The Smashing Pumpkins- Set the Ray to Jerry

[@fidelrivera2887]

This song really shows off Jimmy's Jazz roots... so subtle, graceful and smooth. My favorite drummer of all time. Been listening to this all day, just makes me feel better.

[@jonesadrian5486]

Much respect for you my dude, i agree.

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

Yupp my favorite drummer and one who shaped everything I play on drums.one bad thing is the majority of them are a rip off of this.😈😈😈😈🥰🥰🥰good musicians are influenced by there heros. Great musician steal.😈

[@Peacecore09]

One of my very favorite b-sides. I remember listening to this over and over when it first came out. Still gets me.

[@whatdothlife4660]

One of their self-admittedly least-developed songs, there aren't even two guitars in it, sounding like barely more than a demo yet it's one of the best songs of all time.

[@danceswithmetroids162]

I know right? It's the simplicity of it that makes it so...I dunno, special.

[@rapastronaut77]

right this is great

[@bert.hbuysse5569]

Also, the lyrics.

[@markbutler4178]

sooooo true

[@geraldnapshireii8734]

and the actual demo track from '92 is a hard rocker with more of a Siamese sound. Crazy how much development they put into prolific amount of songs. love these pretty ones

[@supernovaman1409]

This song gives me an almost indescribable feeling of nostalgia, passion, and longing, the bass line, drums, the soft intro riff on the guitar, it’s musical perfection, perhaps the most underrated song ever

[@traptorb]

I feel the exact same feeling as you

[@june8898]

Supernova Man 🙌🏻🙌🏻 the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard

[@avedic]

There's something achingly haunting and poignant about ONE note in this song.... That intro riff, the siren-like 2 note thing just going over the bass.... Around 0:10 one of those notes is like a semi-tone higher....and something about _that note_ when it comes in....is pure 90s Pumpkins....and just does something to me emotionally that I can't even articulate. Fuck I love music.....

[@jakeenan]

Man, the drummer crushes it on this track. His Swing and nuance are f*****g incredible.

[@Darpinion]

He went to college for it.

[@burkehabla]

ZERO94AIC were you rushing or were you dragging?

[@AdamF90]

he's been my favorite drummer since I was 5 years old. I used to play this CD on repeat for hours, and I always play a bit of this song during any drumming session, his groove is impeccable

[@colquittbrett]

This fucking song... THIS FUCKING SONG! It's haunted me since I was 16, and will forever be a specter following me through my days. It is forever and criminally underrated. B-sides stands for BEST SIDES.

[@markbutler4178]

Same here. This will always be my favorite song

[@Gidgimmortal]

Same. Pumpkins make me feel things other bands can never dream to accomplish!

[@victoriaruiz419]

Haunting is the key word.

[@DoktorL0ve]

jimmy chamberlain is completely tearing it up here. killin it.

[@Oderydestroyer]

+DoktorL0ve ye man think this is one of his best tracks. its all very subtle but really REALLY well played. Only a good drummer would even notice it ;)

[@rikuperhoniemi8639]

Yep, chills

[@777Lateralus]

he's jungle drummed out man

[@stevennadz]

One of my favorite parts about this song is the little "pea-soup" thing jimmy does on the hi-hat after billy says "suck you". I *love* it, but he never plays it like that live which makes me think it might have been a mistake.

[@Dhal-SimMusic]

777Lateralus this guy knows the deep cuts 👌

[@stumbleine7748]

The measure of a band or solo artist is the quality of their B-sides.. and the pumpkins have them in spades..the base riff and delicate drum arrangements on this are insane!

[@drinxs505]

My belated brothers favorite band..can't believe he's been gone 25 year's

[@vincentsudimak9060]

☹

[@leeroyjenkins7317]

I hear ya bro my best friends brother introduced me to this band at a very young age of 12. He has been gone 10 years. Keep the flame alive :)

[@drinxs505]

​@@leeroyjenkins7317☦️🙏🏽🕯️

[@Suprematista]

Amazing how Jimmy's work turn this into a masterpiece.

[@fallenangelcrimson]

god the nostalgia i get from this song… times change and people go away… all throughout a darkened room with creeping starlight and porcelain loneliness… sigh…

[@lisagarza2580]

my ultimate fav pumpkins song. this is incredibly deep and moving ...the beat is haunting

[@dmillec88]

I can't remember the interview but Billy was asked which song summed up the Pumpkins the best and he said this song, as far as style, composition, etc.

[@rockthedeejee]

I said it the same when the first time i heard it !

[@jeffchapin9683]

I listen to B-sides almost every day.

