2.9 "Secret" messages/sounds (Smashing Pumpkins)
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This article is from the Smashing Pumpkins FAQ, by Mike Hamilton michaelh@ualberta.ca with numerous contributions by others.
2.9 "Secret" messages/sounds (Smashing Pumpkins)
Sometimes you can hear weird noises that probably shouldn't be there, or
people talking in the studio. Sometimes they're obvious, sometimes you
have to strain to hear them with headphones on.
NOTE: This isn't meant to be a complete listing of every time you hear a
strange noise, but it's a list of the most interesting and notable noises
& extra words you can find.
Many more can be found at Pumpkin World's secret sounds page:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/2204/secrets.html
Bodies
words spoken in background of second "Love is suicide" chorus- destroy /
despise / distrust / disobey / destroy / distrust / disloyal / disarm /
destroy / despise / dissect / deny / destroy / despise / distrust
Bury Me
song opens with James saying something (most plausible ideas are "Boys,
let's do it" and "Poised like an angel")
Cherry
studio talk at beginning: "Listen- wanna just start it?" "Ready, Flood?"
"Yeah." "1, 2, 3, 4..."
Dancing in the Moonlight
Billy talks at the end about choking in the middle of the song
Daydream
click of bow hitting cello at 1:10.5, jingly noises around 1:20-21
Galapogos
incomprehensible muttering from 3:16-27
Glynis
opens with synthesized "Hello", allegedly from a Red Red Meat song
Hello Kitty Kat
ends with Billy saying "Song's over"
Honey Spider I
Billy laughs at end & says "Aha! That's everything..."
La Dolly Vita
strange, cartoonish "Ooh!" noise at 3:33; cuckoo at 3:44
Marquis in Spades
studio talk at beginning: "Rolling..." "I was just on another planet for
a sec." "Run it back, Mole" (amp on) "Fucker."
Quiet
strange, very quiet (ha ha) voices at the end of the song. Try it with
headphones.
Silverfuck
ends with BC saying "Alright, this take, don't give a fuck" & playing a
few notes
Siva (Peel Session)
at 4:09, D'Arcy says she stepped on something; BC counts to 4 for re-
entry
Soma
ends with TV evangelist clip: "and you need to resist the devil so that
he will flee"
Soothe
"you can hear the 7am buses slithering by" at 2:18-21 (PI liner notes)
Spaceboy
ends with TV talk show clip: "Now it's, uh, kind of strange, and, uh,
kinda hard for me to talk about, but I thought maybe you could help- um,
when we start getting physical, rather than having intercourse, he ends
up just masturbating himself, and I end up feeling very alienated and
unsatisfied, and it's really come between us-". Some versions include
the clip as the beginning of the Silverfuck track.
Starla
"listen for the police car go by" at 5:27-30 (PI liner notes)
Transformer
starts with 4 drum clicks & Billy saying "Hit it"
Where Boys Fear to Tread
DOOM explosion mentioned in liner notes: 1:20, 1:55, 2:29, 3:01, 3:44
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