He made this song upbeat to contrast the lyrics he wrote when he was having suicidal thoughts. Interesting juxtaposition. He's saying "today is the greatest day" ironically. Don't worry I didn't realize this for decades lol.
Yup... his perspective was, "the future will never get better", there's no hope... therefore today "is the greatest" because it's all downhill after. 😂
When I was in high school with this came out all I use to listen to was rap, but this song kicked ass. Now almost 30 years later all I listen to is rock and metal.
Killer band live. Favorite memory was seeing them back in the early 90’s with Pearl Jam and RHCP and Billy Corgan flicked off the crowd and walked off the stage at one point.
Bought Siamese twins back in the day big pumpkins fans since few years back my daughter announced she loved them now can’t wait for my grandchildren to discover them.world class band
This song is actually about the worst day of his life.. the day he almost committed suicide.. however, after he got through I he realized it was the greatest day ever because he knew .. if that was the worst day ever, that every day afterwards had to be better and that's a beautiful thing
Nope, I can see why you were puzzled. He doesn't get laid. The video is weird, the song is a classic. Billy wrote this song in response to his suicidal feelings. "These ribbon scars' are wrist scars. "My angel wings are bruised" speak to his positive feelings being turned to depression. And Chamberlain drives this angst HOME on the drums. Thank heavens Billy did come out of his depression, however, and gave us this beautiful song.
@@trishredding8009 it's not the best banger on that record even. Jellybelly, Tales of a scorched earth, An ode to no one, Thru the eyes of ruby, porcelina of the vast oceans
Awww Yay!! You're really stretching! Enya to Smashing Pumpkins!? Love it man! Try out Zero and Tonight Tonight by them. And their first big one: bullet with butterfly wings. Loving your journey man!
Smashing pumpkins are one of the best bands to come out of the 1990s. I have listened to them since I was 12 years old and their stuff was played in rotation on MTV. The best stuff of theirs was not their main stream stuff imo either.
Love Smashing Pumpkins! So much to choose from still! Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness is one of my favorite (dubbel) albums 🙂 "And into the eyes of the jackal I say ka-boom!!" 😃 That's the song X.Y.U., but I don't know if you're ready, it's intense maybe 😁
Listening to every song ever made by the Smashing Pumpkins, in chronological order, is a great way to enrich a soul. BTW, it really is just Billy Corgan.
I have a few suggestions for you. Al Jarreau-Roof Garden. Isley Brothers-Real Deal. D Train-Your the one for me. BahaMadia-Uknowhowwedo and The O'jays-Time to get down.
My man, you misunderstood the lyrics. Billy Corgan was obviously singing about killing himself. If you pay attention to the lyrics, he says stuff like "I want to turn me off", "float by the shore and unsay good things", "Today is the greatest day I will never know", "My angel wings are bruised"
Funny story - the name of this song is "Today", and it's about Billy Corgan feeling nostalgic about his youth and how "today is the greatest day I've ever known", and there is a distorted sample that runs throughout "1979", another song about nostalgia, which is Corgan singing "toooo-daaa-aaay", which Flood recorded and treated while they were recording Mellon Collie. Once you hear it, you can't unhear it.
Its more along the lines of him on the edge of killing himself but instead he wrote a song hence him making fun by saying today is the greatest day ..nothing to do with his child hood he told us about the song in a interview
Please react to Maneskin - so many amazing songs! Start with Zitti e Buoni, Moriro de Re, Caroline, Torna a Casa - ENG subtitles will show you how poetic the words are! Thank you!
The video does hint at his depressed state, seeing love everywhere except for him. Finds his band one by one, and their art breaks him out of his state. At the end, he's ready to start over.
Mayonnaise and 33 are the songs that as soon as I hear them, I just end up in a better mood. There is just something they do to my brain chemistry that just slow everything in the world down and make me feel like everything is going to be okay.
