The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (Official Music Video)

[@desidagoat1995]

I’m not even a huge smashing pumpkins fan, but this is seriously one of the best songs I’ve ever heard, a true masterpiece.

[@kelleymcbride4633]

You should listen to their first album Gish

[@Scaley_Reptile]

@@kelleymcbride4633 Said NOT a Pumpkins fan, Only Pumpkins fans tend to like anything outside this double album.. as you are aware, this album was a perfect pop/mainstream album.. the rest.. you kind gotta be a Pmpkins fan.

[@techno.science]

@desidagoat1995 now you're a pumpkins fan

[@drewwnull]

Truly my fav

[@auntiekriss]

80's and 90's

[@shantiharris7005]

I'm 43, and this came out in 1996, the year I graduated from high school. Man this takes me back to such a great time in life. Something about them riding in that car, being young and free. Just takes me there.

[@paulkevinkoehler5128]

nods 😎

[@abesupertramp3354]

Big hug !! 😘

[@krustykrustowski3167]

Same here. If I had one wish: Back to 1996/1997 just for one weekend...

[@samsilverman824]

Shanti....the 70's was where it was at! Miss it BIG TIME!

[@shantiharris7005]

@@krustykrustowski3167 Just one weekend would be heavenly. The air was even different back then.

[@Remember.19.something]

I'm 42 years old, married, a beautiful wife who I will love till my last breath, 3 amazing children, a good career and relatively good health. Yet this song makes me want to go back and do it all over again, find my teenage self and let me know that all the pain you've experienced and still will in your 20's will be worth it in the end, that you'll be okay, you will.

[@TheLottolandus]

Hey Justin can I use you for a quote for a film called "Replay" written by Ken Grimwood?

[@Remember.19.something]

TheLottolandus Hi, yes you have my permission. Do you want my full name?

[@grapejuicejoseph2843]

Ayyy man living the good life

[@sidisalem9037]

Dude if your happy with your life why go back. If you fullfilled what you accomplished then set up new challenges.

[@jeanrog]

@@TheLottolandus Oh my God. Is it being made? I loved that book so much. I think about it all the time. I know someone was working on it, but I thought it died in the can or whatever they say. Is it happening?!

[@johnboy420]

In my opinion ,this is and always be the greatest 90s nostalgia song of all time

[@lollipop84858]

Your opinion isn't important

[@TakonumeroII]

​@@lollipop84858It IS important to me

[@johnboy420]

@@lollipop84858Maybe not important to you ,my comment likes disagree 😂

[@MontyGanzer]

It’s about the 70s

[@johnboy420]

@@MontyGanzerit’s a song made 20 years ago about nostalgia of 20 years before that

[@yourstruly5374]

Probably the greatest Alternative Rock song ever created. Went to see them a few years ago in Atlanta, greatest concert ever, I cried in the opening when they started with disarm. Man, what an insane ride

[@veronicadeal1351]

im 66 yrs old i heard this in my 40;s and i still feel amazing when i hear it. saved my life...listened to them non stop... ty SP..

[@felixpereiraaraujo9945]

good for u

[@barbaramerz6179]

I'm 67. Was raising two little kids when it came out, but since having two little kids and my husband around was such a great time in my life, this song is one of many that bring back so many good memories for me, too. Now my kids are adults, and my husband is gone, but hearing songs like this one reminds that I was blessed with a very good life.

[@lucabarraud6484]

A todos nos marcó esta canción en diferentes partes del mundo ♥.

[@johnemslie2703]

I'm 12 and i hear this song when i was 7 and can already relate

[@ronwolsoncroft3953]

I'm 68 3/4 this makes me feel like a 25 Yr old.... Etc

[@anaferreira2812]

It’s so cool to think that right now while you’re listening to this someone in the other corner of the world is also listening to this and vibing with you without even knowing

[@anaferreira2812]

@REMY THE RAT :)

[@martineshamzin7535]

Wow. I like that!

[@anaferreira2812]

@@martineshamzin7535 ;)

[@cherieponce6180]

I just got chills... im 37 now but feeling like 15 all over again... cheers!

[@anaferreira2812]

@@cherieponce6180 That’s so cool

[@Jey9K]

Reminds me of the days when MTV used to play music videos. The 90`s were good times.

[@jlouis4407]

The 90s was all about MTV

[@MrManovelho85]

@@jlouis4407 You said it all!

[@didimean]

90s and early 00s were such warmer times. Would do anything to go back for a day, even if it was my last day

[@darrenthomas7402]

​@@didimeanso agree, we just didn't know how good it was at the time. Great vibe in the UK too with Radiohead, Oasis, The Verve, Prodigy etc all releasing great albums, but the Pumpkins were so dam good.

[@VandelayIndustries61]

I'm 59. In 1979, I WAS these kids. What a beautiful, haunting song.

[@Nartano]

I'm 42, I was 1 in 1979, still I totally relate to this song

[@johnlsullivan7941]

Heard that brother

[@chloelikesgatoraid1939]

My dad was 9 in 1979, and I also resonate with the song as a younger person. Amazing to find so many similarities with other people :)

[@cjolney]

I'm 21 now, and have spent plenty of nights doing *most* of the things the video has. Especially the shitty driving 😂 Some of us still like to have fun without zombie walking into a hookah bar off 20 Xanax to talk about how loud the music is

[@netoo5735]

YEAH

[@sorrowcat2724]

This song is literally the definition of nostalgia and I can’t explain it

[@cornflakegirl1718]

Yes, i was born in 1979... Cool kids never grow up 🤘🏻.

[@cornflakegirl1718]

@Jimmy Johnson Yes, i'm.

[@hipsterelephant2660]

Because it's a coming of age song, it's meant to invoke nostalgia.

[@cornflakegirl1718]

@Jimmy Johnson Thanks, but I'm not, it's just i still look young, for some reason 🤷... Must be veganism i guess...

[@masonwagner768]

@@cornflakegirl1718 I hope I look that good when I'm 40! I might actually consider switching to a vegan diet now lol!

[@on_crack4466]

This song is one i consider perfect, from that simple but very memorable drum beat, to that beautiful nostalgic riff, down to that bass that keeps the rhythm. And of course Billy's powerful vocals and symbolic lyrics

[@ProofScopes]

Billy's lyrics and songs are like poetry. One of the best lyricist out there.

[@on_crack4466]

@Recite-God-Purify-Me-Each-Second no

[@adrienneosborne4592]

🤣🤣🤣 on crack

[@bungle3912]

I listened to the instrumental version of this and never noticed the keyboard at ‘and we don’t even care’. I’ve never noticed that before, but it’s so cool.

[@beamerboy6669]

Lyrics : Shakedown 1979 Cool kids never have the time On a live wire right up off the street You and I should meet Junebug 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 store Morphine city slipping 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 ghouls No apologies ever need be made I know you better than you fake it to see That we 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 now As you see there's no one around

[@qwerty6801]

This song got me feeling nostalgia for memories that never even happened

[@uaujuan]

that's exactly the feeling

[@giancarlolugo9586]

@@uaujuan I was born in 2004 and this song with other 70s 80s 90s songs and bands make me miss the 70s 80s 90s good times without no hate between the boys and girls or the or the useless smartphones PD I own a sony Ericsson walkman and a Razr V3i inherited from my parents

[@someguy-ty1fg]

Perfect summary of it

[@irismoura9594]

ggh

[@loufonz3013]

qwerty6801 me to man

[@rakninja]

this makes me miss people i will never see again, in a time that is forever out of reach.