[@roro_fosho]

absolutely Jeff, same here

[@dummytree]

This song shows the amount of good material they had back then. It was worked out and demoed during the writing of "Siamese Dream" and not recorded for the album or a B-side. It eventually turned up three years later as a Mellon Collie era b-side. Most bands would have used such a great song on their album RIGHT AWAY!

[@zenbuddah420]

THAT BASS ATTACK THROUGHOUT THE SONG TRIPS ME OUT!

[@cdreyes81]

such a killer groove

[@fishfroggy]

Still my favorite song after all these years. Definitely hear a lot of raw talent here, the drumming is phenomenal. Reminds me of my beloved at the time who has since passed away. Cuts deep.

[@itsmeagainjohn3054]

This band was so ahead of its time. Sounds like it was recorded yesterday.

[@mikecausey5860]

This is absolutely hauntingly beautiful

[@sully5810]

might be the best pumpkins song ever

[@paolomolinelli666]

One of their best, most heartfelt tracks. The pumpkins from Gish to the Machina era were one of the best rock bands oat, especially during the siamese dream/mellon collie years.

[@DarMander707]

I love how some of the Pumpkins b-sides are better than most of their album work

[@AltCTRLF8]

i wouldn’t quite say “better”, but their b-sides were definitely good enough to be on the albums.

[@cdreyes81]

@@AltCTRLF8 yes. Just didn't fit

[@yeahdancetomyrecord]

@@cdreyes81 it fits right in its perfect place on the 1979 single

[@AltCTRLF8]

just to add, even if i only heard the Pumpkins’ b-sides and none of the albums, they’d still be my favorite band of all time

[@Biyoudi1]

I agree with you and that's why it's one of the best band of this era

[@maxromero23]

Lyrics: Born to please every simple need I stand alone in my thoughts indeed Hate you for ever making me I'm in you, I'm your anything I want you and I need you All you are is brand new And I need you Come to me, let me hold you still I'm so tired, just as tired as you Take me for anyone but me All that you feel is never true I want you and I need you All you are is brand new And I need you When you say that you are Forever, my star Could never every let you go And never let you know Let roar these fears To the whore of my tears Pure as a lie I pour to your eyes Suck you like the sap from a tree Honey from the dew From the bumble bees I want you and I need you All you are is brand new And I need you When you say that you are Forever, my star I'll never let go Never let you know

[@hopefull2070]

Can't explain how much i adore the atmosphere of this song. absolutely stunning words. I want to absorb it until i am no more. ~X~

[@AmandaLaggan]

Jimmy's subtle hand shines like a star in this song. It's the beating heart that yearns deeply for the lover.

[@fabriciodarkpanzer837]

A masterpiece out of this universe!!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@charlesbamford]

possibly the greatest song ever

[@craiglee2608]

The second date I had with my wife, i went to her house and was looking through her CD collection (because for some reason that's how I judge people lol) and she had the box set. That's when I knew she was the one.

[@FranzHBlake]

Judas O is my favorite Smashing Pumpkins album

[@davidlamacki3773]

My wedding song 20 years ago.... Gorgeous song like my beautiful wife still both in love with each other and the smashing pumpkins.... And all you are is brand new.... Forever my 🌟

[@mbqtown]

Awesome David. I'm still here in 2022, still listening to this song. Happy wedding 20th anniversary from one massive pumpkins fan to another.

[@emf964]

why do more people not know this exists it's perfect

[@nietzsche688]

It's amazing how such a simple riff can be this powerful! Everytime somebody claims music needs to be complex to be good I think about this song. I still want to buy an MXR Phase 100 just to play this song.

[@jesusmartinezcruz3543]

But this song is complex... In its drumming

[@avedic]

There's something achingly haunting and poignant about ONE note in this song.... That intro riff, the siren-like 2 note thing just going over the bass.... Around 0:10 one of those notes is like a semi-tone higher....and something about _that note_ when it comes in....is pure 90s Pumpkins....and just does something to me emotionally that I can't even articulate. Fuck I love music.....

[@elenore324]

I still remember the first time I heard this..

[@reflectthelight777]

I was walking my dog as a teenager in a snowstorm!

[@randallharrison3254]

I bought the Aeroplane box set while visiting a friend in Portland. Immediately fell in love with this song.

[@bethcocuzzi-broerman7507]

One of their best songs..

[@MetalizedBlood76]

It was one The Aeroplane flies high boxset!! I feel in love with it upon first listen!! I always loved the way Billy played clean channel guitar!! Luna off Siamese being a prime example!!

