Thanks for the post; it's been decades since I've rocked the It's Alive double LP and this looks like it will scratch that itch.
My favorite song from the bruddas has always been "Loudmouth" from the first LP. Pure American poetry.
You're a loudmouth baby
You better shut up
I'm gonna beat you up
'Cause you're a loudmouth babe posted by porn in the woods at 10:12 AM on October 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
I dreamed about the Ramones last night. Very much on the strange side of things to wake up to this post.
My dream also contained MDMA. Think you could slide some this way? posted by item at 10:16 AM on October 7, 2007
would you settle for a can of Schlitz? posted by jonmc at 10:44 AM on October 7, 2007
Eh, I've got half a case of Tacate left from last night. This being the Ramones, you could've at least offered me a bottle of Boone's.</small posted by item at 10:52 AM on October 7, 2007
Oh, good. jonmc's already posted. posted by eriko at 10:56 AM on October 7, 2007
Great post.
I saw the Ramones once. At the godawful Vogue in Indy. But, sweet-jeebus, what a show! It was like someone fired-up a buzzsaw and didn't stop til the hour was up. Hard, loud and fuckingfast. posted by Thorzdad at 10:58 AM on October 7, 2007
Oh, cool. Thanks, monju! posted by sveskemus at 11:17 AM on October 7, 2007
their album produced by the now-infamous Phil Spector
Phil Spector has been infamous for a long, long time. It's just only recently that he's become CourtTV-infamous.
Great quality... nice energy in these recordings. I saw the Ramones a couple of times at my sister's college in the Bronx when I was a kid in the 80s. I don't remember Joey doing any in-between song banter at either of those shows. This is a real treat. posted by psmealey at 11:25 AM on October 7, 2007
(since it's Canadian thanksgiving and all) posted by fleetmouse at 12:17 PM on October 7, 2007
Ha! I bought this years ago on tape at the old Bleeker Bob's record store in NYC. Still sounds great today. posted by cazoo at 12:44 PM on October 7, 2007
(since it's Canadian thanksgiving and all)
There's nothing Canadian about that link.
Gobble Gobble Hey! was a CD by a Toronto band called Slutarted. Cover is NSFW. posted by dobbs at 1:16 PM on October 7, 2007
I saw the Ramones back in '94 at a festival in St. Louis. And it was cool because it was The Ramones and they sounded like the Ramones and everything.... but I just can't get excited about their bootlegs.
They don't do anything differently live then they do on their albums. I mean, it's not like they're going to bust out and start improvising or something. posted by Afroblanco at 2:19 PM on October 7, 2007
They're no King Crimson, but they're okay, I guess. posted by DenOfSizer at 2:28 PM on October 7, 2007
I mean, it's not like they're going to bust out and start improvising or something.
That was kind of the whole point of the Ramones, dude. :) posted by jonmc at 2:32 PM on October 7, 2007
Right, but the whole point of collecting bootlegs is to hear the band doing something that they didn't do on the album.
Otherwise, you might as well just listen to the album, since the sound quality is better. posted by Afroblanco at 2:48 PM on October 7, 2007
I remember a Ramones article in Spin sometime in the 1980s where Joey recalls recording End of the Centurywith Phil Spector.
According to Joey, Phil would get trashed on Manishevitz wine during the recording sessions and stomp around saying guttural nonsense like "Piss! Shit! Fuck! Fuck this shit!"
If the Ramones attempted to leave at this point, Phil would just brandish his revolver to quell the dissent. posted by porn in the woods at 4:35 PM on October 7, 2007
I do so enjoy listening to the Ramones, thank you Monju. posted by Divine_Wino at 5:10 PM on October 7, 2007
Gabba Gabba Hey, eh? Well, now I know where they got the title inspiration for this. posted by davejay at 8:48 PM on October 7, 2007
How weird is it that the DRUMMERS are the only Ramones still living?
I saw them in Dallas, with Marky on drums. posted by yhbc at 9:03 PM on October 7, 2007
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