Billy Corgan Interview. Dublin, Ireland 1998.

This is an interview with Billy Corgan that ran on RTE just prior to the showing of the concert in Dublin's Olympia Theatre on May 31st, 1998. The interview is carried out by Tom Dunne.
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[@johnnyapplec6799]

Such a thinker. Such an amazing musician. I don't think we'll ever see another mainstream rockstar with such depth and intelligence

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

I agree with you completely

[@HungarianMafioso]

In the wide shots, that couch kinda makes it look like Billy is a giant sitting in an auditorium with tiny seats.

[@BaronScott2000]

HungarianMafioso You just opened my eyes to the fact it was a couch

[@francesfarmer7654]

Holy shit ^^^^^

[@adams115]

You're all high

[@chemicalgeez5681]

May I remind you that Billy Corgan is 6'3"

[@lobbyboi4719]

😂😂😂

[@omglauraelizabeth]

This man has my favorite smile of all time. Beautiful man, beautiful voice, beautiful music.

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

Yes to this. There's something so special about him.

[@effetpapillon2411]

Absolutely, he's so charming

[@TheStephenator97]

Adore is such a beautiful album.

[@haserot]

John Shears lol are you going to elaborate on that?

[@robertosmith1]

That was a good looking man 20 years ago. Adore, my favorite album of all time.

[@roberth9948]

Roberto Smith funny. Cause when he was skinny he was probably the most stressed then. It was awful seeing him go through this.

[@arlenmargolin1650]

Now here's a little tidbit for you that you probably didn't know back in the 1950s there was a magnetic toy game that allowed you to pull metal shavings from the bottom of a card that you could then manipulate with your magnetic pencil and manipulate these shards of metal on to a face that was actually Billy corgan's great-grandfather and you really could put some hairdos on Bartholomew Corrigan!

[@mrhobs]

@@arlenmargolin1650 Eh... heh?

[@mrhobs]

Really is a great album. Sort of my introduction to the Pumpkins, although I may have heard and liked Today before that... knew very little about them until my sister brought home the Adore album. Not too long after I got into Mellon Collie (etc)... and just recently bought their Siamese Dream CD. Working my way back, but instead of Gish, I might go forward... anxious to get to some newer stuff. (I do know and like some Gish from Rotten Apples... had a burned copy of that too as teenager.) OK I'm done, bye! lol

[@garrethboland5646]

The 90's weren't that long ago, but they look so different now

[@danellae.perezschmieloz5958]

Why do I love this man so much? I feel so understood by him.

[@jipsasac]

i love how billy is always sober in interviews

[@jipsasac]

stupid handsome billy , he's gay!!! ahah

[@werideatdusk]

he has never drank alcohol in his life. acid on the other hand.....

[@mrhobs]

@@jipsasac Heh, why do you say that? Because he's sober, he's gay? What? 😅

[@MrOctober44]

Why wouldn't he be? He's not a drinker or drug user

[@theshapeexists]

​@@MrOctober44 he did a ton of drugs in the 90s.

[@babushkapuppy5746]

thank you billy ♥️

[@quirkypurple]

Great interview. Tom Dunne asked some great questions. You know Tom is a real music lover.

[@Kevin_Hanrahan]

Mister Pink yeah it’s a great short interview. Billy seems pretty comfortable and chatty. Toms questions were well researched and knowledgeable.

[@quirkypurple]

Certainly. I've always liked Corgan but never really listened to him in interviews until the last couple of years. He's so articulate and I love how thoughtful and considerate he is in his delivery of his thoughts. Good thing he was chatty here as you mentioned. Thanks for uploading this btw and your response.

[@Kevin_Hanrahan]

Mister Pink yeah no bother at all. Cheers for the comment.

[@Kevin_Hanrahan]

Very welcome. Glad I still had it to upload!

[@jamesmcdermott8328]

You have given me so much fun and happiness in my life Billy. I'm not Gay but man I love you.,

[@SPIDERM0OSE]

#Gaylord

[@joecurran2636]

alright james

[@alandbs329]

James,,,,are you asking me out?

[@KJS988]

u r gay

[@loganstroganoff1284]

You're gay man. You're gay.

[@kylereece1979]

I remember this interview- very well done and researched. I remember wondering where Dave Fanning was at the time, seeing he normally interviewed Billy, or anybody when they were in town. Adore's lush, laid back melancholia and electronica didnt initially connect with me at time, even though of course Mellon Collie had lots of touches of it beforehand. But years later, Adore really connected with me. I love when that happens with albums, taking time to reach you like that. I was at the Dublin gig in 96 that is brought up at the end here. Tom's approach is meaningful and totally sound and respectful,with Billy's hindsights and reflections being deep and thoughtful.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Fanning is a fanny

[@kymberlishea2036]

I love this man ❤️

[@Amp1771]

I love him more and I'm a dude!

[@cazb877]

Very articulate and intelligent man and musical genius ❤️

[@mikogale]

I relate to him so much

[@followmeintothecommentsect4476]

mushroom grow some hair

[@nclsrfn]

amazing, thanks.

[@jamesmcdermott8328]

Love you Billy

[@inphanta]

Can we have this Billy back, please?

[@jigrodrigues]

inphanta nothing with Billy today

[@rigocolas]

⚡️thank yøu⚡️

[@US395Official]

That thumbnail has a nearly-smug Corgan. It's like he's thinking, "STILL WAITIN' ON DAT SIKE"

[@greyrinnon5907]

Love this man.

