Fine anni Settanta: si sentiva proprio la necessità di un forte vento di cambiamento nel campo musicale, specialmente nel rock, ma nessuno a quell'epoca si sarebbe aspettato un tale risultato, un genere che nel tempo si sarebbe evoluto, anche se in peggio (specialmente nel nuovo millennio), ma che ha vissuto i suoi anni di gloria con dignità grazie a storici gruppi che hanno contribuito a maturare questo genere fino a farlo diventare una vera e propria moda.
Tra questi importanti e storici gruppi che hanno contribuito alla nascita del punk non possono assolutamente mancare i Ramones: una band quasi uscita da un fumetto, quattro ragazzi dall'aspetto teppista con giubba di pelle e jeans trasandati. Non mi fermerò qui a dire che i Ramones sono la migliore punk rock band della storia, ma sicuramente sono il simbolo per eccellenza del genere, o meglio il complesso che più incarna lo spirito ribelle del punk.
Le loro canzoni sono una fusione di un surf rock'n'roll veloce e distorto, canzoni molto simili tra loro e di breve durata ma che difficilmente annoiano l'ascoltatore. Con questo album (stavolta eviterò la solita tracklist) i Ramones hanno segnato il loro arrivo nelle scene musicali, un anno prima dell'arrivo dei Sex Pistols, dei Clash e del padrino del genere che è quel genio di Iggy Pop. Come lavoro d'esordio la band promette bene con un album, anche se dopo un po' ripetitivo, molto potente e che contiene alcune delle più importanti canzoni del complesso che sono diventate già storia (cito "Blitzkrieg Bop", la loro canzone-inno, la scatenata "Judy Is A Punk", la divertente "Beat On The Brat", la romantica "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", perfetta dedica per una ragazza, e perfino la controversa "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue", insomma importanti e grandi classici).
Inutile dire altro sul resto dell'album che io ritengo un ottimo lavoro, anche se in futuro la band maturerà sempre di più regalandoci altrettanti grandi album come "Leave Home", "Rocket To Russia" e il maturo "End Of The Century" (dove i Ramones danno il meglio di loro, ma questa è un'altra storia).
Un album di grande rilievo e importanza che almeno tutti gli amanti folli di questo genere dovrebbero avere nella loro collezione. Infine concludo con lo storico slogan della band: "Hey Oh Let's Go!".
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Blitzkrieg Bop (02:14)
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
02 Beat on the Brat (02:32)
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.
05 Chain Saw (01:56)
Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh, awho who who o.
Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh, awho who who o.
Sittin' here, with nothin' to do.
Sittin' here, thinkin' only of you.
But you'll never get out of there.
She'll never get out of there.
Sittin' here, with nothin' to do.
Sittin' here, thinkin' only of you.
But you'll never get out of there.
She'll never get out of there.
I don't care. Awho who o.
Texas chain saw massacre.
They took my baby away from me.
But you'll never get out of there.
She'll never get out of there.
Texas chain saw massacre.
They took my baby away from me.
But you'll never get out of there.
She'll never get out of there.
I don't care. Awho who o.
When I saw her, on the corner,
She told me, told me, told me, told me,
she wouldn't go for.
Oh, now I know I'm so much in love,
'cus she's the only girl that I'm ever thinkin' of.
Texas chain saw massacre.
They took my baby away from me.
But you'll never get out of there.
She'll never get out of there.
Texas chain saw massacre.
They took my baby away from me.
But you'll never get out of there.
They tought her up and I don't care.
I don't care. Awho who o.
Texas chain saw massacre.
Texas chain saw massacre.
Oh no. Oh yeah.
Ohoh no. Oh yeah.
Ohoh no. Oh yeah.
Ohoh no. Oh yeah.
Ohoh no. Oh yeah.
08 Loudmouth (02:15)
Youre a loudmouth baby you better shut up
Im gonna beat you up cause youre a loudmouth babe
Youre a loudmouth baby you better shut up
Im gonna beat you up cause youre a loudmouth babe
Youre a loudmouth baby you better shut up
Im gonna beat you up cause youre a loudmouth babe
cause youre a loudmouth babe loudmouth babe
cause youre a loudmouth babe loudmouth babe
cause youre a loudmouth babe loudmouth babe
cause youre a loudmouth babe
09 Havana Affair (01:57)
PT-boat on the way to Havana
I used to make a living, man
Pickin' the banana.
Now I'm a guide for the CIA
Hooray for the USA!
Baby, baby, make me a loco
Baby, baby, make me a mambo
Sent to spy on a Cuban talent show
First stop- Havana au go-go
I used to make a living, man
Pickin' the banana
Hooray for Havana!
10 Listen to My Heart (01:58)
One, two, three, four!
Next time, I'll listen to my heart.
Next time, well I'll be smart.
Next time, I'll listen to my heart.
Next time, well I'll be smart.
Next time, I'll listen to my heart.
Next time, well I'll be smart.
Next time, I'll listen to my heart.
Next time, well I'll be smart.
That girl could still be mine,
but I'm tired of the hurt,
I'm tired of trying,
I'm tired of the pain,
I'm tired of trying,
I'm tired of crying.
Next time, I'll listen to my heart.
Next time, well I'll be smart.
Next time, I'll listen to my heart.
Next time, well I'll be smart.
That girl could still be mine,
but I'm tired of the hurt,
I'm tired of trying,
I'm tired of the pain,
I'm tired of trying,
I'm tired of crying.
Next time, I'll listen to my heart.
Next time, well I'll be smart.
Next time, I'll listen to my heart.
Next time, well I'll be smart.
Next time, I'll listen to my heart.
Next time, well I'll be smart.
Next time, I'll listen to my heart.
Next time, well I'll be smart.
11 53rd & 3rd (02:21)
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.
12 Let's Dance (01:52)
Hey baby won't you take a chance?
Say that you'll let me have this dance
Well let's dance, well let's dance
We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too,
Any old dance that you wanna do
But let's dance, well let's dance
Hey baby, yeah, you thrill me so
Hold me tight, don't you let me go
But let's dance, well let's dance
We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too
Any old dance that you wanna do
But let's dance, well let's dance
OK, wail now.
Hey, baby, if you're all alone
Maybe you'll let me walk you home
But let's dance, well let's dance
We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too,
Any old dance that you wanna do
But let's dance, well let's dance
Hey, baby, things are swingin' right
Yes, I know that tonight's the night
Well let's dance, well let's dance
We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too
Any old dance that you wanna do
But let's dance, well let's dance
But let's dance
But let's dance
But let's dance
14 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World (02:11)
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)
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