Loco: l'aggettivo perfetto per questo strabiliante live dei Ramones registrato a Barcellona nel 1991, ormai avviati verso il tramonto. L'inizio affidato, per qualche curiosa ragione, al tema di "Il buono, il brutto e il cattivo", seguito dalla prima fucilata: "Teenage Lobotomy", quindi "Psycho Therapy" e la leggendaria "Blitzkrieg Bop". Le canzoni durano quasi tutte meno di tre minuti comprendono brani da tutti gli album dei Ramones, dal primo fino a "Brain Drain" del 1989 (31 brani in totale), inclusi ovviamente i grandi classici della band, come "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker", "Rock n' Roll High School", "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment", "Pinhead" e "Pet Cemetary" le canzoni si susseguono una dopo l'altra senza nessuna pausa: tutte incredibilimente semplici, coinvolgenti e suonate a velocità supersonica, con la voce da ubriaco di Joey a completare l'opera, e proprio in questo sta la magia e la bellezza di questo live. Davvero strepitosa è "The KKK Took My Baby Away" del 1981, che parla di una donna contresa tra Joey e Johnny.
Loco Live è un po' il "Made In Japan" del punk, un live straordinario che, visti i tempi, chesegna di fatto la fine del vero punk (da li a poco sarebbero arrivati i vari green day, blink & compagnia briscola...). Resta comunque un live straordinario di una band che ha fatto storia, e sarebbe davero un peccato perderselo.
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03 Teenage Lobotomy (01:32)
Lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy!
DDT did a job on me
Now I am a real sickie
Guess I'll have to break the news
That I got no mind to lose.
All the girls are in love with me
I'm a teenage lobotomy.
Slugs and snails are after me
DDT keeps me happy
Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em
That I got no cerebellum.
Gonna get my Ph.D.
I'm a teenage lobotomy.
REPEAT
04 Psycho Therapy (02:12)
Psycho therapy
Psycho therapy
Psycho therapy
That's what they wanna give me
Psycho therapy
Psycho therapy
Psycho therapy
All they wanna give me
I'm a teenage schizoid
The one your parents despise
Psycho therapy
Now I got glowing eyes
I'm a teenage schizoid
Pranks and muggings are fun
Psycho therapy
Gonna kill someone
Psycho therapy
Psycho therapy
I like takin' Tuinal
It keeps me edgy and mean
I'm a teenage schizoid
I'm a teenage dope fiend
I'm a kid in the nut house
I'm a kid in the psycho zone
Psycho therapy
I'm gonna burglarize your home
Psycho therapy
Psycho therapy
05 Blitzkrieg Bop (01:44)
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
06 Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (02:59)
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Do you remember Hullabaloo,
Upbeat, Shinding and Ed Sullivan too?
Do you remember rock'n'roll radio?
Do you remember rock'n'roll radio?
Do you remember Murray the K,
Alan Freed, and high energy?
It's the end, the end of the 70's
It's the end, the end of the century
Do you remember lying in bed
With your covers pulled up over your head?
Radio playin' so no one can see
We need change, we need it fast
Before rock's just part of the past
'Cause lately it all sounds the same to me
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh
Will you remember Jerry Lee,
John Lennon, T. Rex and OI Moulty?
It's the end, the end of the 70's
It's the end, the end of the century
07 I Believe in Miracles (02:51)
I used to be on a endless run
Believe in miracles 'cause i'm one
I've been blessed with the power to survive
And after all these years i'm still alive
I'm outta here kickin' with the band
I'm no longer a solitary man
Every day my time runs out
Lived like a fool that what i was about oh,
I believe in miracles
I believe in a better world, for me and you
oooh, and I believe in miracles
I believe in a better world for me and you
Tatooed your name on my arm
I always said my girl is a good luck charm
If she can find a reason to forgive
Then i can find a reason to live
I used to be on a endless run
Believe in miracles 'cause i'm one
I've been blessed with the power to survive
And after all these years i'm still alive
Ohh I believe in miracles
I believe in a better world for me and you
Ohh I believe in miracles
I believe in a better world for me and you
I close my eyes and it think how
It might be
The future is here today
It's not too late
It's not too late no!
Ohh I believe in miracles
And I believe in a better world for me and you
Ohh I believe in miracles
And I believe in a better world for me and you
08 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment (01:18)
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
10 I Wanna Be Sedated (02:08)
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
11 The KKK Took My Baby Away (02:41)
She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to L.A.
but she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say
She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to L.A.
but she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say
The KKK took my baby away
they took her away
away from me
The KKK took my baby away
they took her away
away from me
HEY, HO, HEY, HO,
I don't know
Where my baby can be
they took her from me
they took her from me
I don't know
where my baby can be
they took her from me
they took her from me
ring me, ring me, ring me
up the President
and find out
Where my baby went
ring me, ring me, ring me
up the FBI
and find out if
my baby's alive
yeah, yeah, yeah
o-o-o-o-o-o
yeah, yeah, yeah
o-o-o-o-o-o
She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to L.A.
but she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say
She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to L.A.
but she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say
The KKK took my baby away
they took her away
away from me
The KKK took my baby away
they took her away
away from me
The KKK took my baby away
they took her away
away from me
The KKK took my baby away
They took my girl
They took my baby away
14 Too Tough to Die (02:15)
I am a tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tough tough guy
I tell no tales I do not lie
I am a tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tough tough guy
Halo round my head too tough to die
Main attraction in a freak side show
Down in the basement where the cobwebs grow
On my last leg just gettin' by
Halo round my head to tough to die
Rainy days rain cool wine I'll scratch your
back if you scratch mine hot sweat on my face
I feel like going' out someplace
Up late at night my chocolate sweet
Down at the gym where the muscle boys meet
I am a very nice guy very sincere
In real good shape I have no fear
At the concert when the band comes on
I am in the ring where belong
On my last leg im a just gettin' by
Halo round my head too tough to die
15 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (01:47)
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.
