The Smashing Pumpkins Once Upon A Time Jools Holland 12/05/1998 live bbc

live version of Once Upon A Time from 1998 with billy darcy james and Kenny Aronoff

[@robertosmith1]

Not a single bad song from that album. An absolute masterpiece.

[@monkeyliver1986]

i agree. very underrated record

[@SN2903]

My fav album ever along with Moondance

[@_permanence]

Blank Page was a stinker

[@petercorrieri4550]

The production on Adore was not dynamic enough compared with the live versions

[@alexjames4064]

Blank Page was one of the best things on Adore

[@YazMH]

Same shit here, I have let my mom down so many times no matter how much she tried to help me out... No wonder this song makes me cry, greets from México amigos

[@sisisito]

you have the strength to make the change my friend, i know you can

[@robertosmith1]

Far more than any other album I've listening to this one for 20 years. Through good times and bad its been the most consistent thing in my life.

[@ElGonziVideos]

Great song from one of their best albums! 5 stars

[@monkeyliver1986]

super underrated song

[@souljubilant12]

He skipped the last part "mother I hope you know that I miss you so" guess it's to painful. Beautiful show amazing band they had!

[@JDCUSA]

I think so too.

[@MIST1818]

This is a really cool song. I miss my young days...

[@juturna-2931]

3:28 is GORGEOUS

[@electronicmedium]

what a great song for his late mother

[@simpego81]

I remember when I first heard this song. Pumpkins were my favourite artists since MCIS era and I was really surprised that they were once again able to write a masterpiece

[@littlemiss12322]

Fallin' with the leaves Fallin' out of sleep to the last goodbyes who cares why? (this song is just amazing!!!)

[@ericlaner3077]

I love this album

[@4candles]

That short guitar lick at 3:34 is just perfection.

[@alexjames4064]

James’ contributions are so underrated

[@meltedicecreamier]

He reportedly had vocal lessons around 97' before the recording of Adore, his voice got much better live too, especially the Adore tour, less screaming and less hammy rants.

[@leob4403]

They didn't play any heavy rock songs on the Adore tour, that's why he didn't scream. You think he wouldn't scream in Bullet with butterfly wings and so forth?

[@mellisahill2487]

Once upon my everything and always!!! Love them so much❤❤❤

[@flaviocristiano4409]

i miss the smashing pumpkins, but the real one...with the first members,..

[@vfrracer7399]

Once upon in my life, I went bowling........

[@deannahowkins202]

Best comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@antoniaford5478]

Genuinely one of the saddest things Billy's ever written.

[@harrybunkum3753]

i recommend trying to find the Guitar School magazine interview with him that coincided with Adore's release. He was very honest, realistic, and quite humble about his voice. Calling out one's own voice is not easy :)

[@vapourmile]

Billy Corgan's voice sounds exactly the same live as it does in studio recordings which is odd since most vocal tracks go through a lot of cosmetic changes in production to make them sound better than the singer ever would in real life.

[@Spacebutler-yz3bm]

Crescendo it does. I've heard Corgan live and he's spot on and even better a singer than the studio records

[@bollocknaked1975]

Once upon a time in my life, i went bowling.

[@fuigebhardt2966]

interesting to hear him sing the secondary harmony on the "tuesdays come and gone/restless stares..." instead of the main melody.

[@MassimoDeo]

Mother, I'm bald....( I'm joking, great song )

[@rasta29marr]

QUE ROLOTA!!!!

[@nobbiedog]

wow,this line up should have lasted forever,lament people cos this is gone and now we have the wanted

[@wolfstar675]

Darcy looked so hot during the Adore era!

[@monkeyliver1986]

But hotter in the mellon collie and siamese dream days

[@cemsi27]

*lovely cool

[@robertosmith1]

@@monkeyliver1986 And hotter still during Gish

[@sebastianolibri3831]

Not the same with the last verse missing

[@shittybullshit]

@frasermason1 I thought I was the only one that heard that!! haha

[@TheSPumpkin100]

@UrbaDerpal LOL

[@RykkerNighteyes]

Not the same without Jimmy!

[@tutsybassista]

RykkerNighteyes And D'arcy!

[@Liveisbeautiful1]

Go BWBW instead ^^

[@jamiegriffin4357]

Five great albums in a row but since then very mediocre.

[@DickiMoltisanti]

Look up zowie by Billy

[@stanknugget]

“Once Upon a Time I had hair.”