Smashing Pumpkins - The Making of 'Thirty-Three' (With Commentary)

Here's the making of the 33 music video, with commentary. This was filmed in both Los Angeles and New York, in October 1996. Directed by Yelena Yemchuk. This was the last Mellon Collie music video. ©1995 Virgin Records.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING IN THIS VIDEO. ALL MUSIC BELONGS TO THE SMASHING PUMPKINS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE LABELS.

[@joewillburn]

The most beautiful song ever written with the most stunning lyrics.

[@SkywalkerSamadhi]

Yeah this is an amazing song.
Always was one of my favorite Pumpkins songs.

[@kymberlishea2036]

The most beautiful video for the most beautiful song. Ever

[@AltCTRLF8]

33 and Tonight, Tonight...both beautiful.

[@medievaltimes6473]

Really? I like the Pumpkins...but this song is the most beautiful ever? More than anything Zeppelin, The Stones, The Beatles, or ICP ever did? I don't think so...

[@joewillburn]

We miss you D'arcy

[@winterfire4545]

Yes.

[@ronaldolaquidara64]

Yes,yes,yes

[@Alex-hu4jh]

yes

[@OrbEmber]

yes yes

[@user-pe5tm9dd6r]

We will always miss you d'arcy we love you!!

[@SpaRtanl33tz]

Probably my favorite music video of all time.

[@Zizzyyzz]

Masterpiece in the making.

[@elisejeremyvedder866]

one word.. GENIUS

[@briandonnelly3968]

This was my brother's wedding song !

[@genesirius]

one of all-time fav as well

[@mrkurt64]

Yelena Yemchuk was Billy's girlfriend at that time.
She also collaborated with Pumpkins in "Machina" album and videos.

[@bluenomadbruh]

How can this have so relatively few views. It's very interesting to know how music videos are developed,.

[@iranhyheart6372]

xale, hasta el making off me da ganas de llorar... qué buenos tiempos

[@mistresselyria]

siemre lloro con el video, no se que pasa... y casi lloro con el making off u.u

[@pabloburgos6374]

Xale

[@ericthiel4053]

And yet, after making this masterpiece of a video, in 1995 White Zombie won the VMA for best "rock video" with more human than human. Michael Jackson won most of the others that would apply. Absolute shame because this is one of those videos that never left the mind. I can remember seeing it vividly at 14 yo in 95 and will remember it till the day I die. Amazing band.

[@vegassasin]

popularity barely ever related to talent

[@alfreddreamer9097]

Their songs inspire this sort of storytelling imagery. If the song wouldn't inspire this, it wouldn't work. There aren't many songs on the radio that inspire this sort of effort and creativity.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

aw , D'arcy .. xx

[@danielfiles773]

This is probably my favorite pumpkins video

[@russellgore9875]

My absolute #1 favorite band

[@alexiskatsogiannos7468]

Ive loved this song and video from start! Ive been whatching it frequently for the last week. And this band is so colorful!

[@neilwilliams929]

You have to give the pumpkins they do some great video's for their songs ....thirty three is no exception the song and video compliment each artistically it really does .for the short time the pumpkins were together their work was very good .

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

Billy . you are gifted in so many ways . I am quite fond of your Music & Video's . Thank You . Ray in Pa.

[@nevertime1246]

This is such a brilliant & amazing video and one of my favorites of all time!!! Tongiht Tonight is up there too. Thank you for posting this. I didn't know all this about the shoot and making of it

[@silverfck]

i love them so much

[@vegassasin]

amazing video

[@michaelamour3944]

I love this, especially now with streaming music, the music video is a thing of the past.

[@portalsofmadnes]

classic.this song always soothes my ravaged bitter soul.thanks for the upload!

[@DJSTOEK]

Thank you

[@patricia959jjjlll]

Es una obra de arte este video es hermoso y Billy es un hombre lindo y dulce 😊 me encanta él

[@toofattoskate1]

Although i find it tough to listen to the song as its so sad and reflective, this is still one of my fav pumpkins videos as it somehow embodies the world of mellon collie that i had in my head all along. like some bizarre mishmash of the dark beauty of a grey day mixed with the decaying echoes of past golden era's...and how the raw human condition remains the same through time.

[@MrMattfox]

that's the reason why they're good at doing those things.

[@megwaff3984]

Love! (the story)

[@TheCataldoz]

good times ....

[@withtheglassesandthe]

Is that echo park lake? At 01:59

[@clarkie5]

Neat

[@conorbrosnahan5464]

Maya Rudolph is one of the doll ladies.

[@igorcabrera7526]

Where's Jimmy

[@MeatyController]

Why wasn't Jimmy in the video?

[@frankanderson4113]

Thirty three was the last single released, by that time Jimmy had been fired due to the drugs.

[@MrHsauvageau]

Rehab

[@SPACEB0YZER0]

He wasn’t in the band when the video was filmed, was fired

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

I had to dry my eyes after watching this .

[@xboys_archive]

D’arcy has a very Chicago accent

[@georgial6398]

D'arcy is not the female voice here. And while she does actually have a Chicago-ish accent, she is from Michigan.

[@johnniea4684]

@@georgial6398 Yeah the female voice is Yelena, the video director who of course was also Billy's girlfriend at the time. If memory serves she is Ukrainian.