[chrisothoulos]

Who's going?

[K_Diggity]

I will be there.

[JRiordan]

Anyone leaving from Chicago area today that can give me a ride? I have a ticket. I REALLY hate to see it go to waste...

[happy]

I'm going. I saw the past set lists. I CANNOT WAIT

[CaptainFalcon]

What time can we start lining up?

[chrisothoulos]

im not lining up.. just gonna go in around 830 and make my way to the front lol

[K_Diggity]

[Leaving now. Doing a little pre show partying at some pubs. Detroit will be RaWkIng tonight. Go Tigers!

[cameraeye]

i am going. i will be burning the organics for a pre-show warm up.
SP IN THE D!


purple haze in my brain.

[CaptainFalcon]

Fancy Space People are the worst band in the universe.

[Gr3g3]

CaptainFalcon, on 15 October 2011 - 03:44 PM, said:

Fancy Space People are the worst band in the universe.

I think every single thread for a show has this posted at least once. Lol. Makes me want to look them up.

[sivasoma]

Best SP i have seen!
this is my 4th time, and it blew me away. the stage and the set was awesome.

[dregg419]

yes...best SP show ive been to and i've seen them on every tour since 1995. billys voice sounds better than ever, the band is really tight on the songs, great setlist that flows together well, and the crowd loved it. the set was the same as the rest of the tour so far, not a ton of their "hits", but songs that every real fan knows and loves.

just got home and listening to the usb drive from the show, and the quality is AMAZING! great job pumpkins!


note: the show is super "psychodelic" with the lights and graphics behind mike byrnes, which was great because me and my friend had a nice "roast" in my car before the show and i was feeling great...unfortunatly no munchies were available at the show!

[sivasoma]

yeah. the place looked great on a few tokes of purple haze. love the old (state theater) fillmore! SP and that place are integral to my youth!

This post has been edited by sivasoma: 15 October 2011 - 09:44 PM

[chrisothoulos]

Haha it was a great show.. The Setlist was as good as I could have hoped for.. only playing 2 radio hits really was sweet..

Muzzle was the highlight for me..

And I cannot wait for "Oceania"

There was some dude by us that kept farting though.. wtf?

Some guy kept yelling "Pinwheels" lol

My gf only knew a few songs by the pumpkins and she had a good time..
I shoulda wore ear plugs cuz those guitars were loud as hell.. lol

Kept looking at the score of the tigers game and that 3rd inning never ended.. .sad at the outcome :(/>

oh well GREAT NIGHT...

I did not see any of the openers, but I listened to them on youtube early today..

Fancy Space people seemed lame as hell but I liked Light FM so I bought their new album.. anyway

Hope you all had a blast!

Gonna listen to my flash drive now..

[doctororange]

It was my first SP show. It was my first 'real' rock concert. I ran into Billy in a restaurant, recognized him and talked to him. Just know SP's radio hits but knew Billy. I got my pic taken with him and he offered me tickets to the show! Wow...I didn't expect that he would be so nice! The show was awesome...it was so good...I am pretty deep into music myself, but never was into this type of music, but now I get it. Powerful, overwhelming, but hypnotic, soothing, even pleasant...I mean, how do you do that? Like, being under a water fall and almost drowning but being revived by the force and violence. Wow, rock is awesome! Well, okay, I really like SP...I imagine I would like the good rock bands. I will be looking into other rock bands...what do you guys suggest? Billy just amde a new rock fan.

THANKS, BILLY! GREAT PERSON, GREAT MUSICIAN!

[R_Dorothy Wayneright]

First post, doctororange? You only know the hits?! You have a lot of catching up to do!

[K_Diggity]

chrisothoulos, on 15 October 2011 - 09:49 PM, said:

Some guy kept yelling "Pinwheels" lol

I was the guy yelling for 'Pinwheels' and the mighty SP didn't disappoint as they played it during the encore. Good things.

[R_Dorothy Wayneright]

"PINWHEELS...PINWHEELS!!"

lol!

I fucking love that song.

[K_Diggity]

R_Dorothy Wayneright, on 16 October 2011 - 07:21 AM, said:

"PINWHEELS...PINWHEELS!!"

lol!

I fucking love that song.

'Pinwheels' is a very cool song. I'm looking forward to Oceania.

[orchidaii]

doctororange, on 16 October 2011 - 06:24 AM, said:

It was my first SP show. It was my first 'real' rock concert. I ran into Billy in a restaurant, recognized him and talked to him. Just know SP's radio hits but knew Billy. I got my pic taken with him and he offered me tickets to the show! Wow...I didn't expect that he would be so nice! The show was awesome...it was so good...I am pretty deep into music myself, but never was into this type of music, but now I get it. Powerful, overwhelming, but hypnotic, soothing, even pleasant...I mean, how do you do that? Like, being under a water fall and almost drowning but being revived by the force and violence. Wow, rock is awesome! Well, okay, I really like SP...I imagine I would like the good rock bands. I will be looking into other rock bands...what do you guys suggest? Billy just amde a new rock fan.

