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Album: Gish
Avg rating:
6.9

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Total ratings: 1914









Released: 1992
Length: 3:28
Plays (last 30 days): 4
You wrap your arms around
A feeling that surrounds
Like liquid peppermint
Just taste the drinks that she served

And this feeling shivers down your spine
Love comes in colors I can't deny
All that matters is love, love, your love

You're sleeping in your bed
Just rest your weary head
Maybe you shouldn't care
Throw away those dreams and dare

And I wonder if it matters to me
Love comes in colors I can't deny
All that shimmers is love, love, your love
Your love
Your love
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 chyk5 wrote:

Such a great album. Made before Billy's ego became an additional band member.



Nailed it. 


Gish - Fantastic album...  haters sigh - wasting energy and time sharing hate...  imagine 
 trevc wrote:

Terrible tuneless singer with no enunciational skills. Instrumentally OK.




I  Agree Completely!!
Terrible tuneless singer with no enunciational skills. Instrumentally OK.
I think this is the best SP album...  It's good all the way through.
 Egctheow wrote:

This is very nice. I'm such a sucker for bass! 



I wish I knew how to insert GIFs.  If I did it would be from the Bass-a-Matic sketch on the old SNL.  Oh well.
This is very nice. I'm such a sucker for bass! 
Time Machine! I was working at A-Basin when this burst like a supernova; it was late-season, the snow wouldn't stop; we spent our days skiing and staying at proper elevation and our nights drinking and socializing at the Alpine Lodge, Snake River Saloon, and Pug Ryan's... This, Jesus Jones' Doubt, Charlatans UK's Some Friendly, Chris Isaak's Heart Shaped World, and REM's Out of Time were BIG.
Good Tune!
What a great debut album.  Remember seeing them at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago when this album came out...I was like, "who are these guys" and they proceded to blow the roof off with songs like I Am One and Bury Me.  Just killer.
Sublime on a Saturday morning after a little flower.
A stellar album and their best imo.  The bass on this song just envelops you.  Brilliant song.
James Yoshinobu Iha, one of the most underrated guitarists.
Mick Jagger much?
Still sounds so good after all of these.years
I wonder who wins a wrestling match between the lead singer and Haystack Calhoun?   
Has the lead singer given up his professional wrestling career?

Now that dedication to an art form!
Still one of my favorite Pumpkins' songs
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
This song is like an old friend. It reminds me of the crazy time when it came out and I realized that the world had more to offer than bland music.
Love that thumpin' bass line!
It would be great to throw some Adore into the mix  here. Great album. from a great band. 
Drown introduced me to this amazing band.  I Am One and Rhinoceros sealed the deal. Gish has got to be my favourite Pumpkins album. 
 pinto wrote:

That's funny, I hit PSD and got Sail on Sailor by the Beach Boys, also a great antidote.

 
Interesting PSD choice made there by the RP-PSD gods....considering that Billy Corgan has stated that the Beach Boys/Brian Wilson were a HUGE influence to him musically.  And like you, I prefer the BB song to the SP song.  Long Live RP!!
Turn it up!
This guy has a voice as thin as an optical paper. Instant PSD.
First time I've hit PSD.

Took me to HellecastersOrange Blossom Special

Loved it!...
 idiot_wind wrote:
If you hit PSD, you get Rolling Stones (Exile). Just the antidote to this..... 

 
That's funny, I hit PSD and got Sail on Sailor by the Beach Boys, also a great antidote.
If you hit PSD, you get Rolling Stones (Exile). Just the antidote to this..... 
The guitar work here is brilliant. James Yoshinobo Iha's tone!
adoro London Grammar... {#Roflol}
Really like this whole album. For me, early Pumpkins hits the spot more so than the later stuff. Often the case. 😉 
 chyk5 wrote:
Such a great album. Made before Billy's ego became an additional band member.

 
Can you image Billy and Kanye together in the same room.
 LowPhreak wrote:
 chyk5 wrote:
Such a great album. Made before Billy's ego became an additional band member.

 
 
I thought it had become the 51st state?

 
That made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that.
 dwhayslett wrote:
So which one invented the fish eye lens?
 
I think it was the former lead singer of Marillion.
Feliz Ano Novo para todos!!! {#Bananapiano}
 On_The_Beach wrote:
<snip> 

 
So which one invented the fish eye lens?
Talk about a BRILLIANT debut album!  it's a 10, ok maybe a "9".
 chyk5 wrote:
Such a great album. Made before Billy's ego became an additional band member.

