Little Moments of Bliss
 

There are moments of songs that kick me right in the gut and remind me exactly why i love this band so much.

One of the first such moments I first noticed in 94 or so, when I was driving somewhere and this part came on; gave me goosebumps. And it still does that to me.

www.shannon-palmer.com/bliss2.mp3

The second one is from here is no why, the solo and the moments just before it kicks in. The tension built by those layered squealing guitars, then boomboomBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMRELEASE. It's kinda sexual. And sex is good.

www.shannon-palmer.com/bliss1.mp3

what are some of YOUR favorite little moments in SP songs?

The guitar solo riiiiight before he sings "Bring me down" in Plume. The singing is so lackadaisical, and that mixed in with the guitars distortion = amazing.

I need a cigarette now.

here is no why - 2:08-2:53


little moment of glam bliss

that's the one i linked to :love:

indeed ;)

thats my favorite moment maybe in all of music. seriously.





except for maybe 'echoes' when im on mushrooms.

Siva: The solo right after "She said, I'm dead..." The guitar sounds like it's literally screaming.

that section of here is no why is so perfectly arranged.

it reminds me of something my husband was saying about the tom petty song "here comes my girl", where the verses build this sort of uncomfortable tension, then the chorus is a great relief. Of course, that section of here is no why is nothing like here comes my girl, (oh, except they both start with "here"), but that tension/release thing in a song is great.

Everything in Starla; Soma when it finally kicks in; and of course Porcelina, the first riff.

Man.

oh fuck yeah, that's a great one!

:banging:

TTEOR = "and with this ring i wed the true" to " so let me tell you" thats really the orgasm of MCIS, and the 2 minute outro oh man... *fap* anyway

TOASE = "and youre all 'ores and im a fag..."

Wound = "If you wait i will wait..."

Sacred and Profane = "will our love eva be enough?..."

IOTM = the last chorus when the guitars really kick in

Age of innoncence = The guitars right after the first chorus.

In My Body = the intro

Hello Kitty Kat - the amazing solo in the middle and the outro

BWBW - " and what have you gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaht"

To forgive - the part with violins at the end. " i forget to forget me..."

In the arms of sleep - "i ill do anything..."

By Starlight - "my life has been empty, my life has been untrue..."

Geek USA solo near the end and outro

pug ending

ava adore ending "in you i feel do dirty...."

once upon a time, most of song

shame - chorus: sheeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaammmmee

behold - beginning and ending

for martha - "long horses we are born"

7 shades - neat solo in the middle, and chorus

BTL - " a flower song" to the solo

FG&C - "who needs this anymore... "

eye - chorus

drown - first little slow harmonized guitar solo

hummer - intro and verse

bury me - solo and part after solo

tristessa - solo

daydream - where the cello kicks in

today - " dayyyeeyyayyee ooooooooooooh and small guitar solo" and " i wanna turn you on"

silverfuck - various little licks in it

whir - ending

cherub rock - "let me out"

waiting - " yes i am waiting"

glass - end chorus

saturnine - "blur these simple features"

winterlong "givin it up to the sun..."





conclusion, i have too much free time

Two of my (many) favorite parts:

http://rapidshare.com/files/86838824/07_-_I.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/86839757/07_-_II.mp3.html

whoa skipgo.... from your website or whatever it is

"I just downloaded it (I do plan to buy it on the 10th, I’m all about supporting Smashing Pumpkins). My curiosity couldn’t be contained, I had to hear it. On first listen, I find it much better than Machina, and I like it better than Adore as well, not to mention Billy Corgan’s solo album, TheFutureEmbrace and Zwan’s “Mary Star of the Sea”. Standout tracks for me ******* “Starz”, “Neverlost”, “That’s the Way (my love is)” and “United States”. I’d upload a few songs, but I’m pretty sure I’d be getting some threatening emails from warner brothers soon. It’s out there though, plenty of people have it now, so if you’re interested in finding it, you shouldn’t have much trouble."


???

