Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:31 pm
manny wrote:
rattpoison I have no idea how you discover all these obsure bands but another great find, thanks dude.
I believe the Exploding White Mice was an Aussie band, therefore they're from Rattpoison's 'hood. (Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, RP.)
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:04 pm
I'm not sure if Joey and the boys would find this funny, or if they'd be turning over in their collective graves...
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:07 pm
Fat Freddy wrote:
I'm not sure if Joey and the boys would find this funny, or if they'd be turning over in their collective graves...
Unfortunately, Joey sold the rights to this song for a can of Pepsi and a bag of potato chips. Seemed like a good deal at the time.
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:10 pm
MetalGuy71 wrote:
Unfortunately, Joey sold the rights to this song for a can of Pepsi and a bag of potato chips. Seemed like a good deal at the time.
Surprisingly, it's not the worst Ramones cover I've ever heard. I have a bootleg compilation of rare, weird Ramones stuff that has a 70s/disco/funk version of "Rockaway Beach" on it which is absolutely barf-inducing. I'll take Alvin and the boys' version of "Blitzkrieg Bop" any day over that thing.
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:18 pm
Fat Freddy wrote:
MetalGuy71 wrote:
Unfortunately, Joey sold the rights to this song for a can of Pepsi and a bag of potato chips. Seemed like a good deal at the time.
Surprisingly, it's not the worst Ramones cover I've ever heard. I have a bootleg compilation of rare, weird Ramones stuff that has a 70s/disco/funk version of "Rockaway Beach" on it which is absolutely barf-inducing. I'll take Alvin and the boys' version of "Blitzkrieg Bop" any day over that thing.
It's ironic there's a disco version of Rockaway Beach considering there's a repeated line in the song that says "They blast out the disco on the radio."
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:21 pm
Talkin' bout bands that were Ramones inspired, the Huntingtons were good too. Their boss man Cliffy (now in Main Line Riders) has posted here in the past but he hasn't been around in a while. The Huntingtons even released 2 albums of Ramones covers and appeared as Joey's backing band a couple of times when he did some solo gigs in the mid 90s.
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:36 pm
Funny you bring them up.
I just got back from Amazon where I ordered their Best Of. Even though I have most of The Huntingtons discs, I'm missing some of the real early ones.
I also ordered something from The Lillingtons and their subsequent band Teenage Bottlerocket. Both are described as pop punk a la Ramones, Screeching Weasel and The Queers. Since I like all three of those bands, I thought I'd take a blind shot.
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:37 pm
And yeah, this damn thread is what sent me off on a punk pop binge!
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:42 pm
tohostudios wrote:
And yeah, this damn thread is what sent me off on a punk pop binge!
sorry to be such a drain on your wallet... !!
The only Huntingtons I have is one of their Ramones tribute albums (FILE UNDER RAMONES) but I wanna check out some of their original stuff when I get the time and $. Any recommendations on that tip?
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:50 pm
I like Plastic Surgery, Rock n Roll Habits and Get Lost the best but this Best Of collection I ordered might be the best place to start.
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:57 pm
tohostudios wrote:
I like Plastic Surgery, Rock n Roll Habits and Get Lost the best but this Best Of collection I ordered might be the best place to start.
Thanx for the tip... RadRockers.com has a whole mess o'Huntingtons stuff for $4 or $5 a pop so I may check into some of the ones you mentioned.
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:01 pm
Plastic Surgery has "I Wanna Be A Ramone", one of my favorite Huntington songs.
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:20 pm
Found this on YouTube while trolling last night...the Ramones in a local TV commercial from Rochester, NY circa 1978 for the House of Guitars store...
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:47 am
Here's a band i think all Ramones fans should be into, Boston's Real Kids who were peers of the Ramones. They shared they're love of buzzsaw guitars, 60's girl group pop and 60's garage......hell even the haircuts........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-myAume_j8
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:47 am
That's good stuff RP... damn, you could tell people this was a long lost Ramones demo and they'd probably believe ya... that second guy from the left even looks like Johnny Ramone's twin brother!
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:12 am
Fat Freddy wrote:
damn, you could tell people this was a long lost Ramones demo and they'd probably believe ya
Yeah but these even more so.........
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:34 am
One of my favorite bands. Love the first four, plus: "Subterranean Jungle" and "Pleasant Dreams".
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:18 pm
apart from the classic 4 discs from RAMONES. which others are recommended. I own half way to sanity, and brain drain. other good ones out there?
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:37 pm
powermacho wrote:
apart from the classic 4 discs from RAMONES. which others are recommended. I own half way to sanity, and brain drain. other good ones out there?
Yes, 'Too Tought to Die' is a must have, great album, and 'Acid Eaters' were The Ramones cover tunes from The Doors, Amboy Dukes, Love, the Yardbirds and other 60's great rock bands.
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:25 am
Get them all. Mondo Bizarro, Adios Amigos!,Too Tough To Die,Subterranean Jungle,Animal Boy,Acid Eaters...End Of The Century and Pleasant Dreams get a lot of flack for being too poppy but I like them.
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:59 pm
rattpoison wrote:
I've got a great duet cover of Johnny Thunders "You Can't Put Your Arm Around A Memory" sung by Ronnie Spector and Joey Ramone which is brilliant. That was the song i played the other day when thinking about Joey.
RP, have you ever heard Joey's duet with Holly Beth Vincent on the Sonny & Cher chestnut "I Got You Babe?"
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:43 pm
Fat Freddy wrote:
rattpoison wrote:
I've got a great duet cover of Johnny Thunders "You Can't Put Your Arm Around A Memory" sung by Ronnie Spector and Joey Ramone which is brilliant. That was the song i played the other day when thinking about Joey.
RP, have you ever heard Joey's duet with Holly Beth Vincent on the Sonny & Cher chestnut "I Got You Babe?"
Haha, Now that's something I have heard!
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:03 am
Fat Freddy wrote:
rattpoison wrote:
I've got a great duet cover of Johnny Thunders "You Can't Put Your Arm Around A Memory" sung by Ronnie Spector and Joey Ramone which is brilliant. That was the song i played the other day when thinking about Joey.
RP, have you ever heard Joey's duet with Holly Beth Vincent on the Sonny & Cher chestnut "I Got You Babe?"
No i haven't.......strange considering i'm a big fan of Holly & The Italians. Was it a one off single kind of thing back in the day? Kinda like the Lemmy and Wendy O's "Stand By Your Man"?
The Dictators aka the "Ramones before the Ramones" did a great cover of "I Got You Babe" on their 1975 classic record "Go Girl Crazy"........which also had a cover of "California Sun".
Edit: Found it, great cover. Love it.
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Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:26 pm
rattpoison wrote:
Fat Freddy wrote:
RP, have you ever heard Joey's duet with Holly Beth Vincent on the Sonny & Cher chestnut "I Got You Babe?"
No i haven't.......strange considering i'm a big fan of Holly & The Italians. Was it a one off single kind of thing back in the day? Kinda like the Lemmy and Wendy O's "Stand By Your Man"?
Apparently it's a bonus track on this Holly Marie reissue... no idea where the song originally appeared. A B-side perhaps?
Subject: Re: How'bout some RAMONES? 
Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:31 pm
Surprisingly, it's not the worst Ramones cover I've ever heard. I have a bootleg compilation of rare, weird Ramones stuff that has a 70s/disco/funk version of "Rockaway Beach" on it which is absolutely barf-inducing. I'll take Alvin and the boys' version of "Blitzkrieg Bop" any day over that thing.
sorry to be such a drain on your wallet... !!
