My best friend died 20 years ago tonight. Car crash, he was 16. Timmy Bourque. He introduced me to Smashing Pumpkins. Tonight I'm drunk, listening on repeat, and loving the box of his memories I'll never give up.
I'm 64... My mind tells me I'm still in my 20s. My body tells me the truth. Young people, go easy. You'll be here as quick as you blink your eyes. This song is a classic!
@jiml5233 This is personal. So, you can say so. Do you ever feel like we wasted time? I mean, if I could go back and start over, boy would I have done things right. MYbe, I would have known I was hooked up with a narcissistic for way to long. Here I am at 65 alone and wondering what the heck I am talking about. Sorry.
I am a 65-year-old African American male, when this song came out in 1996 I was 43 years old. I like all kinds of music and this song was incredible! The video was mesmerizing. Billy's voice pierced through all the noise - I bought this double album and it (along with Tupac's "All Eyez On Me") dominated my psyche for the next year at least. What a rush to spontaneously pull this up while working on a project. A time machine, music is.
I was 3 and didn't have much preference in music at the time ;) But this ended up becoming my favorite band 10 years later, and still remains my favorite more than 10 years after that.
I was 18 and into punk, although I had respect for Smashing Pumpkins ever since I heard "Gish" in 1991. In 1996 I first tried smoking weed and opened my mind to all kinds of different music. I had a crush on Fiona Apple. Time flies.
I was a green hotdog when this song first came in my ear after that I went to college and everyone saw me as a biscuit with butter..That was fun needless to have said it at all.
I had my girlfriend listen to this and she said, "Every time I hear this song, I will think of you. This song you recommended to me feels like it represents you, and it is similar to your temperament, a bit tender, a bit indifferent, and a bit melancholic." I think she's marriage material.
My wife and I married in 1994. We both came from broken homes, deceased fathers and rough lives. At the time in our early relationship, this was our anthem and still is. We have done life together for almost 28 years. We did it right and we fought off every difficulty in our lives as we are truly blessed in the end like this video alludes to. I love this video.
Awesome, it's really all you can ask for in this short life. I feel a sense of love reading about such kinship and shared devotion, especially with a song I love, too. I wish you both the best.
Probably my favorite Smashing Pumpkins song of all time. One of the first songs I learned to play on guitar. The nostalgia is hitting me hard right now❤️
The nostalgic value of this song for me is through the roof. This video was on MTV so much at that time. I miss the 90s everyday. What a time to be alive.
Tell me about it, I remember the week this album came out. I believe I was in 7th grade at the time! This album no joke won like EVERY single award that year at the MTV awards and every other annual music awards show. It was that legendary of an album and nobody had ever heard anything like it. I feel SO lucky to have been able to see the original lineup of the Smashing Pumpkins live probably 6 times! In Baltimore, we had a local radio station who did something called the "HFStival" every year. If you ever wanted to see one massive line up of nearly all headlining bands, THAT was the festival to attend! And get this, tix for all those bands back then was only $30! You'll pay 5X that amount just to see ONE of those groups today! I'm talking bands like...Rage Against the Machine, Eminem, Korn, Limp Bizkit, No Doubt, Aerosmith, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Dave Matthews, STP, Alice In Chains, Hole, Slipknot, Pearl Jam, Etc. They also always did had a secret performer every year in the beginning, so I was blessed to have seen bands like The Ramones, Run DMC, The Runaways & more. I can't even list all of the bands I've seen just from that one festival!
Iv heard smashing pumpkins in a way i can only describe as the way/feeling of walking past someone and smiling, but without knowing what you two have been through, good and bad. But you look back and think, it was great to hear that song just like it was great to share the smile with the stranger. Iv broke down and reflected on my lifes ups and down’s listening to smashing pumpkins back to back today. And apart from feeling related to the songs and music, i read so many stories and comments on how their music has made many people feel… iv been left with an overwhelming feeling of bittersweetness. It brought up happiness, my depression, my love life, loneliness, my family, and most recently my children and amazing wife. Somewhere along the line i felt i lost the ability to cry and in turn loosing the ability to feel? The things everyones sharing along with these lyrics and music that cuts so deep, has literally opened my eyes so much today that i felt i had to share. Id like to say to everyone going through something hard or something beautiful, to hold on to it, good or bad, it will help you grow and gauge everything in due time. Iv been crying like i used to, something i found out was so helpful to me in the past that i lost connection with. Iv purged a lot of bad feelings and brought in a lot of good as well. Thanks for such amazing music and to everyone that shared those moments, thank you as well, the help has been some of the most iv had in my 34 years. To not know any of you personally yet receive so much has been needed for a while, im glad it changed today 🖤 best wishes
Word! Word for word! Iv felt this same exact stuff...Lollapolooza 1992...my first acid trip at 15. Smashing pumpkîns headlined and at that point my brain was deep down in the dirt just hoping for something positive to lift me up and carry me out of the negative trip. Thén this song literally got me up and made the rest of my night so happy, uplifting, positive, joyful ànd downright dreamlike to me now as I think back to those times. Where I was at that moment in time and what this music did for me then and how it paralells to my entire life. I almost feel i have risen ànd am able to visualize those deep deep and uplifting moments. Wow, music...
This song takes me back to being a geeky 16 year old 90s kid, spending long summers singing with guitars around fires with good friends, beers in our hands and life stretching out forever in front of us. Billy made those nights immortal
What is it about the Pumpkins? Theres emotion, edge and art all wrapped up into their music. Its beautiful. It makes you feel sad, yet inspired. They're so damn good.
I sang this to my youngest daughter every single day of her life, and we played it for her as she was passing because I was too broken to sing it. That intro captures every bit of love, joy, hope, and despair I felt during the too short 19 days of her life.
I'm so sorry to hear that, Is there anything I can do for you? God can heal things that feel impossible, and I believe that one day God will undo all the pain and death!
I am 54 now. I listened to this cd everyday driving to college. This song gave me the courage to keep going. I had two babies at home! It is crazy how music can influence u. Thank you Billy Corbin.
And vain related to vanity. So much hopelessness and cynicism is ties to vanity, pride, stubbornness, and a refusal to believe things can in fact improve and that we are all worthy of love.
I was dating a girl when this song came out. I could picture myself growing old with her and going on adventures like this. She became my wife. Last fall, we went to Napa Valley to celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary. One activity we had planned was a Hot Air Balloon ride. It made me think of this video. Driving from the airport to our hotel, we heard this song on the radio. It literally gave me chills! How often do you hear this on the radio anywhere anymore?
Wow man, that's so good to hear.. congrats to you and her.. I had...quite the opposite experience with this song...For me it really lives up to the name of the ablum that it's on...
@@brianlaudrupchannel On a budget, sure. A proper stereo setup with a high end subwoofer and acoustically treated room will do things headphones never can
I have an older brother, he's 39 and I'm 35. I've looked up to him my entire life, I still do and we're the best of friends. We live in different counties in Ireland but still game online together regularly. He was into all the best music in the 90's when we were growing up, so every time I listen to music like this it triggers a great memory of our childhood, there's a mix of joy and sadness when I realise we're older now and can't go back to these days. There is something bittersweet and I can't wait to be able to hang out with him again when this virus goes away. Just thought I'd share.
@@haydenmohammed4812 This Grunge band Can Relate By Nirvana & Alice in Chains & Soundgarden & Pearl Jam Too Stone Temple Pilots Screaming Trees L7 and Hole.
Best comment i’ve ever red on youtube because of relatability. I have a younger brother (best friends), and I hope I will experience the same feeling you have now with yours.
"Tonight, Tonight" Lyrics Time is never time at all You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth And our lives are forever changed We will never be the same The more you change the less you feel Believe, believe in me, believe, believe That life can change, That you're not stuck in vain We're not the same, We're different tonight, tonight Tonight, so bright Tonight, tonight And you know you're never sure But you're sure you could be right If you held yourself up to the light And the embers never fade In your city by the lake The place where you were born Believe, believe in me, believe, believe In the resolute urgency of now And if you believe There's not a chance tonight, tonight Tonight, so bright Tonight, tonight We'll crucify the insincere tonight, tonight We'll make things right, We'll feel it all tonight, tonight We'll find a way to offer up the night tonight The indescribable moments of your life tonight The impossible is possible tonight, tonight Believe in me as I believe in you tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
For those who don’t know, this video was in heavy rotation on MTV. This video got so much play that it made me a pumpkins fan immediately. Thank you MTV.
