...ed in principio era il Rock, poi il punk... ma per loro è sempre stato Punk'n'Roll.
Verso la fine della loro lunghissima carriera i newyorchesi si chiudono in studio per regalarsi e regalarci un disco interamente di cover.
I pezzi che compongono questo "Acid Eaters" sono un omaggio che i nostri portano ai loro idoli degli anni '60 quando i Ramones adolescenti si riempivano di Surf Rock e Garage. La particolarità di un disco del genere è la forza con cui i Ramones stravolgono le versioni originali e ce le ripropongono nel loro miglior stile, con il loro e solo loro "sound" che si impone come marchio di fabbrica.
Altro punto a favore del disco è il manifesto intento di portare a conoscenza del grande pubblico quelle che furono le loro influenze principali e che fecero sì che in seguito nacque una ISTITUZIONE del rock... ovvero i quattro caschetti, tutto chiodo e jeans strappati, conosciuti come The Ramones.
Dodici canzoni che spaziano dagli Stones ai The Who, Bob Dylan, passando per Animals e Ted Nugent ed arrivando a coverizzare un "certo" Brian Wilson fino ai Jefferson Airplane.
Un disco - invito anche a scavare indietro nel tempo e documentarsi sulle versioni originali, per poter apprezzare di più (o di meno... de gustibus of course) le versioni a là Ramones.
Insomma qua dentro trovate quello che era e quello che è diventato.
"SurfCity" che fa muovere gambe e bacino e vi farà surfare sulla sedia di casa, una sempreverde e tiratissima "Substitute" impreziosita dalla presenza del Sig. Pete Townshend nelle backing vocals.
"My Back Pages" conferma come CJ Ramone abbia portato una ventata di freschezza (e incazzatura) nel sound dei Ramones verso il loro tramonto, pezzo bellissimo nel più classico dell'approccio del quartetto Hey-Ho.
Il rock rivive e bene... "The Shape of things to come" a firma Barry Mann e consorte e portata al successo nel 1968 da Max Frost & The Troopers.
E non è tutto, ma non vi dico altro. Disco da avere per svariati motivi, cultura musicale, passione o se Fan sfegatati dei Ramones, sappiate bene che questo può essere considerato a tutti gli effetti un loro disco tale è il coinvolgimento, divertimento, la spinta e la carica emotiva contenute in poco più di trenta minuti.
Com'è che si diceva... GABBA GABBA HEY!!!
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01 Journey to the Center of the Mind (02:52)
Leave your cares behind
Come with us and find
The pleasures of a journey to the center of the mind
Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land inside of your mind
Beyond the seas of thought
Beyone the realm of what
Across the streams of hopes and dreams where things are really not
Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land inside of your mind
But please realise
You'll probably be surprised
For it's the land unknown to man
Where fantasy is fact
So if you can, please understand
You might not come back
Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land inside and you'll see
How happy life could be
If all of mankind
Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
Center of the mind
02 Substitute (03:15)
You think we look pretty good together
You think my shoes are made of leather
But I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah
Substitute your lies for fact
I can see right through your plastic mac
I look all white, but my dad was black
My fine looking suit is really made out of sack
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south
And now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by
Substitute me for him
Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you for my mum
At least I'll get my washing done
04 The Shape of Things to Come (01:46)
There's a new sun Risin' up angry in the sky
And there's a new voice Sayin' "we're not afraid to die"
Let the old world make believe It's blind and deaf and dumb
But nothing can change the shape of things to come
There are changes Lyin' ahead in every road
And there are new thoughts Ready and waiting to explode
When tomorrow is today The bells may toll for some
But nothing can change the shape of things to come
The future's comin' in, now Sweet and strong
Ain't no-one gonna hold it back for long
There are new dreams Crowdin' out old realities
There's revolution Sweepin' in like a fresh new breeze
Let the old world make believe It's blind and deaf and dumb
(But) nothing can change the shape of things [4X]
To come
06 When I Was Young (03:16)
The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then
And times were very hard When I was young When I was young
I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls I had a that yen
And I had quite a ball When I was young
When I was young it was more important
Pain more painful and laughter much louder, yeah
When I was young When I was young
I met my first love at thirteen She was brown, and I was pretty green
And I learned quite a lot When I was young When I was young
When I was young it was more important
Pain more painful and laughter much louder, yeah
When I was young
When I was young
My faith was so much stronger then I believed in fellow men
And I was so much older then When I was young
When I was young When I was young...
12 Surf City (02:26)
(J Berry/B Wilson)
Two girls for every boy. (While this line was sung on the original,
Johnny’s guitar plays this as a melody)
I bought a ’34 wagon and we call it a woodie
Surf City, here we come
You know, it's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goodie
Surf City, here we come
Well, it ain't got a backseat or a rear window
But it still gets me where I wanna go
And we're goin' Surf City, 'Cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' Surf City, gonna have some fun
Yeah we're goin' Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' Surf City, gonna have some fun, now
They say they never roll the streets up, ‘cause there's always something goin'
Surf City, here we come
You know, they're either out surfin' or they got a party growin'
Surf City, here we come
Well it's two swingin' honeys for every guy
And all you gotta do is just wink your eye
And we're goin' Surf City, 'Cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' Surf City, gonna have some fun
Yeah we're goin' Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' Surf City, gonna have some fun, now
two girls for every boy
And if my woody breaks down on me somewhere on that Surf Route
Surf City, here we come
I'll strap my board to my back and hitch a ride in my wet-suit
Surf City, here we come
And when I get to Surf City, I'll be shootin' the curl
And checkin' out the parties for surfer girls
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