The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings (REACTION!!!)

[@kitoyobeni1]

Billy's vocals can be polarizing, but I've always tended towards unique singers, so it's right up my alley.

[@ISMSKL]

Billy is Dave Mustaine of 90s alternative rock

[@kinginthenaught]

weird vocals are the best! thats why i like deftones and SOAD as well!

[@spamsingles5948]

@@kinginthenaught I like Deftones and SOAD's vocals a lot, but I don't like Billy Corgan's voice at all

[@kitoyobeni1]

@@kinginthenaught Billy, Perry Farrell, Bjork, Shannon Hoon, etc etc

[@Dielawn69]

Billy's vocals are so varied though. His vocals can go from a whisper to screaming to pretty singing all in one song.

[@protipswithjason5939]

His voice grows on you. After hearing a few songs, a few times, and everything you think you don’t like just vanishes.

[@orionbugg3307]

His voice and all Smashing pumpkins starts to become soo nostalgic and perfect after a while

[@megabadass30]

This is very true

[@ledsabbath1086]

I think that's exactly what they're experiencing now. If they revisit this song, after their reviews on Mayonnaise and Cherub Rock, I think they would have a different take...

[@ThomasECahill]

You guys are 2 cool dudes, if everyone was this cool, the world would be better.

[@markhayes2003]

Agreed

[@limbersigarroa1135]

Indeed

[@dmneethling]

True story! :)

[@RikBrescia]

I couldn't agree more.

[@_Majoras]

sadly, the violence will never end

[@coastalpaladin5024]

Jimmy Chamberlin is an amazing drummer. Very underrated.

[@theguy9067]

"despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage". When a rat gets angry in a cage, nothing happens. It affects nothing

[@rwgeach]

despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage.

[@andrewverrett568]

Best lyric ever though

[@robpaul7544]

Pumpkins has layers. Ratrace is in there too - world is a vampire. Labrat is in there.

[@benjaminpike1437]

Billy Corgan's voice is an acquired taste for sure. I feel like most people either hate or love The Smashing Pumpkins. I personally grew up on the Pumpkins and absolutely love them. I saw them live 4 months ago and Sioux Falls and they still got it. One of the best visual performances I've been to in a long time! Thanks for the reaction dudes. You guys always have the best reaction videos.. no joke!

[@travistravinyle4207]

Yep it's love or hate and there are multiple vocal styles he has used album to album and tour to tour.

[@KarlSchoenefeld4]

I feel like most of the Smashing Pumpkin haters are more new school and didn't grow up with them. I grew up with them, and in my experience, anyone who was a fan of alternative rock had nothing bad to say about the Smashing Pumpkins. They were heavy-hitters. If the pumpkins were coming to town, it was going to sell out. Maybe people just need to look them up on KZbin and watch them play live.

[@joegamezi4879]

They never had IT!

[@darkmoon66]

The mellowed out groove going into the high energy chorus was a staple of 90's alternative rock. It was heavily influenced by The Pixies, an 80's alternative band that influenced a lot of 90's alternative rock and grunge bands. Kurt Cobain even said "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was Nirvana's attempt at writing a Pixies song. You guys should check out the songs "Giagantic" or "Where Is My Mind" for a great example of them, although you may have heard both before. Also, please do some Queens of the Stone Age!

[@mistabook]

darkmoon66 Ooh, a Pixies song on here would be dope.

[@bubbaclemson5566]

Love me some Pixies

[@jadedandbitter]

The groove isn't mellow here though, it's very insistent.

[@Bloodstone_DC]

I would agree, but i actually don't know, where my mind is at the moment.

[@aldenwilkins]

+1 foe Where is My Mind

[@jasonhagar1758]

The more Smashing Pumpkins you listen to, the more you appreciate his voice.

[@orionbugg3307]

His voice is awesome because it's so different. I find it all to be so nostalgic to me because I grew up on smashing pumpkins.

[@midwestfighter]

Can't believe "Today" wasn't in the running; a masterful song that broke through and introduced the world to a new sound. Smashing Pumpkins pioneered that sound, and IMO did it biggest and best. Billy's vocals are to be commended, in that he does a pretty good job with what he's got. Looking at him as an underdog, you find yourself cheering for him - and the band- to belt that wall of emotional fuzz out.

[@Kashmirknight]

It's a bit boring. ZERO is fire.

[@flightgravity7483]

It was in the running, as were most of the popular radio hits.

[@colinmanderson2185]

I thought the same thing. I’d put “Today” in my top two for Smashing Pumpkins Songs, along with “Cherub Rock.”

[@sergioromanomunoz8155]

George is right, this structure of soft verses-hard choruses were used A LOT in the 90's, is a composition style first championed by the Pixies and Nirvana popularized it. Everyone, from Radiohead to the Cranberries to Bush to (yes, true) Blink-182 to Audioslave to Green Day has used it at least once.

[@sergioromanomunoz8155]

Still love a lot of those songs, though.

[@429supercj]

I could even show you a Slayer song from the mid 90s that does it too

[@randallpetersen9164]

LOUD-quiet-LOUD

[@vanderlubbe7791]

1979 is the song, their most melancholy & uplifting song... a moment of utter perfection.... 4 minutes of frozen time in that dreamland of melancholic peace and beauty. You have to watch it with the original video they made for it. A sublime piece of work, that hits all the buttons.

