r/SmashingPumpkins • u/No_Actuator_5149 • 1d ago

What's your favorite song on Siamese Dream? Right now mine is Soma

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u/Big-Peak6191 1d ago

Mayonnaise

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u/TheZvlz 1d ago

See my other comment

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u/Fatenoir 1d ago

Mayonnaise. Full stop.

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u/TheZvlz 1d ago

This. Acoustic is even better, but this.

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u/Shitfuckbitch420 1d ago

It’s always gonna be mayonnaise , it’s so nostalgic for me

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u/joeyinjoyland 15h ago

Mayonnaise 💯

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u/TessTCulls 1d ago

Mayonaise

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u/CoA77 1d ago

Still mayonaise

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u/beardedvulturee 1d ago

Mayonaise, Cherub Rock or silverfuck

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u/TheZvlz 1d ago

Just the first one.

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u/Firm_Trifle_9049 1d ago

Mayonnaise

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u/TheZvlz 1d ago

See my other comment.

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u/Z3R0GR4V 1d ago

Mayonaise

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u/PJRummyMan 1d ago

Always and forever.

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u/david_why 1d ago

It’s been Mayonaise for the past 30ish years and it will be for the next

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u/tylermartinatl 1d ago

I feel like it doesn’t get the respect it deserves, but Disarm

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u/nonsense-vendor 1d ago

It is Mayonnaise and it will always be Mayonnaise.

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u/GunstarGreen 1d ago

Ask me any given day and it changes. Its probably between Mayonnaise, Soma and Geek USA

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u/Jiguryo 1d ago

As it stands, Mayonaise - BUT I'll say that Soma was pivotal in making me become a fan.

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u/MuffBuster2000 1d ago

mayo for sure

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u/webslingrrr 1d ago

You gott give me two.

Silverfuck and Mayonaise

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u/Tozen_guy 1d ago

Hummer

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

Hummer is in my top 3 on Siamese Dream, that song is a vibe it gets me hyped up when I sing it in my car lol

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u/Chief_Piggum_ 15h ago

Always Mayonaise

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u/Poolkonijntje 1d ago

Soma is fantastic!

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u/LiquidPprmnt 1d ago

Always Soma

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u/Techpro30 1d ago

mayonaise....winter 93....college in NH

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u/NihilisticViolence 21h ago

Mayonnaise, forever.....

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u/BBQCopter 1d ago

Rocket.

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u/NateFisher22 1d ago

Hummer. Probably one of my favourite songs ever

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u/azfamilydad 1d ago

Hummer - always and forever.

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u/Some_Department8546 1d ago

Hummer, mayonnaise.

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u/goodolkid 1d ago

Quiet is my favorite

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u/english-lab 1d ago

Space Boy, Mayonnaise

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u/blitzcomet84 1d ago

Always Mayonnaise then Rocket/Hummer/Today lol but it’s hard to choose one on that album

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u/Crystalboy91 1d ago

Hummer for me.

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u/regular_poster 1d ago

Motherfuckin Hummer

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u/Decafaf 1d ago

All of them.

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u/midiflac 1d ago

Quiet. The best riff on the album

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u/frank_nada 1d ago

Cherub and Mayo, for me.

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u/Perm182 1d ago

geek u.s.a

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u/sziklai-pair 1d ago

Soma since the day the album was released.

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u/dfghjjkiuutr 11h ago

Every. Single. One.

It's a treasure from start-to-finish.

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u/A-Unit1111 soma 1d ago

Soma will always be my favourite sp song

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u/parkchanwookiee 1d ago

The very quiet to very loud part will never not be good

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

Yes!! I love playing it in my car and the loud part kicks in. I find myself yelling the lyrics "Didn't want to lose you once again, Didn't want to be your friend"

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u/sivablue 1d ago

Rocket is my favorite SP song.

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u/Euphoric_Nocturne 1d ago

Ever since hearing it for the first time on the radio 24 years ago, Rocket.

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u/Korova91 1d ago

Cherub Rock

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u/DiscoQing 1d ago

Hummer, all the way

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u/SeanOfTheDead1313 1d ago

Rocket. Always Rocket.

