Smashing Pumpkins' "1979" Gets Synched Up to a Rollercoaster Ride and Turns Billy Corgan into a Meme Again
"Weeeeeeee"
Published Apr 03, 2019
Years on from looking hilariously miserable at Disneyland, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has become an amusement park meme once again.Twitter user @stellamelos created a hilarious clip blending footage of a plunging rollercoaster expertly timed to the lyrics of "1979." Since getting posted to Reddit, it's gone totally viral.
Now instead of just laughing at a soundless photograph, you can hear Corgan singing, "Weeeeeee" in a monotonous croon as the rollercoaster drops.
Check out the snippet below.
Billy Corgan rides a rollercoaster pic.twitter.com/rgaizgpMbs
— dave (@airbagged) March 31, 2019
There are also plenty of other musical rollercoaster mashups; check out Ian Curtis and Freddie Mercury adaptations below, as well.
shouting out the OG cause while im proud of my execution of it, i dont wanna pretend im the absolute genius who originally came up with the "[artist] rides a rollercoaster" meme https://t.co/0mthfkhGYR
— nikki (@stellamelos) March 31, 2019
The OG pic.twitter.com/jMS8XevbN3
— joel patrick anderson (@joelpanderson) March 31, 2019
And in case you're wondering if Corgan is capable of having fun at amusement parks, he confirmed last year that he did indeed return to Disneyland — and he had a great time.