{"id":6227,"date":"2026-10-09T17:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=6227"},"modified":"2026-10-09T17:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:23:09","slug":"3-gut-wrenching-ballads-by-the-smashing-pumpkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/3-gut-wrenching-ballads-by-the-smashing-pumpkins\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Gut-Wrenching Ballads by The Smashing Pumpkins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Smashing Pumpkins helped define alternative rock in the 1990s. With a heavy dose of Gen X angst, front man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/yungblud-reimagines-his-hit-in-an-emotional-live-rendition-of-zombie-featuring-billy-corgan\/\">Billy Corgan<\/a>, along with Nirvana\u2019s Kurt Cobain and Soundgarden\u2019s Chris Cornell, voiced a frustration and alienation that many felt at the time. But not every song needed to be loud to be powerful, as Corgan proves on these gut-wrenching ballads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cDisarm\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d1acEVmnVhI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 1990s, Corgan often expressed his rage through crushing riffs like \u201cCherub Rock\u201d and \u201cBullet With Butterfly Wings\u201d. But in \u201cDisarm\u201d, he describes a tumultuous relationship with his parents. Instead of raging with volume and distortion, Corgan crafted a gorgeous ballad that\u2019s gutting in its sheer beauty. Backed by swelling orchestration and a relentless acoustic guitar figure, his voice rises with the intensity of a child tormented by endless disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I used to be a little boy,<br>So old in my shoes.<br>And what I choose is my choice,<br>What\u2019s a boy supposed to do?<br>The killer in me is the killer in you, my love,<br>I send this smile over to you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cSoma\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Soma (2011 Remaster)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GHLDcJ7dVSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m all by myself \/ As I\u2019ve always felt,\u201d Corgan announces in \u201cSoma\u201d. A breakup inspired the track, but it also works as a metaphor for anything we use to hide from reality. \u201cThe opiate of blame is your broken heart,\u201d he says as the narrator and his partner wallow in pain. The track begins like a whisper, before the full force of Corgan\u2019s band explodes in a wall of grunge amid a disintegrating relationship. Then Corgan burns a furious guitar solo as Jimmy Chamberlin echoes his anxiety with unyielding drum fills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Close your eyes and sleep,<br>Don\u2019t wait up for me.<br>Hush now, don\u2019t you speak,<br>To me<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cTonight, Tonight\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NOG3eus4ZSo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When The Smashing Pumpkins released its 1995 masterpiece, <em>Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness<\/em>, it arrived at the apex of alternative rock\u2019s cultural dominance. In \u201cTonight, Tonight\u201d, Corgan sings about fading youth and how we can only move on if we leave something behind. The album, a 28-track epic, remains the Chicago band\u2019s commercial and creative peak. And \u201cTonight, Tonight\u201d feels like the realization of losing something special even while it\u2019s still happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And our lives are forever changed,<br>We will never be the same.<br>The more you change, the less you feel<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1990s, The Smashing Pumpkins showed that not every alternative rock song needed to be loud to be powerful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":973477,"featured_media":6229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"byline":{"profiles":[{"type":"byline_id","atts":{"term_id":316,"post_id":2139}}]},"savage_platform_role_ideator":[],"savage_platform_role_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_senior_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_photographer":[],"savage_platform_role_illustrator":[],"savage_platform_role_translator":[],"savage_platform_role_as-told-to":[],"savage_platform_role_reviewed-by":[],"savage_platform_disable_recirculation":false,"savage_platform_article_type":"news","savage_platform_vice_article_type":"article","savage_platform_article_intent":"","savage_platform_show_affiliate_disclaimer":false,"savage_platform_markdown_available":false,"savage_platform_markdown_version":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"wp_curate_deduplication":false,"wp_curate_unique_pinned_posts":false,"savage_platform_featured_image_caption":"Photo by Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"savage_platform_subheadline":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[226,306],"byline":[316],"class_list":["post-6227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lists","tag-alternative-rock","tag-the-smashing-pumpkins"],"savage_platform_primary_term":{"category":{"term_name":"Lists","term_id":14,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/category\/lists\/"},"post_tag":{"term_name":"Alternative Rock","term_id":226,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/tag\/alternative-rock\/"}},"hide_from_homepage":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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