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Fun Music Information -> Smashing Pumpkins
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Smashing PumpkinsQuotes:
Interviewer: Do you want to start the first 'spanking the monkey' joke? Billy Corgan: No. Is this for real? Are you really going to tell this corny joke? Submitted by: Celeste
| Remember Nagroc is Corgan spelt backwards. Don't you f*cking forget that! - Billy Corgan (during a concert) |
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Band Name Origins:
- Billy had an ex-girlfriend from a small city outside Chicago which was popular in the area for pumpkin patches. After they broke up Billy named the band smashing pumpkins as a knock on his ex. Submitted by: Sean
- The name is taken from the Shakespeare play "Twelfth Night": Sir Toby (or was it Feste, the clown?) climbs over the garden wall, looses his hold and drops on the other side, smashing pumpkins that grow there. Submitted by: Erix
Stupid Band Names:
- Sounds like a good Halloween prank. Go across town and smash everyone's pumpkins. Whatever. Submitted by: hekifier
- It's unique, but it sounds too silly for a mainstream (non-comedic) rock band. Submitted by: Jonathan S.
New Career:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Store owner" | owns three antiques shops - Ra'akone |
Former Career:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Jimmy Chamberlin" | "Construction worker" | Had a job building custom homes with his brother-in-law, after he left the band JP and the Cats. After his stint in construction, he joined the Smashing Pumpkins - Ra'akone |
| "Billy Corgan" | "worked at a records store" | While there, he met future bandmate James Iha. - Ra'akone |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Rhinocerus" | This wonderful creature is never actually mentioned in the song. - Blaydeman |
| "Ava Adore" | "It's you that I adore You'll always be my whore." Sorry, no Ava. - rocky |
| "Thirty-Three" | "To make it last forever you" was used as a chorus. But no "thirty-three" was mentioned in the lyrics. - Mickey D. |
| "Where Boys Fear To Tread" | The title is not mentioned in the song. - Mickey D. |
| "Muzzle" | "I knew the silence of the world" is sung so many, but no "muzzle" is mentioned. - Mickey D. |
New Band Names:
New Name | Why It's Better | Submitter Name |
| Amazing Pumpkins | If the members were British instead of American | Zev |
| Insane Halloween | Why else would the pumpkins have gotten smashed? | Asa |
| Repairing Pumpkins | One goes hand in hand with the other. | PJ |
| Crashing Pumpkins | A Cinderella story whose clocks have struck midnight. | Hooman |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Bully With Butterfingers" | "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" | rocky |
| "Negative One (-1)" | "Zero" | newrock |
| "Mullet with Applepie Rings" | "Bullet With Buttferfly Wings" | Afterlife Unknown |
| "Decay" | "Today" | newrock |
| "1972" | "1979" | spud |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Stand Inside Of Your Love," | How do get inside of an emotion? | George Straitjacket |
| "The End Is The Beginning Is The End," | Wait! Is the end the beginning or is it the end? | Carol |
| "Bullet With Butterfly Wings," | bullets don't have wings; they can't fly | Heather Brockwell |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Vampires," Godsmack | "I Am One," Smashing Pumpkins | |
| "Nothing From Nothing," Billy Preston | "Zero," The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| "Favorite Year," Dixie Chicks | "1979," Smashing Pumpkins | |
| "Part Of Me," Katy Perry | "Eye," The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Down" originally "Drown"
Joe Siebert
"Sunk" originally "Slunk"
Eva Cave
"Here Boys Fear To Tread" originally "Where Boys Fear To Tread"
Joanna Whitmire
"Where Boys Fear To Read" originally "Where Boys Fear To Tread"
Joanna Whitmire
"The Imploding Vice" originally "The Imploding Voice"
U. Carrie Oats
There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Bulleit With Butterfly Wings" originally "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Wings as likely on bourbon as on a bullet.
Anita Grade
"Lava Adore" originally "Ava Adore"
A volcanologist's song?
Joanna Whitmire
"Bullet With Butterfly Swings" originally "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Butterfly swings? Weird! Ooh!
Joanna Whitmire
"Everlasting Glaze" originally "Everlasting Gaze"
A song about a doughnut that won't die!
Josh
"Greek USA" originally "Geek USA"
Does this make sense?
Burgerking
Change a Letter:
"Brown" originally "Drown"
Gus
"Crown" originally "Drown"
Gus
"Toddy" originally "Today"
A 'cutesy' nickname for Todd.
