What Is the Smashing Pumpkins Song '1979' Really About? Well, Not 1979

The song reached 12th place in the US and 16th place in the UK. This mid-90s hit of a Chicago Illinois band begins with a neat beat, a rhythmic guitar, and some interesting vocal effects. It seems simple enough. The title is one year, so obviously this song is about 1979. If so, you probably didn't write about it.

So what does it mean and why is 1979? Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan wrote the song. Incredibly it has nothing to do with 1979. There is no mention of Superman The Movie, Bungee Jumping, Trivial Pursuit, M * A * S * H ​​or Three Company. This is just an adult song. About the situation when you became an adult and just finished adolescence. This song is just about growing up. On a TV show, VH1 Storytellers Corgan said, "Sometimes I write a song and see a photo in my head. For some reason, it's an ambiguous memory I have." The memory associated with this song is when he was around 18. He was driving on a road near his house on a rainy night and was waiting for a signal. He says the photo "implies the feeling of waiting for something to happen and is not there yet, but it is right there." Good story. So how long was Billy Corgan 18? 1985! [1985 is Bowling For Soup song] So why is 1979? The year is the barley mentioned in the actual song. Maybe he used 1979. Because there is a good ring. Perhaps he wanted to connect with a 34 year old. 34 years old would have been 18 years old in 1979 when the song was released.

It may be another reason. Billy Corgan once joked, "I wrote this song for Michael Jackson, but I realized he couldn't do a moonwalk with it." Michael Jackson turned 21 in 1979. I want to hear your opinion. Please comment below.