60 Songs That Explain the ’90s: The 2000s

Smashing Pumpkins—“Mayonaise”

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Rob explores the Smashing Pumpkins’ shoegazing power ballad “Mayonaise” by discussing how the eccentricities of frontman Billy Corgan directed the band’s trajectory, the band’s ability to tap into the universal feeling of isolation, and where the band was situated within the '90s rock landscape.

Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Bill Simmons

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