Live! From the line @ the fillmore. Te line is crazy today. If you want front row come in 2 hrs and you will be fine. Their are 4 of us here. Yup. I am number 4. It gets worst. No one seems to care....

i feel sorry for you Monte, you have to relive the same boring setlist with minor changes day after day but you are doing everyone a great service by taping and relaying setlists and stuff and i thank you for it. i can only imagine how worse of an experience this residency would have been if we had to wait for each and every song to be played to know the rough order of the setlist here at home.I probably would have totally stopped reading these threads after the 3rd or 4th day.

Imagine if they sold tickets the day of their show only. I would be in line earlier

if they sold tickets the day of the show you four would probably be the only ones who even attend the dumb event. i just cant believe that billy hasn't brought out a single new old tune for you guys (unless i missed something and he did). i mean, he's spending so much time making all these cool acoustic songs and thats great so far they've all be pretty spot on songs but what new songs has he brought to the table in terms of rock music at his ROCK concert? Superchrist?

i know some people on here seem to be preaching the glory of it and how blown away they are but come on, it sounds so bland and boring. The middle part where he sings is pretty cool but the song in general lacks a raw edge and creativity that have been a mark of the residency created songs so far and it sounds to me as little more than a less enthused united states.

If he spends the last few shows working on adding brand new electric songs to the mix and shaping them into being as acceptable as the acoustic ones he could salvage a little bit of what he totally lost over these past few shows.

I care!!! :D
Seeing them at the 7.25 show, although probably the shortest show both length wise and banter wise, was absolutely stellar. In that sense, Im glad I only went to one show. I, too, would be bored if I bought tickets for all 12 shows and there wasnt much variation.
I dont think Ill be looking at setlists once the North American tour starts until the Vancouver show Ill be at...

This is FILLMORE show #9 (California #10 counting Santa Cruz)

i honestly think i could see the same 3-hour setlist 11 times and enjoy it every time.

I'll be there later today... Hey Monte, is it hard to get seats in the balcony?

i feel sorry for you Monte, you have to relive the same boring setlist with minor changes day after day but you are doing everyone a great service by taping and relaying setlists and stuff and i thank you for it. i can only imagine how worse of an experience this residency would have been if we had to wait for each and every song to be played to know the rough order of the setlist here at home.I probably would have totally stopped reading these threads after the 3rd or 4th day.
:cry: :cry: :cry:

if they sold tickets the day of the show you four would probably be the only ones who even attend the dumb event. i just cant believe that billy hasn't brought out a single new old tune for you guys (unless i missed something and he did). i mean, he's spending so much time making all these cool acoustic songs and thats great so far they've all be pretty spot on songs but what new songs has he brought to the table in terms of rock music at his ROCK concert? Superchrist?

i know some people on here seem to be preaching the glory of it and how blown away they are but come on, it sounds so bland and boring. The middle part where he sings is pretty cool but the song in general lacks a raw edge and creativity that have been a mark of the residency created songs so far and it sounds to me as little more than a less enthused united states.

If he spends the last few shows working on adding brand new electric songs to the mix and shaping them into being as acceptable as the acoustic ones he could salvage a little bit of what he totally lost over these past few shows.
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


:newbie:

It is not too hard to get the balcony I guess. Just show up by 4pm and I assume u should be fine.

Lisa and ginger just showed up. And kristin and gooch.

i honestly think i could see the same 3-hour setlist 11 times and enjoy it every time.
ME TOO!! (god i hope you were being serious) LOL ;)

Ok billy jimmy and maybe jeff just got here. Billy waved as he drove by

ME TOO!! (god i hope you were being serious) LOL ;)

yeah. i'm serious.

i honestly think i could see the same 3-hour setlist 11 times and enjoy it every time.

Same here. It fills my heart with joy to know that there are others like me out there.

Hey Monte, is it hard to get seats in the balcony?
Ask for Monte aka "the balcony pimp".
You'll have better chances to get in with boobs and nice hair.

Monte why do you keep showing up hours early if there's never anyone in line

i honestly think i could see the same 3-hour setlist 11 times and enjoy it every time.
I agree :)

Hey Monte! This is Ricky, the guy from the first show who tried bringing in a camera, but rejected it as I went in.
Do you know if anyone has any spare tickets? I'd really like to go, and take my girlfriend with me (it's her birthday today). Please let me know if anyone has any. It's a 4 hour drive, there and back, so i'm not exactly sure if I want to take that ride to leave empty handed. Thanks.

most of the people who tried to get tickets for the shows i went to got some
much easier to get tickets when you're there as compared to from 4 hours away

Ya the line is still short. I am cutting out to see the simpsons movie :) see ya guys later

I am cutting out to see the simpsons movie

Does this mean we don't have to hear you bitch for 3 hours? hooray!

You acttually never have to hear from me. You chose to read what I post Day dreaming Of Darcy.

met monte last night - such a dick - wouldn't even give me a blowjob

monte, i'm glad you're getting out to see teh movie; enjoy yourself

thakns again for all your work on this...can't wait to get the HDDVD

i honestly think i could see the same 3-hour setlist 11 times and enjoy it every time.

O RLY?

Get back to me after you spend $400 on tickets, along with 88 hours of your time minimum, to see the same 3 hour setlist 11 times in a row. Your time must be extremely cheap.

I just got back from the movie and I heard linda starberry is here :(

why does she make you unhappy monte?

And now I am told by frenchy that kerry brown is here too!

is he the one who used to be married to d'arcy?

a photographer too right?

I just got back from the movie and I heard linda starberry is here :(

OOOH! Will my dream come true? Will Billy announce, "...that a very special person is in the audience tonight..." and then "This one is for you." and proceed to play a rocking Smashing Pumpkins cover of Strawberry Fields Forever?!