[@billybrown3183]

I personally feel that 1979 is overplayed and songs like mayonnaise and cherub rock are my favorite. Just an opinion.

[@stevencoffin328]

I'm a smashing pumpkins fan and I will be the first to admit Billy (lead singer) sounds like an angry Kermit the frog.

[@witchisinthebelltower2032]

dude and this is coming from another fan, I'd have to agree.

[@cryinginred]

Yep! As a fellow fan, I agree!

[@johngrotefeld6302]

also fan, also agree - am into the drums, guitars and variety... his singing seemed more rounded on Zwan, better tone these days too

[@BTBwebstudio]

I love their music, but his voice is Kermit-y 😂

[@JessesanMan]

True, but he makes it work

[@marcusbrown87]

ZERO has one of the coolest riffs of all time

[@jthomashair]

Definitely one that just STICKS with you over the years

[@bradleyard4195]

Zero has one of the most sinister sounding riffs of all time. Love that track, too.

[@andyhval828]

Word.

[@vincentmazzola5695]

Agreed

[@angelone1839]

Yes

[@issacsanchez3764]

Felll on black days soundgarden

[@danielgray2909]

Yez!!!

[@zomina2or]

Yes

[@bobshenix]

Great song but too moody and "boring" for non-fans to review on camera.... I'd rather hear a heavier song from Soundgarden.

[@zachmaheu3977]

@Joseph Maybe even Burden in My Hand

[@Redscorp713]

Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live

[@WangFish420]

Can't give this enough thumbs up

[@zachjohnson637]

There are better Soundgarden tracks.

[@WangFish420]

@@zachjohnson637 There sure are. This would be a song I'd love to see Lost In Vegas react to.

[@detrockcity3]

It's the immediately preceding album that's the true masterpiece, start to finish.

[@plaguehater13]

Probably my favorite Soundgarden song. And to the all the elitists who would balk at this, I've listened to Soundgarden's entire catalogue and I'm a big fan. There may be "better" songs, but this is still probably my favorite.

[@new_found_corey]

Smashing pumpkin is one of the greatest 90s bands ever

[@christiancamlin13]

Yeah those 90's bands from the 40's do not even compare with the Pumpkins!!!

[@3xclusiv3sodak]

@@christiancamlin13 he could be talking about the 1890s or 1790s. You don't know.

[@kingexclusivo]

Greatest bands ever period

[@Kabz8]

Cherub Rock is more fun, but this track was iconic. Obviously darker and heavier, but the mix of the two songs is also totally different to my ears. This track was a 90s MEGA hit. Worldwide. Faith No More is a band you must check out. Midlife Crisis, Evident, Stripsearch, and Ashes to Ashes are some to consider. I would say Faith No More’s frontman, Mike Patton, has been one of the most ripped off modern Rock artists, and his risk taking and experimentation is innovative in his multitude of bands. Peeping Tom, Fantômas. Tomahawk, Mr. Bungle, and Faith No More just to name a few.

[@rkoutz]

I think they did Midlife Crisis. Check their videos, it was a couple of months back.

[@Kabz8]

Rob Koutz totally forgot. And I definitely watched it too. Haha. Patton is worth revisiting weekly. He is a musical genius, and I rarely use that term.

[@TheMisterD00D]

Yeah it's second chance time orrrr one of Patrons other projects. I think Tomahawk could go over well. But yeah even in Faith No More I would suggest to Ryan and George Faith No Mores From Out of Nowhere. If possible with the video because there is one.

[@ISMSKL]

I really love Mike's work with Kaada

[@davorbrijacak]

FNM is a must second chance, but they are really unique and weird band, hard to get into and not one song is representative of their whole diverse sound. Since they like smooth groove maybe they should go with Evidence, Caralho Voador or Star AD.

[@iamnotcoyote3528]

Pumpkins came before blink and sum41

[@derekwhite9932]

I wonder if they are thinking Epic, by FNM?

[@pechondelgado]

Also in no way comparable to lame pop punk bands but I'm not judging. Nirvana or any Seatttle grunge would have been a much better comparison.

[@thomasharris4942]

"despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage": is about the futility of your anger against the system, cuz it keeps winning nonetheless

[@mattokeeffe3972]

Billy Corgan: "Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins" Homer: "Homer Simpson, smiling politely"

[@richardclark1127]

Homer: "My kids think youre the greatest and thanks to your gloomy music they stopped dreaming of a future I can't possibly afford" Billy Corgan: "Well, we try to make a difference"

[@rushzil2112]

Billy Corgan, the singer, is a mega Rush fan. The drummer Jimmy Chamberlin comes from a jazz background and is a beast!

[@Margar02]

*ahem* that's "William" now.

[@johnkinsela77]

Jimmy is the greatest drummer IMO

[@maikes.8649]

Good choice. Maybe you‘ll react to „Disarm“ one day. One of the most beautiful ballads I‘ve ever heard.

[@lilymcallister9751]

I agree.