16 Rockaway Beach (02:03)
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
18 Don't Bust My Chops (02:17)
I'm sick and tired of you calling me names I'm sick and tired of your childish games
I'm sick and tired of your bullshit brats Cocaine stupor and anxiety attacks
Picked up the magazine, I see your face You're nothin' boy, a goddamn waste
With the lamest fashions on your back You're never happy, a hypochondriac
Don't bust my chops, baby, don't bust my chops
Don't bust my chops, baby, don't bust my chops Yeah
You're a styling queen and an alley cat Too many chocolates keep a fat man fat
You're a pain in the ass, and your on the loose All I get from you is your bad attitude
Dirty mouth, it's all I can bear Get outta here bitch, 'cause you're nowhere
Always wearin' that cheap perfume Can always tell when you're in the room
Don't bust my chops, baby, don't bust my chops
Don't bust my chops, baby, don't bust my chops Ah
Don't bust my chops, baby, don't bust my chops
Don't bust my chops, baby, don't bust my chops
Don't bust my chops, baby, don't bust my chops
Don't bust my chops, baby, don't bust my chops Alright
19 Palisades Park (02:12)
Written by Chuck Barris, who later created and starred in TV's "Gong Show"
Last night I took a walk after dark
A swingin' place called Palisades Park
To have some fun and see what I could see
That's where the girls are
I took a ride on a shoot-the-chute
That girl I sat beside was awful cute
And after while she was holdin' hands with me
My heart was flyin' up like a rocket ship
Down like a roller coaster
Back like a loop-the-loop
And around like a merry-go-round
We ate and ate at a hot dog stand
We danced around to a rockin' band
And when I could, I gave that girl a hug
In the tunnel of love
You'll never know how great a kiss can feel
When you stop at the top of a Ferris wheel
When I fell in love down at Palisades Park
We ate and ate at a hot dog stand
We danced around to a rockin' band
And when I could, I gave that girl a hug
In the tunnel of love
You'll never know how great a kiss can feel
When you stop at the top of a Ferris wheel
When I fell in love down at Palisades Park
Down at Palisades Park
FADE
You know it's Palisades Park
Down at Palisades Park
20 Mama's Boy (02:08)
couldn't keep a secret got a concrete skull
you couldn't shut up, your an imbasile
your an ugly dog
theres nothin' to gain
you couldn't shut up you had a bad bad brain
couldn't hold your tongue
you were just too young
like a two year old you told you told
you were all the same
jellybean brain
everyone's a secret nerd
everyone's a closet lame
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
i don't wanna work in a hot dog stand
be a bus boy, messenger, or a dull man
its an abstract world, your an abstract man
abstract cities don't give a damn
couldn't keep a secret got a concrete skull
you couldn't shut up, your an imbasile
your an ugly dog
theres nothin' to gain
you couldn't shut up you had a bad bad brain
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mama's boy
22 Wart Hog (01:35)
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart
I shot some dope, I feel so sick
It's a sick world, sick, sick, sick
Drugs and bitches and junkies and fags
Artificial phonies I hate it, hate it
Sick, sick, sick, it's the price I pay
It's a sick world, what can I say?
(Bullshit scum, they're all ingrates)
They steal, they cheat, they take take take
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart
I wanna puke, I can't sit still
(There's sex and drugs in a nightmare world)
It's a sick world, sick, sick, sick
It's a hopeless life, I hate it, hate it
It's the drugs and the lies and the rip off bet?
Drugs and bitches and commies and queers
Artificial phonies, I hate it, hate it
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
Wart, Wart Hog
23 Surfin' Bird (02:29)
Well everybody's heard about the bird
Bird is the word
Don't you know about the bird well everybody knows that the bird is a word
Bird is a word
24 Cretin Hop (01:24)
There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin'
you gotta keep it beatin'
for all the hoppin' cretins
cretin! cretin!
I'm gonna go for a whirl with my cretin girl
my feet won't stop
doing the cretin hop
cretin! cretin!
1 - 2 - 3 - 4
cretins wanna hop some more
4 - 5 - 6 - 7
all good cretins go to heaven
(Repeat)
26 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World (01:42)
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am.
I'm a Nazi shatze
You know I fight for fatherland.
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am.
I'm a Nazi shatze
You know I fight for fatherland.
Little German boy
Being pushed around.
Little German boy
In a German town.
I'm a shock trooper in a stooper
Yes I am.
I'm a Nazi shatze
You know I fight for fatherland.
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor
Yes I am.
I'm a Nazi shatz
You know I fight for fatherland.
Little German boy
Being pushed around.
Little German boy
In a German town.
Today your love, tommorow the world!(5x)
27 Pinhead (02:39)
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
29 Beat on the Brat (02:14)
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.
33 Ignorance Is Bliss (03:11)
Ignorance is bliss, ya know it's true Ignorance is bliss, just look at you
Is it goin' anywhere?
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah!
What's happening to our society? Disintegration of humanity
Destruction of the environment Cram that cop donation in your ass
Is it goin' anywhere?
???? Politicians to confuse you
What's good for them, now it ain't good for you But there ain't nothing that you can do
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah!
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