A reader: “Derb—Have any readers pointed out that mid-90s-it-band The
Smashing Pumpkins is in agreement with your sentiment vis-a-vis 1979? The
band had a hit album in 1995 and 1996 called ‘1979′, and the title track
became a hit. The lyrics, nonsensical though they may seem, hint at the
songwriter’s melancholy during the period:
“Shakedown 1979, cool kids never have the time
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet
June bug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we’d never see an end to it all…”
Wow. I gotta listen to more pop music for column ideas.