Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm @ MTV Studios NY, Oct 31st 1993

Disarm Live - Oct 31 1993 @ MTV Studios in New York, NY, US
thanks to original poster

[@dannymaciel5974]

my mom told me she was at this show 5 months pregnant with me.

[@vjcosta11]

ah the good ol 90's when everyone rocked!

[@wolfganghpvangchhia1491]

Epic

[@0822robert]

Your mom is cool

[@danzigmcnaniel5226]

Danny Maciel which means you just celebrated your 25th birthday about a month back. Happy belated. I wonder if you heard it and felt the sound of the room?🤔

[@denimobi9825]

Five months are you sure? Or was it the night she got pregnant? Billy might be your father bro.

[@headinthecloudsagain1735]

His voice is so unique

[@alifirham6681]

i think similar with gerard way!

[@finncallahan8994]

@@alifirham6681 People really like to compare those two, artistically and physically

[@spdodger]

The Neil Young family tree.

[@bruceperez2283]

Billy is one of the most talented singer-musicians in history!

[@angelface3121]

I've always loved this song. It's so beautiful.

[@seelenwinter6662]

more painful... but for that i love that song...

[@stenyjackson5256]

Same since I first heard it

[@dennis3351]

hey angelface. I used to be a little boy. what's a boy supposed to do?

[@groyongang]

Best time of my life is the 90's ..so simple yet full of color

[@vanessamarie6844]

This is talent.

[@mrcssylvester]

Just listen to the way James came in at 2:38. Magical

[@lordberly]

I wonder why he didn't put that on the original record

[@kevinperlow4595]

Because it's an entirely different version of the song. It wouldn't necessarily fit in with the use of the violin and cello. That's essentially why the acoustic guitar is heavily used in the original track. Simplistic yet profound.

[@lightofwinter1820]

@@kevinperlow4595 it's a great groove tho. there's an alt version of Spaceboy kinda like this, with I think James playing slide

[@Kinnakeeter]

I still have this performance recorded on VHS. I miss those days man

[@juniorrosario9628]

i Love you Darcy wretzky

[@peterandall4all900]

Billy has always been able to sing my hurt like no one else. Other than maybe Kurt Cobain used to...

[@cdreyes81]

for some reason, i dont feel hurt when think kurt lyric wise. maybe i should go back and pay more attention.

[@bargainspotter1027]

Chris Cornell & Eddie Vedder as well for me. Both wrote songs about anger, pain, etc.

[@carlos66965]

@I wish I was a vampire in the late 80s & early 90s Subjective

[@ruination775]

Agreed ❤

[@HighGTurn6]

I need his shirt..

[@ChopsMcgee_]

I wonder if music will ever be this good again!

[@seemourbutts6679]

It won’t lol

[@TheLockdownKidNYC]

I never realized how many performances for MTV the Pumpkins did. I'm discovering some other gem from 1993/1994/1995 every time I look up Pumpkins videos.

[@dawntodusk00]

One of the best performances of this song I have seen :-) vocals and music are spot on.

[@jaylunar3561]

What a fucking performance, dude. Such great dynamics, and god damn these four could rip.

[@Hupsibasse]

He is so goddamned beautiful here.

[@jam-nc8ut]

It must of have been the last day of school before Christmas or something, because we'd gone bowling. When we'd finished, I remember walking into town alone, through a fairly determined blizzard, to make sure I managed to get Disarm on 7". After clinging it close to my chest for an hour, I got home and put it on, and of course knew it was worth the walk, and the cold. I loved the b-side Siamese Dream too, but I remember thinking, at 15 years of age, nothing could touch my nerves, my heart and my brain more deeply than when Billy Corgan sings 'I used to be a little boy'. I was at least 90% right.

[@filippopepitoni1170]

Sweetest version. I adore them

[@ThomasPaine01]

D'arcy was so cute. Damn!

[@pamelabaldwin9471]

Damn what vocals.. you kill it Billy...love it.. such raw talent..

[@organicchemistryluv]

So young and so handsome and oh yeah greatest song ever and one of the best performances of it.

[@tadungviet2341]

He is so goddamned beautiful here. I wonder if music will ever be this good again!