[@sarahmurabito9391]

Maike S. or honey bee saviors shadow and i’ll name the dogs by blake shelton seriously 🙏🏼

[@thebluriam]

Man, when are you guys going to release your guys playlists on Spotify or somewhere? Inquiring minds need to know!

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

That'd be really cool if they made a playlist of the songs they liked after their reactions.

[@GlueGunsRoses]

Yes... I'm always curious about the playlist 😂

[@kevinnelson9588]

At one time there was a playlist under their name on spotify, but I don't know if it is them or someone else making it.

[@TheEnnisfan]

At one point this double album was the highest selling double album of all time. Maybe still is... Saw The Pumpkins at MSG for this tour and it was amazing. This Pumpkins at their PEAK, fellas. The entire album is incredible. So much good music in there.

[@brovold72]

I agree except The Wall and The Beatles and 1999 and a couple others edge it out, sales-wise. But is sorta the Pumpkins at their Pumpkinsest! - I personally prefer the less-challenging 'Gish' and how different it was when I first heard it, but this really is their prime.

[@jkbezo]

Oh hell ya! Smashing Pumpkins! Grew up on them during High School, '90s. Generation Xers! Alternative rock. Very diverse stuff. Grunge, punk, noise rock, hard rock, metal, garage band rock, shoegaze influenced. Similar to Nirvana, Foo Fighters, No Doubt (they were more SkaPunk/Raggae punk), Pixies, Weezer, Local H Hole, The Breeders, , etc. Lot of groups back then changed dynamics in their songs (mellow, slow, soft vocals then to punkish fast paced. loud buzzy guitars and yelling, going back and forth). Lot of ppl liked them, different ppl. Even if you listened to other type of genres, music. This type of rock was popular back in the '90s - mid '00s. I used to play stuff like this on my electric guitars. lol

[@jry0511]

Billy's vocals are divisive, and I understand why it turns some off, but I absolutely fell in love with his voice in the mid-90s when I first heard him in the song '1979.' You should definitely do 'Zero'.

[@McPherson123]

Corrosion Of Conformity - Clean My Wounds.

[@GetCronk1989]

McPherson123 in the arms of god or stonebreaker be great too

[@jorgeelprimo714]

Vote with a bullet

[@BeKindToAnimals810]

Yes! Still a regular on my playlist.

[@thegreenwave6741]

Pearls before swine

[@pariah076]

Dance of the Dead or White Noise

[@RmonteiroHQ]

Billy Corgan is a mad composer, he writes so much stuff he wouldn't be able to record in a lifetime. I don't like his voice either, but man, dude knows how to write a song.

[@KyMom502]

And he can't read music! That's so amazing to me

[@flipjupiter1]

I agree. Great writer, terrible vocalist. Not knocking him at all. Some guys can sing. Some cannot. Just life.

[@Ray-si9co]

You gotta admit though, hIs well-timed screams are the best in business.

[@Ray-si9co]

Jessica Norman Didn't know that. I've heard the same about Paul McCartney (both of them:)

[@Bette_Fontenot]

George: This sort of reminds me of Blink-182, Sum41... Me: Oh sh!t *heads to the comment section*

[@codypriceYouTubeAddednumbers]

wow, exactly how i felt. This is pretty serendipitous.

[@ALeaud]

Hahaha... seriously just how... Sum 41 haha.

[@larkinh1]

Lol exactly what I did!

[@NandR]

I’m just here to throw salt. Should have done Cherub Rock.

[@rarecoder]

Yeah. This song is good but it’s very straightforward. Another case of people recommending their favorite song over a better representation of what the band is all about.

[@oldcat7]

They still wouldn't have liked the vocals but they're both great songs.

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

What makes you think that they can't do more than one song?

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

Billy Corgan isn't a very good singer honestly. Unless this is the sound you're really into for some reason, you're not going to like it. I like it ok, but Smashing Pumpkins are a long way away from the top of my favorite bands list.

[@GlueGunsRoses]

@@rarecoder 100% agree

[@PeterVeillon]

That's Jimmy Chamberlain on drums. One of the world's greatest. Gotta give the Siamese Dream album a listen. Cherub Rock, Geek USA, Hummer, Soma. Pretty much every song on that album is a master piece.

[@davidbailey6397]

I would go with Gish before Siamese Dream. Every song on Gish is a sonic masterpiece.

[@locustkllr]

Completely agree.

[@PeterVeillon]

@@davidbailey6397 I'm down with Gish as well. Either one would showcase their awesome music

[@2catgumbo]

Damn straight. JC is the man

[@anonymousSWE]

@@locustkllr As do I. Jimmy Chamberlain is definitely one of the greats.

[@claudiahid5628]

Billy corgan’s voice is one of the most iconic ones in rock!

[@tonysousa9305]

Please!!! Temple of the Dog..”Say Hello to Heaven”. Lyric version please. PLEASE!!! Thanks guys

[@mattclark2670]

Tony Sousa great song!!!

[@Baker913]

On a non-rock note. Sublime definitely needs to happen soon!

[@Kashmirknight]

Hell yeah..... I want to see some Toadies too

[@amazingface2230]

April 26 1992 would be cool :)

[@F.P.U]

I'm sure they have heard of sublime. Sublime has had music on the weather channel. Grandmas everywhere jams to sublime. Melvins--- Hooch now that's a bad ass tune. Hands down.