The end guitar face melt in Starla

:)

The beginning riff to For Martha

THe Rockin Intro into Geek USA, you know its coming.

XYU: Into the eyes...into the eyes...into the eyes...Explosion=> into the eyes of the jackal I say Kaboom!

try,try,try (alt) has many moments of bliss, at least for me.

Beautiful 1:50-2:40
Bury Me 3:00
Silverfuck - bang bang youre dead
Love 2:40-3:10
Starz 2:40 to end
Ma Belle 2:30-3:00

in "Quiet," I can't even tell you the time or where it occurs exactly (I think it's the part where the time sig switches from 3/4 to 4/4) when that extra guitar is in the background just strumming this sweet chord. I dunno. But it's cool. I only noticed it this year.

The intro to Ma Belle (sweet bass sound)

The last part of the Rose March when the drums kick in.

The piano in Soma

The guitar solo in Soma

The guitar solo in Rhino

I could go on, but I won't.

what can i say, i was overwhelmed with the excitement of a new pumpkins album. I came to my senses soon enough.

Hummer - "YEEEAAHHH! I want something new" part
Beutiful - "So let the clouds roll by your face...." part
TTEOR - the "we're forever frozen" part

yea i agree, my favorite is the "when can we laugh and take all the credit, and all will go free"

I dunno how I forgot that. Definitely one of Billy's greatest vocal moments.

Don't we have a song discussion thread already? I mean, how many do we need?

shannon, what have you been doing besides this

my love is sadness
my love is oh so strong
my teeth are razor sharp
my back is fucking strong

^

nothing. this is all i do.

Pretty much all of Beautiful

The ending of Rhinoceros ("she knows")

The feedback solo in Drown

That last rip Corgan takes at the guitar in Ma Belle.

word of the day.

i think about this a lot actually. in the solo in to starla when jimmy comes in on the ride cymbal is pretty amazing

dying of aids on a sunny april afternoon

Soma: like everyone else, esp. from 5:02 "so let the sadness come again, on that you can depend on me ..."

Mayonaise: from 4:23 and how it builds till "I just want to be meee"

1979: at 2:31 "to the lights and towns below, faster than the speed of sound, faster than we thought we'd go, beneath the sound of hope"

SIYL: "And for the first time...I'll wrap my wire around your heart and you're mine, You're mine forever" A lot of people hate it but it's one of my favorites.

I enjoyed doing this little exercise. I feel like going through every song doing it.

nrrr nerna nerna nananaa behind the grace of falling snow wrrrr cover up everythi-ing you know nrr nananaa come save me from the awful sound of nothing

The end bit of I Want to Be Cold, when all the noise gives out and its just phil strumming the acoustic. so fucking glorious

bummer

new skin may hold you in, but the old skin still turns us on
im on a machina 2 fix today.

I'm right there with you Skipgo, those are two of my absolute favorites. Also:


Soma solo- like everyone else- it's like he's reaching for the heavens, or cursing them, or something

By Starlight- Live, "Cause my life has been empty, my LIFE has been untrue" Distorted guitar kicks in.... and literally everything after that, "Dead eyes, are you just like me?" + outro guitar solo

Porcelina- "To the fringes gladly, I walk unadorned, with gods and their creations, with filth and disease... Porcelina"

In general, Pumpkins do great lead guitar at the ends of songs- Vanity, Disarm live, Muzzle, etc

F&G- For whatever reason, the ending piano solo... probably because its the end of MCIS and makes me nostalgic/feels like the end of a journey coming full circle

Rocket- "I miss me... I miss everything I'll never be"

Bury Me- Buildup and outro solo

For Martha- Solo and everything after!!! Makes me wanna cry

I could probably go on. Great thread, even if it has been done before.

and then i knew we'd been forsaken

Anything in Plume, really.


And same goes for all of Quiet.

La Dolly Vita -- the ending build-up and explosion

Glynis -- pretty much the whole song

Starla -- entire jam

Untitled -- solo / ending

Rocket - solo / whole song