Especially what do you reckon about 80's and 90's Ramones? I've been listening to disc 2 of the Anthology and whilst it's pretty poor in comparison with the '76/77 bruddas, I'm still enjoying it. Sounds like they were trying really hard for a HUGE stadium anthem for most of the '80s, along with crap-but-fun attempts at thrash-metal, doo-wop metal, synth-pop-metal etc.
Hey Ho, let's go....
― Dr. C, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― the pinefox, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
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― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
You're very much OFF the money there, Pinefox. Will explain why in detail later on.
― Jason, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
Can't quite figure out whether that's a putdown of the Clash, or the Ramones, or neither, or both - and I'm not even European !
― Patrick, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
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― Dr. C, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
They became an institution for a reason, Mike. They admittedly worked the gimmick angle (certainly no more so than, say, the much-fawned over White Stripes), but I risk flogging the very obvious point by saying they did it *FIRST*! Respect is due. As for frankness, I don't believe anyone is saying their later work is as significant as their seminal first few albums.
― Sean, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
To me this is so far wide of the mark that it completely misses what early-Ramones are all about. The analogies with Brill building and early 60's girlpop songcraft has been trotted out so often wrt The Ramones that it's tempting to dismiss it out-of-hand. There is some truth in it though - I can hear the Shangri-La's, say, in I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend or Babysitter. That's not to say that this automatically makes the Ramones good, of course.
But they're better than good - they're masters. Their best songs are great because they are lean and simple - there's nothing that shouldn't be there. Couple this with a simple melodic hook(nothing fancy - 4 chords max. and another 2 for the middle 8) and a propulsive beat, and you have something irresistable. Add some elements of The Ramones 'own world' imagery (pick from : NY street images, retards, 'nam casualties, glue, girls)and you have genius.
Take "Glad to see you Go" from Leave Home - straight into a Beach Boys/Eddie Cochrane morphed melody and just listen to the way that the song shifts gear slightly on lines 3 and 4 of the verse as Tommy closes the high-hat a touch under the chords and melody. The shift into the chorus is sublime and the sheer rush as it comes back to the last verse from the middle 8 ("I need somebody good, I need a miracle") is like a ride in the space shuttle - on the outside.
Take "Rockaway Beach" - another point on the curve linking "Summer in the City", " Dancing in the Street" and "Baby on more Time". Again - great chorus, great lyrics ("Chewin out a rhythm on my bubblegum") and a sense of PLACE. In less than 3 minutes you feel exactly what it's like to be a teenager in baking hot NY - and you feel it every single time you hear it. That's great songwriting, Pinefox.
Rockaway, Glad..., Listen to My Heart, 53rd and 3rd, You Should Never Have Opened That Door are equals of "Please, Please Me", "California Girls", "My Generation" ..... the list goes on....if you can look past the "punk" thing which is really a red herring as far as The Ramones are concerned.
I guess it all depends on what you look for in a song - they're not Burt or Jimmy Webb, but they tell a story, crank up the adrenaline, and make their own world for 3 mins for EVERY SINGLE TRACK on the first 4 albums. That's classic.
I am still not particularly convinced about the overall point. In fact, come to think of it, I'm not at all convinced. But to be reasonable about this, I'm going to have to leave it till I've listened to the Ramones again.
― gareth, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
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― Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
But, Dr.C makes such a good case for Da Ramones that I'm thinking of checking them out again.
But part2, Jason makes a very interesting point that almost gets buried: the puritanism of much punk. I feel it's a key to why I don't like much of the stuff (although most of the time I think of punk as anorexic - no bottom ;) Will go up on the mountain and meditate on this insight.
― Omar, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― Dr. C, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
Which kind of explains why I like so few American bands. Seems that whatever genre they work in, there's always that wide Rock streak that suffuses it all and kind of obliterates whatever else they're trying to do.
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― the pinefox, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― Dr. C, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
OH-OH-I-LOVE-HER-SO-O-OH.
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― Dr. C, Saturday, 3 November 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
So I went to see what I thought was going to be a bunch of dodgy old punks on Saturday night and ended up seeing a dodgy old Scottish Ramones (this is a good thing).
Then I told my son (Mark, 5 and three quarters) that "Brian's band sound like the Ramones" and his jaw dropped and he said "THE RAMONES? REALLY? COOL!" and I think it's cool as fuck that my kid thinks it's cool that someone his dad knows is in a band that sounds a wee bit like The Ramones.
Then I listened to It's Alive this morning on the way to work and it reasserted itself as not only the best live album ever, but possibly one of the BEST ANYTHINGS EVER!
C.L.A.S.S.I.C.
Anyway, Weird Tales of the Ramones, anyone got it yet and want to tell me why I really need to buy it regardless of what I already own?