Alright. Now you've done it. I had to crawl out of my introverted lair to comment because seeing you do SP from Siamese Dream made me very, very happy. Billy's lyrics run very deep and painfully poetic. Jimmy Chamberlain is the drummer and he is one of the best ever (inspired me to play drums). Now, if you listen to something from Gish, that would realllllllly be cool. I also think you'd appreciate Ava Adore, song and video. If you're loving Mellon Collie - you MUST do Tonight, Tonight. It's a masterpiece and the video is so beautiful, nostalgic, and creative with that gramophone sound and feel, innovative... it won awards back in the 90s. Enjoy :)
I generally agree with you, but the Tonight Tonight video, while beautiful and nostalgic, isn’t that creative. It is just a recreation of a film from 1902 by Georges Méliès.
@Rose Madder There is a blurred line between being creative and being an imitator, and I think anyone who looks at Méliès' original can see that Tonoght, Tonight's video is much less an original work than the video of Today is. What you describe for Today is a creative process, very different than reusing both the story and the style of an existing movie. Tonight, Tonight is still great though, both the song and the video.
@Rose Madder I fullt agree with everything you wrote. I didn’t really mean to critize Tonight, Tonight’s video, but rather make the extremely creative original known. I learned of the original through Scorsese’s film Hugo, which is well worth an evening of itself.
Ya gotta react to tonight,tonight next, arguably the bands best song and by far one of the best music videos in that time period it won an award for best picture so I'd def recommend reacting to that
Smashing Pumpkins is a huge universe in itself. Lots of their songs are masterpieces. Their singles and associated videos are so well executed that they deserve an entire session to watch them with absolute attention. Your channel is excellent. Good job, bro! And don't forget to take a look at Placebo. Those guys really, really, really rock! Cheers!
This song actually got me into listening to more smashing pumpkins, “bullet with butterfly wings” or “mayonnaise” are both fantastic songs by them also, thanks for the reaction jay 🙂
The Smashing Pumpkins is one of my all time favorite bands. A few more really good ones is Bullet with butterfly wings Ava Adore Tonight tonight Disarm And so many more!!!
Please do a reaction on "Tonight, Tonight" (the video is based on a short film made by George Melies called "A Trip To The Moon") and Ava Adore (most of the video was made with a continuous shot).
You were right about there being a sliding sound on the guitar. Even though the song sounds very happy and cheery, it's actually about overcoming depression. The line of " today is the greatest day" is to be looked at as sarcastic. The pumpkins are a great alternative rock band, but probably got overlooked by the grunge bands. Zero, Bullet, 33, and tonight tonight from Mellon Collie show their range. 30 years since the debut and still record and tour.
Always happy to see you react to the pumpkins. They have been my favorite band since 94. This was actually the first song I ever heard by them. The wall of guitars never fails to give me goosebumps.
He made this song upbeat to contrast the lyrics he wrote when he was having suicidal thoughts. Interesting juxtaposition. He's saying "today is the greatest day" ironically. Don't worry I didn't realize this for decades lol.
Yup... his perspective was, "the future will never get better", there's no hope... therefore today "is the greatest" because it's all downhill after. 😂
I did not know this, it's like when I say " happy days' although I mean the opposite, it's confusing for some people
I know how sad it’s supposed to be but this song makes me feel so happy I love it so much I listen to it when I want to be in a good mood
“Disarm” was another great song from Siamese Dream
Yes, that the song of theirs that I think that he should hear next.
Yes I love that one better than this one.
Great song but it kind of bugs me that it sounds so much like Sword of Damocles by Lou Reed. They must have been inspired by it.
One of my favorites off this album is "Soma". Pumpkins helped me through highschool and the loss of my dad.
You have a whole world of music to discover with late 80’s early nineties alt rock 😁
Can't go wrong with the pumpkins. So so good
I ❤ Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan's voice 🎤
Timeless lyrics!
Such an amazing ALT ROCK band!
I haven't heard this in forever. I'll have to go through my CDs - yes I am old school - and dig out my Smashing Pumpkins.
One of my favorite alternative rock bands. Billy's cover of Stevie Nicks' "Landslide" on the Pisces Iscariot album is fantastic.
"Today" is one of my favorite songs...👍
Awesome choice! Another classic would be 'Zero' or 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' . Keep up the great work!
"Ava Adore" is one of my favs of Smashing Pumpkins.
