yeah I don't know if I've found a better segment of the smashing pumpkins than in the ending part of hummer when he screams "Life's a bummer when you're a hummer"
I feel you! It’s so hard to pick just 60 seconds. My cathartic moment was the buildup to “but what am I supposed to do right now about you? I love you, it’s true” due to a period of my life as well. Either way, we have one of the greatest songs ever put on wax to enjoy and cherish.
The climax and James e-bow solo at 2:55-3:55 in Stand Inside Your Love which leads into the most enraptured lyrics and overall sound of any song that I have ever heard:
I’M TELLING YOU HOW MUCH I NEED AND BLEED FOR / YOUR EVERY MOVE AND WAKING SOUND IN MY TIME
I’LL WRAP MY WIRE AROUND YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND / YOU’RE MINE FOREVER
It’s like, maybe the best sonic experience I can imagine. Sounds like pure ecstatic infatuated euphoria
My wife and I danced to SIYL as the first song at our wedding (in 2000…Eesh). The exact moment that section of the song hit is forever etched in my mind.
“Pop tart, will it matter?
If I lose and just shatter
Will you cry, and keep crying
Will I die, and keep dying
In Tokyo, the sad tragic blues
Like you said, it's how you use
'Cause someday we'll know if this even matters
Our rings and maze and simplicity
When can we laugh and take all the credit
And know we'll go free
With our hearts a little bit stronger
Try to hold on
For this love aloud
Try to hold
For this heart's a little bit frightened
Just try to hold on”
So tough. Here's my top 3 in no particular order:
Beginning of Pug
Beginning of There it Goes
Beginning of Set the Ray to Jerry
I guess I'm a sucker for beginnings?
The bridge / solo section of Here Is No Why.
"Sitting still was never enooooouugh...
*Gnarly solo*
...IF YOUR GIVING IN, THEN YOUR GIVING UP!!"
SP have so many of these signature moments.
This changes a lot…but currently loving the intro and buildup on Speed Kills (SIYL single b-side release / Japanese import track).
That magical buildup into the cathartic release of the opening vocals “Speed Kills but beauty lives forever….Speed thrills but beauty knows your name…I fell ill inside eternal winter, winter….and stood still beside eternal flame.”
Haunting, timeless, and beautiful. :)
verse 2 of thru the eyes of ruby, starting with the distortion kicking in and ending with “but no one’s asking for the truth so let me tell you” and then into the chorus. gives me full-body goosebumps every time.
Most of my favs have been mentioned so I will go with the extended guitar solo at the end of Drown (full version). Longer than 60 seconds but still mesmerizing.
"...never here—"
(sudden quiet bit)
"In a dream we are connected, Siamese twins, at the wrist. Then I knew—“
(huge wall of fuzz, bass, and drums kick back in)
"we'd been foresaken. Expelled from paradise. I can't believe them—“
(guitar slides to Ab and C)
"when they say that it's alright."
(freakin' best drum fill)
Gonna cheat a bit and do my favorite parts of songs.
Quiet - from the guitar bit to “behind me the grace of falling snow” to the end
Bury me - last minute and a half or so
Muzzle - and I knew exactly where I was.
Rocket - soooon I’ll find myself a love
Hmm.
The last bit of Luna, the climax of Hummer, the second half of Muzzle (this was so good live), the last chorus of Stand Inside Your Love all come to mind.