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:50 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 22 April 2006 02:09 (7 years ago) Permalink
This is looking pretty classic:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ramones-Its-Alive-1974-1996/dp/B000EGEVZK
Finally, the It's Alive footage on DVD, with about, er, 100 other tracks!
DVD1: ------- CBGB New York, NY (9/15/74) Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement Judy Is A Punk
Max’s Kansas City New York, NY (4/18/76) I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend 53rd and 3rd
The Club Cambridge, MA (5/12/76) Chain Saw
Max’s Kansas City New York, NY (10/8/76) Havana Affair Listen To My Heart
My Father’s Place Roslyn, NY (4/13/77) I Remember You Carbona Not Glue
CBGB New York, NY (6/11/77) Blitzkrieg Bop Sheena Is A Punk Rocker Beat On The Brat Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue Rockaway Beach Cretin Hop Oh Oh I Love Her So Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
The Second Chance Ann Arbor, MI (6/26/77) Rockaway Beach Carbona Not Glue
The Ivanhoe Theater Chicago, IL (7/6/77) Pinhead Suzy Is A Headbanger
The Armadillo Austin, TX (7/14/77) Early Show Commando I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
The Armadillo Austin, TX (7/14/77) Late Show Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy 53rd & 3rd Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
Liberty Hall Houston, TX (7/15/77) Loudmouth I Remember You Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Liberty Hall Houston, TX (7/16/77) Oh Oh I Love Her So Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert L.A., CA (8/9/77) Loudmouth Judy Is A Punk Glad To See You Go Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
The Camera Mart Stages New York, NY (9/3/77) Swallow My Pride Pinhead Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
It’s Alive, The Rainbow Theatre London (12/31/77) Blitzkrieg Bop I Wanna Be Well Glad To See You Go You're Gonna Kill That Girl Commando Havana Affair Cretin Hop Listen To My Heart I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You Pinhead Do You Wanna Dance? Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue We're A Happy Family
Bonus features: - Dee Dee and Joey - The Beginning (Interview) - Tommy - Forest Hills High School (Interview) - Danny Fields - Revelations (Interview) - Joey & Dee Dee - Influences (Interview) - Joey & Danny - Artistic Growth (Interview) - Violence? (Interview) - What is Punk? (Interview) - Tommy - How I learned to play drums and we got a record deal (Interview) - Dee Dee - Coffee And Cigarettes (Interview) - Johnny - Hard To Stop (Interview) - Argentina - The First Time (Interview) - Mandagsborgen (Interview) - Sha Na Na Shenanigans (Interview) - It's Not My Place (In The 9 To 5 World) (Video) - Somebody Put Something In My Drink (Rare Video) (Rough Cut) - Photo Galleries (Also Ramones fans got chance to send photos taken by them to the DVD).
DVD2: ------- Musikladen Bremen, Germany (9/13/78) Rockaway Beach Teenage Lobotomy Blitzkrieg Bop Don't Come Close I Don't Care She's The One Sheena Is A Punk Rocker Cretin Hop Listen To My Heart I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You Pinhead
The Old Grey Whistle Test London (9/19/78) Don't Come Close She's The One Go Mental
Top of the Pops London (9/28/78) Don't Come Close
Oakland, CA (12/28/78) I'm Against It Needles And Pins
San Francisco Civic Center, S.F., CA (6/9/79) I Want You Around I'm Affected California Sun
The Old Grey Whistle Test London (1/15/79 Rock 'N' Roll High School Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
Top of the Pops London (1/31/80) Baby I Love You
Sha Na Na L.A., CA (5/19/80) Rock 'N' Roll High School
Mandagsborsen Stockholm, Sweden (10/26/81) We Want The Airwaves
TVE Musical Express Madrid, Spain (11/17/81) This Business Is Killing Me All Quiet On The Eastern Front
US Festival San Bernardino, CA (9/3/82) Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment Rock 'N' Roll High School I Wanna Be Sedated Beat On The Brat The KKK Took My Baby Away Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Chinese Rocks Teenage Lobotomy
The Old Grey Whistle Test London (2/26/85) Wart Hog Chasing The Night
Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2/3/87) Blitzkrieg Bop Freak Of Nature Crummy Stuff Love Kills I Don't Care Too Tough To Die Mama's Boy
Provinssirock Festival, Seinäjoki, Finland (6/4/88) I Don't Want You Anymore Weasel Face Garden Of Serenity I Just Want To Have Something To Do Surfin' Bird Cretin Hop Somebody Put Something In My Drink We're A Happy Family
R.I.T., Rochester, NY (10/8/88) Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio Wart Hog
Rolling Stone Club Milan, Italy (3/16/92) Psycho Therapy I Believe In Miracles I Wanna Live My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg) Pet Sematary Animal Boy Pinhead
Top of the Pops London (6/29/95) I Don't Wanna Grow Up
River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina (3/16/96) I Wanna Be Sedated R.A.M.O.N.E.S. Blitzkrieg Bop
― StanM, Monday, 27 August 2007 18:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
(also, LOL at those reviewers going on about this without looking up the tracklist)
― StanM, Monday, 27 August 2007 18:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oof -- might have to pick this up.
