I WANNA BE POLLED: The Ramones Memorial Poll Results Thread (We Accept You, We Accept You)

http://cdnimg.visualizeus.com/thumbs/f8/4b/joan,jett,ramones,sunglasses,t,shirt,b,w,music-f84bce9491f3348d73aa7059e4bfd592_h.jpg

Well it's good to be back in England and it's good to see all you again. Take it, dude!

Thanks to honorary Ramone Joan Jett for starting us off. (I think "Bad Reputation" is the best Ramones song that's not a Ramones song.)

We'll run through the side polls today, pick up with the tracks tomorrow.

First up: Favorite Ramones heroine.

This was an OPO vote, and I'm happy to report that the runaway winner, by a margin I didn't even bother to count, was P.J. Soles a.k.a. Riff Randall. There were a few votes for Sheena and Judy, but Riff is the embodiment of the Ramones ideal: naive, ingratiating, smarter than you think, prone to taking a chainsaw to her permanent record.

http://criticalmassesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rocknroll2.jpg

Oops, I mean RIFF RANDELL.

I actually have a personal story about P.J. Soles and the Ramones. I never met her, but when I was in elementary school, one of my best friends was her nephew. My friend's uncle was a session musician who recorded with Bob Dylan and T-Bone Burnett and other people, and he was married for a time to an aspiring actress -- whose big break was starring in a Roger Corman movie with the Ramones. So my friend and his older sister got to be big Ramones fans while P.J. was making "Rock n Roll High School."

I first heard the Ramones at their house, and I bought my first Ramones record ("Leave Home") on a record store trip in 8th grade with the same friend. The second rock concert I ever went to was with him to see the Ramones on their Subterranean Jungle tour. A few months later, when we were both in 9th grade, my friend was in a terrible car accident that left him in a coma for months and permanently, massively brain damaged ever after. He never recovered the ability to walk, talk or feed himself. For years afterward, I had dreams where he'd appear completely normal like he'd just returned from wherever he was, and we'd talk about what had happened in the world since his accident (including any new Ramones records). After about 10 years I stopped having those dreams, but for me the Ramones will always be bound up with my memory of him.

So anyway. Rock n roll, Riff.

I have to go do stuff for a while, so I'll let the board wake up and report back in a bit with the covers side poll.

In the meantime, here's this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTdGmnR-pRU

Onward! In the other sub-polls, which allowed five votes each, I went with a 5-4-3-2-1 scoring system for simplicity's sake. We'll start with Covers, which received only a handful of votes. Top 5 finishers:

5. "Substitute" (Acid Eaters, 1993)
7 points, 2 votes

A natural, given the Who-isms scattered through the Ramones catalog.

http://youtu.be/wIWpfS_MFHw

HEY! HO! Where'd the Ramones voters go?

Maybe this little Phil Spector gem will bring them out. No doubt recorded at gunpoint.

4. " Baby I Love You" (End of the Century, 1980)
10 points, 2 votes

http://youtu.be/l4H9yZBjgSI

sorry for the non-participation, I didn't vote in the subpolls. I can't freaking stand the Who, but it's easy to see how they influenced the Ramones. The one song that I've always thought was very Who-ish was "Don't Come Close", which sounds remarkably like "Let My Love Open the Door" to me. But I just checked and LMLOTD came out two years after Don't Come Close, so I guess the influence went the other way around as well?

Also, that Rock and Roll High School Clip is great! Dee-Dee looks so happy there in the shower.

Dee Dee totally seems like a guy you might find happily playing bass in your shower.

This song is such a natural that it's hard to believe Tom Waits didn't have them in mind.

3. "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" (Adios Amigos!, 1995)
12 points, 4 votes

http://youtu.be/kU2SRNU955c

Better than Dee Dee's girlfriend crying in a shower stall.

"Baby I Love You" *sounds* like it was recorded at gunpoint. Never got the appeal of that cover, honestly.

Better than Dee Dee's girlfriend crying shooting up in a shower stall.

Fixed

Was this the first song where Johnny actually played notes?

2. "California Sun" (Leave Home, 1977)
17 points, 6 votes

http://youtu.be/1Z9iUdiS3hI

They have so many great covers, I could have easily voted for 10 of them.

And here's the greatest of them all, according to our panel of Ramonesologists....

D'ya D'ya D'YA??

1. "Do You Wanna Dance" (Rocket to Russia, 1977)
26 points, 6 votes

http://youtu.be/Y9KfHpm4s4w

the way the guitars kick in on the California Sun chorus is a thing of wonder

also search: Needles & Pins, Palisades Park.

yes! Thanks for adding the covers subpoll.

"Surfin' Bird" wuz robbed. (I didn't do a covers ballot).

I'm not sure I noticed the covers subpoll, but I probably wd've forgotten that "Rockaway Beach" isn't a cover.

I like "Time Has Come Today" -- partly because it's such an unlikely song for them. Love Joey's singing on it. And it has a goofy video. (For a band with basically zero hits, they made a lot of videos.)

http://youtu.be/wanoXM90yHE

probably wd've forgotten that "Rockaway Beach" isn't a cover

Pretty amazing that it took til '77 for someone to write that.

OK, now it's time for our next category:

The Band

All you kids out there know them and love them and they're all Ramones -- but which one is the RAMONESEST? We asked our readers, and here's what they said!

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Marky+Ramone+2012+CBGB+Festival+Film+Premieres+QB9nEuKsImul.jpg

5. MARKY "The Alive One"
11 points, 8 votes

That's right, Cub Scouts 'n' cretins, if you're looking for a member of at least one of the classic line-ups who is still actually breathing air and walking the earth -- Marky is your boy!

Is he still doing his satellite radio show? It was pretty good the few times I heard it.

I saw a Marky Ramone & The Invaders (?) show once, it was not that memorable. He's great on Richard Hell's Blank Generation though!

lol "The Alive One"

xpost

Yep. He's a good, powerful drummer. I understand why a lot of people prefer Tommy's spartan aesthetic, but Marky definitely gave them a fuller sound.

I have an (the?) album by Marky's brother's band, the Rattlers. I played it, too.

http://images.nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/ramones120326_1_560b.jpg

4. JOHNNY "The Tuff One"
25 points, 10 votes

What's behind that bowl cut? Wouldn't you like to know!

LIKES: Ronald Reagan, horror movies, Joey's girlfriend
DISLIKES: Liberals, disco, other Ramones

I understand the sentiment for Tommy given the timing of the poll, and probably some people knocked him down a notch for his politics, but imo 4th place for Johnny is not really fair.

My favorite Ramone is Marky solely because of Dust. Guy was/is a great drummer.

life isn't fair; i think Ronald Reagan said that.

I think it was seeing the Vincent Gallo quote on Johnny's grave statue that sunk him to fifth for me.

