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 (twelve years ago) link
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imf25Squ8ro
― Campari G&T, Saturday, 11 August 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
has anyone read johnny's book?
― fit and working again, Saturday, 11 August 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
A young music critic at the time speaks:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/c12.0.403.403/p403x403/408392_4798168918970_1487741182_n.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
It is -- odd, working for me here.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
would love to know what lp this young'un won.
― mark e, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Jobriath would be another.
― crustaceanrebel, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
the last sentence should be referred to his solo career
― nostormo, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mao35421NH1qaxybpo1_500.jpgnot sure what's worse, writing that letter or drinking a corona on johnny's grave
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
behave. he never drank the beer.
― mark e, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
lol regrets?
― nostormo, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
i think it's in the Hollywood Forever cemetery.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodforever.com/stories?ls_id=20259
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Forgot to hit that "convert to BBcode" button. Rookie mistake.
― JRN, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
welcome rookie.
― mark e, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
nicholas cage's johnny impression!!
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
aw that nicholas cage thing is actually really sweet
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
The Ramones meet Regis and Kathy Lee
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Meanwhile, on the 6 train...
― Mark G, Monday, 10 December 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
awesome clip - thx!
― Twerkin in a coal mine (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 10 December 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
xpost -- I see you noticed that as well.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
inventing post rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MPEqGJqqSI
― how's life, Friday, 1 February 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Craig Leon. This is mentioned in Mickey Leigh's book "I Slept With Joey Ramone".
― everything, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Via Facebook via Rolling Stone--the Sun Sessions 1974:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI4EDSw3K3A
Tommy (who I seem to remember from the documentary had a more normal rock group pedigree): "I can't take it."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
Weird--seems to have been taken down seconds after I posted.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
seems to not have been taken down to me. nice show.
― how's life, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
Because of the Rolling Stone piece, maybe the link was overwhelmed for a while. I love that they don't seem 100% sure of what image they want to project yet. Joey's swishing around bipperty-bopperty during "Basement," while Johnny's bare-chested, like he's Iggy Pop or Robert Plant or Roger Daltrey (amazing close-up at 3:30). The music's already in place, though. Sept 15, 1974: "I Shot the Sheriff" #1 song, Chinatown film, new president about a month in office.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 23:02 (ten years ago) link
"#1 film"
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 23:03 (ten years ago) link
love the argument at 2:00, it's like Mean Streets dialogue.
Joey: I DON'T WANNA GO DOWN TO THE BASEMENT!Marky: Aw come on, let's do Loudmouth alright?Dee Dee; I wanna do I Don't Wanna Go Down To Basement too! Johnny: Yeah, come on, it's three against one.Marky: Fuck you all.Johnny. OK OK Let's go. Quick. Lively.Dee Dee: 1-2-3-4!
― brio, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 00:28 (ten years ago) link
tommy, not mark
― sleepingsignal, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 00:55 (ten years ago) link
yeah of course right
― brio, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 01:52 (ten years ago) link
In honor of July 4th, I posted a bunch of Ramones clips on fb. I especially dug this one, a PBS story on them from '78. It was recorded in Minneapolis--I wonder if any future 'Mats or Husker Du-ers were in the house?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1QG8MJ7jv4
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 02:29 (ten years ago) link
I love that they don't seem 100% sure of what image they want to project yet. Joey's swishing around bipperty-bopperty during "Basement," while Johnny's bare-chested, like he's Iggy Pop or Robert Plant or Roger Daltrey
Did they ever really resolve this tension? It always seemed unlikely that Joey and Johnny should be in the same band. Part of their charm, I'd say.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 03:14 (ten years ago) link
Fascinating to see those two clips next to each other. There's assurance and speed after four years, but so much is in place in 1974, even as it drips with stage fright. They already can't control what they've created, like there's only one direction this can go. Impossible to separate what they wanted to do from what just came out that way.
― bendy, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 11:34 (ten years ago) link
xp johnny's leopard skin lapels show the glam influence just as much as joey's posturing.
― sleepingsignal, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 12:58 (ten years ago) link
Ramones filling the State Theatre with 3,000 people in 1978 explains so much about Minneapolis. Love the Batman tee!
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 13:34 (ten years ago) link
RIP Tommy Ramone. Does this make the Ramones one of the few bands where every original member is dead? Sad, regardless.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 July 2014 12:53 (nine years ago) link
see this thread for more:
Tommy Ramone RIP
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 12 July 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5pN9xU6HHc
Keep an eye out for ironing at 3:40 mark.
― Mike j'Abo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 January 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
"The Raymones" ...Joe's pronounciation. RIP Joe
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 25 January 2015 17:00 (nine years ago) link