[@shawnrose1211]

If you love bass you have to love Sublime.

[@pugshorty9852]

Indeed! That does need to happen.

[@gravityshifter]

90's era Pumpkins are way darker than Blink 182 and Sum 41.

[@chocomanger6873]

I didn't even know Blink 182 and Sum 41 were dark at all.

[@youreallygotmenow4855]

Yeah, and I honestly have no idea how this song can remind him of Blink-182 or Sum 41. They are totally different bands that have basically nothing in common with the Smashing Pumpkins. Maybe the only thing that they might have in common with the SP is the use of distorted guitars, but that's a pretty forced thing to say.

[@Jonw8222]

I never realised this until now but I hear some hints of Marilyn Manson in this song.. maybe he was influenced by Smashing Pumpkins or copied certain elements.

[@camw621]

How in the living hell was that even a comparison? I mean, the level of depression apparent on Siamese Dream, and not even just the song 'Today' being about suicidal thoughts...

[@jgribhamnz]

The track choice is the reason they could be reminded of Sum 41. Real pumpkins is layed guitars, solos and pounding jimmy on drums. BWBW lacks the signature guitar sound. Its a great song, but its not what makes SP special. I would have recommended something like: Soma, Mayonise, Thru The Eyes Of A Ruby, Rhinoceros etc

[@honk2727]

The fact that Pumpkins fans don't recognize Tonight tonight as the true masterpiece of the band amaze me.

[@ItamarZ13]

Lol I disagree a little bit but I relate to that feeling a lot

[@jadedandbitter]

That's because Thru the Eyes of Ruby is. But both of those songs are head and shoulders above most of their peers' output by a WIDE margin

[@michaelmarhal]

it is.. but they will HATE the vocals haha.

[@judyjude]

Radiohead- Talk Show Host Muse - Unintended Smashing Pumpkins - 1979, Disarm, Today, Cherub Rock, Landslide (cover) Fleetwood Mac - The Chain, Dreams, Rhiannon (Will you ever win) Love your reaction videos. They always brighten my day!

[@sarakatz6541]

judyjude one of my favorite Radiohead songs❤️

[@MrConstant23.]

1979 - Smashing Pumpkins It's a perfect song

[@michaelmarhal]

they still wont like the vocals but yeah. from a songwriters perspective it's perfect.

[@sophiecat14]

Gage23 I agree with 1979... I thought Ryan would like BWBW but I wasn't sure about George, lol. I adore their heavier stuff (like this, Zero, Cherub Rock) but I honestly can't think of anyone who doesn't love 1979.

[@lenni-hazels]

@CazMatazz It's soothing alright, for my taste it's also a bit too long so I see what you mean.

[@nikki-lx3yf]

@CazMatazz if you have ADHD, sure

[@antonb348]

Nikki Esmeralda 😂

[@caitydid1221]

Of course you like the drumming.... Jimmy Chamberlin!!!❤

[@jasonmgomez]

Jazz Trained.

[@cass2303]

Fav drummer 💖

[@MrAngryTwinkie]

One of the GOATs

[@kaiketto]

Another good video guys! If you ever go back, absolutely do Cherub Rock. On an slightly unrelated note, this video made me realize you guys need to do Radiohead sometime! Maybe Paranoid Android or Just.

[@bmxjs123]

kaiketto I have been waiting on that for a long time!

[@cheesegel8151]

Yes it’s time for them to do Radiohead! Paranoid Android would be an interesting review.

[@AdeptSnake]

@@oseens Really? I would've thought Karma Police or The Bends

[@jaid2383]

kaiketto I need to see them react to Reckoner

[@oseens]

@@AdeptSnake Those two are actually not among my very TOP. But that's what I love about Radiohead - that taste of songs changes over time, I might come back in few years with other favorites. Paranoid android however I think is best start, since the song has so much in it, it's like bohemian rhapsody for Queen.

[@nickb7666]

Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight Pearl Jam - Jeremy (watch the music video too)

[@funnivids]

Jeremy is nuts. Love it

[@gabo-o828]

Nick B if they didnt like this,they definitely won’t like Tonight,Tonight,just saying

[@rigormortis6669]

Tonight, Tonight, I'm, is the quentisential Smashing Pumpkins song

[@ryanpiper146]

Jeremy video 4sure

[@vanhouten7377]

I HATE Tonight Tonight

[@Petteriks]

Regarding the vocals, I like vocals that sound original. There's a certain kind of emotion you can translate singing with this tone that resonates with certain experiences and thus makes it unique and necessary. It feels genuine and real too which many "perfect voices" don't - many good voices sound sterile and meaningless when they end up overproduced.

[@Module79L]

You got a like from me for that. ; )

[@depth4676]

Chris Cornell being the exception to that.

[@davethebarber62920]

Jimmy Chamberlin's drumming is amazing

[@bretwhitten7038]

sends chills down my spine

[@napalmjohn1821]

I was never a big Smashing Pumpkins fan when they were contemporary. But *Zero* , that song rocks.

[@devenscience8894]

My best friend says the same thing. I'm a SP fan, he's not, but "Zero" is as close as they come to metal, and he loves that one song.

