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[@KeyOfGeebz]

Aloha and Good Morning! People are leaving some comments about the 🎹Piano Opening🎹 of the track. Yes, I heard it and made mention of it on my first stop but it seemed to clip in my rendering/export of the video. :)

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

It is a great intro. Thanks for acknowledging it. Also, F that guy! Touch your nose all you want. Be yourself, and just listen and give us your opinion.

[@andrewmckenzie7886]

check out the live version of this track live in brixton

[@caniceclooney1028]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZPbkqytoqhqg7c this is the outro

[@johnschick502]

@keyofgeebz Jimmy Chamberlin comes from a Jazz and Polka background. He often uses the pedal of the hi hat to keep time with his left foot. If you look up Frank Catalano and Jimmy Chamberlin you will see him with his jazz band. They're so amazing especially when you can catch them live.

[@Acroanidd]

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is easily one of the best albums ever recorded. It has a flow from start to finish that just works so well, it has it's slow moments builds to crazy hard metal bits back to lullaby's. *chefs kiss motion*

[@Kravis63]

Add to that the poetic lyrics that allow you to relate the emotion behind them to your own experiences. It’s a great f’n album!

[@stillaimpvp1105]

Mellon collie and siamese dream are both perfect albums in my ears

[@StopTheRot]

Totally agree with this, and mental to think it’s not even their best!

[@shein360]

This song is easily a 10/10. Everything about it is perfect.

[@acb9318]

I’ve always thought this song was one of their most under the radar songs. It’s one of my most played songs on the album.

[@monkeyfarm]

Probably my favorite SP song.

[@TheRealUncleScar]

oh holy crap is monkey farm! I watched all your MC lets plays haha I hope all is well with you!

[@woolybear]

Definitely agree

[@rite2beararms]

Same. Been back and forth between this song and others over the years, but it always comes back to this one. Love it!

[@avedic]

I always LOVE that I forget about that outro.... It's SO.....beautiful. I love how SP so perfectly combined this sort of slow heavy thick shoegaze distortion....with this dreamy bittersweet....loveliness. Such a cool unique sound.

[@christiansanchez230]

L OPINION L BOZO L LIFE

[@emeraldgemini7721]

As a musician, I see your reactions, and I can tell you're a pumpkins virgin in a sense. Welcome to the magic that is the poet and brilliant musician that is Billy Corgan.

[@jedgrahek1426]

Get exactly what you mean. And Pumpkins is all about Billy being a true poet, like you said. If one isn't listening to his lyrics very seriously, with the mindset of "this is poetry, not merely song lyrics", one is missing a huge part of Pumpkins magic. I know this is a year later reply... just saw them in Sacramento a few weeks ago, so on a binge. Seeing the 2000 Universal Amphitheater show (after he gave an interview on KTLA that afternoon announcing the original breakup), with 3 encores and Mayonnaise as the final song of the show is one of the greatest privileges of my life.

[@LandoT]

Does anyone else find themselves listening to the entire album after these reviews? Would love an entire album review.

[@timyo6288]

nobody does. that would be gay.

[@nikirick]

@@timyo6288 In that case, I’ll do it twice ;)

[@cass2303]

@@timyo6288 geez Tim you no real fan

[@davidg5506]

I had to go listen to Stumbleine immediately after the outro

[@jpvisuals726]

everyday

[@Xenon0000000000001]

This song gives me chills from start to finish, it has everything.

[@Bridgercraft]

Probably the best song on the best album of the 90's in my humble opinion. This really is the work of a band at the height of their power. Jimmy Chamberlain is a phenomenal drummer, he can give it power in the more fierce tracks of the album (tales of a scorched earth, an ode to no-one) but he also knows when to reign it in and contribute to the overall sound without overwhelming.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Porcelina is maybe slightly superior, maybe... but it's up there too

[@williamkramer9731]

@@guitaristssuck8979 I never cared for the album version of porcelina.....I think that's because of the live version

[@guitaristssuck8979]

@@williamkramer9731 sounds like you never heard the 2000 tour version, not superior at all

[@williamkramer9731]

@@guitaristssuck8979 I'm not sure what year it was from, but sounded amazing

[@guitaristssuck8979]

@@williamkramer9731 have you ever listen to Mellon Collie in its entirety?

