I WANNA BE POLLED: The Ramones Memorial Poll Results Thread (We Accept You, We Accept You)

gah, can't believe i missed this, mostly cuz it robs me of the ability to complain about the results. o wait, no it doesn't. "needles & pins" wuz robbed.

"Chinese Rock" counts as a cover, right?

yeah hell yeah, has to. and is arguably the best single ramones song, cover or no.

speaking as someone who has nothing to do w/ this poll i mean

Tipsy-should there be a sub-poll for favorite Ramones cover? Just thought of that when you were mentioning their later work-I adore Acid Eaters.

― campreverb, Sunday, 3 August 2014 14:42 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

Sure -- you can vote for 5 favorite covers. (NB: "Chinese Rock" does not count as a cover.)

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 3 August 2014 14:53 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

it's not a cover if you wrote it

you = the performer in question, obviously

fair enuf

co-sign on "The Time Has Come Today" and its video -- my brother getting the Ramones Mania VHS was really the moment when we started to love The Ramones

I watched that tape so much.

Sorry, got busy. Let's get to the top two heartthrobs!

http://37.media.tumblr.com/ede5a431a2917a537cc798566dbfb255/tumblr_mi2qxi5Dmu1rayzzfo1_500.jpg

2. DEE DEE "The Cute One"

Ooh la la! Looking for a date? Meet him at 53rd and 3rd!

LIKES: Sniffing glue, Chinese rocks, chewing out a rhythm on the bubblegum
DISLIKES: Pet semataries

Too low!

38 points, 10 votes, 2 1st-place votes

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music2/joeyramonecat.jpg

1. JOEY "The Sensitive One"
47 points, 10 votes, 8 1st-place votes

Every time he eats vegetables, he thinks only of YOU!

LIKES: Girls, Girlfriends, Girl Groups
DISLIKES: When someone tries to hide behind politics

Joey also likes: being well, being sedated, being your boyfriend.

Coming up in a bit: Albums

awesome pic

*sigh*

Joey....

http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/riff47.jpg

OK, Albums. Only eight got more than two votes, so here they are.

http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/400/09/4/7/819.jpg

8. Too Tough to Die (1984)

7 points, 5 votes

http://www.blackwirerecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ramones-end-of-the-century.jpg

7. End of the Century (1980)

10 points, 4 votes, 1 1st-place vote

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nKWY8hTML.jpg

6. Pleasant Dreams (1981)

15 points, 6 votes

First album cover not to feature the band.

Ha, thought you wrote "First album cover to feature the band" and figured I must have clicked on a Cure thread or something.

My own #1.

http://991.com/newgallery/The-Ramones-Its-Alive-526711.jpg

5. It's Alive (1979)

26 points, 7 votes, 3 1st-place votes

Video of that concert is on YouTube, or at least some of it.

http://youtu.be/imf25Squ8ro

If you think you are seeing a generally reverse-chronological trend, your eyes ain't lyin'.

http://www.gatefoldrecords.com/images/sirlpsrk6063reh.jpg

4. Road to Ruin (1978)

29 points, 12 votes, 1 1st-place vote

another 1st place vote for It's Alive here, perfect document

http://distro.todestrieb.co.uk/images/large/covers17/ramones-leave-home_LRG.jpg

3. Leave Home (1977)

47 points, 17 votes, 3 1st-place votes

http://midnightpunk.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ramones-1977-leave-home.jpg

And the last two, separated by one (1) point.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/7/73/Ramones_Rocket_To_Russia.jpeg

2. Rocket to Russia (1977)

65 points, 18 votes, 4 1st-place votes

http://31.media.tumblr.com/26a3122d0648a885872da55f29ce2ac8/tumblr_mk0n4zUagh1qf96tto1_500.jpg

1. Ramones (1976)

66 points, 17 votes, 6 1st-place votes

Jeez, it didn't even occur to me to vote for It's Alive. That would've been my #1, too, which would've pushed it ahead of Road to Ruin, I think.

The above two covers almost look like they're from the exact same photo shoot, but the jeans on Rocket to Russia are in a more advanced state of rippage (self-consciously so, I suppose skeptics would say).

i never owned It's Alive

I did. Can't remember who recommended it to me. Is it in Greil Marcus's Treasure Island or was it just always on sale at Bleecker Bob's, Golden Disc, Second Coming etc.

looking forward to this roll out. hate that i'm always at work when these things roll out live.

XP IIRC, there are no entries for the Ramones (or much American Punk at all) in Treasure Island. In fact, Marcus claimed Hackamore Brick beat them at their own game.

Thanks. Think it was a high school friend who must have recommended it.

OK, let's start with the Tracks. There were 24 voters, and 111 songs received votes (including 16 that got #1 votes). I'll count down everything that got at least 100 points, which means this will be a Top 40 countdown with a plus-one.

