YMMV / Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

• Awesome Music: Possibly the whole of Mellon Collie, depending who you ask. But there will be standouts amongst the tracks.
• Epic Riff: Most notably "Zero" and "Bullet with Butterfly Wings".
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • "Tonight, Tonight" has a line that goes "Believe in me as I believe in you, tonight".
  • The very first line of "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" is "the world is a vampire".
• Narm Charm: Some the lyrics can be ridiculously angsty, but the music is usually awesome enough to compensate.
• Refrain from Assuming: "The World Is a Vampire" or "some variation on 'Rat in a Cage'" for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
• Signature Song: The album is home to both "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" and "1979", for discs 1 and 2 respectively.
• Sweet Dreams Fuel
  • The opening Title Track, just Billy Corgan sitting at the piano playing a simple tune, occasionally backed by synth strings.
  • "Tonight, Tonight!!" With those soaring strings and Georges Méliès-inspired music video (starring real-life couple Tom Kenny and Jill Talley), it's one of the most absolutely romantic songs on the 90s!
  • "Galapogos," with Jimmy Chamberlin's controlled brush-drumming and Billy playing his electric guitar and singing as gently as possible.
  • The arpeggios on "Cupid de Locke" are positively dreamy.
  • All the slower songs that close the second disc, but most notably "Lily (My One and Only)" (despite the subject matter) and "Farewell and Goodnight".
• Wangst: A common complaint about the lyrics is how they're a bit over-the-top and melodramatic, but as stated above, the music is great enough that it doesn't matter for the most part.

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