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New old Smashing Pumpkins for sale

gdobson by Gareth Dobson [Edit this content] ▾ 10 comments 15:01 November 20th, 2002
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The Smashing Pumpkin's legacy continues with the news of a new(ish) CD and DVD set to hit the shops over the next month.

Originally released in 1995 on VHS video, 'Vieuphoria' is a collection of live sessions and rarities recorded by the Pumpkins between 1992 and 1994. The DVD release will add some further tracks recorded for MTV's 120 Minutes which did not make it onto the original. It is set for release on December 9th.

In accompaniment to the DVD, Hut Records will also release the CD, 'Earphoria'. Essentially just the audio versions of the videos from the DVD, the CD was released as a much sought-after and heavily bootlegged promo at the time of 'Vieuphoria's original release. Now it is being officially released for the first time on November 25th. A review of the CD will appear on DiS this week. It will not contain any of the bonus material featured on the DVD.

The full tracklisting of 'Earphoria' is;

'Sinfony'
'Quiet - Live in Atlanta (‘93)'
'Disarm - Live on The Word TV, London (‘93)'
'Cherub Rock (acoustic) - Live on MTV Europe (‘93)'
'Today - Live in Chicago (‘93)'
'Bugg Superstar'
'I Am One - Live in Barcelona (‘93)'
'Pulseczar'
'Soma - Live at The Astoria, London (‘94)'
'Slunk - Live on Japanese TV'
'French Movie Theme'
'Geek USA - Live on German TV (‘93)'
'Mayonnaise (acoustic) - Live Everywhere (‘88- ’94)'
'Silverfuck – Live from Astoria, London' (‘94)
'Why Am I So Tired'

The tracklisting of 'Vieuphoria' will essentially be the same except with some (fairly interesting/amusing) documentary footage from the period.

Posting on the site of his new band, Zwan, former head Pumpkin Billy Corgan had this to say regarding the new version of 'Vieuphoria';

"when we decided to finally put out vieuphoria on dvd, the idea to put out some additional footage came up...unfortunately, a lot of the tapes that made up the original version are missing...but we managed to find some of them, and look for extra songs from the same concerts in the honest hope of uncovering something fresh...unfortunately, a lot of what I saw really wasn't that goose pimple worthy, and as only a few weeks ago the only extra on the dvd was going to some in-studio footage on the making of siamese dream...to be fair, the siamese studio footage is actually quite entertaining, but it didn't really feel like we were adding that much to the original vieuphoria... "

Hmmm.

Smashing Pumpkins Zwan

New old Smashing Pumpkins for sale

ooooohhhhhhh yes!
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 21 Nov '02, 16:29 | X | Reply

New old Smashing Pumpkins for sale

Uhm...apparently this article is uninformed...you have the Billy's quote right, but it's taken completely out of context. Allow me to illustrate...after he said that, he ALSO said...

"...to be fair, the siamese studio footage is actually quite entertaining, but it didn't really feel like we were adding that much to the original vieuphoria...
Which brings me to the point of all this explaining...I had asked a friend who works for us to look thru some of our stuff to see if we had our own copies of the footage that was missing...he couldn't find what I had asked for, and in frustration started digging around in some old cases seeing if anything had been overlooked...these are old cases from the siamese dreams tours that we keep in a storage locker...also in there is stuff from when bandmembers have moved, you know, old lamps and couches and james' blacklight paintings...anyhow, underneath some old tires he found a small cardboard box with some unlabled videotapes...he brought these tapes here to the studio and said I should look at them because it could be what I was looking for...so when I put the tapes in, I really wasn't expecting much at all, certainly not what he had found...I watched the tapes, and couldn't believe what I was seeing...I had jimmy watch them with me, and we were so excited we asked anyone around us, including matt, david, and paz to tell us what they thought...everyone agreed that it was the most exciting and dramatic footage of the pumpkins that we had ever seen from around the vieuphoria time period of 88-94...the tapes are from 1994, and prior to finding them we didn't even know these tapes existed...they are a little raw, but really do capture the spirit and aggresion of the band back in the good old days...on a personal note, jimmy's wife lori is about to have a baby, and all of the zwan family is waiting as we speak to get the call to go up to the hospital to be with both of them, so please send them your prayers...we really appreciate all the good energy, support, and love that everyone has shown us over the past year and a half...thanks a lot, and we look forward to seeing you all very soon, wherever you are (this means you australia, and south america too)...all the best bc."

The source? Right here -> http://sony6.infopop.net/3/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=503293087&f=529290549&m=7412939676

Enjoy the news in its proper context. The new Vieuphoria is gonna rock.
Seraph | 22 Nov '02, 01:30 | X | Reply

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He doesn't actually say that the footage will be included on the Vieuphoria DVD... If it is, then I'll accept I'm wrong. Until then...

and, just what does 'uninformed' actually mean? I thought that the DiS news article offered more than on most other music news sites.

Fucking Pumpkins righteousness... 'Enjoy the news in its proper context' my arse.
Old_Anonymous_Comments @Seraph | 22 Nov '02, 09:26 | X | Reply

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Don't tar us all with the same brush. :D

Dale, Pumpkins obsessive x

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Uhm...I don't think he'd bring up the subject of finding new tapes with great footage on them for nothing, moron. The reason I said the article was uninformed was because it took a part of his quote and left it at that, casting a very negative perspective on the new Vieuphoria DVD....it didn't even mention the "point" to Corgan explaining all of it...that "point" being that he had found some new, great footage. So obviously, there was probably a "point" to his explaining, now wasnt there...

If there isnt some great new footage on the new DVD, then I'd stand corrected, but the fact remains, this article was slanted by incomplete information, and it seems more than likely that there will be some new, great footage on the DVD.

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Oh and by the way...enjoy the news in its proper context.

Re: New old Smashing Pumpkins for sale

'Moron'? I'm not even going to comment on that...

Oh, go on then. Kiss my arse you pompous child. Do you not have better things to do than write tiresome posts on points which are, lets be honest, very small?

And no, I clearly don't, but hey, no-one said I wasn't a hypocrit. As are you. For calling me a moron. I'm sure you can figure that one out, or perhaps I'm quoting out of context... No, actually, I don't think I am.

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"'Moron'? I'm not even going to comment on that... "

You just did....moron. =P Do I have better things to do? Probably...but now you're amusing me...=D

Anyway, I spose it's what I get for posting additional information and pointing out how an article has a bias based on limited information...

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American in not getting irony shocker...

Did you read the proceeding words? namely 'Oh, go on then'?

And 'bias'? Have you read the drooling Siamese Dream classic album review I posted up last night? mmm?

There's me trying to inject some humour into this repartee, when I should really be hammering it home with a large, blunt instrument...

Re: New old Smashing Pumpkins for sale

Look, I was just posting some information that was not in the original article. That information seemed valuable, and I think it added a much more proper context to the information than what was there in the article. The article made it look like there wouldnt be much to be excited about on the new DVD. WHen you look at the quote in the proper context, with the rest of it, it sheds new light on the subject. That's all. Beyond that, I've just been yanking your chain. I don't come here much, and most of this debating with you has just been for my own amusement. So the information is there, I don't particularly care what you say, and I'll leave it at that. No hard feelings. End of story.

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