(xxpost) Same thought, even though I didn't vote in this part of the poll. In terms of important-to-the-band, Joey/Johnny/Dee Dee seem inseparable to me, Tommy slightly less so, simply by virtue of having been absent for so long. But I realize the category was favourite Ramone.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02972/ramone_2972734b.jpg

3. TOMMY "The Hungarian One"

That's right, girls -- Tommy was born in Budapest!

LIKES: 8th notes, bluegrass, not being a Ramone
DISLIKES: touring touring touring

Oops, left off his votes:

27 points, 10 votes

Ok, since we're down to the last two, I think that although Dee Dee is my favorite songwriter of the Ramones, I could see him flourishing in other bands, had the Ramones never existed, whereas Joey Ramone wouldn't have made sense in any other context but the Ramones and is the "Ramonesiest".

I don't know, wasn't Joey in some glam band before the Ramones? But yeah, one thing the documentary really showed was that they were mostly very dysfunctional people, sort of amazing they formed such a solid unit and held it together for so long.

god damn what was that band? Actor?

(checks wikipedia)

Sniper!

gah, can't believe i missed this, mostly cuz it robs me of the ability to complain about the results. o wait, no it doesn't. "needles & pins" wuz robbed.

"Chinese Rock" counts as a cover, right?

yeah hell yeah, has to. and is arguably the best single ramones song, cover or no.

speaking as someone who has nothing to do w/ this poll i mean

Tipsy-should there be a sub-poll for favorite Ramones cover? Just thought of that when you were mentioning their later work-I adore Acid Eaters.

― campreverb, Sunday, 3 August 2014 14:42 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

Sure -- you can vote for 5 favorite covers. (NB: "Chinese Rock" does not count as a cover.)

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 3 August 2014 14:53 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

it's not a cover if you wrote it

you = the performer in question, obviously

fair enuf

co-sign on "The Time Has Come Today" and its video -- my brother getting the Ramones Mania VHS was really the moment when we started to love The Ramones

I watched that tape so much.

Sorry, got busy. Let's get to the top two heartthrobs!

http://37.media.tumblr.com/ede5a431a2917a537cc798566dbfb255/tumblr_mi2qxi5Dmu1rayzzfo1_500.jpg

2. DEE DEE "The Cute One"

Ooh la la! Looking for a date? Meet him at 53rd and 3rd!

LIKES: Sniffing glue, Chinese rocks, chewing out a rhythm on the bubblegum
DISLIKES: Pet semataries

Too low!

38 points, 10 votes, 2 1st-place votes

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music2/joeyramonecat.jpg

1. JOEY "The Sensitive One"
47 points, 10 votes, 8 1st-place votes

Every time he eats vegetables, he thinks only of YOU!

LIKES: Girls, Girlfriends, Girl Groups
DISLIKES: When someone tries to hide behind politics

Joey also likes: being well, being sedated, being your boyfriend.

Coming up in a bit: Albums

awesome pic

*sigh*

Joey....

http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/riff47.jpg

OK, Albums. Only eight got more than two votes, so here they are.

http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/400/09/4/7/819.jpg

8. Too Tough to Die (1984)

7 points, 5 votes

http://www.blackwirerecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ramones-end-of-the-century.jpg

7. End of the Century (1980)

10 points, 4 votes, 1 1st-place vote

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nKWY8hTML.jpg

6. Pleasant Dreams (1981)

15 points, 6 votes

First album cover not to feature the band.

Ha, thought you wrote "First album cover to feature the band" and figured I must have clicked on a Cure thread or something.

My own #1.

http://991.com/newgallery/The-Ramones-Its-Alive-526711.jpg

5. It's Alive (1979)

26 points, 7 votes, 3 1st-place votes

Video of that concert is on YouTube, or at least some of it.

http://youtu.be/imf25Squ8ro

If you think you are seeing a generally reverse-chronological trend, your eyes ain't lyin'.

http://www.gatefoldrecords.com/images/sirlpsrk6063reh.jpg

4. Road to Ruin (1978)

29 points, 12 votes, 1 1st-place vote

another 1st place vote for It's Alive here, perfect document

http://distro.todestrieb.co.uk/images/large/covers17/ramones-leave-home_LRG.jpg

3. Leave Home (1977)

47 points, 17 votes, 3 1st-place votes

http://midnightpunk.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ramones-1977-leave-home.jpg

And the last two, separated by one (1) point.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/7/73/Ramones_Rocket_To_Russia.jpeg

2. Rocket to Russia (1977)

65 points, 18 votes, 4 1st-place votes

http://31.media.tumblr.com/26a3122d0648a885872da55f29ce2ac8/tumblr_mk0n4zUagh1qf96tto1_500.jpg

1. Ramones (1976)

66 points, 17 votes, 6 1st-place votes

Jeez, it didn't even occur to me to vote for It's Alive. That would've been my #1, too, which would've pushed it ahead of Road to Ruin, I think.

The above two covers almost look like they're from the exact same photo shoot, but the jeans on Rocket to Russia are in a more advanced state of rippage (self-consciously so, I suppose skeptics would say).

i never owned It's Alive

I did. Can't remember who recommended it to me. Is it in Greil Marcus's Treasure Island or was it just always on sale at Bleecker Bob's, Golden Disc, Second Coming etc.

looking forward to this roll out. hate that i'm always at work when these things roll out live.

XP IIRC, there are no entries for the Ramones (or much American Punk at all) in Treasure Island. In fact, Marcus claimed Hackamore Brick beat them at their own game.

Thanks. Think it was a high school friend who must have recommended it.

OK, let's start with the Tracks. There were 24 voters, and 111 songs received votes (including 16 that got #1 votes). I'll count down everything that got at least 100 points, which means this will be a Top 40 countdown with a plus-one.

A note on the visuals: To avoid having 41 pictures of guys in jeans and black leather, I will be illustrating the rollout with selections drawn from my accumulated trove of drawings and paintings done by my kids over the past five or six years.

When we're done I'll add the complete list of all songs voted for.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/DFE8AB6D-C920-4910-812F-7C81255DE4BA_zpsfsym8uft.jpg

41. "Suzy Is a Headbanger" (Leave Home, 1977)

(102 points, 6 votes)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/4a8b0725-7a5f-43ac-9cef-8519be25d9ec_zps5cfed137.jpg

40. "California Sun" (Leave Home, 1977)

(105 points, 6 votes)

I'd like to say "Suzy" is too low, since I love it -- but I didn't vote for it either. Too many choices!

lol @ images

Bizarrely great images.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/7f161857-6951-4ae6-9778-637a1538b958_zps34dee382.jpg

39. "I Remember You" (Leave Home, 1977)

(113 points, 7 votes)

i bet all 41 tracks are from Leave Home.

lol

also I can't believe there are four ppl who think End of the Century is one of their five best LPs! Johnny will give you a talking-to in the afterlife.

Oh, occurs to me I should add YouTube links. Here are the first three:

http://youtu.be/NOX5rNacD5E
http://youtu.be/cjCa8i5JDF4
http://youtu.be/wRrVUpnX83I

I bet that less than 1/3 of my ballot made it.