[@nikki-lx3yf]

@@devenscience8894 if you think zero is their closest thing to metal, you really gotta hear some more of their stuff

[@leocal9053]

The End is the Beginning is the End one of the best pumpkins song ever

[@crispychickensandwich3886]

Nikki Esmeralda Genuine question, because I’m not super informed on SP, which songs would you recommend to show their heavier or metal side?

[@prodigal71]

Zero is INCREDIBLE!!

[@StowDawg21]

Rocket is one of their most underrated songs. I feel like they would really enjoy that one

[@kikoperez7880]

Rico agreed. Hummer, Rocket, and Cherub Rock were awesome. This is a really fucked up group in that from ep to breaking up, they really expanded in such a short amount of time. The double disc was great and inventive but the original release was the shit

[@felipethirteen]

Cherub Rock would've been a little more accessible to start with. Bullet is not a bad choice at all but it may have been easier to get into as the second track.

[@rungavagairun]

Cherub Rock is the only Pumpkins song I like.

[@KarlSchoenefeld4]

True

[@KarlSchoenefeld4]

@@rungavagairun I feel sorry for you.

[@rungavagairun]

@@KarlSchoenefeld4 I'll be ok. Pretty sure.

[@michaelchiado3507]

Yeah bullet with butterfly wings is so for "commercial". Its super basic. We all feel like rats in a cage at one point or another. It hits home with about every individual lyrically. Musically and poetically about every song by the Smashing Pumpkins is better.

[@trevorkehl7458]

You really need to do ZERO it's got one of the most recognizable riffs ever

[@labrat6281]

Trevor Kehl yes!!!!!!!🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@xx-ug9hn]

Did they ever do Zero?

[@johnnyrod251]

White Zombie- Thunder kiss 65

[@GrungeGirl314]

YES!

[@chuck6730]

That or Black Sunshine!!!

[@reignjosiah]

Yasssssssss

[@thebjd]

May need to start them on More Human than Human.

[@NoName-uv4qc]

Joe Davidson idk if that’s the starting song, but definitely the end game though

[@lendondain1]

Disarm by Smashing Pumpkins is a very different song. You guys should consider filming a reaction to it, as well.

[@christiancamlin13]

Would be interesting just to see their faces the moment it dawns on them what the song is really about.

[@joshuaretzer1347]

@@christiancamlin13 Amen!

[@ENJvideo]

Yeah do Disarm

[@bobshenix]

@@christiancamlin13 Why what is Disarm *really* about??

[@JingerBare]

I wish Disarm had won the poll instead.

[@mattiefee]

CANDLE BOX - FAR BEHIND ... Didn't mean to treat you oh so bad, but I did it any way ay... great riffs on that track!

[@alminstall79]

Wish I could upvote x 1,000,000

[@kyklain86]

Far Behind or Cover Me

[@LittleSpecks]

Mattie Fee Yes!

[@grilledspaghetti]

Far Behind is such a personal track for me. Good choice.

[@gnrguitar13]

Commented Far Behind as a suggestion, then saw this. Definitely check it out. I think you'll like it. Great solo and some soulful vocals.

[@NameEntry]

You should listen to "Tonight" by the same band. Such a beautiful song.

[@omieg89]

Bobbynibbles my favorite song by them.

[@shamitoson]

Yeah but if you don't like his voice.... He's super annoying in "Tonight"

[@ZeeZee9]

@@shamitoson lol

[@cass2303]

Tonight, tonight?

[@pepedahepe2258]

SWEATING BULLETS-MEGADETH it's a bery unique song

[@TSTD_Punisher]

Hadn't even thought of that but I would love their take on the lyrics

[@timbrown1790]

A Tout le Monde by Megadeth would be great as well

[@ryanfoltz1276]

They will both love and make fun of it!

[@danthemann5230]

U should try Suicidal Tendencies "You can't Bring Me Down " but not just musically but lyrically has alot bout free thinking and each to there own , one line just cuz u don't like it don't mean it ain't no good. Still b urself u can't Bring Me down.

[@FloatingFishDropping]

For sure. Suicidal Tendencies was a huge band and "You Can't Bring Me Down" is fun and musical genious.

[@jaypeeztabernac851]

institutionalized and how will i laugh tomorrow

[@Jalex_Owns]

Or "Send Me Your Money"!

[@leeallengrange3538]

jaypeez bisson They already reacted to How Will I Laugh Tomorrow.

[@louofm1]

Or "nobody knows"

[@Aaron-CO]

Tool - Push It (Salival Live Version)

[@derekwhite9932]

Nice!

[@Panyc333]

Tool is never a bad choice.

[@DSoverPSP]

Maybe they should hear the original first. But yes good choice

[@ReplyequalsNerd]

That might be their best live recording

[@jjjj531]

Huge Pumpkins fan here. Siamese Dream album is definitely where you should start. Nobody kind of likes the Pumpkins. They are a 100% or nothing band. Not many bands had so much heart and creativity in their music. If you were in my living room, I would’ve played you Geek USA for it’s super overdrive then down to slow grinding beautiful riffs. Also, Mayonnaise is perfection. Give them another shot on this album. I can go on and on. You guys are great. Keep it up!!