Sadly, I was really late to the party and I only became a fan because my friend was wearing a Mellon Collie shirt and I liked the design and got hooked on the band. Must've been great to experience em like that.
French here, i can confirm. This was played like every days, few times a day, when I was in vacations in the USA in the summer of 1996. In that period, they also played a lot of Irony by Alanis Morisette, Popular by Nada Surf and Waiting Outside the Phone Booth... by Primitive Radio Gods.
This song is true melancholy... it completely captures and embraces the anxiety and insecurity that comes when you realize tonight is one of the big moments you'll remember forever as your youth, and that it all happened in one short night... Man it sucks the universe cursed us with such short days, nights, and lives, but I'm so thankful for the few beautiful people out there who feel the same nostalgia and butterflies in their stomach when they hear a song such as this.
"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it."
My husband’s song- I tiptoe here to listen occasionally when I feel strong. He passed away unexpectedly in ‘08 leaving me and our three children to miss him tonight, tonight with resolute urgency I recall the beautiful moments of our life together
He will be back and in the second run in life energy finds each other again. Science, organized religion and people who take large doses of psychedelic all say the same thing. The universe dies and comes back and has no beginning or end. Learn what you need to don’t do this life again there’s higher states of existing.
Damn, sorry to hear. I'm so jealous of the people that seem to glide through life unscathed. Without loss and pain. Maybe they are better at hiding it I don't know. But I do know that very few are ready when that time comes. How can you be? I feel for you and your kids
@@davegordon6943thanks Dave 🫂, my whole life was preparing me for the next loss unfortunately. My mom got terminal cancer when I was 8. I think you’re right, some people don’t seem to have much loss or tragedy in their life- others have enough for a dozen lifetimes.
I saw them in concert when I was 17 in 1997. Fast forward to 2024 and my almost 15 year old (special needs) daughter loves this song. Their music is everlasting!
I’m 72 y/o and while listening to the music my teens did back then I came to love the Smashing Pumpkins and knew all their songs! This song reminds me of some of the best times of my life! 🤗
Good music know no bounds. I'm 52 and a diehard Grunge and death metal fan. BUT, The Zombies, Procal Harem, The Animals and The Moody Blues are some of my favorite bands.
I was a really bad heroin addict. nothing could stop me from destroying my life. in rehab, I walked into the garden and the counselor had this song playing on a portable speaker and I got this feeling of absolute hope. I felt it and it kept me going, gave me the ability to wake up the next day and keep going. believe in me, cos I believe in you tonight.
Saga Sitches I’m so proud of you and ever grateful for your existence and this seeming small but powerful influence you’ve had on me with this one comment. Peace be with you. I love you. Forever and always.
You don't even know what your words mean to me. I mean, every time I hear this song, I remember my H addiction in the late 90s. I experienced something called the "Prague heroin epidemic". Several of my peers from our neighborhood died at that time due to an overdose. I think.. just few people understand you as well as I do, man. I wish you all the best in your life :)
This takes me back to the 90’s as a Mexican teen with little English that got introduced to this beautiful nostalgic music by my older cool brother. I felt the music - no language barriers when it’s felt deeply .We were blessed with quality music.
Only thing I would "change" would be ...the more you change the less you feel. The more I've changed the easier things feel., Maybe I'm lucky, maybe I'm an anomaly....but I just went thru third degree burns from the fire that destroyed an enormous amount of artworks I created , and 99.9999 percent of everything I "owned" as well as now having to move to? And, instead of a new chapter, I'll be "writing" a new BOOK , maybe a trilogy or just keep writing ...... Even forever now seems possible if I so choose and believe, believe.
I am not sure kids today will ever get the nostalgia hit teenagers of the 90s get listening to Smashing Pumpkins songs off this album. It was the sound track to so many important times for people.
I don't worry. I'm sure they'll (we'll? - gen Zer here) look back at timeless masterpieces like "W.A.P." and think "aw yeah, I remember my childhood - sitting on in front of an ipad browsing degenerate YT shorts and TikTok all day. Now I've got manic depression and am stuck at a dead end job paying 500k in student loans with no possible future whatsoever, but those memories just take me back. Such wonderful times!"
Kids these days will never know what it’s like to experience an album! They just download the specific songs they want to hear. Nevermind the whole physicality of purchasing an actual item, bringing it home, ripping the cellophane off the cd/record/cassette, throwing it on/in, pressing play, and reading the liner notes while enjoying the album artwork. :)❤❤❤❤
@@hydraulichydra8363 You just described my teen nephew's life to a T. I feel genuinely bad for him but he never listens to my advice about getting off his devices, especially TikTok :(
@@hydraulichydra8363 @barnold23 hace 1 mes ¡Los niños de hoy en día nunca sabrán lo que es experimentar un álbum! Simplemente descargan las canciones específicas que quieren escuchar. No importa todo el aspecto físico de comprar un artículo real, llevarlo a casa, arrancar el celofán del CD/disco/casete, tirarlo, presionar reproducir y leer las notas mientras disfrutas de la carátula del álbum. :)
This song is bizarrely nostalgic. They wrote it and we listened to it when we were too young to even be nostalgic. Now we're at the point in life where it actually fits. It's like it was telling us what we WOULD feel.
People get nostalgic literally as kids. As soon as you reach an age where you can reason and can look back at a more innocent time and a personal past, you are nostalgic.
Winner of 6 MTV Video Music Awards 1996: "Video of the Year", "Breakthrough Video", "Best Direction", "Best Special Effects", "Best Art Direction", "Best Cinematography".
The last video in its kind, most of the nowadays videos are musicalized dance, but there are no videos with theatrical ambientance and scenographic work, today is all about sex, there is not a cinematographic work in movies, television and music videos anymore, Real Cinematography has died.
@@ca294 the most recent songs I've heard usually doesn't have a music video. But if it does it's the band on a stage or a horror movie type thing, and is some cases just people getting murdered. I also have seen a music video that's just straight up porn.
25 years??? Fuck. I remember waiting to get this CD when it came out at Sam goody. Weirdly was staying in Taos New Mexico and went to the lobby of this little hotel and Billy was having an impromptu concert. Coolest most random moment ever
A song that touches me as sad when I am sad, as upbeat when I am happy, and as exhilarating when I am jacked up. Billy could tap into any and all moods. Just incredible song writing.
it's the odd juxtaposition of vocal tone and lyrics that on their own feel sad, melancholic and reflective, but a percussion and melody that on their own feel upbeat, uplifting and hopeful. The fact those two blend together so well is why this song is a masterpiece of creativity and can mean so much to so many people in so many moods.
I was in labor with my first child and this song was on the tape I was listening to. When he was born, I looked at him and I said “if you believe in me, I will believe in you“ from this song and 27 years later, every time I look at him as a grown man, this song plays in my head. Thank you Billy Corgan for writing such a beautiful song.
When I was younger listening to it I felt like something great and bright will be in my future 28 years old today, only darkness and hopelessness is around me Still this song brings my a little bit of brightness
This song makes me cry. My parents got divorced when I was in the fourth grade or so, and my brother and I would visit my dad almost every weekend. The last weekend we got to see him on that schedule, I helped him cook and we listen to this album. We've seen him five times since that happened; He had to move south for work. I'm seeing him tomorrow for the first time in a couple weeks. This album has been keeping me going for a few months now. :/
I will pray for you and your family friend. Brokeness is real and we do not have to wear a mask. Jesus took mine off and told me He loves me and wanted to heal me. He did and now I am free. May He set you free and bring healing to you also 😊 I am here for you if you need to talk
First time I heard this song I wasn't prepared... I cried like a baby. Something about the lyrics touched me to my core. Music is something you feel, not hear. ❤️
@@Spaethon Every time I hear Gilmour's solo in that song tears roll down my cheeks instantly. The line - no one told you when to run you missed the starting gun - really cuts.