I promise there will eventually be some songs not from Leave Home ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/594c042a-c471-44b4-ae93-2d957c0a869b_zpsc7ecdae7.jpg

37. (TIE) "Commando" (Leave Home, 1977)

(117 points, 8 votes)

Link: http://youtu.be/1zQtd_e_VH0

great pic!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/31d33606-dd35-425f-8b20-6ef15ffcba8f_zps7a9a462e.jpg

37. (TIE) "Chain Saw" (Ramones, 1976)

(117 points, 6 votes)

http://youtu.be/cYI1-Dy0wmI

Didn't vote in this poll (not enough Ramones knowledge), but I'm excited to see the results. I'm really curious to see how much of their post-Road to Ruin work makes it.

also I can't believe there are four ppl who think End of the Century is one of their five best LPs! Johnny will give you a talking-to in the afterlife.

Guilty as charged. I love it, but then, I'm impartial to spectacular ambitious failures.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/a67b4a62-b5dd-447e-8b8e-b746ba8964ef_zps4d621768.jpg

36. "I Want You Around" (Rock 'n' Roll High School OST, 1979)

(121 points, 6 votes)

http://youtu.be/vmNerf4kea4

my sentiments exactly xp

whoever was talking up "I Want You Around" in the voting thread, it made it onto my ballot thanks to you

Love Dee Dee's call-and-response on this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/f55ae0c3-b6b5-4cd8-873f-8fbb92bdbb37_zpsba054d0c.jpg

35. "I Don't Care" (Rocket to Russia, 1977)

(126 points, 6 votes)

http://youtu.be/QveJv7V4OZI

HE DON'T CARE

"Commando" was in my top five! This doesn't bode well for some of my other choices.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/b1612053-7a34-4a3c-a263-ed493c80daa1_zps34eaf1dd.jpg

34. "She's the One" (Road to Ruin, 1978)

(128 points, 8 votes)

http://youtu.be/E5Ql6tOPM90

36. "I Want You Around" (Rock 'n' Roll High School OST, 1979)

often thought of buying this sdtk just for this one song which iirc is not available anywhere else (there's a demo version incl as a bonus track on one of the other album reissues, but it doesn't have the acoustic guitar)

It's on the End of the Century reissue. The demo is on Road to Ruin.

The demo is also on the Hey! Ho! Set.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/9eeec3b1-cc8f-4f88-a48e-bac91ae8b594_zps64536bfd.jpg

33. "Havana Affair" (Ramones, 1976)

(129 points, 7 votes)

http://youtu.be/XrqclyRXWg8

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/db134500-0e3e-4be6-9812-ef4056515b16_zps6f85f4b5.jpg

32. "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)" (Pleasant Dreams, 1981)

(130 points, 8 votes)

http://youtu.be/Y2bD-fgUaw0

^^^

A personal fave.

Oooh, Havana Affair! That's the first one off my ballot. That was my favorite from the s/t for a long time. "Now I'm a guy for the C.I.A." Such a perfectly dumb lyric. The riff is so great and dark too.

"It's Not My Place" barely missed my ballot. My second favorite from Pleasant Dreams after We Want the Airwaves. I don't feel like it's my place in the 9 to 5 world now.

Yay @ "It's Not My Place." The find of the poll for me (had never listened to Pleasant Dreams before).

I'd like to apologize right now for only including two post-EOTC tracks, those albums deserved better but I did not have the time to do serious listening

I reviewed Pleasant Dreams, but a copy is at best sitting in the morgue of a defunct student paper.

Speaking of post-EOTC...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/487e8507-9756-45d8-a609-268cf4cb9739_zpsba36dfbe.jpg

31. "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" (Too Tough to Die, 1984)

(132 points, 6 votes)

http://youtu.be/UmHoXqzy8GU

Too low!

Keep it glowing, glowing,glowing
I'm not hurting anyone
Keep it glowing, smoking, glowing
I'm howling at the moon

(My #2)

I see that I only voted for "Howling at the Moon" and "California Sun" so far. "She's the One" and "It's Not My Place" were probably near misses.

She's The One is so great.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/8119b8fd-c988-4de5-b567-f1a5daa78766_zps89cb3890.jpg

30. "Chinese Rock" (End of the Century, 1980)

(132 points, 7 votes)

http://youtu.be/57nPAqBPGPE

Ha, I just now realized those two are actually tied -- so they should both be 30. Oops.

I think you've done it right: more votes breaks ties.

Howling at the Moon my #2 as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/f338d468-aa2c-4a12-8f7f-6a49be949189_zps765bbe40.jpg

29. "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" (Road to Ruin, 1978)

(146 points, 8 votes)

(Rare use of "Want to" over "Wanna" in a Ramones song title)

And the link: http://youtu.be/eRwek-qyyeM

"Howling" was one of my two!

love that joan jett photo atop this thread.

including that and the photos accompanying the favorite-ramone subpoll, my favorite ramone photos are:

1. johnny
2. joey
3. joan
4. dee dee
5. tommy

http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/a_martin_scorsese_film_about_the_ramones_is_in_the_works

Can You Say "DiCaprio IS Dee Dee"

One more, then a break, then I'll probably finish through 21 later this evening.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/ddff1554-8124-42c9-bfb2-15e084938100_zps1deb6b77.jpg

28. "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" (Ramones, 1976)

(149 points, 8 votes)

http://youtu.be/0MG1QMoZdj8

wiyawannawalkarounwitme

Orange stick-person = Ramones; green and black stick-people = rest of world.

i voted for that one. also: california sun, i remember you and its not my place.

might've voted for howling at the moon and i want you around if i heard them.

havana affair was the last to drop from my list i think.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/701314f8-e3b6-46b3-b48c-017cfdc40b37_zps22042748.jpg

26. (TIE) "Don't Come Close" (Road to Ruin, 1978)

(156 points, 7 votes)

http://youtu.be/Mj6WrA3veA4

Wikipedia: ""Don't Come Close" uses elements which can also be heard in country music, such as twang.[8]"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/38f5b494-f9aa-4a61-9ab6-3411f5c85dcc_zpsb0aa051a.jpg

26. (TIE) "Pet Sematary" (Brain Drain, 1989)

(156 points, 9 votes)

http://youtu.be/F3J0iwwsq-w

there are few songs that are more fun to sing in an exaggerated Joey voice than "Pet Sematary" imo

My #3. TOO LOW.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/4a78247d-6f1f-4fd3-9518-b6495badf611_zps73738b65.jpg

25. "Danny Says" (End of the Century, 1980)

(160 points, 7 votes)

http://youtu.be/5Aerah72IEI

I'll pause there. We'll go through #11 tomorrow, top 10 on Friday.

One of their funniest lines: "We can't go surfin' 'cause it's 20 below."

"Commando" was in my top five! This doesn't bode well for some of my other choices.

