The Smithereens - "Now And Then"

[@KenSpassione]

The most criminally underrated band in Rock history. They were/are super tight, great writers, and good people. Smithereens RULE!

[@dudleyt2833]

Think of how many bands are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who couldn't touch this performance.

[@tombeckner404]

None of them can!!

[@photonotavailable7936]

Exactly.

[@NYVoice]

Excellent point. Come on Bruce! Campaign for these hometown boys.

[@newadventure5609]

Aside from being a big fan of this band, I have to say that Pat’s voice fit perfectly with their style and genre of music. It’s too bad he’s gone now. He is greatly missed!

[@tommyd1871]

These guys got screwed. One of the greatest of all time. Thanks boys for the memories!!!

[@dansmusic5749]

That Ricky 620 sounds amazing. It gives this high energy performance added character and beauty. I love it when bands use them.

[@kenmiller3551]

Saw the Smithereens open for UB-40 back in the late '80's. Been a HUGE fan ever since and wow can they rock live.

[@mikecheck7940]

Mikes killer bass lines

[@Timpriestley]

There's only two chords in the main part of the song and he plays a blinder. Absolutely brilliant.

[@JoaoJPSingerSongwriter83933]

that is the story of a lot of great underated bands or muscians the pretty boys or girls who have little talent make it and muscians with no looks don't make it.The Smithereens were one of the greatest rock bands in music history they deserve some praise .Pat was a great singer songwriter and the band were all great players as well.they did not write many bad tunes.anyone looking for great rock and roll from the late 1980's-90's check them out you will love them!

[@modernmilner9836]

I was worried the live version of this song would suffer because it lacked the heavy harmony of the studio version. But the raw energy these guys play with here more than compensates. They flat out nailed it.

[@MarkSutphin]

RIP PDIZ you are absolutely missed, thanks for all you did for music and life!

[@eileensianez6766]

Dennis Miller Show! The Smithereens sure were on every late night show, radio show,talk shows,i nterviews and all things music! Love the musicianship.

[@modernmilner9836]

This is what rock and roll sounds like. I sure do miss it.

[@Kdmoo]

Love this version. Dig Dennis rocking out at the end.

[@stevepaul6955]

Gotta love Jim's guitar !!!

[@robheflin5639]

Gotta love a Rickenbacker

[@blown22]

Roger McGuinn and Tex Babjak are why Ricks are my favorite guitars to hear played.

[@mattman237]

Criminally underrated.

[@thekux]

An incredibly underrated band, awesome power pop band one of the best ever and with great lyrics by Dininzio.

[@truethought62]

This one was written by Jim Babjak--Pat was a great lyricist and songwriter, nonetheless..... :)

[@TBP-st3bn]

America's Band.

[@hertzair1186]

One of my favorite bands of the early 90’s…..distinctive sound and style

[@sharonlee1138]

Such an underrated band, RIP Pat

[@LagansLove]

They have total command. They all know exactly how to get the most out of the song, which is pretty good already.

[@michaelakkerman407]

That made me pee myself a little it was so fracking good. Love that bass line I could listen to that for days. God so good.

[@urbantiki]

..and THAT is how vocal harmonies are done (especially the album version).

[@gmar7836]

I miss Mike too. I really miss Pat. They were under rated? How? When? Dennis is funny and Jim is sweet but Pat gave me the impression that he was the smartest one of the band. I wish Pat was alive today I would give him a kiss and a hug.

[@SomethingReal1119]

Saw them live at Kean College, NJ a billion years ago. I remember it was a fantastic show. I really loved their sound....very melodic tunes yet catchy as hell. GREAT BAND!!!!!!!

[@fleekawadog]

Very much underated! These guys were always totaly tight live. I saw them in 1989 they were right at their peak, but I still think they are!

[@modernmilner9836]

I always loved these guys. But I don’t think I realized how good they were until, after cranking them up in my room one day, my visiting grandfather said, “Who was that? Those guys have good rhythm.” This was a guy who was born in 1922. Of course, he was from New Jersey, so maybe that had something to do with it.