@@perfektspace They always played second fiddle to some other bands though, I know how popular they were, I was in HS during their heyday, but they were always kind of the second tier. I think they deserved more accolades.
I’m 19, and i was raised listening to the smashing pumpkins, since my mom was a huge fan during the 90s. i’ve always felt a nostalgic sort of sadness in their music, but at the same time an arcane beauty. forever one of my favorite bands.
He truly is and people seem to forget that. People happen to pay more attention to his ego than his genius songwriting ability, unfortunately. He takes music extremely seriously in contrast to some (not all) glam rock artists who just play in a band for the girls and drugs. The new SP record was really good as well!
It's amazing how rock bands who were in their teens and 20s in the 90s write lyrics to songs that the listeners only start to understand when they're in their late 30s and 40s. So many are wise beyond their years.
They say we reach our peak creativity around 25 years old. You still have the imagination of a child, the angst of a teen, and the maturity of an adult.
@@utuk3333 damn if that doesn't sound about right. I can say that as I look back from 34. I had the most friends and the best social life after getting divorced at 25 lol.
DON’T FORGET THAT EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING IS BAD IN THE MOMENT, THINGS WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS GET BETTER NO MATTER WHAT!!! And their are ALWAYS people out their who care about you
@Theo1 The 70s and the first half part of the 90s ,to a limited degree the 80s, were periods of music history when the artistic LP/CD design and sometimes the music video was a quite important part of the listener's experience. The flatter more digitalized one-song-here-and-there(and all sound the same) concept today at iTunes and Spotify is a far duller story. Yet, ironically here we are finding old music kept alive and found just that way. 😜 A weird paradox. But RUclips better ,being at least visual.
Took my son to his first concert, Smashing Pumpkins in 1996 when I was 34 and he was 8. We loved it of course, and even though he has turned mainly to more current music, and me to the sounds of the 60’s and 70’s I grew up with, the Pumpkins are where we meet in the middle. In 2022, they returned and this time, ages 61 and 35, the SP concert was on him. An incredible concert again, and a wonderful look back for us. Corgan and Co can still bring it. ❤
i'm a 63 year old gay black person with autism, no kids, no wife, all alone, listening on repeat, in a drunken stupor, deep in the night, thru my $5 chinese earbuds, my man how time flies
@@peanuts666 I agree. I loved this when it came out, but in retrospect it was jarring to finally hear Billy's screechy real voice after he ditched those subdued shoegaze-style vocals he'd used on "Siamese Dream."
'loved it.. but in retrospect..' ?? arm-chair critics here forgetting their past enjoyments. history must be viewed in the lens it was lived, not before or after. btw, video shoulda been done in virtual reality, or else it sucks. ;D
This video is a masterpiece. It’s like an unrequested childhood dream that keeps repeating itself suddenly every once in a while to make you cry while smiling.
I used to blast this in my bedroom alone and it would always bring me to tears. Tonight Im visiting my mom, staying in my old room and im blasting this for my baby girl due in a few weeks. Shes kicking up a storm and Im brought to tears again
This song just never gets old for me. It feels like a timeless classic even though The Smashing Pumpkins are not a band that most would associate with a pop classic. It's just so well written and structured. Whoever worked on the string arrangements did a great job!
Almost 30 years later, I am back to listen to a song that spoke to me like no other at the time. I was in a very abusive relationship and was desperate for change, but fearful of leaving. The lyrics, “That life can change, that you're not stuck in vain” was a continuous reminder that I could leave with two small children and no car. The song stuck in my head and encouraged me to move forward. I now have a new life without the fear of abuse. In a strange way, because I was born in a city by the lake, it really spoke tome, and became stepping stone that I desperately needed at the time
Listening to this song makes young people yearn for their future and makes old people long for their past. But most importantly it makes everybody appreciate their present.
Makes me tear up thinking about specific moments in time that I can remember with this song playing as the soundtrack. So important to me. Just a bunch of 17 year olds that didn't know everything wouldn't be the same
Time is never time at all You can never ever leave Without leaving a piece of youth And our lives are forever changed We will never be the same The more you change the less you feel Believe, believe in me, believe, believe That life can change that you're not stuck in vain We're not the same, we're different Tonight, tonight Tonight, so bright Tonight, tonight And you know you're never sure But you're sure you could be right If you held yourself up to the light And the embers never fade In your city by the lake The place where you were born Believe, believe in me, believe, believe In the resolute urgency of now And if you believe there's not a chance Tonight, tonight Tonight, so bright Tonight, tonight We'll crucify the insincere tonight (Tonight) We'll make things right, we'll feel it all tonight We'll find a way to offer up the night (Tonight) The indescribable moments of your life (Tonight) The impossible is possible tonight (Tonight) Believe in me as I believe in you Tonight Tonight, tonight Tonight Tonight
I remember listening to this as a teenager in 1995 when it first came out, whole album blew me away. CD and headphones, close my eyes and escape into the magic.
Fun fact: Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants) and his wife Jill Talley (who voices Karen, Plankton's computer wife) are the main couple in this video.
+Fifty 1 Fifty Keep in mind that people who grew up in the 70's were saying the same thing about the music in the 90's. And now people from the 90's are saying the same thing about music in 2010's. It's never ending in that respect. At fifty-five years old I am a fan of Smashing Pumpkins I'd still rather listen to the music from the mid 60's to the mid 80's or so any day.
I'd be honored if some fans of mid/late 90s classics would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of LONG DECEMBER by the Counting Crows, NAME by the GooGoo Dolls, and "1979" by the Smashing Pumpkins in tribute to 3 great standards of the era. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace out and stay safe in the '020s.
This was one of the favourite songs of this guy I made friends with picking grapes in Australia. He was early fifties and had been homeless for around 16 years. It seemed all his knowledge of the world came from before the early 2000s. He wass agreat guy, super humble, really generous. We used to sit around the campfire and listen to tunes off my mobile internet (this one of them) and you wouldn't believe the looking on his face drinking wine. He said I was the first friend he'd had in many many years. We camped and worked together in a free campsite for about 5months. When it was time for me to fly back home I drove down to Adelaid and he came with me. I left him in the airport where he was going to sleep the night and try and hitch back 'home' to his tent. I left him my bankcard because for lack of I.D he couldn't get a bank account to get any disablities or anything like that (not that he wanted to). I hoped he could still work with the contractor I had set us up with (though I was our ride to work). Whenever I hear this song it takes me right back there under those austalian stars and wonder what he's up to and if he's doing Okay. Good Luck Joe, you're a great guy with a kind heart!
My best friend died 20 years ago tonight. Car crash, he was 16. Timmy Bourque. He introduced me to Smashing Pumpkins. Tonight I'm drunk, listening on repeat, and loving the box of his memories I'll never give up.
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Sorry about your friend. Cherish the good memories of time you spent together!
Beautiful in its pain
he will always be with you. he is watching your right now smiling at you. can you feel him? 😃 you will meet again!
🙏😔🙏
I'm 64... My mind tells me I'm still in my 20s. My body tells me the truth. Young people, go easy. You'll be here as quick as you blink your eyes. This song is a classic!
We r all classic & connected
Totally agree with you, classic song. 😊🎉
You are so right. We blink our eyes and time has gone quick. Some good, some not so, some what you made it
@jiml5233 This is personal. So, you can say so. Do you ever feel like we wasted time? I mean, if I could go back and start over, boy would I have done things right. MYbe, I would have known I was hooked up with a narcissistic for way to long. Here I am at 65 alone and wondering what the heck I am talking about. Sorry.
I am a youngster and I love these guys. Almost every week shift I have thier music in my rotation haha
I'm Japanese. 47 years old.This is my favorite song now and past.Billy's voice is great.
本当に素晴らしい曲ですよね。僕も１番好きな曲の１つです。😊
It's a beautiful song that gives this feeling of hope. It always moves me.
Great song by a great band.
I'm currently in Minikami, Gunma listening to this.
