seems like Swallow My Pride won the implicit Leave Home poll. sweet!
― g simmel, Thursday, 28 August 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
YESwas getting worried about that one
― bunny slopes, Thursday, 28 August 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
so good
― sleeve, Thursday, 28 August 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
Hey Daddio...the Basement got hosed
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 28 August 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
I was the only #1 vote for "Oh Oh I Love Her So"?? Utter madness.
― JRN, Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:40 (nine years ago) link
Wart Hog, R.I.P.― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, August 28, 2014 3:18 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I put "Wart Hog" at #5 in the vain hope that that would bump it up enough to place :( I wonder how many votes it got.
― JRN, Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:43 (nine years ago) link
Couple more for today.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/4f55e740-0ff5-4c42-adfa-ab9acbe5df7d_zpsde26bc5c.jpg
12. "Cretin Hop" (Rocket to Russia, 1977)
(276 points, 14 votes)
http://youtu.be/7ymeuOz0hZU
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
I got nothing on this one. 14 of you?
― how's life, Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
There's no stoppin the cretins from hoppin.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
yeah c'mon this is a great album opener
― sleeve, Friday, 29 August 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
too true.
― how's life, Friday, 29 August 2014 00:06 (nine years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/e67c3583-8708-4974-8718-ea470ee80550_zps9bd0861b.jpg
11. "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" (Single, 1985)
(280 points, 13 votes, 1 first-place vote)
http://youtu.be/Su0Hvt6hTmA
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
Never a fan of "Cretin Hop." It signals kind of a change for me--doesn't have the power of the first album or the beauty of the second; it's just novelty. I'm the rare person who, "Sheena" aside, likes Rocket to Russia the least of the first four.
"Bonzo," on the other hand, is brilliant. I've posted the School of Rock clip two or three times elsewhere...
― clemenza, Friday, 29 August 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link
Everything about "Bonzo" makes me happy.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link
Coming from Joey, the way he uses the word "somehow" is perfect.
― clemenza, Friday, 29 August 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
"Wart Hog" was my #7 vote. Thought it might slip in at the bottom. Not confident about its chances anymore.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Friday, 29 August 2014 00:14 (nine years ago) link
Ah, there's something from Animal Boy - finally! Was expecting this one, of course, but still great. God, I was so shocked when I heard the bells in this, but it struck me immediately and was my first favorite song off of my first Ramones album. Joey sounds so sad.
― how's life, Friday, 29 August 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
The live version of Bonzo is epic. My favorite Joey vocal.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 29 August 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link
Which live version?
― JRN, Friday, 29 August 2014 03:57 (nine years ago) link
like many of you (I assume), I have the 12"
http://www.somanyrecordssolittletime.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/RamonesBonzo.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 August 2014 11:19 (nine years ago) link
was it Johnny or the suits who got the title slightly amended for the LP?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 August 2014 11:42 (nine years ago) link
Johnny, by all accounts.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 12:51 (nine years ago) link
I bet the suits had some hand in it. Sire Records said the reason they didn't release the single stateside was both "financial and political".
Funny, I just watched this interview last night where both Dee Dee and Joey sorta halfassedly defend Reagan to a British interviewer (around the 4 minute mark). It really feels like they are dealing with the fallout from a battle they had lost against Johnny/Sire/whoever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnjQo9hhiOY
― how's life, Friday, 29 August 2014 13:01 (nine years ago) link
Says a lot about the difference between US and UK punk that it took the Ramones 10 years to record their "God Save the Queen."
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 13:21 (nine years ago) link
Ford, Carter just too middle-of-the-road for outright punk rock rebellion, I guess.
― how's life, Friday, 29 August 2014 13:23 (nine years ago) link
I really don't know anything about those guys though. Correct me if I'm wrong.
― how's life, Friday, 29 August 2014 13:24 (nine years ago) link
They could've written "Pardon Me, Jerry."
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 13:25 (nine years ago) link
My understanding is that the only lefty among the (first five) Ramones was Marky
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 August 2014 13:39 (nine years ago) link
Cretin Hop, too low
― voodoo chili, Friday, 29 August 2014 13:47 (nine years ago) link
Into the top 10 we go.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/b43dc35d-30bc-4836-b3f2-735428cfa2b0_zps9e86ccf8.jpg
10. "Teenage Lobotomy" (Rocket to Russia, 1977)
(324 points, 14 votes, 1 first-place vote)
http://youtu.be/6ssoBUb2cJk
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
"Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em/ That I got no cerebellum" belongs on any list of Greatest Couplets Ever.
unassailably true
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 August 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
Followed closely by, "Now I'll have to break the news/ That I got no mind to lose."
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
One more before lunch.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/5f6ebcd2-f9cc-4fc8-a446-16ab59b32586_zps2e39bfae.jpg
9. "Rock 'n' Roll High School" (Rock 'n' Roll High School OST, 1979; End of the Century, 1980)
(327 points, 19 votes)
http://youtu.be/J4P4ln781D0
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
I figured we wouldn't split votes acc to the two versions, so I didn't specify. (I assume Spector re-recorded them rather than remixed it?)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 August 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
I think so, because wasn't this one of the ones where he made Johnny play his part like 100 times?
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
Didn't make my ballot (Rockaway Beach ousted it from my corny 60s throwback tunes slot). Dee Dee is fucking hilarious in this video.
― how's life, Friday, 29 August 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/6dee75f9-2c18-4d43-afec-d514b9355988_zps799c73eb.jpg
8. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (Ramones, 1976)
(329 points, 16 votes)
http://youtu.be/iS8oYNK73Ek
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 17:19 (nine years ago) link
cuet!
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 August 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0VOiNxC2Ao
― how's life, Friday, 29 August 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
Didn't make my ballot, but this is obviously such a great song. Could totally hear it with an "Everyday"-style arrangement with glockenspeil or something.
― how's life, Friday, 29 August 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link
So important to the first album, too -- signaled their pop chops from the get-go.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/430e8407-98c5-4b40-9ba1-8340d85bd4b1_zpsb13f57c1.jpg
7. 53rd & 3rd (Ramones, 1976)
(333 points, 13 votes, 3 first-place votes)
http://youtu.be/3qcMjKxt-dE
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
My understanding is that the only lefty among the (first five) Ramones was Marky― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, August 29, 2014 8:39 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think Joey was a liberal type of dude. Whether he counted as a "lefty" is I suppose a matter of interpretation.
― JRN, Friday, 29 August 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Seems like Joey was liberal in inclination but not really very political until "Bonzo" and "Sun City."
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
he had a totally right-wing financial advisor woman in his latter years iirc
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 August 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
I think Wanna Be Your Boyfriend is the one with seven (!!) chords in it
somewhere there is an ILM thread where people discuss the number of chords per song on the debut
― sleeve, Friday, 29 August 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
"53rd & 3rd" such a weird, complicated song. "You're the one they never pick" vs. "Then I took out my razor blade."
I saw an interview clip with Dee Dee from the early 2000s where he is obviously really tired of answering questions about the song.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/daa4a296-8c85-4b9a-98ea-e3505e2405c8_zps61b74b9e.jpg
6. "Beat on the Brat" (Ramones, 1976)
(346 points, 15 votes)
http://youtu.be/3HUGeA2lur4
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 August 2014 17:54 (nine years ago) link
"53rd & 3rd" the closest they ever got, sound-wise, to their queens borough-mates kiss.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 29 August 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link