I'm making my friend a playlist - What are the best Smashing Pumpkins live jams

[Vriska Serket]

I'm including music from all eras

I'd like a pre 2000 silverfuck or two, preferably in different styles. I'd like a passable Superchrist, and a Heavy Metal Machine would be cool. I'd like Gossamer, one of the longer ones (If All Goes Wrong maybe) and one of the tighter ones, and one of those March Hare/Sound of Silence jams. Any recommendations?

[T&T]

we only come out at night
galapogos
lily
by starlight
beautiful
33
1979
zero

[Ram27]

Definitely the 1996-07-10 SBD Silverfuck from the TAFH reissue

[Vriska Serket]

thats a fucking good silverfuck

[Vriska Serket]

forgot to mention - we're purposely going for jammy stuff here. they're really into Can bootlegs and they just listened to MCIS and Siamese Dream for the first time today and thry wants to get into them live

[Grox]

thru the eyes of ruby @ rockpalast april 1996

[Vriska Serket]

great suggestion. I haven't heard that one in ages

[inkless]

https://archive.org/details/Smashing...996-02-10.FLAC

silverfuck

"Reviewer: mr twig - - January 13, 2010
Subject: best silverfuck ever
smoking show and I can't even begin to describe how amazing this silverfuck is"

[Ram27]

Originally Posted by Grox

thru the eyes of ruby @ rockpalast april 1996

The Ruby outro jam is one of the best things the band's ever done

And the studio outro is incredible too, but in a fundamentally opposite way

[absof]

Why Am I So Tired?

[slunken]

TAN:

does anyone remember those off-kilter disembodied version of siva during the 96 tour when billy and james would fuck around and trade solos and challenge themselves?

if it wasn't siva it was i am one, i can't remember for sure. they would extend the song to almost 20 min.

i'm thinking specifically of the version from the vieuphoria 2 fan-made comp from forever ago

[themadcaplaughs]

Originally Posted by slunken

TAN:

does anyone remember those off-kilter disembodied version of siva during the 96 tour when billy and james would fuck around and trade solos and challenge themselves?

if it wasn't siva it was i am one, i can't remember for sure. they would extend the song to almost 20 min.

i'm thinking specifically of the version from the vieuphoria 2 fan-made comp from forever ago

Those "Siva" performances were awesome in the most literal sense of the word. Even with Jimmy gone, the band played at their best in late 1996/early 1997. There is a particularly great one (and widely available) from Vancouver on 01/08/1997. Listening to these performances is example A-1 of why Billy sounded much better playing with James than Jeff.

As for jams for your friend, I'd recommend the "Gossamer" performances from the 20th Anniversary tour. Those versions of the song were much more developed than the ones they played in May/June 2007 (when the band started playing live again) but not as cumbersome and wanky as the ones from the residencies.

[FoolofaTook]

you fuckers need to learn how to youse quotation marks

fuckers

[redbull]

Originally Posted by Vriska Serket

they're really into Can bootlegs

tell your friend to give you a copy of colchester 5/17/75 and saarbrucker 10/24/75 immediately if you have not heard them

[he/she/it]

Jan 8, 1997 has an epic Porcelina/Rocket combo, Ruby, Siva, and Silverfuck. The Cherub Rock from that date also has a wicked ending.

Also, October 19, 1997 Porcelina with John Popper. Maybe one of the Transmission performances.

Pale scales and Rock On are not really jams, but they evolved and shifted between performances, and that's kinda jamy. Maybe check out 1999, Dec 20, for Pale Scales.