:rofl:

If their filming 4 more nights (?) and last night was a greatest hits one, maybe Billy will pull more songs out, it's not like they haven't had long enough to learn some new songs..

If their filming 4 more nights (?) and last night was a greatest hits one, maybe Billy will pull more songs out, it's not like they haven't had long enough to learn some new songs..

...Strawberry Fields Forever.

Comfirmed. Saw linda myself w/ some long hair guy coming out. She walked out w/ billy but did not get in the car w/ him thanks heaven :)

you got a problem with linda monte? i met her in seattle. she was really nice.

I meet her in seattle as well. She is fine, but messed up to sheila at the metro show!

The long haired guy is probably her boyfriend..as long as Linda doesn't get up on stage...

What's the time in SF?

It is 4:45pm we are in a line of under 40 right now

So are you their with anyone or talking with anyone, or are you just waiting?

It is 4:45pm we are in a line of under 40 right now

It's 1am here so gonna hit the sack in a bit i think.

have fun and happy filming Monte..tell Billy England loves him and Reading/Leeds shall be awesome, flooding and all..and ask whether their gonna bring out any new songs and how he decides upon the setlists (you dont have to, would like to know though!)

So are you their with anyone or talking with anyone, or are you just waiting?http://www.treesandballoons.com/pic/tsp/monte.JPG
this is how he spends most of his time in line
the rest of the time he spends trying to get cute girls tickets
:cool:

Please stop bitching.
Honestly man shut the fuck up, if you it's such a hard thing for you to do fuck it don't go give your ticket to someone who would lik eto be thier.

This wahh im seeing epicness is old stfu

yeah, I'm kinda getting to the point where these vids your making, while appreciated, could be sacrificed for your happiness. Just stop going, dude. There are plenty of people who haven't seen ten shows and would really like to go to just one. It's not your "moral obligation" to tape these shows--we'll all live. If it's such a hassle for you to see the Pumpkins live, sell your tickets to someone who wants to be there.

Seriously.

I am taking a risk and will be doing video from front row!

Good choice, Monte. Being up front definitely escalates the excitement of any show.

Tip: Before and after the opening band, and between sets, don't be afraid to sit down in the middle of the crowd. I did this, and it saved my legs and back. What's more, everyone saw me sit down, and followed suit - there were hundreds of sitters, and I started the trend.

I am taking a risk and will be doing video from front row!

here's hoping ;)

Don't listen to the whiners ... we realize the sacrifice you're making to provide these awesome videos and valuable updates for ze fans ... thanks a bunch!

Did I complain today? Either way I think going 1st time I will have a better time up front

Cool dude, should make for some sweet up-close vids.

To the whiners: You guys are clearly over it, so shut the fuck up and get the fuck out.

Cool dude, should make for some sweet up-close vids.

To the whiners: You guys are clearly over it, so shut the fuck up and get the fuck out.

Cool.. I'll let someone else send Netphoria the setlist then.. less work for me

Actually, just pull up any setlist from the past 9 shows and you'll be close enough

Is monte whacking it under the blanket?

Answers are needed...

Just to clarify, "whiners" was referring to shayne and adore_adore, not to you guys actually at the show.

Just to clarify, "whiners" was referring to shayne and adore_adore, not to you guys actually at the show.

Oops, sorry. If Monte is in the front row I wont be able to borrow his blackberry anyway, so it might be a moot point. Definitely by 1am at least

Don't listen to the whiners ... we realize the sacrifice you're making to provide these awesome videos and valuable updates for ze fans ... thanks a bunch!

Lol, right, I'm the one whining when these guys are sitting in line complaining about "yet another show with the same set list." No, sorry. I'm just ticked off that a bunch of fans who would actually have FUN aren't going to be able to because, for some strange reason, these people who suddenly are totally bored with the shows feel obligated to keep going.

And his SACRIFICE to record for us? Listen, I totally love the fact that he's giving us so many updates, honest I am, and I think it's awesome that he's so loyal with his camera and stuff. But seriously. He's going to see the Smashing Pumpkins and you think that's a sacrifice?

:rolleyes:

edit: Not JUST referring to Monte, by the way. There are plenty of other people who are MORE vocal about their annoyance with these shows, and yet they keep on goin'.

:rolleyes:


...jealous?

VERY

I am up front. On billy left between him and jeff.
So no setlist info tonite. I haven't seen markpregen yet so *shrug*

For whoever asked, yes, Kerry Brown was D'Arcy's husband. Starchildren reunion show anyone?...

Monte why do you keep showing up hours early if there's never anyone in line
This is a pretty good question.

This is a pretty good question.

So he can hang out with all the other crazy idiots who get there 10 hours early for no reason.

well...im not saying you have to get there 10 hours early...but for some people it is their first time seeing their favorite band. like myself. i showed up at 8am, met tons of cool people who showed up between 8 and the showtime, saw billy and them walk in, and had a place right next to the stage in front of billy. the wait was worth it. the people i talked to said it was worth it too.

its just something people do. im sure some of you will be waiting in line for 300 on dvd, waited for a harry potter book, wait online for monte or some one to reply to a question you have. everyone does it, just in different ways

I got hdd buffer errors with the opening band so we most likely r in trouble tonite. I got 2 video sources. One for sure is doing all nite from balcony. But miniDV SD. But we get what we get right?

its just something people do. im sure some of you will be waiting in line for 300 on dvd, waited for a harry potter book, wait online for monte or some one to reply to a question you have. everyone does it, just in different waysyeah but no one does it for 13 out of 17 days to see/do the same thing.

yeah but no one does it for 13 out of 17 days to see/do the same thing.

really? thats like saying people didnt go watch the matrix at the movies 15-20 times. i think the movie changed alot less than the shows.

people didnt go watch the matrix at the movies 15-20 times
QFT

quit fuckin talkin or quite fuckin true?