[@kristopherryanwatson]

just watching Billy play clean on his iconic "bat strat" alone for a song like Disarm is pure magic. his genius is undeniable.

[@jackjensen1251]

Wow, great to see this song performed live. Thanks for posting

[@cathyhiles7635]

Really good looking with hair. So young then. He still is so talented. No one sings like him.

[@ElsolraSaul]

Corgan's coarse voice makes this a truly emotional song

[@evanset6]

Thank god for 90s music...

[@waveguider]

That was his best haircut...

[@grumpkinfun]

I remember this sad day very well…River Phoenix passed away in the early morning hours

[@user-zw7oe4jv3j]

God they were so above the rest. If there is one band that doesn't get the praise they deserve is SP. Hope the rumours of a reunion are true. Not that the new line up is bad, it just seems Billy is uncomfortable. Being with the ones who went through the storm together might be good

[@sadiesleepwalker646]

Just thinking that it' can be considered underrated while the others are overrated . Is it his not good reputation?

[@MrJjrob97]

Back when MTV played good music

[@ProKennyGames]

When MTV had music to play 😔

[@Robert_Villagra]

I've been looking for this version, thanks!

[@MusicFanEver1]

This song reminds me so much my teenage time. Strange feelings... So glad to have been a teenager in the musically blessed 90's !!!

[@ThePekingcity]

Wow, great to see this song performed live. Thanks for posting I need his shirt.. This is talent. All them fellers together, just gold.

[@marialimah1]

"the years burn...!!!"

[@mzero23]

Thank you for posting!

[@cathyhiles7635]

Perfect song. Love it

[@FriendrickLamar]

So thankful I got to grow up in the 90's..

[@DynamicDesignz585]

Beautiful!

[@johnc1280]

enchanting

[@xx59cushmanxx]

outstanding : )

[@marcorobecchi4398]

Cos'è il tempo se lo sai fermare con una canzone... una parola vuota...

[@CondescendingGod]

Amazing.

[@airsneaker]

what a voice .........thx

[@pompompurin1O]

Billy is perfect...

[@TheSInSurfer]

Frickin' AMazing! Brings tears to my eyes.

[@JaredDeinlein]

God damn this is so good. I just learned how to play disarm. Im working on singing it now

[@teredomcas4172]

Octubre 2019 lo mejor que tiempos.... Hermosa canción

[@seanbelltv]

Perfect.

[@agnieszka1094]

2022 NON STOP SUPER LOVE !!!

[@aliocha999]

thanks

[@nilohaartalejo2224]

Necesito que vuelvan esos tiempos. De buena musica buenas voces como la de Billy Corgan. Sin duda es la mejos banda!

[@mannyguzman3484]

The two times I went to see the pumpkins are the best music experiences I had in my youth

[@princessRockabella86]

the voice

[@cs292]

….as a Gen Xer growing up with parents that half way gave a shit about you just enough to criticize you but not enough to love and support you….I can relate to this song.

[@albertotorressanchez8471]

Gran banda y voz inigualable!!

[@marioahu]

True artists!!

[@organicchemistryluv]

haunting version of the best song of all time.

[@organicchemistryluv]

so amazing, I have chills. How is that possible on the millionth time listening to a song?

[@gabrielfelipegato]

The best live performance of all times *-*

[@credenceia3572]

fav song

[@cujo1990]

classic pumpkins man !!! good stuff

[@BigMichael78]

Billy with hair!!!

[@luisitocrisostomo687]

The best 👍🏿

[@lumapas]

that's what i like about the 90's rock bec. its not about how u looks its about the quality of the song and music...

[@thecoolkids567]

this is the best song ever

[@ijeomaestherokechukwu7217]

Octubre 2019 lo mejor que tiempos.... Hermosa canción I need his shirt..

[@flornayelie9902]

x2

[@CookintheApp]

meanwhile, this is happening, thousands of miles West, off the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood between Larabee and San Vicente, River Phoenix OD'd in front of the Viper Room (River Poom). 10/31/93

[@trevmac8362]

where the fuck did 20 years go too

[@rozicaadner8181]

Yes

[@sgt.scarlet6858]

yes, yes, yes

[@TheRobertjavier81]

I dont belive what a greait song i love SP the best hallowen ever 1993 good year for SP

[@marialinedutra]

Tudo pra mim 🖤

[@vincentrobinson9325]

55 years old still listening to April 5th 2022. 🤘🙂

[@eugeneaxe]

Amazing. Back when they were on top of the world.

