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The Smithereens — Behind the Wall of Sleep
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gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 17:12
 
A soundtrack tune to my life in the late 1980s. Lots of money, booze, cocaine, and women. Yeehaah!

alwaysoffline
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 17:11
 
Great, fun band!  Saw 'em in NYC years ago, really a blast!

Stingray
Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 05:14
 
 LPCity wrote:
Did not know it was about Chrissie Hynde.

Thanks Bill!
 
??? - EXPLAIN, PLEASE!

Stingray
Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 05:13
 

LOVE THIS BAND.

Live they are breathtaking!

GREAT FRIDAY-EVE-AT-THE-CLUB ROCK



DanO-1
(Over a mile high, New Mexico)
Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 18:51
 
 Biscobret wrote:
Liked this tune back in the day - I was happy to hear it, and surprised by how incredibly boring and uninspired it sounds now.  A solid '3'.
 
wrong

Biscobret
(Vashon, WA)
Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 11:03
 
Liked this tune back in the day - I was happy to hear it, and surprised by how incredibly boring and uninspired it sounds now.  A solid '3'.

LPCity
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 18:09
 
Did not know it was about Chrissie Hynde.

Thanks Bill!

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 02:32
 
The Smithereens - hell it must be 20 years.  It sure won't be 20 more.

dw
(PHill, CA)
Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 15:15
 
Play more SMITHEREENS!  {#Daisy}

Keef
(Confluence of the American River)
Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 15:14
 
 voytek wrote:
Yeah! I will dare to date myself - 1986 my senior year in HS; this tune brings back memories along with The Smiths, The Cure, Psychedelic Furs & so on....
 

philbertr wrote:

I'll see you and up you one.  1986 I get married for the second time, my first-born is 10 years old...  and this song is still in the soundtrack of my life.  (I know, gag-me corny, but still descriptive.)
 
I'll squeeze in between you guys.  Graduated Sac State 1986.  Saw these guys at the Crest Theater.  Loved their music.  Good to hear on RP.

Stingray
Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 15:12
 

Melody-band!

Like them!



sportskid
(Earth)
Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 07:57
 
Vastly underrated. Straight-forward toe-tappin R&R.

philbertr
(Roch New York)
Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 07:56
 
 voytek wrote:
Yeah! I will dare to date myself - 1986 my senior year in HS; this tune brings back memories along with The Smiths, The Cure, Psychedelic Furs & so on....
 
I'll see you and up you one.  1986 I get married for the second time, my first-born is 10 years old...  and this song is still in the soundtrack of my life.  (I know, gag-me corny, but still descriptive.)

ziakut
(Albeit In The Meantime)
Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 07:54
 
I enjoy Smithereens once in a while. They don't have much variation, but I do like them loud here and there. Will the wall of sleep protect me from the doldrums of awakeness? Just curious.

dw
(PHill, CA)
Posted: May 24, 2012 - 10:35
 
She had hair like Jeannie Shrimpton back in 1965
Love this song! Classic '80s!

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: May 24, 2012 - 10:34
 
 voytek wrote:
Yeah! I will dare to date myself - 1986 my senior year in HS; this tune brings back memories along with The Smiths, The Cure, Psychedelic Furs & so on....
 
mine too!!

still loving it today, too.

voytek
(North Jersey (NJ))
Posted: May 14, 2012 - 13:25
 
Yeah! I will dare to date myself - 1986 my senior year in HS; this tune brings back memories along with The Smiths, The Cure, Psychedelic Furs & so on....

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: May 14, 2012 - 13:20
 
 RedGuitar wrote:

Pat DiNizio, I believe.

 
Saw Pat doing his one man show in Vegas recently - it was a great night of music and story telling.

to_the_eleven
(the groove)
Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 10:25
 
I thought this was; do they all sound the same?

bronorb wrote:
Smithereens! Yeah!
Play Blood n' Roses!




Stingray
(NWO reloaded)
Posted: Jan 08, 2012 - 15:08
 
NICE!

AndyJ
(Oregon)
Posted: Jan 08, 2012 - 15:05
 
Soaring set...up-down-swoop, circle and dive then catch a rising thermal and lift in a spiral... Yeah. I like the selection this afternoon...
No machine shilling "This is what you -SHOULD- like crapola... Just good music, good mix and a nice flow... Thanks

The_Enemy
(...is within)
Posted: Jan 08, 2012 - 15:04
 
7 -> 8

diggin' it. What a choon! (my word of the day :)

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 14:57
 
it's amazing that this is so burned in to my subconsious...
I don't screw up even ONE WORD of the lyrics... {#Lol}

Cynaera
(Kenneth's Frequency)
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 18:43
 
{#Dancingbanana}Bumped from 8 to 9 - I haven't heard this one in awhile, so it's sounding pretty good now.  Thanks, Bill and Rebecca!


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 05:46
 
 titanium667 wrote:
Opened for these guys at Maxwell's in Hoboken around 1985. Great times!
 
I think I saw them at Maxwell's around that time, or The (Show)Place in Dover.  Saw them at The Bitter End too.


MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 05:38
 
one of my FAVORITE songs...ALL-TIME...{#Bananajam}

old_shep
(Iowa)
Posted: Jul 03, 2011 - 09:35
 
Love this song.  I always imagine him singing about Molly Nova of the "Blue Band" here in Iowa, especially the line "well she stood just like Bill Wyman".....   Miss those days, Molly.

Walrus_Gumbo
Posted: May 10, 2011 - 23:12
 
 sandpebble wrote:
The Catalyst   1984  {#Bananapiano}
 
Funky Santa Cruz! Indeed! {#Sunny}

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 19:37
 
 Baby_M wrote:

Ewe said a baaaaad thing.