[@herzschlagerhoht5637]

:(

[@AB-ou8ve]

That was painful to read.

[@mrrobot451]

I Know :(

[@jacobmontoya7172]

well said

[@michaelf4506]

Memorys is what they are now but that's what we make on a daily basis ....sad but true .... imagine being someone with no memorys

[@temporaryvr]

This song is the definition of nostalgia. I miss when I was younger, and I wish I could’ve cherished the time I had before I lost my chance. I’m pretty sure this is something we all deal with. As kids we wish we were older to be able to do what we want, but never realize that all we want is already there.

[@homesliceadams2730]

your gonna make me cry dude. im 19 and i cant fucking get over the fact that my childhood is j8st gone..where the hell did all those years go, i miss my grandpa, and i wish i never tried cocaine.😔

[@Scarlett-no3cx]

yeah honestly, I mean Im only 12 but I´m scared of growing up because I don´t wanna grow older and since I had a lot of trauma and I am mentally and physically older than most kids my age its hard to stay a kid and have fun. So now that I just realized this a few days ago I´ve been trying to cherish my childhood. But eventually I´ll have to. oh well. I just wanna have fun and not want the rest of my childhood to be a nightmare like some of it was.

[@homesliceadams2730]

@@Scarlett-no3cx you slund like you have good insight young man. thats good, you will turn out just fine. relax, and enjoy life dude.

[@jsrosas]

Wise words!

[@juansalas6498]

Me 2 has been 30 years in America time passing by too fast :(

My dad was 30 years old in 1979, he passed away last July 12th I miss you dad, I miss you so much but I must go on

[@schizoidfingers4088]

Sorry for your loss. RIP

[@romankolarik5107]

Stays strong brother 💪

[@nebulae8738]

The nostalgia this song provokes, is a reflection of how the 90s felt. Pure and real.

[@GoldenGhettoFilms]

Feels so 90s

[@gabecollett]

the best time not like today, fake and boring without cool beats or spirit

[@juliopeluciofox]

Anemoia

[@Walter-kk3oh]

The speed at which time passes is cruel, surreal and heartbreaking. The 90s were really special for pop culture in so many ways. Enjoy kids.

[@Liminein]

I graduated in 94. I miss those days. We were the cool kids.

[@zackmccurdy8144]

Walter 1985 I was born in ‘93. Been a damn ride that’s for fucking sure. This song...

[@ronniehoover9781]

@Waqas Khan I wish you 2000's kids experienced it also, times would be much different these days if you guys got to grow up the way we did. Simpler times

[@gloriouscontent3538]

I was alive in the 90s. Lotta drugs back then and I don't remember any of it. I was born in 99.

[@eckiuME23]

Ok. Let's be honest for a second, the 90s were all about rap, this kinda music was in the back burner. In fact listening to alternative rock was considered not that cool. Now the 90s were still cool but there was crappy music back then too.

[@jasonmalloy634]

This whole album was a pure masterpiece, it sums up all of my youth, the angst, the horniness, the sadness and the good times!!

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend an Indie Song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@davidbutler1622]

‘The Horniness’ is why you were arrested for sexual assault four times. You were a real piece of shit.

[@kerryalfaro9437]

Born in 1979 and I'll be 45 on September 12th ❤❤❤❤ my teenage years of amazing different genres of music 🎶, And I m grateful for the real time experience for all of it

[@Glanmire1990]

Born in November 79, 90s were the last decade of normaity in the world. Enjoy your birthday.

[@teresabutorac7382]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@Spookyjimm]

​@@Glanmire1990Dec 1979

[@Glanmire1990]

@@Spookyjimm enjoy your birthday, old now old, there is no true beauty without decay

[@kerryalfaro9437]

True 😊​@@Glanmire1990

[@robertrobinson370]

It hurts because you remember how much fun it was, but you know you can't go back....

[@londonhumanoid]

Robert Robinson ahhh. So much truth. We had it though. Better than most...

[@sharkcity7kirby156]

That part

[@stateofblitz]

Robert Robinson yeah know what you mean. Means your history will always be the same but your present and future is open to negotiation. Go for it.

[@steviedoes2421]

Robert Robinson so damn true

[@steebzs]

Interesting....last months i try to revive the 90s and 80s feelings. By hearing those tunes, watching movies from that era, buying vintage shirts etc...but basicly im trying to live my childhood memorys...creating this playfull energy in the now...........any one else??? :)

[@willliv7990]

This song is too much man. Too much nostalgia. Too much sadness and happiness all in one. Makes you wonder what the hell this life is really about and why we are even here. But also makes you get the feeling there is a reason we are here and it’ll all make sense when we die. I’m not even depressed. I love life. But apart of me can’t wait to die to see the truth. Weird. Life is weird.

[@truepontiac8000]

This is a strange place indeed.

[@edandavis9854]

This is gonna be my senior quote

[@eb1875]

Will Liv you’re reading my mind and my heart ❤️ 🥺❤️😣

[@mystikat-p9f]

You perfectly described how i feel when i listen to this song..now i feel like crying

[@saltypirate07]

I found the reason. To get in a right relationship with Jesus and be saved from death by Faith alone in Christ, no works or good deeds are good enough. Check out some Living Waters university clips for more on that and Hope you find the truth.. dont wait till you die to find out.

[@Sani10201204]

Takes me back to when life was easy and fun. I'll be 40 this year and it's been challenging but listening to music like this makes me smile.

[@anggoputin5466]

Me to 😊

[@beall1983]

Same here.Glad to hear I’m not the only one.

[@asanchez7359]

I'll be 45 .. I miss my youth and would never change it . This just brings back memories. Cruise Gratiot and drag racing

[@yesic7196]

Keep smiling ❤

[@BillyJango]

I am 50. I have lost all hope. we are in such a mess today. We are beyond help.

[@NoirDetetive]

Remember that it's a song about being a teen and not about the 1970s. Around the time of the song release 1970s nostalgia was rising until it became fashionable (That 70s Show for instance came out a couple of years after this song debut) but the lyrics are truly an ode to naive and unceremonious adolescence and friendship. Although people in comments are talking about post-modern nostalgia of missing something you did not have lived yourself they do so because they're focusing on the video above all else. I think anyone can relate with what the lyrics are saying no matter what decade they have born. Even if you think your teenage years were boring or a total waste with no friends you can still relate with what the lyrics say about not caring. To not care used to be a privilege of kids and teenagers whilst to be adult is to take responsibility. And it is about the delights taken from this absence of responsibility he is singing about.

[@jasont7814]

We found the life of the party ^

[@ciaaatriderkick]

I also thought the same thing. We have a nostalgic day when we don't have responsibility just pure fun or even fool. This song just remind me that your past was cool and fun but this ultimate reality and responsibility now is things that push me to be a better person that means more responsibility, less drama and mindfulness.

[@realscenekid]

This comment made me cry so hard, I never went to parties or had these experiences, I sat inside all my teenage years playing video games and doing other things. Glad you guys have these memories ❤

[@MichelleNorman-r1q]

@@realscenekidsorry to hear that!!!!

