Smashing Pumpkins - 2/7/1996 - [NewSources/Full-Show/HQ-Audio/60fps] - Kezar Pavilion -San Francisco

[@PorcelinaMagpie]

Billy playing In the Arms of Sleep while wearing a pajama outfit is god-tier SP.

[@tparker2095]

I want my dreams to look like that.

[@starwinksbackfromtheskypit6790]

@@tparker2095 may your dreams be Siamese

[@jimstacey9469]

Everything about this is god tier. So many great performances. No one has actually heard the Pumpkins until they've seen them live

[@LuizMGRamos]

No other band could deliver such an amazing performance in the 90's. This is the pinacle of psychedelia, heavy metal, jam session, alternative rock and everything that the mainstream were most affraid of, delivered with rawness and precision. That's why this band is my favorite band for 22 years and counting. Thank you Alt Copperpot5 for the amazing work you've been doing. It is very important for the history of music.

[@travistravinyle4207]

Could not have said it better myself. That first set is as good as any set in live history

[@karinaf8326]

I love the Pumpkins but there were so many great bands and Billy is definitely not the best vocalist out there so I don’t think they were necessary the greatest band.

[@medievaltimes6473]

Really? No other band? This is not even close to their best performance. As far as "mainstream" being afraid...sorry, but when your album sells 5 million copies, you become mainstream whether you like it or not.

[@leob4403]

@@medievaltimes6473 yeah no other band could deliver this concert. All the best bands are unique. No other bands could deliver what Beatles, Zeppelin or Metallica did either

[@leob4403]

@@karinaf8326 as far as a unique voice with incredible emotional range Billy was hard to match. The interesting thing is he only had this ability for a number of years. He can't sing even close to this level these days

[@byronlemay2166]

Very good....I didn't realize James played so many leads. He said in an interview that he and Billy were "about 50/50" with the leads on Mellon Collie, but I really didn't believe it....until now. He's not as fast as Billy, but he's damn good with what he does.

[@aegisreflector1239]

James is underrated. Iv closely analysed many pumpkins shows, like you said he isn't as fast as billy but he's just as if not more melodic. Hes also really good at lead lines, effects and textures.

[@heatmoon]

​@@aegisreflector1239He is. His playing is so different than Billy's, he's much more mechanical but I believe helps hold the songs together live. He doesn't miss his parts by even a fraction. And the sound of a Les Paul is really quite pumpkins, if you wanted to capture the Pumpkins distorted song you'd just buy a 2 humbucker whatever. Because essentially Billy plays a strat with 3 humbuckers.

[@grizzlywhisker]

This is really an amazing show, peak Smashing Pumpkins in my opinion. All 4 of the original band members and only their 3 best albums of songs to pull from. I love how they arranged the setlist to start with the acoustic stuff while sort of easing their way into some of the guitar shredding heavy songs, then they sort of pull back to some softer songs again before going into more heavy tracks. It just makes for a great show.

[@plainsong76]

I MISS the 90s- this takes me back to my college days

[@douglas_fir]

Must have been nice!!!! I was freaking born in 96.

[@jaken1295]

I feel the same way...that feeling has gotten so much stronger throughout this shit year

[@chrisbridston3438]

Me too.. melancholy came out my freshman year in college

[@ajh21313]

Did college prepare you?

[@Mystic-l3r]

Reality bites

[@heatmoon]

Greatest version of Rocket I've heard. Used to collect these live videos and they did just a handful of these PJ shows, this was a standout. So so good!

[@inspectious9839]

The Pumpkins Golden Era

[@mercuryrising9174]

Wow two hours half acoustic set 1996 mind blowing.

[@Jeremy-th5pt]

Gotta love Iha when Where Boys Fear to Tread starts. He's jumping up and down getting the crowd going. ❤

[@travistravinyle4207]

2:12:37 so damn cool seeing James and Darcy interact during the jam. Of course we know silver would be an ever evolving jam for the next 15 months. So cool seeing them work on it like this early on.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

true. i've never seen d'arcy go so far off to the left of the stage to chill with James like that before while Billy just chills and plays some improv fills or fills of a song they're playing haha. makes me wonder what kind of chat they were having. very chill version of Drown during that part by the way. i dig it.

