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

Just realized I forgot to include this one. Happy it placed anyway.

Joey's pronunciation is so weird. BICE-mehhhnt.

Some people (Christgau, e.g.) hate this one. I kinda love it. I think this and "Danny Says" are the two times on the album that the Spectorisms really pay off.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/0f35beed-b8ef-4c33-a7bc-471f4e0dafe7_zps90f2909b.jpg

22. "Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio?" (End of the Century, 1980)

(183 points, 7 votes)

http://youtu.be/kJizV-d3sEQ

I loved this when the album came out, but it hasn't worn so well. Nice roll-call, though.

I like the throw-in of "romeo" in "Basement"

Nice roll-call, though.

They didn't start the fire.

cept even in 1980 i think most of their audience was too young to have seen Shindig and Hullabaloo. (i was)

Get the glory, like Charles Manson.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/b76ac60d-50ff-45f9-9830-4badd1d53f0e_zpsbea6067a.jpg

21. "Glad to See You Go" (Leave Home, 1977)

(189 points, 9 votes)

http://youtu.be/PuIHuOLcg38

I think I got most of the references at the time, but not sure if I'd bought Nuggets yet--Moulty may have puzzled me.

"Glad to See You Go" on my playlist for 1/20/17

Your's and Johnny's.

for very diff reasons, i'd suspect

probably Lupe Fiasco's too

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jan/21/lupe-fiasco-obama

Anyone else have any Obama grievances? Air them here.

[off to "post them here" thread]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/036c48ee-5323-4c4d-82ac-2ebd0a877d10_zps6868c2b8.jpg

20. "Loudmouth" (Ramones, 1976)

(196 points, 9 votes)

http://youtu.be/qoOWot3efxY

good timing

ha

btw the actual title of that drawing is "Robot Frog."

good timing
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius)

I was going to post that too!

The pick-up band I had at school played "Blitzkrieg Bop" one year, "Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy" the next. I tried to learn "Loudmouth" and didn't quite get it. Maybe there's a tricky change in there.

doesn't "Loudmouth" have the most impressive cold stop?

Just gave it a quick listen--I think it was the last 30 seconds that tripped me up trying to learn it. No cold stop; fade-out, like Gentle Giant.

ok what am i thinking of, then

For most of my life, I thought the Manson line in "Glad to See You Go" was "Kick the door/Light the match/You gotta go go go go..."

I'm guessing most of the songs on the first four LPs end cold? That's the way I intuitively think of them, but then I wouldn't have guessed a fade-out on "Loudmouth," either, so I don't know.

That's one hell of an art collection,by the way.

"Robot Frog" is more of a Robyn Hitchcock title tho

All credit to the artists.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/721e11c6-9dbf-4c7c-9444-ae0d682b58fc_zps975cad5b.jpg

19. "Pinhead" (Leave Home, 1977)

(203 points, 11 votes)

http://youtu.be/GT_2K4ddG7g

omg @ that picture

Yeah, that was the picture that gave me the idea to use the drawings.

And I thought the classic rock poll images would set the standard

I've still never seen Freaks.

I didn't even hear of it til years after I heard the song. It was almost disappointing to learn there was some context for Gabba Gabba beyond just Ramones weirdness.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/00139eca-14f9-4bdd-8553-4c347ce4f935_zps8432e1d1.jpg

18. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" (Leave Home, 1977)

(205 points, 12 votes)

http://youtu.be/6wd777-Iopo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/1c515351-a953-462f-9da6-ae0b2671efc4_zps6cbb23a1.jpg

17. "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" (Ramones, 1976)

(212 points, 12 votes, 1 first-place vote)

http://youtu.be/FwJnnf1Ogcw

have you ever seen that short film Punking out where Dee Dee 'explains' "Glue"?

i don't have sound, this might be it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVNYxJ4lGI

Nope, that's about his powerful bass amp.

xpost

That's not it, but great clip anyway.

His little laugh at the end there reminds me of Michael Showalter's character in WHAS.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/4396240d-6f38-41b7-abf7-070de457b4ec_zpsca7fa52d.jpg

16. "We're a Happy Family" (Rocket to Russia, 1977)

(236 points, 13 votes)

http://youtu.be/ZQlM59sDJVo

i just had black beans, not refried alas

You are also not friends with the president.

let's not p'off clemenza again

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/d1e84930-f6c1-4d3f-a6a2-1cd2584d8d8c_zps07067ec5.jpg

15. "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World" (Ramones, 1976)

(255 points, 11 votes)

http://youtu.be/z6Xae9jsqxU

Probably the only song from the s/t that I really don't care about.

Higher than Basement, Chainsaw, Glue, Havana, and Loudmouth?

such a glorious track

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/cd1f52f3-4099-49de-b986-431541baabb5_zps467dc5f8.jpg

14. "The KKK Took My Baby Away" (Pleasant Dreams, 1981)

(264 points, 14 votes, 1 first-place vote)

http://youtu.be/d7YOCoSq9_U

^^^

My dad's favorite Ramones song.