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[@jp1170]

Siamese Dream is the greatest album of the 1990s and I wont accept any argument otherwise. An absolute masterpiece. Give it a thorough listen and then thank me later.

[@justingutube]

Yessir! Also Nothing Shocking and Ritual from Janes! Amazing Amazing Amazing!

[@swans-are-dead]

I would argue that is the greatest album of all time

[@northernelitegoaltending]

I agree 100%

[@hamzehaladwan]

It aged the best for sure.

[@jp1170]

@@2000jago thank for kindly supporting my factual opinion

[@alienaudaxer9827]

Jimmy Chamberlain. Absolute legend of a drummer. Listen to the entire album sometime. It's gold.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

80% of music I just pick up, Jimmy Chamberlains' drums are on such another level, it took me 8 months to play this album and it's still at 95 %

[@gabrielaguilar1391]

The drums and guitar at the end follow each other beautifully. BC & JC were so good together in the 90s.

[@mufc99ok]

Brilliant drummer saw him in Dublin 1995

[@SadPeterPan1977]

Great to see someone doing a reaction to one of the best Pumpkin album tracks rather than just the usual singles.

[@lennonmahoney7302]

A lot of people say Mayonnaise is the best track on that beautiful album, and it is but Hummer is too

[@hypocrite4318]

these two are my favorites off this album always makes me tear up

[@toothybj]

This track is one of the best on this album. The Smashing Pumpkins were absolute 🔥 in the early-mid 90s. You’re literally listening to one of the best albums of the 90s & that’s been said many many times by fans and critics alike.

[@halfalligator6518]

Those interesting drum accents really lift Corgans riffs. Such a good drummer.

[@steviekc9057]

Wow - interesting choice for a first reaction! They had a ton of commercial hits. Please check out "Zero", "Disarm", "Cherub Rock", "Today", "1979", "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", and the AMAZING "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning"

[@logankrotzer8770]

Hummer trumps all of those tracks....ok, I'll give you Cherub Rock :)

[@WillRose3]

@@logankrotzer8770 For sure. The SP singles were not their best songs by a long shot. Hummer is my #1 song of theirs depending on the day. Other days it could be Mayonaise, Thru the Eyes of Ruby, Porcelina, Soma... Cherub Rock would be way up there too. Disarm and 1979 do have a certain lasting charm about them as well.

[@colquittbrett]

Smashing Pumpkins had a huge influence on Moreno of the Deftones. He guested vox on the song Snail at a SP anniversary show.

[@muriel2267]

Wow it’s been forever since I listened to this track. Makes me want to go through my old pumpkins cd’s. They’re still my favorite band of the 90’s

[@BlueHopi144]

me too . Loved that album so much when it came out & listened to it without break

[@SupermanNew52]

I was eleven years old when Siamese Dream released in 1993. Ever since then The Smashing Pumpkins have been my favorite band. The perfect balance of soft and heavy music. Every album from Gish-Machina is great. 1988-2000 would be the years. Since then, Billy Corgan has released solo albums, and more pumpkins stuff, along with ZWAN. ZWAN's album, "Mary Star of the Sea" is also really good. Billy is one of the greatest songwriters of all time and is real fun to listen to in interviews as well. He knows a lot. I have subscribed after seeing your reaction. It makes me happy to see the rest of the world get into something I've held close to my heart for 30 years.

[@cass2303]

Best band in the world. Still going

[@seelenwinter6662]

and d`arcy half naked on stage.... what a great time and i am so happy, that i was around 20 in the 90th and lived at the best time of music ever....^^^^^^

[@heyskipj]

Yes! Smashing Pumpkins is one of those bands that have their own singular vibe. Billy's vocals and poetry alone. But the drummer, Jimmy Chamberlain really drives the songs. I'm a big fan of doing "Today" or "Geek U.S.A." for the next tracks. "The Everlasting Gaze" is also a banger. Will try to catch you on the twitch platform. Love this channel!

[@jeffw9232]

Dude, 100% agreed...Their are rock drummer Gods like Neil Peart, God bless him, who was amazing, Bonham....take your pick-John or Jason, both alien geniuses compared to puny earth drummers, but then there's Jimmy muthafuckin Chamberlain---one drumkit to RULE THEM ALL! for my money there's no one better.

[@DissAeon]

The ending solo, holy shit. Love that billy corgan guy, what a talent.