[@iliasgkalgkanopoulos8397]

This song is a Cure

[@TheJasonreti]

holy shit, thumbs up, all the way up.

[@sbstnpofadder]

This song is brilliant so is the album.

[@family_camargo]

I was seven when this concert happened...no idea I was supposed to enjoy this sooo much when I´m 27.....wow !!!!!

[@Broudii]

Unglaublich groß dieses Lied ...

[@felicias.clayton6201]

Just listen to the way James came in at 2:38. Magical I need his shirt.. "the years burn...!!!"

[@torykincaid4903]

Oh another stolen comment

[@COMPROCUPOCADIVI]

intro on this song it's the more 90)ish thing you could ever hear-- So sad it only happened once in a lifetime

[@MrBosephine]

Oh my God

[@danielledaldos6321]

Corgan!!! -- All them fellers together, just gold. Crazy to think River Phoenix died that day... RIP RIO

[@torykincaid4903]

Crazy your post is made up of multiple stolen posts from years before yours.. fucking loser

[@amber5690]

Had a dream my friend asked me to see the smashing pumpkins on Halloween I'm glad that led me to here

[@gamerspartans]

this will play at my funeral

[@annkauwale8171]

I need his shirt.. This is talent.

[@DFGHOUSE]

thats what im saying tho

[@19shale]

Crazy to think River Phoenix died that day... RIP RIO

[@benddawson]

Damn didnt realise that

[@connorjoseph6565]

@@benddawson realize *

[@benddawson]

@@connorjoseph6565 um realise in the uk

[@connorjoseph6565]

@@benddawson u wot m8

[@benddawson]

@@connorjoseph6565 you* what* mate*

[@TacomaPaul]

Is absolutely true. I would have nothing to gain from saying that.... only to enlighten. So people are actually cool... and I like to think I'm one of them.

[@itsjustme6403]

great thing bout the pumpkins is that they weren't the cock rock grunge. Corgan has a brain

[@TheChaoticWanderer]

Yes, Corgan has a brain.. All over the roof.

[@LemmyKoopaVGA]

It's Just Me Never, ever understood how anyone could call Smashing Pumpkins grunge. Maybe the smallest, smallest influence from grunge culture, but they're far above the grunge movement.

[@TheChaoticWanderer]

***** yes, im sorry!

[@wfc1987]

Kurt Cobain was extremely intelligent and intuitive. People think leaving his daughter behind or making an impulsive decision to take his life amidst all his pain takes away from that.

[@AltCTRLF8]

Kurt showed he had brains too...all over the wall

[@iagobroxado]

I haven't seen that Strat as freshly painted as this before :D

[@Drew79]

Wait twenty years kid, you'll be saying the samething we are saying now. Hard to believe this was twenty years ago, it went by to fast.

[@TheLastFraudster]

Watching this reminds me of why I used to love music. Everything around now is utter SHIT! Yep I'm old.

[@devonoffutt3384]

I hate how everyone always says stuff like this. There was JUST as much bad music back then as there is now, it just didn't stand the test of time and you don't see any of it today. You're seeing the past through rose tinted glasses, when it was just the same as now. There are still good bands out there putting out heartfelt bits of poetry like they used to, and always have been.

[@Alex-hu4jh]

@@devonoffutt3384 I totally agree u have any good band suggestions

[@connorjoseph6565]

@@devonoffutt3384 i agree i hate when boomers think that there must be absolutely 0 good music out when all they’re doing is listening to the top 40 to make that judgement.

[@mindofmyown8597]

peak culture right here guys. we had potentional

[@lostandwounded]

wow

[@pedrok60]

The killer in me is the killer in you...

[@Dazza768]

they use to broadcast music woooooooooow

[@bmorrissey01]

absolute silence in the crowd

[@doozle5132]

Tasteful + restrained.

[@benbusy7295]

This song almost old enough to buy liquor