Max
"Hero" originally "Zero"
Ed
"Skunk" originally "Slunk"
Burgerking
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Recordings:
Feb 3
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Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "1979" | "1989" | Fack Sabbath |
| "Tonight, Tonight" | "Tonight, Spotify" | Fack Sabbath |
| "Zero" | "Nero" | Fack Sabbath |
| "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | "Betrayal with Breakfast Things" | LouieAndreCat |
| "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" | "Buffet Of Buffalo Wings" | Matthias |
| "Disarm" | "Alarm" | Blaydeman |
| "Tonight Tonight" | "We Rhyme to Rhyme" | Below Average Dave |
| "The Everlasting Gaze" | "The Everlasting Glaze" | Rex Ungericht |
| "Tonight, Tonight" | "They're, Like, Not Bright" | the_conqueror_of_parodies |
| "Today" | "Toupee" | Matthias |
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Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Zero | Kumon | Ryan |
| Killer In Me | Schizophrenia Hotline | Ben Ingram |
| Mayonnaise | Miracle Whip Factory | Bildo |
| Disarm | National Rifle Association | Ed |
| You're All I've Got Tonight | Cheap sex hotline | pizzahunks |
| There are additional on hold music ideas available. | ||
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| The Boys Are Back In Town Thin Lizzy | Today Smashing Pumpkins | The Boys Are Back In Town Today | Calvin Amari |
| Gimme Back My Bullets Lynyrd Skynyrd | Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins | Gimme Back My Bullet With Butterfly Wings I need it for my butterfly collection. | Mr. Bollegged Jangles |
| The End Is The Beginning Is The End The Smashing Pumpkins | The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning The Smashing Pumpkins | The End Is The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning What was that again? | Josh |
| Rum And Coca-Cola The Andrews Sisters | Zero Smashing Pumpkins | Rum And Coca-Cola Zero | Mermaid's Pedicurist |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Clashing Pumpkins
The Clash combined with Smashing Pumpkins
Submitted By: Cassandra
The Rolling Pumpkins
The Rolling Stones combined with The Smashing Pumpkins
Submitted By: Matthew Whitaker
Smasher and the Seething Pumpkins
Seether combined with The Smashing Pumpkins
LOL MATE. Brings mental pictures of rabid orange vegetables!
Submitted By: quickstep
Smashing Faces
Smashing Pumpkins combined with Small Faces
These guys hire tour security to protect the audience from THEM!
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
There are additional Smashing Pumpkins Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Zero"
Misheard Lyrics: fasion victims to the tribal chief.
Original Lyrics: The fashion victims chew their charcoal teeth.
| "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
Misheard Lyrics: Smile on my radar I'm still desperate in hell
Original Lyrics: Despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage
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"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
Misheard Lyrics: Spider marauder, still just a rat in a cage.
Original Lyrics: Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.
| "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
Misheard Lyrics: Spying on the raid, I'm still just a regular Dave
Original Lyrics: Despite all my rage, I'm still just a rat in a cage.
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Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
Misheard Lyrics: Smile on my radar I'm still desperate in hell
Original Lyrics: Despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Rodney All my life is a lie... |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Funniest Song Lyrics:
"Lily"
The Funny Lyrics: Silly, I know I'm silly
Cuz I'm hanging in a tree In the hopes that she will catch a glimpse of me Why They're Funny: It's funny if you know what the songs about. He's stalking this girl, but the songs a sweet and quiet and you have to listen to it a few times or read the lyrics to really understand what's happening.
Submitted by: Billy corgan is
| "Perfect"
The Funny Lyrics: Next time, I promise we'll be Perfect.
Perfect strangers on the street. Why They're Funny: It's funny because at first you think he's saying the relastionship will be better next time, then he goes and acts like he doesn't know the person.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
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Repetitive Song Lyrics:
"Because You Are"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Because you are...
Why They're Repetitive: Because you are what?
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
| "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage.
Why They're Repetitive: Obviously, Billy Corgan thinks that line was a lot cooler than I do. This song made me want to tear my hair out and burn all the Smashing Pumpkins music I bought previously. Truly unforgivable.
Submitted by: Meep
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Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"Ugly"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: I don't look in the mirror
I don't like what I see staring back at me. Why They're Nonsensical: If Billy Corgan is indeed not looking in the mirror, then how can he see any reflection staring back at him, LET ALONE have an opinion about it?