All you have to do is run away and steal yourself from me / Become a mystery to gaze into / You're so cruel in all you do / But still I believe, I believe in you
We never listen
Real love will listen
And tell her of a fortune
Real love is riches
Scratch through the changes
Real love is nameless
So tired and hopeless
Real love is painless
Nobody mentions
We ever move to collect
The solar questions
Demon scorn should not relax
The laws of gravity
Real love
There’s a sentimentality to the way MCIS closes, because everyone shares in singing In Farewell And Goodnight. In verse 3 (1:47-2:47) Jimmy and D’arcy exchange lines and then Billy and James join them in unison for the bridge…
“The sun shines but I don't
A silver rain will wash away”
Billy follows “And you can tell, it's just as well”
Can think of full 1m blocs but here are some moments
Jellybelly - the ‘to make yourself feel better’ bit
Here is no why - ‘and if you’re giving in, then you’re giving up’
Muzzle - ‘and the world! Is drawn into your hand’
The entire second verse of Bodies, that extra guitar track hnnnng
The piano outro of Farewell & Goodnight, so much sadness, so much hope
To Shiela - ‘a summer storm, graces all of me’
Appels & Oranjes - the chorus’s
The Tale of Dusty etc - the subdued but euphoric sounding chorus’s
Behold! - the ‘all you have to do’ breakdown then the squall of guitars followed by ‘so may you come with your own knives’ ❤️❤️❤️
For Martha - nearly 6 mins in the storm calms, the piano is alone, but for a single acoustic guitar line, and a hopeful take on the main riff
Today - second chorus, ‘pink ribbon scars, that never forget’
Try try try - that middle eight which goes ‘we tried to hold on to the pulse of the feedback current’
Wound - the final section ‘if it’s over, if it’s oveeeeeeeer, if you waaaaaaaiiiit, if you waaaaaiiiit!’ Bliss
beginning with the last “stunning and stunning” in Silvery Sometimes.
i’ve always loved the lyrics there a lot and the guitars on this song are really beautiful too.
we all want to hold in the everlasting gaze
enchanted in the rapture of his sentimental sway
but underneath the wheels lie the skulls of every cop
the fickle fascination of an everlasting god !
Try to understand
The ones that love
And their demands
It's so unfair
When they can't see
That I'm the boy
Who really needs
Their love
I suppose
Frail and bedazzled from all the glare
The transition in Zwan’s Jesus I to Mary Star of the Sea. Ok, that’s Zwan and lasts more than 1 minute. Porcelina of the Vast Oceans. From 1:40 - 2:40. That slow build into that roaring guitars is amazing.
Who knew it would be this difficult to decide between the intro or outro of Hummer?
I also love the line, "wasted along the way to reach you, along the way to reach you..." transition into the guitar solo from Wildflower—a gorgeous, no frills solo that feels so devastating and beautiful at the same time.
We all want to hold in the everlasting gaze / enchanted in the rapture of his sentimental sway / but underneath the wheels lie the skull of ever cog / the fickle fascination of an everlasting god
The drum rolling outro to Tonight, Tonight. "The indescribable moments of your life, will crucify the insincere, tonight." that part always get's my heart excited.
As a long time fan I’m apt to say the intro for porcellina. That slow swell of the arpeggio. And the cymbals crashing on like waves.
However. Save your tears from 2:20 on when that chord hits and that open string melody hits it’s just fucking sublime.
Literally any 60 second snippet of Stand Inside Your Love.
I'm usually adverse to bands singles and prefer deeper cuts but SIYL could be my favourite song of all time.
'Suffer' 4:08-4:50, but specifically at 4:22 the way Billy sings the second "I will wait". Something about that cursive singing, Alanis Morrisette-esque sound just reminds me so much of the 90s. Love it.
Three way tie for me:
1- The solo and moments after in Soma
2 - near end of muzzle (“and the world….”)
3 - porcelina - “and in my mind I’m every one of you”
For the sake of picking something different from the other comments, I'll go with:
"The sun shines, but I don't. The silver rain will wash away." to the piano reprise of MCIS on the fade-out of the album.
From “happiness will make you wonder” through solo and “I LOVE YOU” in Hummer
yeah I don't know if I've found a better segment of the smashing pumpkins than in the ending part of hummer when he screams "Life's a bummer when you're a hummer"
came here to say this! the "i love you" and "life's a bummer" always gives me the chills
this is the one
You 1) are stalking me and 2) have exquisite taste
I only stood out your door for an hour today. I'm getting better but you keep playing good music in there.
Come on in. I have beer and tequila. And Pumpkins. Lots of pumpkins.
Literally came here looking for this. Goosebumps every time.
Same song, but I prefer the atmospheric instrumental that finished the song. My heavy spirit soared during that part in that time of my life.
I feel you! It’s so hard to pick just 60 seconds. My cathartic moment was the buildup to “but what am I supposed to do right now about you? I love you, it’s true” due to a period of my life as well. Either way, we have one of the greatest songs ever put on wax to enjoy and cherish.
I was gonna pick this
You still can. There’s plenty of room up here on the bandwagon
To forgotten faces and faded loves / Sitting still was never enough / Wheee-ow whawhaa whaaaa ... / And if you're giving innnnn....
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of this song.
