Husker Du - What's Going On

[heapbigtalk]

wow ! i am always amazed with the internet ...such a joy to find this music :o) ~

[Suetheobscure]

Man I miss the 80s. But at the time, I thought they were miserable.

[emsctemsct]

A bit of similarity, very obvious, but still only a bit...The true source of "1979" is red red meat - braindead, I believe. SP even wrote a tribute song for the bassist.

[Freakfolker]

@blownapartsky - I think it's a vegatable root tonic...but no pumpkins.

[jenhasken]

GREAT ALBUM. Period.

[pablobenitez1]

i love the cover art

[lowbeeman]

this song and the pumpkins' "1979" sound similar but are musically nothing alike.

[DanielDefago]

There are infinite I-V-I-V songs, if nobody ever played a progression anybody ever used before, we'd only have about 20 songs to listen to.

[JoeJackWagner]

Dez!

[Huboons]

sounds like they were listening to a lot of sonic youth at the time.

[BoltertheSplitEnzwiz]

@Huboons i'd say other way around,this song probably inflenced Sonic Youth's sound a bit,after all Zen Arcade was released 4 years prior to Daydream Nation,Sonic Youth's first big impact

[Huboons]

@BoltertheSplitEnzwiz I don't know what you mean by impact but Sonic Youth were well known by anyone following indie music by '84 having released three albums by that point. And those albums are the ones that come to mind listening to this not DN which was a lot more melodic and accessible.

[BoltertheSplitEnzwiz]

@Huboons yeah,good point there :P

[Kenup17]

Every time I hear this song the climax scenes from "Requiem For a Dream" pop into my head

[wdrauch]

@Kenup17 Wow I wish you hadn't reminded me of that movie. Great film, but it was so depressing...

[TGram29]

@peekie666 to be fair every time someone writes a song they're going up against over 6000 years of songwriting lol

eventually something's going to sound like something

[Ha2YES3]

It's called "billy corgan cant write a song."

[Cherubtonight]

@Ha2YES3

1979 sounds nothing like this.

[Ha2YES3]

@Cherubtonight yes it does.

[Huaynocore]

@Ha2YES3 No, it really, really doesn't. "1979" gives off feelings of nostalgia and melancholy. This song gives you feelings of wondering what's going on inside your head. Billy Corgan completely made it his own (assuming he even heard this song). I don't like the guy either, but come on, if we're going to call "1979" a stolen song we might as well call every song made after 1989 a stolen song, Walter style.

[AshleyMarkPomeroy]

@peekie666 So Billy Corgan wrote it when he was *12*? And Husker Du went round his house and stole it from him?

[dimarziotonezone23]

@peekie666 shut up ignorant dutch fucker 

[dimarziotonezone23]

@peekie666 1979 is the name of the song dumbass not the year it was released/composed sucker

[dimarziotonezone23]

@peekie666 HAHAHAHAHHAAHHA GO FUCK OFF YOURE A FUCKING IGNORANT the song is called 1979, it was released in 1995, though Im not saying Corgan ripped this off.

[sloanmidwestXTC]

Favorite song off of Zen Arcade.

[sickpoola]

this is EPIC!!! :)

[Felldohfansquirrel]

This song really speaks to me. Husker Du tends to.

[Allmanbothers]

It sounds like OI :(

[oOZombieOo4]

questo sì che è vero punk boia!

[WePandas]

Fuck yeah, Hüsker Dü.

[T10041]

It might not be that you're too young, but more like you're not screwed up enough yet to appreciate it. It took me some time to like this band. To me Husker Du was an acquired taste. If found that the more troubled I became the more their music spoke to me.

[CamSkene]

I love husker du! this one sounds like a bit like a Mystik Spiral song from Daria to me

[Intruzionz]

Maybe im too young but this isnt music /:

[davidmjeong926]

@Intruzionz Don't worry, you'll get to know more, depending on how much you try to discover new stuff and expand your range of understanding. Everybody walks that path; some learn more than others with better perception developed in them.

[BobBlair]

@Intruzionz i dont wanna come off as a dickhead but you really don't know a thing about music if your gonna say this isnt music. sorry.

[Psychowilly]

@BobBlair The Peoples Court of Music and Dickheadedry has found your argument to be valid. You are absolved of coming off as a dickhead. Next on the docket: The dick who said this isn't music.

[Intruzionz]

@BobBlair this is music, but music surrounds us everyday. i was trying to state that this is not music i would ever in a million years consider listening to.

[minielk454]

@Intruzionz mabie you dont know what real music is, beiber.

[missescookie]

OMG! Been 20 years since I've heard this (yes, I feel so OLD!) Used to have the vinyl double-set. AMAZING! Saw these guys in Philly too. Incredible. One of my favorite albums.

[revived0103]

hey im glad to see that other people have noticed the blatant ripoff of this song in 1979 by smashing pumpkins.

[Gonzoroy]

i saw them do it live '84! It ruined my life!

[pfnuesel]

This song is so fucking amazingly incredible. Zen Arcade is easily the best album I ever had to pleasure to listen to.

I was talking when I should have been listening!

[vmcmatt]

coman verga todos

[OfficerInfusion]

And this song is 1984.

[OfficerInfusion]

Smashing Pumpkins wrote 1979 in like 1996 or something.