Tsp1995-02-28

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1995-02-28
Venue	Double Door
Location	Chicago, IL, US
Venue Type	Club
Notes	Last of 4 practice shows at the Double Door in preparation for the recording of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Features early performances of several MCIS songs, as well as some rare performances of songs appearing in Pisces Iscariot and The Aeroplane Flies High including "Pissant", "Meladori Magpie", and the unreleased "Speed" and "God"
Surfaced Recordings
AUD #1
Source	AUD
Format	ANA
Equipment	Realistic mic>Sony WM-D6
Length	94m
Complete?	No, tape flip cuts beginning of "Love". Intermission breaks spliced out [presumably crowd noise]
Lowest Gen	ANA-M>DAT>CDR
Notes	Volume rises and some tape warbling in "Take Me Down".
Unsurfaced Recordings
PRO/SBD #1
Source	PRO/SBD
Format	unknown
Equipment	unknown
Length	unknown
Complete?	unknown
Notes	Various footage used in televised documentaries including MTV's 1995 "Rockumentary", also confirmed during the show as Corgan announces it to the audience.

Setlist

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Set:
(acoustic)

• Stumbleine
• Lily
• Bridge Over Troubled Water [Simon/Garfunkel] (tease)
  • Graceland [Simon] (tease)
  • Knockin' on Heaven's Door [Dylan] (tease)
  • A Hard Day's Night [Beatles] (tease)
• Towers of Rabble
• Meladori Magpie
• Take Me Down

(electric)

• Tonight, Tonight
• God
• Zero
• Here Is No Why
• Cupid de Locke
• Fuck You
• Love
• Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
• Speed
• Galapogos
  • Today (tease)
• Bullet with Butterfly Wings
• Fly by Night [Rush] (tease)
• Jellybelly

Encore 1:

• By Starlight
• Frail and Bedazzled
• Never Let Me Down [Depeche Mode]

Encore 2:

• Blew Away
• (improv: "The Special Winner Song")
• Muzzle
• Pissant
• I Just Wanna Make Love to You [Dixon]

