Time is not measured by days, weeks, and years, but by versions of #PureImagination. #SmokingPopes version is such a time capsule of 90's sounds. A nice alt rock version to shake up the different genres this song seems to be able to adapt so well.
#RGMM #Musicsky

Need You Around

True. I really do need you around.

#NowPlaying
#SmokingPopes

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Ep 5.1 - Best 90s Of 2025 W/ Special Guests Dave & Dicky Talking Music

New year, new music! Our friends Dave and Dicky Talking Music join once again as we go through our favorite NEW songs 90s bands put out in 2025

MUSIC FROM

#NineInchNails
#Pulp
#Garbage
#CountingCrows
#SpinDoctors
#Sublime
#IVY
#Ash
#Sugar
#Stereolab
#Lemonheads
#SmokingPopes
#Deftones

AND MORE!

Guest "Best of 2025": Darryl Wilson of The Bollweevils

#Brokedowns #DrStrangeRecords #DrugChurch #PLOSIVS #RedScareIndustries #SmokingPopes #TheBollweevils #TheDreamEaters

Songs that bring me joy that I think you should hear too, because we all could use more joy. #musicsky Believe it or not, every song from the 1971 #WillyWonka movie has had a modern cover version. I believe this was the first (& from my hometown!). Here's #SmokingPopes youtu.be/EA40ACtQUkA?...

Born to Quit (PINK & WHITE "SUNBURN" VINYL) You remember this 1994 album…it’s the one with the hit song “Need You Around,” which was “around” pretty much everywhere back then, including in the movie Clueless (for that matter, “Lucky Day” from this album was in Tommy Boy, “Mrs. You & Me” was in Angus, and “Gotta Know Right Now” in Boys). That led to the Popes opening for acts like Morrissey, whose voice lead singer and songwriter Josh Caterer—one of three Caterer brothers in the band—rather echoes (Moz himself proclaimed this album “extraordinary, the most lovable thing I’d heard in years”). If you like power pop hooks with heart, look no further…our release comes in pink & white “sunburn” vinyl to honor the front cover photo (put a shirt on, man!) inside a gatefold jacket. A1. Midnight Moon A2. Rubella A3. Gotta Know Right Now A4. Mrs. You & Me A5. Just Broke Up A6. My Lucky Day B1. Need You Around B2. Can’t Help the Teardrops (from Getting Cried) B3. Adena B4. On the Shoulder

Smoking Popes - Born to Quit (PINK & WHITE "SUNBURN" VINYL) $15.49 amzn.to/47JPy7O

#vinyl #nowplaying #vinylcommunity #vinylsky #musicsky #nowspinning #vinylcolletors #vinylrecords #vinyljunkie #vinyladdict #vinyloftheday #recordcollector #recordoftheday #vinyllovers #SmokingPopes

Roll of the Dice: 6 questions with Moonraker

#Moonraker #SmokingPopes

Live review: Naked Raygun and Friends live at The Metro

#Bollweevils #MarkyRamone #NakedRaygun #riotfest #SmokingPopes

Golden Moment Smoking Popes · Lovely Stuff · Song · 2025

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #SonicReducer

Smoking Popes:
🎵 Golden Moment

#SmokingPopes

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song on #Spotify:

A time was had. 🖤

#bouncingsouls #h2o #smokingpopes #lastweek

Original post on toot.boston

#BostonWeekend 3x Thu 'early' 7pm start! MUSIC well established punk rockers from the NJ state, The #BouncingSouls at Royale, with #SmokingPopes and #JER
https://youtu.be/uO-wCOeSROs?list=RDuO-wCOeSROs https://royaleboston.com/event/the-bouncing-souls-3/ […]

Allegiance Smoking Popes, Scott Lucas · Allegiance · Song · 2025

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #SonicReducer

Smoking Popes feat. Scott Lucas:
🎵 Allegiance

#SmokingPopes #ScottLucas

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song on #Spotify:

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶

If you wanna
View paradise
Simply look around
And view it
Anything you want to
Do it
Wanna change the world?
There's nothing to it

There is no
Life I know
To compare
With pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be

#PureImagination #SmokingPopes

The image features four vinyl records arranged on a surface, with a cat lounging beside them. The records include a black album cover with a minimalist design — “Fear Caller” by The Almost, a colorful cover featuring abstract art — “Add It Up,” a compilation record by Violent Femmes, a record titled "Born to Quit" by Smoking Popes, and another with a distinctive design and text, “Into the Agony” by Smoking Popes. The setting appears casual and cozy, reflecting a personal collection of music. Credit @thecontraire.bsky.social. July 2025.

