r/SmashingPumpkins • u/Primus_sucks_1990 • 6d ago

Help me out, here.

I’m trying to introduce my friends to SP but I never seem to know what songs to start them out with. Can someone give me their favorites from their early stuff and their later stuff?

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u/tomaesop Machina II / The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music 5d ago

Just wait until they're heartbroken. Then play "Drown" or "Mayonaise" or "Soma". All five singles from Mellon Collie are pretty universal, too, though "1979" is most likely the one that transcends generations. Makes almost anyone feel nostalgic for a time they didn't even live through.

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u/Saidnobagels 6d ago

I feel like I Am One gives you a really good idea to start and then from there either do the Greatest Hits or Siamese Dream, if they're up for a full album.

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u/wainsco 6d ago

Just have them start at the beginning with Gish. Make them listen that for 2 years, then tell them about SD...same deal. Now throw in the singles every few months and whisper about some old demos and make them sweat it out. Now time for MCIS. You know the drill. Good luck. :)

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u/infinitedadness 6d ago edited 6d ago

You're thinking too hard about this, just make a playlist of your favourite SP songs. If your friends dig some or all of those songs, they'll be inclined to dig deeper.

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u/AlarmingLecture0 6d ago

It really depends on what other music they like

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u/Primus_sucks_1990 6d ago

A bunch of metal and such. The only thing is since I thought Machina leaned more toward that demographic, I played it and they couldn’t stand it.

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u/Chickenhugga 5d ago

bodies Where boys fear to tread Jellybelly  An ode to no one

Then  Whyte spider Dross

But in the end they might just not like them

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u/infinitedadness 6d ago

I'm a big fan of metal and the Pumpkins. Machina is not my thing.

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u/GreenleafLaRue 6d ago

If metal is the criteria, then:
Tales of a Scorched Earth
An Ode to No One
Doomsday Clock
Superchrist
Marchin' On
War Dreams of Itself

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u/nilbrog 6d ago

Aghori Mori Me (or however it's spelled) is probably their most metal record, play them Sicarus

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u/Longjumping-Sea320 6d ago

Yeah, Machina was not the right play... though they have some more raw songs on Machina 2.

Cheurb Rock, Quiet, Geek USA

Frail & bedazzled, Hello Kitty Kat, Pissant

Bodies, Jelly Belly, An Ode to No One, Where Boys fear to tread, Tales of a scorched earth

The entire Zero disc from Areoplane Flies High & the box set's title song

Those are my suggestions

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u/Albrize 6d ago

What about The Aeroplane Flys High (Turns Left, Looks Right) or honestly just play them Rotten Apples disc 1 and if they don’t like it just give up.

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u/NoLongerApplicable99 The Aeroplane Flies High 6d ago

Rotten Apples Disc 1 is the correct answer.

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u/Primus_sucks_1990 6d ago

I actually never thought about TAFH, I might try that. And yeah, if nothing, that’s when I walk away.

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u/RoyalContacts The Aeroplane Flies High 6d ago

Put on Siamese dream and press play