The Smashing Pumpkins Show!!!

O-M-G!! I just got home from seeing the Pumpkins at the Fox Theatre in Detroit and omg..... it was AMAZING!!!! I didn't get any good pics because I was up in the balconey and I only had my phone camera, so they totally sucked hahaha

THEY PLAYED SET THE RAY TO JERRY!!! Sorry, but if there are any Pumpkins fans out here you know how exciting that was hahaha I almost DIED!! And HOME too!!!

I have never been to the Fox Theatre before but omg!! What a GORGEOUS place!!! A totally PERFECT venue for the Pumpkins!!

haha sorry, I'm a bit toasted and excited and had to share hahaha

Glad your trip didn't suck! It always sucks when things suck!

Wow I said suck a lot!

Is one of the reviews from you?
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/tour_63

I checked the tour dates on the official website. No trip to Europe planned...

LOL!! No those weren't from me, I've been chatting with another friend of mine in LA who seen the SF shows lol.... those reviews are nice though, maybe I'll post one!

omg they were amazing!!! And I hate the new stuff, so that's saying something i guess.... I missed Iha though... badly :(

Here are some pics of the show, they are not mine but someone who posts on the Pumpkins boards who was there hahaha omg, I still can't sleep!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58641390@N00/?saved=1

catbox_9 wrote:

Glad your trip didn't suck! It always sucks when things suck!

Wow I said suck a lot!

LOL!! It soooo totally DID NOT SUCK!!

Wow! Awesome pictures you found there!

Makes me even more jealous i wasn't there and can not see them in the near future.

Yeah that sucks :-( He did say during the show though "This is NOT a reunion tour and we're going to be around for awhile" So I'm hoping for a another new cd and hopefully another tour. Maybe they will do Europe. I thought they did (Europe) at the very beginning but I may very well be wrong.

I am sooooo hoping for a decent bootleg of this show, when he started playing Set The Ray I was like nooooooooo, they can't be playing that!!! And it was!!!! Holy shit lmaooooo

I don't like the new guitarist. I know it's not his fault he's not James, but damn, I wish Billy would have tried harder to get Iha back. Ginger the new bassist is pretty damn hot though LOL

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071008/ENT01/710080412/1033

I thought Iha was rehabbed and back in. Going to Mt Pleasant soon to the casino. Not today but pretty soon

No, Iha is not back. It's really pretty sad as his stage presence was sorely missed. That new guy... boooo....he played alright but totally boring compared to James.

Glad you had a good time. If you can remember ANY of it, you didn't have enough fun!!

hahaha Thanks saint! I can remember a lot of it, but I can barely move today, does that count?

SoulRat wrote:

hahaha Thanks saint! I can remember a lot of it, but I can barely move today, does that count?

Someone not named Andrew Miller------> <------SoulLlama

LMAO!!!! I was standing there looking at Comerica Park and feeling mighty sad there was not a Tiger in sight :'(

Hey, I found a Smashing Pumpkins song I like.....Cherub Rock

That's because Cherub Rock rocks duh :haha:

SoulRat wrote:

That's because Cherub Rock rocks duh :haha:

Yeah it does! Is that a typical song of theirs? I don't know why but I always figured the Smashing Pumpkins were some sort of heavy metal crap. That song is more Nirvana or REM-like and not at all irritating. Maybe I should listen to more of their songs? Are there any other good ones?

Well, The Smashing Pumpkins are really not typical. Anyone who is a fan of this band will tell you that they sound like many other things. They constantly reinvented themselves with every album. They never wanted to sound the same or fall into any sort of genre. I would probably describe them overall as sounding more like R.E.M. or Nirvana, but there are also songs that are very heavy metal influenced too.

If you like Cherub Rock though, I would suggest getting Siamese Dream, the album it was on. It is highly regarded as their best work by many pumpkins fans. My favorite is Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, that album is more rock sounding. I am also a huge fan of their first album Gish. It came out at the same time as Nirvana's Nevermind and they were lumped into the the grunge movement but it sounds nothing like grunge really. Adore is a very light sounding album and Machina, the last REAL pumpkins album is very heavy. The new stuff is just pure crap.

Find the song Drown. It was on the Singles Soundtrack It is the greatest pumpkins song ever

I'll check those out. It's not like it'll cost me any money.