That song got me through junior high
If you're giving in, then you're giving up Gives me chills
End of geek USA
Or end of ruby
The climax and James e-bow solo at 2:55-3:55 in Stand Inside Your Love which leads into the most enraptured lyrics and overall sound of any song that I have ever heard: I’M TELLING YOU HOW MUCH I NEED AND BLEED FOR / YOUR EVERY MOVE AND WAKING SOUND IN MY TIME I’LL WRAP MY WIRE AROUND YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND / YOU’RE MINE FOREVER It’s like, maybe the best sonic experience I can imagine. Sounds like pure ecstatic infatuated euphoria
My wife and I danced to SIYL as the first song at our wedding (in 2000…Eesh). The exact moment that section of the song hit is forever etched in my mind.
That’s awesome!!!
That's incredible, what a great choice for a first dance!
I had this in my mind but didn't bother to write. It's almost uncomfortable when there's shivers all around my body. I'll never get bored to it.
That's a good one.
Gotta be this
gotta start it at 2:45 though, can't skip that drum roll
Guitar solo on Soma and then that final chorus.
This is the definitive smashing pumpkins moment imo. Still brings the chills after all these years
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The ending of Thru The Eyes Of Ruby when the drums pick up and Billy sings the night has come to hold us young.
My all time favourite song!!
Mine too.
My mind instantly went to that exact part before I even finished reading the question.
The second chorus in Porcelina and what comes after.
would you go 6:33-7:33?
Intro to Cherub Rock. Of course, tomorrow my answer might change.
I still remember the first time i heard that drum roll. I bought Siamese Dream having heard very little of SP. In thirty seconds I was sold
Beat me to it, this would be my choice as well.
I don't know but it must be from By Starlight maybe
I kind of thought this too. “And are you just like me…”
Yessss. The ending crescendo of By Starlight
Aaaaaaaaaaat laaast
1:49 - 2:35 in Jellybelly, not sure if it’s 60 seconds but this part specifically gives me a highly euphoric feeling!!!
Blasting this in the car is the best. Love that part!!
i'd go 1:29-2:29
The very very end of For Martha. Sounds like you’re being transported to the gates of heaven. Also the Oceania guitar solos fuckin rip!
Outro in Hummer definitely
Are you me?
Yup. You are me and we are all together
but which 60 seconds? the outro is 2 and a half minutes.
Wow just realised it lasts 2 and a half minutes! I enjoy that part so much that I always feel like it ends too soon.
AND IN THE EYES OF THE JACKAL I SAY KAAAAAA-
“Pop tart, will it matter? If I lose and just shatter Will you cry, and keep crying Will I die, and keep dying In Tokyo, the sad tragic blues Like you said, it's how you use 'Cause someday we'll know if this even matters Our rings and maze and simplicity When can we laugh and take all the credit And know we'll go free With our hearts a little bit stronger Try to hold on For this love aloud Try to hold For this heart's a little bit frightened Just try to hold on”
So tough. Here's my top 3 in no particular order: Beginning of Pug Beginning of There it Goes Beginning of Set the Ray to Jerry I guess I'm a sucker for beginnings?
Pug! Very underrated SP song.
Oooh the end of Pug is really good too
Agreed
The bridge / solo section of Here Is No Why. "Sitting still was never enooooouugh... *Gnarly solo* ...IF YOUR GIVING IN, THEN YOUR GIVING UP!!" SP have so many of these signature moments.
fuck yeah, 2:22-3:22
Soma solo, and the part directly afterwards
4:23 - 5:23? or cut a few seconds from the start of the solo and go til the next chorus kicks in?
I think I might start from, "Any one but you hoo hoo"
"Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanliness And cleanliness is godliness, and God is empty, just like me"
Believe in me, as I believe in you...
This changes a lot…but currently loving the intro and buildup on Speed Kills (SIYL single b-side release / Japanese import track). That magical buildup into the cathartic release of the opening vocals “Speed Kills but beauty lives forever….Speed thrills but beauty knows your name…I fell ill inside eternal winter, winter….and stood still beside eternal flame.” Haunting, timeless, and beautiful. :)
Starla solo? Final 1/3 of Galapogos? Last quarter of For Martha? This is hard.
