Rock N Roll Fridays: Smashing Pumpkins

Janera's buddy DJ Kathy A brings us Rock N Roll Fridays, this week featuring mope rockers the Smashing Pumpkins. As always, the lyric first, and then a question based on the lyrics. My answers in italics. 










1. 1979 “Shakedown 1979, Cool kids never have the time. On a live wire right up off the street, You and I should meet”. 
Where were you in 1979?


Third grade, I think. Still twitching after Bucky Dent's home run ended the 1978 Red Sox season. 




2. BELIEVE “And if they steal your life, your heart is still mine. Your song, you sing, a truth, there’s no other. I want to believe in you dear.”
What song do you love to sing along with?


Lots and lots of things, to the chagrin of people who ride in the car with me. "Night Train" by Guns N Roses, "I Can't Tell You Why" by the Eagles, Billy Joel's "Somewhere Along The Line"

3. BULLIT WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS “Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage. Someone will say what is lost can never be saved. Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage”. 
When was the last time you felt like a rat in a cage?


The last time I was at work. 
4. CHRISTMASTIME “I remember dreaming, Wishing, Hoping, Praying for this day. Now I sit and watch them, the little ones I love”.
What day are you dreaming, wishing, hoping, praying for?


The day my debt is gone. 
5. DISARM “I used to be a little boy, so old in my shoes. And what I choose is my voice. What’s a boy supposed to do?” 
What did you bring to SHOW n TELL as a child to school?


Gosh. I think I brought in a stuffed dog once. I don't recall. 
6. THIRTY THREE “Supper’s waiting on the table. Tomorrow’s just an excuse away. So I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own. The Earth laughs beneath my heavy feet.”
When and where do you generally eat supper?


When I'm at work, I don't. At home? We're kind of casual about that. Whereever. 



7. TODAY “To cleanse these regrets, my angel wings were bruised and restrained. My belly stings.
When was the last time your belly “stung”?


Stomach pain? I have bouts of that from time to time. On the outside? Probably the last time my nephew jumped on it. 




8. TONIGHT TONIGHT “Time is never time at all, you can never ever leave, without leaving a piece of youth. And our lives are forever changed. We will never be the same. The more you change the less you feel.”
Despite the number, what age do you think you really are?




12. 
9. APPELS AND ORANJES “What if the sun refused to shine? What if the clouds refused to rain? What if the wind refused to blow? What if the seas refused to wave? What if the world refused it’s turn?”
Do you believe the 2012 catastrophe will happen? If so, how are you preparing for it?


No. Even if it is, there's precious little I can do about it. 



10. CHERRY “Stay with me, I’ll set you free. ‘Cause I can tell you once were pretty. Rose, so sad you’ve lost your petals. Lost the luster off your tattle tales.”
What celebrity has not aged well?




Gee. I just saw an old Michael Douglas clip, so I guess I'll say him. But I'm not one to talk. 


11. CRESTFALLEN “Who am I to you? Along the way, I lost my faith. And as you were, you’ll be again. To mold like clay, to break like dirt. To tear me up in your sympathy.”
What was the last thing you made out of dirt or clay?




Probably high school art class. I don't remember, sadly. 

12. EYE “Is it any wonder I found peace through you? Turn to the gates of heaven, to myself be damned. Turn away from eye, it’s not enough, just a touch.”
How do you find peace?




I wish I knew. If anybody has any ideas, please let me know. 



13. MA BELLE “You must hold your truce alone. To make love happen, the moon must send you home. There’s no place that I’d rather be”.
When was the last time you walked in the moonlight?





Probably Back To School Night. Except it was cloudy, so maybe there wasn't a visible moon.