[@845silver]

OMG what planet was I living on! I did a lot of work in New Jersey in the 80's. I've never heard of these guys... there GREAT! !

[@sssheva]

WOW! Never saw this one before, this is fantastic! THANKS!!!

[@lixie1]

Jimmy's the best and this is HIS SONG!!

[@tombeckner404]

Dennis Miller was the Best! he had all the cool cutting edge new bands!!

[@blown22]

Just gave this one another listen and boy I can hear a lot of the Beatles' "If I Needed Someone" here! GREAT song!

[@martinleavitt6094]

blown22 ..absolutely....Leno.said...a.c..d.c..meets.the.Beatles..nuff.said...

[@frankb8652]

Fantastic performance!

[@timsears951]

super tight ...nice harmonies ..their music reminds of the 60s

[@anne241]

Jim Babjak...ruler of the Rickenbacher and master of the Telecaster!

[@Kdmoo]

Jim is rocking the 12-string Ric. Great song!

[@bobbollu]

@cagwa I met Pat recently around 2009 nicest guy in the world he still sounds great. Long live the Smithereens!

[@imkingy1]

Unfortunately for all this is as close as they got. I had loved this band since a co-worker loaned me "Especially for You" the mid eighties. He was into odd bands like NRBQ and such so I didn;t think much of it until I listened to it. Wow! been a fan ever since. I feel bad that the band never attained much commercial success but am glad they as still at it albeit minus Mike. Rock ON!

[@hofnerjoe]

I was in the green room for this show with Mike Mesaros. I just dropped in to say "Hi" before my own show in Hollywood that day. Mike is now playing house daddy in SF. Wish he was still playing w/ the band!

[@donnafrost12strings]

goodbye old friend. RIP

[@g-dogmoney]

Pat was a badass. RIP

[@blown22]

How these guys never achieved superstardom is beyond me. Maybe it was b/c they couldn't fit in during the glam/hairspray era of the mid-late 80s and they weren't grungy looking or sounding enough when that genre took over from the late 80s to early 90s? In any event, they're my favorite band of all time - I own everything they ever did. I only wish I had joined their fan club during the 80s. Woulda had a lot more cool stuff.

[@danelogan1532]

They weren't famous? I remember they were... grunge was early 90's to 1997-98. Pretty much that died when Kurt died. Pretty much all music died when Kurt died, with a few exceptions and old music I still listen to... The Smithereens being one and the newer exception being Clutch. I never joined their fan club either. I didn't really even know about them until the 90's. I was into grunge back then strictly ... I liked some glam rock but wasn't really my thing... Poison and a band called Hanoi Rocks were my favourite glam rock bands. Nirvana was and still is my favourite band of all time.... I would place The Smithereens after Nirvana and Clutch being at number 3. My newest favourite is Greta Van Fleet... although they sound too much like Zeppelin, they have potential. Very talented. They are bringing back that old 70's rock music ( or trying to). Music sucks nowadays... can't stand (c)rap, r and b or pop. Maybe only some folk and indie, that's it oh and GVF and a band called Skating Polly ( check em out). I also love Father John Misty alot. I love A.A. Bondy. Great songwriter. and Langhorne Slim. That's about it for modern music. Of course there may be tons of great underground bands I just haven't heard them. Those are my top faves... can't stand the popular stuff... mainstream stuff.... (c)rap is taken over and music went downstream since then. Musicians can't even get gigs in my hometown anymore because of it and because of dj's. I am a musician so I know how hard the struggle is. I moved because I fell in love with a girl from Cyprus to Turkey so I don't deal with that in New Jersey anymore but it's the same here too. That shit music is everywhere! The whole world runs on (c)rap music and Miley Cyrus pop . It's sad really.... the elite have totally made people who listen to that shit brain dead. Music with no sense, sexually immoral all the time and sucky music with no talent . Anyways, thanks for readin my long ass post haha Take it easy and rock on ! - Dal

[@donnafrost12strings]

We miss you, Pat

[@SlipKid515]

Awesome performance; one of most underrated bands in Rock n' Roll.....and they're still on the road performing in 2008. Check out their new LIVE CD for living proof the Smithereens get even better with age!