そですよ。。。ロシア人です。このグルプが大好きな。 With respect and love from Russia!
I am from Russia. And my favorite song too, and DISARM.
The 90's ain't dead....just press play and relive the magic.
Exactly I listened to rap but this was one of the ones for the 90's!!
I was never a huge pumpkins fan , but this song is a masterpiece
So right❤
Spongebob's voice actor Tom Kenny and his wife who voices Karen in Spongebob are in this videi as the main characters
… just missing in action
I am a 65-year-old African American male, when this song came out in 1996 I was 43 years old. I like all kinds of music and this song was incredible! The video was mesmerizing. Billy's voice pierced through all the noise - I bought this double album and it (along with Tupac's "All Eyez On Me") dominated my psyche for the next year at least. What a rush to spontaneously pull this up while working on a project. A time machine, music is.
I was a 15 year old white youth listening to Wu Tang. Funny how music brings us together.
I was 3 and didn't have much preference in music at the time ;) But this ended up becoming my favorite band 10 years later, and still remains my favorite more than 10 years after that.
I was 18 and into punk, although I had respect for Smashing Pumpkins ever since I heard "Gish" in 1991. In 1996 I first tried smoking weed and opened my mind to all kinds of different music. I had a crush on Fiona Apple. Time flies.
I was a green hotdog when this song first came in my ear after that I went to college and everyone saw me as a biscuit with butter..That was fun needless to have said it at all.
It is!
This isn't a song, it's an experience
So accurate
I couldn't have said it better. A part of one's life.
I had my girlfriend listen to this and she said, "Every time I hear this song, I will think of you. This song you recommended to me feels like it represents you, and it is similar to your temperament, a bit tender, a bit indifferent, and a bit melancholic."
I think she's marriage material.
@@WJP1983 lame
Absolutely ❤
My wife and I married in 1994. We both came from broken homes, deceased fathers and rough lives. At the time in our early relationship, this was our anthem and still is. We have done life together for almost 28 years. We did it right and we fought off every difficulty in our lives as we are truly blessed in the end like this video alludes to. I love this video.
live life bless you and your wife
God bless You both!
Awesome, it's really all you can ask for in this short life. I feel a sense of love reading about such kinship and shared devotion, especially with a song I love, too. I wish you both the best.
human triumph. lovely people you two are and I celebrate your victory.
@@Tyrell-d6o ❤Thank you.
Probably my favorite Smashing Pumpkins song of all time. One of the first songs I learned to play on guitar. The nostalgia is hitting me hard right now❤️
It's definitely my favorite Smashing Pumpkins song of all time. I love it ❤
The nostalgic value of this song for me is through the roof. This video was on MTV so much at that time. I miss the 90s everyday. What a time to be alive.
I was born in 1980, the 90s were my teens, I agree, whole heartedly
SAME!!!❤❤❤
I’m there with you
I was born in 2001 and I long to be existent in the 90’s there’s just something about it lol
@@wrldwide-oi4ns was an amazing time to grow up. Just enough technology but not too much. No phones just people living in the moment
I swear I can't listen to this song without tearing up or crying. It always makes me think about how fast time is flying.
Why every thing means money for you guys ,that really scare me ,good luck for all the human race😊
Crying
Tell me about it, I remember the week this album came out. I believe I was in 7th grade at the time! This album no joke won like EVERY single award that year at the MTV awards and every other annual music awards show. It was that legendary of an album and nobody had ever heard anything like it. I feel SO lucky to have been able to see the original lineup of the Smashing Pumpkins live probably 6 times! In Baltimore, we had a local radio station who did something called the "HFStival" every year. If you ever wanted to see one massive line up of nearly all headlining bands, THAT was the festival to attend! And get this, tix for all those bands back then was only $30! You'll pay 5X that amount just to see ONE of those groups today! I'm talking bands like...Rage Against the Machine, Eminem, Korn, Limp Bizkit, No Doubt, Aerosmith, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Dave Matthews, STP, Alice In Chains, Hole, Slipknot, Pearl Jam, Etc. They also always did had a secret performer every year in the beginning, so I was blessed to have seen bands like The Ramones, Run DMC, The Runaways & more. I can't even list all of the bands I've seen just from that one festival!
I was 14 when this came out and the album was definitely something to remember being a double album with so many good songs
Same
The strings alone are enough to evoke tears. Masterpiece.
Go see Disarm by them it has the same feels of Bells and Strings and Orchestra-like sounds with another weird yet nice video
+Vincent Lavoie.....or basically any lana del rey song
GTFOH
i was about to say the same thing. haha. those violins in disarm are amazing.
oh yesss
Iv heard smashing pumpkins in a way i can only describe as the way/feeling of walking past someone and smiling, but without knowing what you two have been through, good and bad. But you look back and think, it was great to hear that song just like it was great to share the smile with the stranger. Iv broke down and reflected on my lifes ups and down’s listening to smashing pumpkins back to back today. And apart from feeling related to the songs and music, i read so many stories and comments on how their music has made many people feel… iv been left with an overwhelming feeling of bittersweetness. It brought up happiness, my depression, my love life, loneliness, my family, and most recently my children and amazing wife. Somewhere along the line i felt i lost the ability to cry and in turn loosing the ability to feel? The things everyones sharing along with these lyrics and music that cuts so deep, has literally opened my eyes so much today that i felt i had to share. Id like to say to everyone going through something hard or something beautiful, to hold on to it, good or bad, it will help you grow and gauge everything in due time. Iv been crying like i used to, something i found out was so helpful to me in the past that i lost connection with. Iv purged a lot of bad feelings and brought in a lot of good as well. Thanks for such amazing music and to everyone that shared those moments, thank you as well, the help has been some of the most iv had in my 34 years. To not know any of you personally yet receive so much has been needed for a while, im glad it changed today 🖤 best wishes
Word! Word for word! Iv felt this same exact stuff...Lollapolooza 1992...my first acid trip at 15. Smashing pumpkîns headlined and at that point my brain was deep down in the dirt just hoping for something positive to lift me up and carry me out of the negative trip. Thén this song literally got me up and made the rest of my night so happy, uplifting, positive, joyful ànd downright dreamlike to me now as I think back to those times.
Where I was at that moment in time and what this music did for me then and how it paralells to my entire life.
I almost feel i have risen ànd am able to visualize those deep deep and uplifting moments.
Wow, music...
Mellon Collie is a f**king masterpiece
it's perfection omg
One of the greatest albums to date.
Anit. they real back in the. day in. the country going green and jam yea haw
Hell yeah. I grew up listening to pop, hate it. This is real music!!!
The best ever!
This song takes me back to being a geeky 16 year old 90s kid, spending long summers singing with guitars around fires with good friends, beers in our hands and life stretching out forever in front of us. Billy made those nights immortal
victor leon Surprised? You think it's too early or too late? I remember I has been drinking hard alcohol when I was 15. It was very rare though.
victor leon I'm from Ireland, haha.
miracleofsound I know how is in Ireland!!! Best place in the world!
16 is very late for us.........nothing like a nice bit of Bush to help us sleep :)
Im a geeky 16 year old now and it still feels immortal
The Song, The Video, The Entire Album.... A Masterpiece.
Hi I recommend a song called 'The Bond Villain' By Robert Nix
Mellon collie and the info. Sadness😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Agree. To me the Smashing Pumpkins are polished grunge! Simply perfect!
20代日本人だけど、最近聴いて大好きになった。良さに涙すら出る。この曲と出会えてよかった。メロディも歌詞も演奏も完璧な曲だと思う。名曲って時間も距離も超えて愛されていくのだな
Love from Japan❤️
ええ趣味してるやん❤
20代アメリカ人です。お互いの国の音楽を楽しめて嬉しいです😊
名曲なんだよなぁ
18です。本当に大好きな曲です。
この頃のダーシーいる スマパンが良かったなぁ😂
25 years ago, how is this possible!? Happy anniversary, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness!
I know! Even tho I wasn’t born when it was first released, this album is timeless.
Damn... I did get old
Genius
Funny grew up with them in Chicago now I work with his cousin.