A note on the visuals: To avoid having 41 pictures of guys in jeans and black leather, I will be illustrating the rollout with selections drawn from my accumulated trove of drawings and paintings done by my kids over the past five or six years.

When we're done I'll add the complete list of all songs voted for.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/DFE8AB6D-C920-4910-812F-7C81255DE4BA_zpsfsym8uft.jpg

41. "Suzy Is a Headbanger" (Leave Home, 1977)

(102 points, 6 votes)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/4a8b0725-7a5f-43ac-9cef-8519be25d9ec_zps5cfed137.jpg

40. "California Sun" (Leave Home, 1977)

(105 points, 6 votes)

I'd like to say "Suzy" is too low, since I love it -- but I didn't vote for it either. Too many choices!

lol @ images

Bizarrely great images.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/7f161857-6951-4ae6-9778-637a1538b958_zps34dee382.jpg

39. "I Remember You" (Leave Home, 1977)

(113 points, 7 votes)

i bet all 41 tracks are from Leave Home.

lol

also I can't believe there are four ppl who think End of the Century is one of their five best LPs! Johnny will give you a talking-to in the afterlife.

Oh, occurs to me I should add YouTube links. Here are the first three:

http://youtu.be/NOX5rNacD5E
http://youtu.be/cjCa8i5JDF4
http://youtu.be/wRrVUpnX83I

I bet that less than 1/3 of my ballot made it.

I promise there will eventually be some songs not from Leave Home ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/594c042a-c471-44b4-ae93-2d957c0a869b_zpsc7ecdae7.jpg

37. (TIE) "Commando" (Leave Home, 1977)

(117 points, 8 votes)

Link: http://youtu.be/1zQtd_e_VH0

Yeah I hit every album thru Sanity. Could've gone for Pet Srmatary too. For a band with such an obvious early peak, they kept things interesting for a long time.

Oxfam record hunting yesterday, managed to find a great copy of "Its Alive" 2lp, and "Leave Home" a US pressing with "Carbona"

Alice, however, decided she wanted a copy of "Muddy Waters live at Newport"..

Kids, eh?

does anyone believe Scorsese will really direct this?

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6229437/reunited-ramones-estates-plan-big-comeback-including-martin-scorsese-film

Adam Driver as Joey despite the muscles, I'd say.

It's tragic that Michael Shannon is at least a decade too old to play Dee Dee.

yes! maybe he can be Seymour Stein.

anyway, mine:

TRACKS
I Wanna Be Sedated
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Blitzkrieg Bop
Rockaway Beach
Don't Come Close
Beat on the Brat
Questioningly
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Teenage Lobotomy
I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement
My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)
Danny Says
We're a Happy Family
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
She's the One
53rd & 3rd
Pet Sematary
Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)
Oh Oh, I Love Her So
I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You
California Sun
Pinhead
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
Cretin Hop


ALBUMS
Ramones
Rocket to Russia
Road to Ruin
Leave Home
Too Tough to Die


RAMONES
Joey
Dee Dee
Marky
Tommy
Johnny

Great poll, tipsy!

Second time my #1 has been the consensus #1 (Elton/"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" was the other).

TRACKS

1. Sheena is a Punk Rocker
2. I Don't Want to Grow Up
3. Rock n Roll High School
4. I Wanna Be Sedated
5. Glad to See You Go
6. We're a Happy Family
7. Judy is a Punk
8. California Sun
9. Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio?
10. Rockaway Beach
11. Blitzkrieg Bop
12. 53rd & 3rd
13. It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)
14. Pinhead
15. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
16. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
17. Suzy is a Headbanger
18. Teenage Lobotomy
19. Commando
20. The KKK Took My Baby Away
21. She's the One
22. Carbona Not Glue
23. Cabbies on Crack
24. Scattergun
25. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

ALBUMS

1. Leave Home
2. Rocket to Russia
3. Ramones
4. Road to Ruin
5. Pleasant Dreams

HEROINE

PJ Soles

Covers

1. I Don't Want To Grow Up
2. California Sun
3. Little Bit O' Soul
4. Surfin' Bird
5. Happy Birthday (from The Simpsons

Here's my ballot:

Judy is a Punk
Cretin Hop
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Rockaway Beach
Teenage Lobotomy
Oh Oh I Love Her So
Pinhead
Loudmouth
Blitzkrieg Bop
Do You Wanna Dance
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
What’s Your Game
Beat on the Brat
Havana Affair
I Wanna Be Well
Bonzo Goes to Bitburg
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
Why Is It Always This Way
Ramona
Rock ‘N Roll High School
I Wanna Be Sedated
I Remember You
Glad to See You Go
Suzy Is a Headbanger

Ramones Covers:
Do You Wanna Dance
I Don't Wanna Grow Up
Spider Man
Surfin' Bird
California Sun

Woman who's got no cerebellum, what's on your iPod?

