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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Smashing Pumpkins—“Mayonaise”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

The Ringer

Music

4.7849 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Rob explores the Smashing Pumpkins’ shoegazing power ballad “Mayonaise” by discussing how the eccentricities of frontman Billy Corgan directed the band’s trajectory, the band’s ability to tap into the universal feeling of isolation, and where the band was situated within the '90s rock landscape. This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music. Host: Rob Harvilla Guest: Bill Simmons Producers: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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That's A-N-C-H-O-R dot FM slash M-S-I-C-A-N-D-T-A-L-K.

0:26.3

A lot of spelling there, but just do it.

0:29.6

No home. No address.

0:33.0

No address. No bank account. No bank account. No job. No job. No home. No address. No bank account. No bank account. No job. No job. No home. No home. No address. No bank account. No

0:45.4

job. No bank account. No job. No home. It's time to break the vicious circle. We're working with

0:52.0

charities like shelter to provide a bank account for people who are

0:55.5

homeless. Such HSBCUK, no fixed address. I want to talk about joy. I want to talk about William

1:04.1

Patrick Corgan Jr. lead singer, lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist, possibly all other guitarist,

1:11.9

maybe bassist as well, frontman, primary songwriter, mastermind, dictator for Chicago

1:18.0

rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. I want to talk about Billy Corgan as a fount-of, as a conduit

1:24.6

for, as a man radiant with joy.

1:28.3

This is quite challenging.

1:30.1

He is notoriously a grouchy person.

1:33.2

His lyrics reflect this.

1:34.7

Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.

1:38.7

God is empty, just like me.

1:41.0

Living makes me sick.

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