Number 811 – Smashing Pumpkins

Bullet With Butterfly Wings 1995

Excerpt ~ Def 1000 songs: Like the subsequent Mellon Collie single “Zero”, “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” was one of the Smashing Pumpkins’ darker songs and one of the first signs of change in the band’s style, although it certainly does not represent the aural or thematic scopes of the album. Critics of the song have sometimes claimed that the lyrics are supposed to refer to the alleged suicide of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. This is usually assumed because of the lines “but can you fake it/ for just one more show”, which may refer to Cobain’s attempt to disband the group before he died …… more

Number 811 - Smashing Pumpkins – 1995 – USA – Genre: Alt Rock - Play Song – Vote 4 Pumpkins!

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