What is smashing pumpkins 1979 about

I think the song is mainly told from the perspective of a teen conflicted with the purpose of life, and through his life he goes through stages of unending hope, depression morphine city slippin dues , and cyncism we feel the pull in a land of a thousand guilts and dead cement, forgotten and assured. But near the end, the tempo of the song picks up and you can feel the last stab at life, or attempt at hope being ignited on his journey the lights, the towns below, faster then the speed of sound , but then it descends to the disquieting conclusion of mortality street heats the urgency of sound, can't you see there's no one around Awesome song.

On the commentary to their dvd called "The Smashing Pumpkins Greatest Hits Video Collection" Billy explains how this song is about just being bored and him growing up in the suburbs. The kids just don't care about what they do as long as they have alot of fun doing it! When we grow older time passes faster, and those days end although we never thought they would. This song makes my feel very melonchaly Billy has such a beautiful sadness to his voice I feel it is def about teens being bored and just hanging around.

The way i see its a teen worrying about whats appening and what will happen, but in the end just says fuck it. The lyrics are obscure but some of them make sense if you think about it. The theme of the song is nostalgia about Billy Corgan's youth. All in all such a good song, even if not all the lyrics make sense ;- Cherub Rock on May 22, Link. Cherub Rock. I think 'poured cement' is a metaphor for laying foundations, foundations for the future. This song continues to touch young people who are discovering this band for themselves.

I was only 6 when this got released a week before my 7th birthday in Billy and the Smashing Pumpkins are still going strong, just a few line-up changes! Cherub Rock what "to shake these zipper blues" meant to me 'to leave this body of suffering'; 'to open the zipper of my meat, that makes me suffer', as if the suffering of this world is like a mask, and with death we get release.

General Comment Shakedown Cool kids never have the time On a live wire right up off the street You and I should meet This suggests the typical longing for connection felt by most suburban teenagers. Notice also that the speaker now appears to be older than in verse 1.

In the next line however, the speaker is now reflecting on the past, no longer speaking as a teenager. 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 Again we are back to the voice of the teenager. Double cross the vacant and the bored They're not sure just what we have in store Morphine city slippin dues Down to see The first line is a reference to how teenagers are often quite ruthless in how they pursue a good time.

Is he now one of those cool kids he used to idolise? Morphine is also very similar to heroin, is the speaker now loosing innocence and being exposed to the destructive behaviour in the city?

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 The first two lines represent that teenage dichotomy of emotion- you are both carefree and incredibly caught up in yourself, so at the time your problems seem real, but as you get older they seem insignificant.

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 Notice the speaker is now alone again, and like at the end of the previous verse is now looking back at the past. Anyone older than 16 will have friends from their childhood who have changed, but no matter how much they try to transform their image, these friends always retain the essence of the person you first knew them as. He soon realises, to his disappointment, that the people that made this place special are no longer there.

This brings the dreadful realisation that memories cannot be relived, because the people who created them have moved on. I think this song is particularly poignant because of the tone of the last line of each verse- always tinged with sadness. However, I think its fair to say that regret is the overriding sense that this song evokes. Another beautiful analysis of this song I was looking for a meaning to the term "zipper blues"; along with that I have found a very heartfelt and insightful breakdown of a song that is very special to me.

NightRainbow on April 28, General Comment Its about a group of care free teenagers. No Replies Log in to reply. General Comment I think this song is about the politics of being a teenager, and growing up.

I agree, like how he talks about "headlights" and not caring. It's just one of those songs you play while driving with your friends. Takes a weight off your shoulders. CowboyDan on April 28, General Comment song about the past. General Comment I'm It's raining outside.

My best friend and myself are sitting in my room making mix tapes. He's my love, my life, my everything. We're talking about our band. We're going to make it huge. We are. We'll get out of this fucking town. Thats what this song reminds me of. Just being young, bored, stuck in suburbia. Wanting to get out, not knowing how. Making plans for the future. He's still in that town. Just what is being said by the heavily reverbed voice in Smashing Pumpkins's ""? Location: Ringwood, NJ.

Maybe some here can make it out, but I cannot. Makes an already ominous-sounding track even darker. Location: Illinois. Return, or returning? Location: Paradise. Ominous sounding? Dude, "" sounds like a breezy summer song. JohnnyQuest , Feb 22, Location: Auckland, New Zealand. I think it's I'm 12 again Billy Corgan sings as he is driven in the backseat of a Dodge Charger.

Clips of disaffected suburban teenage life play throughout. Short Comedy Drama Music. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia The video follows a day in the life of disaffected suburban teenagers driving around in a Dodge Charger. It is based on a concept Corgan created, featuring an idealized version of teenage life, while also trying to capture the feeling of being bored in the Chicago suburbs, where Corgan grew up. User reviews 3 Review.

Top review. Having only gotten really into listening to more music very recently, I hadn't really heard anything by Smashing Pumpkins until I decided to watch this music video that accompanies what is one of, if not the, most famous songs they've released.