Why The Smashing Pumpkins’ Soma Belongs on Every Best 90s Guitar Solos List

Pull up any ranked list of top songs by The Smashing Pumpkins, and “Soma” is probably on it. Tucked near the midpoint of the band’s 1993 masterpiece Siamese Dream, the song was never a single, didn’t have a music video, and wasn’t promoted like Today or Disarm. Yet it’s a fan favorite, and it features one of the top guitar solos of the 1990s. This is the story of “Soma” and why it hits so hard.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 The Story of “Soma”
1:16 The Band at the Edge of Itself
3:06 The Map on the Back of the Track Sheet
6:35 The Meaning Behind “Soma”
10:14 One of the Greatest Guitar Solos of the 90s
12:06 What Came Out of the Ruins

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