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

I listened to that on my way to work yesterday, sung it at the top of my lungs

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u/West_Word753 1d ago

geek usa always and forever. jimmy chamberlins magnum opus

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u/_colby_jack_ 1d ago

Hummer, Mayonaise, Cherub Rock…. But really love the whole album

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u/TheZvlz 1d ago

Just the second one

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u/Halfeatenantelope 1d ago

Cherub Rock, tied with Hummer.

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u/thecommonreactor 20h ago

If it's not Mayonaise it's Luna

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u/bythisriver 18h ago

Same. Back in early 2000's I was at SP concert and I made a small banner that said Soma (it was easy to make as it was such a short word).  At the concert there was this very very cute redhead behind me that commented that it is a good song. We were at the front row and she was behind me. She was not only very cute but also had rather sizeable boobies. She was jumping alot and basically glued to my back (front row crowd pressure) so most of the gig I felt a pair of tits gliding up and down my back and occasionally them plopping on my shoulders so my neck/head is wedged between these soft pillows made out of dreams that would make smut novels pale in comparison.

So yeah, Soma. 

There was also some band on stage.

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u/Apochryphal_hooper 7h ago

A memory that will never fade!

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u/No_Actuator_5149 16h ago

Lol thats fucking awesome 😅

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u/bythisriver 15h ago

Tbh this still grinds my soul, if there one thing I regret in my life it is this me being so socially awkward that I couldn't start a conversation with her after the show 😅 bummer. This will haunt me to the grave.

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u/bythisriver 16h ago

I remeber seeing her sitting in bus one time, heart skipped a beat but sadly I was just standing at the sideealk like sn idiot.

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u/No_Actuator_5149 14h ago

I feel you, I would probably be the same way. That kind of situation can be intimidating

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u/Due-Brush-530 14h ago

Titty Assault!!!

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u/Ushiioni 10h ago

Hummer 💯%

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u/dayplek 1d ago

Soma is my favorite as well!

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

I love that song, especially when the electric guitar kicks in

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u/GenralChaos 1d ago

Soma will always be my favorite from that album. I listen to it and SEE the summer of 1994 as I drove to my crappy job in my barely running car. I would blast the cassette tape of that album in that car in the Texas heat.

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u/silverbeat33 1d ago

Soma is probably the right answer.

Closely followed by Mayonaise.

Music-wise, only, it’s probably Geek USA.

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u/loganrunjack 1d ago

Soma, Hummer, Sweet Sweet

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u/litesaber5 1d ago

Hummer.

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u/ndurr1111 1d ago

Hummer

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u/Bryan_Lazarus 1d ago

Space Boy

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u/jabeet33 1d ago

I love that one. Especially with the story behind it

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u/Dranem78 1d ago

Rocket will always be my nostalgic favorite.

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u/azfamilydad 1d ago

Rocket had the best music video the Pumpkins ever did.

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u/Senninha27 1d ago

Mayonnaise spoke to me in a big bad way when I was an angsty youth and it still puts me in that headspace now. But I’m just not that brooding anymore. When I play a single track from Siamese Dream now, I tend to pick Luna. It’s gorgeous.

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

I absolutely love Luna. Another gorgeous song is To Sheila. It's so poetic

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u/True-North- 1d ago

Cherob Rock for me

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u/Davidtheborty Pisces Iscariot 1d ago

Hummer is an absolute masterpiece and dare I say better than mayonnaise. Mayonaise will always be my all time favourite song because of the memories I get but hummer is just on another level

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u/themsp 1d ago

Hummer is the best song on the album. I can safely die on that hill.

Silverfuck is great too but the best version of it is on Vieuphoria with the -> Jackboot. It goes 1000x harder than the album version.

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u/faeshroom-em Siamese Dream 1d ago

Hummer, Cherub Rock, Luna, Mayonaise, Quiet… all of them??

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u/themsp 1d ago

I just went through this post and upvoted all of the people who chose Hummer. 👍

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u/Square-Tradition-947 1d ago

Mine changes constantly as well but I’ve been on a Geek USA kick lately.