[@englishkiwi3051]

This is probably my fave pumpkins song and top 10 song ever... glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffw9232]

Welcome to the fold, my friend. The Pumpkins were absolutely one of the most original, influential, and amazing bands of the 90s and are still rocking and as good as ever, with a slightly altered line-up. The album Hummer was included on- Siamese Dream was my first exposure to them, and was for lack of a better word-Perfect. Cherub Rock, the opening track was and still is my favorite song of all time, and SP were and still are my favorite band BAR NONE. Right up there with Pink Floyd, Zepelin, and slightly above, IMHO. Glad you liked. If you liked Melon Collie; check out Machines of God for sure. Fantastic.

[@mikebuttry4703]

I used to keep two copies of this cd in case I lost one or somebody stole it .I couldn't be without this album. They will get into your soul and never leave .you should do a track by track of this album

[@benhinds2971]

This was their break out album. But for us old folks their debut album Gish is my favorite. Parts of it sounds like the Doors. They don't blatantly copy the style of The Doors, but they create a spot on ambience, mood, and feel. Check out "Suffer"

[@gomiwomi]

The Doors suck and are not good enough to even sweep and mop out the stage after a Smashing Pumpkins live performance from the early to mid 1990's.

[@gabrielaguilar1391]

Yes! Suffer is my favorite pumpkins track, followed by Siva and Hummer. I love the Indian vibe to Gish. It has so much atmosphere.

[@kevindonn10]

Well done! This was in my CD changer on repeat for months in my 20's. Still jams today. Glad you got to taste the Pumpkins!

[@halfalligator6518]

When i was 13 I got one of those portable CD changers and headphones... this album hardly ever left it as a teenager.

[@CitizenScorn]

Shout out to producer Butch Vig for the sound of this album, who also produced Nirvana's 'Nevermind' about two years prior 🤘💙

[@BlueHopi144]

totally right . He is also part of the Band Garbage on drums

[@PeckiePeck]

Damn.

[@streetcrawler]

He produced Gish by SP before Nevermind

[@CitizenScorn]

@@streetcrawler Yes! Thank you for noting that!

[@_permanence]

The production of Nevermind stems from Gish 🤘

[@helenespaulding7562]

I’ve never heard before that SP filled a gap left when Nirvana disbanded interesting. I would have thought that PJ or AIC would have picked up that slack. I’ve only heard one or two SP songs before. This is new to me and I like it!

[@alienaudaxer9827]

This album came out the same year as Nirvana's In Utero, the year before Cobain died. So many incredible albums came out in such a short period of time in the early to mid nineties.

[@DalePicolet]

If you're enjoying the chill melodies with the heavy elsewhere check out their first album Gish, especially Rhinoceros and Siva. And definitely Soma from Siamese Dream.

[@ProjectFairmont]

I have everything the Pumkins ever did, and never heard the entire Gish LP until 5 years ago. It was like hearing them again for the first time, superb. Hummer is my fav SP tune along with the 2 you mentioned off Gish.

[@timjenkins4065]

Syed… bud, you unlocked a big ass can of WHOOP ASS when you unlocked Smashing Pumpkins 🎃! Great reaction as usual! I do feel like the lyrics to this one may have perplexed you more than usual. Not any fault of yours, Billy’s lyrics are often perplexing 😁. Why I’m im so hoping you do ‘locked in the trunk of a car’ by the Tragically Hip, cause I haven’t a grip on what those lyrics mean, it’s like a dichotomy. They existed through all of the 90s, before and after..👍

[@jakeenan]

The Pumpkins are still out there crushing it. They are about to do a three month tour with Jane's Addiction.....and have just made a sequel to their classic 1996 Melon Collie album continuing the story of the character Zero.

[@zachstrafelda3279]

Wait what

[@jakeenan]

@@zachstrafelda3279 Atum.....they just released it. The first song Empires is on YT.

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

Interesting pick for a first listen to the Pumpkins. My introduction was "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" which, in retrospect, probably isn't necessarily the best intro either, being one of their heaviest. Pumpkins are really all over the place in terms of weight of sound, though thanks to Corgan they're always distinctively Pumpkins. For your next track I'd probably consider something like Cherub Rock or Today; you should also check out 1979 and Tonight, Tonight for a glimpse of their softer side. Edit: Smashing Pumpkins are definitely pure concentrated 90s. Also, Billy Corgan is like 7 ft tall and is totally a vampire.

