On The Flippity-Flop: Smashing Pumpkins Turn Blue

noah | April 10, 2007 4:16 am
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Welcome to “On The Flippity-Flop,” where your Idolators spotlight unjustly ignored B-sides, bonus tracks, compilation contributions, and EP cuts. Send your suggestions to tips@idolator.com.

ARTIST: Smashing Pumpkins SONG: “Jackie Blue” FIRST APPEARANCE: Super Fantastic Mega Smash Hits!, 1995 WHY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN A-SIDE: Thanks to the tipster who reminded us of Super Fantastic Mega Smash Hits!, which compiled indie-rock remakes of songs from the K-Tel era. Red Red Meat, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, and Uncle Tupelo all had standout tracks, but we’re partial to the Smashing Pumpkins’ heady take on the Ozark Mountain Blue Devils’ “Jackie Blue,” if only because its closing guitar freak-out takes us back to the days before Billy Corgan shaved his head and James Iha became a fashionista:

Smashing Pumpkins – Jackie Blue [MP3, link expired] SUPER FANTASTIC MEGA BONUS TRACK: Uncle Tupelo – Movin’ On [MP3, link expired] Smashing Pumpkins [MySpace]