[@MasterChiefFLY]

god this album is so amazing

[@monkeyvoodoo9052]

it's two dsics and you have to change halfway through and that's the only thing i can complain about. you can just put it on and it goes so hard.

[@mirjamvond1731]

This album is one of the few albums I still listen to front to back very regularly 🙂

[@whatdothlife4660]

It's one of those albums like OK Computer by Radiohead , Paranoid by Black Sabbath, or Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd that is so perfect and amazing that I force myself to not listen to it too often to prevent spoiling the magic.

[@jamiemuller2987]

Damn I love this song. The live version at Brixton Academy is outrageously good. The guitar sound is next level.

[@mikeabney2527]

The smashing pumpkins - XYU. Such a heavy song and so bad ass

[@GhostlyEcheveria]

Very excited to see you do this song. This is one of my all time favorite songs. MCIS is an absolute masterpiece from start to finish. This song is very much about Jimmy on the drums too. He's a beast. The piano sound you can't identify may be a mellotron. Also, I wanted to add that the disks in the set were titled "dawn to dusk", and "twilight to starlight" Both disks start and end with their own atmosphere. If you listen to the ending track of twilight to starlight, you can hear some similarities.

[@CCFREFS]

That outro gets me every time.

[@PhreakPhantom]

FINALLY a reaction to this ABSOLUTE overlooked masterpiece. It the peak of their creativity.

[@NexterZulu]

This and Porcelina!

[@cass2303]

I think they are at the peak of their creativity now. With their new music.

[@StopTheRot]

@@cass2303🤯

[@j_murdoch]

Such a good song, and so glad you picked this. I'm recommending "Soma" for a future video, a really beautiful, moving composition and performance. As usual, this video here was a good breakdown. The bombastic parts are great, but the laid back parts are what really make this song. The bass is so good. I hope you've got something to help with your pain until surgery.

[@bleedingfingers7457]

Soma, my absolute favorite SP song. That guitar solo.....

[@studioredband2686]

great video. subscribed

[@Comrade_mommy]

I’m so glad you did this song. This is one of my all time fav pumpkins songs. It’s such an underrated gem. It has this quality that I’m always searching for, and it’s hard to explain. An epicness that inspires my creativity. That makes me want to imagine whole new worlds to weave into my perfect story. I guess I want to be inspired and not a lot of music can do that for me. So when I find one I become obsessed with it. Also I can’t get enough of songs that have that climb to a crescendo, Muse Uprising has it too, just givea me all the feels.

[@TheAlibabatree]

I like to describe this type of music as “cinematic”. The Mars Volta is another wonderfully powerful band.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Muse admitted their SP influence

[@rumrunner8019]

I so 150% agree with you. This track more than anything else shows why the Smashing Pumpkins were so different from the grunge bands of the day. This song was just pure magic and I love the dreampop influences.

[@avedic]

Great song from a great album by a great band. :D Also, random idea but......every time I hear this song, that opening rising riff always reminds me of Radiohead's song Just. Anyone else get that vibe? Just that step-wise chromatic rising feel....rhythmically kinda sorta similar too. Always notice that lol...

[@guitaristssuck8979]

@@avedic it's not chromatic and it's not the same key, but the intervals are the same, but Ruby has a droning high Bb I iiiM II IV 'Just' is closer to Nirvana though Also, it's Rh who has always been inspired by SP, not viceversa.

