of 1986. “David Brenner’s guests
tonight include the actress, Jane
Seymour, and making their na-
tional television debut from New
Jersey, power popsters, The
Smithereens, performing their
hits “BREAD & Roses” and “Be-
hind the Wall of Sleep.”
No matter what you do, no mat-
ter how much you achieve, some-
one’s always got to fuck it up!
“Behind the Wall of Sleep” is in
the key of E Minor, which many
musicians and non-musicians
alike consider to be the saddest
key of all. [He then performs it.]
I want to thank you all for com-
ing out on a school night. Since
Mr. Jeff (Raspe) mentioned it,
may I do a new song for you?
From Smithereens 2011, this
one’s called “Rings On Her
Fingers.”
[Following the song, he returns
with] Thank you. Is that song any
good? I don’t know. What do I
know? I just write these things…
Yeah, rock and roll put the hook
in me since my cousin Leonard
in 1959 took me to see an Elvis
Presley movie called King
Creole at a movie theater on the
Watch Pat DiNizio perform “Rings On Her Fingers”
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