THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE EVERLASTING GAZE Single Album (1999)

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE EVERLASTING GAZE Album cover

The Everlasting Gaze is a song written by Billy Corgan and recorded by the Smashing Pumpkins. It is the opening track from the band’s 2000 album Machina/The Machines of God. The song was released as the lead North American single on December 9, 1999. It was also originally going to be released internationally in January 2000 but despite the heavy rotation of the Jonas Åkerlund-directed music video, it was rejected in favor of “Stand Inside Your Love”.

The unique guitar sound in the song was achieved by using a small Crate practice amp. Corgan has said that this song:

“Has a lot to do with spirituality and trying to find my place in the universe and sort of humbly accepting limitations and the things I’ve been graced with. It’s more of a humanistic world view. I’m not writing anymore for the tortured teen—both me and whoever was listening. I’m writing with the idea that everybody’s experiencing these things all the time, and even if they’re not experiencing them personally, they’re affected by them. You can live in the street and write about the garbage, or you can try to get up a little higher and look down and try to see the bigger picture.”

During the recording of Machina/The Machines of God, an early version of this song with very different lyrics had the working title of “Disco King”. The final version of the song retains Chamberlin‘s consistent use of offbeat hi-hat beats. The final chorus was cut from the final version, though an a cappella section was added.

The music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and is a performance-based music video, the first to feature Melissa Auf der Maur, playing bass with the band after the departure of D’arcy Wretzky. Originally, the band had considered Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris to direct the video.

The Everlasting Gaze was released withStand Inside Your Love in the US as a promotional CD.

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE EVERLASTING GAZE Album CD

Tracklist:

  1. Stand Inside Your Love
  2. Stand Inside Your Love (Call Out Hook)

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE EVERLASTING GAZE LYRICS

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE EVERLASTING GAZE COVER VHS
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE EVERLASTING GAZE BACK COVER VHS

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE EVERLASTING GAZE VIDEO IMAGE
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE EVERLASTING GAZE VIDEO IMAGE

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE EVERLASTING GAZE VIDEO IMAGE

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE EVERLASTING GAZE VIDEO IMAGE

The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan: vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, production, art direction, mixing
James Iha: guitar, bass guitar
Melissa Auf der Maur: bass guitar
Jimmy Chamberlin: drums

https://smashingpumpkins.com

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