The Smashing Pumpkins – Shame

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  General Comment:like how he switches up the last verse from the second, replacing all the "drunks" with "goods" ending on a somewhat positive note

  Flag KingOfTheHorseflieson January 10, 2013   Link

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  Link(s):interestingly enough, i just watched *shame* (2011; dir. by steve mcqueen, stars michael fassbender and carey mulligan). from what i saw in the trailer, i began associating it with this song. now i can see that there are some interesting albeit very coincidental connections. obviously the lyrics have some intersects with the characters and the story. but the music itself has a coolness and a coldness that matches the cinematography and the performances. even the endings have a bittersweet tint that's also ambiguous.

  Flag djprojecton January 05, 2013   Link

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  Song Meaning:This is a song about Billy's relationship with Courtney Love, which also serves as an analogy to the relationships we may have not only with people we love, but also with the challenges of life, ups and downs, uncertainties, etc.
  
  "Love is drunk all the time". I can see that ;)

  Flag fernandoreeson May 31, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:en i first heard this song i gave it 2.5 stars, but hearing it again i bumped it to 4. its actually a chill song, SP dont do many songs like this: slow long, more music than instrumentals. But the sound combined with lyrics gives it an upbeat mood.
  
  i think its about getting dumped or fucking up and losing your girl / guy

  Flag carnesauron July 14, 2011   Link

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  Song Meaning:Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins wrote the song “Shame" on the Adore album as a tribute to Michael Hutchence.
  
  From Wikipedia

  Flag mrgrumbleon April 08, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:I think this is about Jimmy Chamberlain.
  
  The closing lyrics "hello, goodbye, you know you made us cry..." seem to fit in with what was happening to the band at the time.

  Flag mississippi garyon October 28, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:The danish wikipedia says that this was written about Michael Hutchence from INXS. And it was simply a short poem about what Corgan would have told him.
  
  Kinda fits with the "hello, goodbye..." part. And drunken love. And walking alone.

  Flag christina201288on April 28, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:i didn't like this song years ago,but i like it deeply now when i listen to it again.it makes cry,makes me sad.

  Flag aibisibinglengon April 25, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:i might be way off but does anybody get that its about a hooker? like walking on home from her "job", and feeling shame because of what she is or something like that?

  Flag spenceriscoolon March 22, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:One of the best pumpkins song.
  
  "You're gonna walk on home, you're gonna walk alone, you're gonna walk so far, you're gonna wonder who you are."

  Flag Uniton March 22, 2008   Link

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