[@ami3627]

Or better yet, instead of " Tonight" for a taste of their softer side, try their album _Gish_ & listen to _Melon Collie_ after you run out of love for those 2 albums... off-camera.

[@donfette5301]

You GOTTA check “Mayonaise.” (one ‘n’, but the title did come from mayonnaise - he had no title for it, opened the fridge, saw a bottle of mayo and was inspired, lol). Anyway, it’s one of the TOP TEN songs of the 90s. And I hate ranking shit like that. But it is just amazing.

[@_permanence]

Nope you just made that up lol. Real story: the band visited Japan in 1992 while touring Gish and noticed that the record company had mistranslated a lyric from Gish into a fan booklet as "mayonnaise seas". The band thought this was funny and used "Mayonaise" as a temporary song title when recording Siamese Dream but it eventually stuck.

[@kingexclusivo]

Can’t believe you’ve reacted to this song and I haven’t seen it yet despite me being subscribed . This is one of their best songs and it’s so underrated. One of my favorites of all time. Thanks for doing this!

[@foreachgoto]

Billy Corgan was perfectionist in the studio.

[@cavacino]

not just big in the 90s they have always been popular and still are .... never stopped making music

[@CitizenScorn]

SP have so many great songs, get through as many as you can. 'Siamese Dream' and 'Mellon Collie...' are their two best alalbums. Defined my childhood with Nirvana and many others. My personal favorite is "Here Is No Why" and would LOVE to see a reaction to that from you. No one does that one on reaction channels... 🤘💙

[@stevehill4965]

Great choice and insightful commentary!

[@patrickoconnor5494]

The entire album is a knockout. I feel like a kid again when I listen to it.

[@TheHashCookie]

Just stumbled over your channel and have been consuming a lot. Great work. Smashing Pumpkins, and specifically Siamese Dream, are my favourite group/album of all time. Hummer is right up there in the best tracks. Most people will call out Mayonnaise as the killer track, and it is gold, though I think you'll just love Soma. It's a journey and a wonderful example of SP combining soft and heavy guitars. Thanks for the reaction video of my favourite album of all time!!

[@andrewkim6037]

To this day, still one of my favorite albums. Every song on Siamese Dream is straight fire.

[@CCNutritionist]

I love watching reactions to these tracks. Makes me emotional, reminding me of the time when I first heard them, myself.

[@TheEthNick]

No one ends songs like this band. You can’t stop listening. Hummer went from my worst to fave song off this album, & was my fave song for many years. Still gets me.

[@RKSidd]

Siamese Dreams is one of the defining albums (especially for "shoe-gazers") of the great decade that was the 90's. For me, one of the greatest albums ever...that needs to be listened all the way through. You really need to do the album review. Before you do, you must read the back drop to the album to really appreciate where the songs come from.

[@lorcazola]

Are you reading my mind ? You are bringing me back to life. 90s was the Highlight of my life ! I just got my replacement CD of Siamese Dream recently. "SILVERFUCK" reaction please actually WHOLE album !

[@bitcoinstandard5]

Renewed sense of self and a cathartic realization. Perfect way to describe this gorgeous song.

[@gabrielpeter9902]

Man, how you impressed me right now😀great reaction👍 check the rest of this album.

[@thejoshman3843]

siamese dream was my national anthem from 1994 - 1995. when i need an anti-depressant i put this album on & instantly brings back my happiest feelings.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Best song off this album would be "Mayonnaise."

[@go_you_huskies]

That song is perfect

[@spaceorbison]

That's like your opinion man.... but I wouldn't argue.

[@go_you_huskies]

@@spaceorbison The Dude abides

[@kcskoolz8312]

This song/album has been medicine to me, for Years. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@BlueSky...]

Great analysis.

[@timjenkins4065]

The whole album ‘Gish’

[@rachaelb.]

I'm hearing this song for the first time (not the band) and it was a great one. The ending gave me goose bumps, so pretty. I may need to take a dive into SP now... BC is a true artist and reminds me of Chino Moreno in his Crosses albums. Thanks for doing this video!

[@TheEthNick]

Listen to the opening of Mayonaise & you’ll be hooked. It hints at the eclectic range this band has. Melodic beauty & fierce brute.

[@helenespaulding7562]

Trip-hop was a genre of the 90’s. Massive Attack, Portishead were big bands of that era. I would suggest Dissolved Girl or Angel from Massive Attack.

[@timjenkins4065]

He’s a musical savant….

[@GreetTheSacredCow]

This is the most underrated Pumpkins tune. Respect for the video. Amazing.