"commando" is top 5 ramones, i don't see how there can be any other interpretation

"Don't Come Close" and "Pet Sematary" both on my ballot. I also had "Dannys Says" as my #3. So TOO LOW to alla these!

I can only imagine that 1 more of my top ten will make it in at this point and it'll probably be in the next 5.

danny says was my #2

Wasn't Loco Live the album that they recorded in stadiums in South America? I thought that was a bad choice. That environment seemed to suck the life out of those songs. I know they had a huge, enthusiastic following down there, but live punk rock albums should not be recorded in huge outdoor venues. Greatest Hits Live (despite the piss poor title) is a great live Ramones album, recorded in a club in NYC.

― Mark M, Monday, December 30, 2002 10:15 PM (11 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It was recorder in Barcelona, Spain. And it includes the best into ever, "Have any of you seen Stephen King's Pet Semetary? Well then you might just know this next tune, it's entitled Pet Semetary!"

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Monday, December 30, 2002 10:50 PM (11 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/1a9eb7d8-99d5-48ad-9bc8-3a4a30c3b344_zpscbbd8ecf.jpg

24. "Outsider" (Subterranean Jungle, 1982)

(161 points, 9 votes)

http://youtu.be/5Qzd-Ko3Nqo

Oh man, I love this one but it didn't make my ballot. Glad to see it place.

The middle eight where Dee Dee comes in is kinda heartbreaking. Like I said on the voting thread, I think it's most autobiographical song.

HIS most, that is.

http://youtu.be/maS68s9jpYo

23. "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" (Ramones, 1976)

(171 points, 8 votes)

http://youtu.be/maS68s9jpYo

Oops.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/29c27f8c-e5de-405b-95d4-fd245d3b125d_zpsa89a21d9.jpg

Just realized I forgot to include this one. Happy it placed anyway.

Joey's pronunciation is so weird. BICE-mehhhnt.

Some people (Christgau, e.g.) hate this one. I kinda love it. I think this and "Danny Says" are the two times on the album that the Spectorisms really pay off.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/0f35beed-b8ef-4c33-a7bc-471f4e0dafe7_zps90f2909b.jpg

22. "Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio?" (End of the Century, 1980)

(183 points, 7 votes)

http://youtu.be/kJizV-d3sEQ

I loved this when the album came out, but it hasn't worn so well. Nice roll-call, though.

I like the throw-in of "romeo" in "Basement"

Nice roll-call, though.

They didn't start the fire.

cept even in 1980 i think most of their audience was too young to have seen Shindig and Hullabaloo. (i was)

Get the glory, like Charles Manson.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/b76ac60d-50ff-45f9-9830-4badd1d53f0e_zpsbea6067a.jpg

21. "Glad to See You Go" (Leave Home, 1977)

(189 points, 9 votes)

http://youtu.be/PuIHuOLcg38

I think I got most of the references at the time, but not sure if I'd bought Nuggets yet--Moulty may have puzzled me.

"Glad to See You Go" on my playlist for 1/20/17

Your's and Johnny's.

for very diff reasons, i'd suspect

probably Lupe Fiasco's too

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jan/21/lupe-fiasco-obama

Anyone else have any Obama grievances? Air them here.

[off to "post them here" thread]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/036c48ee-5323-4c4d-82ac-2ebd0a877d10_zps6868c2b8.jpg

20. "Loudmouth" (Ramones, 1976)

(196 points, 9 votes)

http://youtu.be/qoOWot3efxY

good timing

ha

btw the actual title of that drawing is "Robot Frog."

good timing
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius)

I was going to post that too!

The pick-up band I had at school played "Blitzkrieg Bop" one year, "Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy" the next. I tried to learn "Loudmouth" and didn't quite get it. Maybe there's a tricky change in there.

doesn't "Loudmouth" have the most impressive cold stop?

Just gave it a quick listen--I think it was the last 30 seconds that tripped me up trying to learn it. No cold stop; fade-out, like Gentle Giant.

ok what am i thinking of, then

For most of my life, I thought the Manson line in "Glad to See You Go" was "Kick the door/Light the match/You gotta go go go go..."

I'm guessing most of the songs on the first four LPs end cold? That's the way I intuitively think of them, but then I wouldn't have guessed a fade-out on "Loudmouth," either, so I don't know.

That's one hell of an art collection,by the way.

"Robot Frog" is more of a Robyn Hitchcock title tho

All credit to the artists.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/721e11c6-9dbf-4c7c-9444-ae0d682b58fc_zps975cad5b.jpg

19. "Pinhead" (Leave Home, 1977)

(203 points, 11 votes)

http://youtu.be/GT_2K4ddG7g

omg @ that picture

Yeah, that was the picture that gave me the idea to use the drawings.

And I thought the classic rock poll images would set the standard

I've still never seen Freaks.

I didn't even hear of it til years after I heard the song. It was almost disappointing to learn there was some context for Gabba Gabba beyond just Ramones weirdness.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/00139eca-14f9-4bdd-8553-4c347ce4f935_zps8432e1d1.jpg

18. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" (Leave Home, 1977)

(205 points, 12 votes)

http://youtu.be/6wd777-Iopo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/1c515351-a953-462f-9da6-ae0b2671efc4_zps6cbb23a1.jpg

17. "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" (Ramones, 1976)

(212 points, 12 votes, 1 first-place vote)

http://youtu.be/FwJnnf1Ogcw

have you ever seen that short film Punking out where Dee Dee 'explains' "Glue"?

i don't have sound, this might be it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVNYxJ4lGI

Nope, that's about his powerful bass amp.

xpost

That's not it, but great clip anyway.

His little laugh at the end there reminds me of Michael Showalter's character in WHAS.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/4396240d-6f38-41b7-abf7-070de457b4ec_zpsca7fa52d.jpg

16. "We're a Happy Family" (Rocket to Russia, 1977)

(236 points, 13 votes)

http://youtu.be/ZQlM59sDJVo

i just had black beans, not refried alas

You are also not friends with the president.

let's not p'off clemenza again

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/d1e84930-f6c1-4d3f-a6a2-1cd2584d8d8c_zps07067ec5.jpg

15. "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World" (Ramones, 1976)

(255 points, 11 votes)

http://youtu.be/z6Xae9jsqxU

Probably the only song from the s/t that I really don't care about.

Higher than Basement, Chainsaw, Glue, Havana, and Loudmouth?

such a glorious track

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/cd1f52f3-4099-49de-b986-431541baabb5_zps467dc5f8.jpg

14. "The KKK Took My Baby Away" (Pleasant Dreams, 1981)

(264 points, 14 votes, 1 first-place vote)

http://youtu.be/d7YOCoSq9_U

^^^

My dad's favorite Ramones song.

my other post-EOTC vote

Wart Hog, R.I.P.

creepiest pseudo-fascist song, then a song about Johnny. balance.