[@mikesoke]

That is not true, I like their earlier stuff and not even all of it, and don't like the newest stuff at all. I'm 35 and the first CD's I ever bought was Mellon Coliie and the Infinite Sadness so trust me I know lol. I do like alot of that and Siamese Dream but some songs completely miss the mark for me, and most of the newer songs past Mellon Collie. They're talented as hell and I did go to the reunion tour, I wish D'arcy would have shown but at least Billy and James were able to make up for the reunion. Still an awesome amount of good songs, but not every song makes me feel amazing like when I listen to Tool, and they're kind of another band that people would say you're either 100 percent in or out, but I don't think thats true for anything that can involve something that you personally like stylistically, I mean that's why there are bands like blur and sum 41 that produce 1 hit wonders, because on at least one song they brought something a lot of people loved. Oh well no reason for a novel....RESPECTTTTT ::edit:: typo

[@ianmason2003]

Gish rocks!!!

[@cjdickey1650]

Gish is where they should start.

[@lunaticfringe2763]

Always loved The Smashing Pumpkins. They're hometown heros for me lol

[@micmac6893]

Guys, please do PLANET CARAVAN by Black Sabbath. And Pantera's cover. This song is great.

[@drewbocop]

And two Jimmy Chamberlin fans were born on this day in 2019...

[@nomorebs]

Chamberlain was a beast

[@R6-J4]

They need to hear geek usa so bad

[@drewbocop]

@@nomorebs he IS a beast. The Pumpkins are back, playing shows, and putting out a new album. All of them minus D'arcy.

[@TheOriginalHairyDave]

@@R6-J4 United States too - if only to marvel at the man's stamina

[@operative2136]

Jimmy's amazing. His drumming has such character and distinction. One of the few drummers whose drumming has an equal "voice" if you will in the moving parts of a band.

[@chellebrookes2980]

Part of the reason I love watching you, Ryan & George, is because you help me re-discover music I've been listening to for years, with a new perspective. Shout out to you, Free Thinkers.

[@joshuafarden6069]

You guys need to do some trip hop, like Portishead

[@kerrid3481]

Strangers!

[@Steely_Fran]

Hell yeah. Some Tricky would be cool too. "Christiansands" would be a good place to start.

[@jessicajones5456]

Great suggestion

[@dougmott8926]

I dont think theyre ready

[@gianmarcofebres5744]

Since they have all ready reacted to some Deftones, Lucky You might be a good place to start. Or maybe even Sneaker Pimps- 6 Underground.

[@sass1511]

Maybe just a bad song for a first. But for me...Siamese Dreams is one of the greatest albums ever created.

[@kurokagesanada]

To me Billy Corgan is sampson. Once he lost his hair he lost his magic musical powers

[@kymberlishea2036]

sass1511 💯💯💯

[@trappedinamerica7740]

@@kurokagesanada Adore is a fantastic album. It is the most heart felt of them all.

[@pmasher]

Siamese Dream was the first CD I ever owned as a kid.

[@lucasuusimaki7429]

Queens of The Stone age - go whit The flow

[@lisab1108]

Great choice. Mine would be The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret.

[@themawsjawz_9491]

Songs for the Deaf is such a good album. Queens of the Stone age is long overdue on this channel

[@budDG9298]

Excellent choice, but any song by Queens of the Stone Age would be awesome. I'd recommend "No One Knows" as a possible entry song. Great groove, great transitions and I even heard that the singer for Foo Fighters plays drums on that one too ;-)

[@ssmith87]

I always liked how the change of pace is aggressive and louder when Billy starts into the despite all my rage part the music goes along with the emotion of feeling frustration and anger..it fits perfect.

[@chrisheim73]

The cult firewoman

[@alminstall79]

And She Sells Sanctuary

[@BoojumFed]

LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE Really, ANY track would be awesome...

[@grilledspaghetti]

Ultimate strip club track.

[@jasmineandrose9136]

She Sells Sanctuary 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@davorbrijacak]

Rain or Sweet Soul Sister.

[@lowstryder1022]

YES - ROUNDABOUT!!! YES - ROUNDABOUT!!! YES - ROUNDABOUT!!! YES - ROUNDABOUT!!! YES - ROUNDABOUT!!! YES - ROUNDABOUT!!!

[@bdubs3819]

UPVOTE MFERS!

[@FloatingFishDropping]

The greatest bass line in rock history. Really no reason to react, cuz we all know they will love it.

[@alanleos3637]

YES!!!!

[@Raiderblack]

Yes Roundabout!

[@glennawhiteman742]

Omg YES!!!!!!!!

[@eroz84]

Smash Pumpkins doesn't sound like anyone else. Hilarious hear this guy saying Blink 182 and Sum 41. 1979 would floor them

[@Jonw8222]

He was comparing the song structure, not the tone of the vocals or instruments.

[@christopherrousseau1173]

Ummm Violent Femmes.

[@ericaa6246]

@@christopherrousseau1173 yes please!!

