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I Ramones: 2263 concerti in oltre 22 anni di carriera che ne hanno sancito lo status di maggiore punk band di tutti i tempi. Il 30 marzo del '74 ci fu il primo, storico, show; il 6 agosto del '96 si svolse l'ultimo.
29 febbraio '96, poco più di 5 mesi prima la band del Queens saliva sul palco del "The Academy" di NY, davanti quindi al pubblico di casa, per suonare uno dei tanti concerti del loro tour d'addio, ma anche per registrare il loro terzo live album ufficiale: quello che si sarebbe chiamato semplicemente con l'amblematico titolo di "Greatest Hits Live". Pubblico di casa come dicevo, "Here we are... home sweet home New York City" le prime parole di Joey dopo la classica introduzione spaghetti western con "Il Buono, Il Brutto e Il Cattivo" e la sparata "Durango 95", anche questo live è pronto a iniziare.
"Blizgrieg Bop", "Do You Remember Rock n' roll Radio", "I Wanna Be Sedeted": 3 classicissimi che non necessitano certo di spiegazione, la band c'è, pronta e reattiva; la cover di "Spider Man" è la prima chicca degna di nota, presente solo come traccia fantasma nell'ultimo album "Adios Amigos" ci ha messo poco però a diventare un classico. Altri classici sparati nella consueta spersonica velocità: "I Don't Wanna Grow Up", "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" e "Rockaway Beach", la nota è Joey: chi conosce i Ramones sa che negi anni 90 soprattutto il grande frontman mostrava evidenti segni di cedimento, i tanti anni sul palco avevano evidentemente finito per logorarlo e si notavano le prime avvisaglie dei suoi malanni; appesantito e affaticato, a stento tiene per tutta la durata dei brani. Il vecchio leone prova ancora a ruggire con tutta la sua forza, ma non ce la fa del tutto.
A questo punto si fa spazio CJ, il bassista che qualche anno prima aveva sostituito l'ormai arrivato Dee Dee, totalmente perso per la causa; "Strenght To Endure" e "Cretin Family": 2 pezzi provenienti rispettivamente da "Mondo Bizarro" e "Adios Amigos". Una nota per questo particolare componente è dovuta: non era certo facile prendere il posto del precedente, mitico, Dee Dee, ma negli anni CJ si è saputo meritare il rispetto e la stima di tutti i fans della band, la sua totale dedizione alla causa è da sottolineare come il prezioso sostegno che ha saputo offrire a Joey nei live. Il giovane da come detto fiato al grande vocalist con 2 ottimi pezzi, in particolare il primo.
Pronti per ripartire con altri 2 classici: "Do You Wanna Dance" e "We're A Happy Family" in cui torna il famoso singer, la sua forma non cambia ma il risultato è certamente dignitoso come il resto dell'album; dopo "The Crusher" (pezzo di Dee Dee inserito originariamente nel suo primo album da solista, sotto la sciagurato nome "Dee Dee King), con nuovamente CJ alla voce, le ultime 3 "53rd & 3rd", "Beat On The Brat" e la gran chiusura "Pet Sematary" rappresentano l'apice di questo live: 3 pezzi come sempre anfetaminici per chiudere questo ennesimo concerto. Per finire il tutto troviamo 2 primizie: la cover degli amici motorhead "R.A.M.O.N.E.S.", questa volta cantata da Joey invece che da CJ, e "Any Way You Want It", cover dei The Dave Clark Five. A conti fatti le ultime registrazioni di studio del gruppo.
Questo non è certo il miglior live album della grande band newyorkese, non è quella straordinaria operazione, che più che un album era una vera e propria antologia live, di "Loco Live"; ne tantomeno la pietra miliare "It's Alive", ma una dignitosissima testimonianza degli ultimi Ramones, quelli che di li a pochi mesi avrebbero posto fine alla loro leggenda entrando direttamente nel mito.
A questo "Greatest Hits Live" seguirà "We're Outta Here", quarto e ultimo live, postumi esclusi, dei 4 fratelli; un live quello pieno di ospiti a celebrare come una festa l'ultimo giorno di scuola, l'ultimo giorno della loro inarrivabile storia. Per finire si può però dire, a favore di questo disco, che rispetto al precedente "Loco Live" è sì meno sostanzioso e corposo, ma più fedele alla concezione punk: 16 pezzi per poco più di mezz'ora, questi sono stati i grandi Ramones.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 Blitzkrieg Bop (01:37)
Hey ho, let's go
Hey ho, let's go
Hey ho, let's go
Hey ho, let's go
They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
Blitzkrieg Bop
They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat
Pulsating to the back beat
Blitzkrieg Bop
Hey ho, let's go
Shoot them in the back now
What they want, I don't know
They're all revved up and ready to go
They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
Blitzkrieg Bop
They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat
Pulsating to the back beat
Blitzkrieg Bop
Hey ho, let's go
Shoot them in the back now
What they want, I don't know
They're all reved up and ready to go
They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
Blitzkrieg Bop
They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat
Pulsating to the back beat
Blitzkrieg Bop
Hey ho, let's go
Hey ho, let's go
Hey ho, let's go
Hey ho, let's go
04 I Wanna Be Sedated (02:06)
Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, nowhere to go home,
I wanna be sedated
Just, get me to the airport, put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry, before I go insane
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my brain
Oh no oh-oh oh-oh
Twenty-twenty twenty-four hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, nowhere to go home,
I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair, get me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry, before I go insane
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my brain
Oh no oh-oh oh-oh
Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, nowhere to go home,
I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair and get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry, before I gonna go
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my toes
Oh no oh-oh oh-oh
Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, nowhere to go home,
I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair, get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry, before I gonna go
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my toes
Oh no oh-oh oh-oh
Ba-ba-baba baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated
05 Spider-man (01:48)
1,2,3,4...