It's a other world now
What is it about the Pumpkins? Theres emotion, edge and art all wrapped up into their music. Its beautiful. It makes you feel sad, yet inspired. They're so damn good.
100% Agree.
BL Mike Best band ever.....
YES! I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME!
they give me a sense of nostalgia
never ever disgaree.. they were the Best Band ever in 90's.
I sang this to my youngest daughter every single day of her life, and we played it for her as she was passing because I was too broken to sing it. That intro captures every bit of love, joy, hope, and despair I felt during the too short 19 days of her life.
I'm so sorry to hear that, Is there anything I can do for you? God can heal things that feel impossible, and I believe that one day God will undo all the pain and death!
If you're reading this I hope you are doing better- that's probably the worst thing a parent can experience. Music is such a strong form of art.
❤️❤️❤️❤️ stay strong man
As a father, I can't--I can't even...
Pray that you have the strength to make it through each and every day. For her. For yourself.
Hand of Fatima
I am 54 now. I listened to this cd everyday driving to college. This song gave me the courage to keep going. I had two babies at home! It is crazy how music can influence u. Thank you Billy Corbin.
"Believe in me as I believe in you."
I don't know why, but that lyric gets me.
be leavin me as i be leavin you, did that just blow your mind?🤣🤣
@@alexludavertigo6926 Yes.
me too man.
"That life can change, That you're not stuck in vain"
Such a perfect and poetic quote, this song alone can pull me out of hopelessness.
And vain related to vanity. So much hopelessness and cynicism is ties to vanity, pride, stubbornness, and a refusal to believe things can in fact improve and that we are all worthy of love.
Pessimists are never disappointed :)
I am getting this tattoed as part f a larger piece
Ein wunderschöner Satz, kann man nicht richtig ins Deutsche übersetzen. Vielleicht " Das Leben kann sich ändern, und du hast nicht umsonst gelebt"?
i love billy corgan❤️
I was dating a girl when this song came out. I could picture myself growing old with her and going on adventures like this. She became my wife. Last fall, we went to Napa Valley to celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary. One activity we had planned was a Hot Air Balloon ride. It made me think of this video. Driving from the airport to our hotel, we heard this song on the radio.
It literally gave me chills! How often do you hear this on the radio anywhere anymore?
Amazing
Wow man, that's so good to hear.. congrats to you and her.. I had...quite the opposite experience with this song...For me it really lives up to the name of the ablum that it's on...
Congratulations
@@horizonbrave1533 hope it gets better man.
been there bro
This song is an eternal masterpiece
This song hits different with headphones. The orchestra really stands out.
Man. I was just thinking the same thing!!
that's why I just put them on
Headphones are always better
@@brianlaudrupchannel On a budget, sure. A proper stereo setup with a high end subwoofer and acoustically treated room will do things headphones never can
Bone conductive headphones are incredible with this the quality isnt the same but actually feeling the music is amazing
One of the best orchestral arrangements of modern music. Beautiful and timeless.
Hi I Recommend an indie rock song called 'looking into the mirror' by Robert Nix
your right
Emotion Sickness by SIlverchair...check it out
I know right?! I was listening with full admiration and pleasure. The person who wrote and composed it is pure genius
Absolutely
I have an older brother, he's 39 and I'm 35. I've looked up to him my entire life, I still do and we're the best of friends. We live in different counties in Ireland but still game online together regularly. He was into all the best music in the 90's when we were growing up, so every time I listen to music like this it triggers a great memory of our childhood, there's a mix of joy and sadness when I realise we're older now and can't go back to these days. There is something bittersweet and I can't wait to be able to hang out with him again when this virus goes away. Just thought I'd share.
Can definitely relate
@@haydenmohammed4812 This Grunge band Can Relate By Nirvana & Alice in Chains & Soundgarden & Pearl Jam Too Stone Temple Pilots Screaming Trees L7 and Hole.
Same in many ways.
@@hithere8753 Same Genres Sound in many ways
Best comment i’ve ever red on youtube because of relatability. I have a younger brother (best friends), and I hope I will experience the same feeling you have now with yours.
I’m 47 now and damn, this brings back some memories…
44 here and man, I feel you.
Me too! My favorite summer ever, 1996.
"Tonight, Tonight" Lyrics
Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel
Believe, believe in me, believe, believe
That life can change,
That you're not stuck in vain
We're not the same,
We're different tonight, tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight, tonight
And you know you're never sure
But you're sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade
In your city by the lake
The place where you were born
Believe, believe in me, believe, believe
In the resolute urgency of now
And if you believe
There's not a chance tonight, tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight, tonight
We'll crucify the insincere tonight, tonight
We'll make things right,
We'll feel it all tonight, tonight
We'll find a way to offer up the night tonight
The indescribable moments of your life tonight
The impossible is possible tonight, tonight
Believe in me as I believe in you tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
Thank you🪶
Thank You Kindly For Your Time. It is appreciated.
Thank you!
Appreciate it.
Genius, gorgeous lyrics. Believe!
This has got to be one of the best songs ever recorded. Ever.
Follow me
@@elllantodelgallo2219 no
Yes
It's up there, for sure. This was a pretty good album; lots of emotion pouring out
Ever!!!!
For those who don’t know, this video was in heavy rotation on MTV. This video got so much play that it made me a pumpkins fan immediately. Thank you MTV.
Because it's one of the best music videos of all time.
Yup!!
They played music videos on mtv
Sadly, I was really late to the party and I only became a fan because my friend was wearing a Mellon Collie shirt and I liked the design and got hooked on the band. Must've been great to experience em like that.
French here, i can confirm. This was played like every days, few times a day, when I was in vacations in the USA in the summer of 1996. In that period, they also played a lot of Irony by Alanis Morisette, Popular by Nada Surf and Waiting Outside the Phone Booth... by Primitive Radio Gods.
Pumpkins videos always have the greatest wardrobes. The fancy white top hats, Darcy’s ghostly dress, whatever James has going on…
That's one of the greatest songs ever written right there
It really is ❤
Pepis saludame en uno de tus videos
En el nuevo que saques, puedes hacer uno de american idiot.
Y te transfiero.
and one of the best videos!
simplemente un chico basado
his voice is iconic and really highlights the music + lyrics ...few can do that!!!! i had no idea who the band was until YT.
This song is true melancholy... it completely captures and embraces the anxiety and insecurity that comes when you realize tonight is one of the big moments you'll remember forever as your youth, and that it all happened in one short night... Man it sucks the universe cursed us with such short days, nights, and lives, but I'm so thankful for the few beautiful people out there who feel the same nostalgia and butterflies in their stomach when they hear a song such as this.
"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it."
Such a beautiful comment
couldnt have expressed it any better myself! such a beautiful song that will forever be a part of my life & my memories =)
The universe didn’t curse us with anything other than humans. Human beings are those who have constructed the notion of time.
eu me sinto assim hahahah amém
My husband’s song- I tiptoe here to listen occasionally when I feel strong. He passed away unexpectedly in ‘08 leaving me and our three children to miss him tonight, tonight with resolute urgency I recall the beautiful moments of our life together
Condolences
He will be back and in the second run in life energy finds each other again. Science, organized religion and people who take large doses of psychedelic all say the same thing. The universe dies and comes back and has no beginning or end. Learn what you need to don’t do this life again there’s higher states of existing.
Damn, sorry to hear. I'm so jealous of the people that seem to glide through life unscathed. Without loss and pain. Maybe they are better at hiding it I don't know. But I do know that very few are ready when that time comes. How can you be? I feel for you and your kids
@@davegordon6943thanks Dave 🫂, my whole life was preparing me for the next loss unfortunately. My mom got terminal cancer when I was 8. I think you’re right, some people don’t seem to have much loss or tragedy in their life- others have enough for a dozen lifetimes.
Sorry for your loss.
I saw them in concert when I was 17 in 1997. Fast forward to 2024 and my almost 15 year old (special needs) daughter loves this song. Their music is everlasting!
The MTV era made bands make the most epic music clips.
This is quite an awesome music video. It may look quite cheap and out of date to some, but I love it.
