Original video located here. Accessed 21st September 2021
Song title: 1979
Artist: Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1995
Why I like this song:
In coming up with this list, it is a given that songs that resonated me and/or represent a particular time and place will rank very high. And that is the case here.
I've told the story many times now: In early 1996, i turn to Triple J for the first time and I hear this song. My perspectives on popular music change forever and the alternative rock scene beckons.
Perhaps it is fitting that I discover this song at age fourteen (see Episode 26). Because this song (and accompanying video) is really an ode to youth. Yes Billy Corgan wrote about being twelve years old but if it resonated with a fourteen year old me, then he clearly tapped into something universal.
Furthermore, the Smashing Pumpkins were a very important band for me in my teens and provided a vital soundtrack to that time period. Say what you like about Billy but when he puts his mind to it, he can certainly churn out a winner of a song.
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