Spider-man, Spider-man, does whatever a spider can,
Spins a web, any size, catches thieves, just like flies,
Look out... here comes the Spider-man
Is he strong? Listen bud; he's got radioactive blood.
Can he swing from a thread? take a look over head.
Hey there, there goes the Spider-man.
In the chill of the night at the scene of a crime,
Like a stream of light he arrives just in time.
Spider-man, Spider-man friendly neighborhood Spider-man,
Wealth and fame he's ignored, action is his reward.
To him, life is a great big bang up,
wherever there's a hang up, you'll find the Spider-man!
06 I Don't Want to Grow Up (02:23)
When I'm lying in my bed at night
I don't wanna grow up
Nothing ever seems to turn out right
I don't wanna grow up
How do you move in a world of fog that's
Always changing things
Makes wish that I could be a dog
When I see the price that you pay
I don't wanna grow up
I don't ever want to be that way
I don't wanna grow up
Seems that folks turn into things
That they never want
The only thing to live for is today...
I'm gonna put a hole in my T.V. set
I don't wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest
I don't wanna grow up
I don't wanna have to shout it out
I don't want my hair to fall out
I don't wanna be filled with doubt
I don't wanna be a good boy scout
I don't wanna have to learn to count
I don't wanna have the biggest amount
I don't wanna grow up
Well when I see my parents fight
I don't wanna grow up
They all go out and drinkin' all night
I don't wanna grow up
I'd rather stay here in my room
Nothin' out there but sad and gloom
I don't wanna live in a big old tomb on grand street
When I see the 5 o'clock news
I don't wanna grow up
Comb their hair and shine their shoes
I don't wanna grow up
07 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (01:45)
Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go
They're ready to go now
They got their surfboards
And they're going to the Discotheque Au Go Go
But she just couldn't stay
She had to break away
Well New York City really has it all
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now.
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now.
She's a punk punk, a punk rocker
Punk punk, a punk rocker
Punk punk, a punk rocker.
Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go
They're ready to go now
They got their surfboards
And they're going to the Discotheque Au Go Go
But she just couldn't stay
She had to break away
Well New York City really has it all
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now.
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now.
She's a punk punk, a punk rocker
Punk punk, a punk rocker
Punk punk, a punk rocker.
08 Rockaway Beach (01:32)
Chewin' out a rhythm on my bubble gum
The sun is out and I want some
It's not hard, not far to reach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach
Up on the roof, out on the street
Down in the playground, the hot concrete
Bus ride is too slow
They blast out the disco on the radio
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach
It's not hard, not far to reach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway beach
It's not hard, not far to reach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway beach
Chewin' out a rhythm on my bubble gum
The sun is out and I want some
It's not hard, not far to reach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach
Up on the roof, out on the street
Down in the playground, the hot concrete
Bus ride is too slow
They blast out the disco on the radio
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
Rock, rock, Rockaway Beach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach
09 Strength to Endure (02:40)
Walking through the cross fire heart
Feeling heavy and hopeless
Wonderin' how I ever will see through this darkness
Every drop of blood can be so beautiful
And I sure was bleedin' the drops by the bucketful
I have the strength to endure
And all the love so pure
I have the strength to endure
Because, because...
I'm not afraid to tell her
Just how things work
Ride a hurricane through the fast lane
Always looking over my shoulder
She said, "there's something about you, and neon lights always glow hot
Baby we can see this through
Just give all the strenght you've got"
I have the strength to endure
And all the love so pure
I have the strength to endure
Because, because...
I'm not afraid to tell her
Just how things work
Ride a hurricane through the fast lane
Always looking over my shoulder
She said, "there's something about you, and neon lights always glow hot
Baby we can see this through
Just give all the strenght you've got"
I have the strength to endure
And all the love so pure
I have the strength to endure
Because, because...
12 We're a Happy Family (01:28)
We're a happy family
we're a happy family
we're a happy family
me mom and daddy
We're a happy family
we're a happy family
we're a happy family
me mom and daddy
Sitting here in Queens
eating refried beans
we're in all the magazines
gulpin' down thorazines
we ain't got no friends
our troubles never end
no Christmas cards to send
Daddy likes men
Daddy's telling lies
baby's eating flies
mommy's on pills
baby's got the chills
I'm friends with the president
I'm friends with the pope
we're all making a fortune
selling daddy's dope
Sitting here in Queens
eating refried beans
we're in all the magazines
gulpin' down thorazines
we ain't got no friends
our troubles never end
no Christmas cards to send
Daddy likes men
We're a happy family
we're a happy family
we're a happy family
me mom and daddy
We're a happy family
we're a happy family
we're a happy family
me mom and daddy...
