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Ramones - "Rocket To Russia" (1977)
Dal punto di vista storico.
Notoriamente i veri inventori del punk sono gli americani Ramones, in una versione demente ed euforica, prima che gli inglesi lo deprimessero con nichilismo e impegno politico. Le radici musicali dei Ramones sono infatti la good time music dei Beach Boys, delle girls group di Phil Spector (Ronettes) e quant'altro. Il loro nome, secondo quanto dichiarato da un componente, deriva da uno pseudonimo utilizzato da Paul McCartney durante i primi anni di carriera (Paul Ramon).
Dal punto di vista dischico.
Una fitta sequenza di canzoncine farcite di riff e ritornelli orecchiabili, suonati con spedita foga chitarristica da due minuti a brano.
Apparentemente tutto quello che vogliono è essere allegri e stare bene ("I Wanna Be Well"), e il saggio metodo che utilizzano per raggiungere questo fine è il cretinismo. Un inno al cretinismo, portatore di spensieratezza, sembra infatti il brano d'apertura ("Cretin Hop") e su simili toni si assesta anche l'apprezzamento di tecniche psichiatriche di tipo chirurgico ("Teenage Lobotomy"), mentre quando la realtà si fa veramente dura la via del cretinismo sceglie le droghe, con un particolare debole per le "droghe improprie" (in particolare, il DDT sembra suscitar loro un marcato entusiasmo). Altrove l'euforia è del tutto musicale, mentre le liriche snocciolano nevrosi in maniera meramente demenziale, rendendo le cose più cupe con un approccio naif, cartoonistico-fumettistico-horror, che sembra trasformarle rassicurantemente in un film di serie b visto in tv, dopo il quale tutto può continuare come prima ("Why Is It Always This Way?").
Associazioni.
Adolescenti in città d'estate, con capelli lunghi ma non troppo, pantaloni scampanati e scarpe da ginnastica, mentre gli zombie invadono un centro commerciale. Ma è tutto normale.
Elenco tracce testi e samples
01 Cretin Hop (01:56)
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)
02 Rockaway Beach (02:06)
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
05 I Don't Care (01:39)
"I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
About this world
I don't care
About that girl
I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
About these words
REPEAT "
06 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (02:49)
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.
07 We're a Happy Family (02:31)
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...
08 Teenage Lobotomy (02:01)
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
11 I Can't Give You Anything (02:01)
You better know what you want you know how little I got
I can't give you anything I can't give you anything I can't give you anything
You better know what you want you know how little I got
I can't give you anything I can't give you anything I can't give you anything
You think I'm real cute but who's gonna bring home the loot?
Make up your mind about hope you don't doubt, that
I can't give you anything I can't give you anything I can't give you anything
You better know what you want You know how little I got
I can't give you anything I can't give you anything I can't give you anything
You think I'm real cute but who's gonna bring home the loot?
Make up your mind about hope you don't doubt, that
I can't give you anything I can't give you anything I can't give you anything
12 Ramona (02:37)
hey jonny hey dee dee, little tom and joey.
you know its coming over. sweet sweet little ramona
it's getting better an better.things getting easier than ever.
hey you kids in the craud you know you like it whn the music is laud.
sweet sweet little ramona she allways tries to come over.
sweet sweet little ramona I think i'll try to fone her.
I let her in, if you wondering why.
cos shes a spy for the BBI
I let her in and I started to cry.
and then I knew I whanted to die..
uuuuh uh uh little ramona
13 Surfin' Bird (02:37)
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
14 Why Is It Always This Way? (02:15)
Hey hey hey why is it always this way? Hey hey hey why is it always this way?
Last time I saw her alive she was wavin', wavin' bye bye
She was contemplating suicide now she's lying in a bottle of formaldehyde
And oh, I just don't know why I can't let her go oh I just don't know
Hey hey hey why is it always this way? Hey hey hey why is it always this way?
Last time I saw her alive she was going to the wash and dry
She was outside hitchin' a ride now she's lying in a bottle of formaldehyde
And oh, I just don't know why I can't let her go oh I just don't know
Hey hey hey why is it always this way? Hey hey hey why is it always this way?
Hey hey hey why is it always this way? Hey hey hey why is it always this way?
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