http://io9.com/doctors-discover-a-woman-with-no-cerebellum-1633439918

I'm going to leave this up for a couple of days and then delete it--19 seconds of me leading my grade 3 class on "Blitzkrieg Bop" for a school assembly. Luckily the music teacher caught some of it; I stupidly forgot to arrange for the whole thing to be filmed. Definitely on the shortlist of my teaching highlights.

http://youtu.be/U4IUeWwM0a0

The video for I Believe In Miracles had text scrolling along the top and bottom of the screen while the Ramones performed in the center. I had the idea to do this up as a poll, but midway through copying everything down, I realized it would be way too many options and I didn't want to do multiple polls. So I just decided to post it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS-TGTUcBPg

TOP SCROLL
Hey Ho Let’s Go!
Feed The Poor
House the Homeless
Punk Lives
It’s the Devil’s Music
Less Is More
A-Bomb
XKE
Let Freedom Ring
The Shot Heard ‘Round the World
Music Television
Pop Art
Love
Peace
Cars
Girls
Beer
St. Marks Place
Ed Sullivan
I Believe In Miracles
Rock Is Dead
American Bandstand
Dee Dee Out
C Jay In
Generic
Primal
Extra Texture
Free South Africa
Free America
Radio Free Europe
Blue Suede Shoes
Tune In Turn On Drop Out
The Yin and Yang
Disco Is Dead
Wall of Sound
Manic Panic
Rock = Satanism?
Silence = Death
We Shall Overcome
The War to End All Wars
Tiananmen Square
Lithuania
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Germany
Russia
Armenia
Afghanistan
You Only Live Once
The Walls Come Tumbling Down
John Sinclair 10 Years for 2
Here Comes Trouble
S.D.I.
Rock and Roll High School
X X X
Girls Girls Girls
Channel J
The Yankee Clipper
The Bambino
Viva Las Vegas
GTO
I Feel Like the Luckiest Man on Earth…
Blow Up
Free Neil Cohen
BBC
I Was a Teenage Zombie
Forest Hills
We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident
Bubble Gum
Day Glo
Black Light
What’s Your Sign?
Nelson Mandela Is Free
Where Do We Go From Here
Do You Remember rock and Roll Radio?
It’s Your Thing
H-Bomb
Creationism
Evolution
Black Leather
Big Bang
World Market
Is This The End?
Where When and Why?
Farm Aid
Hardcore
Peace on Earth
Save the Rain Forests
Recycle
Ban Styrofoam
Recycle
Limit Personal Use of Plastics
Recycle
Vivisection Should Be a Crime
Know Your Elected Officials
Keep Church and State Separate
Stand By The First Amendment
Ours Is Not To Reason Why Ours Is But To Do Or Die
We Are the World
Save the Children
Save the Environment
Save Us All
Gabba Gabba Hey!

BOTTOM SCROLL
Robert Johnson
Louis Jordan
Bill Haley and the Comets
Alan Freed
Elvis Presley
Little Richard
Carl Perkins
Chuck Berry
Buddy Holly
Bo Diddley
Jerry Lee Lewis
Roy Orbison
Duane Eddy
Mean Gene Vincent
Eddie Cochran
The Beach Boys
Dion and the Belmonts
Murray the K
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
The Yardbirds
The Who
Del Shannon
The Four Seasons
Phil Spector
The Standells
Cream
The Marvelettes
Them
The Ronettes
The Dave Clark Five
The Animals
The Box Tops
The Shangri-Las
The Whiskey Au Go Go
The MC5
Jimi Hendrix
Andy Warhol
The Velvet Underground
The Seeds
Edie
The Doors
Young Rascals
Mountain
Iggy and the Stooges
Led Zeppelin
The Rainbow
T-Rex
Slade
Gary Glitter
Alice Cooper
Mott the Hoople
David Bowie
The Jeff Beck Group
The New York Dolls
The Modern Lovers
Motorhead
The Ramones
Sex Pistols
Allan Arkush
Gary Brendan
Andrea Overland
The Damned
Hilly Kristal
C.B.G.B.’s
The Clash
Patti Smith
The Buzzcocks
Tommy Erdelyi
The Dead Boys
Blondie
Arturo Vega
Dictators
Punk Magazine
The Heartbreakers
Cramps
John Holmstrom
Talking Heads
Ed Stasium
Rodney Bingenheimer
Kevin Patrick
The Dickies
Richard Hell
Oedipus
Seymour Stein
Shirley Divers
Howie Klein
Monte
Plasmatics
George Dubose
Holly and the Italians
Vin Scelsa
X
Kurt Loder
AC/DC
Lisa Robinson
The Ritz
The Roundhouse
The Palladium
The Roxy
Metallica
John Giddings
Sonic Youth
Bad Brains
The Dead Kennedys
Black Flag
Anthrax
Agnostic Front
Dennis Mcnamara
Donna Donna
D.O.A.
Murphy’s Law
Danny Fields
Georgia Satellites
Howard Stern
Ira Herzog
Paul Conroy
Guns & Roses
Living Colour