13 The Crusher (02:09)
Now I wanna wrestle in the garden
I'm on my way to stardom
I know I'm ready I know I'm great
But first I have to get in shape
Cause I've got my eyes on the Russian Bear
Gonna tear him up I swear
This guy thinks he's the champion
Gonna take his belt and beat him!
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm ready for a match with the Russian Bear
Gonna pile drive him pull his hair
I might have a foreign object in my trunks
I might have to use on that punk
Got the hardest hold you can put on anyone
If you're my victim you're beaten
I'm a lean mean fighting machine
Powerful and strong like King Kong
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm the crusher king of the ring
Started having second thought I was scared as hell
The last thing I wanted was to hear them ring the bell
I mean the Russian Bear could probably
tear me limb from limb
He'd probably grin be real happy with himself
This is not good for my health
I'm not coming out of the dressing room
And get beaten up by that goon
Go back to Russia go back home!
Don't wanna get a broken bone
Or a lump on my head
Ain't gonna hide under the bed
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm the crusher king of the ring
I'm the crusher (crusher)
I'm the Crusher
14 53rd & 3rd (01:46)
If you think you can well, Come on man,
I was a Green Beret in Vietnam.
I said no more of your fairy stories
Cause I got my other worries.
Chorus:
53rd & 3rd
Standing on the street.
53rd & 3rd
I'm trying to turn a trick.
53rd & 3rd
You're the one they never pick.
53rd & 3rd
Don't it make you feel sick?
If you think you can well, Come on man,
I was a Green Beret in Vietnam.
I said no more of your fairy stories
Cause I got my other worries.
Chorus:
53rd & 3rd
Standing on the street.
53rd & 3rd
I'm trying to turn a trick.
53rd & 3rd
You're the one they never pick.
53rd & 3rd
Don't it make you feel sick?
Then I took out my razor blade.
Then I did what God forbade.
Now the cops are after me.
But I proved that I am no sissy.
Chorus:
53rd & 3rd
Standing on the street.
53rd & 3rd
I'm trying to turn a trick.
53rd & 3rd
You're the one they never pick.
53rd & 3rd
Don't it make you feel sick?
53rd & 3rd.
15 Beat on the Brat (02:42)
Beat on the brat, beat on the brat, beat on the brat with the
baseball bat oh yeah, oh yeah oh oh.
Beat on the brat, beat on the brat, beat on the brat with the
baseball bat oh yeah, oh yeah oh oh.
What can you do, what can you do, with the brat like that always
on your back, what can you loose; what can you do, what can you do
with the brat like that always on your back what can you loose, loose.
Beat on the brat, beat on the brat, beat on the brat with the
baseball bat oh yeah, oh yeah, oh oh.
Beat on the brat, beat on the brat, beat on the brat with the
baseball bat oh yeah, oh yeah, oh oh.
What can you do, what can you do, with the brat like that always
on your back, what can you loose; what can you do, what can you do
with the brat like that always on your back what can you loose.
16 Pet Sematary (03:40)
Under the arc of a weather stain boards,
Ancient goblins and warlords,
Come out of the ground not making a sound,
The smell of death is all around.
And the night when the cold wind blows,
No one cares nobody knows.
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again.
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again.
Follow Victor to the sacred place,
This ain't a dream, I can't escape,
Molars and fangs, the clicking of bones,
Spirits moaning among the tombstones,
And the night, when the moon is bright,
Someone cries, something ain't right.
CHORROS
The moon is full, the air is still,
All of a sudden I feel a chill,
Victor is grinning, flesh rotting away,
Skeletons dancee, I curse this day,
And the night when the wolves cry out,
Listen close and you can hear me shout.
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again.
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again, oh no, oh no
I don't want to live my life again, oh no, oh oh,
I don't want to live my life again, oh no no no
I don't want to live my life again, oh oh
17 R.A.M.O.N.E.S. (01:24)
New York City N.Y.C.
Pretty mean when it want to be
Black leather, kneehole pants,
Can't play no highschool dance,
Fuzz tone, hear'em go, hear'em on
The radio
Misfits, twilight zone
R.A.M.O.N.E.S
R.A.M.O.N.E.S
RAMONES!
Bad boy rock, bad boy roll
Gabba gabba hey, see then go
C. J now hit the gas
Mark takes it up the ass
Go Johnny, go, go, go
No Tommy O-Way-O
Misfits, twilight zone
R.A.M.O.N.E.S
R.A.M.O.N.E.S
RAMONES!
Bad boys then, bad boys now
Good buddies, mau, mau, mau
Keep it up, rock'n'roll,
Good Music save your soul
Dee Dee, he left home
Joey call me on the phone
Misfits, twilight zone
R.A.M.O.N.E.S
R.A.M.O.N.E.S
RAMONES!
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