Incredibly underrated band.. so many great hits. Rest In Power Pat..

One of my favorite bands! So underrated. Rest in peace, Pat.

RIP - Pat DiNizio, you were one of the great underrated singers and I will miss you

One of the most underrated bands, EVER! Dear Rock n Roll Hall of Fame officials, are you listening? Induction is long overdue.

Great band and can recognize Pat’s voice right away! Rock in Peace Pat 🙏🏽

One of the BEST groups EVER! That nobody heard of..

The second you hear them, you know EXACTLY who it is! How many bands can you say that about? Not many.... What a great power pop band! They were awesome live too.

@robmcgowan4034

3 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%, Larry. I feel very fortunate to have seen them 'live' at the Coach House in Ca. back in 2013. Great concert. One of the things I like about their sound is that it's uniquely & distinctively 60's & '80s. Another good thing about them was that they were th last real rock band in the '80s after New Wave ended and rap/terrible corporate crap we have now took over permanently.

"Smithereens" are my happy place. Terminally underrated. Great front man! Awesome band! Lucky cows...

About a dozen years ago, Pat DiNizio sat in front of me on a flight to El Paso, where the band was playing an outdoor festival. He had two seats, one for him and the other his guitar. He looked out the window as we landed, at the West Texas landscape, and said "That doesn't look like New Jersey." I left him alone and never said hello, and I regret it now. A couple years later I saw the band at BB King's in Manhattan. Their greatest hits CD is always in my car.

@jiordone8563

Жыл бұрын

you should have talked to him. He was very nice, easy to approach and talk with.

RIP Pat.... what a great song writer.

@DanSolo871

5 жыл бұрын

And they had just begun rehearsing with Mike Mesaros again before Pat passed.

@2008alde

4 жыл бұрын

@@DanSolo871 I'm still in mourning over Pat's passing .. what a great band! Pat such a gift writing such simple catchy songs .. what a loss.

Great song from an awesome band! RIP PDIZ, thanks for all you gave to us in your voice, and fronting The Smithereens!

''I never think about the future, I just live for today'' RIP Pat DiNizio.

heard this in Lowe's the other day.. and I was like "Damn, I forgot this song !" ... so yeah I was the guy grooving in the lumber aisle.

These guys are awesome. Big underrated band,

My late friend pat your missed ..rock on boys!!!

OMFG RIP pat DiNizio..Brought us so much happiness.

Rip Pat. Great man.

Some real catchy stuff by these guys. Smithereens were one greatly underrated band. RIP Pat!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

@robmcgowan4034

3 жыл бұрын

They're too good for that lousy organization, David.

One of the best bands ever glad i got to see them in 2000 at the stone pony !!!!

Smithereens, a band that was too good! R.I.P Pat!

Pat DiNizio and Stuart Adamson gotta be 2 of the most criminally underrated song writers from this period.

RIP Pat. One of my favorite Smithereens songs.

My favorite band

These guys could write some snappy little pop tunes! I like them more and more as the years pass.

@PlatinumDragonProductions999

7 жыл бұрын

I'm on a mission to let people know what they've missed out on :-D

@BrandochGarage

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, has a fun sound. If you like this, check out the Young Fresh Fellows, too - lots of fun. They had some totally overlooked stuff

@truckerkevthepaidtourist

6 жыл бұрын

RIP Pat🌷🎸🎤

@rebjiii

6 жыл бұрын

RIP Pat DiNizio.....you will be missed

@gmar7836

6 жыл бұрын

True they sure did. But if you listen to the other records, there's some really hard rock great music on those albums as well. Like "miles to nowhere." It's not just the poppy stuff.

They are right where they belong deep in our hearts! ....and in this old school video of gold!

These guys had it! Tunes up the wazoo and hooks that didn't quit. Saw 'em live a couple of times and they cleaned up the joint! Too bad they didn't become bigger - but at least they were here. Nothing like good hard muscular rock. Here's to ya guys!

@marcietorrence5361

2 жыл бұрын

I saw them in Atlanta Georgia and a small venue in 1990 or 89 I forgot, but I was mesmerised by Smithereens!

Such great songs and memories. RIP.

