Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! Perhaps for the first time finding the band flirting with the very edge of self parody, I WANNA BE WELL avoids taking the full pl...
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Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! ROCKET TO RUSSIA featured an unprecedented pair of cover versions, one of only a handful of career instances in which the band lea...
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It's December, good time to reblog: IF THERE AINT NO SNOW: TOP 10 RAMONES WINTER SKETCHES--LIST #9 http://ramoneshummingasickeningtune.blogspot.com/2013/12/if-there-aint-no-snow-top-10-...
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Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! Side 2 of ROCKET TO RUSSIA bursts forth with a track which draws inspiration from the sub genre of 50s exploitation films whose pl...
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RAMONES: HUMMING A SICKENING TUNE (and my related piece THE RAMONES' OTHER DEBUT ALBUM from BUNCOMBE SHINOLA) were recently featured in a article written by JOSH JONES about the the RAMONES'...
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RAMONES: HUMMING A SICKENING TUNE has been on hiatus as I have moved again. While I tie up a few last details, here is a re-edit of CHOP HER UP AND I DON'T CARE from my other blog BUNCOMBE S...
http://ramoneshummingasickeningtune.blogspot.com/2014/03/chop-her-up-and-i-dont-care-redux-top.html
Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! There can be little doubt that WE'RE A HAPPY FAMILY was intended to be a sequel of sorts to the previous album's PINHEAD : another...
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So i wanted to take a day to let this sink in before reposting. Yesterday, C.J. RAMONE posted some extremely kind words about the RAMONES blog i've been working on-- just about the highest k...
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Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! The manner in which this project is sequenced brings us to an awkward situation with SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER, one of the RAMONES...
Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! If I DON'T CARE wasn't the very first stab at songwriting by JOEY, it was among the twentyish hopeful's very earliest attempts. Acco...
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Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! While the first two RAMONES lps each featured one stab at pure, energetic pop (see LISTEN TO MY HEART and SWALLOW MY PRIDE ), ROCK...
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Wintertime in NYC is a confounding cauldron of clashing extremes, and this is reflected in the music of the RAMONES. On one hand, a dazzling postcard of ice capades noir where Breugel meets ...
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Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! Little that the RAMONES had recorded up to this point could have prepared their audience for the stunning terrain which would be emba...
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Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! Diminished in stature only by the later appearance of a superior derivative (ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL), ROCKAWAY BEACH is another...
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Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! The RAMONES' trademark LP kicks off with an extremely uncharacteristic barrage of open chord, power strummed, lone guitar. The uns...
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Image via THIS AINT THE SUMMER OF LOVE . Thanks! The RAMONES maintained a frenzied work rate through 1977, releasing their third LP ROCKET TO RUSSIA 18 months and change after t...
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Image by DANCEHALL21! For more of her great work, click here (DANCEHALL21 ) or links at the end of the blog! It's been an interesting reversal over time: Originally considered so raw and a...
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Sorry for the lag in posts, I'm in the middle of moving. The next list RAMONES TOP TEN LOVE SONGS is almost finished. Until then, here's a piece i put together that didn't quite fit in over ...
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The remaining LEAVE HOME Expanded CD bonus offerings comprise an entire live performance at the ROXY in Hollywood from August of 1976-- indeed, their first major trip away from 'HOME.' It re...
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BABYSITTER had been set aside as a probable 45 b-side, but after the CARBONA NOT GLUE panic heated up (see CARBONA NOT GLUE--Leave Home 5 ) this track was chosen to take its place for the ne...
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Interestingly, the RAMONES opted to wrap up LEAVE HOME with this track instead of PINHEAD-- a song bursting with obvious climactic potential-- which was left to conclude side 1 of the LP. Th...
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One of LEAVE HOME's bigger disappointments, YOU'RE GONNA KILL THAT GIRL had been an early demo (see THE RAMONES' OTHER DEBUT ALBUM ) strong enough to trigger an offer from SIRE records for...
This deceptively contradictory rocker pitted two already prevalent thematic terrains into an anthem so absurd as to border on dadaist. JOHNNY's patriotic militarisms clash head on with the G...
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The RAMONES often insisted that they almost immediately resorted to a shouted 1-2-3-4 start to their songs due to an inability to master the 'silent count.' Soon, however, the novelty of the...
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The RAMONES had a problem. Although they had performed the oldie CALIFORNIA SUN in their sets from the very beginning, the friendly neighborhood competition (and aesthetic cousins) THE DICTA...
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