I believe this won video of the year.
It’s meant to be a homage to the first science fiction movie ever made by French director Melier. One of the first movies made in history.
@ lol try 1995
I believe at the time they were called "Buzz Clips".
I’m 72 y/o and while listening to the music my teens did back then I came to love the Smashing Pumpkins and knew all their songs! This song reminds me of some of the best times of my life! 🤗
Good music know no bounds. I'm 52 and a diehard Grunge and death metal fan. BUT, The Zombies, Procal Harem, The Animals and The Moody Blues are some of my favorite bands.
Some music hits the soul and it leaves a permanent impression on those whom it will. That is the bliss of music.
Tbh it was the best time of our lives for many of us when this came out and the many to follow this
Yep. I am 55. Stay young at heart, don't let anyone take that away from you.
can you tell me what the best period of your life was?
I was a really bad heroin addict. nothing could stop me from destroying my life. in rehab, I walked into the garden and the counselor had this song playing on a portable speaker and I got this feeling of absolute hope. I felt it and it kept me going, gave me the ability to wake up the next day and keep going.
believe in me, cos I believe in you tonight.
Saga Sitches I’m so proud of you and ever grateful for your existence and this seeming small but powerful influence you’ve had on me with this one comment. Peace be with you. I love you. Forever and always.
@@AlexTVFortitude how eloquent....
You don't even know what your words mean to me. I mean, every time I hear this song, I remember my H addiction in the late 90s. I experienced something called the "Prague heroin epidemic". Several of my peers from our neighborhood died at that time due to an overdose. I think.. just few people understand you as well as I do, man. I wish you all the best in your life :)
If y'all haven't seen it Try Try Try might be another fantastic song/video to watch.
The impossible is possible, tonight
We're not the same
We're different
Tonight
This takes me back to the 90’s as a Mexican teen with little English that got introduced to this beautiful nostalgic music by my older cool brother. I felt the music - no language barriers when it’s felt deeply .We were blessed with quality music.
I feel you, my older sister introduced me to a lot of different music and listening to this takes me back to those priceless moments!
Tu hermano tiene gustos muy refinados
BUILD THE WALL
I was in ColOmbia and for us this dudes were supergods that spoke a language so amazing I fought hard to understand ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Something is up bet three 🕒
Hands down still one of the strangest, most beautiful and enchanting music vids and songs in the history of rock n roll.
Bravo, bravo!!! To your response.
Only thing I would "change" would be ...the more you change the less you feel. The more I've changed the easier things feel., Maybe I'm lucky, maybe I'm an anomaly....but I just went thru third degree burns from the fire that destroyed an enormous amount of artworks I created , and 99.9999 percent of everything I "owned" as well as now having to move to? And, instead of a new chapter, I'll be "writing" a new BOOK , maybe a trilogy or just keep writing ...... Even forever now seems possible if I so choose and believe, believe.
P.S., thank you seems far too insignificant to say to the pumpkins......maybe "happy Halloween forever"?
And you, bizotically yours 83, are a genius with the best "taste" in music, lyrics.....
You should write a song!
This is a brilliant song, and then the drumming takes it to an even higher level...
I am not sure kids today will ever get the nostalgia hit teenagers of the 90s get listening to Smashing Pumpkins songs off this album. It was the sound track to so many important times for people.
I don't worry. I'm sure they'll (we'll? - gen Zer here) look back at timeless masterpieces like "W.A.P." and think "aw yeah, I remember my childhood - sitting on in front of an ipad browsing degenerate YT shorts and TikTok all day. Now I've got manic depression and am stuck at a dead end job paying 500k in student loans with no possible future whatsoever, but those memories just take me back. Such wonderful times!"
Nourish them. Pumpkins, Placebo, Depeche, the list goes on. They love it because it's all awesome.
Kids these days will never know what it’s like to experience an album! They just download the specific songs they want to hear. Nevermind the whole physicality of purchasing an actual item, bringing it home, ripping the cellophane off the cd/record/cassette, throwing it on/in, pressing play, and reading the liner notes while enjoying the album artwork. :)❤❤❤❤
@@hydraulichydra8363 You just described my teen nephew's life to a T. I feel genuinely bad for him but he never listens to my advice about getting off his devices, especially TikTok :(
@@hydraulichydra8363 @barnold23
hace 1 mes
¡Los niños de hoy en día nunca sabrán lo que es experimentar un álbum! Simplemente descargan las canciones específicas que quieren escuchar. No importa todo el aspecto físico de comprar un artículo real, llevarlo a casa, arrancar el celofán del CD/disco/casete, tirarlo, presionar reproducir y leer las notas mientras disfrutas de la carátula del álbum. :)
This song is bizarrely nostalgic. They wrote it and we listened to it when we were too young to even be nostalgic. Now we're at the point in life where it actually fits. It's like it was telling us what we WOULD feel.
our life was all memories, imo.. some memories happened, and some didn't.
People get nostalgic literally as kids. As soon as you reach an age where you can reason and can look back at a more innocent time and a personal past, you are nostalgic.
Time travel
I agree 😊
I feel the same. We are time travelers. Tonight.
Winner of 6 MTV Video Music Awards 1996: "Video of the Year", "Breakthrough Video", "Best Direction", "Best Special Effects", "Best Art Direction", "Best Cinematography".
Song of my life🫶
Hi I recommend a song called 'Life Changes' By Robert Nix
One of those songs I loved when younger, but that I never understood the meaning of until later in life.
Same here I used to watch it on MTV and wonder what the heck is going on.
Loved this back in the 90s hugely underrated in my opinion
Karl my bro. What are you doing here? I'm a kiwi subscriber.
I keep seeing you everywhere haha
Pakistan zindabad hehe
A great tribute to Georges Méliès. One of the most beautiful 90's videos, absolutely.
I would remove the 90s, I would add all the times.
I was looking for a comment pointing out that this is a voyage to the moon or whatever it's called.
Yeah...I kinda like moon videos...I made one of my very own...kinda inspired by this one...😎👍
The last video in its kind, most of the nowadays videos are musicalized dance, but there are no videos with theatrical ambientance and scenographic work, today is all about sex, there is not a cinematographic work in movies, television and music videos anymore, Real Cinematography has died.
@@ca294 the most recent songs I've heard usually doesn't have a music video. But if it does it's the band on a stage or a horror movie type thing, and is some cases just people getting murdered. I also have seen a music video that's just straight up porn.
25 years??? Fuck. I remember waiting to get this CD when it came out at Sam goody. Weirdly was staying in Taos New Mexico and went to the lobby of this little hotel and Billy was having an impromptu concert. Coolest most random moment ever
LOL I remember buying singles from Sam Goody's. Fucking singles!
Holy shit I haven't heard the name Sam Goody in so long
Fuck were old haha
God damn sam goody takes me back lol
What the fuck? I honestly didn't realise it was 25 years. I'm old.
1996 j'ai connu ce groupe. Mes 20 ans. Que de souvenirs avec 1979.
A song that touches me as sad when I am sad, as upbeat when I am happy, and as exhilarating when I am jacked up. Billy could tap into any and all moods. Just incredible song writing.
you are so right.......the power an abused child has when he/she learned to wield that pain like a weapon in poetry, song or prose is unmatched.
A master of his craft, true maestro
it's the odd juxtaposition of vocal tone and lyrics that on their own feel sad, melancholic and reflective, but a percussion and melody that on their own feel upbeat, uplifting and hopeful. The fact those two blend together so well is why this song is a masterpiece of creativity and can mean so much to so many people in so many moods.
I was in labor with my first child and this song was on the tape I was listening to. When he was born, I looked at him and I said “if you believe in me, I will believe in you“ from this song and 27 years later, every time I look at him as a grown man, this song plays in my head. Thank you Billy Corgan for writing such a beautiful song.
So beautiful ❤
Imagine if he replies on this comment. “No problem bro”
What a wonderful post. Thank you!!!
Beautiful song and a beautiful comment!