[@Chrispypullen]

Being born in 1980, this song speaks more and more and more and more every year. Timeless melody and lyrics

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some 90s fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of "1979" by the SMASHING PUMPKINS kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqLZd36Vq5iLnM0 and "Name" by the GOO GOO DOLLS in tribute to 2 great standards of the era. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace out and stay safe in the '020s.

[@KT-zx9jr]

Grade 11 at that time....was an amazing era.....very positive to say the least...

[@Chrispypullen]

Child of the 80's and a teen of the 90's. Blessed, cursed and done.

[@claudiocrypto2563]

I'm also from 1980! How I understand you!

[@maycasper2661]

Hey .. I think this guy is a real serious creep.

[@stephenskelton5190]

I may very well be the oldest one to post here. I love this song. I was 21 in 1979, and already been in service, but this song makes think about my teen years in the early seventies. Great song.

[@aza3ful1]

interesting how nostalgic this song can be for anyone

[@manualramirez2973]

I hear you, I was 21 in 1979 as well and just joined the army. I feel the same way about it and the video reminds me of stuff that me and my friends did. The party, and pool hopping and cruising. Good times. 😉

[@MrBluntNose]

Happy 60th!

[@robmarshall7796]

Sorry.....but i was 29 in 1979...... But there are still great groups in 2019....you just need to know where to look0

[@l.y.670]

I'm right behind you Stephen, I was 14. SUPER SONG!

[@wchatcher9318]

This song manages to be relentlessly bleak and relentlessly comforting at the same time.

[@fartsmella8841]

Got damn

[@madboogs]

I heard Billy Corgan on Stern saying that's what he was going for on "Tonight, Tonight". This song immediately popped in my head when he said that.

[@ahronlong9846]

That’s called nostalgia. Simultaneously the best and worst feeling.

[@RavenWolfDrum69]

Yes

[@MrWayne6363]

Musicians that can do that are true artists. In my opinion they are rare today.

[@jay-von8367]

I keep scrolling and reading comments about the 90’s. Its like a knife being jabbed into my heart. I am 19 and what I would to to experience the 90’s…

[@zoaero]

live in the village that didn't have a internet, thats how i feels when i remember 90's

[@redskies4530]

Hi I Recommend a Song/video that's entitled 'Life Changes' By Robert Nix

[@wvurbex]

This song doesn’t have an effect on my childhood but it still gives me goosebumps, this is one of the best songs in history.

[@michaelmotel5720]

I was 18, graduated class of '79, and this song still hits home at 61 years old...

[@akiyz_xd1751]

Wow

[@heysiritellmeacoolprofilen7296]

ummmmmm what

[@billybadass9031]

@@heysiritellmeacoolprofilen7296 Math.

[@ronaldreggie5511]

i envy you.

[@heysiritellmeacoolprofilen7296]

@@billybadass9031 fuck I didn’t read it

[@jenniferlyons8286]

I'm 51 yrs young and absolutely love this song. One of my favorites. I was 8 in 79. Bicycles, roller skates and out til the street lights came on.

[@larrybaldwin8325]

Your soooo right! That Streetlight RULED Your World lol

[@tara_ble1705]

🙋🏼‍♀️Dec. 1970

[@larrybaldwin8325]

@@tara_ble1705 Ocr 1968

[@Robert-kj2jq]

June bugs, lots and lots of June bugs.

[@frankgallagher8760]

Now people just sit on there phones

[@DiamondMind949]

I was born in 1979. When I lived in the States, this song was at the height of popularity, and I was living the best days of my life, and I will always cherish my memories.

[@daboz8753]

Just that guitar riff alone sends me instantly back to the first time I heard this song at 15, and keeps me there until it ends...just amazing.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I Recommend an Indie Rock Song called 'looking into the mirror' by Robert Nix

[@hippyweartiedye3745]

Exactly! And I graduated in 1979 and video is exactly like 1979! Chills!

[@anjou6497]

Just excellent.

[@teresaslatteryamin3059]

And that drum beat!

[@lucienoon7262]

nothing like a piece of music that brings back memories...

[@sandydepoy9396]

This is a song about nostalgia, and I remember laying on my friend's bed late at night (or early morning) after partying, and this song came on the radio. I remember thinking, someday this song is going to be nostalgic when I'm old, and here I am. That night we had a similar party, furniture in the pool and all. It gives me goosebumps whenever I hear it now, and I pine badly for the 90s. You kids really missed out on a great time to be free and unconcerned.

[@rkhale02]

I was born in 95 so I mean.... I was there, technically.

[@cryptodnut9277]

88, and I would give anything to go back. Better times.

[@sandydepoy9396]

I was born in 78 so I was a teenager in the prime 90's. What a party.

[@shortymcfly3110]

Indeed they did.

[@LarsonChristopher]

:)

[@alex73337]

I've had this song in my head lately, it reminds me of my mom. I remember sitting in the car in high school with her driving me wherever and smashing pumpkins would come on the radio and she'd tell me about the music videos she watched growing up. She was born in 1979, and she passed away November of 2020. It's crazy the things that can bring back memories so vividly and makes me realize just how much I miss her. What I would do to go back and go driving with her, even just for the length of one song, just to spend the time with her one more time (edit) tomorrow is the 6th of November, marking a year since she passed away, I am 20 and my sister is a couple months away from 18, I wish I could change things because this hurts so much sometimes.. I'm grateful for all the kind words, I never expected to get so many responses, and it's helped me feel a little less alone

[@arymonem]

Really sorry about your Mom!

[@alex73337]

@@arymonem thank you

[@sergiomourasilva2570]

Your Testimony is beautiful, my feelings for your mother, so young to happen. I'm 51 y o and ir seems like yesterday listening tod this sound. Hugs, here talking from Brazil.

[@DeepOwl1073]

Way too young! Sorry for your loss.

[@alex73337]

@@DeepOwl1073 way too young indeed. Thank you

[@Layne.1994]

I used to have a band in middle school, and this was one of the songs we played. But all of us moved away when high school hit. That was almost a year ago, and every time I listen to this song now, I think about the time I was the happiest. Thank you Smashing Pumpkins, for everything you have done for not only me, but for everyone. ♥

[@nothing563019]

Many of us really didnt understand the beauty of our youth. At the time we mostly dreamed of hurrying and finally growing the heck up so we could do what we wanted. Now as adults we at times yearn for some of the days of our past. The first girl that ever showed any interest in me ( an ugly duckling i considered myself to be) when i was 14 was the sweetest nicest girl. I came from a rougher home without much love and I considered myself quite unlikeable. She proved to me....that someone could actually like me. She ended up being the first love of my life. Unfortunately she died a few years after it all at only the age of 18. Now decades later i still think of her and her sweet spirit. How she had to have been an angel to like a misfit like me. Especially at such a crucial developmental moment of my adolescents where acceptance and love is exactly what i needed. I can still so clearly hear her soft voice from our childhood. Sad but i try to look back at the memory more with gratitude today. I'm just glad that it ever even happened. Sending strength and positive vibes to everyone who read.

