Song of the week: Smashing Pumpkins - Today (Broadway Rehearsal Demo) from Siamese Dream Reissues.
The Smashing Pumpkins released their reissues of Gish and Siamese Dream, totally remastered and extra songs. We are still waiting for the vinyl and CD versions to arrive but this is a digital version we’ve got our hands on.
While listening to some of the interviews with Billy to promote this and then listening to the demo of Today I had an amazing realization.
“a single guitar intro and can change the entire feel of a song”
Listen to the demo and what you have is a version of Today that would have been released by most of the ‘grunge’ bands in the 90’s. It’s good, but it’s fuzzy and doesn’t have that hook to make a hit. The softness and beauty the Pumpkins added with that simple guitar hook played throughout is really what makes them special, especially to me.
So here it is, a look back to 1992.