[@christopherrousseau1173]

@@Jonw8222 I know, but you got to be honest Violent Femmes sounds a hell of a lot like Billy Corgan crooning away. And yes actually VF has a very similar sound and structure to their music being they are both punk rock/ SP might be a heavier rock and roll at times, but the spunk and defiance in their lyrics and the song design is very similar. I bet you anything that Billy jammed out to VIolent Femmes a lot in his youth and was influenced greatly by them. And if you think VF is too cute... Listen to The Old Country Death Song....

[@Shastabear88]

SP was one of the band's to originate the melodic build up George is talking about. Who do you think alternative 2000s rock bands got it from?

[@HeyCarrieAnn396Hz]

That's so 90s! Alternative Chicago Grunge-Lite xoxo Gen X, filled with rage, but you can dance to it.

[@cjdickey1650]

Deftones...Be Quiet And Drive Far Away.

[@jasonpope5542]

Deftones yes, quiet and drive no

[@OneSekCBeast]

Knife Party, all the way

[@chrisgomez8747]

Smashing pumpkins, Zero or xyu 🤘🤘🤘harder songs less commercialized songs Queens of the stone age, no one knows next reaction

[@ckindle94]

chris gomez been suggesting xyu for about a year and a half now, maybe someday

[@sike1917]

I think they’d love No One Knows

[@carolynnalvarez7032]

Ooooh good one!!!

[@chrisgomez8747]

Queens of the stone age are underrated, listen to Song for the dead I appear missing Better living through chemistry

[@sammylane21]

"The world is a Vampire" is Billy's (Lead singer here) way of saying the world sucks. THE WORLD IS A VAMPIRE= THE WORLD SUCKS.

[@brovold72]

Saw the Pumpkins a few months ago. Great, great show. Wish they had come through my area way back when, but better late than never.

[@Yukonkornelious]

Rosetta Stoned - Tool !!!

[@jb7250]

Cherub Rock would have been a better introduction to the group as his vocals are a little more subdued. I prefer the Siamese Dream album over Mellon Collie even though the latter tends to be more critically acclaimed. Songs from Siamese Dream make you appreciate the musicianship and vocals a lot easier, plus it came out before Mellon Collie. I do hope that you revisit them and do Cherub Rock. It is a much more complete song than Bullet with Butterfly Wings.

[@shmuvvy]

The Winery Dogs - Elevate Tame Impala - Mind Mischief Mother Love Bone - Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns (Must do react to this! Beginning of Grunge! Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song (Also beginning of Grunge) Van Halen - Everybody Wants Some Black Sabbath - Symptom Of The Universe Alice In Chains - Angry Chair

[@user-jh4rl1wq1y]

Definitely, I'd like to hear a reaction to Jane's Addiction. Yes, I'd recommend one like Mountain Song too

[@davorbrijacak]

Some great suggestions there, especially these MLB and BS songs.

[@nickrzeczkowski9531]

Seconding Winery Dogs

[@whatdothlife4660]

00:47 funny, Smashing Pumpkins perform arguably the best cover of Fleetwood Mac's Landslide ever on their album Pisces Iscariot.

[@Makriev]

People will probably say about Cherub Rock and all, but I really want you to go check Zero, by them; Anyway, keep on the great work!

[@juanpablobasaul3257]

Mayonaise pls

[@dennistarbox]

The best Pumpkins song

[@Jason-to5cs]

Rocket, Soma, Hummer and Geek USA are must listens

[@devenscience8894]

No love for "Today" on that list? That was the song that turned me on to them.

[@MikoSquiz]

The chorus in this song has one job: It's the loud part, so we can get a dramatic fall-away drop back into that gnarly spooky verse groove. The song's all about that big dynamic shift, the verse thudding and rattling along, and the drum solo (that has a couple guitar squeals filling in the space behind it).

[@deanknight333]

Tool - Push it ( live version from Salival )

[@soullessSiIence]

They already did Tool several times. Can't you guys move on? What about Ne Obliviscaris, Obscura, Enslaved, Isahn, etc?

[@JackXombi]

Static X - Push It , something new for them.

[@BrokenZen311]

Push it - live is amazing.

[@rabblerouser6744]

Asking TOOL fans to "move on"? Lol

[@Rodrigombia1990]

@@soullessSiIence OBSCURA RULZ

[@BeeRand1984]

Die Antwoord - "Fatty Boom Boom" .... you're gonna hate it.

[@Xean45]

Why did Tonight, Tonight not even make the short list?? Madness I say, Madness! And up vote for doing Powertrip by Monster Magnet next

[@alminstall79]

Space lord mother

[@Wolfncsupack42]

Agreed.

[@mattsmith2354]

Smashing pumpkins is one of my all time favorites, and his voice is one of the main reasons. I like the raw, unfiltered nasally sound of Corgan. And the bass and riffs are so heavy. I'm actually planning a tattoo of a rat in a cage. Lol

[@hunterotails2015]

How have you not heard this song, even in passing? It was huge.

[@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE]

Please do Funeralopolis by Electric Wizard, that would be perfect

[@MisfitTonyX138]

shlupidurp Dopetheone!!! 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻

[@CM_6969]

shlupidurp I haven’t heard electric wizard in a while. Wow thanks for reminding me of them lol

[@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE]

@@CM_6969 hahahah my pleasure, hope they listen to them.

[@pakakola]

Legalize drugs and murder!!