[@ryanem969]

Mellon Collie is the WARMEST album that still melts your face (at the right volume of course). Masterpiece

[@whatdothlife4660]

The juxtaposition of absolute face-melting rock and drive to tender and hearth-melting soft songs (and the combination of the two in one song) is one of the most unique and delightful characteristics of Smashing Pumpkins that sets them apart so much for 90's rock in my opinion.

[@jemhidiahssj4114]

James Iha is a beast of ethereal sounds, smashing pumpkins and a perfect circle. He has a way of opening up atmosphere.

[@aegisreflector1239]

Yes agreed,his guitar lines and textures are very underrated. When he left, SP isnt the same without him

[@judsonwright]

I remember first hearing this song in my bedroom on the live broadcast over radio. I taped it off the radio onto cassette. They played the whole album live before it came out in the stores. We will never have that experience again. This song absolutely blew me away. Billy Corgan wrote songs for teenagers.

[@davidg5506]

What I miss about listening to this on CD was seeing the artwork on the discs when I replaced one for the other. The two cherubic faces captured the mood of each album perfectly. On Dawn to Dusk the expression is content with a slightly mischievious smile, while on Twilight to Starlight the expression is sad, but also adversarial, and the eyes suggest anger beneath the (infinite) sadness. It's as if Billy is saying "oh you had fun on that disc? Well fuck you, it's time to cry" Thank you for this awesome reaction and analysis. Would love to see you hit something from the their first album, "Snail" is my favorite but "Rhinoceros" will get the most clicks.

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

Tristessa. ;)

[@beenright5115]

I've been relistening to this album recently after rediscovering it after two and a half decades, and i totally forgot the two disks! From dawn to dusk, twilight to starlight (or sunlight?). These are the little things that you miss when listening digitally!

[@heyskipj]

Glad you're shouting out Jimmy. Outside of hardest core SP fans and (I have to assume) industry professionals, not too many recognize how much great work he delivers for the Smashing Pumpkins

[@jaimeflor4181]

Yeah, likely due to casual and non-fans only hearing the radio songs. Jimmy’s most impressive drums are often on tracks that aren’t played on the radio.

[@adamrosner7736]

It a crime. Jimmy is even better than he displays in the Pumpkins - considering he plays with jazz guys nowadays… the secret weapon when I was a young drummer was that I listened to this band while my other drummer friends listened to Metallica

[@tomgrant29]

I would love to see you decompose Porcelina of the Vast Oceans from the same album :)

[@separator94]

The original Smashing Pumpkins ('91-'00) were masterful. Espescially the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. PLEASE do more songs from that album. Oh, and that was the beautiful blonde D'arcy Wretzky on the bass. Not Billy. Billy goes back and forth between rhythm and lead guitar.

[@michaelwatson2313]

In hindsight it was probably Billy.

[@cass2303]

Try from '88 to '21 and beyond mate

[@chilly6470]

This song just grabbed me back in the 90's and hasn't let go to this day.

[@zackfchannel]

Fantastic song by the Smashing Pumpkins on many different levels. Awesome track to review!!

[@overfloated]

Absolutely one of my smashing pumpkins favorites. Takes me back to my teenage years and that acoustic outro always struck a chord in my heart.

[@Volokh333]

You're absolutely right that the ending alludes to another track on the album. In this case, it's the first track on the album. It's serves as a theme for the entire album.

[@drewlittell]

Yes, it is ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’ in a different arrangement. The full track opens disc 2 of the extended MCIS box set. Also, a variation of the same piano theme can be heard at the need of “Farewell and Goodnight”

[@JJon3]

@George Lucas Should be top comment. Came here to say the same.

[@aarongagnon5174]

This is a bucket list album. You need to listen to the entire thing.

[@s69-5]

Thru the Eyes of Ruby has been my favourite Smashing Pumpkins song since I heard it in the '90s. First time watching your videos. Having studied fine arts and animation, I very much appreciate how you break down the song. It is similar to what I would do, only auditory instead of visual.

