As the record’s third single, the BBC banned it in the UK because of lines like “cut that little child.” It didn’t stop it from becoming a hit in the US, topping off at number eight on the Billboard Alternative Chart and number five on the Mainstream Billboard Chart. “Disarm” opens with church bells and an acoustic guitar keeping the pace under Corgan’s cries. The recording of Siamese Dream was tedious and over budget, but ultimately worth the wait.Įach of the four singles from Siamese Dream sport a different mood of dissatisfaction with life. Vig humored Corgan and re-re-recorded takes with him dozens of times for hours and hours. Famously, Vig produced Nevermind, having cleaned it up to the crystal clear, radio friendly, money printer it became. He had help from producer Butch Vig, who had also produced Gish (along with other milestone alternative records, like Sonic Youth’s 1992 LP Dirty and L7’s Bricks are Heavy from the same year). He spent hours working to perfect the sound only he could hear in his head. It’s one of the tracks Corgan eventually performed Iha’s and Wretzky’s parts for after dissatisfaction with what they had put on tape.Ĭorgan directed the band as if they were his, not his peers and collaborators. It’s in the chime of the guitar solo humming behind the throb, clicking in your head, reminding you it’s there. Never has a cry for help become so popular. “Can’t wait for tomorrow / I might not have that long,” he sings, “I’ll tear my heart out / Before I get out.” It’s the sound of Corgan deciding to go on. About his obsession, at the time, of killing himself, it’s a song about a great day that starts off slow and hazy and winds up taking you on a sunny walk in the park. It was “Today,” his song of survival and the first song he wrote for the record after his writer’s block had lifted. He is angelic and eerie, mimicking the tone set by the title itself.Īnd of course Corgan wanted a different song to be the first single. Corgan whines, whispers, and screeches to guide us over the terrain that is his self-doubt, self-harm, and self-loathing. Right away “Cherub Rock” sounds nothing like Nirvana. It’s a fat sound you can slip into like silk pajamas, essentially setting the tone for the record. It opens with a drumroll and a building, repeating guitar pattern. Instead it ended up getting them nominated for a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. “Cherub Rock,” that first song and the first single, is a protest of the indie rock world that, before, wanted nothing to do with Billy and The Pumpkins.
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