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Urlare nelle orecchie di chi, distratto non se lo aspettava. Lasciare il segno per sempre, lasciare intuire che non si può stare comodi e spensierati crogiolandosi all'idea di un mondo silente e perfetto. Anche questo era lo spirito del Punk alla sua nascita. Bisognava fare in fretta, prima che tutto sparisse per essere tramandato alla storia. Urgenza, frenesia, era questo l'impatto storico di ciò che accadeva, veloce come le canzoni che lo rappresentavano, fulminee nei loro pochi minuti di durata.
E' seguendo questa linea che il secondo album dei Ramones è venuto alla luce, in tutta rapidità, assestando un altro colpo all'interno della loro geniale carriera: "Leave Home", che segue dopo pochi mesi il debut album diventando fin da subito un classico.
Il disco contiene alcuni tra i loro cavalli di battaglia di sempre, oltre a portare con se lo spirito ribelle del Punk nella discussa canzone "Carbona Not Glue", in cui i Ramones ironizzavano sul fatto che sniffare Carbona fosse molto più "intrigante" che sniffare le comune colla. Questa canzone è presente solo nelle primissime stampe dell'album e subito dopo tolta perchè come la precedente "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" poteva istigare all'uso della colla come stupefacente, ma principalmente perchè Carbona era in realtà un marchio registrato (un liquido per pulizie), e quindi per evitare possibili grane legali. Le stampe successive prevedono al suo posto "Baby Sitter" per gli album destinati al mercato europeo e da "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" per gli album destinati al mercato statunitense e al resto del mondo, anche se recentemente una ristampa comprensiva di bonus tracks prevede la canzone originale al suo posto, dato che ormai, con quello che si sente in giro, non fa più scandalo.
Sebbene la storia dei Ramones si sia protratta più a lungo di quella del movimento Punk vero e proprio, e sebbene alcuni critici li ritengono un attimo più distanti dai canoni espressi da altre bands (i Sex Pistols per esempio), i quatto fratelli hanno senza dubbio aperto le porte di un mondo tutto da scoprire, anche grazie a lavori come questo.
I picchi si raggiungono con le storiche "Pinhead" e "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment", sicuramente le canzoni più famose e rappresentative oltre alla già citata "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker", veri e propri pilastri della Ramones-carriera. Ma anche pezzi più spensierati tipo "Swallow My Pride" e "I Remember You" sono spesso presenti nelle innumerevoli raccolte e greatest hits più o meno ufficiali che si trovano in giro.
Rispetto al primo album, questo ha un carattere più energico fondendo anche elementi più propriamente pop ("Oh, Oh, I Love Her So") ma a causa della scarsa produzione, il peso complessivo dell'opera sta più nelle intenzioni che nella sostanza, tesi questa, che è stata dimostrata negli anni a seguire (circa una ventina) dal fatto gli stessi pezzi riproposti dal vivo (sempre presenti) hanno un energia molto più dirompente.
In definitiva, si tratta di una delle colonne portanti della storia di questo gruppo e senza dubbio di un intero genere, insieme a "Ramones", "Rocket To Russia" e "Road To Ruin", dimostrando che i Ramones erano molto più di una semplice novità. Chi ha la fortuna di avere il vinile con la track list originaria possiede un pezzo di storia della musica rock.
"Gabba! Gabba! Hey!"
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01 Glad to See You Go (02:13)
Gonna take a chance on her one bullet in the cylinder
And in a moment of passion get the glory like Charles Manson
Gonna smile, I'm gonna laugh you're gonna get a blood bath
And in a moment of passion get the glory like Charles Manson
You gotta go go go go goodbye glad to see you go go go go goodbye
Now I know the score I don't need you anymore don't want
You cause you're a bore I need somebody good I need a miracle
Should I take a chance on her? one bullet in the cylinder
Gonna smile, I'm gonna laugh they're gonna want my autograph
And in a moment of passion get the glory like Charles Manson
You gotta go go go go goodbye Glad to see you go go go go goodbye
Goodbye
02 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment (01:43)
I was feeling sick
Losing my mind
I heard about these treatments
From a good friend of mine
He was always happy
Smile on his face
He said he had a great time at the place.
Peace and love is here to stay
And now I can wake up and face the day
Happy happy happy all the time
Shock treatment, I'm doing fine.
