I’m in Highschool, just started. Yet it feels as if I haven’t been in school for years when I listen to this. When I listen to this, I feel like all my bad memories leaving & both my future and past come together to become bright. This is one of my favorite songs.
I'm 37. Only just realised how special this song is after listening for years. The live version, is what music is meant to be. Much love my young brother. I hope life delivers all you request. And much more
It has been nearly 22 years since this song first hit my ears. 22 years. I'm not young anymore. Hearing this version fills my head with the exact same dream and vision as it did in 1995: Crusing in a jacked-up 1970 Plymouth Fury S-23 with my elbow hanging out the window down a lone two-lane highway. There is no substitute. If I had produced the original music video, that is the exact car that would have been used. I understand that these are all new (and extremely talented) band members except for Billy. With all the respect to the former band members, this live acoustic version invokes an emotion that the original studio version can't quite reach. These kids didn't miss a fucking note. Talk about a song and a version that makes an average guy get out of bed every day of his life and go to work....this is it.
Klint Regan I’m in Australia man and feel the same way and yup when I first heard it was a Friday night just cruising in an EH Holden (a great Australian car) just chilling smoking weed drinking beers. Listen now and it reminds me of how great my teenage and early 20s were, life is short, chill and enjoy!
Jeff's sparse guitar shimmers over Billy's gritty acoustic chopping, Mike's drumming is spot on, and Nicole's understated bass gave a strong foundation for the guitars. They really did this song justice here.
Shakedown 1979, cool kids never have the time On a live wire right up off the street You and I should meet June bug skipping like a stone With the headlights pointed at the dawn We were sure we'd never see an end to it all And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues And we don't know just where our bones will rest To dust I guess Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below Double cross the vacant and the bored They're not sure just what we have in the store Morphine city slippin' dues, down to see that We don't even care, as restless as we are We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts And poured cement, lamented and assured To the lights and towns below Faster than the speed of sound Faster than we thought we'd go, beneath the sound of hope Justine never knew the rules Hung down with the freaks and the ghouls No apologies ever need be made I know you better than you fake it, to see And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues And we don't know just where our bones will rest To dust I guess Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below The street heats the urgency of sound As you can see there's no one around
That breakdown section is gorgeous. For me the whole song builds up to that section on the original recording and this version does it justice in my opinion.
To think the drummer was six years old when this song came out! Nicole was probably in High School. Fuck I feel old!!! I will always love the Smashing Pumpkins with the original members!!
This freakin song G, came on my old radio clock, the first year of law school, and that was it. I liked so many before, but sing solidified, yes, every incline I had to totally enjoy Mr. Corrigan. Cheers my love.
What an honor and an unforgettable experience these 3 had. Billy is a 90s rock God. Pumpkins are and will always be my favorite band of all time. I'm glad Billy has his head on straight. Hard to imagine music after he and Eddie are gone.
So many years of playing and writing, and writing and writing....and this is arguably a masterpiece. And it's all him. Every bit of it is his finding something so stunning. Obviously not the greatest vocalist, but this needed his voice. So impressive.
I find Billy to be one of rock's great vocalists ever. No other voice could carry this great lyrical content. Start with the premise that the voice is terrible. Won't be long til you realize it is brilliant in its uniqueness!
English is not my first language but I have been listening this band and this song since I was a teenager and now, after 3 years of living in an English-speaking country and practicing it every day, I realized what the lyrics means...simply beautiful it is not just a beautiful melody and riffs,is It is far more than that.
Whoever engineered this gig did a commendable job. The drum sound is marvelous, and the electric guitar tone is heavenly (although a bit poorly intonated). The performance otoh is just spectacular. Hats off to Billy and the band!
E qualcosa nasce dentro di noi quando troviamo ciò che fa incontrare il pensiero con un cuore che cerca solo il tempo per vivere in un ricordo che ti porta al presente...
This whole set is amazing. My favorite version of “that’s the way” as well. I wonder if the radio station just has a great sound guy or who else to thank for the great mix. But also a great performance and arrangement
i dont know why but theres something about 90s music that seems to be eternal.. i was in the elementary school when this song released. i watch soooo much MTV back then. this is one of my fav song
One of the best (last) rock n roll bands of all time. So glad I got to live to see the end of a decades long era, even if I was just a little boy and couldn’t appreciate it at the time. Music today is dead. Utterly and unequivocally dead.