Check my #vinyl #records haul from last week’s trip to San Antonio? 🙃

Found at Southtown Vinyl:
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#vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylsky
#sanantonio #texas
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#thealmost #violentfemmes #smokingpopes
#fearcaller #additup #borntoquit #intotheagony

THE ERRORS TOUR: Bayside & Smoking Popes, House of Blues, Anaheim, CA, 06.19.25 – 06.20.25 - OUTBURN ONLINE The second leg of Bayside’s 25th anniversary The Errors Tour stopped in Anaheim for two nights at the House of Blues. Opening both nights was Chicago pop punk band Smoking Popes.

THE ERRORS TOUR: #Bayside & #SmokingPopes, #HouseofBluesAnaheim, CA, 06.19.25 – 06.20.25 LIVE REVIEW & PHOTOS!
The second leg of Bayside’s 25th anniversary The Errors Tour stopped in Anaheim for two nights at the House of Blues. Opening both nights was Smoking Popes.
outburn.com/all-features...

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶

The clocks cannot touch us in here
As long as I'm holding you tight
The reaper will never appear

Alive in the heat of your breath
The darkness conceals us from sight
Tomorrow, the fingers of death
Oh, but there is no tomorrow

#NoTomorrowTonight #SmokingPopes
youtu.be/asp0eR97C0k

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶

Well, here I am
Wandering down a darkened road
And your love shines
Always in my heart
Always in my heart

I know that you love me
Oh ho-oh-oh-oh
I know you love me

#IKnowYouLoveMe #SmokingPopes
youtu.be/4MeLwbK9zZ0

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶

My heart is never really gonna break
It’s only gonna bleed a little while
I won’t be falling all the way apart
That’s not my style
You’re never gonna have the satisfaction
Of knowing that you hurt me any more than I could take

#NeverGonnaBreak #SmokingPopes
youtu.be/N5hu46_KISU

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶

Caught a ride to another town
Where the air was clean
And the sun never goes down
Everyone was standing in a line
Between the landing and the stairs

I heard somebody call my name
I almost climbed the stairs

#Megan #SmokingPopes
youtu.be/21v7q57ZhUs

Monochrome image - “smoking popes” stenciled on a guitar cabinet is in focus in the background, the bass player, cut off near the shoulder, stands closer to camera and the cabinet is framed through their legs

Black and white- The singer of the Smoking Popes plays guitar and sings. Bright lights envelop behind him

Black and white - the rhythm guitarist of the Smoking Popes jumps in the air while performing on stage

The singer and guitarist of the Smoking Popes holds his guitar high, straight up and down while playing a solo. Blue light surrounds him in the background

6.14.2025 // Smoking Popes at Revolution Hall - Portland, OR

#smokingpopes #concertphotography #punkrock #chicagopunk #portlandpunk #concertphotos #canon #photography #monochrome #fender #punk #concert

Was Pope Leo one of The Smoking Popes from Chicago?

I loved that band! We need more punk like this to unify the people.

#smokingpopes #pope #chicagobands

Come with me
And you’ll be
In a world of pure imagination

Chicago digs its Popes.
#smokingpopes

youtu.be/sHStvt6KDGY

A song about contagious love. Rubella

#MusicSky
#SmokingPopes
#Rubella

The Smoking Popes 1997 cover of the Willie Wonka song Pure Imagination.

#MusicSky
#SmokingPopes
#PureImagination

IYKYK
Since the 1990's Chicagoland has been your connection to the Popes.😉

#MusicSky
#SmokingPopes
#NeedYouAround

Need You Around (Smoking Popes), by The Pretty Flowers track by The Pretty Flowers

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe

Smoking Popes:
🎵 Need You Around

#6music #SmokingPopes

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:

#NowPlaying #NewMusic #NewAlbum #Indie #Alternative #Rock Lovely Stuff - #SmokingPopes tidal.com/browse/album...

Incredible band and incredible humans @smokingpopesmusic dropped by the shop today and picked up a few platters. Go see them at @tampaorpheum 2NITE w/ @camptrashfl & @rodeoboysofficial !!!!

#microgroove #seminoleheights #smokingpopes #thesmokingpopes

#SmokingPopes #Allegiance #Protest #ProtestSong #ProtestMusic #NewProtestMusic #Resist
youtu.be/l_ZmPUI_DGs?...

Allegiance Smoking Popes, Scott Lucas · Allegiance · Song · 2025

🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #SonicReducer

Smoking Popes:
🎵 Allegiance

#SmokingPopes

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song on #Spotify: