Wikipedia sez "1979" was the last of 56 songs recorded for the Mellon Collie sessions. Assuming they all ended up on either Mellon Collie or The Aeroplane Flies High, we may safely state that "1979" was the end of SP's most classic era. There's really no actual defined theme to this song.. Simply a handful of vague but familiar images. But "approaching the end of an era (whether or not you realize it)" seems to come closest, perfectly captured in its famously transcendent MTV video... That fucking WEIRD bizarre and strangely exciting all-too-brief period when we're almost not kids anymore.. being of driving-age but still in high school.. Dude, that shit was fucked up. And often very fun, but often very frustrating. It was lots of things.
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