Best Starla and Drown live performances?

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Anyone has a favorite?

[Shallowed]

Originally Posted by noonoo

no

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[Ram27]

Gotta say Metro 8/14 for Starla and Pinkpop 94 for Drown

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Originally Posted by noonoo

no

Originally Posted by Shallowed

no

noonoo

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Originally Posted by Ram27

Gotta say Metro 8/14 for Starla and Pinkpop 94 for Drown

these?

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that cello was very pleasant

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http://i.giphy.com/KzBUu4PLIidnG.gif

people seemed happy

[Shallowed]

http://i.imgur.com/VX3KcgX.gif

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5:49 do appropriate

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Is there any Starla or Drown performance where James uses a Laser Gun?

[he/she/it]

Pretty neat performance of Drown.

[dreams of glass]

pinkpop for drown yeah

[qwerty sp]

Great links guys
Awshum tunes

[BurtSampson]

ahla ear

[redbull]

crappy recording but this is the best drown: https://archive.org/details/tsp1993-09-14.shn

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Originally Posted by redbull

crappy recording but this is the best drown: https://archive.org/details/tsp1993-09-14.shn

that was a nice ending

[smashedguava]

Starla - 1994-02-25 Astoria Theatre; London, England

[themadcaplaughs]

Originally Posted by BurtSampson

ahla ear

Too funny. Mike was not even alive when the band recorded "Starla." Nicole has absolutely nothing to add. Jeff, being the next most senior member in that lineup, tries to act like he knows what he's talking about by discussing the b-sides on different "I Am One" releases.

[cork_soaker]

Originally Posted by themadcaplaughs

Jeff, being the next most senior member in that lineup, tries to act like he knows what he's talking about by discussing the b-sides on different "I Am One" releases.

didn't watch this clip, so im not sure if he does it in this specific instance -- but what's especially awkward on other such occasions i've seen is that billy solicits responses from jeff, looking to him as though he was actually there or somehow possesses james' memories

either that or he expects him to have acquired a comprehensive knowledge of the band's chronology/discography, though something tells me it's the former and not the latter

super weird

[cork_soaker]

anyway, one of my favorite starlas, despite the unfortunate recording quality, is from 11-27-96. i only discovered it a year or two ago, having never previously known that it was played during the mcis era.

i like hearing it within that context (mcis era), i like that it's a relative rarity, and the solo is pure bc deliciousness

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Originally Posted by cork_soaker

anyway, one of my favorite starlas, despite the unfortunate recording quality, is from 11-27-96. i only discovered it a year or two ago, having never previously known that it was played during the mcis era.

i like hearing it within that context (mcis era), i like that it's a relative rarity, and the solo is pure bc deliciousness

That Beautiful medley was something

[themadcaplaughs]

Originally Posted by cork_soaker

didn't watch this clip, so im not sure if he does it in this specific instance -- but what's especially awkward on other such occasions i've seen is that billy solicits responses from jeff, looking to him as though he was actually there or somehow possesses james' memories

either that or he expects him to have acquired a comprehensive knowledge of the band's chronology/discography, though something tells me it's the former and not the latter

super weird

Exactly what goes down here. I also find it funny that he will say things like, "when we recorded this song."

I remember reading a review someone posted of a 2010 show. He mentioned that before they played "Drown," Billy was trying to tell a story about recording the song and how drunk Jimmy was the first time they tried to record it. Billy asked some question about the incident, and looked around the stage to ask one of the band members what they remembered. The reviewer said you could see the look of "well that's weird" on Corgan's face when he realized there was no one left, besides himself, who actually played on the original song.

[Ram27]

similarly I love how awkward this whole thing is



it's just dead silent for so much of it

[themadcaplaughs]

From what Billy wrote on the Smashing Pumpkins site a few years ago and from various interviews, it seemed clear that, somewhere along the way, he got really bored playing with this lineup. Re-watching some of these videos, it's clear he was tired of them by this point (late 2012), but Billy kept going with them for quite a while. When I saw them about half a year later (May 2013), they sounded ok, but it was clear the band had absolutely no chemistry together. I wonder at what point Billy finally decided to move on from Mike and Nicole.

On the other hand, when I saw the band in July 2015 (a lineup that only played together a few months), the band sounded tight as hell.

[BurtSampson]

Originally Posted by Ram27

similarly I love how awkward this whole thing is



it's just dead silent for so much of it

I've seen drum machines with more range and subtlety than Mike Burns

[Funbags]

Originally Posted by he/she/it

Pretty neat performance of Drown.

Whoa! This is awesome!

[Forgotten Child]

Only acoustic performance of Starla

[he/she/it]

Pretty good performance of Starla.

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by BurtSampson

ahla ear

...haven't listened to a Byrne clip in a while...it will always be a mystery to me why Billy hired him.

Awful performance.