James Iha wrote two of my favourite Smashing Pumpkins songs (and co-wrote "Mayonnaise", one of my all-time favourite songs). Sadly YouTube is blocking them in the UK, but hopefully these other links will work for everyone.
"Blew Away" is simply gorgeous. Light, ethereal, even the blissed-out guitar ending is weightless, these soft heights enveloped by the sadness in the joy, and the joy in the sadness.
Hear in on Spotify here.
Live at Budokan, 30 June 2000:
And "...Said Sadly"is another perfect expression of joy and sadness wafting through one another. A b-side for "Bullet With Butterfly Wings", it is a duet between Iha and Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt. Lovely vocals from both, radiant in a delicate dream, over a melancholically lazy musical backdrop that builds as its pleas grow more and more passionate. Beautiful.
Video should be here for those in countries it's not blocked. Spotify link here.
And "Mayonaise", co-written with Billy Corgan from Siamese Dream. One of the loveliest pieces of music I've ever heard, and lyrics so reminiscent of a certain time in my life. Listening to this song for me is often devastating.
Live at Budokan, 30 June 2000
Acoustic from Earphoria
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