[@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE]

@@pakakola Legolaaaas, srugs and mudé!

[@matthewchance8835]

Check out Rhinoceros & Crush from Smashing Pumpkins album "Gish". Very good

[@raidrfrk]

That whole album is awesome One of the best from the 90's

[@readyred8108]

GISH is the shit. My favorite Pumpkins album.

[@nicholaspietrzak9992]

I love gish. One of those albums that is amazing to listen to all the way through.

[@MichaelHamlin76]

Love Jimmy Chamberlin's drum work. That snare...

[@arkved]

At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

[@Chev_Chelios1]

How about some old machine head. Davidian

[@glen5188]

Was just about to suggest this. Davidan or Old

[@GlueGunsRoses]

I'm not sure if anyone would truly enjoy him acapella. He definitely wouldn't make it to finals on American Idol 😂 it worked for the time and band though

[@mikemogul2263]

I think you guys would really like Zero by Smashing Pumpkins, it has a sick groove.

[@Nightbreed82]

Some might say The Smashing Pumpkins are Grunge (simply because they rose to fame in that era) but Alternative Rock is a more fitting category IMO. This song is simple but it makes incredible use of dynamics (quiet verse vs. loud chorus). That style was first "pioneered" by first wave Alternative Rock bands like the Pixies in the '80s and then brought even further into the mainstream by bands like Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana in the '90s (Smells Like Teen Spirit is another song that's a great example of the "quiet/loud" structure). I don't really think TSP sounds like Blink 182 or Sum 41 since those are Pop Punk bands (Bullet With Butterfly Wings and most Smashing Pumpkins are much darker in tone IMO) but I do agree that the song structures are often similar, again, making simple use of dynamics.

[@Tennisman81]

My thoughts exactly but I'm still stuck on him saying similar to Blink 182 and that he wasn't sure who came out first. Really? my head space was not into music back and I can see the difference. Come on George was stuck on not liking the vocals 😒😀

[@matthewbondi380]

Paul Leach Some Might Say, great Oasis tune

[@Nightbreed82]

@Poonis Perhaps, but is the music any good? Of course, that's subjective.

[@JubilantCherry]

As George may have suspected, Smashing Pumpkins were actually the pioneers of that style. All of the bands that he said it reminded him of-Blink 182, etc...-came years later. This sort of thing is not uncommon-how we judge bands as sounding derivative because we've heard so many bands imitate them. Victims of their own success, you might say. That said, this is not one of their more innovative songs. "Cherub Rock" would have been the better one to review, in terms of what defined Smashing Pumpkins. But, for the most legit original stuff, something off their first album, such as "Rhinoceros," would be the way to go.

[@user-jh4rl1wq1y]

Yeah Siamese Dream, Gish and Pisces Iscariot are there best by far. Stopped listening after that

[@SarahCharles92]

@@user-jh4rl1wq1y Then you've missed out on a lot of great tracks. Songs like Tarantula and Doomsday Clock from Zeitgeist are great, and their latest album is very much reminiscent of their early material.

[@aymbereye1]

rederiksen yessssss Rhinoceros 100000%!! That was what I fell in love with first- truly original but still hard rocking..

[@THESNEAKERADDICT]

Love this song! Do cherub next

[@xx-ug9hn]

Man, the first 90 seconds of Cherub Rock...

[@brezz6759]

They did it it’s on their channel now!

[@sean8553]

I didn't like his voice the first time I heard it either. In fact, I think they were popular for a year before I heard the entire "Siamese Dream" album and realized how effing brilliant it was as a whole. Amazing album!! Almost anything from that album is pure GOLD. But especially Rocket, Cherub Rock, and Quiet. Also, George, this is nothing like Blink or Sum41, but I digress. Y'all gave it a chance, though. Kudos! I did eventually get into the vocals, but I hear you George. LMAO.

[@flightgravity7483]

This song is good for representing the sound of the ‘90s, not Smashing Pumpkins. You still need to check out more just to hear their drummer really go off. Jimmy Chamberlin is top class.

[@brendanhayes9548]

Pixies "Alec Eiffel" Fugazi "Waiting Room" Trampled by Turtles "Wait So Long"

[@jessicarossman2966]

Brendan Hayes Fugazi “Waiting Room” over and over again. ❤️

[@whateveryasaypal5022]

An alternative rock band that I'd love to see you guys react to is Silverchair, they're from Australia but they did have a big hit in the US from their first album, which they recorded when they were only 15, but I'd like you to listen to something from their 3rd album since that's my favourite of theirs, either "Song for the year 2000", "Ana's song (open fire)" or "Emotion sickness"

[@matthewjelley8523]

Yes yes yes!!

[@smokejc]

Freak Show and Neon Ballroom are two of my favorite albums of all time.

[@kyklain86]

Emotion Sickness is a badass song. Tomorrow or Israel's Son for something harder. Suicide Dream too

[@orionizaqt]

Top ten band for me. Billy Corgan just knows how to write good music.

[@PrimeTimeGaming2017]

Please do some Sublime they deserve to stay relative and heard.

[@Wazzaozzyskier]

HAS to be Santeria as well!

[@HazumiE]

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb Live from Pulse 1994