I was the #1 vote for "The KKK Took My Baby Away," slightly disappointed my enthusiasm couldn't push it into the top ten

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/ecdf75fb-c512-4ddd-aaca-4d5217f3688a_zpsf53d9b59.jpg

13. "Oh Oh I Love Her So" (Leave Home, 1977)

(272 points, 11 votes, 1 first-place vote)

http://youtu.be/f8HxnhD4c6k

For a long time, this was my favourite. Tom Carson's Stranded essay is great--think he singles out "Oh Oh I Love Her So."

Just an undeniable song. Pure joy.

And I don't think I even voted for it! But I should have.

seems like Swallow My Pride won the implicit Leave Home poll. sweet!

YES
was getting worried about that one

so good

Hey Daddio...the Basement got hosed

I was the only #1 vote for "Oh Oh I Love Her So"?? Utter madness.

Wart Hog, R.I.P.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, August 28, 2014 3:18 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I put "Wart Hog" at #5 in the vain hope that that would bump it up enough to place :( I wonder how many votes it got.

Couple more for today.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/4f55e740-0ff5-4c42-adfa-ab9acbe5df7d_zpsde26bc5c.jpg

12. "Cretin Hop" (Rocket to Russia, 1977)

(276 points, 14 votes)

http://youtu.be/7ymeuOz0hZU

I got nothing on this one. 14 of you?

There's no stoppin the cretins from hoppin.

yeah c'mon this is a great album opener

too true.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/e67c3583-8708-4974-8718-ea470ee80550_zps9bd0861b.jpg

11. "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" (Single, 1985)

(280 points, 13 votes, 1 first-place vote)

http://youtu.be/Su0Hvt6hTmA

Never a fan of "Cretin Hop." It signals kind of a change for me--doesn't have the power of the first album or the beauty of the second; it's just novelty. I'm the rare person who, "Sheena" aside, likes Rocket to Russia the least of the first four.

"Bonzo," on the other hand, is brilliant. I've posted the School of Rock clip two or three times elsewhere...

Everything about "Bonzo" makes me happy.

Coming from Joey, the way he uses the word "somehow" is perfect.

"Wart Hog" was my #7 vote. Thought it might slip in at the bottom. Not confident about its chances anymore.

Ah, there's something from Animal Boy - finally! Was expecting this one, of course, but still great. God, I was so shocked when I heard the bells in this, but it struck me immediately and was my first favorite song off of my first Ramones album. Joey sounds so sad.

The live version of Bonzo is epic. My favorite Joey vocal.

Which live version?

like many of you (I assume), I have the 12"

http://www.somanyrecordssolittletime.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/RamonesBonzo.jpg

was it Johnny or the suits who got the title slightly amended for the LP?

Johnny, by all accounts.

I bet the suits had some hand in it. Sire Records said the reason they didn't release the single stateside was both "financial and political".

Funny, I just watched this interview last night where both Dee Dee and Joey sorta halfassedly defend Reagan to a British interviewer (around the 4 minute mark). It really feels like they are dealing with the fallout from a battle they had lost against Johnny/Sire/whoever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnjQo9hhiOY

Says a lot about the difference between US and UK punk that it took the Ramones 10 years to record their "God Save the Queen."

Ford, Carter just too middle-of-the-road for outright punk rock rebellion, I guess.

I really don't know anything about those guys though. Correct me if I'm wrong.

They could've written "Pardon Me, Jerry."

My understanding is that the only lefty among the (first five) Ramones was Marky

Cretin Hop, too low

Into the top 10 we go.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/b43dc35d-30bc-4836-b3f2-735428cfa2b0_zps9e86ccf8.jpg

10. "Teenage Lobotomy" (Rocket to Russia, 1977)

(324 points, 14 votes, 1 first-place vote)

http://youtu.be/6ssoBUb2cJk

"Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em/ That I got no cerebellum" belongs on any list of Greatest Couplets Ever.

unassailably true

Followed closely by, "Now I'll have to break the news/ That I got no mind to lose."

One more before lunch.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/5f6ebcd2-f9cc-4fc8-a446-16ab59b32586_zps2e39bfae.jpg

9. "Rock 'n' Roll High School" (Rock 'n' Roll High School OST, 1979; End of the Century, 1980)

(327 points, 19 votes)

http://youtu.be/J4P4ln781D0

I figured we wouldn't split votes acc to the two versions, so I didn't specify. (I assume Spector re-recorded them rather than remixed it?)

I think so, because wasn't this one of the ones where he made Johnny play his part like 100 times?

Didn't make my ballot (Rockaway Beach ousted it from my corny 60s throwback tunes slot). Dee Dee is fucking hilarious in this video.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/6dee75f9-2c18-4d43-afec-d514b9355988_zps799c73eb.jpg

8. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (Ramones, 1976)

(329 points, 16 votes)

http://youtu.be/iS8oYNK73Ek

cuet!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0VOiNxC2Ao

Didn't make my ballot, but this is obviously such a great song. Could totally hear it with an "Everyday"-style arrangement with glockenspeil or something.

So important to the first album, too -- signaled their pop chops from the get-go.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/430e8407-98c5-4b40-9ba1-8340d85bd4b1_zpsb13f57c1.jpg

7. 53rd & 3rd (Ramones, 1976)

(333 points, 13 votes, 3 first-place votes)

http://youtu.be/3qcMjKxt-dE

My understanding is that the only lefty among the (first five) Ramones was Marky
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, August 29, 2014 8:39 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think Joey was a liberal type of dude. Whether he counted as a "lefty" is I suppose a matter of interpretation.

Seems like Joey was liberal in inclination but not really very political until "Bonzo" and "Sun City."

he had a totally right-wing financial advisor woman in his latter years iirc

I think Wanna Be Your Boyfriend is the one with seven (!!) chords in it

somewhere there is an ILM thread where people discuss the number of chords per song on the debut

"53rd & 3rd" such a weird, complicated song. "You're the one they never pick" vs. "Then I took out my razor blade."

I saw an interview clip with Dee Dee from the early 2000s where he is obviously really tired of answering questions about the song.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/daa4a296-8c85-4b9a-98ea-e3505e2405c8_zps61b74b9e.jpg

6. "Beat on the Brat" (Ramones, 1976)

(346 points, 15 votes)

http://youtu.be/3HUGeA2lur4

"53rd & 3rd" the closest they ever got, sound-wise, to their queens borough-mates kiss.

he had a totally right-wing financial advisor woman in his latter years iirc

― Οὖτις, Friday, August 29, 2014 12:41 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is there such a thing as a left-wing financial advisor man/woman?

Didn't he just watch her television program?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/cda92de9-ad30-4de4-bda0-30ad8fa52b83_zpsea739e40.jpg

5. "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Road to Ruin, 1978)

(439 points, 18 votes, 1 1st-place vote)

http://youtu.be/lQeo3OfuEDM

Is there such a thing as a left-wing financial advisor man/woman?

George Soros? idk

can't find any web sources, but am quite sure Joey said in contemporaneous interviews that he'd voted for Reagan in 1980. so he may have been liberal just when it came to apartheid, pot, and Nazis.

