These guys sounded like the Beatles on their albums, and the Who whenever you caught them live. An unbeatable combination, and a talented bunch of guys.
Setlist: Beauty And Sadness (title song from their 1983 EP) Groovy Tuesday Listen To Me Girl Some Other Guy (from "Beauty And Sadness" EP) Tracey's World (from "Beauty And Sadness" EP) I Don’t Want To Lose You Cigarette In A Lonely Place Behind The Wall Of Sleep Hand Of Glory Crazy Mixed-Up Kid Alone At Midnight Strangers When We Meet (this song and all above after “Beauty….” except for "Some Other Guy/Tracey's World" are from the “Especially For You” LP) Mr. Eliminator (Dick Dale cover, single B-side and bonus song on the Capitol CD version of “Especially For You”) Time And Time Again Blood And Roses (both of these from “Especially For You”) The Seeker (Who cover and a single B-side) White Castle Blues (bonus song on “Especially…” CD and written/sung by Jim Babjek) House In The Country (Kinks cover sung by drummer Dennis Diken) Much Too Much (from the “Beauty And Sadness” EP)
Videos like this serve as an excellent time capsule of how fun REAL rock bands' shows were in the 80s when you could pay 20 buck for a ticket. Also great seeing the fans in the crowd. Thanks for posting. Hope this stays for ever! "Beauty and Sadness"...what a great kick off song.
I saw the Smithereens in 1986 at the Rainbow Music Hall in Denver, CO and my memory says it cost about ten bucks. I can double check my ticket stub, which I still have somewhere. The show was much like this one; all of "Especially For You" and several more songs from their EP plus some covers. It rocked!
Setlist with timestamps: [00:00:23] Beauty And Sadness (title song from their 1983 EP) [00:05:38] Groovy Tuesday (from “Especially For You”) [00:07:16] Listen To Me Girl (from “Especially For You”) [00:10:09] Some Other Guy (from "Beauty And Sadness" EP) [00:12:59] Tracey's World (from "Beauty And Sadness" EP) [00:17:01] I Don’t Want To Lose You (from “Especially For You”) [00:20:45] Cigarette (from “Especially For You”) [00:23:19] In A Lonely Place (from “Especially For You”) [00:28:19] Behind The Wall Of Sleep (from “Especially For You”) [00:31:36] Hand Of Glory (from “Especially For You”) [00:34:21] Crazy Mixed-Up Kid (from “Especially For You”) [00:36:21] Alone At Midnight (from “Especially For You”) [00:40:18] Strangers When We Meet (from “Especially For You”) [00:44:29] Mr. Eliminator ("Dick Dale" cover; bonus song on CD of “Especially For You”) [00:46:36] Time And Time Again (from “Especially For You”) [00:50:53] Blood And Roses (from “Especially For You”) Encore 1: [00:56:25] *Sir Patrick of Scotch Plains Introduces The Band* [00:57:04] The Seeker ("Who" cover and a single B-side) [01:00:40] White Castle Blues (bonus song on “Especially…” CD; written/sung by Jim Babjek) Encore 2: [01:06:20] House In The Country ("Kinks" cover sung by drummer Dennis Diken) [01:09:47] Much Too Much (from the “Beauty And Sadness” EP) Credits: Setlist Compiled/Written by @aljustal6554 Timestamps & Editing by me May every memory of them be a blessing in your life.
This is awesome! Thank you so much for uploading this! I loved this band since the first album. Perfection. ❤
These guys sounded like the Beatles on their albums, and the Who whenever you caught them live. An unbeatable combination, and a talented bunch of guys.
The finest power pop.band on the planet & then some.🎸🎸🎸🥁🔥🤟
Love this band..rest in peace Pat!!!
Setlist:
Beauty And Sadness (title song from their 1983 EP)
Groovy Tuesday
Listen To Me Girl
Some Other Guy (from "Beauty And Sadness" EP)
Tracey's World (from "Beauty And Sadness" EP)
I Don’t Want To Lose You
Cigarette
In A Lonely Place
Behind The Wall Of Sleep
Hand Of Glory
Crazy Mixed-Up Kid
Alone At Midnight
Strangers When We Meet (this song and all above after “Beauty….” except for "Some Other Guy/Tracey's World" are from the “Especially For You” LP)
Mr. Eliminator (Dick Dale cover, single B-side and bonus song on the Capitol CD version of “Especially For You”)
Time And Time Again
Blood And Roses (both of these from “Especially For You”)
The Seeker (Who cover and a single B-side)
White Castle Blues (bonus song on “Especially…” CD and written/sung by Jim Babjek)
House In The Country (Kinks cover sung by drummer Dennis Diken)
Much Too Much (from the “Beauty And Sadness” EP)
Videos like this serve as an excellent time capsule of how fun REAL rock bands' shows were in the 80s when you could pay 20 buck for a ticket. Also great seeing the fans in the crowd. Thanks for posting. Hope this stays for ever! "Beauty and Sadness"...what a great kick off song.
I saw the Smithereens in 1986 at the Rainbow Music Hall in Denver, CO and my memory says it cost about ten bucks. I can double check my ticket stub, which I still have somewhere. The show was much like this one; all of "Especially For You" and several more songs from their EP plus some covers. It rocked!
Remaster this show!
Kind of reminds me of the first time I saw them live (Dallas, 1988). Stage was dark - light comes on - Pat says "Hello Dallas, we're The Smithereens"
Setlist with timestamps:
[00:00:23] Beauty And Sadness (title song from their 1983 EP)
[00:05:38] Groovy Tuesday (from “Especially For You”)
[00:07:16] Listen To Me Girl (from “Especially For You”)
[00:10:09] Some Other Guy (from "Beauty And Sadness" EP)
[00:12:59] Tracey's World (from "Beauty And Sadness" EP)
[00:17:01] I Don’t Want To Lose You (from “Especially For You”)
[00:20:45] Cigarette (from “Especially For You”)
[00:23:19] In A Lonely Place (from “Especially For You”)
[00:28:19] Behind The Wall Of Sleep (from “Especially For You”)
[00:31:36] Hand Of Glory (from “Especially For You”)
[00:34:21] Crazy Mixed-Up Kid (from “Especially For You”)
[00:36:21] Alone At Midnight (from “Especially For You”)
[00:40:18] Strangers When We Meet (from “Especially For You”)
[00:44:29] Mr. Eliminator ("Dick Dale" cover; bonus song on CD of “Especially For You”)
[00:46:36] Time And Time Again (from “Especially For You”)
[00:50:53] Blood And Roses (from “Especially For You”)
Encore 1:
[00:56:25] *Sir Patrick of Scotch Plains Introduces The Band*
[00:57:04] The Seeker ("Who" cover and a single B-side)
[01:00:40] White Castle Blues (bonus song on “Especially…” CD; written/sung by Jim Babjek)
Encore 2:
[01:06:20] House In The Country ("Kinks" cover sung by drummer Dennis Diken)
[01:09:47] Much Too Much (from the “Beauty And Sadness” EP)
Credits:
Setlist Compiled/Written by @aljustal6554
Timestamps & Editing by me
May every memory of them be a blessing in your life.
One of the best rock bands of the 80's .
Aaaahhhh the 80's!! Get down with The Beatlesque sound Smithereens like only you guys can!!!! Love this!!😊
Aaaahhh, when MTV played real music. Real live rock and roll.
Did it really even happen?
Amazing shit. Just, amazing. RIP, Pat DiNizio.
Really enjoy the vids you post of "America's Band"😀. Thanks
This is real rock not like the shit they make today!