THANKS, BILLY! GREAT PERSON, GREAT MUSICIAN!

Ohh wow, such a great story! :D/> If you are not too familiar with Smashing Pumpkins music, I have been doing a 'song of the week' and I have a youtube channel with some noteworthy SP videos.

http://bystarlightsi...mblr.com/page/2

http://www.youtube.c...arlightsite#p/f

And here are great links to download b-sides and live shows:

http://thepumpkins.net/music/
http://www.archive.o...mashingPumpkins

There is a lot to go over, but feel free to message me if you ever have any questions about the band :)/>

Billy also did great solo work and when he was in the band Zwan!

[PhonicsMonkey]

Amazing show. I posted a review at my blog here.

[chrisothoulos]

K_Diggity, on 16 October 2011 - 06:58 AM, said:

I was the guy yelling for 'Pinwheels' and the mighty SP didn't disappoint as they played it during the encore. Good things.

I was the guy right in front of you...during Frail and Bedazzled.... kinda sang a line of it together lol... PINWHEELS!!!

[dudehitscar]

doctororange, on 16 October 2011 - 06:24 AM, said:

It was my first SP show. It was my first 'real' rock concert. I ran into Billy in a restaurant, recognized him and talked to him. Just know SP's radio hits but knew Billy. I got my pic taken with him and he offered me tickets to the show! Wow...I didn't expect that he would be so nice! The show was awesome...it was so good...I am pretty deep into music myself, but never was into this type of music, but now I get it. Powerful, overwhelming, but hypnotic, soothing, even pleasant...I mean, how do you do that? Like, being under a water fall and almost drowning but being revived by the force and violence. Wow, rock is awesome! Well, okay, I really like SP...I imagine I would like the good rock bands. I will be looking into other rock bands...what do you guys suggest? Billy just amde a new rock fan.

THANKS, BILLY! GREAT PERSON, GREAT MUSICIAN!

great story. I envy you. The feeling of 'discovering' how majestic rock music can be must have felt incredible.


Other essential rock bands that a Pumpkins fan should be able to enjoy:

The Beatles (billy's favorite band) try Abbey Road
Bob Dylan (billy's second favorite and mine as well) Highway 61 Revisited
Led Zeppelin (bc loves this)
Nirvana - Nevermind (billy's big competition in the early days)
Explosions in the sky (opened for SP. All instrumental)- Earth is Not a Cold Place
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the moon (bc loves this)
Radiohead - The Bends/OK Computer
Soundgarden - Superunknown (SP competitor. They played shows together)
U2 - The Joshua Tree (one of billy's favorites)


The electric guitar is the greatest instrument ever created and rock and roll is a force of nature that propels me through life.

[orchidaii]

PhonicsMonkey, on 16 October 2011 - 08:13 AM, said:

Amazing show. I posted a review at my blog here.

Thanks for the setlist! :)/>

[happy]

So I created my account yesterday to make a reply to this post that I was going to the concert. I had to make a username and the only thing I could think of was that I was "happy" to be going to the concert so I made that my name. After going to the show, if I could change my username, it would be "breathtaking." Kinda lame? yea, but probably the best show I've ever been to!! :D/> :D/> :D/>

[mayday27]

^ when "happy" becomes a user name at the smashing pumpkins oboard you know there is some kind of great kind of qualitative transformation occurring. :p/> :)/>

[happy]

Found this interesting in relation to the setlist the Pumpkins are using for their tour:

http://callenostalgi...ia-lost-94.html

[turnitin2004]

sorry to put this here cuz i dont know where else to put it. How come i cannot start a new thread on these message boards? I looked in the Help and couldnt find an answer? Do i need a certain # of posts before i can start a thread?

also my question for the thread was going to be has SP ever played Pox live? ive never been able to find a video of it anywhere and I love that song. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

EDIT: Ironically this was my 10th post...i guess after ten you can start a new thread haha...weird.

[K_Diggity]

chrisothoulos, on 16 October 2011 - 08:26 AM, said:

I was the guy right in front of you...during Frail and Bedazzled.... kinda sang a line of it together lol... PINWHEELS!!!

I was center stage, up front. About 8 to 10 feet from Billy. Were you up that close? If so, we must have been RaWKiNG out together. Good things!

[doctororange]

R_Dorothy Wayneright, on 16 October 2011 - 06:28 AM, said:

First post, doctororange? You only know the hits?! You have a lot of catching up to do!

