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Riff: The Smashing Pumpkins – “Tonight, Tonight”

Dec 11, 2014

We’ll crucify the insincere tonight/We’ll make things right, we’ll feel it all tonight/The impossible is possible tonight/Believe in me as I believe in you

from Tonight, Tonight lyrics by The Smashing Pumpkins

One of the best rock, pop, or symphonic songs of the entire decade (and certainly the best to combine all three), Corgan’s classic ode to hope is universal – even if, in his case, it only relates to overcoming the alleged abuse he suffered as a child; [LISTEN].

Riff by Karl Ernest

Karl is a Seattle-based musician and writer at SONGLYRICS; a veteran of both east and west-coast scenes, he has performed with the likes of The Ying Yang Twins, David Arquette, Wynton Marsalis, among others. But he's no stranger to seedy dives or house shows, either.

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