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Post subject: Re: Too Tough To Die: A Ramones thread.
Posted: Sat July 19, 2014 7:26 am
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Definitely an all-time favorite band for me. Road to Ruin may be my favorite album of theirs.
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Road to Ruin Leave Home Rocket to Russia Mondo Bizarro Brain Drain Too Tough to Die Pleasant Dreams End of the Century Ramones Acid Eaters Subterranean Jungle Adios Amigos Animal Boy Halfway to Sanity
Subterranean Jungle would rank a lot higher if it: 1- Didn't have that god-awful drum sound. 2- Didn't have that god-awful Chambers Brothers cover.
Post subject: Re: Too Tough To Die: A Ramones thread.
Posted: Sat July 19, 2014 9:18 am
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'Road to Ruin' is my favourite too, though I'm relatively unfamiliar with the band's 80s/90s output (I'm planning on working my way through them soon).
Post subject: Re: Too Tough To Die: A Ramones thread.
Posted: Sat July 19, 2014 9:23 am
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Birds in Hell wrote:
'Road to Ruin' is my favourite too, though I'm relatively unfamiliar with the band's 80s/90s output (I'm planning on working my way through them soon).
It's a mixed bag, but I really like most of it. I posted this a couple days ago, about some of the neglected material of their post-Tommy years. I think you'd like "Born to Die in Berlin" if you haven't already heard it.
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Post subject: Re: Too Tough To Die: A Ramones thread.
Posted: Sat July 19, 2014 9:53 am
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theplatypus wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
'Road to Ruin' is my favourite too, though I'm relatively unfamiliar with the band's 80s/90s output (I'm planning on working my way through them soon).
It's a mixed bag, but I really like most of it. I posted this a couple days ago, about some of the neglected material of their post-Tommy years. I think you'd like "Born to Die in Berlin" if you haven't already heard it.
Excellent, I'll have a look shortly.
I'm generally a sucker for songs about UFOs and this is no exception:
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Post subject: Re: Too Tough To Die: A Ramones thread.
Posted: Sun July 20, 2014 1:16 am
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My dad raised me on classic rock, and I'm glad, but the Ramones were one of the first bands I discovered on my own. Love them so much. Listening to Commando right now.
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seriously how the fuck did they pull these live shows off? They rip through 20 songs in 30 minutes with literally a "1,2,34!" count off between every song. You dont even have time to think about what song is next on the setlist.
Post subject: Re: Too Tough To Die: A Ramones thread.
Posted: Sun September 27, 2020 7:06 pm
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Strat wrote:
seriously how the fuck did they pull these live shows off? They rip through 20 songs in 30 minutes with literally a "1,2,34!" count off between every song. You dont even have time to think about what song is next on the setlist.
Its quite remarkable really.
By the end they were playing way too fast, to the point where every song was an indistinguishable blur and to the detriment of a lot of their more melodic tunes (especially because poor Joey can barely keep up a lot of the time).
Don't get me wrong, I love love love the Ramones and really wish I could've gotten to see them live, but those 90s shows were absurd. I get the feeling Johnny bought into their "loud and fast" reputation way too much and pushed it to absurd extremes.
seriously how the fuck did they pull these live shows off? They rip through 20 songs in 30 minutes with literally a "1,2,34!" count off between every song. You dont even have time to think about what song is next on the setlist.
Its quite remarkable really.
By the end they were playing way too fast, to the point where every song was an indistinguishable blur and to the detriment of a lot of their more melodic tunes (especially because poor Joey can barely keep up a lot of the time).
Don't get me wrong, I love love love the Ramones and really wish I could've gotten to see them live, but those 90s shows were absurd. I get the feeling Johnny bought into their "loud and fast" reputation way too much and pushed it to absurd extremes.
I can see that. Im listening to Alive II today and its just insane. Yea, the songs blend together, but its not really about them being indistingushiable except for their REALLY good songs.
I still dont know how they did it. I suppose that is where the militaristic johnny shined.
Post subject: Re: Too Tough To Die: A Ramones thread.
Posted: Sun September 27, 2020 7:12 pm
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PryTo wrote:
This has to be one of the greatest live shows of all time.
Like compare the version of "Blitzkrieg Bop" that kicks off this (great) video to the one from We're Outta Here, recorded 20 later. It's like two different bands (which I guess is kind of true since half the line-up had changed by that point).
This has to be one of the greatest live shows of all time.
Like compare the version of "Blitzkrieg Bop" that kicks off this (great) video to the one from We're Outta Here, recorded 20 later. It's like two different bands (which I guess is kind of true since half the line-up had changed by that point).
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