🎵 Smashing Pumpkins - Zero REACTION

[@rollfizzlebeef9970]

No auto tune, that’s just Billy’s voice. Perfectly imperfect.

[@Tony-iu7sw]

All studio albums have some degree of auto tuning wether you believe it or not. It's part of editing and production to ensure quality content

[@Hanrahan46]

@@Tony-iu7sw Believe it or not, autotune started in 1997, so it just can't apply to this album, nor anything released before autotune was a thing.

[@johncondry]

Auto tune began in 1997.

[@Tony-iu7sw]

@@Hanrahan46 you're sorely mistaken

[@rollfizzlebeef9970]

Not going to split hairs…he didn’t pitch correct he layered just like any untrained vocalist of the time.

[@tywco]

That pause is one of my favorite moments in music. “WANNA GO FOR A RIDE?!”

[@roniedejesus3617]

It amazes me how much gets so more from this piece of music than he does. It’s fascinating and 😢 sad!!At the same 🎉.

[@paulg123]

The Smashing Pumpkins is such an amazing and unique band. I don't think I've experienced a band that comes close to their diverse and creative sound. Billy Corgan is ridiculously underrated as an artist. I met him and he gave me a greatest hits CD and signed it for me. He was incredibly friendly and I have nothing but respect and admiration for this man.

[@zoeherriot]

Well, I think The Cure is more diverse (I only say this because, I cannot think of a band that has so many different sounds and yet always sounds like themselves, going from recording Pornography to Japanese Whispers in less than a year is just wildly different styles). Billy did a collab with Robert Smith once too. Gotta say, that is awesome getting to meet him - he's an amazing musician.

[@jibernish]

Cure and Pumpkins are my 2 favorite bands. I'd have to say Pumpkins are more diverse. You take the 56 songs on Mellon Collie + Aeroplane Flies High and its dozens of different sounds, all sounding like them, all recorded at the same time. And then the follow up Adore, completely different and they didn't even have a drummer for that. I'm not saying SP is better than the Cure, I just think they are more diverse.

[@zoeherriot]

@@jibernish really? Go listen to Faith, Pornography and the Japanese Whispers. They are completely different genres. The pumpkins are indeed a diverse band but they never really diversified to that degree.

[@jibernish]

@@zoeherriot I respect your opinion, and you could be right. I have all those albums and they are quite diverse, and i love them all. I just personally feel different. SP sounds more varied to me.

[@zoeherriot]

@@jibernish that's fair enough. The two bands have a lot in common - despite being their own thing, and being led by a singularly driven creatively diverse individual is one of them.

[@Xenon0000000000001]

I love Zero. The main riff just hits the happy spot in my brain. Apparently, there are at least 6 rhythm guitars all overdubed to create the full guitar sound.

[@edwinmorse6615]

Sort of like walking on sunshine want to go for a ride

[@notimportant3686]

it's the harmonics, man

[@SIXX2772]

THIS SONG NEVER GETS OLD

[@scapito]

💯 friend! Spot on as usual.

[@SIXX2772]

@@scapito 🥰

[@hughring]

This song will rock forever.

[@williammunny6061]

Factual

[@notimportant3686]

i think the audio engineering did get old... but man, what a great song.... there are many of the songs i love that i wish would get reingineered and rerecorded... like deftones first album would be one of the heaviest things ever if properly recorded now

[@ninja_tony]

If Lex loved this, she REALLY needs to listen to their song Ava Adore. I just have a feeling it would be perfectly down her lane.

[@scapito]

That was my first thought too. 💜

[@weiland21]

Yes!

[@sarahzentexas]

Same!

[@Brinta3]

You were right!

[@generfeld]

GREAT advice, Ava Adore is awesome. one of the best songs on Adore, maybe the best

[@THEDEEPDIVE]

damn.. Lex putting it all together without even knowing Corgan's background.. Goth and Stoner Rock... SHE NAILED IT.

[@TheDeadStretch]

lmao there's nothing Goth or Stoner Rock about this song. haha

[@THEDEEPDIVE]

@@TheDeadStretch Corgan saw stoner metal and goth as equally amazing.. those were the two biggest influences in his musical life. Lex doesn't know any of that context and picked it out instinctively from listening to this song.. sorry man you are just flat wrong.

[@TheDeadStretch]

@@THEDEEPDIVE Yet there is nothing Goth and/or Stoner rock about it. lmao She was reading chat. That's easy to do.