[@markbutler4178]

Pretty sure there isn’t a song I have listened to more in my life then this one.

[@XxDangerDaysxX]

This probably sounds really weird but all of The Smashing Pumpkins' songs are really... Pretty! :3

[@jamiepirie9758]

that is not weird, it is fucking true

[@cherybomber]

Just beautiful. Melon Collie should have been 3 albums!!

[@drewm2763]

this song has been in the back of my head since the day it came out. young and will never forget the amazement of finding this track.

[@krztorooindustries]

This song really shows off Jimmy's jazz drumming skills 🤘🐲👍 🥁

[@tooneechee]

Born to please, every simple need I stand alone in my thoughts indeed Hate you for ever making me I'm in you, I'm your anything And I want you And I need you And all you are is brand new And I need you Come to me, let me hold you still...

[@rumourhats]

unsure if this is a dreamy sentimental ballad or a kick ass drum solo 🤔

[@matthewarruda7451]

Kass...thanks a ton for posting all the great Pumpkins tracks...much needed.

[@MichaelMitchell-nn2ig]

This is top no.1 Smashing Pumpkins song with Obscured

[@chrisselby8787]

I have an interesting story about this song. I was at the VIP show a year and half ago here in Nashville and asked Billy: If you could go back and pick just one song to be released as a single that wasn't, what song would it be? Billy said: it would have been "Set The Ray to Jerry", said that Flood just hated this song though so it ended up not making it.

[@Tinydollhouse]

Damn. I wish it had. It is one of my very favorites. I like Cherry a lot, too.

[@ronalddesrosiers9281]

Chris Selby--the Pumpkins have so many songs that the fans who only know their HITS and they'll never hear songs like this one and so many more like Daughter or Lily or Pennies or Cherry or Chewing Gum lol

[@starwinksbackfromtheskypit6790]

@Chris Selby, I live in Nashville and I’m in a band that constantly gets compared to the pumpkins. Check us out sometime, Thanks, Dom blacklightvelvets.bandcamp.com/track/we-sleep-with-dragons-live-rehearsal

[@LucHale]

So much peace in this… their is a life force that I come back to in not giving up

[@Harsh-yg3cc]

how many best songs do they have

[@smoove002]

bassline melts me

[@reflectthelight777]

Music hasn't lost it's magic I've lost mine. Bands were magic And now I just don't see the magic of the music was inside of me.

[@pumpkinmistress]

FINALLY the song is up again. THANK YOU! Divine!

[@karenjeauneau2824]

The best band in universe !!!

[@boingoboingo482]

KAREN JEAUNEAU and the cure

[@v.d.4529]

Best drums

[@ObscuredJellybelly]

Yeah, everything on the Tonight, Tonight and 1979 single rocked... Hell, everything the Pumpkins ever did rocked.

[@FTWorWTF]

Same here. The Pumpkins are one of those bands which have (imo) better B-Sides than A-Sides oftentimes. Oasis is another imo. Don't get me wrong, I LIKE their A-sides. But I LOVE their B-sides. inb4flamed

[@LeitmotivOfficiel]

Radiohead too

[@Musiclipse]

Suede

[@gottalight3574]

Cocteau Twins

[@seraphimdunn]

Billy Corgan gave us this song and brought back NWA. What a legend

[@noahandjeff]

One of the best songs ever😮!

[@ROOMDANCE]

oh i love this so much

[@pigdestr0yer1973]

There it was...I´ve been looking for this song for years, just couldn´t remember the name. Thank you :)

[@avedic]

There's something achingly haunting and poignant about ONE note in this song.... That intro riff, the siren-like 2 note thing just going over the bass.... Around 0:10 one of those notes is like a semi-tone higher....and something about _that note_ when it comes in....is pure 90s Pumpkins....and just does something to me emotionally that I can't even articulate. Fuck I love music.....

[@TheJayofthejungle]

the hi-hat during the bridge bass grove cuts so deep.

[@fabriciodarkpanzer837]

More than a masterpiece!!

[@pizzapazza89]

THANKS A LOT for the upload!!! You're great!!!

[@LadyCroMag]

This bald dude is one amazingly creative musical genius!!!

[@SPFAlpha]

when i put $1300 into my speakers... this really helped me discern how important audio fidelity is. Beauty, thy creator is named Corgan.

[@canap13]

The boxed set of B-Sides is GREAT!!

[@GuitarCoverDud3]

anyone agree that the photo adds to the emotional value of the song? Awesomeness

[@Brinta3]

GuitarCoverDud3 No, the picture is from Adore era so it’s kind of weird seeing it with a Mellon Collie song.

