1979

1979 is quite a busy song. The standard version can be found on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It has also been released as a single, with the b-sides Ugly, The Boy, Cherry, Believe and Set the Ray to Jerry. There was also another single release - 1979 Remixes, which included the following: Cement Mix, Moby Mix, Vocal Mix and the Instrumental Mix.

Apparently one of the unknown songs on the Mellon Collie Demo tape (tentatively called 'Strolling' by fans) is said to be a demo of 1979. Billy has said in interviews that the 1979 demo was very weird and unlike the released version we all know and love, so it's pretty likely that this is what it is. You can find the lyrics on this demo below the official lyrics on this page.

Here's what Billy had to say about the song: "The most frequently asked question about "1979" is, "What is the 'ooh-ahh-ahh' sound at the end of every phrase?" Flood and I were tracking the song, and I started humming the "oohs" like a melody line. I sang them to tape, we sampled the pertinent ones, electronically manipulated them, and looped them against the drum beat. One of my favorite songs from the album. "

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1995 1995 1995 Jan 2 1996 [Toronto] MCIS Billy Corgan ? ?

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 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 that we don't 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 can see there's no one around

STROLLING:
Rollin' with the breeze
Do what you please
I guess you'd say
We'll take the whole day
Skip out of school
Run around and act like
The fools that we are
Ain't gonna do anyone any harm
Train whistle at our backs
Laid our pennies down the tracks
Forget our cares
I guess you'd say
We'll take the whole day
Go for a swim
Dry off in the wind
The sun's goin' down so we better get back
It's too easy to stay
So lazy, hazy, maybe crazy
Rollin' with the breeze
Do what you please
So take it easy, yes, please
Strollin' with the leaves

OFFICIAL RELEASES:
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Aeroplane Flies High

CASSETTE BOOTLEGS:
Hundreds in circulation.

COMMERCIAL BOOTLEGS:
Berlin Bullet
Dawn
Despite All Our Rage
Disconnect
Do the Riot Thing
Kick Start '96
The Live Divine
Mellow, Jolly and the Inifinite Madness
Rocknight
Secret Destroyers
Secrets of Your Dreams
Tune In, Turn On, Rawk Out
(We Salute You) Naked Man
Zero Gravity