I listen to this every time I'm about to start a new chapter in my life, like moving somewhere, or quitting a job to start a new one. It makes me feel excited about the adventure of change rather than worried.
it's strange...but, now I'm 27 years old...when I was a boy, or a little child... NOBODY,literally nobody speak to me about The Smashing Pumpkins...I have never heard them on the radio, not even on MTV ... in short, a band that has produced very important and truly symbolic things in my country has passed almost completely unnoticed.they didn't have much following here...when I was around 22 yo ,I discovered these their tracks...and I literally thought that this music was a part of me that was missing ... a missing piece. I find them moving and poignant, moreover, in 5 years, now almost 6 the life of a man, from boy to adult changes radically ... the funny thing is that now, it's as if they were part of my life since I was born
I am a 65-year-old African American male, when this song came out in 1996 I was 43 years old. I like all kinds of music and this song was incredible! The video was mesmerizing. Billy's voice pierced through all the noise - I bought this double album and it (along with Tupac's "All Eyez On Me") dominated my psyche for the next year at least. What a rush to spontaneously pull this up while working on a project. A time machine, music is.
I was dating a girl when this song came out. I could picture myself growing old with her and going on adventures like this. She became my wife. Last fall, we went to Napa Valley to celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary. One activity we had planned was a Hot Air Balloon ride. It made me think of this video. Driving from the airport to our hotel, we heard this song on the radio.
It literally gave me chills! How often do you hear this on the radio anywhere anymore?
Even to this day, one of the most magical songs I've ever heard. There's just something about Billy Corgan's melancholic crooning. When the world ends - I'll miss this tune.
I was a really bad heroin addict. nothing could stop me from destroying my life. in rehab, I walked into the garden and the counselor had this song playing on a portable speaker and I got this feeling of absolute hope. I felt it and it kept me going, gave me the ability to wake up the next day and keep going.
believe in me, cos I believe in you tonight.
This song makes me cry. My parents got divorced when I was in the fourth grade or so, and my brother and I would visit my dad almost every weekend. The last weekend we got to see him on that schedule, I helped him cook and we listen to this album. We've seen him five times since that happened; He had to move south for work. I'm seeing him tomorrow for the first time in a couple weeks. This album has been keeping me going for a few months now. :/
Still listening in 2020...
Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel
Believe, believe in me, believe
That life can change, that you're not stuck in vain
We're not the same, we're different tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight
And you know you're never sure
But you're sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
The place where you were born
Believe, believe in me, believe
In the resolute urgency of now
And if you believe there's not a chance tonight
Tonight, so bright tonight
We'll crucify the insincere tonight
We'll make things right, we'll feel it all tonight
We'll find a way to offer up the night tonight
The indescribable moments of your life tonight
The impossible is possible tonight
Believe in me as I believe in you, tonight