 
              {#Eek}....{#High-five}....{#Roflol}

bronorb
(Wisconsin)
Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 08:24
 
Smithereens! Yeah!
Play Blood n' Roses!

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 08:24
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
I thought this is what he's singing:

Now I lie in bed and think of her
sometimes I even BLEAT
then I dream of her
behind the wall of SHEEP....

 
Ewe said a baaaaad thing.


anabel
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 18:04
 
{#Bananajam}

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Aug 21, 2010 - 08:28
 
Just a really good, straight forward rock and roll band who in my estimation is one of the most underrated bands of the 80's, no question!{#Yes}

Zapmedia
(New York City and New Jersey)
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 09:44
 
I was the first person to play them on the radio back in 1980 at WRSU FM (Rutgers Radio). 

Great live band, and a great bunch of guys.

Bill:  CHeck out Dennis Diken's solo record (the drummer) with Bell Sound.

Jeff

frecko
(Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe)
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 09:44
 
Great song. They even played a gig in my hometown some 20 yrs ago{#Drummer}


phineas
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 09:43
 
 titanium667 wrote:
Opened for these guys at Maxwell's in Hoboken around 1985. Great times!
 
Cool!


titanium667
(Oakmont, PA USA)
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 12:49
 
Opened for these guys at Maxwell's in Hoboken around 1985. Great times!

JustJeff
(Somewhere in Kansas)
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 12:42
 
OOooooo.... YEA!  These guys are great! 

ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey)
Posted: May 17, 2010 - 17:45
 

My hometown boys!   YEA!



Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 09:32
 
 toterola wrote:

I agree with you 100%. But I gave it a 10. Pop-n-roll doesn't get any better, plus the song is about being obsessed with Chrissie Hynde. How cool is that?{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana}
 

I always thought he was talking about Tina Weymouth.

LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 09:39
 
 andrewimft wrote:
Behind the wall of sleep is just one of their hits; it's ok, but what's really the good stuff is Blow Up and 11.

Try those two CD's in your car. They drive absolutely great. Two of my favorites for driving.

In my opinion, those two CD's are perfect from start to finish while the others are uneven. Those 2 CD's simply rock, nothing too fancy, but clever enough songwriting and lyrics and played just right to rock, no flaws. If you like those two, the third one I'd get is God Save the Smithereens, not as good in the car or in general, but still overall a decent CD.
 

I agree about "Blow Up" and "11", but another really good Smithereens album is "A Date With the Smithereens". A little harder-edged than the other 2.

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 09:25
 
Been listening to this song for 20 years and never heard this until today:


Well she held a bass guitar and
she was playing in a band and
she stood just like Bill Wyman
now I am her biggest fan

Some kind of Stones fan I am!

 


sandpebble
(near Paradise)
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 09:22
 
The Catalyst   1984  {#Bananapiano}

rbigelo
(Spanish Town)
Posted: Feb 11, 2010 - 19:04
 
A playlist favorite from my days as a DJ at an underground radio station in a seedy part of downtown Los Angeles. ^..^~

trashyharry
(utica,ny)
Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 23:26
 
classic rp-sad,sweet,spooky/low rent urban desperate

shmuelman
(Denver)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 14:32
 
The Smithereens and Morphine captured an urban, gritty sound, more than any other bands of their time. They really have held up well over the decades.

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 14:21
 
 alagarts wrote:
Have seen them live a few times, great!    One time though saw them at small bar in Northern Virginia called The State, was right up front to the stage.   I had a rough week and a few drinks that night and just got in a zone.    I really wasnt bored but just everything added up I was exhausted.   Anyways, I guess I had actually closed my eyes for a bit and when I opened them the lead singer was on top of me just staring down at me.   I was so damn embarrased and felt bad since I love these guys.   Anyways, got a caffeine boost and made it through the show but I will always remember opening my eyes to a very pissed off looking lead singer, man forget his name.
 
Pat DiNizio, I believe.


toterola
(Further)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 14:21
 
 Shaken_Bake wrote:

"She had hair like Jeanie Shrimpton..."
If the song is about Chrissie Hynde, I never thought her hair was like this!

 
Chrissie used to wear her hair in a lot of different styles, and a lot longer. She was a part of the punk scene in London, during the late 70s. Great song.


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 14:20
 
 alagarts wrote:
Have seen them live a few times, great!    One time though saw them at small bar in Northern Virginia called The State, was right up front to the stage.   I had a rough week and a few drinks that night and just got in a zone.    I really wasnt bored but just everything added up I was exhausted.   Anyways, I guess I had actually closed my eyes for a bit and when I opened them the lead singer was on top of me just staring down at me.   I was so damn embarrased and felt bad since I love these guys.   Anyways, got a caffeine boost and made it through the show but I will always remember opening my eyes to a very pissed off looking lead singer, man forget his name.
 


BOO! Ha ha ha!


alagarts
Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 13:11
 
Have seen them live a few times, great!    One time though saw them at small bar in Northern Virginia called The State, was right up front to the stage.   I had a rough week and a few drinks that night and just got in a zone.    I really wasnt bored but just everything added up I was exhausted.   Anyways, I guess I had actually closed my eyes for a bit and when I opened them the lead singer was on top of me just staring down at me.   I was so damn embarrased and felt bad since I love these guys.   Anyways, got a caffeine boost and made it through the show but I will always remember opening my eyes to a very pissed off looking lead singer, man forget his name.