[@jaimeflor4181]

When I first heard this song, I also noticed the high hat pattern was similar to Sober by Tool. Danny and Jimmy are definitely my favorite drummers from the 90’s.

[@stevenclark1624]

The day Mellon Collie came out (october 24th, 1995), I waited 3 hrs in front of an HMV and didn't go to school, I was shaking :)

[@bayoustate9481]

Best Pumpkins song! I was wondering if others love this shit since 1995 as much as me

[@kylelewis4685]

Love this double album. This track and Porcelina of the Vast Oceans are my 2 favs from this period of SP. Cheers man.

[@kinnusai4432]

This song was always my favourite from Mellon Collie and I too felt it was a hidden gem as you said. So many big hits on that first disc but the 2nd disc still reminds me of a particular time in my life so much because I always went straight for it when I wanted something to listen to in the headphones when I was out and about. Soundtrack of my late teens for sure. Pushing 40 now and it still gets me going but with a kinda nostalgic vibe now. Thank you Geebz!

[@cuteasxtreme]

The outro of this song is a reprise of the instrumental title/intro track. I love this album, obviously. -you even noticed it might be, nice catch!

[@Suncross66]

I always wished there was a longer version of the outro. Perhaps one exists somewhere.

[@paquipeon9735]

Sometimes they extend the outro when performing it live. Like all their songs it’s much better live.

[@bystarlight5]

@@Suncross66 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZPbkqytoqhqg7c

[@gus1443]

@@Suncross66 it’s on the mellon collie reissue. can’t remember the name off the top of my head.

[@Suncross66]

@@bystarlight5 Thank you!

[@MrBadger]

I was so glad to see this reaction. I've been digging into this album again the past few weeks and this track is among the best. You should do Porcelina, Muzzle, etc.

[@thiagoricardodemattos]

Its true, smashing pumpkins made songs that the voice serves more like an instrument beside the others, making the climate. Thank you for showing this!

[@homerjames6540]

Been a pumpkins fan since the early 90’s this song has always been one of my favorites for them. I love songs that take you on a journey. It hits highs and lows and touches many emotions. Their song hummer, mayonnaise, obscured, drown… and several others all have this feel. Love what you do… watch all the time. I was surprised this one was added from them because I too have always looked at it as a hidden gem. Thanks for adding it! If you haven’t done hummer that would be a great one 👍

[@ltlt1219]

Geebz, it's a crying shame you injured your rotator cuff and are needing surgery.. I empathize and sympathize with you! Please get lots of rest, take your time and good care of your shoulder, dear sir. We'll still be here when you return! 🌞 🤙

[@dampersand]

Woah, didn't expect this one. Great song, looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

[@joeyattaway756]

The Lyrics are soo honest. He looked into himself and past his own perspective to bring such a beautiful experience for us to listen. We are all lost inside ourrselves.

[@rumrunner8019]

Thanks for reacting to this overlooked gem from the 90s! Your commentary is some of the best on KZbin. This song really shows that Billy Corgan is such an amazing musician. What other band from the 90s could have pulled this off? Not Nirvana, not Soundgarden, not anyone but the Smashing Pumpkins. Oh, and *OMG!* 🤣I laughed out loud at his expression at 18:14 ! I knew he would be like that! It is a great twist ending to a fantastic track.

[@metalboy27]

Next for SP you gotta do Mayonaise.

[@clipPRmusic]

underrated comment.

[@PenumbraPlays]

Despite this being a double album already. It spawned multiple singles that they released in a boxset called The Aeroplane Flies High. Loaded with b-sides. Billy Corgan said at one point he had roughly 100 songs to pull from for the album. Probably SPs most creative time musically.

[@vmt1182]

My mom bought me the Aeroplane box set for my birthday the year it came out. Amazed me in ways I can't explain. And the 26 minute track "Pistachio Medley" just showcases how diversely talented the band was!

