Tsp1997-01-21

The Smashing Pumpkins
Date	1997-01-21
Venue	Southern Illinois University Arena
Location	Carbondale, IL, US
Venue Type	Arena
Capacity	12,000
Lineup	Corgan, Iha, Wretzky, Walker, Flemion
Order of Bands	Fountains of Wayne, The Smashing Pumpkins
Surfaced Recordings
AUD #1
Source	AUD
Format	ANA
Equipment	Walkman
Length	108m
Complete?	Yes
Lowest Circulating Generation	ANA-1>CDR
Live Music Archive	16-bit download
Unsurfaced Recordings
AMT #1
Source	AUD
Format	VHS
Equipment	Unknown
Length	108m
Complete?	Yes
Notes	VHS-M>CDR audio transfer circulates.

Setlist

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Set:

• Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (over PA)
• Tonight, Tonight
• Cherub Rock
• Where Boys Fear to Tread
• Rhinoceros
• Zero
• Fuck You
• Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
  • Rocket (tease)
• 1979 (with the Frogs)
• Norwegian Wood [The Beatles] (tease)
• (improv)
• Thirty-three
• Bullet with Butterfly Wings
• Muzzle
• Disarm
• Thru the Eyes of Ruby

Encore One:

• X.Y.U.

Encore Two:

• Drown
  • Hummer (tease)
• Siva
  • Spiders (tease)

Banter

MCIS
Tonight, Tonight
Cherub Rock
Where Boys Fear to Tread
Rhinoceros
Corgan: Hi, thank you. We are the Smashing Pumpkins. Very nice to see you everybody, hi.
Iha: Yo.
Corgan: Actually um, kinda started a new thing where we just come out and play about three songs and we just stop...
Iha: Goodnight, we stand here, goodnight!
Corgan: We charge about 8 dollars and 25 cents a song. We'd like to send this love song out to all you sinners out there. We certainly realize that if you're going to this university, you are a sinner.
Zero
Fuck You
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans / Rocket (tease)
Iha: Thank you. Uh, that was Porcelina. And now we'd like to bring a very special guest to the stage -- no light boos necessary yet -- uh, but he's a gentleman, all the way from Milwaukee, would you please put your hands together, of the Frogs, Jimmy Frog! We were in quite a thrall with Jimmy Frog. Jimmy, a few words for the audience? OK, Jimmy's not speaking...he will lead us into this next number, let's all dance, shall we?
1979
Iha: Let's all put our hands together for Jimmy Frog, guys.
Norwegian Wood (tease)
Corgan: Really? Now there's a novel comment, for 1997.
improv
Corgan: Yes, tomorrow is just an excuse away.
Thirty-three
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Corgan: Thank you, thank you very much.
Iha: I apologize for that strange intermission, that was actually one of our road crew, we pay him every night to come up on stage and just freak out, we pay him to do that. It helps to bring a little bit of spontaneity to the concert. We're glad you enjoyed that part of our show. Are you still with us? Are you still ready to rock? Has anyone ever seen that Star Trek episode where they're on that strange planet and they keep asking everybody "are you of the mind?" and they say yes, I am of Landry, 'cause Landry is the president. So when I ask you if you're of the mind, you say "I am of the Smashing Pumpkins". So let's board the spaceship and have a heck of a time.
Corgan: But you didn't ask them if they are of the mind?
Wretzky: That's because it's the body.
Iha: The what?
Wretzky: Are you of the body?
Corgan: D'arcy is our resident star trek slash...
Iha: What??
Corgan: Wait, hold on...D'arcy is our resident Star Trek slash X-Files expert.
Wretzky: James is just an impostor, he doesn't know anything about Star Trek. So, I guess the question is are you of the body?
Iha: I didn't do that, I just thought that sounded too sleazy.
Corgan: OK, well we were kidding before, but this is the end of the show. Thank you, goodnight.
Iha: Goodnight!
Muzzle
Disarm
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
[encore break]
Iha: How are ya! Thank you, thank you very much. You're a very kind audience. Carbondale, are you ready for more rock and roll?
Corgan: What did you just promise everyone?
Iha: Rock and more roll!
Corgan: What's that?
Iha: Rock and more roll!
Corgan: You didn't promise them what you promised the crowd the other night, did you?
Iha: Um, skipple? No, I did not promise them skipple.
Corgan: He told this crowd the other night that not only could everyone come back stage, but he would give each of them a personal massage. I thought he was making another one of those wild Iha promises.
Iha: Hands of a surgeon!
Corgan: Like to take this moment to thank everyone for coming very much. We realize it's uh, it's been a mighty long time since our album came out, and we appreciate you waiting around for us to come to wherever you are. Of course we'll never tour again, so this will be the last time you get to see us. So I hope you appreciate it.
Iha: People who do get backstage, instead of a massage, microwave popcorn.
Corgan: James, would you like to introduce this next selection?
Iha: Yes, um...is it rock and roll, or is it just the regular selection?
Corgan: Oh, you get the lights and everything!
Iha: Now, has anybody ready Dante's Inferno? Anyone read Beowulf, I know I have. Imagine a room, fiery pillars, then we look around with pitchforks, that's what this next song's about. Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to fucking rock on this next song, it's called X.Y.U.!
X.Y.U.
[encore break]
Iha: Thank you very much, thank you very much, you've been a great audience. I almost fell into a Catskills trip for a second, but I will be back in about a week, back. Now we're gonna continue on with the concert, thank you very much. Perhaps some of you weren't there in the Catskills back then.
Drown / Hummer (tease)
Corgan: Thank you so much. We can tell you're getting good and bored now, so we're gonna quit after this song, thank you very much. Have a good night, have a good week, have a good month, have a good year. It's all very prog-rock after this point so you may want to leave if you're afraid of the metal.
Siva / Spiders (tease)