[@knivesout33]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[@KeepTheFocus]

This whole night is just beyond imagination. Better than a dream. Immense thanks for caring about it so much and putting this together for all of us.

[@YoanhRodriguez]

00:26:54 Take Me Down | the climax from the accoustic set | ...so great to see James singing.... it reminds me to Sparklehorse... great video by the way, thanks for uploading...

[@michaelmarhal]

farewell & goodnight is such a cute song!

[@flingy]

Wow - goosebumps...what a performance! How can they make such beautiful music???!😍😪

[@jcapentertainmentjimirusse5238]

What an unbelievable performance!!! I loved the Pumkins so much!

[@october72393]

This is before the beauty of what was fell apart. I will always be grateful for the pumpkins for this before and barely thereafter but certainly after this hearts were broken forever...

[@MilesTippett]

The feel of these acoustic sets have never been matched.... percfection!

[@hellrose18]

What are you talking about acoustic set?

[@MilesTippett]

@@hellrose18 the first seven songs of this show.

[@speedohero6822]

I so respect the irony of a spelling mistake in the word "perfection"!!!

[@dndvs1]

I was there!!!! You can hear me and my cousin yelling up in front. Thank you so much for posting. My sister recently found the ticket from this show.

[@pauldack5129]

I miss D'arcy. Saw them live on the first tour w/James back and it was great. But this clearly shows that SP was these 4 people.

[@stevemelen6832]

I was there. Crowd surfed twice and almost got kicked out the second time. Epic show and great memories. Thanks for posting.

[@O.D.E.GuitarSoundtracks]

You're a lucky one Steve

[@markcat1]

I still have my ticket stub from this amazing show

[@sam_darkbloom]

This may be the best Smashing Pumpkins show ever

[@peterpfukwa]

this is the best version of Take Me Down I’ve heard

[@starwinksbackfromtheskypit6790]

That’s exactly what I thought. I always thought it was an amazing song but could be better on the album’s version.

[@ronnieo.6647]

The band delivered on that one!

[@menaomar]

Ah, what glorious times. You can even see Melvoin in the back. Alas, then tragedy struck. Thanks for uploading such a gem.

[@tutsybassista]

I was wondering if that was him...

[@leob4403]

Brother of Wendy Melvoin of Prince & the Revolution

[@CalacasRock]

In their prime time... Lovely D'arcy

[@tristanmclean2827]

Rocket is so good. Never heard them play it like that

[@zbubolcorp]

Holy pumpkins! Thanks for pointing it out

[@Glixity]

literally the best live version of rocket imo

[@ottoprentice1905]

look up siamese dream acoustic show 1993, its them playing acoustic songs from siamese era at tower records including rocket which is first.

[@86Starcaves]

Thank you for uploading. Might be the best bootlet form this tour I've ever seen

[@ROSCO969]

A true gem. Thanks Copperpot!

[@shtefffph1440]

So amazing from the very beiginning to the very end... Thank you for sharing a moment from my absolute favourite band ever at their peak, great set and great moment.

[@zebmrowka7733]

this is the best ive heard james sing take me down live :')

[@GIUSAF]

This is awesome. High School all over again. Thank you for this!!

[@synthc1786]

thank so much Alt Copperpot5 ! greettings from Lima Peru

[@martinherpers5133]

I was there during my year as an Au Pair in Palo Alto. Stood in line for the tickets at the Shoreline Amphitheatre for an hour or so. Forgot my ID to the show (personalized tickets) but still managed to get in. The setup was unexpected but really fantastic. One of the best shows I ever saw. Bought myself the Zero longsleeve at the show and wore it proudly for a long time. So sad it went downhill from there. I was shocked to see what happened to Jimmy and Melvoin in NYC that summer and it broke my heart to see him kicked out. I liked Adore and Machina alright but somehow the records after Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness were much "colder" - kind of like a mirror to the atmosphere in the band, I guess.

[@patrickr.452]

Thank you for this! I was at this show and it was such an amazing night.