[@conorfurlong]

Good interview.

[@DJSTOEK]

Good questions

[@patricia959jjjlll]

💜

[@DJSTOEK]

💘

[@trose22k]

💖

[@stevenroumeliote5134]

"I've always been a tadramat" - Billy lol I like that term a Tadramat.

[@someoneelse101]

He said a tad dramatic

[@MrSmitht04]

Mellon Collie was the pinnacle

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. (Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 17 de marzo de 1967) es un músico, productor, compositor, escritor, poeta, empresario y promotor de lucha libre estadounidense, líder y miembro permanente de la banda The Smashing Pumpkins, formada por Corgan y el guitarrista James Iha en Chicago, en 1987.

[@mytorment]

Philology of the word 'whore' comes from 'worship' so i wouldn't think it as being profane especially in the context of a love song like Ava Adore, like the 'going it alone' motif of production, very respective of the album central eulogy theme, and love seein Billy rap with Irish, ask very Billy friendly questions, good man Paddy Corgan

[@mytorment]

"Heaven is to blame 😳 For taking you away" 🥺

[@godfreyulex1203]

Where does anyone say that in this clip ?

[@mytorment]

@@godfreyulex1203I assume Billy mentioned losing his mother in this interview and he wrote this cited lyric on the charity based album Adore song Tear which he was presumably touring at this time; most though not all lyrics on this album were with respect of this massive life changing event ☺️🫒💕 yo momma 😭😶🌅

[@venessalee2426]

My favorite song on that album.

[@Enough.Said.]

I like his birth mark.

[@arlenmargolin1650]

I think the difference between Billy Corgan and somebody like Courtney Love is that if Billy Corgan is having a down kind of day you'll know it if Courtney Love is having a down kind of day you will really know it

[@Benjabola]

I was watching this while waiting to hear from my boss to call me back.

[@Benjabola]

@Mark Crooks I don't remember. He probably did

[@jamesmcdermott8328]

Billy, do another 33

[@guitaristssuck8979]

He's doing 33

[@rigocolas]

66?

[@nderohan]

I wanna see the interview with the guy who puts horseshoes on the horses!

[@thatwasprettyneat]

that's billy ocean, not billy corgan. nice try though.

[@nderohan]

thatwasprettyneat you are cooked! It's Billy corgan!!!!

[@livc5703]

Lmaoooo are you high get some glasses crazy 😂

[@jamesmcdermott8328]

Ava Ado film clip sensational film clip

[@igormendonca4026]

ESFP with developed Fi and Ni

[@carrstratton]

I see more Ni/Fi at the top of the stack.

[@arlenmargolin1650]

I think there's definitely a reason that Billy Corgan did not get hired as the spokesperson for the ShamWow

[@kawaiitos]

That magic superabsorbent cloth?

[@bikerjon8934]

10:58 1998 When the worlds big problems were the pres. getting a hummer, and testing nukes. Welcome to 2023 and beyond

[@leeohmoon231]

they split shortly after this interview, does anyone remembers why exactly they split up?

[@tparker2095]

No they didn't. Jimmy came back and he scrapped the "new" smashing pumpkins, so it would just be Billy, Jimmy, Darcy, and James. They toured shortly in 1999 for the "Arising" tour and then Darcy left.

[@ngkktht774]

@@tparker2095 "darcy left" isn't accurate. "After the KISS shows in LA, Billy and James came over to my apartment and told me they would give me three months off. I was in LA trying to do some movie stuff, but the Mickey Rourke movie never panned out. I tried to get a hold of Melissa for that, they wanted her, and I was like, ‘Okay, I’ll give her a call.’. She wouldn’t answer my call, and this was right after Billy and James had told me they were giving me three months off. Billy had already spoken to Melissa, because there was no reason she wouldn’t call me back. When Billy found out I was working towards doing a movie, he was furious, and had someone call me. They said, ‘Billy thinks that if you’re well enough to do a movie, you should be well enough to be in the studio. So you have to come back.’ I said, ‘Tell Billy to call me himself then.’ Billy would never call me himself; he would always have somebody else call me....

[@someoneelse101]

They were dropped by Virgin a few months after the release of Machina. I guess when that happened they ran out of money to tour.

[@MrSmitht04]

They kept making shit records after Mellon collie lol

[@someoneelse101]

@Mgd_Skits with how things were going in the music world at that stage that 20mil wouldn't have lasted long

[@gustomundo]

was an original pumpkin fan... before they were big, and they sucked after Siamese dream, enjoy his interviews tho

[@frites73]

I wonder if Billy shaved his head in relation to a pumpkin? 🎃

[@Misfitnz8]

Adore was a punch in the face of the S.P. Fans.

[@wjs437]

Why?

[@Misfitnz8]

@@wjs437 because they went to electronic , nothing like any of the older stuff

[@_permanence]

You mean mellon collie fans

[@_permanence]

And that was precisely the intention duh

[@Misfitnz8]

@@_permanence no I don’t melon collie fans

[@marceloverdugo3954]

Billy is a skinnnhheadd hahahaha

[@robbiepeterh]

The shift in direction that the smashing pumpkins took for Adore has to rank among the most spectacular failures in rock history. They took a wrong turn, and never made it back.

[@_permanence]

Cool story bro

[@bigtoby7640]

you’re dumb, but that’s quite alright

[@filipecoutinho5706]

Adore is awesome album, tough ..

[@T.O._WISCO]

You're right, yet strangely it's my favorite album of theirs next to Siamese Dream.