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Siamese Dreaming: Create your ‘ideal’ Smashing Pumpkins setlist, and Billy Corgan might hang out with you

Ever go to a Smashing Pumpkins show and leave slightly disappointed at the setlist? Maybe you didn’t hear the full freakout version of “Drown,” off the Singles soundtrack; or maybe Billy Corgan left off “1979,” because he wasn’t feeling it that night; or maybe the band had the audacity to not play classic 1993 record Siamese Dream start to finish, in order, in its god damn entirety?

Well, now fans are being asked to whip up their own “Billy Corgan dream setlist,” and while Corgan won’t actually play it live, he will acknowledge your efforts on the band’s official website and possibly hang with you a private meet-and-greet at his solo show August 30 at Ravinia Festival in Illinois.

Details on how to enter are below, and yes, solo and Zwan songs are fair game (though we feel most folks’ entries will be Pumpkins-heavy). Just no covers, because Billy ain’t got time for that.

“And who knows?” his site asks. “He might even take some suggestions, or play that favorite song you’ve always wanted to hear privately during your meet and greet.”

Good enough for us. Before we get to the fine print, here’s Vanyaland’s dream setlist (we’ll save the second-half of Gish for the next show).

1. “Cherub Rock”
2. “Quiet”
3. “Today”
4. “Hummer”
5. “Rocket”
6. “Disarm”
7. “Soma”
8. “Geek U.S.A.”
9. “Mayonaise”
10. “Spaceboy”
11. “Silverfuck”
12. “Sweet Sweet”
13. “Luna”
14. “Drown”
15. “Glynis
16. “I Am One”
17. “Siva”
18. “Rhinoceros”
19. “Bury Me”
20. “Crush”

And here’s official word on this contest, from smashingpumpkinsnexus.com:

Have an ‘ideal’ Billy Corgan setlist in mind for his upcoming show at RAVINIA, August 30? Are there those obscure favorites you’ve always wanted to hear in person, but have never gotten the chance? Or perhaps there’s a song that’s never been played live?

Well, here’s your chance to change all that, by entering The PANOPTICON’S latest contest; which we’ll awkwardly call the: ‘YES, IT’S MY BILLY CORGAN DREAM SETLIST COMPETITION FOR RAVINIA/2014!’

Here are the rules and/or suggestions:

1. You are allowed to choose 20 songs, which must also be presented in the order you’d have them played.

2. Pick songs from any era you like: pre-Pumpkins, pre-Gish, the original line-up years, Zwan, solo, and Pumpkins 4.0 and beyond. But beware if you lean to heavily on any one period, for an even, pleasing, career-retrospective show does not this make.

3. All songs must be written in whole, or in part by Billy Corgan; as he currently has no plans to play covers at RAVINIA.

4. Submissions must be in by Thursday, August 14th. The winner will be chosen personally by Billy, who himself will present your idealized setlist here on The Panopticon; with additional commentary on why yours was picked above all others. And who knows? He might even take some suggestions, or play that favorite song you’ve always wanted to hear privately during your meet and greet.

5. And lastly, entries with explanations or commentary will be discarded and not considered. So if you’re serious about winning, your list should contain nothing more than 20 titles in the order you’d love to see them played. That’s it! And don’t forget: one entry per person please.

TO ENTER, send your (1) submission to: officialspmedia@gmail.com