Smashing Pumpkins Transmission & Isolation

What do you goys think of the Smashing Pumpkins' versions of Isolation and Transmission. I love their version of Isolation, and their version of Transmission was utterly supurb live, but i think its really just more of a jam with a few lines of Transmission thrown in here and there for good measure, ive got one recording of it where there is a 5 minute intro before the 1st verse.

Originally posted by Mitch What do you goys think of the Smashing Pumpkins' versions of Isolation and Transmission. I love their version of Isolation, and their version of Transmission was utterly supurb live, but i think its really just more of a jam with a few lines of Transmission thrown in here and there for good measure, ive got one recording of it where there is a 5 minute intro before the 1st verse.

Isolation was actually done by 'Starchildren', a Billy Corgan side project, but I agree it's pretty interesting. He really makes the song his own, and avoids just replaying what JD created.

I actually have a 25-30 minute version of Transmission, performed at (I believe) a concert in Atlanta. You're right: it's just a Smashing Pumpkins jam with a few lines of Transmission (not even the riff) thrown in. I can't remember, but there are lines from other songs sung as well...

Have you heard Low's cover of Transmission? The first two minutes are really spectacular, they take the song to a very different place.

yeah i have that 25 minute version of Transmission from Atlanta, he just rambles on for most of it, at one stage he started talking about jonny eating popcorn while watching the x-files...

transmission was indeed done by smashing pumpkins did see on RAGE not to long ago and its horrible fuking horrible

the Therapy? version of "isolation" is much better than the starchildren cut...has more energy

Therapy ah? might have to take a look for that