Gonna do this one, then I'll be back this evening with the big 3. (Which of course everyone knows, but in what order?)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/4636fd6f-1abb-4085-a94b-29b3e303de17_zps7716128f.jpg

4. "Judy Is a Punk" (Ramones, 1976)

(477 points, 18 votes, 3 first-place votes)

http://youtu.be/K6GAGdBiJF0

Perhaps they'll die.

Which of course everyone knows, but in what order?

Two I know--and I'd bet money on the #1--but I'm blanking out on the third. My #1 hasn't been listed yet, so I guess it could be that, but I always thought it was more of a subjective favourite. (I'll keep everything nice and vague.)

blitzkrieg, sheena and sedated obviously. no Swallow My Pride after all.

ah shit. sedated already placed. my bad!

"I Wanna Be Sedated" has already shown up. First two, of course--it's the third one I'm not sure about.

It's their biggest-charting single, surely

Gobsmacked that "Swallow My Pride" isn't gonna place

Myonga's right.

Odd that Locket Love didn't place ( unless I missed it)

Judy is my number one, largely for Tenenbaums reasons

From the Mark Prindle website comment section by user Nikus80 (similar things possibly posted to ILX as well):

"The Ramones usually used three chords. Okay, maybe four" - paraphrased from a lot of people.
Bullshit. Look:
Blitzkrieg Bop : A,D,E,B (ok, the B was used very little, but it was there)
Beat On The Brat: B, A, F#, E
Judy Is A Punk: Eb, Ab, Bb (ok, Judy has just 3)
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend: E, A, B, C#m
Chainsaw: A, E, B, F#
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue: A,G,F,E
I Don't Wanna Go Down To the Basement: E,B,D,A,C,G,F (SEVEN CHORDS!)
Loudmouth: A,E,B,G,D,C (SIX)
Havana Affair: B,G,A,F#,E
Listen To My Heart:D,A,E,G,C#m,B
53 & 3rd: E,D,A,G,B (which has some kind of key change (not EXACTLY, But the verse is played again 2 half-steps up))
Let's Dance: G,B,D,F,C
I Don't wanna walk around with you: E,G,A,D
Today your love, tomorrow the world: C,G,E,D,A

*Note:I got the chords from some webpage (I didn't bother to figure them out)*

So, for the debut only:
ONE song with three chords
Six Songs with four chords
Four Songs with five chords
Two songs with six chords
One song with seven chords

So, in the debut, they used 4.7 ((3 + 6 * 4 + 4 * 5 + 2 * 6 + 7)/ 14 = 4.7) chords for each song, round it up, and they used FIVE CHORDS per song.

That said, I think writing a good song with just three chords is hard as hell. With four, well, is not as hard, but it ain't easy.

That will be useful if I ever have to figure out again what songs are within my capability; just eliminate all the ones with a #.

that doesn't make any sense

haha that is totally what I remember!

Rockaway Beach is the third?

Any of you dudes been to an ice capade?

very cool top 3. rooting for "Rockaway."

That will be useful if I ever have to figure out again what songs are within my capability; just eliminate all the ones with a #.

buy a capo!

Hey, I'm Clemenza--I am a Capo.

touché!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/9dfe1669-25d0-4292-a080-940b91d894a2_zpsd0b87f5e.jpg

3. "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Ramones, 1976)

(517 points, 20 votes, 2 first-place votes)

http://youtu.be/BbDekaqw3lQ <---- greatest version of this song

And the top 2 (which were actually my top 2, tho in reverse order)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/318a4a0e-6410-466b-9752-3e561258753b_zps88679177.jpg

2. "Rockaway Beach" (Rocket to Russia, 1977)

(522 points, 19 votes, 3 1st-place votes)

http://youtu.be/6siGKxcKol0

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/dfe3bc1d-0b3a-479a-ab6c-7fd27462d31f_zps06490533.jpg

1. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" (Rocket to Russia, 1977)

(541 points, 19 votes, 3 first-place votes)

http://youtu.be/-nlX7P0nhaI

Glad it's not "Rockaway Beach"--never cared for it. "Sheena" I love.

I love 'em both. "Chewin' out a rhythm on my bubblegum."

But even though I had it at #2, I agree on Sheena as a Ramones OPO.

Here's the full list of tracks receiving votes. Asterisks indicate first-place votes.

1. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker ***

(541 points, 19 votes, 3 first-place votes)

2. Rockaway Beach ***

(522 points, 19 votes, 3 1st-place votes)

3. Blitzkrieg Bop **

(517 points, 20 votes, 2 first-place votes)

4. Judy Is a Punk ***

(477 points, 18 votes, 3 first-place votes)

5. I Wanna Be Sedated *

(439 points, 18 votes, 1 1st-place vote)

6. Beat on the Brat

(346 points, 15 votes)

7. 53rd & 3rd **

(333 points, 13 votes, 3 first-place votes)

8. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

(329 points, 16 votes)

9. Rock n Roll High School

(327 points, 19 votes)

10. Teenage Lobotomy *

(324 points, 14 votes, 1 first-place vote)

11. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg *

(280 points, 13 votes, 1 first-place vote)

12. Cretin Hop

(276 points, 14 votes)

13. Oh Oh I Love Her So *

(272 points, 11 votes, 1 first-place vote)

14. The KKK Took My Baby Away *

(264 points, 14 votes, 1 first-place vote)

15. Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World

(255 points, 11 votes)

16. We're a Happy Family

(236 points, 13 votes)

17. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue *

(212 points, 12 votes, 1 first-place vote)

18. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

(205 points, 12 votes)

19. Pinhead

(203 points, 11 votes)

20. Loudmouth

(196 points, 9 votes)

21. Glad to See You Go

(189 points, 9 votes)

22. Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio?

(183 points, 7 votes)

23. I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement

(171 points, 8 votes)

24. Outsider

(161 points, 9 votes)

25. Danny Says

(160 points, 7 votes)

26. (TIE) Pet Sematary

(156 points, 9 votes)

26. (TIE) Don't Come Close

(156 points, 7 votes)

28. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You

(149 points, 8 votes)

29. I Just Wanna Have Something to Do

(146 points, 8 votes)

30. Chinese Rock

(132 points, 7 votes)

31. Howling at the Moon (Sha La La)

(132 points, 6 votes)

32. It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)

(130 points, 8 votes)

33. Havana Affair

(129 points, 7 votes)

34. She's the One

(128 points, 8 votes)

35. I Don't Care

(126 points, 6 votes)

36. I Want You Around

(121 points, 6 votes)

37. (TIE) Chainsaw

(117 points, 6 votes)

37. (TIE) Commando

(117 points, 8 votes)

39. I Remember You

(113 points, 7 votes)

40. California Sun

(105 points, 6 votes)

41. Suzy Is a Headbanger

(102 points, 6 votes)

42. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

(93 points, 5 votes)

43. Questioningly *

(91 points, 4 votes, 1 first-place vote)

44. Carbona Not Glue

(89 points, 6 votes)

45. Swallow My Pride

(85 points, 5 votes)

46. Slug *

(84 points, 4 votes, 1 first-place vote)

47. Do You Wanna Dance?

(81 points, 6 votes)

48. I Don't Wanna Grow Up

(80 points, 4 votes)

49. Wart Hog

(76 points, 3 votes)

50. She's a Sensation *

(69 points, 3 votes, 1 first-place vote)

51. (TIE) Something to Believe In

(66 points, 4 votes)

51. (TIE) I Can't Give You Anything

(66 points, 3 votes)

53. I Wanna Live

(64 points, 4 votes)

54. Poison Heart *

(63 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)

55. Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy *

(62 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)

56. I Believe in Miracles

(61 points, 2 votes)

57. Let's Dance

(59 points, 3 votes)

58. Psycho Therapy

(56 points, 3 votes)

59. You Sound Like You're Sick

(54 points, 3 votes)

60. I Wanna Be Well

(50 points, 3 votes)

61. Baby I Love You

(44 points, 2 votes)

62. Needles & Pins

(40 points, 2 votes)

63. I Can't Make It on Time

(39 points, 3 votes)

64. She Talks to Rainbows

(38 points, 2 votes)

65. Surfin' Bird

(37 points, 2 votes)

66. Mental Hell

(36 points, 2 votes)

67. 7-11

(34 points, 3 votes)

68. Maria Bartiromo

(33 points, 1 vote)

69. Too Tough to Die

(32 points, 2 votes)

70. Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)

(30 points, 3 votes)

71. Listen to My Heart

(29 points, 2 votes)

72. (TIE) I Don't Wanna Be Learned/I Don't Wanna Be Tamed

(28 points, 2 votes)

72. (TIE) I'm Against It

(28 points, 2 votes)

72. (TIE) We Want the Airwaves

(28 points, 2 votes)

75. (TIE) Eat That Rat

(25 points, 1 vote)

75. (TIE) Locket Love

(25 points, 1 vote)

77. Love Kills

(24 points, 1 vote)

78. I Wanted Everything

(24 points, 2 votes)

79. The Return of Jackie and Judy

(24 points, 1 vote)

80. (TIE) Babysitter

(23 points, 2 votes)

80. (TIE) You Should Never Have Opened That Door

(23 points, 2 votes)

82. Ramona

(22 points, 2 votes)

83. Cretin Family

(21 points, 1 vote)

84. My My Kind of Girl

(20 points, 1 vote)

85. What's Your Game

(19 points, 1 vote)

86. (TIE) Don't Bust My Chops

(18 points, 1 vote)

86. (TIE) This Ain't Havana

(18 points, 1 vote)

88. (TIE) Mama's Boy

(17 points, 1 vote)

88. (TIE) Somebody Put Something in My Drink

(17 points, 1 vote)

90. (TIE) Every Time I Eat Vegetables, It Makes Me Think of You

(15 points, 1 vote)

90. (TIE) I Don't Want You

(15 points, 1 votes)

92. (TIE) All's Quiet on the Eastern Front

(14 points, 1 vote)

92. (TIE) Animal Boy

(14 points, 1 vote)

92. (TIE) Bad Brain

(14 points, 1 vote)

92. (TIE) Don't Go

(14 points, 1 vote)

92. (TIE) R.A.M.O.N.E.S.

(14 points, 1 vote)

97. (TIE) All the Way

(13 points, 1 vote)

97. (TIE) Apeman Hop

(13 points, 1 vote)

97. (TIE) I'm Affected

(13 points, 1 vote)

97. (TIE) Why Is It Always This Way

(13 points, 1 vote)

101. (TIE) Indian Giver

(12 points, 1 vote)

101. (TIE) Let's Go

(12 points, 1 vote)

101. (TIE) She Belongs to Me

(12 points, 1 vote)

101. (TIE) Sitting In My Room

(12 points, 1 vote)

105. (TIE) Born to Die in Berlin

(10 points, 1 vote)

105. (TIE) Bye Bye Baby

(10 points, 1 vote)

105. (TIE) Cabbies on Crack

(10 points, 1 vote)

105. (TIE) Danger Zone

(10 points, 1 vote)

105. (TIE) It's a Long Way Back

(10 points, 1 vote)

105. (TIE) Scattergun

(10 points, 1 vote)

105. (TIE) You're Gonna Kill That Girl

(10 points, 1 vote)

My #1, "Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy," was the lowest #1--only one other vote. I hear so much in that song...it's one of my templates for power-pop; the melodic sadness of "Now I wanna run away from home/Now I wanna be on my own."

Great job, great images.

1. “Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy”
2. “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg”
3. “Maria Bartiromo” (Joey Ramone)
4. “Oh Oh I Love Her So”
5. “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker”
6. “Pet Semetary”
7. “Carbona Not Glue”
8. “Outsider”
9. “I Just Want to Have Something to Do”
10. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World”
11. “Loudmouth”
12. “Judy Is a Punk”
13. “You Sound Like You’re Sick”
14. “I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement”
15. “Something to Believe In”
16. “I Want You Around”
17. “Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You”
18. “R.A.M.O.N.E.S.”
19. “Danny Says”
20. “It’s Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)”
21. “I Wanna Be Sedated”
22. “Do You Wanna Dance?”
23. “She’s a Sensation”
24. “Babysitter”
25. “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around with You”

1. Leave Home
2. Ramones
3. Pleasant Dreams
4. Road to Ruin
5. Rocket to Russia

My ballot. Bolded the tracks that didn't place in the rollout. My albums list was challopsy in excluding the first album, but I figured I had most of it covered with It's Alive and I wanted to give votes to other things.

Rockaway Beach
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Danny Says
I Wanna Be Sedated
Blitzkrieg Bop
Bonzo Goes to Bitburg
Howling at the Moon (Sha La La)
The KKK Took My Baby Away
Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio?
Teenage Lobotomy
Don't Come Close
Outsider
Pinhead
We Want the Airwaves
Somebody Put Something in My Drink
We're a Happy Family
It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)
Judy Is a Punk
Something to Believe In
7-11
Psycho Therapy
Rock n Roll High School
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Bye Bye Baby
Glad to See You Go

Albums

1. It's Alive
2. Rocket to Russia
3. Leave Home
4. Pleasant Dreams
5. Road to Ruin

Ramones

1. Joey
2. Dee Dee
3. Johnny
4. Tommy
5. Marky

Heroine

P.J. Soles

Covers

Baby I Love You
Do You Wanna Dance?
Time Has Come Today
My Back Pages
California Sun

