Comments on: Smashing Pumpkins to play Japanese festival in August

By: New bassist to join Smashing Pumpkins ‘world tour’ this year « Hipsters United

Tue, 11 May 2010 20:10:42 +0000

[...] that Nicole will be joining the “world tour later this year” which includes the previously-known Japanese dates in August. Wonder when the other dates will begin to surface… we’re less [...]

By: purple pumpkin

purple pumpkin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:03:20 +0000

Left this thread up accidentally and my friend thought he was funny. Sorry people.

By: wombat77

wombat77 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:24:50 +0000

Are you serious? My initial thought is…. Billy will get a bad rap from from a lot of folks if he does. But no doubt all SP fans wouldn’t miss it for the world and it might be kinda fun to watch. If it is true, I hope it won’t delay TBK. I also hope it’s low key and not as over the top like Rock star INXS! Mind you, Dave Navarro was involved in that so he may play a part in Rock Star SP which would be cool!
Where did u here this news Mr Purple Pumpkin?

By: purple pumpkin

purple pumpkin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:55:55 +0000

So I’ve heard Billy is going to televise the bass auditions and make a show out of it. Hmmm…

By: jcoriha

jcoriha — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:33:26 +0000

Happy birthday to both Billy, and Melissa

By: Bigpumpkins

Bigpumpkins — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:22:20 +0000

I’m pretty sure there will be a thread about it but still. From Courtney to Billy on facebook yesterday:

“Dearest Billy:

I love you, I love your strong and eternal heart, even love the f***ed up gnarly amazing magnificent bigger-than-god louder-than-love karma of the songs you write and allow me to fly with. We have again created beauty from the agony between us, all the buried and unburied anguish, all that is true, that is gold, that is meant to be is within this endless and somehow eternal cycle of Billy & Courtney. I hope you will take my sincerest apologies for all the thousand ways I sometimes offend you, because I know you are a king, a prince, and my beautiful noble boy. No one will ever force my hand, nothing will come between the truth of what we are:

Eternal lovers

Eternal fighters
Eternal warriors.

Let the forces and the shock and awe loose from its cages, all credit where it is due. I love and you and can never thank you enough.Your soul (and you know this).

By: Bigpumpkins

Bigpumpkins — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:15:43 +0000

@detta

Hey very true. I had not realized. Happy birthday to the greatest artist of all time! (I’m not sarcastic)

;-)

By: detta

detta — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:14:22 +0000

i think we need a happy birthday bill thread

By: jcoriha

jcoriha — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:09:14 +0000

typos typos typos. I’ve got to stop this streamofthought thing.

By: jcoriha

jcoriha — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:08:21 +0000

I was just playing it out, and I’m not convinced on those voicings exactly. The “B7″ (actually a B6 duh cause of the tuning) doesn’t sound right with the 3rd in the lower octave. It may have been a barre chord variation like x24325 or x24324, I some to remember some little higher melody played among the chords here as well, but it’s been a LOOOONG time, and no one ever transcribes these chords. Some thing with the F# something like 244322. Some of it may be a keyboard that sounds like a gtr combined into the part, or the filter making it sound more like a keyboard. I doubt James actually tuned it to the open Ebadd9 chord, probably just played the chords in the same places (not over the main riff) in standard Eb. I don’t think they kept that arrangement that long since by the time Matt Walker was in I know I’ve seen him double the riff. The one time I know that arrangement was played was the awards show with the one camera mix. Also the first appearance of the 3 Marshall Valvestate combos that I remember.

By: jcoriha

jcoriha — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:36:27 +0000

Not Bm7, just noticed that. It was B7

By: jcoriha

jcoriha — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:35:30 +0000

It’s been awhile, but I know it was a 022002 E major (down a half step I will just refer to them by the standard tuning names) over the E and Emaj7 chords, x02100 A6sus9 over the A pedal point riff, and the Bridge had x21200 Bm7 over the Bsus4, and I don’t remember the voicing over the C#m or F#m7add4 (x97900) chords. I seem to remember they were barre chords with the altered open strings on the F#m7 (244300) Aadd9 (577600) “down to see” part but don’t quote me on that. The 022002 Open E stands out the most at the end where it just strums the chord and you can hear the high major 3rd ringing out. This part could have been recorded on that Kimberly “Mayo” guitar (the feedback one) since he said he tracked the song with it, or it could have been used on the main part. I think Billy auctioned off the Red/blue pickguard Ibanez Talman he initially used on the song live for a charity a few years ago. Some of the chords may have had a little more variations.

They talked about it in the same Guitar School article where he said he added that guitar with a slight envelope filter, and an additional P Bass over Dub on the Bridge. They misquoted which song it was on though, saying it was “Tales of a Scorched Earth”.

That ’70s Strat I think is the one picture on the Let It All Come Down liner notes, and it was in the Adore documentary as well (James was playing Ebow on it). It was Lake Placid Blue I think, with a rosewood board. It’s been awhile, but it made have been more of a gray-blue finish from age, or another color I’m not sure it’s been awhile!