[@AZ-hg6kw]

Oh wow! My absolute favorite track by the Pumpkins! Had to comment before watching. The drumming with Jimmy on this is otherworldly and so incredibly jazzy and powerful. The layered guitar....my God, like a tidal wave of fuzz. Tremendous song. Pumpkins clicking and at their best with this one. Even the fade out is gorgeous. Thanks for reviewing it.

[@elpenza]

Bought this album when it came out, haven't listen to it for years. Thanks for reminding me how good this song is, always been my favorite song of the album, going onto my playlist so I won't let it go into forgotten history again

[@Agostoic]

The pumpkins at the top of their game, miss the 90s man. Thank you Geebz!🤙

[@gayleniskala4417]

best band of the 90s and im a punkr.....

[@craigdaily4510]

This is a great double album. Lots of experimental songs and they pulled it off very well!

[@_permanence]

Great comment about the “tie-in” at the end. MCIS has a few moments like that where songs cross reference each other and help to bind the concept of the album together. The acoustic guitar at the end is the same as the one in Farewell and Goodnight, which in turn has a melody that reflects the opening MCIS piece.

[@regalpinguino]

The end is the beginning is the end. The beginning is the end is the beginning. Infinite Sadness, get it? Now try getting rid of it.

[@AZ-hg6kw]

At 16:34 of this video is possibly my favorite part of the song. The classic, Corgan slide up the neck of the electric guitar(waaarrrrrrr). It's so subtle but damn is it awesome.

[@MrAkselboy]

Would love to see you react to Failure - Another Space Song ❤️

[@labgnat]

Yeah man or Heliotropic

[@guitaristssuck8979]

I agree with both

[@lustalgia...]

yes

[@GG-ik6it]

Yes please failure is so good, they have pro engineers in the band they have worked with tool and a perfect circle.

[@southendbusker7534]

I've stood in a record bar , tears streaming down my face listening to this (completely stoned )

[@alphared4655]

How are you so cool? You're the greatest guy on YT. I mean that.

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

Definitely my favorite Pumpkins track. The drums, bass, and guitar on this track are amazing. So many different sounds. Pure Rock Symphony. My favorite ending to any song of all time. Love hearing you talking about the "washiness" of the guitar and explaining how Billy being pulled back let's us enjoy the music even more, because I always thought this was the "perfect mix" of Billy and the rest of the band. "Youth is wasted on the young"

[@neileusmaximus9606]

This is a heck of a song to decompose! I was surprised and happy to see this one pop up on my feed

[@TwelveinchChewbacca]

This song is a brutal masterpiece. Brutal in the range of emotion it brings out in me as a listener. It's like an addiction I revisit every few months. Hearing it now, I will end up listening to it for a few weeks and then have to walk away from it, cold turkey, only to pick it up again in a few months. From the toy-piano-like tinkling of the strings behind the nut at the beginning to the HUGE wall of guitars and then the simple arrangement for the fade-out, which is almost like the end of the saddest country-and-western song. Which is odd, because I generally am very happy hearing country music songs finish. The warmth discussed here is the 70-some-odd guitar overdubs used in the chorus.

[@reverendaero]

Such an amazing song, triggers ASMR every time for me. I know I already commented on the last Pumpkins vid but Untitled is such an amazing track with an epic guitar solo.

[@unaihernaezauzmendi9787]

I like your "envelope" explaination; That's how I feel it, the sound is all around me, with the difernt instruments conversing from one corner of the room to the other. SmashingPumpkins could put me on a trance back in the day!

[@stewartwilliams144]

such a great song.

[@jakeenan]

Flood & Alan Moulder produced the album. For that heavy muted guitar sound I've heard Billy say it was Flood who said crank up the amps & face them close to the walls. Nice to hear you give props to the GREAT Jimmy Chamberlin on drum. He's played on all their classic tunes.....SP is essentially Billy & Jimmy, at its creative core. They are actually making a sequel to this album at the moment.

[@Wall-ID]

With James it seems.