[@LocalsOnky-06]

6 months ago today my dads Toyota Landcruiser was in a car accident and the car was totaled. It was a perfectly preserved 2002 that was flawless. It could have gone another 100-200 thousand miles. Losing a car is nothing like losing a person, but It makes me sad that it was the car I grew up in and my family loved very much. My dad has always worked a lot and most of the times I spent with him were in that car. This was one of the songs he showed me while I was a lot younger. The road trips, memories, and surfing adventures can never be the same.

[@wiegraf-FNC]

I have resonated with you friend. I have experienced something similar and you made me remember that part of a long forgotten life and feel the longing of something unreachable again. Thank you. I wish you the best.

[@rodrigolefosse]

Thank you. Sending positive vibes back from Buenos Aires, Argentina!!

[@williamcainjr8496]

No words but these: God Bless you, brother. I stand with you. o7

[@daveconyard8946]

sorry mate hold on to those happy memories Keep Safe and Strong ❤

[@mercy421]

What a masterpiece of a song. Almost 30 years later, i still get goosebumps and all the feels.

[@timroberson722]

Me too! l love the feeling this song gives me,

[@magdalenatrionfale1263]

time fly

[@johndessoye]

@@magdalenatrionfale1263 the days are long, but the years are short! Take care Gen X, i know you have what it takes!

[@oxyman10]

Can’t believe it’s been almost 30 years.

[@menaikstudio]

you should listen to stone temple pilot - interstate love song 🎉

[@thirien59]

Crazy we are nostalgic about a song from 20 years ago which talks about nostalgia from 20 years ago

[@deedeeramone8641]

25 years ago i guess😥

[@davidblackwell6914]

🎯🎯

[@martineshamzin7535]

Yeah, people have always been nostalgic. Its different now, though. People REALLY HATE THIS TIME!

[@blacknight2149]

Ha! Good point

[@AndiSetiyono]

yeahhh, its fuckin awesome that time

[@lilianasjoyfullife3489]

i was born 4 days shy of 1979, and this song always makes me feel , what if i did things differently? for every mistake, for every wrong doing, for every right thing i did, it all lead me to now. i wouldnt change where i am now for anything.

[@lapiubella79]

I was 16 when this came out. It’s literally the soundtrack of my entire high school life. Barely knew what the Internet was, no cell phones, no social media. Just the radio, MTV and MuchMusic. If I had known those would be the best of times I would have made sure to soak it all in and truly enjoy it.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

I hear ya. I’m a couple years younger than you. The 90s were an amazing time. 80s too.

[@KingDomIV]

If only

[@hartmada2757]

I was 10, but totally agree.

[@Andres98394]

You can still feel it. I'm 64 today and I lived the 70's,80's,90's and now. All rock is great. Enjoy.

[@yourfavoriteaudience7460]

Yesss what a good old day.. Mayebe iam only 9 or 10 years old but band like this fill my days, maybe drugs were very rampant at that time, but it seems I'd rather die in those days, than live in this nft shit era lol

[@evangincel3104]

As I turn 38 tomorrow, I still remember riding my bike to the record store (rip 1988-2019😢) and buying Siamese Dream.... still remember seeing it on MTV....and yea it’s aging nicely....rock on

[@Spicyscum730]

Evan Gincel hell yeah dude life changes but the past will never

[@Texan1981]

Evan Gincel hope you had a great birthday! Hopefully 38 is a good age, because I’ll be joining ya in December!

[@wednesday0145]

isn't 1979 on mellon collie and the infinite sadness?

[@mdio]

Been there, done that! ;)

[@mollytaylor8122]

Dude, your record store opened the year Smashing Pumpkins was founded

[@ThePatMan42069]

This is quite possibly one of the most perfect songs ever written

[@dayburks]

I first heard it on gta 4, amazing song 🔥🔥🔥

[@YoserAnaiis]

I'm agree with you, it's so lovely I never get enough of this!!

[@Craniacs]

I WISH THE 90s never left 🥺💔

[@vaterchenfrost7481]

They never did ;)

[@provethioaltum3276]

KZbins here to remind us dont worry brother

[@kendolan162]

You'll change your mind if you are still with us in 2040. Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins will see the benefits of their art!

[@Saltywheel]

Same. Even thought I wasn’t even born 😌

[@Cameron-jo2ue]

It's with us in are hearts at least 😌.

[@alexr3609]

Just listened to this song as a grown man…. My brother used to always play this when I was growing up. (He graduated in 2000) so this was the soundtrack to his high school self. & it’s crazy because I haven’t heard this song in a decade Atleast. Listening to it at work during an overnight shift I had a rush of emotions because listening to this song when you’ve been through certain stages of life it just hits different. I’ve had this song on repeat all week.

[@Red_Spirit11]

I hear you man. Believe me, music reaches down into the very foundation of our soul and makes us feel like nothing else can. For me "America" "A horse with no name" reminds me of the old days of playing GTA San Andreas on my original Xbox. All the 80s music in GTA Vice City makes me feel similiar. Warm and without a care in the world like what Billy Corgan mean't in this song. A teenager or child who just wants to be free 😊 without any worries or cares in the world.

[@ivanborruel]

I'm on the same boat

[@thebeamerdreamer]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@kay2thalay70]

It hits subconsciously. There is a sample on repeat on each verse prior to the lyrics. Probably some obscure song from the 80's. Even the chord progression itself sounds like 80s pop stock. (Mike Parsons Project comes to mind). I never found out what it was. Sounds like someone's saying "trembling" through a Leslie or vibrato effect on low recording volume. A fluttery filter sound effect of sorts. Always was vaguely familiar, almost on the tip of my tongue, but I could never place it. Maybe that's part of the allure, knowing but on a subconscious level.

[@henrybarragan3]

I feel the same the past two weeks I’ve been listening to the words and really paying attention and I feel so connected than I ever have even tho I’ve always listened to this song throughout my life.

[@bl8413]

I was 17 when i first found this song. I remember that night. Im 25 now... College is done, job is secured, and ive gotten married. Feels like half a lifetime has went by in the the past 7 years (...7 years have gone by....). This song is a beautiful and painful reminder of the time that has passed.

[@noahk8913]

Man, I am currently 13 and will soon enter high school. My dad, born in 1976, has always been into 90s music. I remember as a really little kid hearing the many songs that he would listen to in the car, and I now have immense nostalgia for bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins. I would do anything to get the chance to see what living in the 90s as a teen was like.

[@prettysureitse2095]

yo sa,e

[@SarahMartinez-kp8sy]

Haha i was a teen in the 90's as well i was born in 1975. My daughter is 14 she's into Nirvana. She grew up listening to all these bands as well.

[@jadepopps]

I was a teenager through most of the 90’s. The music was great but nothing else felt great about it. But I look back and am so grateful we didn’t have social media in high school.

[@yungseishin6295]

As a guy heading into his mid 20's I'd suggest you make the most out of your teenage years on the era you're living, there'll be plenty of time for nostalgia later ;) cheers!

[@greenbanana311]

@@jadepopps Absolutely! I was a teen in the late 90's to early 00's, so I saw it come about, but it was much nicer when I had to call my friends up on the phone to talk for hours until my dad picked up the other phone and told me to go to bed.