No, no you werent
When I was younger listening to it I felt like something great and bright will be in my future
28 years old today, only darkness and hopelessness is around me
Still this song brings my a little bit of brightness
hey man, just wanted to let you know that i hope you’re doing okay! you’re loved and you’re important, friend, remember that
Dude I'm 37 and 28 was worst of my life. It gets better keep your head up
This song makes me cry. My parents got divorced when I was in the fourth grade or so, and my brother and I would visit my dad almost every weekend. The last weekend we got to see him on that schedule, I helped him cook and we listen to this album. We've seen him five times since that happened; He had to move south for work. I'm seeing him tomorrow for the first time in a couple weeks. This album has been keeping me going for a few months now. :/
Keep strong.
I will pray for you and your family friend. Brokeness is real and we do not have to wear a mask. Jesus took mine off and told me He loves me and wanted to heal me. He did and now I am free. May He set you free and bring healing to you also 😊
I am here for you if you need to talk
HUGS its a wonderful album.
if your heart be troubled give you strength..peace be still..
Beautiful. Everything will be ok ❤
First time I heard this song I wasn't prepared... I cried like a baby. Something about the lyrics touched me to my core. Music is something you feel, not hear. ❤️
Hi I Recommend a Song on youtube called 'Where I Come from' by Robert Nix
Try "Pink Floyd - Time" next. Eyes closed. Keep tissues nearby :)
@@Spaethon brutally beautiful. That's how I describe Time. It's just one of Pink Floyd's masterpieces.
nostalgia
@@Spaethon Every time I hear Gilmour's solo in that song tears roll down my cheeks instantly. The line - no one told you when to run you missed the starting gun - really cuts.
"The impossible is possible tonight tonight" my favorite line of this masterpiece.
TRUE
Its one of the best orchestra recording for rock music
"the resolute, the urgency of now" - that did it for me, if I have those lyrics right, of course
Heading home
“the indescribable moments of your life” -encapsulated in this song
As popular as they were, I think the Pumpkins are still a criminally underrated band.
No they are not under rated. The were one of the biggest bands in the world for several years and still tour arena's.
@@perfektspace They always played second fiddle to some other bands though, I know how popular they were, I was in HS during their heyday, but they were always kind of the second tier. I think they deserved more accolades.
They are more prolific in a way some of their more popular contemporaries will never be due to the longevity of the band
The world is a vampire
By who? You? Me? We know how awesome BC was 😎
39 years old and this song and video still give me goosebumps
You still gotta be a bit older friend to appreciate to the max the times
i dont get it. what does the 39th year have to do with this song_ fail!!!
It's 28 years old! The song was made in 1995, and now it's 2023! So, it's 28, you fkn 5-yr old!!
I'm talking to you Matthew N
@@garyrovanpera I'm 39 too and i bought the double cd back in 96 when i was 12. Definitely nostalgia of my early teenage years.
I’m 19, and i was raised listening to the smashing pumpkins, since my mom was a huge fan during the 90s. i’ve always felt a nostalgic sort of sadness in their music, but at the same time an arcane beauty. forever one of my favorite bands.
same here
I’m 18 and the Pumpkins just transcend the concept of generational music, they just appeal to teenagers of every generation like me.
@@zuppadigamberetti7288 Interestingly, I only started listening to them actively after 20, which is your favourite pumpkins song?
Same.
Arcane beauty
A hug to the soul. Be the best version you can be, people, always.
Hi I Recommend a new indierock song I came across called 'Life changes' By Robert Nix
Remember this been played on MTV all the time. When MTV was good of course.
Beautiful Psychosis they went from Music Television to Moronic Television
...you mean when MTV played music.... :)
Is MTV still a channel? If so, what do they air?
crap.. that's all they air now.
Miss those days
Billy Corgan is one of the greatest American musicians to ever live
He truly is and people seem to forget that. People happen to pay more attention to his ego than his genius songwriting ability, unfortunately. He takes music extremely seriously in contrast to some (not all) glam rock artists who just play in a band for the girls and drugs. The new SP record was really good as well!
I've been saying this since the 90s
lucho por supuesto viejo
Truly appreciate this comment he's iconic
Him and New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander
It's amazing how rock bands who were in their teens and 20s in the 90s write lyrics to songs that the listeners only start to understand when they're in their late 30s and 40s. So many are wise beyond their years.
i think only the greats can do this
Its just a matter of perspective.
that's what makes them such great musicians
They say we reach our peak creativity around 25 years old. You still have the imagination of a child, the angst of a teen, and the maturity of an adult.
@@utuk3333 damn if that doesn't sound about right. I can say that as I look back from 34. I had the most friends and the best social life after getting divorced at 25 lol.
Man I miss the 90's. Good friends, good music.
44 now, cancer patient, divorced and alone. Man life catches up quick. Not the life I pictured in the nineties.
I’m so sorry man. Stay strong brother.
Yes it does but you are not alone, we hear you.
DON’T FORGET THAT EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING IS BAD IN THE MOMENT, THINGS WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS GET BETTER NO MATTER WHAT!!! And their are ALWAYS people out their who care about you
I hope you recover and find some happiness
Damn, wasn't expecting all this. Thank y'all. I appreciate it
This takes me back to a time when I was young, free, and full of hope 🥺
Right?
Takes me back to when I was 2 of those; don't think I was ever full of hope
Get back on slug, this rode t'aint ova yet boi, strap yoself in
There's still hope my friend!:) Believe!
Before depression and anger ruined my life
Danced with my husband four years ago at our wedding to this song. It holds a special place in my heart.
You and your husband are fucking awesome if you played Smashing Pumpkins at your wedding!:D
My wife walked down to this song at our wedding! Love this song.
Beautiful.
Perfect song for a wedding.
that's beautiful.
Maybe one day i will find my soulmate. All the mistakes i had in the past teached me so many lessons.
Damn, this song is really magical. Very nostalgic. Gives me goosebumps.
I hope all the kids born in the 2020s understand how huge this song/video will always be.
I'm going tomake sure my 4 year old hears this, & I will be telling her how epic & awesome it is!!!
*those 56,821,864 views aren't going anywhere*
im 18 years old and im really happy that i found this recently, old never dies.
No only the song , the band Smashing pumpkins🎃
@Theo1 The 70s and the first half part of the 90s ,to a limited degree the 80s, were periods of music history when the artistic LP/CD design and sometimes the music video was a quite important part of the listener's experience. The flatter more digitalized one-song-here-and-there(and all sound the same) concept today at iTunes and Spotify is a far duller story. Yet, ironically here we are finding old music kept alive and found just that way. 😜 A weird paradox. But RUclips better ,being at least visual.
Took my son to his first concert, Smashing Pumpkins in 1996 when I was 34 and he was 8. We loved it of course, and even though he has turned mainly to more current music, and me to the sounds of the 60’s and 70’s I grew up with, the Pumpkins are where we meet in the middle. In 2022, they returned and this time, ages 61 and 35, the SP concert was on him. An incredible concert again, and a wonderful look back for us. Corgan and Co can still bring it. ❤
What a great memory.
That's Awesome! 😍🥰
Great story
Thank you for sharing this. It made me smile reading it, and demonstrates how we connect through shared moments weaved in music and memories.
The rap dead void has claimed too many
i'm a 63 year old gay black person with autism, no kids, no wife, all alone, listening on repeat, in a drunken stupor, deep in the night, thru my $5 chinese earbuds, my man how time flies
theres no fucking way that i could listen to this song without crying. I wanna go back in time, miss my teen years so much! oh 90´s you were amazing!
Why does this song do that to people? In fact, a lot of Pumpkins does this to me!
Me too. But to the 2000s instead
I/we planned to have this played at our wedding but she OD'd
Damn, that's terrible man. Sorry to hear that.
It's a truth that there will never be another.
One of the best songs ever written and recorded. Still gives me chills.
Good song underrated
Nah... The song's quite bland and Billy's screeching in the chorus is annoying.
What are you smoking? Billy is incredible the song demands that he does this… it’s for a reason.
@@peanuts666 I agree. I loved this when it came out, but in retrospect it was jarring to finally hear Billy's screechy real voice after he ditched those subdued shoegaze-style vocals he'd used on "Siamese Dream."