I always loved the smithereens but this is the first great band that was ahead of their time...I actually seen them in New York many many years ago in my youth and I never forgot how GREAT these guys were too bad they call this garbage they play today music.These guys are still my time capsule and they will always be...thanks for uploading u-tube great video...the girl in the video was in a a crowded house video and a few blur videos what a beauty.

Pat D, Jimmy, Dennis, and Mike !!! ❤️❤️❤️

Ya no doubt so much excellent music from the 80s for sure

I've been making a Smithereens tour of KZread this evening. How can so much good music get lost? Their stuff is fantastic!

This song should've been a huge hit single. Great group, great music

What an amazing band.

The best band out of the 80s. No question. Incredibly sweet guys, too...always make time for their fans.

These guys ROCK. They are true Musicians....They can play anything and they play their own soulful language BEST! I love falling in love with their sounds.....Mmmmm.

great underrated band, love em

RIP Pat. Loved seeing you play over the years.

I won the cassette tape of “11” at a city fair. I was about 10 years old and it just stoked my interest in guitar playing. The riffs are fantastic, the melodies are awesome, my goodness. In a weird way, I came into the Beatles and the Smithereens at about the same time, so I get where the Smithereens were coming from. I got into them even more after I got into the Byrds. Just a great band that pulled from great influences.

The Smithereens gave the best concert I saw while at the University of Illinois in 1988 at Foellinger Hall.

@ldhmnh

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting... I saw them play at The University of Notre Dame that same year. Did Paul Kelly open up for your show?

Exc ellent, Excellent Band!!

Love the Smithereens !

Cool song! Great Album! The bass guitarist (Mike Mesaros) looks like a cross between Dee Ramone (Ramones) and Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere and the Raiders) in their prime in this video!

Man when I was college (1988 -1992) at college Radio Station when I played this band everybody would call wondering whom I was playing! Then the next week my GM told me I Wass named the second week as the best drive time DJ! I even got to go my senior year to a college radio convention and. seeing a new band called Foo Fighters played a concert for us at the convention! It was so cool seeing foo fighters just as their first album was coming out! I still own the CD for that too!

Why did KZread wait 14 years to show this to me!

these guy know how to rock! RIP Pat

I didn't know they made a video for this song! I love it as much as I love the song!!! Long live the Smithereens!!!!

I just heard about the sad news of Pat DiNizio's passing. This song came to me first. It will always be one of my favorite songs of all time. R.I.P.

My favorite song by The Smithereens. Thanks Pat for all the great memories.

"Yesterday girl" needed more screen time. She's smoking!

0:23 This man has walked in many a cow pasture. Look at his reflexes.

they were outstanding in their field ... i like the wink at 1:13

The hat was a wise choice. Good tune.

I saw these guys at Spotlight 29 casino. The singer seemed like he had a hard time moving. Anyway, the concert was badass. I looked them up, The Smithereens, and dug their music. So much so that I came on KZread (months later) to watch one of their videos I liked only to find out Pat passed! ☹️ I'm bummed about it....he was awesome on stage. The Smithereens music lives forever. "Not bad for a bunch of fuckin senior citizens right?" - Pat @ the Spotlight 29 concert after their last song. RIP sir. God bless.

I forgot about this song until I heard it playing at Walmart yesterday (girl).

Such a great song!! The Smithereens are just one of those bands that has something incredibly special about them.

RIP Pat...... you will be missed....

the guy in the fringed jacket is a cutie!!! great song i have the cd's smithereens are the best band from the 80's and beyond!!

GREAT SONG ONE OF MY FAV ..AND ONE OF MY FAV BANDS PAT JIM DENNIS AND MIKE AND THRILLA TOO..GREAT PEOPLE AS WELL..

This might be my favorite video of all time. I love this song..

I m impressed with the cows!! That loud music isn't even bothering them. I think those animals are smarter then us humans give em credit for!!! Cute video.

Underrated band

This song is amazing in and of itself, but can we also give a shout-out to the greatest use of cows in music since Lulubelle III'S appearance on the cover of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother? 🐄

they remind of the gin blossoms, with the jangly guitar and the charismatic lead singer.

Just saw them a few weeks ago. Still just as amazing and adorable.

