy why they didn’t write a song about Eskimos.
While Darcy was signing James pulled up in a cab with his dry cleaning and walked right in.
Apparently Billy also walked right by us as the security guards were laughing at us that we’d missed him. This was before the internet and he’d recently shaved his head so no one knew what he looked like, thus we didn’t recognize him.
Ah those were the days.
This song was really revelant at a point in my life...and sadly, I have the overwhelming feeling it's about to be again.
*Holds up lighter
He did that at the August 17, 19 concert lmao he said who wants to hear Panama and everyone went crazy. The fact that I guess it’s been a running joke for so long is actually great
One of my favorites.
Killer tune.
old times..... great era
We were all young and careless..❤
I love this song
Fav song😁
Their best song. Even the short version!!
Saw Um live in a stadium in 95 or 96. Wish it were a smaller venue or club. They aren’t an arena band. At the 1st 2 albums. They were tight live in this Metro show
Great song
Top of their game for Siamese in my opinion
With that “JC” badge on the kick, I want to believe Jimmy knew he was one of the absolute best of his time…and beyond!
I never realized how good of a guitarist Billy Corgan is .
........how ?
He’s always been great
drown: one more song of their best
such beautiful noise
Sick shred!
Absolute - Ultra - Hyper - Oh Yeah - Play it Again !!!
1:43 d‘arcy...
The pumpkins rule!!
God I wish I could go back...
Imagine being in this crowd. Just fucking imagine.
Jesus this is good....
2:18, I wish I could marry her...
The best. Ever since the unicorn in Milwaukee
Drown must have been a hell of a fan favorite back in the day
The Pumpkins at their Sublime Best
0:21-0:29 that cracks me up every time
Love u always mark c ct
Real live show, no cell phones to be seen, people there to enjoy the moment.
still my favorite SP song
This was the song, sadly from the Singles soundtrack, that actually introduced me to SP. But first hearing.... i was a die hard fan of everything. (including the Rolling stone articles.)
kynes333 ; Why do you say "....sadly from the singles soundtrack" ?......just curious.
Why Sadly? At least you made it
The Singles Soundtrack?
Most influential album ever.
Turned alot of us on in 91
this is the song that got me hooked to SP when they were still quite an obscure band with a funny name and cheetah like vocals
I miss old Pumpkins