[@michaeltrevino201]

The song and video hits way different when you're actually born in 1979. Everything in this video is what I was experiencing when this album came out. Never forget the first time I was in a car, free of adults, and with other kids my age. Our spirits couldn't be broken, our days could not be ruined. A time of wonder, a time of awkwardness, a time of discovery was upon me and I couldn't inhale it fast enough. What a rush it was to be a young adult discovering the world. Fast forward nearly 30 years and I'm watching my kids do the same thing. Sometimes I lay in bed wishing I had a time machine. Thankfully videos like this and my kids allow me to close my eyes and remember it as it was, where it belongs...inside me forever.

[@wesleyorlowski9766]

What a beautiful reflection. Well said...

[@Yu5aku]

If you are actually born in 1979 you are too young to remember the 70's and what's in this video. It's a video about being a teen in those years...

[@shen4385]

@@Yu5aku yep, agreed. This song is named for the year when Billy Corgan was 12 years old.

[@billsimmons2898]

well said Michael, I do not think Kida today have any idea how free we were growing up, good and bad then they are. No cell phones, you had to get a new girl's number you met at the mall on a piece of paper. No directions on a phone when you were driving, shows that you missed if you were not sitting at the tv when they came on. Eating home cooked meals, going out was for when ya had a birthday. Drinking Kool aid or tang, soft drinks, yeah right.. Riding bikes till the street lights came on. playing Nintendo for the first time, going to an Arcade and the dollar movies. Seeing Mike Tyson become the youngest Heavyweight champ of the world!@ The first days of MTV.. i am older now but i would not trade those days for any today..80's and 90's music was the best..

[@Pensivelyexpensive]

This comment is so underrated

[@SrOppressor]

Today, at 45 years old, I remember everything I experienced, all the friendships I made, all the happy and sad moments, this song is part of my life.

[@dikembemutombo6022]

In my teens I didn't understand the lyrics, just felt the profundity of the song. Nowadays, I 'understand' this masterpiece - even most lyrics - with a sense of awe and appreciation, as well as mature introspection. A precious gift for a lifetime.

[@She-Ra-db7eg]

@Hunter Vonnegut You missed the point man. Nothing can replace the smashing pumpkins... It's embedded in memories and heart. You can't replace that everything is just a knock off

[@13deltafdc]

Still driving around listening to this on full blast in 2022. It's still one of the best songs ever made and it's a time machine that takes me back to the 90's when my life was a lot simpler.

[@kinkane5566]

I was young once, and it was when this song was first released. This song is a part of my youth and soul, and I'll never forget it. This double album will echo through time.

[@briantolles187]

Dude same it reminds me of being in the backseat on a rainy day while my dad drove the car

[@torrentbits]

I was 24 26 years ago... I was in the best decade, before 9/11, at the birth of the internet craze, best alternative rock, grunge and carefree times, without Facebook, social media, crazy politics... somebody build that way back machine quick, pretty please...

[@kinkane5566]

@@torrentbits Agreed, social media has destroyed mankind

[@dioalmir]

Eu Também continuo ouvindo esse som do meu carro, e acredito que vou ouvir pra sempre....Brasil

[@Voicimonavisoui]

Une des meilleur chanson de tout les temps. Connu à sa sortie en 1996. Mes 20 ans. Que de souvenirs.

[@Andy_den]

A lot of people are saying this song reminds them of memories that never happened, I think this song reminds me of memories I *WISH* had happened.

[@dhjgjkd]

Shit, you hit hard on that

[@anneg1979]

I was born in 79. I got to experience my teenage years with no cell phones, no social media, and it was fantastic!

[@Ton369]

same

[@FastDealersMustache]

@@anneg1979 I grew up around cell phones, only I never had one until I was 14. And when I did, it was just a stick phone which I used for emergency, I never depended on electronics growing up, because society was still fairly good when I grew up, after getting older and realizing what other adults told me when I was younger, no kid will ever realize shit an adult would tell them until they become one themselves.

[@crystalowens4839]

I lived it all!! it was fun as hell!

[@agungm1855]

I never was a fan of this band, but as I listened to this song just now, I was overwhelmed with emotions and brought back to my teenage years when this song was everywhere. All the memories, rushing back in, both bitter and sweet. Oh how time really flies. Where did my youth go?

[@redskies4530]

Hi I Recommend an Indie Rock Song called 'looking into the mirror' by Robert Nix

[@KanyeKetchup]

dont grow up 😁

[@antduke2361]

Same here never a big fan the same with REM but i.livr them now I think growing up in the era a lot of bands were making well wrote guitar music after the ekectro pop heavy drivel from the 80s and all the good indie and rock music in the 90s some good stuff got lost a little in-between it all. This song and video is a banger though

[@drewpeacock9347]

@@redskies4530 up yours

[@nobodydeadrandomshit645]

That's what i thought

[@NeyooxetuseiDreamer]

I was 20 years old in 1979, I heard this song when I turned 40 (midlife crisis) and thought about 1979 and how simple it was. Now at 60 I listen to it and only feel FREE from the struggles of my past. Great song in the never ending circle. 1995-1999 had some of the best music, much better than the 60s.

[@ChristEnlightenment]

Elder Mountain much better than the 60s? Well I’m only 16 but from what I’ve heard from the 60s I love most of it, many good songs came from that time period in my opinion.

[@daveconyard8946]

spot on mate,

[@thomasmcgowan8951]

I agree!!!!

[@lauriehintz3696]

The year I graduated high school

[@1manorgy]

It's good to know that in 30 years or so, I'll be getting over the crushing despair felt by a sense of lost childhood whenever my sense of nostalgy is stimulated.

[@Chris-ey5fv]

This catchy great song deserves all the great best qualities and assents where you can possibly not get any better - The 4 Ss don't you know;the 4 ultimate,highest compliments of all - Sly,Smug,slick and smooth.😊

[@masgung73]

Shakedown 1979 Cool kids never have the time On a live wire right up off the street You and I should meet Junebug skippin' like a stone With the headlights pointed at the dawn We were sure we'd never see an end To it all [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] Double-cross the vacant and the bored They're not sure just what we have in store Morphine city slippin' dues Down to see [Chorus 2] 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 [Bridge] 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 [Verse 3] Justine never knew the rules Hung down with the freaks and ghouls No apologies ever need be made I know you better than you fake it To see [Chorus 1] That we 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 [Outro] The street heats the urgency of now As you see there's no one around...

[@alwaysrenner]

Mantap bang

[@coral8527]

I knew I would find this if I looked hard enough lol

[@aldoalcaraz5629]

Thanks!!!

[@SuperJumpReviews]

This song makes me miss the 90's. Always remember watching my older brother watch mtv and have this song playing. I was only like 7 years old.

[@leumasven2698]

Unexpected to see you here :)

[@SuperJumpReviews]

haha, small world over here on youtube :) Always nice to bump into a familiar face.

[@comicbookhero9015]

You got a Cool channel

[@SuperJumpReviews]

COMIC BOOK HERO Thanks!

[@pooleN02]

SuperJumpReviews Watch your brother watch something

[@joelguevara6285]

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

[@josecito11]

Joel Guevara thanks for the lyrics man!

[@thisonecomedian278]

Thanks man

[@kabob_24]

Joel Guevara there's the guy with the lyrics

[@kabob_24]

Happy Bear every good song has someone who does this

[@cathymccoy6869]

Thanks for the lyrics...

