1979 (track)
by The Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1995
From the album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (track #19)
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1979 appears on the following album(s) by The Smashing Pumpkins:
- Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (track #19) (this album) (1995)
- Rotten Apples (track #9) (compilation) (2001)
- The Aeroplane Flies High (Box Set) (track #8) (compilation) (1996)
- Rarities And B-Sides (track #38) (compilation) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/11/2026 14:40 | SD100852 | 12,515 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/07/2026 10:31 | willowen9 | 2,767 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2026 23:39 |  serpico | 4,007 | 89/100 |
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/05/2012 23:53 | #34631
You've heard this song. It's a trip along memory lane across a simpler time of youthful fancy. This may be the dream alluded to in the previous song. Upbeat and catchy (it's fun when the drum (machine?) kicks in), a more foot-tapping version of "today". a lot of fun lyrics in here. "on a live wire right up off the street / you and i should meet" for "Justine never knew the rules, / Hung down with the freaks and the ghouls". But no matter what happens regarding the blues or one's destiny "we don't know / Just where our bones will rest / To dust I guess / Forgotten and absorbed to the earth below". Love this song. Upbeat and yet somewhat despondent. (Edited)
makerofbuckets TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/09/2015 00:11 | #134399
if this song was 30 minutes long it might be just as good as it is now. (Edited)
I remember when I first heard this song, more specifically the line "Cool kids never have the time" I thought cool kids in the 70's didn't wear watches? (Edited)
YEEZY 05/03/2019 15:11 | #235804
It's impossible to listen to this without an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia, regardless of whether you were actually a teenager in the mid-90s or not. (Edited)
this song brings so much memories even i was born in the 90's its like i've been here longer... simply one of the best tracks ever! (Edited)
