Frusciante kinda does that too but he doesn't completely mute the other strings

Agreed!! I love them both too, but Billy without doubt does it better

​@@aniquinstark4347 ^^^ agreed

@@Squasagedog i have fairly average sized hands and can do this, but yeah billys hands are literally shovels

yeah, at some point u gotta learn that stuff

Np I loved making this video :)

Everything that has ever happened is underrated

Underrated guitarist and underrated songwriter as well. BC has a signature sound as well. I remember first hearing the solo on Zwans "honestly" and thinking "that's a BC solo if I've ever heard one". His control of distortion is quite incredible. I just wish he never learned to sing lol. The old live performances before he balded out we're amazing, the imperfections in his singing made the music so much more punk. I miss that snarl.

@@Daves_not_here_man_ OMG so underrated underrated !one! no one else but us know how gud he is!! underrated

@@Daves_not_here_man_ lmao yeah.... "learning how to sing" destroyed the Pumpkins sound.

Honestly, I’m pretty sure the 90s adapted to *him*.

Billy's response to a shirt too small would be to wearing a cape

And ive seen him in capes too!! Im not even fucking joking

And a dress

Fuckes?

I read an interview with Corgan, way back in the 90s, where he said something to the effect that although the huge, crushing anthems are what grabs the audience's attention and what usually sells albums, it's the quiet, restrained pieces that he loves to write the most. In essence, 1979 is Billy Corgan at his most BIlly Corgan (Actually, I'd argue Beautiful is really Billy Corgan at his Billy Corganest). I wish I could remember where I saw it, or heck, even if it was print vs. TV interview, but the point still stands: Billy loves his sweet love songs. I think that's actually one of the more wholesome things about him.

He's anything but melodic!

@EdBenji Agreed. I'm scratching my head at some of these comments. I'm just hearing manic notes at high speed with no underlying musical structure. My brother is a huge fan so i went on a deep dive. Many times he solos, the other instruments duck out and leave him almost alone with the drummer. I'm guessing he knows he can only shred tunelessly, rather than over a chord progression. Interesting.

He's not playing Melodic in these clips, but he certainly does in many, many others. This was a collection with a very narrow focus.

Finally! I'm sure he appreciates this. He's been dropping hints for frikkin' ages.

So....an alien guitarist.

Also, see Derek Trucks, especially in his younger years. He’s one of the best players ever and he barely moves. Even his face is like a statue

You think so too!? Yeah, absolutely.

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Holy shit man you just blew my mind … all these goddamn years and i always thought it was easy to dijest…. Oh and yea ive even seen pumpkins live and didnt realise what a good guitarist he is

@@kingry1985 I just bought tickets yesterday for this summer

When the pumpkins first got started Billy Corgan was called the Indy Van Helen imagine that

When he was a kid he used to practice to his favorite bands and Van Halen was one of them and he could replicate every single note Eddie had nothing on him LOL

@@mr.anderson6040Yeah honestly I’d rather listen to Corgan than Van Halen all day

Billy would not say that... he actually interviewed Eddie and has spoken about how much respect he has for Eddie.

Billy is amazing and one of the best.... But best of the 90s? Jerry Cantrell has got to take that spot for me and im a huge SP fan since Gish.

He has a bit of psychedelia, a bit of gothic rock, a bit of metal, a bit of grunge and a bit of shoegaze all in one guitarist. His versatility is really insane

Yeah being a good guitar player requires a musical ear. I too can tune to E or Eb from nothing, like changing strings for example. Not everyone can do it though

What he’s doing here though is tuning his E string until it breaks, just a hit of madness at the end of the show

Thank you :)

He looks like Uncle Fester now

What an idiotic opinion. The musicality and technicality of alt rock blows "classic" rock away.

lol 😂

A Song for a Son.

A Song for a son.

@@jotu2274 Thank you!

This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard

Good thing Billy’s music isn’t grunge.

100% :)

imho billy is a bit better, has more melody and feel

@@alexmalch everybody has opinions and it's great we all don't like same guitarists :)

@@joshuacobb3923 that’s true!

Every guitarist is great in his own way. Maybe some players are not great live but for the songs in the studio they can be perfect.

I’m gonna have to disagree with you on that one.

just sounds like noise to me. hes a great composer and melody maker but his solos are terrible imo

@@joesnider880 well the solos sound amazing and are great to play on guitar. e.g the solos on rhinoceros, soma and a song for a son (in this video) are all very good.

@@samwilson2046 he's a tremendous talent but these solos in this video don't impress me. but everyone has different tastes

@@joesnider880 the guitar solo from soma is beautiful stfu

Don't really listen to him so I can't comment on him that much but from what I have seen hes alright

He’s easily one of the best guitar players of the 90s. This video was a poor selection.

​@@TheAlibabatree do you play guitar? from ur comment I can tell you're new or you don't. Or you're worshiping him. that's cool, but he's not extraordinary.

@@thebends6580 What a childish response. And yes, I’m a multi instrumentalist, thanks for asking.

@@TheAlibabatree So am I. Not a child, and now I'm even more surprised that you consider BC as one of the bests of the 90's. Dig deeper

Thanks :)

And wept at Billy’s narcissism and controlling tendencies

@calebrose7739 lol yeah he did, James is a WOMAN LMFAO!! Listen to Billy's catalog, classic hits all over the place for decades? James solo acoustic album? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SOOOOOOOO BAD!