The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
One of the things that have defined the Smashing Pumpkins from the start was the way many of their songs will dynamically change from verse to verse, ending up almost like harmonious collages of many different ideas. Speaking to the Orlando Sentinel Tribune in 1992, guitarist James Iha detailed how...
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Faith lies in
The ways of sin
I chased the charmed
But I don't want them anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
And in their eyes, I was alive—a fool's disguise
Take me away from you
[Verse 2]
And shame my tongue
Fat with promise all along
When I woke up from that sleep
I was happier than I’d ever been
[Chorus]
When you decide
That your life is a prize
Renew and revive
It's alright, honey, it's alright, yeah
[Bridge 1]
Happiness will make you wonder
Will I feel okay?
It scares the disenchanted, far
Away
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge 2]
Yeah, I want something new
But what am I supposed to do
About you?
Yeah, I love you
It's true
[Bridge 3]
Life's a bummer
When you're a hummer
Life's a drag, yeah, yeah
[Outro]
Ask yourself a question
Anyone but me, I ain't free
Ask yourself a question
Anyone but me, I ain't free
Do you feel
Love is real?
[Guitar Solo]
Hummer was written by Billy Corgan.
Hummer was produced by Billy Corgan & Butch Vig.
The Smashing Pumpkins released Hummer on Tue Jul 27 1993.
The first time we played this song at rehearsal, I got a skull crushing headache from playing the opening figure for thirty minutes straight. But we couldn’t stop; that same entranced, menacing eastern yadda-yadda over and again; a hum de plume in honor of major keyed faith; all those Catholic dream...