― Alex in NYC, Monday, 27 August 2007 18:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
I only really like the first album.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 14 January 2010 14:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
rocket to russia is my fave, the first four are all great tho
― shartyman (stevie), Thursday, 14 January 2010 14:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
This is fantastic:
This is a segment with interview, live footage and sometimes hilarious fan reactions to a Ramones show in Minneapolis in 1978. I like to imagine that all the '80s hardcore kids were at this show, or at least caught this video on their PBS affiliate.
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 05:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
Was inspired by this thread to listen to some of The Ramones first album. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" sounds so sincere with its 50s pop sound. I'm surprised an indie film or a TV commercial haven't used it yet.
― Wanted to slap a teengaer who didn't know Are You That Somebody (lilsoulbrother), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 20:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
(xpost) That vid is great, thanks for linking! I grew up in the Twin Cities, but didn't live here '76 - '78. I had forgotten they went from playing at a dive bar in St. Paul in the summer of '77, to a large theater in January of the following year. With The Runaways!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycdreamin/4310636885/
― Glorified Lolcat (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 20:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" sounds so sincere with its 50s pop sound. I'm surprised an indie film or a TV commercial haven't used it yet.
It actually got an airing in the late 90s indie flick Whatever, but only me and maybe five other people remember the film. Good soundtrack tho, Pretenders, Motorhead, The Jam...
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 21:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
Almost can't be bothered to contribute, as they were/are so obviously classic .
Agreed,though ,they never matched the first three in the studio. My introduction to them was It's Alive. I bought that, I only had my paper round money and it seemed such great value for money back then.Sadly, I can't even recall the name of their last 16 albums. For me, they tailed off massively around the only time I ever saw them live in 85 at teh Lyceum (Too Tough to Die)
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 21:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
amazing clip
"they're not the most talented, but they're the most fun" !!! lol
― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 21:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
funny revive, just tonight a guy 10 years older than me told me that he discovered the ramones in '78, his senior year of high school, and it sort of changed the world for him. i had the same experience about 4 or 5 years later in middle school.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 06:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
'i remember you' is just about the perfect pop song, i've realized.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 16 April 2011 02:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Not listening to them for a while, then going into overdrive listening to the first four I came across the notion, that I really needed all of the Ramones studio albums. I've been picking them up one after another over the past few months and some of the later ones like Brain Drain and Acid Eaters which I haven't heard since they were new, while not sonically touching those early works are still pretty damn good for what they are and at points great. I never had Mondo Bizarro or Adios Amigo, but I will at some point in the next few months. I still need to get Animal Boy, which is out of print like some of the later 80s stuff currently is at this point. But on the rest, I say they were more consistent than perhaps given credit.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 04:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Animal Boy is pretty horrid, apart from Bonzo Goes to Bitburg.
― Trudi Styler, the Creator (ithappens), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 07:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
The "Weird Tales of the Ramone" set is very worth it.
Disc 1 represents the first four albums.
Discs 2 and 3 represent all the others with at least four tracks off each, enough to show there wasn't a massive slacking off of quality anywhere.
Disc 4 is a DVD of mainly later period stuff, but then again that wouldn't get collected any place else really.
And the booklet is excellent, different cartoonists illustrate how they were, episodes from their history (check the dirctor's audio track from the R&R High school DVD for sources), and general fan-style nuttiness.
I got one cheap in an HMV sale around 8 years ago, glad I didn't plump for the 2CD "anthology"...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 08:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I must admit I prefer the Ramones' version of "Baby I Love You" to the original.
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 09:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Alice (now 11), as regular readers know, her first favourite band was the Ramones..
cf: Parents forbidding music
.. anyway, not that long ago we were in a shoe shop and "Baby I love you" came on, she'd not heard it before.
"That's the Ramones!" I say.
"Really?"
"Yep. That was their biggest hit."
"Oh! Was that because....." she begins.
"what, because it sounds nothing like their other stuff?"
"Yeah"
"Yup"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 09:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
i had no idea it was a hit, let alone their biggest.
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 10:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
No 8 in 1980. Made it to Top of the Pops.
― Trudi Styler, the Creator (ithappens), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 10:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's the easiest Ramones single to find on 7" in the UK, so they must've sold a lot of them.
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 10:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
I agree with the abundant praise for It's Alive on this thread. and for any doubters - here's the 26 minute edit of the show from the dvd; one of the greatest half hours of rock concert footage ever.
― Campari G&T, Saturday, 11 August 2012 13:40 (9 months ago) Permalink
has anyone read johnny's book?
