Kelly Clarkson set her inner alt-rocker free.
Clarkson, 40, belted out the song's lyrics, which are all about growing up in the late 1970s, as her studio band, Y'all, rocked out on the song's effects-laden guitar parts.
While the former"American Idol" champ's voice differs wildly from that of Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, Clarkson's soaring delivery highlighted the song's melodic chorus. "And I don’t even care to shake these zipper blues/ And we don’t know just where our bones will rest/ To dust, I guess, forgotten and absorbed/ Into the earth below," she sang.
"1979" is the highest-charting hit single on the Billboard Hot 100 for the Smashing Pumpkins, who featured the song on the band's landmark 1995 double album"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness." The song received two Grammy nominations — for both record of the year and best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal.
Clarkson has been in a '90s alt-rock mood of late. Just last month, she donned a grungy flannel shirt toGina Vivinetto is a writer for TODAY.com. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where she spends her free time hiking, reading and snuggling with her"Friends" box set. She and her wife, Molly, are the proud moms of two formerly stray cats, Sophie and Pierre, and a rescue dog named Gracie.
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