Props to the sound guys cause the band sounded really neat specially the drums ;) PS: Billy calling you a bunch of freak was magical, I even got the chills and wasn't there! I can only imagine how cool was that show
this version, even tho it's 10 years old now, is still a gift to all smashing pumpkins fans like myself. hope this song is keeping you alive in quarantine as it is keeping me. regards from brazil to everyone!!!
I just lost my first bestfriend yesterday. He gave me hoodie at my 2021 birthday with small note in the left edge, turns out it was 1979 lyric. I just notice a moment ago, it was his message to me. I'm heading his funeral right now. God Bless his soul.
That drummer has got the Gig of his life at a young age. Wow.
Who is the Kid ?
Vol deMort the kid won an audition to join the band. I read it in Rolling Stones.
Mike Byrne: th-cam.com/video/OOIHhG4croE/w-d-xo.html
Vol deMort Corgan fired the bassist and drummer after one album and replaced them with clones of himself banging pots and pans.
and was fired after three years in the band and looking hella bored at this gig.
I’m in Highschool, just started. Yet it feels as if I haven’t been in school for years when I listen to this. When I listen to this, I feel like all my bad memories leaving & both my future and past come together to become bright. This is one of my favorite songs.
Best of luck for the future mate, this song will light the pathway for you
I'm 37. Only just realised how special this song is after listening for years. The live version, is what music is meant to be. Much love my young brother. I hope life delivers all you request. And much more
That snare is satisfying as fuck...
that recent high school graduate's snare is giving me life like I'm a deatheater
So is Billy ;)
ya! great placement in the mix and just the right amount of sustain. and the tone is right on!
This is probably the best live performance of this song that I have seen. He sounds great.
The Smashing Pumpkins was one of the best bands of the 1990's.
Trueee
Yup
Nirvana tho??????????
@@alexturnerismybae “one of the best”=plural
U misspelled "ever"
It has been nearly 22 years since this song first hit my ears. 22 years. I'm not young anymore. Hearing this version fills my head with the exact same dream and vision as it did in 1995: Crusing in a jacked-up 1970 Plymouth Fury S-23 with my elbow hanging out the window down a lone two-lane highway. There is no substitute. If I had produced the original music video, that is the exact car that would have been used. I understand that these are all new (and extremely talented) band members except for Billy. With all the respect to the former band members, this live acoustic version invokes an emotion that the original studio version can't quite reach. These kids didn't miss a fucking note. Talk about a song and a version that makes an average guy get out of bed every day of his life and go to work....this is it.
Amen to that sir
My High School girlfriend loved this song. Always reminds me of her.
Don't consider yourself average!
Likewise
Klint Regan I’m in Australia man and feel the same way and yup when I first heard it was a Friday night just cruising in an EH Holden (a great Australian car) just chilling smoking weed drinking beers. Listen now and it reminds me of how great my teenage and early 20s were, life is short, chill and enjoy!
I'm 38 years old. And I fucking love this song.
James same here mate! Pumpkins were the soundtrack of my life.
i am 5yrs old and i love it more than you 😀
oh yeaahh, im here!!!!
Jeff's sparse guitar shimmers over Billy's gritty acoustic chopping, Mike's drumming is spot on, and Nicole's understated bass gave a strong foundation for the guitars. They really did this song justice here.
really miss this lineup now
apart from Jeff the rest played whats on the album
sounds like the best smashing cover band ever!
they're cheating tho, they got the real singer to join their cover band, not fair! well done tho
Man, awesome Jazzmaster. That bassist's voice. The drummer's accuracy and energy. I have never seen something so wholesome in a long time.
Shakedown 1979, cool kids never have the time
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet
June bug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we'd never see an end to it all
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
Double cross the vacant and the bored
They're not sure just what we have in the store
Morphine city slippin' dues, down to see that
We don't even care, as restless as we are
We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below
Faster than the speed of sound
Faster than we thought we'd go, beneath the sound of hope
Justine never knew the rules
Hung down with the freaks and the ghouls
No apologies ever need be made
I know you better than you fake it, to see
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
The street heats the urgency of sound
As you can see there's no one around
that sound engineer was a drummer
abedzilla agree.... hahahaha
drummin is the meat and potatoes to a song, gotta sound the best
True 😂
wow..it's been 25 years and still love this song...Thank you Billy for making us this everlasting song...