[@stkaris]

Hell, yeah! I miss Mike! A great band at the top of their live form!

[@newadventure5609]

Great song! I’ve never actually heard this one before.

[@eaglesfool]

Great band and great guys!!!! See them live! Now!

[@beatlefan64]

Go Dennis! Great power pop! I remember seeing this when it aired and recording it to VHS and later converting it to DVD - R

[@karlwho1]

WE NEED THESE GUYS .

[@paste1952]

The studio version has a couple members of the Cowsills on backup vocals...

[@RafaelRamone1990]

I d' like to see these guys in my country! I'm a brazillian fan since 2005! The Smithereens! come to Brazil!!!!

[@jackiefar1]

Kick Ass Version!!!!

[@mikebrosbrawl]

Great band live. I Miss Mesaros!!

[@RHINOSAUR]

Saw these guys twice in the 80s, and many years later in 209. I was saddened to see Mike Mesaros replaced on bass, and how large Pat had gotten.

[@Nico_Tena]

Saw them a few times early on and even in the 90's. I think Mesaros just moved on and the rest of them did not want to stop so they found another base player. Pat put on so much weight mainly due to having to take the steroid Prednisone for a hives condition that he has which almost killed him before he started the medication.

[@RHINOSAUR]

Thanks Nico.

[@Nico_Tena]

RHINOSAUR My pleasure.

[@voiceshow9]

Mark is back playing with them. At least he did the BB King gig in NY in Jan.

[@philjones8609]

I think Mark Mesaros came back for a handful of shows, which started with the Betty Babjack Memorial Concert.

[@DodgeDartSongs]

Invigorating!

[@markcameron887]

Holy ___ ..... what a riot !!

[@michaeltaylor8401]

great song!!!

[@eaglesfool]

I would have to agree with SlipKid515! The most under-rated band in Rock N' Roll and the boys are still Rockin' across the USA! The LIVE CD (recorded at the Court Tavern earlier this year) is a must have for all Smithereens fans - go out and buy it now!!!

[@musettesf]

The album version harmonies were augmented by some of The Cowsills

[@stratolestele7611]

❤️

[@nycbass001]

I just saw them the other night. They still rock!

[@karlwho1]

@anne241 Amen! His solo at the end was really awesome and I get a kick out of how he laughs/grins after singing " love....during the chorus

[@lixie1]

Go Tex!!

[@VonL]

i figured it ,,the opening chords are XTC sense working over time" and the rest of it is part beatles day tripper,(especially the vocal harmony) and "part "groovy kind of love" sped up !

[@hankamania]

You forgot Brief Candles by The Zombies on the Bridge.

[@lixie1]

Go Tex!

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[@kleyz6061]

I'm here bc my dad😑

[@KOSMICKEN09]

what is the deal w/ you cynics lol. they both have great songs. bruce has written some amazing songs-the lyrics to no surrender alone gives him merit. and the smithereens are great too! i love music period.....

[@lixie1]

RICKY! LOL!

[@Menyhard]

Lip singing rip pat underrated band

[@IwantJenniferConelly]

There are certain songs that bring back your youth. Dude, I have all these guys albums..i saw them at the house of blues in July, but...Pat may be a better singer, but there is so much more depth to Sprinsteen. Do me a favor, search for springsteen "youngstown" ...tell me the smithereens have EVER done anything that approaches that one song.

[@IwantJenniferConelly]

KNEEL BEFORE THE BOSS o ye of little taste....bruce writes great lyrics that give people a sense of nosalgia. I like the guys...but if you could find Pat, even he would tell you SPRINGSTEEN RULZ

[@cagwa]

I saw this show when it aired and ran out to buy Blow Up, their best CD. They were on top of their game. Now Pat's fat and the bass player quit.

[@andresalvarado3319]

Forever❤