[@lurkanon]

I'm so glad I found this. I was at the show and only remember it for having terrible sound (Kezar is a gymnasium, after all) and it was very hard to decipher all the noise from where I was sitting. This video shows what a great show it was, thank you! Also, at the time I was shocked to see Billy with a shaved head. Even on the postcard-tickets, he was pictured with hair.

[@BantaTheYoung]

Beautiful transfer. Some historic songs. The 1-2 punch of Geek>Cherub. To forgive. Galapagos. Here is no why. Ruby. Porcelina. So many great songs. Great show.

[@erictaylor1320]

Wow thank you for uploading this. Best live version of Here is no why I’ve heard. Awesome version of Rocket too.

[@philneville8805]

Thank you for this! This is a document.

[@Glixity]

So many beautiful versions of songs

[@truthseeker5745]

This is Better than any church service I've been to. They always make me cry

[@epastor]

Siempre amaré a D’arcy! 🖤

[@averylangs]

Rocket somehow sounds even more like a my bloody valentine song here than it does on the album

[@romelovesdan]

Overstated perhaps....but these early MCIS tour shows were epic.....magical and emotional for the attendees. Glad some of 'my shows' are getting improved treatments.

[@ValisX]

Wow- They played an acoustic Soma that sounds great- about as rare as it comes. I remember several acoustic/electric shows (even the pajamas) but I don’t remember hearing that soma before-

[@maxime8221]

Merci beaucoup d'avoir partagé ce concert , j'adore les Smashing Pumpkins c'est mon groupe de rock préféré !! ^^

[@adzero]

This is brilliant, thanks! I love the MCIS songs being played in an order closer to the original vinyl tracklist (which was different from the cd, and much better imho)

[@nclsrfn]

the fucking peak, thanks again for these gems.

[@auzzieamerican]

Thanks so much for this. I’d seen the show earlier in the tour from DC but this is even better.

[@AkathisiaWarrior]

I was there in DC. First rock concert. I was a child of like 13. Obsessed a little too much. The music was an escape.

[@auzzieamerican]

⁠​⁠@@AkathisiaWarriornice! Very jealous lol & glad you made it through the bad weather cuz I remember hearing it was blizzard central & they mentioned something about that on stage. I was 16 & obsessed enough to be spending too much money on bootleg videos of SP shows. Definitely an escape but I was in deep & loving it.

[@Piscesluna]

Thank you Copperpot for this amazing live set!! I love it, to think that so much talent could be given to one songwriter and one band is amazing to contemplate.

[@gilesmadbum5619]

Was there, brings me back. Thanks for posting.

[@theskillsquad]

Amazing in so many ways. Thank you for posting!

[@danny.217]

The vocales in this sounds perfect

[@Skradgee]

This is fantastic! Big thanks to the original tapers, and everyone else along the way.

[@stephanepiotelat8779]

True gem. Thanks so much for sharing this...

[@CallengeXcepted]

The Farewell and Goodnight at the end gave me tears

[@williamdean858]

Was at this show, Kezar is a small gymnasium and the basketball floor was bouncing up and down. This was a very special time for the band, they were launching into the stratosphere! Bought tickets at The Fillmore day of show as they were not available Ticketmaster. The art on the ticket was sweet. They were playing intimate shows at this leg of their tour before going to arena rock. Jimmy was an animal, the next time they came to SF he was kicked out of the band and Matt Walker played with them at the Cow Palace.

[@bootlegcowboys]

I filmed both of the shows if looking for them.

[@williamdean858]

@@Grateful2Exist Wow that's amazing! Such a small show I'm surprised anyone else who was there saw this video or took the time to read the comments. Thank you for sharing your experience with me, that was a special day for me and I'm so glad you appreciated that moment as much as myself. Long live JC and SP!

[@jeffreymika]

Thanks for posting! I saw them the following 2 nights in Seattle. Those shows were some of my all time favorite concerts. SP at the height of their popularity playing intimate theater dates was like a dream. ❤️

[@garrethboland]

Muzzle is such a perfect song

[@travistravinyle4207]

Jesus is this a soundboard. Wow the hilight of 2020 . Incredible 96 show

[@tutsybassista]

And 2022!

