The Ramones' "Chinese Rock" is superior to the Heartbreakers' version right?
Nope. A good cover but no way can you beat that Thunders guitar sound. I say cover as The Heartbreakers made it famous however Dee Dee was one it's writers.
As big of a Ramones fan as I am I still thing The Heartbreakers version is definitive, Johnny sings it like he means it, Joey sings it like it's a cover even though it was written by Dee Dee.
Legend has it, Dee Dee, Hell, Thunders and the rest were trying to come up with something as good as Heroin by the Velvets. I think they came pretty close.
The Ramones' "Chinese Rock" is superior to the Heartbreakers' version right?
Nope. A good cover but no way can you beat that Thunders guitar sound. I say cover as The Heartbreakers made it famous however Dee Dee was one it's writers.
As big of a Ramones fan as I am I still thing The Heartbreakers version is definitive, Johnny sings it like he means it, Joey sings it like it's a cover even though it was written by Dee Dee.
Legend has it, Dee Dee, Hell, Thunders and the rest were trying to come up with something as good as Heroin by the Velvets. I think they came pretty close.
I prefer Chinese Rock(s) to VU's Heroin. It's worth mentioning that The Ramones didn't originally want the song.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
Maybe it's like how it took me forever to appreciation the Beach Boys' "Do You Wanna Dance?" because it was soooo much slower than the Ramones' version, but the faster tempo does more for me than the Thunders version. Doesn't mean much for me that Joey didn't write the lyrics because he didn't write a shit ton of Ramones lyrics.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
The Ramones' "Chinese Rock" is superior to the Heartbreakers' version right?
Nope. A good cover but no way can you beat that Thunders guitar sound. I say cover as The Heartbreakers made it famous however Dee Dee was one it's writers.
As big of a Ramones fan as I am I still thing The Heartbreakers version is definitive, Johnny sings it like he means it, Joey sings it like it's a cover even though it was written by Dee Dee.
Legend has it, Dee Dee, Hell, Thunders and the rest were trying to come up with something as good as Heroin by the Velvets. I think they came pretty close.
I prefer Chinese Rock(s) to VU's Heroin. It's worth mentioning that The Ramones didn't originally want the song.
I've heard that too but they played almost every show from 1980 onwards
The Ramones' "Chinese Rock" is superior to the Heartbreakers' version right?
Nope. A good cover but no way can you beat that Thunders guitar sound. I say cover as The Heartbreakers made it famous however Dee Dee was one it's writers.
As big of a Ramones fan as I am I still thing The Heartbreakers version is definitive, Johnny sings it like he means it, Joey sings it like it's a cover even though it was written by Dee Dee.
Legend has it, Dee Dee, Hell, Thunders and the rest were trying to come up with something as good as Heroin by the Velvets. I think they came pretty close.
I prefer Chinese Rock(s) to VU's Heroin. It's worth mentioning that The Ramones didn't originally want the song.
I've heard that too but they played almost every show from 1980 onwards
True but they ignored it for 5 years being written in '75.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
I always thought it strange when they eventually did record it. I'm sure I remember reading a story where it was said they recorded their version to right the wrong of Thunders/Nolan/Wrath stealing the writing credits. I may have imagined this though.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
I always thought it strange when they eventually did record it. I'm sure I remember reading a story where it was said they recorded their version to right the wrong of Thunders/Nolan/Wrath stealing the writing credits. I may have imagined this though.
As I recall, Johnny didn't want to do a song about heroin, but relaxed this policy when the group started to become less prolific in their songwriting.
a lifetime serving one machine
Is ten times worse than prison
I always thought it strange when they eventually did record it. I'm sure I remember reading a story where it was said they recorded their version to right the wrong of Thunders/Nolan/Wrath stealing the writing credits. I may have imagined this though.
As I recall, Johnny didn't want to do a song about heroin, but relaxed this policy when the group started to become less prolific in their songwriting.
Destroying your brain cells with Carbona was always preferable to Johnny.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
I always thought it strange when they eventually did record it. I'm sure I remember reading a story where it was said they recorded their version to right the wrong of Thunders/Nolan/Wrath stealing the writing credits. I may have imagined this though.
As I recall, Johnny didn't want to do a song about heroin, but relaxed this policy when the group started to become less prolific in their songwriting.
They needed the album filler after the "Just Say No!" rap was rejected by the record label.
The opinions are semi-interesting, but it's a great run-through of what else was nominated and they mention great albums from the given year that weren't even nominated. Kinda fascinating.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
The opinions are semi-interesting, but it's a great run-through of what else was nominated and they mention great albums from the given year that weren't even nominated. Kinda fascinating.
I remember that REM considered (jokingly) calling a record Unforgettable after losing to Natalie Cole.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft