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Quando ormai sembrava che il punk rock avesse espresso il meglio di sè attraverso uscite epocali come il primo album dei Ramones, "Never Mind The Bollocks" dei Sex Pistols e il primo lavoro dei Clash, ecco che i Ramones, in pieno 77 quindi al massimo dell'esplosione punk, rimettono tutto in discussione con il micidiale "Rocket To Russia", terzo album della loro folgorante carriera e miglior album R'n'R di sempre secondo l'autorevole (allora...) Rolling Stone.
Qui c'è la summa del Ramones-pensiero: ritmi mozzafiato, una propensione a scrivere pezzi memorabili con tre accordi e una melodia di fondo che nessun gruppo punk (anche futuro...) è mai riuscita nemmeno ad avvicinare. Citare anche solo un brano di questo disco risulta limitativo, innanzitutto per l'elevatissima qualità delle canzoni, poi per il fatto che la maggior parte di queste sono state per anni parte integrante delle fenomenali esibizioni live della band.Basterebbe citare "Cretin Hop", "Rockaway Beach" e "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" per ritenere questo disco un capolavoro che, per stessa ammissione di Johhny e Joey è IL DISCO per eccellenza del quartetto di New York che sarà per sempre il punk rock come lo conosciamo e come vorremmo che fosse. Con "Rocket To Russia", i Ramones hanno gettato le basi per il revival del Punk rock degli anni 90, risultando, a distanza di tanti anni dall'uscita i veri capiscuola del genere musicale più importante degli ultimi trent'anni.
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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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Di panlio malmieri
Notoriamente i veri inventori del punk sono gli americani Ramones, in una versione demente ed euforica.
Un inno al cretinismo, portatore di spensieratezza, sembra infatti il brano d'apertura ("Cretin Hop").
