Can we all just take minute and appreciate these tasty bass lines? Wow.....

Their first 2 albums are absolutely perfect masterpieces. If the internet had been available then the Smithereens would have the acclaim they so richly deserve. THE SMITHEREENS FOREVER!!PAT DE NIZIO LIVES !!!

@jegarajramoo3873

9 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right. I bought their debut album ,Especially for you on cassette in 1987. It was a time when pop metal from the likes of Bon Jovi and Poison plus dance music from Michael Jackson and Madonna reigned supreme. My college mates thought I was a weirdo when I played the Smithereens album ! No regrets for discovering the fantastic music of The Smithereens.

@castaneiavillage

6 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@slapittywapitty8173

6 ай бұрын

@@jegarajramoo3873 Ha! Yup. @THAT time, I was SECRETLY into Pat DeNizio & Suzanne Vega. 😋

@jegarajramoo3873

6 ай бұрын

@@slapittywapitty8173 oh yes! Together with REM, Senator Flaux and British acts like The Smiths, many of us college students discovered a treasure trove of indie acts. Suzanne Vega was a superb talent. Mr DeNizio even ran for the Senate in 2000 !

In 1986, this was one of the top 10 songs of my life. It deserves more of a recognition.

@jimbailey5681

4 жыл бұрын

This one came out in 1988. It's on the album 'Green Thoughts'

@grizzlybexar8177

Жыл бұрын

What a Neomaxizoomdweebie!

@clemclemson9259

Жыл бұрын

the whole record is great!!!!!!@@jimbailey5681

@dmcalister4505

6 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more , these guys were slept on big-time

The song that made me a Smithereens fan.

The more I hear The Smithereens the more I like them!

I used to dance to this song with my brother, after having seen these guys in concert when we were just kids. I remember having a sense of, "I'm going to remember this- I'm going to miss this." This song. So underrated.

Pat was such a great songwriter and a clever lyricist.

My favorite band of all time.

@lucky7mojo

22 күн бұрын

We used to see em at the Stone Pony!!

This song throws my emotions all over the place! What a brilliant song and video. Pat in in a better place now.

I remember listening to them so long long ago. Now I am rediscovering them. Simple excellence

Great song, and also a sad song. DiNizio wrote it about his childhood home being torn down.

@nomansland4811

6 жыл бұрын

Yup. Pat knew how to write a song.

@MIKECNW

6 жыл бұрын

Even it mentions the house being torn down my understanding it was actually the story of his family losing their home to forclosure.

Those Rics ...get me going every time. Love the Smithereens. Wish I had seen them more times back in Jersey in the 90s. They always put on a fantastic show.

@karanaman68

Жыл бұрын

Love babjaks guitar in this song

This certainly deserves more than 664 views. Sheesh!

Pat wrote upbeat-sounding music with rather dark lyrics. Rest In Peace.

@MIKECNW

3 жыл бұрын

It's still good but still quite interesting that a rather sad song is so sped up.

The Smithereens ROCK! NYC 2021

Big favorite on WHFS 99.1 FM circa 1988-1989 (DC/Baltimore); got a lot of spins from the great Weasel!

@chriscoccagna5917

6 ай бұрын

A great station. The closest thing I can find now is XM 33.

Drove by the two houses I grew up in as a kid a few years ago with this great Smithereens song and the lyrics in my mind as I gazed upon my youth from 40 years earlier as just a kid growing up in those homes.

The chorus is just so insanely catchy. Love this track

These guys came to my hometown in 88' and played The Regency Showcase. It was a 21 and over show, couldn't sneak in i was so pissed!

As it's been mentioned before Pat wrote this about him losing his childhood home due to foreclosure but it's amazing how up temple it is. You'd think this song might have been slower and sounding similar to "Blood & Roses."

@395PRS

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. At the same time there are dark undertones and notes that hit me almost to tears, like a beautiful tradgedy. I did not know the story behind this song until I read your post. Also video flashes of a childhood that will never come back in a persons life once lived. The visual ques gave me the impression of unsettled or taken, if this makes sense. Blows me away how good they were yet so simple, on the surface!

I really dig them. theyre one of my favourite bands and always loved Mike's hair... still sporting it today

This song and video was my introduction to The Smithereens as a kid watching MTV back in 1988 when it came out.

Love the guitar solo on this. I remember when this debuted on mtv, back when the Channel was special. Broke artists.

@karanaman68

4 ай бұрын

Jim always plays cool guitar parts

I was too young when I first heard this song, now, with 2 divorces, and 2 houses I had to leave, I know this song in my soul, and it is not a happy upbeat song, there is anger and sadness there, and also what could have been. The house isn't haunted, we are. 😢

@MIKECNW

5 ай бұрын

I don't see what you mean by too young. Plus can't you people keep marriages?

Great song , great vid. I'm still a long way off from being over Pat's death.

@Janster59

3 жыл бұрын

me too

Ahhhhh, so young! I have always LOVED this band!

Thousand ❤

A House is not a Home. Without people, it’s just an empty shell. A House needs to be lived in and maintained and cared for constantly. Or it does fall apart slowly and starts to deteriorate. It needs a New Roof every 10 years or so and a new coat of Paint once the paint starts fading or peeling. And new carpets or Kitchen cabinets. Otherwise, if left alone it all goes to Decay.

I love this song, takes me back to the summer of 1988 !!!

It is so weird when you a fragmented memory of something. I know I remember this band from my childhood, I'm sure I watched this video a million times when I was kid but I at the same time this seems so foreign.

Wow. Can't get. Enough. What. Memories. In n y c village

This is their best track

It's one of my all time favorites!!

Love the Smithereens

Australian band MOD SQUAD brisbane- do a great Live version of this song!!!!

Bought this as soon as it came out. Great album and this song is so important to me. Thanks 🤘

Awesome song & band

Paula R from ND. Miss you. You liked this cassette tape

RIP Pat DiNizio

1:35 he's having fun.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐star Rock n Roll

I wanna go back

Still saddens me

Kenny. Scrapbar. Speakeasy. Alcatraz. Robot. Wow. What. Day s. Nights

Pat's last house was demolished on his bday this year-too sad....

1215 Stonewall

LOL, freaking coincidence. I just watched it and it has 1,664 now.

@billregan3232

4 жыл бұрын

At 11, 000 now!

@bobross4449

2 жыл бұрын

25,416 as of 2021

Kurt Cobain loved these guys

Not bad. Never heard this before. Sounds a lot like a Chameleons of the UK song, just can't place which one.

"House We Used To Live In" ~ ( 1988 ) ~ ( Accurate ) Lyrics Band: The Smithereens/Written: Patrick Michael Dinizio (Lead Vocals) ____This is the house we used to live in This is the place I used to know This is the house we used to live in Where I felt I could always go House that we used to live in ( House that we used to live in ) House where I left my heart ( House where I left my heart ) House that we used to live in fallin' apart This is the house we used to live in This is the place that I once knew This is the house we used to live in Where I once shared my life with you * House that we used to live in ( House that we used to live in ) House where I left my heart ( House where I left my heart ) House that we used to live in fallin' apart A house is not a home And when you live alone, you'll find That it's much harder than So much harder to believe ( Instrumental ) * House that we used to live in ( House that we used to live in ) House where I left my heart ( House where I left my heart ) House that we used to live in fallin' apart Our house was not a home And we both felt alone it seems It is empty now Worn and broken like our dreams Whoooo! ( Brief Instrumental ) This is the house we used to live in This is a place in our green town This is the house we used to live in One look before they tear it down * House that we used to live in ( House that we used to live in ) House where I left my heart ( House where I left my heart ) House that we used to live in fallin' apart Fallin' apart Fallin' apart House -- we - used - to live in House - we - used - we used to live in ( House - we - used - we used to live in ) House - we - used - we used to live in ( House - we - used - we used to live in ) House - we - used - we used to live in ( House - we - used - we used to live in ) ( Fade - Out )