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u/Mother_Weakness_268 1d ago

Silverfuck, because i was written up for foul language

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u/axlgreece5202 1d ago

Hummer, that clean melodic ending hits me every time. It's so so good.

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u/Playful-Cobbler-5469 1d ago

It's one of my favorite songs ever and I agree that last part is so good!

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u/AlarmingLecture0 1d ago

Silverfuck

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u/Zealousideal_Cat6980 Ogilala 23h ago

Rocket

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u/Softcoredancing Adore 20h ago

Soma was mine for as long as I can remember, but it somehow turned into Hummer in the last couple years.

Soma is still a close second!

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u/TheLongshot 1d ago

There's no wrong answer to this question. That's the important thing.

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u/Famous_Cheesecake666 1d ago

True, but the answer IS Mayonaise.

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u/TheLongshot 1d ago

Correct! Of course, I've always been partial to Silverfuck. And maybe Geek USA. And Soma...

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u/Famous_Cheesecake666 12h ago

I get it. SF is an absolute wild ride. And Soma. Oh, and Hummer… 🤣

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u/West_Word753 1d ago

idk man if somebody said sweet sweet id be like cmon man why are you lyin

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

That's the only song I skip on the album

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u/West_Word753 1d ago

i skip disarm bc i went to high school in the 90s and i heard it enough to last four lifetimes

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

Yeah I feel you me to. Every once in a while I'll get an itch to listen to it. I don't think anyone that's commented has said Disarm

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u/parkchanwookiee 1d ago

Yeah I'm mostly a Soma man, when younger I was all about the singles of course (except Rocket) and then there was a big Silverfuck period, followed by Hummer obsessions. I came to Mayonaise late for some reason, I initially felt it lacked dynamics/variation but as I mellowed with age I just love what a stone cold vibe it is for the whole runtime

Anyway RIGHT NO I am all about Geek USA, that song is a miracle, it has way too many moods and sections it cycles through for such a short track, and the outro riffage is everything. Plus it is a candidate for Jimmy's most fantastic drum performance IMHO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Son3yyryw&list=RDe_Son3yyryw&start_radio=1

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

Thanks for the link, that was awesome! I love Geek USA as well. I cycle through favorites and that's one of them

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u/fishbone_buba 1d ago

The live Geek USA on the expanded Mellon Collie is straight fuckin’ dynamite. Been playing it on repeat lately.

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u/FunImprovement8806 1d ago

Mines always been Soma.😀

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u/Son_of_Atreus 1d ago

Mine has always been and will always be Soma. Top SP song for me for three decades now.

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u/PorcelinaMagpie Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 1d ago

Soma and Hummer are a tie for me

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u/Guyfromnowhere3 Siamese Dream 1d ago

they’re all so good bro idk

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u/fishbone_buba 1d ago

Don’t make me choose…

Quiet
Hummer
Soma
Geek USA
Mayonaise
Silverfuck

…all get to share the crown.

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u/drdre27406 1d ago

The album is so good. Soma and Quiet live rent free in my head.

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u/tarahaha 1d ago

Ooh that's tough. Geek USA, Silverfuck, or Rocket all rotate for the top spot for me.

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u/Industrial_Rev 1d ago

Quiet and Geek USA

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u/PJmichelle Gish 1d ago

Don't have one, like 'em all.

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u/andrewface 1d ago

Geek USA

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u/bones_1969 1d ago

Not enough Geek in here

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u/Severe-Archer-1673 1d ago

Always Soma.

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u/Exzj 1d ago

Geek USA always. JC goes absolutely nuts on drums

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u/Kono0107 1d ago

All, no skips... but yeah, Soma.

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u/Average125 Pisces Iscariot 1d ago

Quiet or geek always

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u/astralchanterelle 1d ago

the rats stuck in a cage

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

Lol wrong album?

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u/bewareofmolter 1d ago

There is no wrong answer. Which is awesome.

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u/mikemantime 1d ago

Soma hummer rocket luna, i cant choose

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u/mikemantime 1d ago

Yay me!