When I was in high school with this came out all I use to listen to was rap, but this song kicked ass. Now almost 30 years later all I listen to is rock and metal.
Pink ribbon scars that never forget is about cutting and the scars are visible reminders of dark days
other Pumpkins' songs you should check out: "Cherub Rock", "Ava Adore", "Disarm", and the INCOMPARABLE "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
This was the first song I learned front to back when I was teaching myself guitar. ❤
live 4 today where the road takes you is unpredictable but it shore to be a joy ride of surprise
The "woman" he picked up is the guitarist, James Iha
Rat In A Cage is another good song of theirs that shows a different side of them. Great song pick and reaction!! 🙂
It’s Bullet with Butterfly Wings you’re referring to. That’s the name of the song.
@@roachqueen1973 Thank You, you're right. Not the first time I've mixed that one up, lol.
Killer band live. Favorite memory was seeing them back in the early 90’s with Pearl Jam and RHCP and Billy Corgan flicked off the crowd and walked off the stage at one point.
One of my favorite bands, from my home state of Illinois, they’re from Chicago I’m from Springfield
Jay: "Uh yeah - I thought he was gonna be one of the ones getting laid. Didn't end up happening though."
Never seen Jay so disappointed...😂
I am laughing so hard right now over that 😆😆
My 2 favorite SP songs: Mayonaise, Rhinoceros. ✌️
Bought Siamese twins back in the day big pumpkins fans since few years back my daughter announced she loved them now can’t wait for my grandchildren to discover them.world class band
Siamese dream
@@matthewdrake4385 don’t i look like a idiot now mate.
Blame autocorrect lol
i dont think thats legal anymore
This song is actually about the worst day of his life.. the day he almost committed suicide.. however, after he got through I he realized it was the greatest day ever because he knew .. if that was the worst day ever, that every day afterwards had to be better and that's a beautiful thing
Corgan saw a shapeshifter once. True story. That guy is fascinating.
Bullet With Butterfly Wings. The Smashing Pumpkins.and Ava Adore. The Smashing Pumpkins.
It's a song about suicide. Making this album was tough.
Listen to Bullets with Butterfly Wings by Smashing Pumpkins. Great song!!
One of my favorite 90s song back then
It's my favorite Pumpkins song!
You gotta do Tonight Tonight, and Disarm!!!!!!!
Nope, I can see why you were puzzled. He doesn't get laid. The video is weird, the song is a classic. Billy wrote this song in response to his suicidal feelings. "These ribbon scars' are wrist scars. "My angel wings are bruised" speak to his positive feelings being turned to depression. And Chamberlain drives this angst HOME on the drums. Thank heavens Billy did come out of his depression, however, and gave us this beautiful song.
The hippie-slacker culture was pretty fun at the time
Please react to: Smashing Pumpkins: -Tonight, Tonight (official video) -Bullet with Butterfly Wings -We Only Come Out at Night -Thanks!!!
You gotta do Cherub Rock next!
Nothing quite like The Smashing Pumpkins 🎃
I love Smashing Pumpkins! Please react to "Zero" next. It was their best banger!
Zero is not their best song, it's good but not their best
@@leob4403 I said banger, not song. But, ok.
@@trishredding8009 it's not the best banger on that record even. Jellybelly, Tales of a scorched earth, An ode to no one, Thru the eyes of ruby, porcelina of the vast oceans
Make the most of your "Today" cause Tomorrow is not a given.
7:31 He got laid in the pocket-book
Awww Yay!! You're really stretching! Enya to Smashing Pumpkins!? Love it man! Try out Zero and Tonight Tonight by them. And their first big one: bullet with butterfly wings. Loving your journey man!
best 90's band
I think I'm still in love with the bass player.
Incredible band ❣️❣️❣️
Today is the greatest day I've ever known. Cant wait for Tomorrow..I'm on a heavy load, What part of that isn't eluding to something.
I'd love to see you react to some Sugarcubes. You already know Bjork, but have you seen Bjork before she went solo?
Smashing pumpkins are one of the best bands to come out of the 1990s.
I have listened to them since I was 12 years old and their stuff was played in rotation on MTV. The best stuff of theirs was not their main stream stuff imo either.