A very MOOOOO-ving song....

@toyoscio

3 жыл бұрын

lol

I would put these guys up there with Tom Petty and the HB’s. Tons of hits.

Great song. Great band.

This great song came out in 1989 three years before I was born this is a chill song

Bravo guys

They had many songs that coulda shoulda been big hits. This was one of them. Maybe if they'd come out 5-10 laters than they did, things would have been different for them commercially.

Greatest. Band. Ever.

What happened to all the catchy power pop songs ..you know,the ones that made you feel good??👍👍

way ahead of their times-- sounds more like 90's radio to me.

These guys were my friends. I made this video for them; man I wish I could re-edit this and feature a bit more of the guitarist. He was a sweet guy but man! Did he have some serious sex appeal. They were a great, great band!

That has to be rural New Jersey this video was shot in!

wow. sat here singing it.

wonderful song, thanks for this unknown video

What a great band

Great track! Pat you are missed! :o(

Just stopping by to say...I am crazy about this song.

@bobpierce115

8 жыл бұрын

+BettinaBalser Me too, but you know it's from the 1900's----not this century, right?

@BettinaBalser

8 жыл бұрын

Bob Pierce I had the album, 11, which I bought in January 1990...

@bobpierce115

8 жыл бұрын

+BettinaBalser There ya go!

"Drummer graduated from the "Bun E. Carlos" School of Drumming lol!" CHEAP TRICK!"

Thanks so much for posting this vid, I've always grooved to this tune, didn't know they did a video for it!

What a band. 💟

They had a distinct sound like no other band.

The Smithereens!!! Out standing in their field!

Best American pop band ever!

The vocals are amazing as in all of the Smithereens songs. The music is awesome but the vocals carry them.

I want that fringed jacket. Next time I'm over Jim's house I might steal it. :)

*FUKIN’ 💯 LIT 🔥*

Pure rock band.

Keep on a Rockin' Me Baby....

Had no idea they made a video for this song. Damn these boys were good.

I'd like to christen these guys as 'The American Fab 4' . They deserve it, and were influenced by the 'other' Fab 4, and it shows!

How nice is the sound of that Rickenbacker that Jim Babjak plays? This is an awesome video. I had never seen this.

COOL!

grate job on your channel,love those timmereens ,i mean smithereens,lol

Smithereens were maybe just victims of bad timing? They should have been MUCH bigger.

@MultiNickDanger

6 жыл бұрын

You're correct, William Tell. I was in the radio business in the 80's and 90's, and I've played a few Smithereens records hot off the press. The Smithereens' problem was always that they came onto the music scene at a time when musical sub-genres first began to have real cultural meaning, and therefore real commercial meaning. The Smithereens didn't fit easily into any traditional radio format of the period. It's not punk, it's not new wave, it's not pop, it's not dinosaur rock, it's not grunge. The thing is, Smithereens is just straight-ahead, high-energy, melodic rock music created when "Rock," as a category and a format, was dying. No music director would put them any higher than light rotation, because they didn't fit the format cohesively enough - no matter what the format was.

@TimBurVlogs

6 жыл бұрын

MARK LOPEZ I once heard a story from Dave Grohl about one time when they were on tour, Kurt took Dave's boombox, threw out his Metal tape and played a Smithereens mixtape all night.

@gmar7836

6 жыл бұрын

Nick Danger that's just awful. Because they had so many great songs and still do. I still cannot fathom why they did not get more airplay on the radio, sometimes we have to break the rules

@gmar7836

6 жыл бұрын

I would not doubt that one second because Kurt was highly influenced by the smithereens music and by Pats songwriting. As stated by pat him self in an interview. I've been listening nonstop to smithereens interviews and along with Pat. You could say I'm on a smithereens binge. Well, they are both in rock heaven now

@jackiejns983

5 жыл бұрын

@@gmar7836 All Music pretty much blames Nirvana and the timing of Nevermind for killing the band's chance at being relevant.

Never seen this before

1:24 Pat DiNizio is a little bit like Eddie Rivera of Extreme Ghostbusters. Eddie Rivera himself looks like a post-punk bassist without a beard of course with a mallet hairstyle