[@THEDEEPDIVE]

@@TheDeadStretch not true. It's clearly taking the black sabbath stoner metal rock template and adding the goth 'sexy sad' lyrics and making the song danceable as well. Did you ever go to Goth clubs in the 90s? They played this as often as they played Bauhaus.

[@TheDeadStretch]

@@THEDEEPDIVE Black Sabbath is not Stoner Metal, like at all. Goth is also not sexy sad. lmao wtf? "Did you ever go to Goth clubs in the 90s?" Yes I'm from NYC they were very common.

[@jjslickwood]

You guys should listen to as much Smashing Pumpkins as you can. They're musically genius. They go from some of their own unique genres to super hard rock, while always being able to be immediately recognized as The Smashing Pumpkins so seamlessly, and they're always bomb!

[@mistymichelle9957]

**immediately bursts into tears of joy before the music even starts** Y'all just don't even know how badly I needed this reaction today. Not only did you pick my absolute FAVORITE Smashing Pumpkins song, but I get to see my spirit animal go through it for the first time. And then we'll top it with the fact that she basically just confirmed that she knows exactly who I am & what gets me hype. I am everything she said to describe how she felt. The rock, the EDM, the parties wearing a tail, the stoner. My cup runneth over. 😭😭❤❤❤

[@Johnny_Socko]

OK, but your reaction to their reaction was as good as their reaction!

[@mistymichelle9957]

@@Johnny_Socko Why thank you! This reaction + their Neverending Story reaction have been life-altering. If you didn't see that one, go watch it & then find my comment. This is actually part 2 of a dream that's been 20+ years in the making.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@mistymichelle9957 Couldn't find your "Neverending Story" comment. Must not have many Likes, as it's not near the top of the 650 comments. I also loved Lex' reaction to that song. Maybe you can re-post your comment to it here?

[@mistymichelle9957]

@@Cosmo-Kramer You're right; it only has one like, Brad & Lex's heart, & the 2 comments between me & Lex. I wish I could screenshot it & post it, but the point is she made me feel seen when I've felt invisible & alone in my home life. It was a bit of an affirmation & a wakeup call at the same time. And I've been making serious progress in my life since that day, truth be told. So...yeah. Hi, my name is Misty & Lex saved my life whether she knows it or not. 🤷🏻‍♀️💙

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@mistymichelle9957 That's what spirit animals are for. :)

[@markj8268]

I love watching her dance to the smashing pumpkins

[@chasechevy8933]

The Pumpkins are legendary in a Nirvana/Pearl Jam kinda way. There is no substitution and zero duplicating their sound

[@puppetmaster8551]

I feel like Alice In Chains is a better example than Nirvana/PJ but I do agree with your point about SP, their sound can’t really be replicated.

[@chasechevy8933]

@@puppetmaster8551 ....another good one but I consider AIC more of a metal band

[@TheKuLeR]

Jimmy Chamberlain.

[@TheReaperMan275]

I like what you did there _"zero_ duplicating their sound." 😉😎

[@peterwalsh2470]

Lex said "I didn't know this was hidden in the 90s". However in my experience, this type of fuzz guitar musical mayhem and other songs similar to this WAS the 90s sound.

[@peterwalsh2470]

for a similar sound with a female vocals, you could also check out "dirty jeans" by Magic Dirt

[@jcweb21]

Yeah, this was extremely popular in the 90s.

[@Shiby23]

Doooood, Lex looks like she's all hyped up on some Ecstacy with those dance moves flying every which way. 1:29 Brad looks at her out of the corner of his eye like damn brah, that shits hitting hard

[@paulner3]

You should check out a lot more from these guys, every song on every album is different and the albums can be wildly different from each other.

[@PotSmokeGuy]

There wasn't auto tune then, that's just him singing. He sometimes layered his vocals...meaning him singing over his own recorded voice.

[@scapito]

Yes, this is was 94-95, auto tune didn't become popular until a couple of years later... 98ish.

[@AmyEsposito-p3s]

Auto tune didn’t exist yet. That’s just Billy and his unique sound. The mastered imperfection of the garage band sound of the early 90s.

[@alextaylor2551]

Omg- she cracks me up. Both so cute together! Stoic dude and dancing woman.

[@frankmcbride7051]

I enjoy watching you both. Lex seems to have a true gift of expression. She can put into words things that most of us would really struggle to share.