QFT = Quoted For Truth

del

smashing0..how was the bus ride back?
im glad i only had to go to san diego

smashing0..how was the bus ride back?
im glad i only had to go to san diego

BAN

BAN
QFT

Leaving l
Rotten apples
Peace
99 floors
No surrender
Today
1979
Us
Orchid
Lucky 13
Shame
Hummer
Bwbw
God and country
Dfa
To sheila
Tonight
Tarantula
Starz
Zero
Glass and
That's the way
Superchrist
Starla
Doomsday
Hmm
----
Zeitgeist
Silverfuck
---
Muzzle
Gossamer

at least u get shame.

thats always nice

smashing0..how was the bus ride back?
im glad i only had to go to san diegoworst experience of my life
i don't remember who you were
:blush:

if SP is gonna cover a Beatles song... i continually spam billy's SP pm about doing either "tomorrow never knows" or "yer blues". But i agree... "strawberry fields forever" would sound cool by the Pumpkins. For the pumpkins sound... SFF prolly would beat TNN (but TNN is my all time fave song, so)... but i just think (assuming his voice was healthy) billy's vocals would rock if he actually BELTED OUT "yer blues".

worst experience of my life
i don't remember who you were
:blush:

up front in front of you and monte...my wife and i talked to you for a minute. had the sp flag shirts on and the lawn chairs

worst experience of my life
i don't remember who you were
:blush:

Damn, that sucks. At least you didn't stick around after the show.
Hope you actually remember me.

Big tech issue

Big tech issue
meaning what exactly?

and of course i remember you penn darvis

Yea, tech issue for whom, you or the band?

geez this guy's almost real enough to give up

By starlight w linda

By starlight w linda
now i'm all sorts of confused ;)

Ehhhhh.

By Starlight = super awesome.
Linda = no talent leech

She sang on to shiela

apparently she makes billy real

aww man. did she ruin by starlight?

She sang on to shiela

In addition to By Starlight or instead of it?

By starlight w linda


this is a good start, linda strawberry or not. it means the song is feasibly performable by the band and perhaps we'll see billy sing it (if he didn't already tonight)

holy crap. instead of rotten apples and peace and love (and it sounds like by starlight?!?!), i went to my gf's highschool reunion. *storms off in a huff*

if SP is gonna cover a Beatles song... i continually spam billy's SP pm about doing either "tomorrow never knows" or "yer blues". But i agree... "strawberry fields forever" would sound cool by the Pumpkins. For the pumpkins sound... SFF prolly would beat TNN (but TNN is my all time fave song, so)... but i just think (assuming his voice was healthy) billy's vocals would rock if he actually BELTED OUT "yer blues".

I just don't want Jackson to benefit from whatever they play; hopefully, if they play a Beatles song, Paul McCartney benefits from it. The whole rights ordeal pisses me off.

I just don't want Jackson to benefit from whatever they play; hopefully, if they play a Beatles song, Paul McCartney benefits from it. The whole rights ordeal pisses me off.

No one benefits unless the song gets released.

I believe, if a song is played live, the owner of the publishing right's benefits. There are many other ways the owner of the publishing right's benefits as well, including what you mentioned.

holy crap. instead of rotten apples and peace and love (and it sounds like by starlight?!?!), i went to my gf's highschool reunion. *storms off in a huff*
she ruins everything.













Linda Strawberry, i mean. you're totally better off.

sweet burn!!

:rockon:
:the helicopter:

Set 1 ends on starla jeff threw his guitar.

I got a lot of great video tonite

Linda did not sing on by starlight but was on stage for it

ah, well...

Fuck, this show sounds sweet.

Ehhhhh.

By Starlight = super awesome.
Linda = no talent leech

Linda= songwriter who has had her own publishing deal with Chrysalis since age 21. And is partially responsible for the Spun songs.
You= retarded.

Encore 1
DC so far
I assume hmm next

Bingo
Its hmm

what's the revised setlist look like so far?

Linda did not sing on by starlight but was on stage for it

huh, did she just stand there? Play the keyboard?

Thanks for the updates, Monte :)

Just a guess here... no gossamer...

Encore 1 over and encore 2 looks like new song. We have lyric sheet so ns I assume

House lights??? Hmmmmm who knows

Its still dense w/ house lights... But geo did leave for a sec

Lights off here we go again

by starlight? nice...

Z
Then muzzel

sounds like a phenomenal show. hope you found being in the front enjoyable!

Camera crapped on muzzel and the 1st single of Z.

But I got a 2nd taper who got all of both songs.

Much love folks

how did they play By Starlight? it looks like it would've been part of the acoustic set.

edit: unless they did To Sheila fully electric again.

by starlight...wow

O ya show over

By Starlight was probably a minute long at most and transitioned into To Sheila... Straw's vocals were barely audible. She walked on stage prior to By Starlight.

setlist was as posted by monte, except move doomsday and HMM to encore 1, move zeitgeist and muzzle to encore 2.. and delete Silverf*** and Gossamer.. oh yeah and insert by starlight before to sheila

Jeff's amp broke after Lucky 13, and there was about 10 minutes of dead time. People were calling for drum solos, etc, but the band gave us nothing, just stood there waiting for them to fix it.. Asheville >>>>> SF

O RLY?