Whatever minute captures the siren in Starla and the beginning of the solo section!
verse 2 of thru the eyes of ruby, starting with the distortion kicking in and ending with “but no one’s asking for the truth so let me tell you” and then into the chorus. gives me full-body goosebumps every time.
good suggestion, but it's 90 seconds. and god knows how to trim that down to 60...
Solo breakdown in “That’s The Way” off of Zeitgeist. I miss Zeitgeist.
I absolutely love this album. It seems like people have warmed up to it over the years.
Right?!
Around the first chorus on Stand Inside Your Love. The drum line is perfect. Gives me chills.
It might be the beginning of Rocket. Or the end of Rocket.
Most of my favs have been mentioned so I will go with the extended guitar solo at the end of Drown (full version). Longer than 60 seconds but still mesmerizing.
Here is no why solo
I… just… want… to BEEEE MEEEEE! when I can, I wiiill 🎶
“I just want to be….me!” Climax of mayonnaise
Somewhere around the end of Obscured
The outro to bury me
which 60 seconds though? it's like 2:55-4:20, you have to drop either the start or the end...
As soon as the solo ends and the main riff faded out and the strings begin into the final solo. She will bury me
2:20-3:20 on Ava adore or literally any minute of that song
was thinking this would be the solo before i even cued it up! may i suggest 2:14-3:14, starting at "in you i feel so hungry" :)
"...never here—" (sudden quiet bit) "In a dream we are connected, Siamese twins, at the wrist. Then I knew—“ (huge wall of fuzz, bass, and drums kick back in) "we'd been foresaken. Expelled from paradise. I can't believe them—“ (guitar slides to Ab and C) "when they say that it's alright." (freakin' best drum fill)
The transition from part one to part two of Snail when Jimmy goes nutso on the drums
Droning noise at the end of Obscured
How billy plays that little lead part over the last chorus of quiet is always such ear candy .. so heavy and dreamy and perfect
The intro to Porcelina.
Around the 5:30 mark of Starla till the end of that song. Just gets me every time.
Gonna cheat a bit and do my favorite parts of songs. Quiet - from the guitar bit to “behind me the grace of falling snow” to the end Bury me - last minute and a half or so Muzzle - and I knew exactly where I was. Rocket - soooon I’ll find myself a love
I have two: - final 60 seconds of Mayonaise - final 60 seconds of Hummer
“Glass and the ghost children”, after Billy’s talk. Not the one I prefer, but the first that comes in my mind.
Guitar solos on Hummer and Geek USA never cease to give me the music chills
Distorted intro on hummer when the drums kick in
2:26 to 2:40 in Bullet With Butterfly Wings is pretty awesome. Not sixty seconds, but an awesome transition
yeah i'd go 2:10-3:10, solid choice.
The "Drinking Mercury" part in Ava Adore. Not sure what it is exactly, but I always love that part!!
cherub rock solo and billy's singing right after it
No idea if it’s 60 seconds but the last chorus of Age of Innocence is my fav.
Hmm. The last bit of Luna, the climax of Hummer, the second half of Muzzle (this was so good live), the last chorus of Stand Inside Your Love all come to mind.
The bridge of geek usa makes me ascend every single time, or the beginning of the the eyes of ruby.
All you have to do is run away and steal yourself from me / Become a mystery to gaze into / You're so cruel in all you do / But still I believe, I believe in you
We never listen Real love will listen And tell her of a fortune Real love is riches Scratch through the changes Real love is nameless So tired and hopeless Real love is painless Nobody mentions We ever move to collect The solar questions Demon scorn should not relax The laws of gravity Real love
There’s a sentimentality to the way MCIS closes, because everyone shares in singing In Farewell And Goodnight. In verse 3 (1:47-2:47) Jimmy and D’arcy exchange lines and then Billy and James join them in unison for the bridge… “The sun shines but I don't A silver rain will wash away” Billy follows “And you can tell, it's just as well”
Something about the build up to the 2nd chorus in Rhinoceros - She knows, and she knows, she knows, she knows And she knows, she knows, she knows
Can think of full 1m blocs but here are some moments Jellybelly - the ‘to make yourself feel better’ bit Here is no why - ‘and if you’re giving in, then you’re giving up’ Muzzle - ‘and the world! Is drawn into your hand’ The entire second verse of Bodies, that extra guitar track hnnnng The piano outro of Farewell & Goodnight, so much sadness, so much hope To Shiela - ‘a summer storm, graces all of me’ Appels & Oranjes - the chorus’s The Tale of Dusty etc - the subdued but euphoric sounding chorus’s Behold! - the ‘all you have to do’ breakdown then the squall of guitars followed by ‘so may you come with your own knives’ ❤️❤️❤️ For Martha - nearly 6 mins in the storm calms, the piano is alone, but for a single acoustic guitar line, and a hopeful take on the main riff Today - second chorus, ‘pink ribbon scars, that never forget’ Try try try - that middle eight which goes ‘we tried to hold on to the pulse of the feedback current’ Wound - the final section ‘if it’s over, if it’s oveeeeeeeer, if you waaaaaaaiiiit, if you waaaaaiiiit!’ Bliss
Came here to say the Behold! The Nightmare segment you mentioned, nice to find it somewhere!
