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Thrillho

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Ramones
« on: 05 Aug 2008, 05:40 »
Alright people,

As a fan of punk and hardcore, I'm fully aware of the wide influence the Ramones have had on the music I listen to, and as such I feel it's about time I got into them. I'm aware the first recod is considered by just about anyone with taste to be an 'essential purchase' and I do plan on getting it eventually. But right now I'm looking for maxmimum enjoyment x cost effectiveness, and the compilation Hey Ho! Let's Go looks pretty damn good to me, as it samples all of their albums except the covers record, besides being much more price-efficient on amazon.

tl;dr: Basically, I want a gateway into the Ramones, and I'm not sure the first album is going to cut it this early on in fandom, so is it actually worth getting a compilation first, or should I just get the first record and if I don't like it, decide they're not for me?

Ramones or Hey Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology?
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Re: Ramones
« Reply #1 on: 05 Aug 2008, 06:28 »
I am so glad this thread popped up.  I've been meaning to do the same thing for ages.
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Re: Ramones
« Reply #2 on: 05 Aug 2008, 09:15 »
Quote from: tommydski on 05 Aug 2008, 05:57
Don't bother with any of that. Anyone can become fluent on the Ramones with one purchase -



It's all you need. The first four records are great but the recordings haven't aged particularly well. However, their live show from this era was the shit. Excellent renditions of basically every single one of their classic songs in under an hour. No studio bullshit, just good blazing rock'n'roll.

Didn't half of Joey's vocals for that get tweaked, though?
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Re: Ramones
« Reply #3 on: 05 Aug 2008, 11:45 »
This I did not know. It always amuses me how big the holes are in the punk credibility when you look at their early bands. Clash, stopped being 'punk' as most people saw it in '79; Sex Pistols were put together by Malcolm McClaren; and the Ramones didn't play on their own records??? The Ramones were the Monkees! But then I love the Monkees.

Anyway. The point is, I looked some of their tunes up on youtube, and these guys are far better than the little I remember. And also the 'lol, they couldn't play yet they still rocked' attitude seems to be, frankly, a crock of shit. Being able to play is about the reaction between the members, how in tune you are, and on that performance of (ironically enough) 'The KKK Took My Baby Away' they clicked so flawlessly as band. The music wasn't tricky, no, but it was tight as fuck.

Reet. Looks like I have my first purchase, let me look it up on amazon...
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Re: Ramones
« Reply #4 on: 05 Aug 2008, 15:13 »
Rocket To Russia, motherfuckers.
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Re: Ramones
« Reply #5 on: 05 Aug 2008, 15:21 »
Quote from: tommydski on 05 Aug 2008, 09:41
No idea. Let's just say they if it was tweaked, it was to a much smaller degree than on their studio albums and it doesn't suffer as a result. In the early years they didn't play a lot of the music on their records because they were so unskilled. They often had roadies and engineers play their parts instead. If you listen to those records they sound a lot slower than they were in the live environment and they lost some of their bite as a result. On It's Alive! they just fire them out as quickly as possible.

But what fucking amazing songs they had. If 'Rockaway Beach' isn't in the top ten rock songs of all time then I don't know what the fuck is.

This is a new one. Where'd you hear that from?
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Re: Ramones
« Reply #6 on: 06 Aug 2008, 23:25 »
If you are a cd-person, I'd say get the Rhino Re-ish of "Leave Home", their second album. It's got a whole chunk of their best known songs (Shock Treatment, Carbona Not Glue, Pinhead and their cover of California Sun), as well as the shoulda-been classic Oh Oh I Love Her So (sample lyric: "I met her at the burger king/ we fell in love by the soda machine"). The reissue also tacks on an extra studio track plus a 15-song concert. And the reissues cost I think 11 bucks retail: 31 songs at 11 bucks equals a bit more than 33 cents a song.
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Re: Ramones
« Reply #7 on: 07 Aug 2008, 05:56 »
Alas, I have already ordered the live record. And I pay in pounds not dollars, but thanks for the tip anyway!
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Re: Ramones
« Reply #8 on: 07 Aug 2008, 20:07 »
Quote from: tommydski on 05 Aug 2008, 05:57
Don't bother with any of that. Anyone can become fluent on the Ramones with one purchase -



It's all you need. The first four records are great but the recordings haven't aged particularly well. However, their live show from this era was the shit. Excellent renditions of basically every single one of their classic songs in under an hour. No studio bullshit, just good blazing rock'n'roll.



1, 2, 3, 4!
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Re: Ramones
« Reply #9 on: 07 Aug 2008, 22:06 »
Personally, my gateway was the Anthology;  It's just big and comprehensive, and I haven't really felt the need to get any other CDs.
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