[@jakeenan]

@@Wall-ID James Iha back in the band- and played on their last two albums.. Which all SP fans wanted. D'Arcy, alas, went a bit nutso.

[@justindensonvibes]

I forgot alllll about the sequel. I remember it being disappointing to me, but maybe I'll give it another try.

[@justindensonvibes]

Just saw the album that came out last year wasn't the sequel, so I'm stoked to see what it sounds like.

[@jakeenan]

@@justindensonvibes Adore was the follow-up. No Jimmy. Its so-so.....in mood. What they're recording now is a genuine sequel to MCIS..

[@stevegrogan1264]

The ending of the song is a reference to/reprise of the first track of the entire album, which was the TITLE track, and was purely instrumental.

[@jcoriha]

The acoustic guitar outro is "Mellon Collie Reprise" Good call!

[@HumanistAtheist]

Thru the Eyes of Ruby is, for me, definitely that gem on this album that you mention. This album was a key part of my high school soundtrack, and this song was my favourite of the album if not their entire discography. It may still be, it's been years since I've listened to the full double EP end to end, and my tastes have changed in the intervening years. That said, listening to this with you just now I was pulled right in and it gave me all those good vibes again. Mahalo!

[@WakeMikey]

I love that you caught the high hat pattern in the intro on your first listen and also made the Tool connection. Cheers! The magical delicacy of Jimmy's drumming over the massive walls of fuzz cannot be overstated. The univibe on the background guitars at the end send everything further into space.

[@danielsinnott2343]

You're reactions are always so amazing. I agree wholeheartedly that this track is very warm sounding and Billy's vocals are definitely further back in the mix. You hit it head on where this was never a single but definitely a hidden gem and one I think true fans really love. It's definitely one of my favorite SP songs of all time. Reminds me of a hidden gem from Soundgarden (Tighter and Tighter). Good luck on the surgery!

[@abysssss]

*LOVE* this era of the Pumpkins.. thanks for doing it Geebz!

[@spinallhead]

This is one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. I started playing because of the Smashing Pumpkins. Mentioning "Release Me" by Pearl Jam was the cherry on top. Probably the top moment on Ten IMO.

[@2008redsi]

Jimmy and Billy are the heart and soul of SP

[@2008redsi]

Pleasantly surprised to see this one on here . Love this song. I saw them on tour for this album Louisville, KY. Amazing concert.

[@abemiller4021]

So glad you reacted to this song! Also, the bassist is not a guy. It's D'arcy Wretzky. She is a phenomenal bassist. Hope the shoulder heals up soon! More SP please! For Martha or, Behold! The Nightmare.

[@nickvanrensburg1249]

Gorgeous track. Thanks for covering it

[@johnplaster4536]

I hate so see you in pain every video I watch but I know that's a part of getting old 🙃 I'm glad you are getting the shoulder looked at and hopefully fixed soon. Know there are always thoughts and prayers going out to you. Thanks for the great content you provide for all the pure (and dirty) listeners out there!

[@nineteenninetyfive]

What is great about the production of this song is how at the end it gets so simple and in your face after that big epic sound. The whole song has so many parts that are different but each part flows so well into the next and seems to contribute to the whole. Great great song.

[@jedgrahek1426]

the ending is a "hidden gem/callback" to Mayonnaise. That's how I've always heard it. That final "shooting star" guitar note is very similar to how Mayonnaise ends. And this is track 7 on disc 2.... the final track is a literal Pumpkins version of the final track on White Album.

[@MegaCurtisimo]

Man I loved that space fuzz guitar tone the Pumpkins had during that era they started with on Siamese Dream. This song & Porcelina of the Vast Oceans.... Exquisite compositional masterpieces.

[@endocry]

I saw these guys live during their Infinite Sadness tour, and at the time this wasn't one of my favorite songs of theirs, but it was absolutely the pinnacle of the concert for me. It was so powerful!