Get back to me after you spend $400 on tickets, along with 88 hours of your time minimum, to see the same 3 hour setlist 11 times in a row. Your time must be extremely cheap.

seems like you'd only need to spend 33 hours

i mean jesus fucking christ, why do this if you're just going to complain about it. i'd gladly come out to SF and take your tickets.

seems like you'd only need to spend 33 hours

i mean jesus fucking christ, why do this if you're just going to complain about it. i'd gladly come out to SF and take your tickets.

33 hours? tr00 fan!

sorry, due to the will call system the tickets are non-transferrable.. I would LOVE to take you up on your offer though

Hey, By Starlight! but only 1 minute long??

Zeitgeist again :)

Jeff throwing guitar after Starla?? rock out brah!

Any Billy post-show interview?

thx guys, I'm there on Monday!

sorry, due to the will call system the tickets are non-transferrable.. I would LOVE to take you up on your offer though
our friend ammy (http://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?t=146329) seemed to have no trouble transferring her tickets to more eager fans. did they change the system since then?

our friend ammy (http://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?t=146329) seemed to have no trouble transferring her tickets to more eager fans. did they change the system since then?

You still can transfer by calling ticketmaster. I've done it twice now.

attention

I just come back from the show, it was definatly the best one so far.

Here's the real setlist played :
Leaving Lament
Rotten Apples
Peace and Love
99 floors
No Surrender
Today
1979
United States (Jeff's amp breaks down)
Bleeding the Orchid
Lucky 13
Shame
Hummer
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
God and country
Death From Above (BC and Lisa)
By Starlight (first half of it)
To sheila (with Linda Strawberry)
Tonight, Tonight
Tarantula
Starz
Zero
Glass and the Ghostchildren
That's the way (My love Is)
Superchrist
Starla --> Jeff breaks his guitar (the head his broken)
-----------------
Doomsday Clock
Heavy Metal Machine (with a new ending riff)
-----------------
Zeitgeist (Billy and Jimmy on guitar)
Muzzle


The venue lights were on and they started to play the "get the fuck out music" before the second encore.
That was pretty intense, i could see that no one had a clue of what was going on, even the chief of security.
Billy showed up on the balcony, waved at the audience and went back on stage.

Fucking awesome night !!!


Have a good flight home Eric, Kiko and Davin !!

Monte, i just checked my recording... good results again, i've video taped 38 minutes of key moments of tonight's show.
1st row, in front of Billy.

Don't forget to get me a Hard Disk at the next show.

Nice. I want to see the Jeff breaking guitar.

Good to see the Band on top form, nice addition with By Starlight..sure only the first half...but still.

Linda's appearance :
http://smorfelt.free.fr/SP/SF/Linda.jpg

When they tried to fix the amp issue :
http://smorfelt.free.fr/SP/SF/amp_burnt.jpg

JC and BC on Zeitgeist :
http://smorfelt.free.fr/SP/SF/Jimmy_Zeitgeist.jpg

It's 4:30am... i'm heading to bed... tomorrow is a SP day off... going to Alcatraz...

http://bp0.blogger.com/_LO7LtBoUctc/Rqx2T2ur-GI/AAAAAAAAAI0/L8X3MFicHdo/s1600/DSCF5061.jpg
wow, did they do Time After Time?

yeah, they have been practicing a lot of cyndi lauper material this week.... supposedly contracted with her manager to do a cover of the entire greatest hits album on video.... one can only hope!

You still can transfer by calling ticketmaster. I've done it twice now.

If this is true, I would just like to reiterate that I am flying to San Francisco from North Carolina to wait in line *hoping for tickets* for the next (last) 3 shows... so if someone has tickets and doesn't want to go let's try to work it out! I'll be there Monday through Wednesday.

Saw linda myself w/ some long hair guy coming out.
The long haired guy is probably her boyfriend.
the long haired guy could have been kerry brown.

monte, did he look anything like this? http://www.myspace.com/glittercop

This show proves there is still some absurd fun to be found, at the Fillmore even. Yet... they can't keep playing the same setlist for the rest of the year. If we don't hear some REALLY classic tunes by the new year, then there's reason to give up and just keep spinning our old SP albums as we would have anyway, as if the band had never reformed.

All in all, I'm still happy to be listening to the new shows.

Sounds like this is the first truly fun show the band has had since coming to San Francisco.

The show was amazing to say the least. They all looked like they were having a lot of fun, even with the tech issues. Unfortunately, I missed Zeitgeist and Muzzle because (as with some other members of the audiance) when the house lights come on and the get out music starts, usually that means a band's done for the night.... I guess not. I'm not complaining though - even with missing the last encore it was a great show. I would have been pissed if I missed Silverfuck and Gossamer though, I would have loved to see/hear those songs in person. I hope Monte or the guy sitting next to me on the balcony got some good shots of Jeff throwing his guitar, that was awesome! It seemed the issues with his amp started early on in the show even before Lucky 13. He kept going back to the side of the stage to see what was going on, if I remember right it started during United States, but that's what I caught. Also, Billy fucked up the words on God and Country and stopped the song for a brief moment. On a side note - I could swear Dennis Miller was in the audience. He (or a guy who looks just like him) was in the balcony against the wall where the soundboard is to the right. Can anyone confirm?

Thanks for the advice earlier Monte. BTW - do you get, "You look like Milhouse" from people a lot?