Love Smashing Pumpkins! So much to choose from still! Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness is one of my favorite (dubbel) albums 🙂
"And into the eyes of the jackal I say ka-boom!!" 😃 That's the song X.Y.U., but I don't know if you're ready, it's intense maybe 😁
Cherub rock, bullet with butterfly wings you’re welcome
The great thing about the Pumpkins is that they had such beautiful songs , but were really noisy too....
There is SO many good smashing pumpkins songs! I hope you get to react to disarm, bullet with butterfly wings, zero, ava adore
So manyyy
Listening to every song ever made by the Smashing Pumpkins, in chronological order, is a great way to enrich a soul. BTW, it really is just Billy Corgan.
I have a few suggestions for you. Al Jarreau-Roof Garden. Isley Brothers-Real Deal. D Train-Your the one for me. BahaMadia-Uknowhowwedo and The O'jays-Time to get down.
Look out for the new adele album
Another SP must is “bullet with butterfly wings”
The whole album is a beast.
My man, you misunderstood the lyrics.
Billy Corgan was obviously singing about killing himself. If you pay attention to the lyrics, he says stuff like "I want to turn me off", "float by the shore and unsay good things", "Today is the greatest day I will never know", "My angel wings are bruised"
You understand Billy's meaning & that's good, but most of those quoted lyrics are a bit off, sorry
Billy actually sang the line, "I want to turn you on." In an interview, he said he's not quite sure why he put that line in there.
@@geriwurth7782 He also said in an interview that he wrote the song when he was very depressed and suicidal ... so
Good song. Check out Eye, for its awesome electronic sound and Disarm for its awesome acoustic sound
CHERUB ROCK
Please react to "Mayonaise" and "Cherub Rock" 😎
This one was a good one!!
Disarm is so haunting
I always wondered why James is wearing a dress in the beginning.
Please try *Ava Adore !!!
*Zero
*Bullet With Butterfly Wings
PLEASE?!!!
👍👍👍
try smashing pumpkin - quiet
There was a poll? And y’all didn’t choose Bush??? Wild
Funny story - the name of this song is "Today", and it's about Billy Corgan feeling nostalgic about his youth and how "today is the greatest day I've ever known", and there is a distorted sample that runs throughout "1979", another song about nostalgia, which is Corgan singing "toooo-daaa-aaay", which Flood recorded and treated while they were recording Mellon Collie. Once you hear it, you can't unhear it.
Its more along the lines of him on the edge of killing himself but instead he wrote a song hence him making fun by saying today is the greatest day ..nothing to do with his child hood he told us about the song in a interview
@@nathantrickshot makes sense.
Please react to Maneskin - so many amazing songs! Start with Zitti e Buoni, Moriro de Re, Caroline, Torna a Casa - ENG subtitles will show you how poetic the words are! Thank you!
React to The Godfreys - Blurry Thoughts
This song is a tongue in cheek take on suicide. Today is the greatest day was sarcastic AF.
Yeah this song is basically about how he wanted to kill himself. But sarcastic. lol
Reminiscent
Disarm is the best song of SP.
You need to listen to Stray Kids
Disarm next please?
Dude, big advice. Do not read too much into the music videos or lyrics. Music is art, it can't be reasoned. Just be
Your wet eyes...
Disarm
Swing and a miss! All Corgan songs are depressing.
I hated smashing pumpkins in high school because they were too damn trendy lol
Rockers are like dairy products.... if left for too long, they become bloated, stinky and make guest appearances on the Joe Rogan podcast.
The video does hint at his depressed state, seeing love everywhere except for him. Finds his band one by one, and their art breaks him out of his state. At the end, he's ready to start over.
I really like that break down 🙂
Nice observation, checked the video again, it's first James, then D'Arcy and lastly Jimmy
"Mayonaise", "Cherub Rock" or " Tonight, Tonight" should be next on the reaction list. Definitely one of my favorite 90's alternative groups.
SOMA!
I know I dig 1979,disarm,both r kickass:)))
Mayonnaise and 33 are the songs that as soon as I hear them, I just end up in a better mood. There is just something they do to my brain chemistry that just slow everything in the world down and make me feel like everything is going to be okay.