[@tiawilliams2274]

This song brings back such beautiful memories to me. Memories of feeling free as teenagers. Just doing silly things. Till this day when I still get that same feeling.

[@dirty9er415]

Turning 44 yrs old but 100% grateful for growing up in the 80s and becoming a teenager in 90s. Greatest one-two combo in history.

[@fields1336]

I'm 44 in August..... We're did the time go ⏰

[@danielseaton3504]

@@fields1336 in the past

[@dirty9er415]

@@fields1336 right on man! It's August 22nd for me, God willing.

[@WallyMocco]

I'm 43 now and I agree 1 million percent. No one truly got a better growing up experience then 80s kids and 90s Teens. I thank god for that daily...

[@daiane5725]

I'm 41...

[@immabigkidnow1]

This song will always manage to make me cry, the amount of memories attached to this song are too special to ever forget.

[@moabt.frican7163]

Dont you just love songs like that? A song that reminds you of a particular time in your life or perhaps a certain person or place. I have so many memories attatched to certain music, its incredible 😄

[@tracyconner1497]

Pillsinmyshoes 😍

[@seanpearl8156]

This song is one in a million...the nostalgia it invokes of our childhood in the 1970's is remarkable!

[@livetorek4723]

@FooFan-vt4bn no

[@PierluigiPuccini]

Heartfelt and beautiful song. I cannot help but feel nostalgic while listening to those incredibly poetic lyrics and watching the rebelliousness of those teenagers in the video. True or not, what a time to be alive!

[@StyleIndiana]

I grew up with The Smashing Pumpkins, like many of us. I memorized all lyrics of Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness. I remember singing their songs out loud, feeling the music, and being alive. This song is a true masterpiece and it gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it, still, in 2023.

[@gooburger1188]

your feelings were never more true than now brother

[@mariaclaudia306]

ela beija muito bem amigos

[@Byku1000]

I'm from Poland from the continent of Europe this song is something special when I listen to it I feel the power flowing from it and the filling of nostalgia

[@EmmaCampbell-sg4lx]

Tf is Mellon collie???? It's melancholy

[@EmmaCampbell-sg4lx]

@@nonamepainter sorry I don't know the name of the album? I like the music and I didn't know that.

[@omegangel3368]

This song gives me memories of playing with friends not knowing it’ll be the last day we hangout before life hits.

[@WBaltimore]

😢

[@LiveAliveWithABMartin]

AlmightyAngel935 great interpretation.

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Life hits harder then dads belt Bad joke ?

[@petahoee8281]

Damn

[@johnmeluch1586]

Oof

[@fancy1348]

Even though I was 10 in 1979…This song makes me nostalgic for the fun times I spent with my friends in high school in the 80’s…and the song came out in the 90’s. That’s the magic of music. It just makes you feel, plain and simple.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a new reflective indie song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@robertbaratheon2193]

That’s the point and you got what it was meant to be. Born in 90 and feel the same way.

[@susanjarvis911]

80's were the best times

[@PoopTrainThePoopEngineYT]

@Hunter Vonnegut Ok dude can you stop saying stuff like "Miss [Insert Random Band Here]?.... Check out SOLAR KAMA SUTRA - the best underground band on Earth!" in a comment talking about how great this song or how great this band is? Like bro it's so annoying, just stop.

[@drewpeacock9347]

@@redskies4530 are you ever gonna stop with other shite songs wilbur

[@srincident]

Born in '70 and came of age in the '80s. I didn't like a lot of the music that came out of the 90s, but this song and this band did something for me.

[@justinrboyett]

I cannot hear Billy Corgan's voice without significant pain. It is the voice that woke me to adolescence. Everything he sings is powerful beyond words.

[@amytilden9799]

💞💞💞💞

[@beefburger_burger]

why?

[@DonnieDarko28]

This is probably one of my favorite songs by them. Due to the fact that this song feels like a memory to me. A memory of a time before the leap to smart phones and other social technology. When life's experiences felt more genuine, relationships had more depth and meaning , and some things that should still be valued have either become less important or became something else entirely. It hurts to see it happen and know you can't stop it. At the same time, I do understood things do change. Some good, some bad, but some of it ,fortunately, still is the same.

[@matthewdelaney5366]

Damn.

[@panchofrio273]

Are you sure. Never. I am the estupid nice boyy you left. Sigo vivo

[@117ShallowSmoke120]

The irony is that I'm reading this from my smart phone.

[@jacobwalters498]

​@@117ShallowSmoke120Also the fact that the comment was posted by someone who has a smartphone

[@EASco22]

Yep

[@fieldmarshalwilhelm]

This song makes me cry these days, and I usually try to avoid it. A smart, fun, and above all, kind childhood friend of mine died by his own hand, and his brother put this on during the memorial. Dan, you will not ever truely die as long as those who loved you will remember.

[@cynthiabinder3730]

Sorry for a loss of the spirit of him.pray 😇🙏🤓we all experienced loss of a person. Remember

[@nailabt]

same

[@jorgeb272]

🥺💔

[@cynthiabinder3730]

@@jorgeb272 😇💗❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍a better day always

[@aimilios-christos363]

I am so sorry!! I know the feeling.....a friend of mine I was working with in Mississippi named Drew just turned 18 years old and my wife called me frantically telling me that he was decapitated in a car accident. They played a Pink Floyd song at his funeral and I felt like I was in hell. He was like a little brother to me that I never had. I hope you have found peace and may God bless you and give you happiness. My prayers go out to you.

[@SarahGallo-qy3xz]

This is the song I think of when I think of my teenage years🙌 Wish I had a time machine

[@steadyphil4367]

Mid-90s haze of memories, unbelievable how much nostalgia this evokes. Even though we were aimless and getting into needless trouble, we were at least able to feel and connect with each other, no electronic devices needed.

[@dignifieddan.4198]

💯 . When social media was AIM/AOL lol and no dating sites.. people hung out in person and If it was awkward we dealt with it and got over it and made friends and did things without constantly playing these comparison games to who has the more perfect life.

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some 90s fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of "1979" by the SMASHING PUMPKINS kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqLZd36Vq5iLnM0 and "Name" by the GOO GOO DOLLS in tribute to 2 of the most iconic bands of the mid/late 90s. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace out and stay safe in the '020s.

[@chancebartholomew5351]

I hope heaven is a endless loop of 90's life!

[@1024rocket]

Lol you act like growing up in the 2000s was way different? iPhones weren’t a thing until early 2010s practically speaking, stop acting like every generation after you grew up in a way less superior than yours.

[@chancebartholomew5351]

@@1024rocket 🙄

[@EB-wl9st]

My song, my generation. I was 15 years old in 1979. I was born in 1964 and I'm now 55. This song and the video is like a time capsule of my teenage years.....