 
 
I thought it had become the 51st state? Yes a great album, though.
Such a great album. Made before Billy's ego became an additional band member.

Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all over the world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  love this song...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
been a while since I gave such a rating...but hey...it is ..."ho hum"...pretty dull song by a reasonably talented group with some great songs..this is NOT one of them. I don't believe in rating a song based on an assumed level for the overall band.
the great comments below make me like this song even more
Gish is the best album Punkins ever did.
De mis temas favoritos de los Smashing Pumpkins! Tuve la suerte de verlos, amo esta banda!

 
billy córgão... eu te amo!!!
Some of Smashing Pumpkins wouldn't be so bad...like this song for instance....if it weren't for Billy Corgan singing.....
This album brought me out of a trance - there was something going on outside of Seattle (albeit not far removed)! I discovered Pavement, Swervedriver, Mercury Rev etc. This cassette stayed in my Walkman until it wore out...
 mrdak wrote:
Oh NO........ Shaming Lips —to— Flashing Pumpkins... Ouch...  Two 2's in a row.....{#Headache}

 
Me, too!! {#Yell} Ooooh, maybe you're on to something...Smashing Lips / Flaming Pumpkins?

 fevertree wrote:
I remember when I ate, slept and breathed this album...sigh...memories
 
It makes me smile to think there are other people in this world that share these kind of memories.

Gish changed my musical taste at the time.
Gish is lazily sitting in bed on a Sunday morning smoking a joint and watching dust motes swirl in the slanted sunlight coming in through the curtain.
I remember when I ate, slept and breathed this album...sigh...memories
Gish is soooo {#Clap}

sweet sweet early 90s indie & still vinyl memories
Oh NO........ Shaming Lips —to— Flashing Pumpkins... Ouch...  Two 2's in a row.....{#Headache}

 99 wrote:


I don't hate on Mellon Collie like some music snobs but Gish and Siamese Dream were definitely Smashing Pumpkins' musical high water mark.
 

I agree...their first few releases were extremely good, and their later stuff, to me, slipped a bit. Some of it was still very good, but the songs were more hit-or-miss to me.

 99 wrote:


I don't hate on Mellon Collie like some music snobs but Gish and Siamese Dream were definitely Smashing Pumpkins' musical high water mark.
 
nair zeitgeist


 Kittee wrote:
Ok, I used to be an avid Smashing Pumpkins fan but this song...meh.  Pretty much the only 2 songs I even listen to anymore are Ava Adore and 1979.
 

I don't hate on Mellon Collie like some music snobs but Gish and Siamese Dream were definitely Smashing Pumpkins' musical high water mark.
Corgan is a "bad singer", yes like
DeKooning and Pollock are "bad artists"................all those drips and squiggles and ........i dunno..........
iT LOOKS LIKE 2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME , do you think ?
 mannondale wrote:


Kittee wrote:
Ok, I used to be an avid Smashing Pumpkins fan but this song...meh.  Pretty much the only 2 songs I even listen to anymore are Ava Adore and 1979.
 
Wow.  1979 is like the worst Smashing Pumpkins song ever and that is one of the two you choose to still like?  I can't fast forward that one fast enough ever.  Gish = classic.

 

Gish is Galicious!



Kittee wrote:
Ok, I used to be an avid Smashing Pumpkins fan but this song...meh.  Pretty much the only 2 songs I even listen to anymore are Ava Adore and 1979.
 
Wow.  1979 is like the worst Smashing Pumpkins song ever and that is one of the two you choose to still like?  I can't fast forward that one fast enough ever.  Gish = classic.

 siandbeth wrote:

First album played on the first date with this guy I really liked. He had good taste in many things.
 

Nice sideways compliment to yourself (I am simply observing not reprimanding)

I can't believe this is the only track played from this album.
Ok, I used to be an avid Smashing Pumpkins fan but this song...meh.  Pretty much the only 2 songs I even listen to anymore are Ava Adore and 1979.
Corgan whine = <mute> as usual.
Good song, bad singer.  Can't get past that.  I'll have to wait for the definitive SP tribute album to fully appreciate them.
an exceptional rock band. an original. their best work actually improves with age.
fenway wrote:
One of those albums/CDs whose first listen will always be imprinted on my brain.
First album played on the first date with this guy I really liked. He had good taste in many things.
Sorry, I do not like Billy's timbre, but this one is really enjoyable.
I am starting to feel this song.