Tonight, Tonight always makes me cry.. something about human aspiration.
Mayonnaise! 🤘✌
Alright. Now you've done it. I had to crawl out of my introverted lair to comment because seeing you do SP from Siamese Dream made me very, very happy. Billy's lyrics run very deep and painfully poetic. Jimmy Chamberlain is the drummer and he is one of the best ever (inspired me to play drums). Now, if you listen to something from Gish, that would realllllllly be cool. I also think you'd appreciate Ava Adore, song and video. If you're loving Mellon Collie - you MUST do Tonight, Tonight. It's a masterpiece and the video is so beautiful, nostalgic, and creative with that gramophone sound and feel, innovative... it won awards back in the 90s. Enjoy :)
Gish is so underappreciated
I generally agree with you, but the Tonight Tonight video, while beautiful and nostalgic, isn’t that creative. It is just a recreation of a film from 1902 by Georges Méliès.
@@cptFracassa that's fair
@Rose Madder There is a blurred line between being creative and being an imitator, and I think anyone who looks at Méliès' original can see that Tonoght, Tonight's video is much less an original work than the video of Today is. What you describe for Today is a creative process, very different than reusing both the story and the style of an existing movie.
Tonight, Tonight is still great though, both the song and the video.
@Rose Madder I fullt agree with everything you wrote. I didn’t really mean to critize Tonight, Tonight’s video, but rather make the extremely creative original known.
I learned of the original through Scorsese’s film Hugo, which is well worth an evening of itself.
You have to do Zero and Bullet with Butterfly Wings. In fact just do the entire Mellon Collie and the Infinate Sadness, It's a cracking album.
Ya gotta react to tonight,tonight next, arguably the bands best song and by far one of the best music videos in that time period it won an award for best picture so I'd def recommend reacting to that
Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness was sit back and chill album in 90's!!!! Fantastic!!!! 😉❤✌🏼
Smashing Pumpkins is a huge universe in itself. Lots of their songs are masterpieces. Their singles and associated videos are so well executed that they deserve an entire session to watch them with absolute attention.
Your channel is excellent. Good job, bro!
And don't forget to take a look at Placebo. Those guys really, really, really rock!
Cheers!
I’d recommend you do “Mayonnaise” or “Cherub Rock” next by them. I miss the 90s so much. Great reaction 🙋🏻♀️🙌🏼👏🏼👍🏼💜🇨🇦
This song actually got me into listening to more smashing pumpkins, “bullet with butterfly wings” or “mayonnaise” are both fantastic songs by them also, thanks for the reaction jay 🙂
"Bullet" is / was the theme song to the show Whale Wars on Discovery Channel.
The Smashing Pumpkins is one of my all time favorite bands. A few more really good ones is
Bullet with butterfly wings
Ava Adore
Tonight tonight
Disarm
And so many more!!!
Still shocked we haven't had the "Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spread Your Love" on here...
Good band to react to. Keep doing it.
I just realised that the verse from Alanis Morissette's "Head Over Feet" was ripped off from this Smashing Pumpkins song.
Please do a reaction on "Tonight, Tonight" (the video is based on a short film made by George Melies called "A Trip To The Moon") and Ava Adore (most of the video was made with a continuous shot).
You were right about there being a sliding sound on the guitar. Even though the song sounds very happy and cheery, it's actually about overcoming depression. The line of " today is the greatest day" is to be looked at as sarcastic. The pumpkins are a great alternative rock band, but probably got overlooked by the grunge bands. Zero, Bullet, 33, and tonight tonight from Mellon Collie show their range. 30 years since the debut and still record and tour.
My father went to high school with the Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan.
Today is the greatest.....
“Ava Adore” by The Smashing Pumpkins, please. 😎👍
My favorite song by them.
Adore's worst song
Always happy to see you react to the pumpkins. They have been my favorite band since 94. This was actually the first song I ever heard by them. The wall of guitars never fails to give me goosebumps.
Saw the pumpkins play this at Wembley Arena in May 1996. One of my best concert experiences! 🧡