[@EB-wl9st]

@@odros , 40 years has passed.... the teenage girl is now a mother of 2, grandmother of 5, a manager in a hospital, who is getting old and feeling her age.... I miss being young, pretty and full of youth and energy. I have many regrets, but in end I turned out just fine. I remember 3 channel TV's with round glass screens and no remotes, vinyl records, and black desktop rotary phones. We got information from encyclopedias and our local library. Now we have the internet! It tells you everything! I can communicate with people all over the world effortlessly. I can video chat with my grandson. Amazing! But I still feel nostalgic about the past. I miss the simplicity. Thanks for asking :)

[@davecowan6665]

I’m Feelin Ya , 55 Also Those were the Days 👍😬

[@EB-wl9st]

@@davecowan6665 , hi five!

[@EB-wl9st]

@@odros , awww, thank you!

[@saramcgaha1406]

You’re ass end of the baby boomers. I’m ass end of gen x.

[@sabirsal]

This song is everything. I feel lucky that I’m old enough to have lived it. The 90s were a special time. I miss it.

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some 90s fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of "1979" by the SMASHING PUMPKINS kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqLZd36Vq5iLnM0 and "Name" by the GOO GOO DOLLS in tribute to 2 of the most iconic bands of the mid/late 90s. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace out and stay safe in the '020s.

[@ruriavery1658]

I remember being a teenager in the 2000's and not liking this song but my best friend would play it all the time, along with the rest of there music and now that im 38 and a adult with life experience, I get it now.

[@pnw8836]

This is a perfect musical representation of the word “Youth”

[@sinantrop1674]

Exactly!

[@lostmonkey5162]

I guess I never had one

[@rbibbe34]

Wonderfully said

[@concordwind9832]

Starting crying when I read this, but also listening to this song which makes me cry, have been drinking and just love this song so much

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some 90s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins, LONG DECEMBER by the Counting Crows, and NAME by the GooGoo Dolls on my YT channel in tribute to 3 great standards of the mid/late 90s era. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Peace out and stay safe in the '020s.

[@Pokeybumgank]

This song encapsulates the 90s like no other. There is something about this video and song which is so nostalgic. I am 40 now and you see life passing you by, and you wonder where did the time go? I so miss this era, and the sad thing is we can never go back.

[@MotoMarios]

The song lyrics are dealing exactly with what you are saying. This is the art.

[@rainfire9765]

yeah and now everyone is a bitch now days

[@manfredmoreno5569]

😥😥😥👍👍👍 todala razon

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

z

[@monocogenit1]

Maybe it's not a bad thing... embrace it.

[@alroslee6931]

I cannot handle the nostalgia from this song.

[@jjcoola998]

tooo fucking hard mayne ...

[@Shoegazebasedgenre0.]

i remember my ex girlfriend nicole....damn she doesn't even my ex..i cant even talk to her ;_;

[@alroslee6931]

I cant even ex

[@RealityCheck6T9]

Al Roslee Why doesn't she my ex. Everybody needs to my ex sometimes. It's part of a healthy lifestyle

[@TheSuperblackmetal]

***** This is kinda fucked up. English is probably not their first/native language.

[@ericknight8288]

I'm 53 with a wife and two kids, and I wouldn't change it for the world, but god damn this reminds me of house parties and no care in the world.

[@gentillygirl545]

I do love this song. It's an homage to the era when I was staring to grow up -- 1979. I was 15. Kudos to a younger band capturing the feeling.

[@NaquanaBeretta-ih1hl]

I totally understand, I was six years old in 1979

[@blondespitfire]

Billy Corgan and I were both 12 in 1979, so I totally get what he was trying to say with this song. We were 70s kids, and 1979 not only marked the end of an incredible decade, but being 12 for us it was the end of our youth. The 80s and our teens were just around the corner, and nothing would ever be the same again. And yes, while that moment of being on the precipice of puberty and a new decade has happened to everyone all over the world, for us it was different because we were living in a decade of profound societal change. If you were there, you knew it, because you could feel it in the air. Historians have said that the 3 most important decades of the 20th Century were: 1920s Paris, 1930s Berlin, and 1970s NYC. Having grown up on the east coast of the US, I can confirm that excitement wasn't just contained to NYC during that time. Billy captured the spirit of that time with this song. Thanks Billy, for making me remember with absolute clarity that unique period in time for all of us 70s kids in America.

[@keithcobb3055]

Gentilly girl.. I know. 79 was such a iconic year time day second.... They world was changing faster than we could hold on

[@jacobgriffith3629]

Really makes me think of highschool, where the Mondays sucked and the Fridays were the best..... sometimes you don't realize how much fun you're having until after it passes.

[@luismorejon7050]

I agree 💯

[@supernovax69]

mondays still suck, and fridays are still the best.

[@DlcEnergy]

if i could go back, every day would be the best.

[@Nicky.Slunsky]

High school sucked. I'd never go back...

[@DlcEnergy]

Nigredo Kukai Highschool would only suck if you had no friends and were dumb at the subjects. if you went back you'd obviously champion at it all, it'd be nothing to you. unless like i say, you were dumb at all the subjects. :] toodle-oo...

[@usafvee]

I lost my high school best friend to suicide 3 months ago. We always listened to this song whenever we went on a long drive. I think about him everyday and wish I was a better friend. RIP Jesse.

[@JesseR59]

My real name is Jesse.

[@mikefielding6064]

I'm sure you are a great friend xx Rip JESSE x we send love x

[@zelzahi7995]

Sorry I wish we could help everyone I I will Make a Little prayer for your friend.

[@therolinga79]

what a wanker

[@ckill0735]

@@therolinga79 what the hell she is obviously hurting and that’s what you have to say

[@suzielynne82]

Like many songs from this time period, I totally forgot this song existed! Came across it again while introducing my kids to the songs from my childhood 😅

[@kwondo780]

I was 21 in 1979. Man, this song hits hard! I tear up EVERY TIME the chorus starts. Treasure your youth and EVERY SECOND of your life❤️

[@joshgledhill4941]

god bless you

[@Hell-yeah420.69]

Im 24 i love every time this song comes on the radio always turn it up

[@thepeacemaker7965]

I wasn't here in 79'' :) But like this;)

[@thegodofz8230]

Every one. Just today turned 37. I'm still an overages 12 southern boy when this song plays. All other lessons after fall into perspective in the context of these so-much-more-than-nostalgic riffs. Raise a glass to the golden age of alt rock.

[@cseychell]

This was the last song they played when I saw them in bologna Italy. My god so many memories and emotions

[@skyofthelivingdead]

This song is so special. Back when my aunt was in high school in the mid-late 90’s, she’d babysit me after school until my mom and grandparents got off work. She’s always been a huge Pumpkins fan, and we’d listen to this a lot in the car. She’d always let me pick the music we’d listen to and I picked this a lot, even as a really young kid. So every time I hear it, it’s the late 90’s again and I’m 4 years old riding around in my aunt’s shitty old sedan with our dog. Even today, I’m now 28 and she’s 43, and I still send this song to her every now and again.

[@ZX6Gohst]

Ull miss her when she’s gone bro. Enjoy her dawg. She sounds like a good person in your life G

[@ShinGarugamesh]

tell her you love her regularly!

[@skyofthelivingdead]

@@ShinGarugameshI do! Just saw her this past week, actually ❤️

[@skyofthelivingdead]

@@ZX6Gohstshe’s awesome, I’m very lucky to have always been so close with her and still am today.