Their were cameras everywhere that is why billy was in a good mode.
Talked to linda after the show. She was walking down the street behind me. She just swinged by to hang out and billy asked her to sing.
She siad the By Starlight thing was "on the fly". (I will post video later)
When lisa came out she yelled to us "goodbye evryone"
Jeff came out and got a big shoot. I started to talk to him and told him, you can always break the amp on Monday. He was just all smiles & laughs about it.
Jimmy came out and waved and I yelled nice guitar work! Where he pointed to the crowd and said thank you.
Ok after the sp show billy came out and didn't seem to want to talk to us at 1st then came over anyways. I told him thanks for the "by starlight" it blew me away. To which he gave me kind of an odd look, then a girl who came from europe who was 1st in line was able to say thank you to billy for writting her a get well card when she was in the hospital w/ cancer. Billy asked if she was doing ok now. Someone asked if his wife could get a pic w/ him which he as always said no to. Very polietly though. Said something close to the effect that he had to say no to everyone. Then I asked the epic question of how his health was and the epic answer of "my health is sh**" so congrats to him to come over.
He then went back to his car where he gave Linda a hug at which pt I looked away so not to be rude. And that was it

I am so sleepy....

So how was banter? THis seems like a killer show, as if Billy was ready for it and didn't seem to care about his "Sand Fran Problems". Thanks for the info guys!

that girl with cancer was from sweden i believe. at the july 22nd show i was in line with a girl named emily who gave an interview with a guy doing the zeitgeist dvd. they exchanged information after emily told him her friend was coming that had cancer and got a card from billy in the mail. thats awesome he did that in the first place, and even cooler she got to come out and meet him.

How come no one has mentioned Jimmy is wearing capri pants????


Add the massive tube socks to the look and I would not know what to think...

capri pants...

that reminds me of the Everlasting Gaze video.

Only white.

And longer.

So really they're nothing alike!

Can't wait for the "By Starlight" vid =)

why do this if you're just going to complain about it. i'd gladly come out to SF and take your tickets.

i feel i should go because they are my fav band. worst though is that i do feel a little misled to believe we would hear 1 different old song that they hadn't played else where or the night before :(

i recall billy posting

our stated hope for playing so many shows in a fixed locale is to foster an environment of creativity, risk taking, and mutual community...to attempt to find some new forms (musically and aesthetically) that will point us future forward...this means playing songs not yet written, digging thru some forgotten ones, and a whole lot of rehearsing during the days ahead so the nights will be filled with chance..

so he has played DFA a number of times, and wrote a few other songs. along with the one nite where he played translucent here in SF. along w/ our by starlight intro to, to sheila.

But i was expecting something along the line of at least 1 old song from the past a nite like it seem to be the case in asheville. first few shows.

digging thru some forgotten

obviously they must be practicing some other songs during their 4 hr sound check / rehearsal. But we just never really hear anything new.

it is almost always the same set list just new order. I feel as if i went to just the ones where i was able to buy tickets for thus far i would of seen all the songs including the new ones. the next 3 tickets were from trades. so we will see.

cant wait to see the video for by starlight

i feel i should go because they are my fav band. worst though is that i do feel a little misled to believe we would hear 1 different old song that they hadn't played else where or the night before :(

i recall billy posting


so he has played DFA a number of times, and wrote a few other songs. along with the one nite where he played translucent here in SF. along w/ our by starlight intro to, to sheila.

But i was expecting something along the line of at least 1 old song from the past a nite like it seem to be the case in asheville. first few shows.



obviously they must be practicing some other songs during their 4 hr sound check / rehearsal. But we just never really hear anything new.

it is almost always the same set list just new order. I feel as if i went to just the ones where i was able to buy tickets for thus far i would of seen all the songs including the new ones. the next 3 tickets were from trades. so we will see.

I hear exactly what you're saying Monte. And its funny that we still see the Asheville shows as "superior"...but if you look at the setlists now, in retrospect, they arent any different really. There are only 5 songs from the Orange Peel they havent played at the Fillmore, whereas there's 8 Fillmore-only songs. The Asheville setlists were so impressive because they saw the introduction of stuff like Fuck You, TAFH, Starla, etc. But ya, its funny to go back now and see how the Asheville setlists all blend in now.

I do have to say that I got tickets for the residencies, coming all the way from Vancouver BC, because of the way it was promoted, but I also dont think anyone expected the band to get semi-bored with SF. In the end, it was an AWESOME show, and only time will tell how unique these residencies really were.

He then went back to his car where he gave Linda a hug at which pt I looked away so not to be rude.
lol

Just to clarify, "whiners" was referring to shayne and adore_adore, not to you guys actually at the show.


Lol i drove with my dad 7 hours and waited in line 4 or 5 to see them on the 18th and i didnt bitch once. I was actually happy to see my favorite band.

Linda= songwriter who has had her own publishing deal with Chrysalis since age 21. And is partially responsible for the Spun songs.


wrong and wrong.

[QUOTE=commando]Linda= songwriter who has had her own publishing deal with Chrysalis since age 21. And is partially responsible for the Spun songs.
/QUOTE]

wrong and wrong.

kinda true...

"responsible" could be argued over like how Clinton argued the word "is"

So Monte, it sounds like Billy has cooled off on you a little.

I like Linda. As a person she seems to contradict herself (I'm referring to her myspace blogs... she talks about being okay with who you are and then says "Amy Winehouse is cool but she's too skinny" um ok...) But I love her voice, I think it's very unique. Her music is good, too, IMO. She seems nice.

i just encoded the short 1:20 second clip of by starlight
i have to go :( but it is uploading to youtube. more later

note: video sucks because of this light was in my way the whole time :(

If this is true, I would just like to reiterate that I am flying to San Francisco from North Carolina to wait in line *hoping for tickets* for the next (last) 3 shows... so if someone has tickets and doesn't want to go let's try to work it out! I'll be there Monday through Wednesday.

just sent you a private message, lapis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEFUwyuDTiA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEFUwyuDTiA

Awesome :)

man, that is such a great song, i hope they play the full thing soon

i met linda in cleveland (i think it was cleveland at least) randomly several years ago... she was a friend of someone we were touring with... she was way hot.


lately however she looks like a total train wreck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEFUwyuDTiA

Monte, you're my hero.