Yeah...I signed up here just to be able to post! I agree...I have a lot of catching up to do. Certainly, I want to get into SP more and more!

[doctororange]

orchidaii, on 16 October 2011 - 08:10 AM, said:

Ohh wow, such a great story! :D/> If you are not too familiar with Smashing Pumpkins music, I have been doing a 'song of the week' and I have a youtube channel with some noteworthy SP videos.

http://bystarlightsi...mblr.com/page/2

http://www.youtube.c...arlightsite#p/f

And here are great links to download b-sides and live shows:

http://thepumpkins.net/music/
http://www.archive.o...mashingPumpkins

There is a lot to go over, but feel free to message me if you ever have any questions about the band :)/>

Billy also did great solo work and when he was in the band Zwan!

Whoa, the starlight videos were awesome...the music, too! I am listening to the FullEmbrace short film as I type this.

The story isn't really complete. Tomorrow, the 17th, is my birthday and I have never had anything so fantastic ever happen to me. My mom and my best friend flew into town because of it. My cousins had a special dinner for my mom and me and it was a big thing...I ditched them, mom and friend and all to go to the show!!! Well, they were all so excited for me really, so it was okay. It was my cousin who made me talk to Billy...thank God for her! It truly was the coolest thing to happen to me and the coolest event ever in my life. I only regret not telling Billy it was a perfect birthday gift...I felt like a total dork as it was...I was a little embarrassed really. I wish he knew how blessed I felt. :-)

God, this video is awesome!

dudehitscar, on 16 October 2011 - 08:39 AM, said:

great story. I envy you. The feeling of 'discovering' how majestic rock music can be must have felt incredible.


Other essential rock bands that a Pumpkins fan should be able to enjoy:

The Beatles (billy's favorite band) try Abbey Road
Bob Dylan (billy's second favorite and mine as well) Highway 61 Revisited
Led Zeppelin (bc loves this)
Nirvana - Nevermind (billy's big competition in the early days)
Explosions in the sky (opened for SP. All instrumental)- Earth is Not a Cold Place
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the moon (bc loves this)
Radiohead - The Bends/OK Computer
Soundgarden - Superunknown (SP competitor. They played shows together)
U2 - The Joshua Tree (one of billy's favorites)


The electric guitar is the greatest instrument ever created and rock and roll is a force of nature that propels me through life.

Whoa! This is exactly what I wanted...what I needed! Thanks! Now I know what to get. Thanks!

[i_adore_adore]

Allow me to throw my two cents in... Check these out, too ;)/>

Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Pearl Jam - 10
Hole - Live Through This
The Cure - anything!
Melissa Auf der Maur - Out of Our Minds

[iamtwo]

I bought the $15 digital download for this show. I redeemed my code and downloaded it yesterday. It's the Omaha show.

Any clue how I can get the correct show? There is no contact info on the site.

http://aderra.net/SP/

[dudehitscar]

doctororange, on 16 October 2011 - 06:29 PM, said:

Whoa! This is exactly what I wanted...what I needed! Thanks! Now I know what to get. Thanks!

You are very welcome. These will give you a good overview of rock and roll from the 1960s till now and a sampling of the variety. I tried to keep the list close to SP or loved by Billy. But first and foremost you must get all the Pumpkin albums. Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness seems to capture everything I love about rock and roll (if a bit on the sadder/angrier side) and is my favorite album of all time.. If you really enjoyed the show you saw then I suggest getting Siamese Dream and Pisces Iscariot first. Those are the ones he playing a lot in this tour and are easier to absorb.

[khoeks]

I may be missing something, but can this show be downloaded yet? Dont see it listed in the store anywhere.

Thanks!

[Charmaine]

Has anyone listened to the usb yet? I haven't I think I will today :)/>
That show was the best I've seen SP in a long time. Totally glad I made the trek down from Toronto.

[xaiverriker]

khoeks, on 21 October 2011 - 03:46 PM, said:

I may be missing something, but can this show be downloaded yet? Dont see it listed in the store anywhere.

Thanks!

I checked the store and it still isn't available yet. :/ It was such an awesome show and I can't wait to listen to it!

[Copperpo5]

Did they play Pinwheels at this show?

[turnitin2004]

Copperpo5, on 24 October 2011 - 09:50 PM, said:

Did they play Pinwheels at this show?

http://tinyurl.com/43stp8e

[K_Diggity]

Copperpo5, on 24 October 2011 - 09:50 PM, said:

Did they play Pinwheels at this show?

Yes. It was the first song of the encore.

[ShamanO]

[vescret]

dvd? so i can add this to my glorious collection? haha