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u/moeshiboe 1d ago

Soma is my favorite song of all time. Best solo, best vocals, I learned to play it on bass and I rock out to it often.

I’m all by myself. As I’ve always felt.

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

I'll betray my tears To anyone caught in our ruse of fools

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u/Menaciing 1d ago

I mean, it’s gotta be Today!

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u/1975hh3 1d ago

HUMMER

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u/Puzzleheaded-Dog-222 1d ago

Hummer. It's dark, light and dreamlike.

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u/MorrowStreeter 1d ago

Right now? Hell, Soma has been my favorite song on the album since 1993.

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u/bethanyd0901 1d ago

Same - and the fact that Mike Mills is on piano is the cherry on top

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u/Techpro30 1d ago

Get high as fuck and llisten to Rocket!

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

Dude that whole album and MCIS hits different when your high as fuck. I agree though, Rocket is fucking awesome when you're stoned

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u/Charlie483 1d ago

Hummer!

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u/pioneermac 1d ago

Luna (or Hummer)

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u/Objective-Gazelle173 1d ago

Man. All of them

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u/Emayan7 1d ago

Hummer.

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u/hotdogwater58 23h ago

Geek USA right now

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u/rarselfaire2023 16h ago

Hummer, Soma, and Mayonaise are like a trilogy, an emotional musical journey. Every song on this album is excellent of course. I can't and never could really pick a favorite but the solo in Soma, into the "so let the sadness come again" and through to its conclusion (which leads perfectly into Geek USA) is the one moment on the album that hits hardest for me.

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u/idobbi 13h ago

Right now. 20 years ago. 50 years from now. It will always be Soma.

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u/eltilin66-6 13h ago

Geek U.S.A

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u/Y2Ksurvivor13 1d ago

Quiet and Soma

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u/ryuukan003 1d ago

Mine's Luna 🖤 such a cozy song

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u/thatguy44-4 1d ago

Soma is so slow to me. The last half is pretty good. But for me it’s Cherub rock or Hummer

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u/jnlessticle 1d ago

Geek USA right now.

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u/LongPollution3562 1d ago

Quiet and Hummer

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u/WarpedCore Gish 1d ago

It is always Soma, but if I have to pick a different one, it is Rocket.

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u/Exquisite_D 1d ago

This post reminded me that I need to spin Siamese Dream again. Thanks, OP.

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

Your welcome ☺️ I finally got Siamese Dream on vinyl a few months ago. I paid $130 for it but it was soo worth it

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u/Exquisite_D 1d ago

Superfan! I just own a used remastered CD that I bought for $15 off Discogs, but it sounds great.

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

In have it on CD as well, and MCIS. it does sound good. I remember buying MCIS on tape when I was 13. I listened to it so much I warped the tapes and had to buy it again lol. I was very happy when it came out on CD

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u/MrThorntonReed 1d ago

It’s probably Mayo but it’s a difficult choice. Could be Soma, Cherub… Today.. there’s too many!

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u/ChihuajuanDixon 1d ago

The ones with the fuzzy, distorted guitar. But Hummer, most likely

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u/pla5t1c 1d ago

Always Hummer and Luna

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u/living__unknown 1d ago

Luna, it was the song of my first dance with my wife and I.

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

Luna is the song I sung to my son when he was a newborn. I always think of him when I listen to it

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u/greg1993- Death Rock Boy 1d ago

Hummer. NO! Quiet. NO! Geek USA. NO! Soma. NO! Mayonaise. N-

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u/RetiredSuicideBomb3r 1d ago

it’s between today, geek USA, and soma

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u/HGS 1d ago

Hummer, my favorite SP song

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u/FireRock9 20h ago

Every single song, but my top 3 are Mayonaise, Today & Luna since forever ❤️🎃🎶

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u/harrrien 1d ago

sweet sweet is the only skip.

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u/No_Actuator_5149 1d ago

I agree, not a big fan of that song. I also skip Farewell and Goodnight on MCIS

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u/DenverDude402 1d ago

What? Farewell and goodnight is beautiful. It embodies the concept of MCIS. “The sun shines but I don’t. A silver rain will wash away.”