After the next show, you should ask Billy why he's so scared of you.

linda 'bump on a log' strawberry

monte do you have video of jefff smashing his guitar?

MMM I want them to play full By Starlight, ahh good vid Monte.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEFUwyuDTiA


http://otto.forotech.com/runaway.gif

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Is it just me or is Linda Strawberry looking more like Courtney Love than ever here?

i thought it was full band...

Monte, you're my hero.

After the next show, you should ask Billy why he's so scared of you.

You really should ask this..

Why did Billy give you a funny look when you said thanks for playing By Starlight?

http://otto.forotech.com/runaway.gif


My thoughts exactly.

You really should ask this..

Why did Billy give you a funny look when you said thanks for playing By Starlight?

Possibly because it was so obviously half-assed and yet Monte said that it "blew him away". OMG, Billy, it's so amazing that you remember how to play By Starlight, thank you so much, it's not even one of my favorite songs, but you haven't played it since February 5, 1997 and that excites me so much! So much, Billy. You have no idea.

Great clip. I always liked by starlight live. Esp. with full band...

aaaaah.

that's refreshing. *sigh* Such a beautiful song...

i adore i_adore_adore

Possibly because it was so obviously half-assed and yet Monte said that it "blew him away". OMG, Billy, it's so amazing that you remember how to play By Starlight, thank you so much, it's not even one of my favorite songs, but you haven't played it since February 5, 1997 and that excites me so much! So much, Billy. You have no idea.

uh huh :erm:

not sure what his reason was. it wasn't really that odd of a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gxCJcCRUSw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gxCJcCRUSw


Hahaha, awesome.

good show. unfortunately the pain of standing and the heat were pretty distracting til the fan came on, though I was already tired... I should have sat down like someone here suggested. I was both hopeful and scared that they were going to play Silverfuck and Gossamer, but I wish they would have! the electric parts of the set were best for me. I love the new Heavy Metal Machine

I am embarassed to say I nearly fainted seeing Billy in person.

i adore i_adore_adore

i adore that you adore i_adore_adore.

but mostly i adore by starlight...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gxCJcCRUSw

that was awesome how he threw it down like such a badass then tripped over a wire. thanks for posting all the vids.

Jeff...

silly-butt.

tripping is such a Corganesque move.

It's true. I actually thought of Billy when Jeff did that.

That Gibson Les Paul Custom is dead for good.
That felt really appropriate.

linda strawberry looks so trashy. like a bum off the streets really.

Haha, Jeff throwing his guitar=quality! And Billy laughing...that was so priceless

he threw it pretty good, no pussy shit

I drove from San Diego with 3 friends to see the show. Twas my first pumpkins show and it was awesome, I had noticed that Billy threw out a pick or two at one point, but thought it landed way in the crowd in front of me, later my girlfriend pointed out the pick on the ground to me so we snagged it, and now I've got a pretty awesome souvenir.

what do the picks look like?

can you scan it? wondering if they are still "trying to get rid of" the old pumpkins picks. i had heard the new ones are personalized to the band members.

still pissed i was at this show, and missed the guitar throwing. people at the fillmore seem to have an extreme and detrimental flatulence problem...which caused me to tear up at several points in this show. it's not a latrine people, it's a concert

the long haired guy could have been kerry brown.

monte, did he look anything like this? http://www.myspace.com/glittercop


that was him.

i've never seen a more worthless "musician" that linda strawberry.
nobody cheered for her that i could tell. i heard more than a few groans...including my own "UGH" of power.
she sang all of 6 words the whole song, and had no business being out there.
get the fuck off the stage.

that being said, i'll give her credit for clapping along with everyone else (all 50% of the crown that was left at the end), and possibly helping getting BC&JC back out on stage...though I think in the end, they came back out b/c it would look good on the dvd---with a selective angle.


i'd also like to say the people working at the fillmore are excellent. i had tickets for the 27th, fucked up, and showed up last night instead. they gave me a pair of tickets anyhow...making the flight from pittsburgh to san fran worthwhile.
it was my 6th and final show of these residencies, and i frankly appreciate the variety they've shown so far.

i'd love to see frail&B, mayonnaise, spiteface, etc....but hearing 4 songs i've never heard before by my favorite band in one night is incredible....i think we're spoiled sometimes, and need to appreciate what we're given, instead of always asking for more.

i've never seen a more worthless "musician" that linda strawberry.
nobody cheered for her that i could tell. i heard more than a few groans...including my own "UGH" of power.
she sang all of 6 words the whole song, and had no business being out there.
get the fuck off the stage.


*blink* just because she didn't play anything on stage doesn't mean she can't play anything. I mean, I know a lot of people dislike her, and I don't KNOW her so I'm not trying to be all "SHE'S AWESOMEZ!" or anything. I just think people are a little too hard on her. She seems like she's nice enough, and I actually really like her music.

But hey, to each their own =) Glad you had fun

well i DO know her, and when you've been following her music and her career for a long time you do learn to appreciate the music she is making, and what she has gone through. And it's also exciting to know that she is finally brining out some proper studio recordings.

nobody cheered for her that i could tell

well from the video that i saw, it uhh sounded like people did cheer for her when billy called her out...

but anyywayy, back to the show, i just thought i would put in a little defence for her.

And it's also exciting to know that she is finally brining out some proper studio recordings.

