The Ramones song you're thinking about right now

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Silent Majority wrote:
14 Feb 2018, 8:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
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This is an example of a cover that sounds like it should be the original and the original a cover (e.g., Wire & R.E.M., "Strange").
I want more from the vocal, but that's cool.
Her style on all Postmarks records is understated, presumably to suggest a kind of 1960s continental cool.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Feb 2018, 9:06pm
Silent Majority wrote:
14 Feb 2018, 8:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Feb 2018, 8:52pm


This is an example of a cover that sounds like it should be the original and the original a cover (e.g., Wire & R.E.M., "Strange").
I want more from the vocal, but that's cool.
Her style on all Postmarks records is understated, presumably to suggest a kind of 1960s continental cool.
Very nice. Kinda takes the song back to the Shangri-La's and other 60's girls bands. I'm sure Joey would approve of that.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Feb 2018, 9:06pm
Silent Majority wrote:
14 Feb 2018, 8:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Feb 2018, 8:52pm


This is an example of a cover that sounds like it should be the original and the original a cover (e.g., Wire & R.E.M., "Strange").
I want more from the vocal, but that's cool.
Her style on all Postmarks records is understated, presumably to suggest a kind of 1960s continental cool.
I think the more suitable style for it would be super emotional soulful belting, like Darlene Love or Ronnie Spector would do.
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Wow, their really fucked this one up. End of the century third worst? Leave Home not #1? Madness.

I was just listening to adios amigos and mondo bizarro yesterday. I'd challenge a random person to find a major difference in quality between those albums and most of the rest of the Ramones output.
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07 Apr 2023, 8:26am
Wow, their really fucked this one up. End of the century third worst? Leave Home not #1? Madness.

I was just listening to adios amigos and mondo bizarro yesterday. I'd challenge a random person to find a major difference in quality between those albums and most of the rest of the Ramones output.
I kinda wonder if there is now, however unconsciously, an inclination to downgrade any record associated with Phil Spector.
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My biggest gripes with this list are that Jungle and Mondo are ranked too high and Century and Dreams are ranked too low. Also, no way Brain Drain is #7. I rate it a notch higher than Acid Eaters as their worst. Glad to see Halfway getting a little love. It's underrated. Also, Rocket is slightly better than their debut and I'm okay with Leave Home at #3.
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Flex wrote:
07 Apr 2023, 8:26am
Wow, their really fucked this one up. End of the century third worst? Leave Home not #1? Madness.
Floy.

Also "She's a Sensation" and "Return of Jackie and Judy" are great.
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Haven't spent too much time with their 80s output, but god damn they still had random ass deep cuts with terrific hooks:
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.

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