[@antonymunn8386]

Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Rage, Belly, Beasties, Weezer, James, Pulp, RHCP, Placebo, Gangstarr, Oasis. Man we were blessed with some Music in the 90’s

[@natan_santos013]

ALICE IN CHAAAAAAAAAIIINNNSSSS

[@ricmcguigan1635]

What? No STP or Primus? Shame on you.

[@rikardoradiohead8038]

Radiohead

[@John_Locke_108]

That guitar intro, man. Played the hell out of this record. And the lyrics are so dark. This guy just screaming for help. And this wasn't hidden in the 90's. Constant rotation on MTV and alternative radio.

[@brianbarnett1004]

Lex was really getting it! Reminded me of the girls around me in college. They loved Smashing Pumpkins.

[@spencershaw4419]

It’s weird, but if I feel like crap at the end of the end of the day, I listen to the Smashing Pumpkins and I feel better. Thank you for listening!

[@mage1439]

One of my favorite SP songs. Billy Corgan really knows how to narrate depression. A song that rarely gets mentioned but I love: Eye.

[@eximusic]

I haven't listened to that song in decades. Thanks for reminding me!

[@Uziavenger]

The girl jamming to the beat and the dude trying to understand the lyrics is exactly how music fans are. I'm trying to break things down and figure them out while my wife is dancing in the background lol

[@pauljansen1137]

Such a great band to react to.."Soma" is the song I would like to see reviewed by you guys!!

[@mattdemo7173]

Auto-tune did not exist in music pre 1998 and was 1st used on the Cher song Believe. This song is all Billy doing his thing with masterful skill.

[@bucklberryreturns]

One of the wildest solos in an otherwise straight forward groove/riff rock tune. Love it. Legend has it that during at least one tour for certain songs, whoever (Billy or James) could play the solo fastest warming up, would take it during the gig itself. Having said that, I can't imagine Billy being so generous!

[@dharvell]

I'm sure there is a little pitch tuning in certain key areas (it is a studio recording, after all), but for the most part you're probably just hearing some vocal layering for thickness and support. That's just Billy being Billy, right there.

[@jeffreekoch9298]

I used to go out with a goth/punkish chick back in the mid '90s. 🧛‍♀️ Smashing Pumpkins was one of her favorite bands. Lex got it! 😆

[@joesmith8725]

SP was a huge band in the '90s, '00s and even now. Still makes music. Listen to their other songs, too! Great description from Lex. Pumkins is alt rock with shoegaze/psychedelic/stoner rock, gothic roc/ punk, , new wave/industrial/EDM/dance-rock, ibes and other elements. Unique group! Their music is also popular at goth dance clubs, too at times. Very groovy music and hard, dark at the same time. Like Deftiones. Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros, HUM, Local H, and others. You should listen to current groups like Silversun Pickups, Metric, and others. Similar style and influenced by Smashing Pumkins. Also, that is Billy's voice. Usually nasally lol. No autotune.

[@Daniel-ud2jj]

legends from Chicago!

[@stevenbeall9637]

There was some track doubling in the "she's the one" section to get the spacey separation, but that's it. No autotune here.

[@Chucktones1408]

I love that she states she's feeling a "goth vibe"! Listen to the album "Gish".

[@OpalMoonstone247]

And Adore, totally Goth!

[@willybubba]

Fun Fact: Billy Corgan is the owner of the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) which does weekly shows on it's KZbin Channel kzbin.info The NWA itself has a deep wrestling history that goes back to pretty much the origins of wrestling as we know it. Billy has been involved in wrestling for a long time. He was at one time the President of TNA-Impact Wrestling and his "character" was heavily featured on Television.

[@tobaobokoomi1693]

Maybe a touch of echo and Billy harmonizing with himself on multiple tracks...but no autotune...he sounds live like he does recorded, sometimes even better live...

[@beenright5115]

Can't fucking believe how on point Lex is!! Love your reactions, guys!

[@shaneptc23]

The short concert in Twin Cities at Block E during the summer Aquatennial in MPLS turned into a 2 hour Smashing Pumpkins and was great

[@shaneptc23]

I wanna say like 96/97.

[@josephgaal394]

Just seen them live last week... billy still got it. They ended the set with zero, soooo good.

[@_jm0n3y8oo_]

He’s saying he’s in love with his pain. It’s a love song to melancholy . Sidenote Lex you kill me with how much you get into SP. Favorite band from my childhood. They stood out from what all the others were doing. He has no one hence zero

[@THEDEEPDIVE]

Joel, come on over and share your SP love with us. We need more SP love on KZbin. Doing our top 50 SP song series.

[@juanmejia3576]

@@THEDEEPDIVE YOOO THE SP GURU IS HERE

[@THEDEEPDIVE]

@@juanmejia3576 AM I THE SP GURU?! WOOOOOO

[@cogline]

I love Lex, her taste in rock, and her energy

[@pompelmostique]

Zero is so fire 🔥 don't do Billy Corgan dirty by questioning his voice. It's all natural Zero is from 1995... auto-tune wasn't even used in a song until 1998 in Cher's song "I Believe"

[@I_AM_SKOKS]

Please listen to a hummer by the Smashing Pumpkins. One of their bests.

[@negativeindustrial]

“Hummer” is their best.

[@aboutthisproduct7674]

I think she's got it! Vocals are just how he sounds.

[@irvinvalkowitz2867]

Nope. No auto tune. Just his voice.

[@Kravis63]

I love how much Lex loves the Pumpkins, she always vibes to their best songs.

[@PureEffinMagic]

"the kind of rave....you wear a tail to" 😂This is the kind of odd genius that will always keep me coming back here

[@baruchgoldberg6280]

Never auto tune.. Billy Corgan did his own purposeful change ups of very soft & high notes to more emo-goth harsh sounds to soft & lower notes… usually fitting his lyrics .. you’ll notice the drums & other instruments work around as fillers to his vocals when most rock is the other way. Smashing Pumpkins is very unique in many ways & definitely a gem. Check out “Muzzle” then check out “Bodies” both on same album. Then follow up w “Through the Eyes Of Ruby” (actually just listen to the entire album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness) & you’ll walk away saying “whaaaaat!?!?”

[@nickinderrieden7630]

This song was not hidden in the '90s. This was a radio release and got good air. The real hidden pumpkins is the AFH box set with remixes and super badass covers, which you guys should totally check out.

[@diksken]

You guys are such a good couple. Love u both. Greetz from Belgium.

[@Pink_Chanel_Princess]

You guys should do these by The Smashing pumpkins: - Siva - Eye - Cherub rock - Rhinoceros

[@TheAnonJohn]

I think they did cherub rock?

[@scapito]

@@TheAnonJohn you're correct

[@ryandudley6334]

Soma, Geek USA, Hummer, Mayonaise

[@1trumantucker1]

I HATE that autotune has people questioning every artist with a unique voice....

[@KevinLogsdonMusic]

I hate autotune. Period.

[@pompelmostique]

Totally. Zero came out in 1995, auto-tune in 1997

[@gep9141]

So glad you listened to this one. It’s my favorite and often gets overlooked by people.

[@Justin-td4bb]

I think you are ready to work your way through the 27 tracks on their '95 album, Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness🙂 .Their music varies a lot, in a good way. Very versatile.

[@Dinosaurs_with_laser_guns]

You HAVE to do Bullet With Butterfly Wings after this! The lyrics on both matches each other!

[@kapheroph]

They already did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noHHpoGCidF6g5o

[@alwaysengines]

They already reacted to that song

[@Dinosaurs_with_laser_guns]

@@alwaysengines oh xit!

[@Cadinho93]

You guys should react to… The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore 🎸🤘

[@paulg123]

Absolutely! One of my favorites. I think I watched the video over 1000 times.

[@Torthrodhel]

I tend to prefer deeper cuts than most fans go for but this one besides being an obvious choice is actually up there, great song. Your dancing to it was so awesome! Really feeling the groove! Love that! :D

[@sheert]

This beautiful song seems to about depression, something all too familiar to Billy Corgan... "I never let on, that I was on a sinking ship. I never let on that I was down." ... cue amazing guitar solo. The "love" part of the song is being trapped in its vicious cycle "She's the one for me; she's all I really need, oh yeah" "I'm in love with my sadness". For them doing a song about love, check out Stand Inside Your Love.

[@joepaskowski9091]

Recognize the cool in the weird. Word. That’s the pumpkins-weird but cool

[@MrMojoRisin13]

I ALWAYS wish this song were longer.

[@TroubledTurnip]

The Pumpkins arrived right at the start of Grunge, and sort of rode that train in the beginning, but they were never actually Grunge. Again, you called the goth element. Billy Corgan was in a goth band before the Pumpkins and brought a lot of that dark introspection and melancholy to pop/rock, which before Grunge had only ever been focused on partying. People were primed for something different with the arrival Grunge and the Pumpkins were totally different even from Grunge itself. I couldn't even begin the name all the genres they have touched on in their catalog. An exceptionally creative and talented band.

[@fatherfabulous]

Brad's reaction to the "God is empty ... just like me" line is priceless.

[@reedw5060]

Love your dancing and smiling Lex :) Hopefully Brad jumps on that vibe someday lol

[@knittingnickel]

20 year fan of this song... like, loved it for over 20 years - I'm tail end Gen X. Would be interesting to see someone do an ironic pop-major key version on one of these singing competition shows. Guitar solo? Choreographed dance time. Kind of like a Pumped Up Kicks kinda moment. 🤔😝

[@Roger-ws8rj]

1:30 that side eye🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@scottsmith1557]

Autotune wasn't released until September 1997. This album came out in October 1995.

[@IronFist.97]

This tune is pure dark and good vibes from start to end

[@paulborresch6116]

Lex is a drummer in another life.

[@punklover99]

This came out in 95 and it shows. This a time capsule of the 90's

[@subhashxrecord3131]

Its usually on the radio when driving so the pace is a thing to consider listen to that when your driving around town %/

[@joranbergwall]

Lex reaction is fantastic. So fun to watch her feeling the song.

[@heliosvice]

Fukin’ beast of a song. This is one of those that really gets you addicted to it! Check out the classic The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight

[@jaycordner3890]

BANGER!!!

[@politicalscientist8880]

Gotta do adore... but also watch the one-take video

[@adventurizingVODs]

No autotune, just vocal layering. The song came out in '95, autotune in '97, and Cher first used it in '98.

[@baruchgoldberg6280]

PS I subscribed hoping you’ll do more Smashing Pumpkins

[@jasonjackson1688]

90's alternative with a doom metal riff surprise

[@windog551]

Wow you guys hitting all my favorite 90's bands fast.

[@badbot4ever566]

Billy Corgan is the man . Smashing Pumpkins is one of my favorite bands of all time they got that 90’s teenage angst down to a tee .

[@Appreciation-Community]

"She" is his depression. He is in love with his sadness. That's the idea.

[@rdub9767]

Lex's natural reactions to these songs are great.

[@brenobeads4332]

Best channel for sp reactions 🤟🏻 hell yeah!!!!!!

[@masonyuzwa8717]

This is billys singing voice, hes more soft and less high pitched in his tslking voice, ❤ the reaction, this is a top 25 rock band for me !! 👍👍 there also wasnt much auto tune back in the late 90s, and not many rock bands used it back then !!

[@AsterixInOz]

Perfectly sunken deep and lonely with all of nothing all you do is wrong diving deeper in that hole, that's depression, that's zero.

[@Vin-Dogg]

this song is dope never heard it lol crazy

[@GildedShame]

This song equals teenage angst to me since it came out when I was 15. It's like 90's "death rock."

[@joebeard4687]

"Porcelina of Vast Oceans"

[@stevenconnor4221]

Classic emboldened with emotional vocal outpourings.

[@jonathanmartin8716]

Someone needs to get this woman a Zero shirt :)

[@Henninchs]

Ohh I love that song. It reminds me so much about being in my club as a youth

[@crash5922]

The fact you know what stoner rock is has earned you a sub

[@ifyousayso9392]

I could party with Lex any night of the week 😂

[@JestRLee]

Brad and Lex... Check out "Volcano", "Mach 5", "Lump" or "Peaches" by the band "The Presidents of the United States of America"...

[@aaronpollard7207]

Billy Corgan calls the genre of this song Cybermetal.

[@ryandudley6334]

Geek USA makes this sound like a warm-up song

[@joemachine4714]

If you want to hear Pumpkins with strings and horns, try "Tonite Tonite" from this same album. Huge pop hit and the video is a MUST too!

[@ryanfisher5729]

My fav pumpkins song. Never gets old.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

such an incredible double album...double album chock full of full on 90s rock..and then some...just superb album...

[@Bee-28]

Great reaction! I really don't think auto-tune was used back then. It sounds more like clever mixing, overlay & a dry/dirty sounding mike. Of all the bands I loved & listened to, I never ever grow tired of Smashing Pumpkins.

[@joemachine4714]

Can't believe during thier peak in late 90s i got into a rare club show the size of a basketball court. And i was a few feet from the band. So cool! (St Andrews Hall, Detroit)

[@robertherring9277]

Go to the Lalapalooza (Homer joins a freak show) episode of The Simpsons. This song and band are in the episode. I was like in my very early 20's... they captured it well.