Submitted by: Elizabeth
| "Disarm"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: What I choose is my choice
Why They're Nonsensical: Naw, really? You sure it isn't someone else's choice? Thank you captain obvious!
Submitted by: Dudley
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Insincere Song Lyrics:
"Tonight, Tonight"
The Insincere Lyrics: We'll crucify the insincere, tonight
Why They're Insincere: This ruins the atmosphere of the song. Billy Corgan is trying to convey a message of hope, and he writes this!? The song is like, really uplifting, inspiring,...and then it's all ruined :(
Submitted by: SPfan
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Inappropriate Song Lyrics:
"1979"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: these zipper blues
Why They're Inappropriate: what the hell is this song about? it's not about the year 1979! unless it has something to do with disco or bong hits.
Submitted by: jack tirko
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"We Only Come Out At Night"
Opening Lines: We only come out at night. The days are much too bright.
Comments: Happy Halloween.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
| "I Am One"
Opening Lines: I am one as you are three.
Comments: Submitted by: Brian Kelly
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Scary Song Lyrics:
"Tonight, Tonight"
The Lyrics: We'll crucify the insincere tonight!
Why: It's very scary, for a song that sounds so hopeful.
Submitted by: hamburger456
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Song Title Space Change:
"Tale Sofa Scorched Earth" originally "Tales Of A Scorched Earth"
Submitted by: Lucille Ball sized hail
Band Name Anagrams:
Pink Spam Mushings Submitted by: Josh
Song Title Anagrams:
"Toy Ad" originally "Today"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Hetero Charms" originally "The Rose March"
Submitted by: Josh
"Mu, Onion Fighter" originally "I of the Mourning"
Submitted by: Josh
"Hot Loving Epidemic" originally "The Imploding Voice"
Let the outbreak BEGIN!!
Submitted by: Josh
"Gave Her Genital Zest" originally "The Everlasting Gaze"
Submitted by: Josh
Songs That Are Banned:
"Disarm"
In 1994, the Smashing Pumpkins were banned from appearing on BBC-TV's "Top Of The Pops" because of the lyrics of this hit of the band.
Submitted by: Peter
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Rare Rib Chalk" originally "Cherub Rock"
Submitted by: Rocky Balboa Constrictor
"Bellyjelly" originally "Jellybelly"
Bellyjelly sounds like Kellybelly sounds like...
Submitted by: Mickey D.
"Scales Of A Torched Earth" originally "Tales Of A Scorched Earth"
Submitted by: Lucille Ball sized hail
Band Name Spoonerisms:
Mashing Pump Skins originally "Smashing Pumpkins"
Submitted by: Buffalo Bill Codependent
Hidden Messages:
"Cherub Rock"
Once, just after Billy says "Come line up for the big fight! Tonight!" Listen closely. You'll hear an alien-like noise. If you slow down the song it sounds like "Them!"
Submitted by: Ethanator
What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):
"Firing Their Drummer"
In 1996, after the body of traveling keyboardist Jonathan Melvoine was found in an NYC hotel room, Billy Corgan, Darcy Wretsky, and James Iha decided that they would sever their relationship with Jimmy Chaimberland stating that for 9 years they put up with their friend's "insidious use of drugs and alcohol that has nearly destroyed everything they are and stand for."
They went on to say that they would "find a perminant replacement for the rest of the tour.
They went on to say that they would "find a perminant replacement for the rest of the tour.
Submitted by: Celeste
"Firing Their Drummer"
In 1996, after the body of traveling keyboardist Jonathan Melvoine was found in an NYC hotel room, Billy Corgan, Darcy Wretsky, and James Iha decided that they would sever their relationship with Jimmy Chaimberland stating that for 9 years they put up with their friend's "insidious use of drugs and alcohol that has nearly destroyed everything they are and stand for."
They went on to say that they would "find a perminant replacement for the rest of the tour.
They went on to say that they would "find a perminant replacement for the rest of the tour.
Submitted by: Celeste
Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:
Halloween Cleanup
What better way to dispose of jack'o'lanterns?
Submitted by: JC Foster
Gallagher
He smashes watermelons. Why not pumpkins?
Submitted by: Paul Warren
Pumpkin pie
A new way to make pumpkin pie?
Submitted by: Peter
Bad Ringtone Choices:
"Ava Adore"
The Lyrics: I'll pull all your crooked teeth
You'll be perfect just like me Why: You should really think about using this lyric before you go into your dentist's office. If you have kids this just might be the ringtone that would give them nightmares.
Submitted by: Celeste
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