'loved it.. but in retrospect..' ??
arm-chair critics here forgetting their past enjoyments.
history must be viewed in the lens it was lived, not before or after.
btw, video shoulda been done in virtual reality, or else it sucks. ;D
This video is a masterpiece. It’s like an unrequested childhood dream that keeps repeating itself suddenly every once in a while to make you cry while smiling.
I love you Victoria
It really is wonderful homage to Méliès 'Le Voyage dans la Lune'.
LSD
it won music video of that year in the vmas
deus te ama muitooo
This album was fucking beautiful... art for the ages
I just watched the silent movie from 1902 where this music video was inspired from, I have a completely new appreciation for how creative this is.
What movie name?
@@Americanspy-hn2kw it’s called “Trip to the Moon”
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@@philipiusa My all time favorite film!
@@moneyman1995100 it’s very interesting film, how did you discovered it?
@@philipiusa I got into silent movies as a teen. I then discovered Milies and fell in love with A trip to the moon.
I used to blast this in my bedroom alone and it would always bring me to tears. Tonight Im visiting my mom, staying in my old room and im blasting this for my baby girl due in a few weeks. Shes kicking up a storm and Im brought to tears again
How are you is your baby here xxx
@Hunter Vonnegut Smashing pumpkins didn't go anywhere...
Music soothes the demons within
The moments that make life worth living
Same exact story..! My baby will be here in 10 weeks... Playing this song and crying...
This song just never gets old for me.
It feels like a timeless classic even though The Smashing Pumpkins are not a band that most would associate with a pop classic.
It's just so well written and structured.
Whoever worked on the string arrangements did a great job!
It was Billy who did arrangements.
I didn't ask
@@madi4106 ass?
@@madi4106how'd that work out for you?
@@Notevenallowedtoburnwood yes
Almost 30 years later, I am back to listen to a song that spoke to me like no other at the time. I was in a very abusive relationship and was desperate for change, but fearful of leaving. The lyrics, “That life can change, that you're not stuck in vain” was a continuous reminder that I could leave with two small children and no car. The song stuck in my head and encouraged me to move forward. I now have a new life without the fear of abuse. In a strange way, because I was born in a city by the lake, it really spoke tome, and became stepping stone that I desperately needed at the time
I'm 36. I remember when real music videos came on MTV. I used to wait up all night for this video to come on. I still love it.
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I'm the same age. Couldn't agree more!
Kids these days will seriously never know the pain haha
Same. I still have this album with the fancy fold-out, artsy cover somewhere at my parents’ place. On cassette, obviously...
Me too.
This is one of those songs you can hear 100 times and still love it like you never heard it before. The entire album is like that. So good!
Yes ! One of my Favorite albums of all time
Those drums are crazy bring me back memories when he beat everybody off the MTV VMA Awards
Listening to this song makes young people yearn for their future and makes old people long for their past.
But most importantly it makes everybody appreciate their present.
Makes me tear up thinking about specific moments in time that I can remember with this song playing as the soundtrack. So important to me. Just a bunch of 17 year olds that didn't know everything wouldn't be the same
The tiny npr version just billy on acoustic and strings is amazing
Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave
Without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel
Believe, believe in me, believe, believe
That life can change that you're not stuck in vain
We're not the same, we're different
Tonight, tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight, tonight
And you know you're never sure
But you're sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade
In your city by the lake
The place where you were born
Believe, believe in me, believe, believe
In the resolute urgency of now
And if you believe there's not a chance
Tonight, tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight, tonight
We'll crucify the insincere tonight
(Tonight)
We'll make things right, we'll feel it all tonight
We'll find a way to offer up the night
(Tonight)
The indescribable moments of your life
(Tonight)
The impossible is possible tonight
(Tonight)
Believe in me as I believe in you
Tonight
Tonight, tonight
Tonight
Tonight
Excellent !!!
Thank you.
Thanks 😊
I like the song but the lyrics are terrible. Must be me being old school🤔
🙏🙏🎸🎸
Love the fun dynamic of a real husband and wife doing this video! And to top it off its one of my favorite power couples, Tom Kenny and Jill Talley :)
I remember listening to this as a teenager in 1995 when it first came out, whole album blew me away. CD and headphones, close my eyes and escape into the magic.
I relate so much, and this is something i still do often while listening to them.
Same here. 👍🏽👍🏽♥♥
I didn't ask
Fun fact: Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants) and his wife Jill Talley (who voices Karen, Plankton's computer wife) are the main couple in this video.
Really? Cool. I would probably die without knowing it.
And Patrick star is singing 😅
It did sorta remind me of bikini bottom
I always thought it was Jimmy.
Amazing
possibly the most beautiful song in the 90's!
Don’t forget All-star came out in the 90’s
You can't remember the 90s and not hear The Smashing Pumpkins in the background.
“We’ll crucify the insincere tonight.” What a lyric.
That is the entire reason I came to listen to the song and was about to comment the same.
I always thought it was one of the best lyrics I’d ever heard.
One of my fav lyrics of all time.
The ancient sins!!! Say no to drug my eager little suicidal killer...
Billy Corgan is an amazing lyricist. I loved growing up listening to them (39 years now)
I am a 15-year-old Japanese girl. I listened this song for the first time. I’ve never listened this song and this band, but I really like it now.
Okay.. But you are jail bait
If you liked this one I would recommend you to listen to "Today" or "1979"
Check out Cherub Rock and Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness (it's a beautiful piano song)
Just listen to the whole siamese dream album
So many beautiful songs...Try listening to Portishead
What a decade to be alive! I sure miss hearing music like this for the first time, although there is still magic in hearing it now.
nice
Going through the ailes of an actual music store putting head sets on to listen to albums. Great times
Truly magical
This song is absolutely beautiful and makes me so nostalgic for my early childhood
20 years old and still better then most music on the radio.
Can 'most music on the radio' be classified into a single genre or even by a vague description?
+Judge Hodor it's just most music on the radio, pretty self explanatory.
+Judge Hodor Pop
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+Fifty 1 Fifty Keep in mind that people who grew up in the 70's were saying the same thing about the music in the 90's. And now people from the 90's are saying the same thing about music in 2010's. It's never ending in that respect. At fifty-five years old I am a fan of Smashing Pumpkins I'd still rather listen to the music from the mid 60's to the mid 80's or so any day.
A masterpiece.
Musically, lyrically and visually.
And that’s that xxx
I love seeing everybody's stories here, what the song means to them and how special it is. The memories they've formed around it. It's like magic.
I'd be honored if some fans of mid/late 90s classics would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of LONG DECEMBER by the Counting Crows, NAME by the GooGoo Dolls, and "1979" by the Smashing Pumpkins in tribute to 3 great standards of the era. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace out and stay safe in the '020s.
Word up. Probably my favorite rock album and many fond memories that accompany it.
Indeed.
Lyrically, this is probably the Pumpkins' most poetic and meaningful song. And that's saying a lot.
This was one of the favourite songs of this guy I made friends with picking grapes in Australia. He was early fifties and had been homeless for around 16 years. It seemed all his knowledge of the world came from before the early 2000s. He wass agreat guy, super humble, really generous. We used to sit around the campfire and listen to tunes off my mobile internet (this one of them) and you wouldn't believe the looking on his face drinking wine. He said I was the first friend he'd had in many many years. We camped and worked together in a free campsite for about 5months. When it was time for me to fly back home I drove down to Adelaid and he came with me. I left him in the airport where he was going to sleep the night and try and hitch back 'home' to his tent. I left him my bankcard because for lack of I.D he couldn't get a bank account to get any disablities or anything like that (not that he wanted to). I hoped he could still work with the contractor I had set us up with (though I was our ride to work). Whenever I hear this song it takes me right back there under those austalian stars and wonder what he's up to and if he's doing Okay. Good Luck Joe, you're a great guy with a kind heart!
Luke Otley that's a great story. I'm sure he still cherishes your friendship.
That's cool man
I really pictured your story, I read it while listening to the song and you touched my heart. Those are the most memorable moments in life.
Nice
Mike Cee lmao...harsh much?