[@benhinds2971]

Nirvana and Pumpkins overlapped chronologically, if I remember correctly. In fact I saw Nirvana, Pumpkins, and Pearl Jam together in Houston. $15 USD? Besides Nirvana, the other two did not have, or just released, their first album. So we were like, "Pearl who?", as we washed our shrooms down with Shiner Bock beer.

[@masokotanga7356]

So many songs on the record have literally hundreds of guitar overdubs each.

[@thesilverhawaiian5024]

This is an awesome song, one of the best off siamese dream

[@dookula]

made my day to see the new generation vibing with the music of my youth

[@mozthoven2414]

Love THE Smashing Pumpkins!!!

[@papaglenford]

this was my fave pumpkins song. i listened to SD every day all the way thru, for about a year and a half, after it came out. saw them with Beasties in '94. so good

[@iguessishouldntputmynamehe5503]

That’s a big muff pedal through a Marshall amp with lace sensor pickups. It gives you that big wall of fuzz distortion. He also layers guitars over guitars, on some tracks like 16 guitars layered, and really builds it up.

[@rns2222]

Wonderful take

[@ziggymarlowe5654]

Hey Hip Hop Fan.....you are closing in fast on 5k subs. Way to go.

[@SyedRewinds]

haha thanks Ziggy!

[@hamzehaladwan]

Damn he grew fast

[@jlaw3255]

You nailed it with it not sounding like live instruments and the "wall of sound". If you knew how they recorded this album it would make a lot of sense. Hundreds of guitar dubs.

[@seelenwinter6662]

and d`arcy half naked on stage.... what a great time and i am so happy, that i was around 20 in the 90th and lived at the best time of music ever....^^^^^^

[@MagnusWissler]

Used to listen to the first few tracks of this album walking to MSU Mankato from campus in the early 90s as an exchange student. This song brings me right back there.

[@nauseantrock532]

Good vibes great music

[@adanzuniga1762]

One of the best pumpkins songs 🖤❤❤

[@kirkmccommas6412]

Stumbled onto your channel with your Eagles reaction. Absolutely loved it so much, I immediately subscribed. If your doing 90's reactions, Gary Moore's "Still Got The Blues" is one you must react to. Second best guitarist of all time - in my opinion. Of coarse - the GOAT - Stevie Ray Vaughn is the best guitarist to ever walk the face of the planet. A must do is SRV's "Texas Flood" ( live at the El Mocambo version). 1984 but timeless enough to be included in the 90's and beyond.

[@ProjectFairmont]

A perfect song IMO. I have written this into my Will to be played at my funeral.

[@afterdark6822]

Picked up Siamese Dream when it was released back in 93. A friend turned me onto them with his copy of Gish. I was fortunate to see them play in 94 at Lollapalooza on Randall's Island.

[@jmacc9876]

We have to give thanks to the Electroharmonix Op Amp Big Muff Pedal for those thick warm saturated and "wooly" fuzz guitar tones. They used this pedal all over this album. But there's some really beautifully orchestrated clean guitar parts too especially the last third of this song.

[@VTF82]

This song is so beautiful

[@frankiegilday5748]

Fire choice would love to see some Fugazi or Minutemen 🙏🏽

[@mikebuttry4703]

I seen them on there Meloncolie tour couldn't hear for three days after the show .

[@alexjames4064]

The outro still blows my mind

[@THEDEEPDIVE]

Nice to see new folks discovering this song. We are doing a top 50 SP songs series on our channel. We are on episode 29.

[@camdenroad44]

The most 90s song vibe and Soma - track off the album

[@Funktaro5]

You need to check out more Pumpkins. To me they're like the Pink Floyd of the 90s.

[@brians2869]

Dope song... Lived the 90s as a young adult.. still thump this...

[@rocknrudy]

Mayonnaise and Hummer, two of my favorite songs of all time from any band

[@CourtTV.]

Cool vid

[@grantdowling8550]

If you dug the wall of sound effect this song gave you, you should really check out Cherub Rock. Another song off the same album that has great drumming and heavily driven guitars.

[@bahabobby8118]

My favorite song on Siamese Dream is ROCKET... which comes after Hummer because as this was coming to an end, my ears can hear the start of those guitars in Rocket, it's a perfect segue

[@nauseantrock532]

Masterpiece 🥮

[@BlueCrayon77]

"Thought there was something wrog with my headphones".... haha you need to check out Atari Teenage Riot's 60 Second Wipeout album for full broken headphones/speaker concern!