[@janeamandaford4199]

💖💖💖

[@MinnaShaddy-bt2xc]

This was one of my Dad's favorite songs. Now on is birthday it's definitely hitting home. Happy 43rd Birthday Dad! I miss you! ❤️ R.I.P.❤️

[@TheNerdJournals]

my absolute condolences

[@goremilkiee]

Sorry for your loss RIP❤

[@greasymonkeyguitars9292]

So sorry for your loss RIP ❤

[@trukdivad]

43? I'm so sorry baby

[@DonaldMcNuGGeT]

🤟🏻 condolences and happy bday watching over you proud your still listening to this 🔥 I’m sure

[@Daniel-l6i6k]

❤ this song.

[@nickkleiber8636]

This song always reminds me of all my friends hanging out in the 90’s. Smoking weed listening to alternative music and thinking we knew it all :)

[@MiniMagit]

We still do that, except instead of listening to alternative we listen to J-Cole, Juice WRLD, and Roddy Rich. Yeah not really the same, more of a downgrade if you ask me but hey, gotta keep the vibes going somehow

[@Taumpy]

Man this song is about nostalgia for 1979 but it just makes me feel nostalgic for 1996.

[@derekderek2570]

fun fact, 1979 was only 16 years before this song was released, which was 25 years ago.

[@traci7200]

Agreed!!

[@EdenHilton]

@@derekderek2570 right, it's equivalent to someone writing a song about 2005 today which i feel like ive been starting to see a lot of lately but it just isnt the sameeee :( even tho i was 6 in 1996 lol! still miss it

[@alwa6954]

You can't keep up with time. And you can't stop it. It will kill you and turn you to dust.

[@mathewm6294]

Yes sir. I think of 8th-9th grade when i hear this. Well that and GTA 4 😁

[@tysonevarard968]

I love how raw and juvenile the cinematography of this video is.

[@toddspeck9415]

I feel the same.

[@argh1989]

I think the same is true for the music as well. Every once in a while I'll listen to this song and in the beginning, I'm always kind of surprised how simple the sound is compared to what I remembered. But then nostalgia hits all over again... Fuck

[@oldshortschannel]

Agreed. Not the over the top bullshit of current mv's.

[@فيصلالصومالي-ي9ز]

One of the greatest songs in the 90s 😊

[@aznbaddie]

"1979" Shakedown 1979, cool kids never have the time On a live wire right up off the street You and I should meet Junebug 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 store Morphine city slipping 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 that we 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 now As you see there's no one around

[@nicholasusansky9073]

bloody hell. thos are powerfl and beautiful words, huh? i never really worried to much about the words, it was always the heart wrenching sound that sucked me in to this song and that beautiful clicking on the drum rims at the beginning.

[@XxpauldadudexX]

thanks, i never got the lyrics before, makes the song more meaningful n sadder

[@cutiekatt7988]

Where can I get the lyrics ?

[@edub90]

try that Google thingy

[@heathertaylor8904]

Katherine Palmado pure poetry.. And so fitting for the memories they evoke now.

[@missongbird]

This song makes me super emotional. It transports me back to when I was a kid growing up in Michigan just enjoying life and not having to worry or stress about anything. Playing baseball in the empty field on my block with my friends, rollerblading to the shell gas station buying a shasta and cheetos, going to pier Marquette beach. Great times!! Wish I could go back and tell my younger self everything is going to be ok. Dont be afraid to speak up for yourself and love being you

[@euaggelion03]

It's funny how it reminds me of the same things as you, but the Alabama version: fishing on the banks of the TN river, riding my bike to a local mom-and-pop gas station to sip-steal a fountain coke (and maybe buy some snuff), playing football in my neighborhood until the streetlights came on, and swimming under a massive backwoods waterfall. Not a care in the world.

[@tiffanykjos6253]

I love this so much. Makes me happy/sad. Good to know others feel the same way.

[@krisangel7080]

yeah going up to deer cabins in Northern Michigan. Not a care in the world. looking for fun

[@JET7C0]

Oh dang - Shasta. I remember they had a flavor called "Moon Mist". Classic. I saw the Smashing Pumpkins in 1998 at a gigantic free concert in downtown Minneapolis (where I grew up) when I was 14. There were ~200,000 people in attendance and I guess we were the only big city that would allow them to do a free show like that. Our 50 year old mayor declared that day to henceforth officially be known as Smashing Pumpkins Day from then on.

[@okjeffy6581]

Same for me, but in Ontario. I remember when I moved into a new school and met these new friends, like Riley. Oh Riley, I still miss you.

[@Araturyan]

25 years old and still a masterpiece.

[@ShodyLoko]

It'll still be when you're 30 and 35... the older you get the more memories you associate with it. It truly is a masterpiece.

[@joec.5009]

more like 28 years, but yeah it's a timeless song.

[@user-he9ew6sn9g]

i’m 63, still a master piece..😊

[@onebigdude5786]

The 90's was such a great decade! Everyone who grew up in that time was truly blessed!

[@MrJeffcoley1]

One big Dude I was in my 20s and cannot disagree!

[@samushunter0048]

Indeed! So glad I did.

[@riki7426]

@junior Camacho It was so much fun. I was in my teens and early 20s in the 90s.

[@fishyfisherman5558]

I turned 14 in the 90s amazing time way better than 2000s

[@iterverum5904]

I was teenager in 90's. I was born in 1979 such a nice time.

[@9ualterio]

the drumbeat is hipnotic

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend an indierock song and video I came across called 'Life Changes' by Robert Nix

[@matthewkuhl79]

25 years later, this song still exudes magic.

[@Woody-se7uk]

Couldn't agree more absolute banger 💥💥💥💥

[@Maket7093]

The ultimate 90s nostalgia anthem..

[@himbojimbo69]

Marco T I'm 16, born in 2000 and I get 90s nostalgia listening to this song. I feel like I missed out on something iconic and I wish I could have been a part of it.

[@socialreject7962]

Marco T For me it was early 2000s childhood memories.

[@joeescobar8217]

SOCIAL REJECT iconic? maybe in the 60's

[@maryandchild]

i'm 34 and was a teenager in the 90s. it was a lot of bad clothes and bad music for every cool thing that has survived.

[@kikisekscotermann5332]

Fuck yeah..

[@rbjax2001]

I was 30 when this song came out. I was in a super weird place having quit my regular job/career, and was working part time for a buddy doing construction and just mentally battling with what the fuck to do with my life. That same buddy had thrown me a life raft, if you will, gave me some income and space to figure shit out. Sadly, I could not do the same for him and he took his life a year later. When this song came out it reminded so much of my teen years driving around the suburbs smoking weed, hitting house parties, realizing we didn’t like most of the people there, so back to the car we’d go to drive the dark, curvy, hilly, wooded roads listening to Rush. This song thematically always reminded me of Rush Subdivisions. Corgan was a huge rush fan incidentally. Amazing song a truly a double whammy of nostalgia - my teens and those old friends, and of course my buddy Brian. RIP dude, never had a chance to thank you properly for all you did.

[@rjmurphyo0]

I think I was in 7th grade when this came out so about 13.

[@user-jv9qz2bu1r]

you packed alot of meaning into your short post and you make me wonder what happened to yr friend

[@Heatherrrrr-uh2sl]

Yes

[@SSs-ch4ey]

RIP

[@725k9]

RIP to all victims of suicide.