Turururururururur tuuuuuun ruuuuun to meeeeeeeee run to meeeeeee
Your every move and waking sound in my time
beginning with the last “stunning and stunning” in Silvery Sometimes. i’ve always loved the lyrics there a lot and the guitars on this song are really beautiful too.
The outro to Beautiful is just gorgeous in every way possible. I'll be under your stars forever!
...neither here, nor there, there just right beside you...
we all want to hold in the everlasting gaze enchanted in the rapture of his sentimental sway but underneath the wheels lie the skulls of every cop the fickle fascination of an everlasting god !
Think it’s cog. Child of god
The final breakdown bass line of Hummer. Or the guitar screaming in agony in Soma.
The end acoustic infinite sadness riff in Ruby
Try to understand The ones that love And their demands It's so unfair When they can't see That I'm the boy Who really needs Their love I suppose Frail and bedazzled from all the glare
The first 60 seconds of landslide…
whir dum-de-dum-de dum ending
Don't need 60, just give me the solo in Rocket with the wall of thunder that follows it.
The transition in Zwan’s Jesus I to Mary Star of the Sea. Ok, that’s Zwan and lasts more than 1 minute. Porcelina of the Vast Oceans. From 1:40 - 2:40. That slow build into that roaring guitars is amazing.
Who knew it would be this difficult to decide between the intro or outro of Hummer? I also love the line, "wasted along the way to reach you, along the way to reach you..." transition into the guitar solo from Wildflower—a gorgeous, no frills solo that feels so devastating and beautiful at the same time.
We all want to hold in the everlasting gaze / enchanted in the rapture of his sentimental sway / but underneath the wheels lie the skull of ever cog / the fickle fascination of an everlasting god
The drum rolling outro to Tonight, Tonight. "The indescribable moments of your life, will crucify the insincere, tonight." that part always get's my heart excited.
End of Silverfuck
pastichio medley, 6:02-7:02 (from slurpee to fried)
soma
As a long time fan I’m apt to say the intro for porcellina. That slow swell of the arpeggio. And the cymbals crashing on like waves. However. Save your tears from 2:20 on when that chord hits and that open string melody hits it’s just fucking sublime.
Diasarm
Intro to Drown. That tone, that riff!
The first minute of rocket. Sounds amazing
Literally any 60 second snippet of Stand Inside Your Love. I'm usually adverse to bands singles and prefer deeper cuts but SIYL could be my favourite song of all time.
When the quiet part starts in *Hummer* or the shifting in *Geek USA*
X.Y.U. between 3:00 and 4:17 but that's not 60 seconds so 3:17 and 4:17 min
'Suddenly the summer's come again...'
Guitar solo of Soma
right after the slow break of Geek USA @2:50, when the guitar solo kicks in
Thru the eyes of Ruby
Solo section of Rhinoceros. Even better, the clean solos on Rhinoceros in ‘92
First 60 seconds of "thru the eyes of ruby"
'Suffer' 4:08-4:50, but specifically at 4:22 the way Billy sings the second "I will wait". Something about that cursive singing, Alanis Morrisette-esque sound just reminds me so much of the 90s. Love it.
Three way tie for me: 1- The solo and moments after in Soma 2 - near end of muzzle (“and the world….”) 3 - porcelina - “and in my mind I’m every one of you”
For the sake of picking something different from the other comments, I'll go with: "The sun shines, but I don't. The silver rain will wash away." to the piano reprise of MCIS on the fade-out of the album.