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Concert Review: Smashing Pumpkins - Orpheum Theater, Oct. 15, 2007

Written by Charlie Doherty
Published October 27, 2007
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Just a few songs earlier, Corgan had thanked the fans for coming and dedicated "That's The Way (My Love Is)" to them, especially to those of us who came to this show instead of watching the Red Sox-Indians playoff game that night.

By the time Corgan finished "1979," the Pumpkins had given you more than your money's worth - 22 songs! With tracks like "Zero," "Bullet With Butterfly Wings," "Today," "Thirty-Three" and newer radio singles "Tarantula" and "That's The Way" already played and a few more to come, you begin to realize how strong the group and in particular Corgan's catalog of songs are after all these years. [Keep in mind that though the band played "Drown" and "Starla," they did not even play a single song from their first album Gish, which was one of SPIN's top 10 albums of 1991] I'd put them up there with any of the top alternative groups of the day or yesteryear.

The last of the Pumpkins' special treats came right after "1979," when they played another song from Machina II, "Let Me Give The World To You." Many in the Pumpkin fandom remain puzzled to this day as to why this track never made either Adore or Machina I. It sounded like a hit then and sounds even better now, like a cross between "1979" and "Cherub Rock," the latter of which was the night's last and 24th song during a third encore.

From "Today" to "Starla" to "STRTJ" to "Let Me Give The World to You," it was almost like seeing one of your favorite Pumpkins mix CDs played live before your very eyes. It wasn't a dream, it was very real and of all the Pumpkins shows I've been to over the years, this one was the best, by far.


Set:

* Where Boys Fear to Tread
* Hummer
* Bring the Light
* Neverlost
* Lucky 13
* Tonight, Tonight
* Tarantula
* Starz
* Zero
* Starla
* Thirty-three
* Perfect
* To Sheila
* Set the Ray to Jerry
* Today
* Bullet with Butterfly Wings
* That's the Way (My Love Is)
* Superchrist
* Heavy Metal Machine
> On the Road Again [Canned Heat]
> I Love Rock 'n' Roll [Arrows]

Encore 1:

* Drown
* United States

Encore 2:

* 1979
* Let Me Give the World to You

Encore 3:

* Cherub Rock

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Pro musician and journalist of many stripes: most recently a sports/music analyst for BC mag on BlogTalkRadio.com and sports correspondent for Brookline TAB; music critic/op-ed contributor at Umass-Boston newspaper 'til '06; media analyst at 2004 DNC in Boston. chucko33.blogspot.com, myspace.com/charlied
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Concert Review: Smashing Pumpkins - Orpheum Theater, Oct. 15, 2007
Published: October 27, 2007
Type: Review
Section: Music
Filed Under: Music: Acoustic, Music: Alternative Rock, Music: Hard Rock, Music: Live Concerts, Music: Metal, Music: Progressive Rock
Writer: Charlie Doherty
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#1 — October 31, 2007 @ 08:35AM — Red

Awesome review. Seeing them in Atl tonight, cannot wait!

#2 — November 12, 2007 @ 16:10PM — charlie

Hey RED, the Atlanta shows have been rescheduled for 11/15 and 11/16/07! Thank God Jimmy is OK now (he had suffered pain from a partially blocked artery at the end of October). Even better news is that his heart checked out and there's no damage there. There's now a full statement by Jimmy and an updated rescheduling of SP shows at www.smashingpumpkins.com. Rock on!

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