Banter

Stumbleine
Corgan: Thank you This next song is a song I originally written about a cat. So, make no mistake, it's not obsessive song about a cat, but it started out that way. It's called Lily
Lily
Corgan: And just a subtle reminder to those of you that are talking, I can hear every word you're saying. It charms my heart to know that you stood in line to talk. That's why I grew up to do this.
Various teases with crowd singalongs
Towers of Rabble
Corgan: You people know you're being taped tonight. These are for our own, we make these films then we masterbate to them. That's the only way I can cum anymore. Sorry, you're all over 21, at least you're pretending to be. This next song is actually kind of an old Siamese Dream song [unintelligible] that's been resurrected for consumption. And it goes like this, one, two, three, four.
Meladori Magpie
Corgan: I give you, James Iha
Iha: Any minute we'll be rocking but you'll have to endure one more Prosac-like ballad. So, just hold your horses. So [unintelligible]
Take Me Down
Corgan: Now, we will rock. I'm sorry about the music today, I wish there were something I can do. Alright, now we're going to play some songs that there's no fucking way you're going to talk way
Iha: [unintelligible]
Corgan: Bunch of talkers. What Billy doesn't understand is, when you're caught up in the vibe [unintelligible]
Iha: Hey man I went to Asylum today, there was such a great sale [unintelligible]
Corgan: James, remember, this is new positive style of pumpkins we're going for. The audience is not the enemy, the enemy is us, we are floating down a river like lilipads. Why there's no backlight, that's what I want to know. Can't play without backlight.
Tonight, Tonight
Corgan: Sorry my voice is shot, I sound like a robot. This is g, o, d
God
Corgan: Thanks a lot
Zero
Here Is No Why
Corgan: It's too punky (funky?) Are you ready, James?
Cupid de Locke
Fuck You
Love
Corgan: Thank you very much. Like a broken record, I'd like to remind you these shows are for charity. And the reason I bring this up is because I'd like everyone to donate what they can. It's not a matter of how much but how, so I encourage you to take some responsibility for your community and for people who need your help. That's all the preaching [unintelligible]
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Corgan: That's the only one I got. [unintelligible] The dreaded camera
Iha: [unintelligible] the camera
Corgan: I thought you've got enough footage of us looking like shit.
Speed
Corgan: [unintelligible] Thank you, we appreciate that. I'd like to do another immensely sad one for you. Let me tell you something, sadness has gotten us really far. Joy never did a bit of good.
Galapogos
Corgan: Thank you for being so patient. We realize these are a lot of songs you've never heard before. We're glad to move on with our lives.
[James plays Today tease]
Corgan: Heh, that's yesterday, isn't it?
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Corgan: Thank you
Iha, in exaggerated high pitch voice, teases Fly by Night [Rush]
Jellybelly
Intermission 1...
By Starlight
Iha: Now that you are so excited, we will play a song from our album Vitalogy.
Corgan: This one's called I ripped off that I Am One group.
Iha: Whoever said [unintelligible] please go to [unintelligible], take it all the way back to Asia
Corgan: No, no, no, this is the new positive Pumpkins, take that back
Iha: Let's rock and roll guys.
Frail and Bedazzled
Corgan: So tomorrow begins the first day of our new album recording, so this will be our last rock show for seven or eight months. Wish us luck, thank you for coming. Maybe this is the last appearance ever
Iha: Oh my god!
Corgan: Maybe this is the last song we'll ever play
Iha: That's right!
Corgan: But tomorrow is a new day and the new dawn is rising
Iha: I see it. I see the colored windows of my mind
Corgan: Right there, next to the MTV camera guy
Iha: Any second we'll be [unitelligible] I see a Frogs t-shirt, do you like the Frogs? They're good friends of our's and we snort cocaine with them.
Never Let Me Down [Depeche Mode]
Corgan: I'm sorry I messed up this song.
Intermission 2...
Corgan:We don't care if you want another encore or not, we're going to play all night. I can't wait to play Siamese Dream, all the way through. Yeah!
Iha: Then we're doing Aerosmith rocks [unintelligible] Here we go. Hey man [unintelligible] Another country [unintelligible]
Blew Away
Corgan: So who was the last person to get a ticket. Ok that's a lot of people
Wretzky: There can be only one
Corgan: Who is that one
Iha: The man with the BLT sandwich, there it is
Corgan: Who has the last ticket, we have special prizes for you
Iha: [unintelligible]
Corgan: Do you truly have the last ticket, are you serious
Iha: And if you can rap, that would be a bonus
Corgan: I would assume the last number would be, 500? Friends and families of the Pumpkins are not included. Is this the man or is he a liar? You're the man? Ticket 500, special winner.
Iha: Alright, let's play the special winner song.
Corgan: We'll give you back the ticket in a second
Wretzky: You don't really win anything, but you're special
Iha: Let me see your hands in the air. Come on, let's see your hands, let's get them in the air. Jump you motherfucker, I don't care how wet you are, jump, jump in the air. Now I'm feeling it. Alright now, my names is James, I'm playing your game. Now your fire is hot, can I put it in your pot? I don't think so. D'arcy Wretzky on the motherfucking bass. A smoother groove would be [unintelligible] by Jimmy Chamberlin. On the lead vocal kicking that dope ass rock, Billy Corgan. The Joliet mustard, the Joliet mustard. Come on. I know you got it in you, yea, yea, come on you people. Do something. You people, do something you lazy ass shit. Come on. Alright we're doing it smooth at the Double Door owned by Joe Shanahan. We'd like to thank everyone for coming out tonight. Mark Williams, a man called Flood, a man called Kevin Dancer, Andy Gorschov, Michael Listig. [unintelligible]
Corgan: If you, hold on to your ticket, wait after the show and give us your name we'll send you some cool stuff. Think about this, if he got up 5 seconds, he wouldn't be here. You should ask this man for lotto numbers. And do you have a job? Well if you're listening to us you probably wouldn't be working [unintelligible] Just kidding. What now? Would you like to say that to my face sir? Hey tough guy.
Iha: I think not
Corgan: Hey would you like to say that to my face. It's [unintelligible] how anonimity breeds courage. Hey it's same guy who went to every Lollapalooza show and heckled us. We send you a collective fuck off.
Muzzle
Pissant...during rant, Corgan: I just want to say one thing to you, you college lug head types. I've been watching people like you [unintelligible] other people for seven years. And you know what? I wish you'd understand that in an environment like this, it's fairly inappropriate and unfair to the people around you. I and we take a stand against moshing. Its time has come and gone, its ceased to be a spontaneous act. And when its in Miller Lite beer commercials, you know its time has gone. And when you see it in the new Offspring video, you know its time has gone. But when you see it in our new video, you know its time has returned. Old school, James, old school. Hey yeah, throw that guy off, that was the guy who was being mean to me. A little thing called karma. Don't hurt us, he's stupid, he doesn't mean it.
I Just Wanna Make Love to You [Dixon]
Corgan: It's why God gave me buck-teeth.

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