The Smithereens - Drown In My Own Tears

[BettinaBalser]

Pat DiNizio, you managed to write the greatest Broken Heart Song ever. Just genius. I remember breaking up with a boy named Pete (well, he dumped me, actually) and I listened to this song over and over and over and smoked a million Marlboros and didn't eat for weeks and cried buckets. It was a painful time made more beautiful by your song.

[unkleskratch]

funny about these guys- its just pop with a capital P, but that guitar is just so powerful, the voice is soulful despite strictly 2d lyrics, and the lyrics become loaded and intense despite themselves.. its the sound of being in love.

[btbeme]

Bruce can't even tongue their onions.

[MsSmithereens]

The video, drowning in my own tears I saw Mike fall in that video I hope he did not hurt himself at the time.

[deeray41]

The new album is great. If you have the means, I suggest picking it up!

[junfando1]

Where are they now?....how could one get to meet them?

[Shawnster65]

@tweekngeek Hey, sorry for taking so long to post. Had some tech issues to resolve and I was down for repairs. Agreed, "Cigarette" is a lost Smithereens song that rarely gets heard.  Not sure exactly where you could find that one?

[HuevosLibertad]

Pat DiNizio is coming to fucking Phoenixville PA, so fucking stoked! An ice-cream shop owner I chum with knows the band personally I'm so stoked, I hear Pat is a strange and awesome dude in person.

[BettinaBalser]

Green Thoughts = One of the greatest and most underrated albums of all time

The Reens are also a bunch of very sweet guys; I have met them several times after shows.

[brookdalebill]

Favorite!

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

That opening guitar line is just fucking righteous. The Smithereens are a criminally overlooked and underrated group. Such great songwriting.

[mhdantholz]

Maybe I won't be afraid to love somebody new Maybe I can open up my heart Then I won't drown in my own tears Drown in my own tears There's a light in the window that tells me you're home Eyes in the rear-view mirror that I call my own There's a time I remember when I called you mine Memories of your kisses much sweeter than wine Maybe I won't be afraid to love somebody new Maybe I can open up my heart Then I won't drown in my own tears Drown in my own tears [ Repeat ]

[bigtrukdon]

I jad been drowning in my own tears for a decade before I even knew there was a Smithereens. Then it got better.

[SupernalOne]

Love their sound, creativity, harmonies -- but did they ever write a cheerful song?

[Lastman0nEarth]

This is my theme song.

[sanjose528]

wish they'd come to San Francisco!!

[Boberatzi]

Easily, one of the most under-rated bands ever. So many great songs that never get any airplay. Great song!

[lixie1]

Jimmy!

[daviday77]

Does pop music get much better?

[DC950]

@daviday77

Nope.

[TheMathgeek37]

I hope this video doesn't get ripped away again. This is my favorite song by these unsung heroes of the 1980's rock scene.

[Bansheeeyes78]

One of my very favorite bands!

[wolfstyle68]

Fred and me got to know them in the 1988'Green Thoughts' tour.The last nite,@the Embarcadero Square in San Francisco,after Whiskey Sours @"Tommy's Joint',I went whore hunting.She burned me.I destroyed the lobby at that unfortunate place in North Beach!"Semper Fi,Mikey!"~Peter.

[mmikovich]

even a louisiana boy really appreciate this jersey rocks, they should have been a lot more popular. Truly a underrated band

[chuck6289]

This is New Jersey rock! Bruce who?

[Shawnster65]

One of the only reasons I'm proud o be from New Jersey, The Smithereens.

Their music is poetic simplicty--no complex chord changes, no heavy distortion, it's just straighforward and honest power rock.

They keep it simple, and they don't add any numbers, and their staying power after all these years is a tribute to the old saying; "If it's not broken, don't fix it."

Rock on fellas!

[TimmytheGeek2009]

@Shawnster65

LOL...I'm a Jersey boy too and love The Smithereens. I met Jim when I was at Rutgers and he owned the record store Flamin' Groovies near campus. He's a cool guy with awesome taste in music, of course. ;)

[Shawnster65]

@TimmytheGeek2009

HA, another Jersey native (we gotta stick together these days, what with the last governor and the one we have now, as well as those good old property taxes, lol)

I heard that Babjak owned a record store, and that Dennnis Diken had a T-Shirt biz. The one noone seems to know anything about is Mike Mesaros..he never said much and always seemed to be in the shadows of Pat, Jim and Dennis.

[adebicki]

@Shawnster65 the smithereens' play sophisticated rock & roll, maybe too sophisticated for the masses. how can people actually listen to and seriously enjoy m&m or coldplay?..

[Shawnster65]

@adebicki Good point.

It's apparent that The Smithereens aren't your average run-of-the-mill rockers. They were a cut above the rest to begin with. I've had a lot of people I know actually say how much they enjoy their music, and with good reason.

A band like these guys just dosen't come along too often these days, and their music is just as good now as it was in it's heyday.

[adebicki]

@Shawnster65 amen brother, timeless rock & roll.

[tweekngeek]

@Shawnster65 can anyone find "Cigarette" and post it

PLEASE

[snicky58]

@chuck6289 good one!

[adebicki]

@chuck6289 bruce has nothing on the smithereens.

[longhorn2615]

did they ever play reading?

[lixie1]

Yes, they did. Jim has an interesting story about this gig, actually. Hopefully you'll read about it soon!