I agree! Isn't something coming out in August? I can't WAIT! I have some of her old demos of "thieves" and "Spark & Lightning" and that one that I think is called "Until the Stars Collide" burned on a CD and man, she just keeps getting better and better!! I love "Orchid" and "Scarletta."

Anyway, sorry, off topic :X

the long haired guy could have been kerry brown.

monte, did he look anything like this? http://www.myspace.com/glittercop

yea, it was kerry.

i saw him around the corner after the show sharing a joint with a band-tech and the woman he was with.

what do the picks look like?

can you scan it? wondering if they are still "trying to get rid of" the old pumpkins picks. i had heard the new ones are personalized to the band members.
jeff's picks, with his name on back, in korean
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1140/955543122_86ba3418ec.jpg

ginger's picks
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/954670111_a8efbc62f1.jpg

billy's picks
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1174/955522300_8f1fa8cda0.jpg

still pissed i was at this show, and missed the guitar throwing. people at the fillmore seem to have an extreme and detrimental flatulence problem...which caused me to tear up at several points in this show. it's not a latrine people, it's a concert

lol. where were you exactly?

I am taking a risk and will be doing video from front row!

i told you it would be worth it... ;)

I just come back from the show, it was definatly the best one so far.

Fucking awesome night !!!

Have a good flight home Eric, Kiko and Davin !!

great to see you again frenchy!!!! that was so cool we were able to find all the tickets you and your crew needed (i was worried you guys may not get in).

it was so much fun seeing familiar faces again as well as meeting other fans. and of course, the show. :smoke:

so what happened after the show? did you guys get to ask billy any questions?

...it was fucking awesome. the band has become much tighter since paris...and i think its mostly noticeable during tarantula, united states, and doomsday clock. those songs just sound fucking crisply tight and perfect. there was a couple "break back-in" moments in DC where I thought my soul was going to be cut in two. they really dropped the hammer on those moments when the song comes back in after the "not brokennnnn" refrain.

being as close as we were, it was easy to see all the band members' body language and little mannerisms while jamming. like when jimmy would play a badass little fill and then shoot billy a quick look...and then billy would smile, noticing the fill but never looking up to acknowledge, and then he would smirk and play his badass lick as a response to jimmy's "challenge". well, after seeing this happen over and over there were definitely a couple moments were jeff also picked up on the whole vibe, especially during superchrist.

i also think jeff's confidence level is through the roof compared to paris. his contributions on to sheila, shame, starla, etc. are just phenonmenal. i think he was missing out on some justly deserved shout-outs. he's gettign into the music, feeling it, and getting involved more with billy and jimmy on the jam sessions. i really feel like Jeff is a real pumpkin, after seeing the show last night. i mean, the guitar smashing says it all right? billy was really pushing him to do it...almost like an inauguration of some kind.

this has also initiated me to track down all sorts of music from Jeff's past, so stay-tuned for some downloads of that stuff.

there is definitely a contrast compared to his dynamic with ginger. ginger seems to always be looking at billy for approval yet never really getting it. i caught a couple moments on stage where billy was giving ginger a chance to do something more creative (the beginnign of lucky 13, and at the first refrain part of hummer) and she didn't take advantage of it either time. doomsday clock and bleeding the orchid on the other hand, and superchrist, ginger was awesome. same with thats the way.

HMM was fucking amazing live (i'm telling you all, youtube doesn't do it justice) and just the overall show itself had a really great energy. i mean, motherfucking SUPERCHRIST....god damn.... :rockon:

by request.. quail was pretty bad.. pizza was good
http://www.Photo-Host.org/img/287787dinner_setlist_fillmore_night_9.jpg (http://www.Photo-Host.org)

^ Mark, thanks! This thread can be closed now ;)

I was at this show - the only one I could make it to sadly... and what an AMAZING show!!! I had the lucky opportunity of having VIP access and was able to watch from the VIP balcony (great view btw!). Just before the show started - Linda (and this long haired dude) came and sat on the balcony. I thought - wow, that's Linda Strawberry - and sure enough she sang (interpret how you wish ;-) ) on a few songs.

HMM definitely kicked major ass as frenchy said above. The jam at the end was unbelievable. And how we got that second encore - still amazes me (in a good way!). I was cheering with the best of them even though the lights were on. Lucky for us - we were treated to Zeitgeist and Muzzle!! What an GREAT show - one I will never forget!!

Oh - and also got to see a couple songs from the video "control room". Full HD baby!!! All I can say is WOW! - the DVD will be absolutely fucking awesome!!!


peace

I see someone already posted a picture of what the picks look like, but here is a shot of mine anyhow. Apologies for the blurry picture, all I've got is a camera phone at the moment.

http://www.petemurph.com/pumpkinpick.jpg

lucky duck =)

It looks heavy... but I heard somewhere Billy uses thin picks. Which is it?

It is pretty heavy, being a nerd I got out the callipers it is exactly 1mm thick.

wow that is sweet man... dunlop?

Interesting they didn't mention BY STARLIGHT on the setlist.. (or guest linda s.)

http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/gallery/pics/sf_7_28.jpg

I KNOW!
i was so excited to hear that. so beautiful.
i got one of billy's pics during hummer. plays the hell out of that guitar cause it was all scraped. :)

i was also at the 27th show, and i found one of jeff's pics on the floor after the show. does anyone know what it says on the back?

I KNOW!
i was so excited to hear that. so beautiful.
i got one of billy's pics during hummer. plays the hell out of that guitar cause it was all scraped. :)

i was also at the 27th show, and i found one of jeff's pics on the floor after the show. does anyone know what it says on the back?

