Mayonaise: The Inside Joke That Became One of The Smashing Pumpkins Best Songs

"Mayonaise" started as an instrumental from The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, but it takes its name from an inside joke stemming from a mondegreen lost in translation during their 1992 tour of Japan. This is the story of one of the BEST songs in The Smashing Pumpkins' extensive catalog. 👉 Subscribe for More Videos: https://youtube.com/c/AndyFenstermaker/?sub_confirmation=1 ✉️ Read the transcript & hear the music on the Poetic Wax Substack: https://poeticwax.substack.com Thumbnail photo by Gilbert Blecken. WATCH NEXT: ✓ How "Today" Saved Billy Corgan's Life: https://youtu.be/sHrImJFDuYM ✓ The Story of "ZERO" by The Smashing Pumpkins: https://youtu.be/tcBu05dvLPg ✓ The Bold Album Launch of Mellon Collie (and How it Almost Failed): https://youtu.be/5s7f3jIgdwo 🎥 The Smashing Pumpkins on Poetic Wax: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLylroYWVYWWW9lI-SrU4IgSctCqMEOMdx Get Siamese Dream on Vinyl 🎧 Poetic Wax is hosted by Andy Fenstermaker. CHAPTERS: 0:00 The Story of "Mayonaise" by The Smashing Pumpkins 1:15 WTF Is A Mondegreen? 2:09 How a Mistranslation Ignited a Masterpiece 4:37 The Turbulent Road to Siamese Dream 8:00 From Broken Guitars to Sonic Alchemy 10:55 The Release of Siamese Dream 11:58 Lyrics That Echo Billy Corgan's Personal Struggles 13:29 The Enduring Legacy of "Mayonaise" SELECT REFERENCES & CLIPS: Why Billy Corgan Went Out Of His Mind Making Siamese Dream: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/billy-corgan-smashing-pumpkins-siamese-dream/ https://tapeop.com/interviews/115/smashing-pumpkins-a-studio-history https://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?p=4146482 Billy Corgan Interviewed by Tom Dunne (Dublin, Ireland 1998) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ3hX8ARmwE The Smashing Pumpkins Live on Japanese TV 1992 The Smashing Pumpkins in 1992 (Pictures by Gilbert Blecken) https://gilbertblecken.wordpress.com/the-smashing-pumpkins/ Billy Corgan Planned His Own Death During Siamese Dream Sessions: https://wgrd.com/billy-corgan-was-suicidal-while-recording-siamese-dream/ The Smashing Pumpkins Perform “Mayonaise” (Chicago Metro, 1993): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7-30i1f5e0 Billy Explains the Guitar Whistle on Mayonaise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxUgOgyK96A Billy Corgan Explains the Real Story of The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Mayonaise” https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xXn-djVW2K4 #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #andyfenstermaker #albumstory #albumhistory #albumdocumentary #musicstory #musichistory #musicdocumentary #behindthealbum #behindthemusic #poeticwax #thesmashingpumpkins #siamesedream #mayonaise #smashingpumpkinstoday #billycorgan #jamesiha #jimmychamberlin #darcywretzky