chyk5 wrote:
One of the few albums I bought on a hunch, when it first came out. I had never heard of them before. It is still their best.
Yes, me too. Except I bought it on a whim. And it still remains one of my top ten albums. And I KNOW music.
fenway wrote:
One of those albums/CDs whose first listen will always be imprinted on my brain. Buddy of mine in college demanded that I come over right away to listen to a CD he just picked up from a new band. Cranked to "11" on the sound system, Gish totally blew my mind as my ears socked up the sound.
My memories of that first listen were of a fellow pizza driver who I bonded with over Jane's Addiction. At the beginning of a night shift, he handed me the tape and said "Have fun!" Oh...I did.
One of the few albums I bought on a hunch, when it first came out. I had never heard of them before. It is still their best.
fenway wrote:
One of those albums/CDs whose first listen will always be imprinted on my brain. Buddy of mine in college demanded that I come over right away to listen to a CD he just picked up from a new band. Cranked to "11" on the sound system, Gish totally blew my mind as my ears socked up the sound.
Yup. I remember a very similar day, a road trip in fact, captive audience, pretty mind-blowing at the time.
andiman wrote:
I like Melon Collie more than Siamese Dream. I often think, that Melon Collie actually was the last real ROCK Album. After that there was nothing, nothing, NOTHING
"Real" Rock with songs like Cupid de Locke, We Only Come Out At Night and the title track? Interesting.
Oh yeah!!!!! This sucks.
andiman wrote:
I like Melon Collie more than Siamese Dream. I often think, that Melon Collie actually was the last real ROCK Album. After that there was nothing, nothing, NOTHING
Garth, take your Ritalin.
Atlantis wrote:
I think Siamese Dream was their best. Meloncollie was hit and miss and everything after was pretty bad.
I like Melon Collie more than Siamese Dream. I often think, that Melon Collie actually was the last real ROCK Album. After that there was nothing, nothing, NOTHING
I think Siamese Dream was their best. Meloncollie was hit and miss and everything after was pretty bad.
electronicthroat wrote:
Why does everyone say that?
Because this is the album they did before they sucked. Perfect set, Bill. I'm trying to leave the house and you're making it very hard!
bcorcoran wrote:
When the Smashing Pumpkins were good.
Why does everyone say that?
When the Smashing Pumpkins were good.
OOOOH man, VERY nice transition from Flaming Lips!
Smashing Pumpkins - Crush Flaming Lips - In The Morning Of The Magician I really love these paired together Bill, thanks!
One of those albums/CDs whose first listen will always be imprinted on my brain. Buddy of mine in college demanded that I come over right away to listen to a CD he just picked up from a new band. Cranked to "11" on the sound system, Gish totally blew my mind as my ears socked up the sound.
ZedLeppelin wrote:
We need more Gish on RP!
yes! The Pumpkins are good for you.
fungus6507 wrote:
Nice twofer here, Bill: the Lips into some daydreamy Pumpkins from their best album. Sweet vibe you've conjured...
We need more Gish on RP!
The pumpkins best album!
Sounds like pink floyd... just kidding Too many sounds like pink floyd comments lately.
Amor Eterno! Gish hermoso disco, al igual que otro: 'forgotten song'
Gish05 wrote:
Very nice playlist today, Bill.
Agreed...and happy birthday!!!
Very nice playlist today, Bill.
fantomas wrote:
Gish is a excellent debut album but I want listen something of Machina 2,!
I prefer something off of Siamese Dream, but Gish'll do!
Gish is a excellent debut album but I want listen something of Machina 2,!
Nothing wrong with some Gish!
"hot summer evening's air..." is a good daydream when it's 3F outside and a wind chill of -7.
..and i love that
this song reminds me hot summer evening's air... one of the best songs on gish.
I gave it a 6, which is pretty high for any Smashing Pumpkins song for me. Do they have any instrumentals so I don't have to listen to the singing nose?
kaosmonkey wrote:
best pumpkins album ever
Cheers to that. It's nice to hear them pull it out on RP every once and a while. This has been a truly great set today.
kaosmonkey wrote:
best pumpkins album ever
winter wrote:
I would say this was wearing thin, but it would have had to have some dimension to start with....
well said
kaosmonkey wrote:
best pumpkins album ever
I agree. Doesn't ever sound dated, either. Still sounds great.
best pumpkins album ever
I would say this was wearing thin, but it would have had to have some dimension to start with. No such luck. Sorry, gang - not a Pumpkinhead.