Drown - The Smashing Pumpkins [1993] - Live @ Metro HD.

Bought the new reissue, fantastic stuff, figured I'd share it with all my friends. You can buy it here: www.amazon.com/Siamese-Dream-S...

[@victorjohnson7512]

Original band members always do it best, every band has a golden period that is totally magical in retrospect...

[@voteZDLR]

The early era of Smashing Pumpkins was nothing short of magical. It really sucks, and Billy Corgan even admits this now but he fucked up when he treated them like they were all disposable and replaceable.

[@voteZDLR]

@Larry Swain Billy Corgan wrote every part for every instrument except the drums. They didn't bring anything to it other than their own unique aesthetics and personalities. If he could play drums, too, and beyond that if he had eight total arms he may have not even bothered having other band mates at all. What I will agree with though is they brought something he could never replace, something he found out the hard way, and that was just the attitude I guess. Like I said, it was just a magical time and they more or less wrote the soundtrack to it for a lot of people (myself included). That and the grunge stuff from the 90's as well.

[@overkill7990]

@@voteZDLR Face it they need D'arcy

[@heatmoon]

This was it I agree. They knew they were going to be something special but nobody whispering I their ears yet. Golden! Billy looks so happy.

[@jasoncoe944]

Dude, my buddies and I back in the 90s had this show in VHS as well as the Euphoria tape and watched it nonstop. I wish I could go back and tell myself how good we had it then music-wise

[@niketasdelgato4027]

Best layla cover of all time!

[@basballer182]

Dare I say better than the original!

[@joshuamitcham1519]

Indeed.

[@stoicnotsad]

Yeah it was hilarious

[@BigMichael78]

It went on for longer than Clapton has ever managed to stay in one band.

[@StealYourFace7731]

i loved the 90s but time never stops; makes me sad sometimes when I see great moments in time like this one.

[@ItsJustMeAdam.]

You and me both...

[@drcraig2004]

Being in my 20's in the 90's was very special and went by way too fast. Miss it so much now in the age of social media it seems everyone is even further apart.

[@dogman6687]

There really are no bands like that these days ☹️

[@AmericanLibra]

@@McBreath_McD_Cheeseburgers We didn't forget. The industry is gatekept. They feed consumers a steady diet of shit culture to dumb them down. Not allowed in the club if you don't play ball.

[@TexasGreed]

@@drcraig2004 man what a trip. My early 20s were some of the best years of my life and I spent a lot of that time listening to the Smashing Pumpkins my favorite band. That being said I was born in 1990. It must have been like a dream to experience your 20s in the 90s in their hayday you lucky dog.

[@stevencirone8927]

Man, when the wall of sound hits I get chills. The magic moments when a great group just gets discovered. The egos, money, and heroin always seem to ruin things. Billy was dressed normally. I found those later Lurch outfits comical. Darcy was so beautiful. Time is such a monster.

[@TheMattmatic]

Billy leaned too much into the Uncle Fester look, he could’ve just shaved his head but kept his style without going full goth. And then it’s like the music had to fit the look almost, no more hazy sunshine psychedelia

[@ryananderson3717]

Indeed.

[@patrickbertlein4626]

I don't know man Ava Adore is SP's best album IMO, and I only say that because Melon Collie isn't an album its an epic magnum opus. @@TheMattmatic

[@TheMattmatic]

@@patrickbertlein4626 To me Adore feels more like a Billy Corgan solo album. It's a great album but I just love that Siamese Dream sound. Mellon Collie is as you say the magnum opus though, since it has that Pumpkin feeling with Billys more mature songwriting and incredible lyrics (his lyric writing was pretty uneven on SD in comparison).

[@Hixlol]

That girl was so cute singing along

[@mitcheze]

yea at 1:20 ..

[@camo2010]

This was a golden age of music. Classic Pumpkins.

[@rileyslostmind5441]

why doesn't anybody mention billy's guitar skills so many riffs and solos killed on the pumpkins

[@MP422ownz]

His style is pretty unique.... very melodic with squealy feedback.

[@vincentrobinson9325]

🤘🏻

[@deanasaurs]

He needs his own guitar hero

[@thelemite935]

Perhaps his egomania gets in the way for so many.

[@PBDrives]

The first five years of SP is undeniable. I love Billy as a musician. As a person....

[@steverok67]

One of their greatest, and it's not even on a Smashing Pumpkins album.

[@euginchristo4396]

Isn't it on Gish or am I wrong? I may be wrong.

[@steverok67]

@@euginchristo4396 No it isn't. It's on the Singles soundtrack.