[@PF_Health]

1:06 - "what the hell, oh wow!" lol

[@lulabecker]

crazy sound - bee - heavy on the guitar --> the power of the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Op-Amp

[@kingsecho3351]

It’s the NYC big muff

[@ronbecker7939]

“rocket” Please. The Smashing Pumpkins really have a super heavy sound. Siamese dream was listened to 500 times in my cae

[@dynjarren8355]

Cherub Rock next Please! Then any song from Siamese Dream. Also, Gish!

[@DoctorMeatDic]

Heard Hummer accidentally on the radio during a really low time in my life following a break-up that made me feel worthless and hopeless. It changed everything, Corgan's lyrics resonated with me so much: "When you decide that your life is a prize, Renew, revive" It totally woke me up that it was a stage in my life, a stage that would pass. This album and Mellon Collie, I carried them around with me for months on end. Genuinely changed me.

[@dr.papadopolis7171]

I can't imagine not hearing this when it first came out..

[@_permanence]

I think you’re right about it being a feel good song emerging from a depth. His lyrics can be quite cryptic but you have good perception! Corgan had just gone through a crippling depression when writing the album. Deciding between taking his own life or not, he took the decision to take life head-on and this is the result. That’s why he also wrote the lyrics, “today is the greatest…”

[@terrencejones9817]

Please do Cherub Rock. So heavy , so much groove too.

[@timjenkins4065]

He Is a genius, jack white also is….

[@happysaffa8871]

Pumpkins!! Ye dude

[@mikegreenway34]

Billy has a book of poetry yes

[@428chase]

"there are more people who write poems then those who read them" George Carlin

[@paulhagger3895]

Than

[@grudgerun]

I wouldn't say the Pumpkins "filled a gap" after Nirvana left the scene. Both bands were great, but even when they were both active simultaneously I lot of us loved the Pumpkins best. Discovering Gish and Siamese Dream often meant you didn't have a lot of time to listen to other music, lol.

[@mikegonzo1262]

Every song on this album is fantastic. Early 90s was truly the last great time for music..

[@BlueHopi144]

it was a fabulous decade that i live at 150 Miles / Hour ( 1,200 gigs ) before i got a nervous breakdown but today , there are still amazing bands playing ( Pixies , Tool , .... )

[@timjenkins4065]

This band is insanely driven by corgan, and he almost never missed

[@BlueHopi144]

and Jimmy

[@PeckiePeck]

I have a feeling D'Arcy had an unappreciated influence on the band. She was most opinionated in the band besides Billy and clashed heads with him a lot and the quality of their work declined sharply after she left.

[@leob4403]

​@@PeckiePeckdarcy was some kind of muse probably yeah

[@Evocati-Augusti]

I warm up to this song on drums every afternoon, and the Pumpkins had a massive fan base before Nirvana as Billy Corgan dated Courtney Love before Kurt, and wrote all her music, and Courtney was still seeing him at the end before Kurt passed ,I'm a fan of the drummer Jimmy Chamberlin ,who said he threw in every chop lick and fill into this album and the kitchen sink, I mean listen to the drums, there crazy...there were a lot of bad things happening behind the scene at the time...Trent Reznor is even in the mix, who wrote a whole album about Courtney, and Kurts best friend which really pissed her off ,On June 16, 1994, Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff died of a heroin overdose? Months prior to Kurts "suicide" Kurt spent hours on the phone talking to Kristen about art, books and music. There is no evidence of a romantic relationship, but their bond was strong. Eric Erlandson was the last person to see Kristen alive on June 16, 1994.

[@SwivelHippie]

HAHA!! Pumpkins forever bro!! Me and my son love this band and we only started listening 3 years ago lol... You need to check out their songs Soma and Rhinoceros. Their drummer, Jimmy Chamberlain was easily a top 5 rock drummer before the Heroin. Corgan, the lead guy, is a beautiful guitarist/ technician and song writer

[@ronparsons8786]

Legends Quiet loud Fuzzed out heavy guitars Epic drumming

[@GhastlyMovies]

The effect at the beginning of the song was achieved by taking a recording of Billy playing the Sitar and playing it backwards

[@kingsecho3351]

I never knew that. Very cool.

[@powerpointpaladin6911]

GIVE THIS MAN MORE LIKES

[@SyedRewinds]

haha thanks mate