Bullet With Butterfly Wings | 2018-09-02 | Smashing Pumpkins

3:11:15

Rating:

8.00 / 2 ratings

Taper:

why is it still called "taping"?

Transferrer:

somebody who managed to plug in a USB cable without breaking anything

SHNID:

tsp2018-09-02

Source:

Dee-pee-ayy four-thousand-sixty-three to em-ten mic-in at level two

Lineage:

digital with advanced 1337 error checking

Taper Notes:

View NotesHaving seen the Pumpkins and Corgan dozens of times over the years at intimate venues, I wasn't at all excited for an arena tour with hits and nearly skipped.  Coming in with low expectations, I was blown away by much of the set which featured live rarities, including the tragically-underperformed Try^3 and a somehow-even-more-epic-than-before Porcelina.

The sound at T-Mobile Arena was excellent given my distance from the stage; and Katie Cole's backing vocals are a welcome addition.  The crowd was generally well-behaved and there were several empty seats around me.

I did not record Metric since I was making adjustments to my gear.  I had a battery box in my chain, but decided to bypass it given the lower-than-expected levels I was getting from Metric.

Track notes:

* Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is a (new?) guitar version played over the PA (not the piano version from the album of the same name).

* Imagery from Machina II was featured, despite no songs from that album being performed.

* Rocket was performed as on Siamese Dream, not the "mellow" version from 1996/2007 shows.  Either way, it's great to have one of their lesser-known singles performed live, again.

* Not sure if Mayonaise had a long new intro or if Sheila has a long new outro, but left it at the end of Sheila.

* Likewise, I'm not sure about the Mayonaise to Porcelina transition, either; just enjoy them :)

* Porcelina features a killer new outro which debuted (as far as I know) on 2018-06-27, it was the highlight of the evening for me.

* Backing track distortion at the start of 1979 and Ava Adore was audible at the show and not due to my gear or editing.

* Solara was more enjoyable live than the studio recording; it now features a drum solo which was added at some point on this tour.

I regret not bringing a yogurt or granola bar :)

But as a spoiled Pumpkins fan, I always want more.  Now I'm looking forward to a Machina II tour featuring Real Love, White Spider and the heaviest Blue Skies Bring Tears \m/  And a pre-Gish tour, too, kthxbye.