[@euginchristo4396]

@@steverok67 Oh! thanks bud!

[@jonesyonmysleeve]

It is on 'Rotten Apples'... Does a compilation album count?

[@patrickisawesomer]

@@jonesyonmysleeve no

[@TheLockdownKidNYC]

This performance is unbeatable.

[@Eastforth69]

Pinkpop 94 was excellent

[@wlister83]

Siamese Dream is such an underrated album, and The Smashing Pumpkins so underrated from their 90's grunge/alt counterparts. Every one of these songs from this album is amazing and beautiful. They just don't make music like this anymore, where you can put it on and listen from the first track to the last.

[@FredrickMcCaskill-et1ku]

This could be their best live performance of DROWN and in front of a small audience which makes it more of an up close and personal magical experience...

[@StonedMoses]

Darcy is the bassist that band needs and deserves! What a wonderful combo!

[@Pradzel]

band: 100% sound engineers, stagehands, & videographer: 110%

[@mspager6756]

There’s something so pure with this performance. Love it.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

wow such an amazing cover of Layla

[@turbotimthree]

I was there that night. I lived on Byron between Ashland and Southport, two blocks from the Metro. I will never ever forget this night.

[@Intraveineuse92]

Best live version of this song for sure

[@PBDrives]

I agree. I looked around and watched other versions, this one has the best sound/performance.

[@danopticon]

Ages ago, when they all still had fun together onstage!! I miss this Smashing Pumpkins era - and this era generally… I wish, I wish, I wish I had known then, how lovely and singular an experience I was having, seeing them live. I dunno… somehow I imagine I would’ve held onto it tighter. That’s probably how everyone feels about their 20s, though. Sigh. Time… what a cruel f’ing tyrant. Gadzooks, did I ever have fun, though! ❤️

[@stevenm2526]

52 here bro, I feel you... FUCK

[@phunkymonkiee]

excellent sound quality for a live gig from the early 90s. sounds clearer than the studio recording lol

[@memoryhero]

It's really incredible.

[@hamupinhere]

It's soundboard recording. The whole show was pro-shot, officially released.

[@rockphotochick]

A longtime crush randomly asked me about pumpkins songs out of the blue, and this amaz version of one of my fav songs was the perfect thing to send. Thanks, Internet. 😁🙌

[@larock1982]

just a gem in music history

[@pennsyltuckyden9823]

Would love to go back in time and see this concert

[@mitcheze]

I watch this video, and this entire concert, frequently in 2024. It's just perfect and reminds me of the 90's

[@EyotaWolfz]

I'd sell my soul to the devil just to go back in time and watch this concert in real live..

[@okirrama3587]

+LittleMarch yeah! and watch d'arcy at her prime

[@EyotaWolfz]

And see Billy with hair.. :)

[@kymberlishea2036]

LittleMarch right there with ya!! ✌️🤘❣️

[@jerzwhite4548]

LittleMarch who knows be careful what you wish for

[@stevenm2526]

Any luck on that time travel Gig, I am SO IN

[@ThePurdue]

born in 96. but the pumpkins have always been my favorite band. can't stop watching pinkpop and metro concerts..definitely born too late haha

[@the_tune_of_your_death]

At least you were around when it was the og ineup I was born 02 they were dead by they were done by then

[@meluciferthrasher13]

You're never to late to hear great music!

[@jeremybrandt5779]

@@the_tune_of_your_death bro I was born in 97 we were not around 😂 we were babies lol

[@load53]

Im from 93 , my favorite band in the world, I love them more than everything. I'm from Colombia and since I remember one of my biggest dreams was to understand what they say in their lyrics, and I learn English at the nacional University to understand !! It was one of the best decisions in my life . I saw them in 2012 here in my country. I almost died haha , I was so happy and there where people putting moster energy mixed with Buchanan's 18 years that day , I just drank all , didn't care about the world it self hahaha . Love them with all my life

[@trecooltabbilos2279]

Trying to forget what we are having here in 2020...what a decade... So fucking sad we can't go back..

[@arthursebba2570]

1:49 ,that is one of the most true and beautiful solo , someone could have ever done every single note has a meaning ... love u billy

[@erin122123]

Arthur Sebba i liked how he laughed right after, you know what you did 😃😃😃

[@dg321_]

This is the concert i would sell my soul to go back and be at

[@therealjulez7886]

the crowd is just putty in his hands at this point in time, such a great vibe love the pumpkins

[@ryananderson3717]

This music lives in the core of my soul forever.

[@Derek-df1dw]

My all time favorite of theirs!!!

