SPCodex:Social media/1979 (music video)
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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. In the video the Dodge Charger has Illinois license plates, although in the driving scenes the mountains of California are visible in the background shots. Originally, Corgan wanted a scene of violence, in which the convenience store was trashed by the teens at the end of the video, but Dayton and Faris convinced him to go for something tamer. Aside from Corgan appearing throughout the video in the backseat of a car, the other band members had small parts in the video; James Iha appears as a convenience store clerk, D'arcy Wretzky as an irate neighbor, Jimmy Chamberlin as a policeman, and all four of them appear together as the band in the party scene. Band manager "Gooch" plays Jimmy's partner.
After the video shoot, the band flew to New York to perform. However, all tapes of the footage were accidentally left sitting on top of a car, and were lost as the driver departed. The group later flew back to re-shoot the party scene.
The video was highly acclaimed, winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video in 1996. It was one of MuchMusic's Countdown number-one videos of 1996. Corgan has considered it the Pumpkins' best video, calling it "the closest we've ever come to realizing everything we wanted."
The video for "Perfect" is a sequel to "1979", and involves the same characters who are older. The aforementioned incident with the loss of the original footage is parodied in one of the final scenes.
https://spcodex.wiki/1979#Music_videoThe 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. In the video the Dodge Charger has Illinois license plates, although in the driving scenes the mountains of California are visible in the background shots. Originally, Corgan wanted a scene of violence, in which the convenience store was trashed by the teens at the end of the video, but Dayton and Faris convinced him to go for something tamer. Aside from Corgan appearing throughout the video in the backseat of a car, the other band members had small parts in the video; James Iha appears as a convenience store clerk, D'arcy Wretzky as an irate neighbor, Jimmy Chamberlin as a policeman, and all four of them appear together as the band in the party scene. Band manager "Gooch" plays Jimmy's partner.
After the video shoot, the band flew to New York to perform. However, all tapes of the footage were accidentally left sitting on top of a car, and were lost as the driver departed. The group later flew back to re-shoot the party scene.
The video was highly acclaimed, winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video in 1996. It was one of MuchMusic's Countdown number-one videos of 1996. Corgan has considered it the Pumpkins' best video, calling it "the closest we've ever come to realizing everything we wanted."
The video for "Perfect" is a sequel to "1979", and involves the same characters who are older. The aforementioned incident with the loss of the original footage is parodied in one of the final scenes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aeETEoNfOg