Someone from pumpkins media militia confirmed that its his name in Korean.

Oh - and also got to see a couple songs from the video "control room". Full HD baby!!! All I can say is WOW! - the DVD will be absolutely fucking awesome!!!


peace

yea, i saw that too. kickass. :warp:

does anyone know what it says on the back?

jeff's picks, with his name on back, in korean
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1140/955543122_86ba3418ec.jpg

.

I drove from San Diego with 3 friends to see the show. Twas my first pumpkins show and it was awesome, I had noticed that Billy threw out a pick or two at one point, but thought it landed way in the crowd in front of me, later my girlfriend pointed out the pick on the ground to me so we snagged it, and now I've got a pretty awesome souvenir.

:rock_on:

II had the lucky opportunity of having VIP access and was able to watch from the VIP balcony (great view btw!).

so anything other than a seat in the balcony come with that VIP access?

so anything other than a seat in the balcony come with that VIP access?

that (which alone was worth the view) and the access to the video control room (of course watching live was much better - but cool to see the "DVD in the making" so to speak...)

not sure if it really allowed access anywhere else - such as backstage... i don't think so... didn't allow access to the rear balcony areas.... so it wasn't "full access" but still nice nonetheless...

but it was a great night!


peace

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like i said, i got the pic and i know what the back looks like.


thanks pheeew. :)

like i said, i got the pic and i know what the back looks like.


thanks pheeew. :)

dude, you missed it twice.

look at my caption above the picture. :rolleyes:

I was on Live 105 radio just before noon talking about Jeff's guitar smashing.. he said he thought it was the prissiest guitar smash ever.. and I told the DJ how they did the joke sale for $10,000 the next night.. (that's all they aired)

not aired: I told him they played F You last night and 1/2 acoustic 1/2 electric.. he asked me if they played Mayonaise, I said no probably because it was co-written by James.. he said that's what I thought

my bad davin. thank you.

jeff's guitar smash was pretty lame. while they were having problems billy kept telling jeff to just smash the guitar and jeff just kind of smiled and shook his head. he was probably contemplating whether to do it or not during the whole show, lol.

btw, i'm sure you've all discussed the new members and whatnot, but i really can't stand ginger nor jeff. they looked absolutely bored at the two shows i went to, and they don't have any stage presence at all. seeing the way ginger plays bass was also very depressing.

seeing the way ginger plays bass was also very depressing.

...probably cuz she doesn't move like D'Arcy did, right?

eff you, rainbow zen. you suck if you think jeff can't play that guitar. And seeing Ginger play bass WHAT way?? Like D'arcy was a really high standard to live up to in the talent department...

I've grown really attached to these new members already, so I can't help but defend them like I would Billy or Jimmy. I love D'arcy and James, and if they ever came back I'd be the happiest girl in the world. But saying that Jeff and Ginger aren't good is really stupid.

You anger me. rawwwwwwwwwwwwr

all i am saying is that they bored me, a lot, and they didn't look too happy to even be there. i am sure billy/jimmy could have found better people.

alright, fair enough.

But I disagree. hahahaha, seriously, maybe Ginger I can understand. She seems shy and I admit she doesn't seem to be fitting in well.

But JEFF? C'mon, man!! I think he's having a great time. And I'll be sure to ask him when we get married...

*COOOOOOOUGH*immafangirl*COOOOOOOOOUGH*

all i am saying is that they bored me, a lot, and they didn't look too happy to even be there. i am sure billy/jimmy could have found better people.

I am sure they are under direct orders from Billy to not look happy to be there.

*ba-dum-chhhh*

*COOOOOOOUGH*immafangirl*COOOOOOOOOUGH*

I'm beginning to understand why you want to see more Jeff banter, while I want to see more Ginger banter

I am sure they are under direct orders from Billy to not look happy to be there.

that's actually what my friends thought too, cause at one point, they both just walked away and stood in the dark side for a few minutes while billy did his thing.
i'll agree, jeff isn't as bad as ginger.

I'm beginning to understand why you want to see more Jeff banter, while I want to see more Ginger banter

hahahaha, O RLY??

Yeah, I'm in love with Jefferz. *siiiiiiiiigh* He's so dreaaamy!

http://www.edonis.fr/public/images/musique/Jeff-Schroeder.jpg

:erm:

I like... unique men...

btw, i'm sure you've all discussed the new members and whatnot, but i really can't stand ginger nor jeff. they looked absolutely bored at the two shows i went to, and they don't have any stage presence at all. seeing the way ginger plays bass was also very depressing.

Ginger doesn't look extremely excited up there, but Jeff on the other hand, I don't know when you were watching him, but I was in front of him for 5 of the 6 Fillmore shows, and he was rocking out and totally into it most of the time. His playing was superb

Billy and Jeff have quite a developing friendship too. They both seem really close.

like the review i posted a little ways back in this thread, i think Jeff is doing outstanding. his work on starla, shame, to sheila, etc. is fucking top notch.

and i still stand by my comments about ginger from my review of the first show in Paris. she is more confident and articulate than darcy, but less "harsh" or "twangy" as melissa becuase she doesn't slap or pluck the strings as much as she used to. so overall i think she is doing a kickass job. all the old material, zero, today, glass&the ghost children, chreub rock, etc. all has a nice full meaty sound to it, thanks to her bass playing.

and she rocks the fucking house on doomsday clock lately. :cool:

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Yeah... Ginger definitely looks like she's into this more than any other members. I admit she can be a little stiff sometimes, but come on. Look at 'er. She's rockin' out.

EDIT: this is from 7/25

Mmmm, Doomsday Ginger! Thanks for the post Adore, I think I might have missed this one somewhere.