― fit and working again, Saturday, 11 August 2012 15:02 (9 months ago) Permalink
A young music critic at the time speaks:
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
I assume that was the Morrissey letter that was going around Facebook earlier, but I'm not seeing anything linked to. Is that my computer?
― Stevolende, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
It is -- odd, working for me here.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:09 (7 months ago) Permalink
would love to know what lp this young'un won.
― mark e, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:16 (7 months ago) Permalink
I have this impression that Morrissey only likes 12 bands and that that has never changed (Patti Smith, the Dolls, T. Rex, Sparks, Bowie eh who cares who the others are)
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
Jobriath would be another.
― crustaceanrebel, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:18 (7 months ago) Permalink
the last sentence should be referred to his solo career
― nostormo, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
I remember when he was a big supporter of the Woodentops, then they put out a single he didn't like (as good as anything else they did) and he started referring to them as "the Suddenflops" and spent about twenty hours dismissing the single. Which was actually pretty great. He did a similar thing with James, but they probably deserved it.
― crustaceanrebel, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:20 (7 months ago) Permalink
funny you should say that, as i clearly remember having a discussion with a smiths fan, and he hated the woodentops, whereas i loved them, and we used to have heated debates as to the merits of each band.
the line in the sand was drawn, and i have often wondered what caused the rift.
― mark e, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:24 (7 months ago) Permalink
not sure what's worse, writing that letter or drinking a corona on johnny's grave
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
behave. he never drank the beer.
― mark e, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
lol regrets?
― nostormo, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:27 (7 months ago) Permalink
wow never seen Johnny's grave before that is amazing! where is it
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:28 (7 months ago) Permalink
i think it's in the Hollywood Forever cemetery.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
http://www.hollywoodforever.com/stories?ls_id=20259
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:30 (7 months ago) Permalink
Morrissey was apparently a big Ramones fan during the Smiths days, so I guess it didn't take him <i>too</i> long to come around.
― JRN, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:46 (7 months ago) Permalink
Forgot to hit that "convert to BBcode" button. Rookie mistake.
― JRN, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
welcome rookie.
― mark e, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
nicholas cage's johnny impression!!
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
aw that nicholas cage thing is actually really sweet
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 22:22 (7 months ago) Permalink
The Ramones meet Regis and Kathy Lee
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 16:24 (5 months ago) Permalink
Meanwhile, on the 6 train...
― Mark G, Monday, 10 December 2012 16:33 (5 months ago) Permalink
awesome clip - thx!
― Twerkin in a coal mine (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 10 December 2012 16:52 (5 months ago) Permalink
xpost -- I see you noticed that as well.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 16:56 (5 months ago) Permalink
i don't know if i've ever seen a human male with skinnier legs than joey ramone.
― the oral history of (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 10 December 2012 16:57 (5 months ago) Permalink
inventing post rock
― how's life, Friday, 1 February 2013 17:53 (3 months ago) Permalink
has anyone read johnny's book?― fit and working again, Saturday, August 11, 2012 8:02 AM (5 months ago
― fit and working again, Saturday, August 11, 2012 8:02 AM (5 months ago
Yep. It's a great read. Not brilliantly written - it jumps all over the place, he skips a lot, repeats a lot and a few other problems. But you really get a sense of his character - and what a character he is. He's a grouchy, conservative, misanthrope with a chip on both shoulders who won't tolerate bullshit of any kind and loves baseball, movies and punk music (in that order). He's paranoid about the Ramones' image but loves them and is so proud of them, regards as the best ever and loves his celebrity friends (there are probably hundreds of photos of him with famous people). Seems like he and Joey were complete opposites and Joey made him crazy. Dee Dee he loved and he really respected him, while openly admitting to bullying him and considering him a fuck-up. There's good, non-judgmental insights into the various drug problems etc that they went through. He writes about each album and rates them etc, like a true music geek. There's lots of lists actually. Then it ends as he is dying and it's pretty touching as he does the "I couldn't have wished for a better life" routine. Worth your time if you love the Ramones.
― everything, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:01 (3 months ago) Permalink
Here's an interesting question that was asked on twitter...who played the keyboards on "Let's Dance"?
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:20 (2 months ago) Permalink
Craig Leon. This is mentioned in Mickey Leigh's book "I Slept With Joey Ramone".
― everything, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:36 (2 months ago) Permalink
The two of them, plus other people like Arturo Vega added quite a few tiny details on top of the bass/guitars/drums/vocals of the Ramones after the formal recording of the album - handclaps, a few "ooooohs" here and there, that weird tss-boom sound on the chorus in Havana Affair etc. For Let's Dance he specifically mentions that Leon played a huge pipe organ that was in the studio.
― everything, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:45 (2 months ago) Permalink