THE SMASHING PUMPKINS - 1979 (LIVE Brussels 1998)

The Smashing Pumpkins
Chapiteau dans le parc du jardin botanique
Botanique garden
Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode - Bruxelles, Belgium
00:09 1979
04:13 interview
"1979" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. It was released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. "1979" was written by frontman Billy Corgan, and features loops and samples uncharacteristic of previous Smashing Pumpkins songs. The song was written as a nostalgic coming of age story by Corgan. In the year 1979, Corgan was 12 and this is what he considered his transition into adolescence.
"1979" reached number two in Canada and Iceland, number six in Ireland, number nine in New Zealand, and number 12 in the United States. It charted within the top 20 in several other countries, including Australia and the United Kingdom. The song was nominated for the Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards, and won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video. In 2012, it was voted the second-best Smashing Pumpkins song by Rolling Stone readers.
According to statements in interviews, Corgan worked nonstop after the Siamese Dream tour and wrote about 56 songs for Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, the last of which was "1979". As the Mellon Collie sessions came to a conclusion, "1979" (which evolved out of a demo called "Strolling") was just a couple of chord changes and a snippet of a melody without words. When the time came to choose the songs that were to appear on the album, producer Flood said that "1979" was "not good enough" and wanted to drop it from the record. Taking it as a challenge, inspired Corgan, and he wrote the song that night in about four hours. The next day, Flood heard "1979" once and decided immediately to put it on the album. Corgan considers "1979" the most personally important song on Mellon Collie.
The song features a sample of Corgan's voice repeated throughout. During recording, Corgan was singing "today" as the melody line, so he and Flood decided to record him singing to a tape. The pair electronically manipulated several samples and looped them against a drumbeat.
The Smashing Pumpkins (or Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman Billy Corgan (lead vocals, guitar), D'arcy Wretzky (bass), James Iha (guitar), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums), the band has undergone many line-up changes. The current lineup features Corgan, Chamberlin, Iha and guitarist Jeff Schroeder.
Disavowing the punk rock roots of many of their alt-rock contemporaries, they have a diverse, densely layered, and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, dream pop, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, shoegazing, and, in later recordings, electronica. Corgan is the group's primary songwriter; his musical ambitions and cathartic lyrics have shaped the band's albums and songs, which have been described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land".
The Smashing Pumpkins broke into the musical mainstream with their second album, 1993's Siamese Dream. The group built its audience with extensive touring and their 1995 follow-up, the double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. With 30 million albums sold worldwide, the Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s. However, internal fighting, drug use, and diminishing record sales led to a 2000 break-up.
In 2006, Corgan and Chamberlin reconvened to record a new Smashing Pumpkins album, Zeitgeist. After touring throughout 2007 and 2008 with a lineup including new guitarist Jeff Schroeder, Chamberlin left the band in early 2009. Later that year, Corgan began a new recording series with a rotating lineup of musicians entitled Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, which encompassed the release of stand-alone singles, compilation EP releases, and two full albums that also fell under the project's scope-Oceania in 2012 and Monuments to an Elegy in 2014. Chamberlin and Iha officially rejoined the band in February 2018. The reunited lineup released the album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. in November 2018.

[@dwikysastra3452]

The best version 1979

[@TheVioletBunny]

1979 shoegazer Edition

[@joahsef]

This is absolutely the best version of this song ever

[@xboys_archive]

Basically the best song they wrote

[@MiguelAlvarez-wj1em]

Bro Frz 🤣I hope ur alive lol!

[@partynapkins7140]

This variation is pretty good

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

Good version but nothing beats the melancholy of the studio takes

[@caledomoable]

Cool version!

[@badboybob1074]

#BringBackDarcy

[@liveforbass]

Yes, D'arcy please

[@mo_chiptu]

Don’t care if the Tempo is too fast. I like Rock Songs with that type of tempo. This version seems better than the album version.

[@neilevans4352]

if smashing pumkins do joy division tempo.

[@liveforbass]

I want to meet D'arcy

[@alejandrosierra792]

1979!

[@RadioactiveSince1990x]

Did he forget the last line for a second?

[@soyunestupido]

se escucha más mejor, como que menos aburrida

[@RudieRuud]

Best version of 1979 ev0r!

[@jurajstevonka9879]

Too fast

[@liveforbass]

Tempo too fast

[@forwardfaith]

Tempo is too fast

[@pinnkkplaysdrums]

Nah, this version is absolutely elite.

[@liveforbass]

Yes

[@liveforbass]

Too fast tempo