“Blood and Roses” by the Smithereens

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“Blood and Roses” by the Smithereens

	song info     “Blood and Roses” by the Smithereens (official video) is a New Wave rock song.     Song Title: Blood and Roses (official video)     Artist: the Smithereens     Album: Especially for You     Genre: New Wave rock     Composer: Copyright © 1986 Pat DiNizio     Vocals: Pat DiNizio, Dennis Diken, Mike Mesaros     Guitar: Pat DiNizio, Jim Babjak     Bass Guitar: Mike Mesaros     Drums: Dennis Diken     Percussion: Dennis Diken     Producer: Don Dixon     Date:: 1986     Label: Capitol     Number of listens: 27686     Current rank: 50 (updated weekly)     Highest rank: 4 (play the video all the way through to register a vote for this song) Translations courtesy of Apple and Google.

    Summary quotation from Wikipedia:

    Especially for You is the first full-length album from New Jersey-based rock band The Smithereens.

    The album is notable for the hit “Blood and Roses”, which has been featured in multiple movie and TV productions. Producer Don Dixon’s co-production work on R.E.M.’s Murmur and Reckoning albums added attention to the record’s initial release. The album today is highly regarded by most critics, and was one of Kurt Cobain’s favorite albums, as noted in his journal.

“Blood and Roses” was used:

• as the theme song from the 1986 movie Dangerously Close
• in “Duty and Honor”, a 1987 episode of the TV series Miami Vice
• in the 1997 movie Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

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    Evan: I love the Smithereens.

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