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Taylor B Des Moines, IA, US
My father introduced me to “Pumpkins” as we call you. I was very young when my father used to play the album for holidays and we spent a lot of time trying to learn Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness on the piano by only listening. After our piano went out of tune, we would continue sharing this song by singing along. This song and album have always been our go-to. My father passed unexpectedly last year and every time I hear a song from this album, it brings me back to the days of laughing and singing in the living room or kitchen.
Because of this song and album, I’m able to remember my father in the best way.
Thank you ❤️
Gone Titles, Forever Memories
Brad white Oneonta, AL, US
The night before Mellon Collie and the Infinite Saddness came out, the band played Live at the Rivera in Chicago and the show was syndicated to a station here in Birmingham, Alabama. I stayed up on a school night and recorded the entire show on my boombox. The next day my sister asked me if I wanted to go buy the album with her. I was hoping she would ask me because I was itching to go and she had wheels to take us. After school we bought the cassettes so we could jam out to them in her glorious 80’s blue mustang on the way to school everyday. I opted for the CD’s but she insisted on the cassettes. Over time, these cassettes got played in my portable cassette player so much from long car rides, mowing grass, or falling asleep to them while playing, all the writing has diminished from them. After a while of saving lunch money, I bought the cd version of the album. To this day, I cannot find the original holders for the cassettes. But I do have the long box incasement for them that held them before they went to the smaller version.
“Just a Young Girl Raiding Her Sister’s Music Collection
Marissa Danielle Niles, IL, US
When I first discovered MCIS, I was 14, just a young girl raiding her sister’s music collection that was kept off limits! I’ll admit I would wait for her to leave, and listen to the album from start to finish, reading along the with the lyrics, and would be captivated by the beauty and artistry of everything with MCIS. It became my routine, every weekend on Fridays usually just me and the music, discovering MCIS with such excitement! As I listened more I grew to develop a deep love and appreciation of SP. I instantly was moved by Thirty-Three, Tonight, Tonight, and Cupid De Locke which would transport me into another dreamlike world that no other music has ever done (or at least since I discovered The Beatles). It was pure magic, and I will always remember MCIS this way!
How MCIS changed my life at 16
Ryan Payne Friendswood, TX, US
So. When I was sixteen, I was a troubled youth. My father knew I really liked Siamese Dream and surprised me with my first cd copy of MCIS. From there, I was hooked. Flash forward to three years later, I started a band. Bought the MCIS deluxe edition and started learning how to play the songs. Not only did the record make me a better musician, but it gave me a unique outlook on life. The record pulled me out of a dark self-destructive place, and taught me to use those feelings in my art.
Last row
Gillian Long Island New York , US
Summer before our very first year of college we bought the only tickets we’re could afford at the time which happened to be the absolute last row of the stadium. It was hilarious, we had all the room to sing and dance to every song without bothering anyone, because there was no one else there with us. A night I’ll never forget. Plus for more then half the show we snuck into the seated area up front and enjoyed the opening acts up close before security caught on.
Infinite
Howie Noel New York, US
This album is an artistic masterpiece. Mellon Collie is the album that I remember the strongest from high school. It was the first double album I ever owned and it contained so much artistic inspiration. Friends knew I loved the band and we’d bond even more over it as everyone loved that album. Even the art I drew for my high school yearbook was in tribute to the album with several references to the songs. The lyrics are especially meaningful to me as they really connected with them. From Bodies to Muzzle, my love for this album has never lessened.
Childhood Drawings
Epiphany North Adams, MA, US
At age 10, the first album I was allowed to buy was “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”. While it would play through my boom box, I would draw what each song sounded to me. “1979” always felt carefree and made me feel safe, and that is still apparent looking back at it 12 years later.