That breakdown section is gorgeous. For me the whole song builds up to that section on the original recording and this version does it justice in my opinion.
The bit where Billy was silent? ...
To think the drummer was six years old when this song came out! Nicole was probably in High School. Fuck I feel old!!! I will always love the Smashing Pumpkins with the original members!!
I was five when it was released. I'll be 31 next month 😂
Best
Never appreciated how good a guitarist he was. There are some great chords and interesting timing there.
back to the 90s love it
This freakin song
G, came on my old radio clock, the first year of law school, and that was it. I liked so many before, but sing solidified, yes, every incline I had to totally enjoy Mr. Corrigan. Cheers my love.
Just perfection. I love this performance
This is truly a timeless beautiful song that will never leave our heads, or hearts. My best friend used to love this song.
I love and miss you beya
This is one of the best songs ever written
2023 too
As soon as I hear this song start I always picture that damn tire rolling down the hill. :)
Art, in whatever form it may be, shall always transcend time.
This takes me back...!!!
the memories from this song are so strong
TH-cam algorithms working me back into my old school goods.
Quando inventarem uma Maquina do tempo sou voluntário e faço questão de ficar preso nos anos 90
sounds like the best smashing cover band ever!
This is without a dbout the best version of this song.
What an honor and an unforgettable experience these 3 had. Billy is a 90s rock God. Pumpkins are and will always be my favorite band of all time. I'm glad Billy has his head on straight. Hard to imagine music after he and Eddie are gone.
Thank you Angie, for introducing me Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness in 1995 . You made me a life long fan.
So many years of playing and writing, and writing and writing....and this is arguably a masterpiece. And it's all him. Every bit of it is his finding something so stunning. Obviously not the greatest vocalist, but this needed his voice. So impressive.
I find Billy to be one of rock's great vocalists ever. No other voice could carry this great lyrical content. Start with the premise that the voice is terrible. Won't be long til you realize it is brilliant in its uniqueness!
The drummer even't born when the song came out. You're the grat Billy.
Que música!!!
Que apresentação perfeita!!!
Que banda genial!!!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Faltou Darc’y
English is not my first language but I have been listening this band and this song since I was a teenager and now, after 3 years of living in an English-speaking country and practicing it every day, I realized what the lyrics means...simply beautiful it is not just a beautiful melody and riffs,is It is far more than that.
2023 and still my fav. Song
Whoever engineered this gig did a commendable job. The drum sound is marvelous, and the electric guitar tone is heavenly (although a bit poorly intonated). The performance otoh is just spectacular. Hats off to Billy and the band!
very good
Lol.. You cant judge the quality of live music when listen through a video! The best and ONLY way is to be there.. You know live.
Agreed
agreed 100% I was thinking dayum that snare sounds beautiful
Very dry vocals and drums. Normally I'm not a fan of that sound, but it fits on a live version of this song.
I'm in love with the bassist
Nicole Fiorentino
@@ruisroca it’s actual Nicole ‘The Skank’ Florentino. Look it up it’s true.
@@joeb1den114 Yep that's what I wrote
the kid at the drums is really great--as well as the others. lovely, lovely version
THIS RENDITION OF
"1979" IS TOPS IN MY BOOK!(music)
Billy corgan is an excelent guitarrist, almost all the song is his guitar tune and drums. I've always tought there were two guitars.
E qualcosa nasce dentro di noi quando troviamo ciò che fa incontrare il pensiero con un cuore che cerca solo il tempo per vivere in un ricordo che ti porta al presente...
Lead singer's guitar skills are amazing! Where are the rest 4 songs?
Que canción tan bacana! De los mejores grupos de los 90 y de la historia del rock
"Justin never knew the rules. Hung down with u freaks and ghouls" when he said that, i just smile. What a sweet moments that we've been.
Love this song almost as much as life!
this is actually one of the better live versions of this song I have heard. Well mixed and I think the acoustic made it sound really clean.
This whole set is amazing. My favorite version of “that’s the way” as well. I wonder if the radio station just has a great sound guy or who else to thank for the great mix. But also a great performance and arrangement
i dont know why but theres something about 90s music that seems to be eternal.. i was in the elementary school when this song released. i watch soooo much MTV back then. this is one of my fav song
Ok my these guys were so amazing live. Wow never missed a beat. Great job guys.
So cool him playing that on that Taylor acoustic. One of my favorite songs and I love this particular set.
Yeah!
This is my favorite rendition of this song.
One of the best (last) rock n roll bands of all time. So glad I got to live to see the end of a decades long era, even if I was just a little boy and couldn’t appreciate it at the time.
Music today is dead. Utterly and unequivocally dead.
Oh my god, holy fuck. I thought he gave up years ago. You could see he was loving it.
This made me tear up, just such a blast from the past, and its so cool!
Love seeing Billy smiling.
Absolutely brilliant!
Say what you want about the new guys, this is one of the best performances of the song.
Cuando todo suena bien... los SMASHING sonando en vivo, sin prisas.:)
De mis bandas favoritas...B. Corgan
The best performance I've seen.
2023 now but miss sound of 90s🥳
The guitarist took me to another dimension ❤️🌜🧚🧞
2024 IS starting.....someone likes me IS able AT this Time to appreciate this wonderfull song ever ? 🤷🤫
i can't listen 2 This Tune Enough Times A Classic !!
Saw these guys at welcome to Rockville in Florida, still amazing live so many years later
This song brings back good memories.
I can't get enough of this song. Even after all these years.
2023 my fav song secondary school
Love the bassist face. Her eyes, most of all
What a song ❤ if I wrote a song like this I would gladly die happy with my life 🤘🏴❤
easy and magic for the beginning of the journey!
Love that Phat Bass sound
Props to the sound guys cause the band sounded really neat specially the drums ;)
PS: Billy calling you a bunch of freak was magical, I even got the chills and wasn't there! I can only imagine how cool was that show
this version, even tho it's 10 years old now, is still a gift to all smashing pumpkins fans like myself. hope this song is keeping you alive in quarantine as it is keeping me. regards from brazil to everyone!!!
best live performance ive seen them do.
Best wishes to Billy's new Pumpkins from Moscow..best memories from 95..we were young and we keep this fire in our hearts...
Fantastic.. the best version!!!!
October 2020 here, right before the time for smashing pumpkins
this is by far my fav version of this song! why has it taken me so long to find it! i'm fallin' into a black hole!!! Aaaahhhh!!!
I love this guys..
Billy, check.
Chick bassist, check.
Asian looking second guitar, check.
Drummer that has the most talent in the band, check.
Funny but pretty true.
I thought the same...it looks it is just needed to change girl with girl and asiatic with asiatic...
I miss the original SP, I miss D'Arcy :'(
Bassist is smokin hot
Not
Uncool
Toda la adolesencia con esta banda y de grande tambien 🎶🎶
1979 on 2018 feels like the 80's....
So many nice times...
Oldies songs never dies 💪🐼👍🌛🐍🦏🦊🙊☠️🐺🕸️🥋🦋
so classic and full of memories ..
2023
A masterpiece
Gran banda de rock, saludos desde Mendoza, Argentina.
Amazing ❤
Hypnotic song ... Awasome ! Thank you
I liked the video, cause my sister had sent me the link to it, and because it's one of the my frikin' favorite bends of my youth ♥️
This is what music is all about raw and imperfect.. most importantly real.
1979 a lot of freedom like morphine
I just lost my first bestfriend yesterday. He gave me hoodie at my 2021 birthday with small note in the left edge, turns out it was 1979 lyric. I just notice a moment ago, it was his message to me.
I'm heading his funeral right now. God Bless his soul.
Possibly one of the best videos ever produced, goes well with the song
great drumming indeed
Stop the hate, they were gooood!!!
quel plaisir de le revoir en pleine forme,a enfin une version acoustique actuel merci merci merci billy.............bravo.....
2022 and still searching for this
Best Acoustic version EVER !!
Beautiful song.