[@pgai824]

We're never going get to rock this good ever again...

[@samputnam6348]

You won’t get commercial rock this good ever again

[@pgai824]

@@samputnam6348 commercial rock lmao what a joke

[@samputnam6348]

​@@pgai824 yeah it is. it will never be as popular as it was but still a lot of really good contemporary bands

[@anthonysproule407]

One of their best tracks

[@DaleJamesFerrer]

My all-time fave SP song. Just breathtaking to hear.

[@wathafukc]

Darcy was so gorgeous back then.

[@thebillcollector]

one of my favorite albums to this day

[@mmsizzlak]

D'arcy! Made me eternally fall for female musicians... Too bad how things turned out for D'arcy

[@itwontcomeout5678]

I heard she might have started talking to Billy again! Maybe things are looking up for her in the near future :D

[@Brinta3]

@@itwontcomeout5678 I’ll bet you that when the Pumpkins (original four + Jeff) are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, D’Arcy won’t be there playing her bass. She definitely burned that bridge a couple of years ago.

[@ajh21313]

@@Brinta3 you’re right!

[@joshuamitcham1519]

This is the most epic performance of Drown ever recorded. I get goosebumps from the nostalgic rush of sound and it's just simply awesome.. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@davehenry7262]

D'arcy. Beautiful. Nuf Said.

[@icejunki]

Absolute time travel. I don't understand why he stopped writing like this. He had the world at his fingertips, Cobain died, Pearl Jam was on Ticketmaster strike and for some reason these guys, slowly or abruptly, however you want to look at it, changed their sound and style. You could have written Spacey, quiet then loud octave riffs until out sun burned out. Closest thing I've heard since was Mary Star Of the Sea. But he probably started writing that in 93' as well. It's not to late Billy. Bring back the spacey and change the world one more time.

[@seanslavin1974]

I remember seeing them at the Rivera theater on 10/23/95 on the Mellon Collie tour. They blew up a transformer on the main power half way through the first song which was Zero. It took about forty five minutes for an electrician to restore power. When they started playing again they couldn’t use the lights from their light show as whatever “fix” was done wasn’t enough to give them the amount of power they needed. Such a memorable show. Darcy was out front before the show signing autographs and talking with fans. I remember a seemingly drunk homeless man, that looked like an Eskimo came up and asked Darcy why they didn’t write a song about Eskimos. While Darcy was signing James pulled up in a cab with his dry cleaning and walked right in. Apparently Billy also walked right by us as the security guards were laughing at us that we’d missed him. This was before the internet and he’d recently shaved his head so no one knew what he looked like, thus we didn’t recognize him. Ah those were the days.

[@pauldack5129]

Can't believe this was 25 years ago. WTF.

[@its_Sam19]

now 30😢

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

Absolutely sick guitar work

[@TheRealDannAlexander]

Best Pumpkins song.

[@kymberlishea2036]

This show was perfection. Just awesome. ❤️🤘

[@pennsyltuckyden9823]

Awesome version of this song

[@e4t662]

god she was so beautiful...

[@ECpian05]

i know its such a shame with the drugs and all.

[@therapist6328]

Was.

[@fun101productions9]

E4T6 I know Billy was but actually he’s a dude

[@rocknrollbodybuilder]

@@fun101productions9 their talking about darcy

[@fun101productions9]

@@rocknrollbodybuilder Duh really?

[@joefinnygin2401]

Maybe 27 yrs later the lovebirds 1:20 are still in luv like in this recording. The 90's wer golden

[@melloncolliemelon7948]

Fav performance of drown ❤️❤️

[@sunshinefogleman127]

All of those yesterday's comig down....I miss these days so much it hurts

[@cazb877]

I adore this song ❤

[@JustMe-ob3nw]

I love this one ❤️

[@cjscrazycars6479]

Chills every time

[@bobv5806]

Awesome clip. Such a magical moment for the Pumpkins.

[@im_new_wave]

This song makes me feel better. Thank you

[@Rob_Mike_Litterst]

God, all their lyrics, CD's, their vibe about then and about when feeling jaded, blue, so complete yet misunderstood, it was never gonna trend and felt precisely like you. As an ode to grunge, my actual album with the DVD included this show at metro was destroyed by my ex, heheY!

[@satevo462]

One of my favorites.

[@beanvillen24]

God they sound so good live!

[@LoVeAmBiEnT]

Sounds sooooooo good. Damn.

[@christianedu211]

Fav song😁

[@andrearighetti8383]

I love this song

[@cathrasher1974]

fucking sick.. This shit just made my day..