Gimme gimme shock treatment
05 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (02:48)
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.
06 Suzy Is a Headbanger (02:12)
Ooo-whee do it one more time for me
Can't stop Stop that girl
There she goes again
I really really love to watch her
Watch her headbangin'
Suzy is a headbanger
Her mother is a geek
Do it one more time for me
Ooo-ooo-whee!
Headbanging Headbanging....!
07 Pinhead (02:46)
Gabba gabba we accept you we accept you one of us
Gabba gabba we accept you we accept you one of us
I don't wanna be a pinhead no more I just met a nurse that I could go for
I don't wanna be a pinhead no more I just met a nurse that I could go for
I don't wanna be a pinhead no more I just met a nurse that I could go for
I don't wanna be a pinhead no more I just met a nurse that I could go for
D-U-M-B
Everyone's accusing me
I don't wanna be a pinhead no more I just met a nurse that I could go for
I don't wanna be a pinhead no more I just met a nurse that I could go for
09 Swallow My Pride (02:08)
Winter is here and it's going on two years swallow my pride
And things were looking very grim but they're looking good again
Swallow my pride
Loose lips sink ships, they say but isn't it always that way?
Swallow my pride, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Winter is here and it's going on two years swallow my pride
And things were looking very grim but they're looking good again
Swallow my pride
Gonna have a real cool time and everything's gonna be real fine
Swallow my pride, oh yeah
Winter is here and it's going on two years swallow my pride
And things were looking very grim but they're looking good again
Swallow my pride
Gonna have a real cool time and everything's gonna be real fine
Swallow my pride, oh yeah
10 What's Your Game (02:38)
I know your name I know your game
Sweet Mary Jane you're quite insane
And all you ever want to be is like the other girls you see
And all you ever want to be is like the other girls you see,
Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah
I know your name I know your game
Sweet Mary Jane you're quite insane
I know your name I know your game
Sweet Mary Jane you're quite insane
And all you ever want to be is like the other girls you see
And all you ever want to be is like the other girls you see,
Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah
11 California Sun (02:06)
Well I'm going out west where I belong
Where the days are short and the nights are long
And I'll walk
And they'll walk
And I'll twist
And they'll twist
And I'll shimmy
And they'll shimmy
And I'll fly
And they'll fly
Where we're out there having fun
In the warm California sun
Well, I'm going out west out on the coast
Where the California girls are really the most
And I'll walk
And they'll walk
And I'll twist
And they'll twist
And I'll shimmy
And they'll shimmy
And I'll fly
And they'll fly
Where we're out there having fun
In the warm California sun
Well, the girls are frisky in old 'Frisco
A pretty little chick wherever you go
And I'll walk
And they'll walk
And I'll twist
And they'll twist
And I'll shimmy
And they'll shimmy
And I'll fly
And they'll fly
Where we're out there having fun
In the warm California sun
Where we're out there having fun
In the warm California sun
12 Commando (01:55)
They do their best
They do what they can
They get them ready for Viet Nam
From old Hanoi to East Berlin
Commando---Involved again
They do their best
They do what they can
They get them ready for Viet Nam
First rule is: The laws of Germany
Second rule is: Be nice to mommy
Third rule is: Don't talk to commies
Fourth rule is: Eat kosher salamis
13 You're Gonna Kill That Girl (02:42)
I saw her walking down the street he jumped down,
he knocked her off her feet and then I knew it was the end of her
He's gonna kill that girl He's gonna kill that girl
He's gonna kill that girl tonight
When I saw her walking down the street my heart stood still and skipped
A beat then he knocked her on the floor but he wanted just a little bit more
He's gonna kill that girl He's gonna kill that girl
He's gonna kill that girl tonight
When I saw her walking down the street my heart stood still and skipped
A beat then he knocked her on the floor but he wanted just a little bit more
I saw her lying on the street he jumped down, he knocked
her off her feet that's when I knew it was the end of her
He's gonna kill that girl He's gonna kill that girl
He's gonna kill that girl tonight
When I saw her walking down the street my heart stood still and skipped
A beat then he knocked her on the floor but he wanted just a little bit more
14 You Should Never Have Opened That Door (01:55)
Mama, where's your little daughter? she's here, right here on the altar
You should never have opened that door now you're never gonna see her no more
You don't know what I can do with this axe chop off your head so you better relax
(REPEAT ALL ONCE)
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