[@kimbervoss3753]

Arguably (with myself) my favorite pumpkins tune..also, best album art ever!!

[@goctagonrecovery3270]

You nailed it Geebz! The small section at the end is a reprise of the first track named after the album.

[@pierrehenri2297]

I can tell you exactly where i was when i first heard that ‘double album’!! It was a thing of beauty. Was revising with my girlfriend at the time, got the record from a mate and played it... well no revising after that! I played it so many times, what a fantastic record this was and still is- up tempo and very soft there is so much in it. And there is D’arcy on the bass!! Not the same when she left!! It brought me back to that revision table, thanks Geebz!! Aloha🤙🏻

[@ptyleranodon3081]

This is my favorite SP song. I was really excited to see this pop up on my feed

[@danielr3522]

It's so uncanny that you decided to analyse this song, because I've been listening to it a lot recently having not listened to it in a long time! Always been one of my favourite Pumpkins songs, always loved the power and dynamism of it. Anyway, loving your work bro, keep it up!

[@Mythologos]

The "drone" is Ebow.

[@TheRealLetharos]

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was the very first CD I ever bought. I spent so much time in my room blasting this album while doing whatever. I had always dealt with severe depression and anxiety. This album really engulfed me as a young teen. I don't like who Corgan is now but he definitely influenced me. Killer track. This album is definitely a journey. You doing alright? You paused for several seconds in the middle there and you looked as if you were contemplating or even mourning. My right shoulder is completely torn apart as well so I feel ya on that. Take it easy my dude.

[@ericmahr9445]

My favorite song on this album. Great choice and great work as always.

[@parkpatt]

Good luck with your rotator cuff, my friend. It sounds like the recovery will be difficult, but I can see that you're in a lot of pain, so I'm glad you're getting it checked out. May you have courage and patience as your body heals. Aloha!

[@JoeHartman80]

My favorite pumpkins track. It’s so damn good

[@topher5116]

One of the greatest songs ever written

[@soft-llama1530]

A good word I find for this song is "immersive." It envelopes you in every sound/instrument, and even the meaning of the song.

[@dathorndike4908]

Great deep track. Never gets enough credit

[@avedic]

I always LOVE that I forget about that outro.... It's SO.....beautiful. I love how SP so perfectly combined this sort of slow heavy thick shoegaze distortion....with this dreamy bittersweet....loveliness. Such a cool unique sound.

[@primitiveT]

Thanks for all you amazing run downs of these infinite dimensions of spacetime we call songs. This is definitely a goto, I have you on all notify. Thanks man, eyb

[@barkingmadman1169]

Great focus on this song. Actually I've heard it a million times as I listen to the full album, but I've never singled this song out to listen to by itself. Very nice break down. Yet another new experience of an old favorite, brought to you by Geebz! Thanks!

[@georgiagm]

one of the best Smashing songs

[@ninja_tony]

Awesome video as always. I just had to pause for a second to say this has been my favorite SP song since it came out, and I personally believe it's the absolute pinnacle of their catalog. It's the perfect, shining example of who and what the band is all about, and if I needed to introduce someone to the band with one song, this would be it. It just perfectly encapsulates every element of the Pumpkins sound in one brilliant package. And still to this day, it remains one of the most beautiful and emotional songs I've ever experienced.

[@xavier7666]

Thanks for this. I’d forgotten how much I loved this song.

[@jasonhornsby7749]

Great analysis, bud! I adore this song, and you're right: it has such warm and inviting tones. Good luck with that rotator cuff surgery.

[@starwinksbackfromtheskypit6790]

Good mention about the drums on the ride. Most bands make that mistake and think high hats and big crashes are where it’s at but it will drown vocals and guitars. Top notch drummers will even have different rides and cymbals in different keys to match the song. Great drummers make great bands.

[@parkpatt]

"dynamic nuances" -- that's a great way to describe it. Great job as always, Geebz!