[@video4rainydays]

i could faint i love this song so much and this video is so awesome thanks for posting it for us to enjoy!!! i wish i could've been there at that moment!!!

[@soldiesis100]

old times..... great era

[@marklummis3743]

Absolute - Ultra - Hyper - Oh Yeah - Play it Again !!!

[@Vinylcommunity89]

Great song

[@davidwoolbright3675]

Their best song. Even the short version!!

[@dagconst1]

I never realized how good of a guitarist Billy Corgan is .

[@southendbusker7534]

........how ?

[@TheMattmatic]

He’s always been great

[@melonhead49]

Top of their game for Siamese in my opinion

[@michaeltrevino201]

Imagine being in this crowd. Just fucking imagine.

[@josephf9324]

He did that at the August 17, 19 concert lmao he said who wants to hear Panama and everyone went crazy. The fact that I guess it’s been a running joke for so long is actually great

[@dopemanricky7196]

This is 4 years before i was born yet i know every word

[@RamenNoodlez258]

This song was really revelant at a point in my life...and sadly, I have the overwhelming feeling it's about to be again. *Holds up lighter

[@charlesbaer9971]

1993 Smashing Pumpkins was something special that we (and they) didn’t appreciate at the time.

[@MaryShelleysNib]

trust me, it was definitely appreciated at the time, and so say millions of other fans!

[@brianhill6717]

With that “JC” badge on the kick, I want to believe Jimmy knew he was one of the absolute best of his time…and beyond!

[@edwardbrook2029]

The pumpkins rule!!

[@SWbro94]

2:18, I wish I could marry her...

[@FARID1870]

first time I heard Billy singing, I thought a cat had its leg trapped

[@AhmadRifai-xu9ij]

Sick shred!

[@jpaadams3247]

such beautiful noise

[@fasteddie2119]

The best. Ever since the unicorn in Milwaukee

[@sambramley8964]

possibly my all-time favourite pumpkins' song. The original more so. Although that ten or so minutes of noise/feedback makes it not so good for bed-time :-)

[@quentinmitchell3047]

Its 2 -3 minutes of feedback

[@davidfox7983]

The Pumpkins at their Sublime Best

[@leafbelly]

Probably the best shoegaze song ever.

[@bestep420]

Jesus this is good....

[@ruination775]

❤❤❤❤

[@coldsunsetz]

still my favorite SP song

[@averagebusinessmen2]

0:21-0:29 that cracks me up every time

[@andrewhulme8831]

Anyone here in 2019?

[@wartimemodels]

sup

[@heroesofhogan233]

Andrew Hulme ; Not yet, I'm stuck here in 1988,.......should be there about mid November,......am all excited tho......

[@kyloren7070]

Of course my --->🐎

[@khaimk4r4su]

Greetings from the future August 2020

[@meluciferthrasher13]

Listened in the 90s and still listening in 2020!! Long live the 90s!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@HiberniaeCor]

I miss old Pumpkins

[@monalisacalegalim8515]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@thasupremeoverlord]

#1 song of the 90's

[@eliasmg9144]

Drown must have been a hell of a fan favorite back in the day

[@brentdemty6859]

Saw Um live in a stadium in 95 or 96. Wish it were a smaller venue or club. They aren’t an arena band. At the 1st 2 albums. They were tight live in this Metro show

[@FARID1870]

this is the song that got me hooked to SP when they were still quite an obscure band with a funny name and cheetah like vocals

[@Mtias_]

billy, te quiero mucho

[@calebmastronardi915]

Love how the pumpkins put on the best concert in their entire history when they just recently released one of the best albums of all time and fans can’t help but heckle Billy Corgan for the person they knew he’d become

[@leeforrester466]

Real live show, no cell phones to be seen, people there to enjoy the moment.

[@kynes333]

This was the song, sadly from the Singles soundtrack, that actually introduced me to SP. But first hearing.... i was a die hard fan of everything. (including the Rolling stone articles.)

[@heroesofhogan233]

kynes333 ; Why do you say "....sadly from the singles soundtrack" ?......just curious.

[@eLiFILMSinc]

Why Sadly? At least you made it

[@jasonpeters9716]

The Singles Soundtrack? Most influential album ever. Turned alot of us on in 91

[@averyadrian1534]

When feedback was considered music... it took 23 years to catch up to Hendrix who pioneered using feedback as part of his sound

[@creekandseminole]

Yeah bands don't do it as much anymore. I always loved it, but then again I'm a huge My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth fan lol

[@lichtfilme]

1:43 d‘arcy...