[@the2ndcoming135]

Thanx, Jerry💛

[@yellowjackboots2624]

The chimes of a distant ice cream van on an autumn afternoon

[@justclayhead]

It's like, he's saying that it's not just one of the best Pumpkins' B-sides, it's one of the best B-sides ever, period.

[@burritowendel]

born to please.......

[@ConejoZing]

Thanks Jerry etc. enjoy the garden!

[@m00nsplitter72]

Corgan has admitted that he was often guilty of over-arranging songs, and when one hears the results of tasteful restraint such as here it's easy to agree with him. Chamberlin's playing is unreal. If anyone reading this can confirm with certainty that it's D'arcy's bass line I would appreciate a confirmation. I think it's her playing but with Corgan cracking the whip it's never easy to know.

[@kazoorocketman54]

One of my favorites by them. Strangely, most of my favorite Smashing Pumpkins songs are B-Sides haha

[@LucHale]

Same here

[@wallstatsbro]

The drumming reminds me a lot of Gish era, like Tristessa almost

[@clarkbain3546]

Very Gish sounding. Heavy on D'arcy and Jimmy.

[@szymonm81]

Great song!

[@rrippp]

And this was a long time before that 'Explosions in the Sky' thing was around

[@clarkbain3546]

Jimmy.

[@MitchSkatesSurrey]

how doesnt this have more views wth!!!!

[@scottnormandin2398]

the best b side. unbelievable.

[@PupiDiZuccaro]

you do not own the song or image, but they own us ; P

[@desertstormchefnice9446]

Some heavy fuzz distortion in the chorus would have made this one of my all time favorite songs.

[@amyg9279]

There is a version that has all of that..its incredible.

[@burritowendel]

oh billy ....jess read my mind.

[@hardrocksinterklaas9623]

beautifull

[@twoyearsold2]

so good

[@zombiezombieknoxx3875]

I love this band since nom

[@humbae]

Best sp track

[@MisterDevolution]

no need to miss them, Oceania is Pumpkins at their best!

[@norekable]

the best

[@GracefulNanami]

I wonder if D'arcy or Billy did the final bass take on this one...

[@Brinta3]

GracefulNanami Billy played the bass on the recording. But I think it would have sounded very much the same if D’Arcy had played what Billy had written. “This bad pun of a title stems from an inside joke, taken from the annals of a romance gone wrong where I referred to myself in the 3rd person as 'Jerry'; in honor of the famed comedian Jerry Lewis. Hence my mind's correlation to another man's name, in this case 'Ray' or; an endless beam of light; which denotes this song surreptitiously as 'Please Set the Endless Ray of Light Machine to Billy.' A leftover from the Siamese era, it would attract little love from producer Flood, who thought the whole journey a bit draft despite its occasional atmospheric quality. James would provide the under-chime, all of 3 notes he'd hypnotically repeat ad nauseam. The basic track was performed live at Pumpkinland, with myself on bass and Jimmy on interloping drums, our total time of recording top to bottom somewhere in the 3 to 4 hour range. So you see, miracles occasionally did happen in our world, as faithfully documented here.”

[@StudioScarecrow]

Aeroplane Flies High

[@irons.9900]

Turns left, looks right..

[@ichamil]

Wonderfully...absolutely lost in this fantastic song. Memories. Rock & Repeat.

[@cestlavie783]

Come to me, let me hold you still I'm so tired, just as tired as you Take me for anyone but me All that you feel is never true

[@uh0oo]

The title of this song hits me in a weird way. I am high so that might be why...

[@randomuser8390]

Why wasn't this on Mellon Collie? It could have easily replaced some of the filler like 'Take Me Down' or 'We Only Come Out at Night.'

[@TheUnknown285]

"1979" single

[@erdjohann8265]

that single had a ridiculous amount of stellar b-sides on it

[@abbybrook8475]

Like this~

[@MegaFabioRocks]

Easily one of the best B-side ever

[@Mucsiable]

[@tomasradotinsky5447]

how many songs could they put together at the same time then?

[@DhiscoStu]

Sheldon has his spot. This is my 0,0,0,0.

[@justclayhead]

whoa whoa! everyone chill. this walrus discussion has gone far enough.

[@willissudweeks1050]

Where can I find some other good b sides like this?

[@SadPeterPan1977]

Aeroplane Flies High boxset, Pisces Iscariot, Lull EP, Mashed Potatoes boxset, Reel Time Sessions, Gravity demos, all the more recent Deluxe reissues of their albums.