[@leob4403]

​@@tutsybassistaand 2024

[@Giusep]

thanks to this upload

[@markcat1]

I was at this show. Great memories

[@AzorAhai224]

Thanks so much for uploading this buddy 🖤

[@poohead8022]

I remember this. They were playing small venues and doing half acoustic and half regular. I went to the show at Soma in San Diego. Soma was definitely a small venue for them at that time normally they would have filled the sports arena to the brim. I think it was just a little intimate thing they were doing. It was really cool

[@SkyCollins]

I went to this show and man was it simultaneously awesome and painfully loud. My ears rang for 2 days afterwards.

[@gerari6807]

This is badass footage badass setlist❤ farewell and goodnight

[@sm40oztofreedom]

Doesn’t get much better than this and we’ll never get it again.

[@Maxwell-w5k]

jfc i love "galapagos" so much. best era of SP.

[@notyourbusiness313]

I wish I could have seen them in the 90s but I was born in 1993 so... well, I might just say thank you to anyone who uploads stuff like this. 🖤🖤🖤

[@johnfullerton4097]

Favourate band of all time

[@jennymahar1806]

Well got damn that version of XYU is no joke...

[@AZ-hg6kw]

Thru The Eyes Of Ruby. 💘 😻

[@tutsybassista]

I named my 1st bass Ruby!

[@pedroh.g.9865]

Thanks for the upload, amazing footage ❤️

[@woo_doggy]

love all your uploads man thanks for sharing

[@AkathisiaWarrior]

“I’ll be under your stars forever…neither here nor there just right beside you…”

[@jamiboothe]

A close friend and I saw this same show, but at the Palace in Pasadena, five days earlier. Tiny place. It was fabulous and sweaty, and a whole mess of other things...

[@ectoplasma5]

Soma sounds great on acoustic.

[@AkathisiaWarrior]

33:34 omg thank you. Show her!!

[@paulandren936]

Great live

[@regaudieguillaume]

Right there, they created their legend.

[@lynngelski3604]

❤️ Smashing Pumpkins ♥️

[@seamless8505]

Galapogos

[@bootlegcowboys]

Looks Awesome J!

[@AkathisiaWarrior]

27:11 awe!! James!!

[@bobbykbobette7426]

I had no idea Jimmy was singing on Farewell and Goodnight. Always assumed it was James every time it wasn't Billy

[@BoyGeorgiaX]

unbelievable

[@paulburns1333]

Watching this, it struck me how good a punk band these would have made in the 1970's, Billy's screaming vocals and great guitars and drumming, proper attitude as well.

[@nilss5036]

Back when there were bands which consisted of awesome musicians...

[@GermainRenteria]

Take me down almost made me cry

[@AkathisiaWarrior]

51:21 D’arcy loves this tune. Have you seen the MCIS recording sessions? Her part it so cool.

[@linuxjodi4311]

I love how D'Arcy's mic cut through the mix here.. 🔥🔥 Mostly, backup mics are set way too low, bordering inaudible.. :\

[@ectoplasma5]

💥

[@srt4b]

best version of Rocket & Beautiful of all time

[@baileyrobinson1279]

And the embers never fade In your city by the BAY 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dragon2docgibson625]

How do they keep getting better even though it’s the same SONG????? I love SP

[@jennymahar1806]

ZERO----> holy shit that was badass

[@arlodante1163]

Show more James Iha!!

[@cmason1220]

Love the red James is wearing!

[@SupermanNew52]

"In your city by the bay" nice. I'm only one song in an it's already god tier.

[@carlaomiranda]

1:17:15 Ruby solo.

[@stopmotionmovie123]

1:45:54 🤣🤣 Oh my goodness billy and james' banter is really funny to me. I dont know why, but to me it is

[@starwinksbackfromtheskypit6790]

That version of Rocket is amazing

[@AkathisiaWarrior]

1:11:59 oh man. D’arcy’s part in this…sorry about the comments. I’m just in shock seeing them from when I saw them. I was like 14. July 10th, 1996!