1. Rockaway Beach
2. Judy Is a Punk
3. Danny Says
4. 53rd & 3rd
5. Beat On the Brat
6. The KKK Took My Baby Away
7. Blitzkrieg Bop
8. Chinese Rock
9. Swallow My Pride
10. Oh Oh I Love Her So
11. Outsider
12. Baby, I Love You
13. Havana Affair
14. I Want You Around
15. Cretin Hop
16. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
17. Rock 'N' Roll High School
18. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
19. Don't Come Close
20. We're a Happy Family
21. Slug
22. Questioningly
23. Pet Semetary
24. 7-11
25. Glad to See You Go

Honorable mentions to Babysitter/Rock n Roll Radio/Commando and Bonzo which I must have just totally spaced on

Albums
1. Ramones
2. Rocket to Russia
3. It's Alive
4. Pleasant Dreams
5. Leave Home

Band Members
1. Dee Dee
2. Joey
3. Tommy
4. Johnny
5. Marky

Covers
1. Baby, I Love You
2. Do You Wanna Dance
3. Let's Dance
4. Needles and Pins
5. California Sun

Great poll! Thanks tipsy mothra

Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Danny Says
Blitzkrieg Bop
I Wanna Be Sedated
Today Your Love Tomorrow The World
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
Rockaway Beach
I Wanna Be Well
You Sound Like You’re Sick
Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy
I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You
The KKK Took My Baby Away
Here Today Gone Tomorrow
It’s Not My Place (In The 9 To 5 World)
Gimmie Gimmie Shock Treatment
I Remember You
California Sun
Alls Quiet On The Eastern Front
You Should Never Have Opened That Door
Sitting In My Room
I Can’t Make It On Time
Do You Wanna Dance
I Wanted Everything
I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement
Cretin Hop

Rocket To Russia
Leave Home
Pleasant Dreams
Ramones
End Of The Century

1. Poison Heart - I just want to walk right out of a world where Poison Heart didn't even place in a Ramones poll.
2. Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)
3. Pet Semetary
4. I Wanna Live
5. I Believe In Miracles
6. Something To Believe In
7. Eat That Rat
8. Love Kills
9. I Just Wanna Have Something to Do
10. Chinese Rock
11. 53rd & 3rd
12. Mental Hell
13. Loudmouth
14. Don’t Bust My Chops
15. Mama’s Boy
16. My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)
17. Havana Affair
18. Judy Is a Punk
19. Apeman Hop
20. She Belongs to Me
21. We Want the Airwaves
22. Danny Says
23. Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
24. We’re a Happy Family
25. Rockaway Beach

Top 25 songs:
The KKK Took My Baby Away
Rockaway Beach
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Judy Is A Punk
I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You
Beat On The Brat
53rd & 3rd
Gimmie Gimmie Shock Treatment
Do You Remember Rock And Roll Radio
Cretin Hop
Cretin Family
We’re A Happy Family
Chinese Rock
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
It’s Not My Place (In The 9 To 5 World)
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
I Just Wanna Have Something To Do
I Wanna Be Sedated
Rock’n’Roll High School
Pet Sematary
Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
Blitzkrieg Bop
Born To Die In Berlin
I Want You Around
Slug

Top 5 albums:
Rocket To Russia
Pleasant Dreams
The Ramones
Adios Amigos!
Leave Home

Top 5 covers:
Do You Wanna Dance?
Substitute
R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
Any Way You Want It
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up

Top 5 Ramones:
Joey
Dee Dee
Tommy
Johnny
CJ

Favorite Ramones heroine:
Sheena

apologies to "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" and "We Want The Airwaves," which i meant to vote for.

My ballot. Many thanks to Mr. Mothra for running it. It shall forever live in the 53rd and 3rd of my heart.

1
Rockaway Beach
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement
Beat On The Brat
My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg) Loco Live version
She's The One
Locket Love
Judy Is A Punk
I Can't Give You Anything
Don't Come Close
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
I Don't Care
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
Blitzkrieg Bop
I Wanna Be Sedated
Suzy Is A Headbanger
I Don't Want You
I Wanted Everything
I Remember You
Howling At The Moon (Sha La La)
I'm Against It
Carbona Not Glue
Rock and Roll High School
Loudmouth
Danger Zone
25

Favorite albums:
Rocket To Russia
Ramones
Road To Ruin
Leave Home
Too Tough To Die

Here's my ballot. I had a lot of fun doing this, and thanks for the charming rollout!
I guess All The Way is a deep cut that only I love; Psycho Therapy not placing was a genuine surprise.

Albums
End of the
Century
Leave Home
Ramones
Too Tough To Die
Rocket To Russia

Covers
California Sun
Do You Wanna Dance?
Substitute
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Needles & Pins

Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)
I Wanna Be Sedated
Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
Blitzrieg Bop
Pinhead
KKK Took My Baby Away
Outsider
Rock 'N' Roll High School
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
58 Psycho Therapy
Teenage Lobotomy
My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)
I Remember You
I Just Want to Have Something to Do
66 Mental Hell
Oh Oh I Love Her So
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
97 All The Way
53 I Wanna Live

ugh

a fellow "Mental Hell" voter!

Mental Hell is one of my favorites of their 80s work. I tried to have one off of every album, but Halfway To Sanity was as far as I could get in their later work (I Wanna Live)-though I think Acid Eaters is great.

I had Howling At The Moon #2 as well how's life.

Yeah I hit every album thru Sanity. Could've gone for Pet Srmatary too. For a band with such an obvious early peak, they kept things interesting for a long time.

Oxfam record hunting yesterday, managed to find a great copy of "Its Alive" 2lp, and "Leave Home" a US pressing with "Carbona"

Alice, however, decided she wanted a copy of "Muddy Waters live at Newport"..

Kids, eh?

does anyone believe Scorsese will really direct this?

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6229437/reunited-ramones-estates-plan-big-comeback-including-martin-scorsese-film

Adam Driver as Joey despite the muscles, I'd say.

It's tragic that Michael Shannon is at least a decade too old to play Dee Dee.

yes! maybe he can be Seymour Stein.

anyway, mine:

TRACKS
I Wanna Be Sedated
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Blitzkrieg Bop
Rockaway Beach
Don't Come Close
Beat on the Brat
Questioningly
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Teenage Lobotomy
I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement
My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)
Danny Says
We're a Happy Family
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
She's the One
53rd & 3rd
Pet Sematary
Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)
Oh Oh, I Love Her So
I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You
California Sun
Pinhead
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
Cretin Hop


ALBUMS
Ramones
Rocket to Russia
Road to Ruin
Leave Home
Too Tough to Die


RAMONES
Joey
Dee Dee
Marky
Tommy
Johnny

Great poll, tipsy!

Second time my #1 has been the consensus #1 (Elton/"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" was the other).

TRACKS

1. Sheena is a Punk Rocker
2. I Don't Want to Grow Up
3. Rock n Roll High School
4. I Wanna Be Sedated
5. Glad to See You Go
6. We're a Happy Family
7. Judy is a Punk
8. California Sun
9. Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio?
10. Rockaway Beach
11. Blitzkrieg Bop
12. 53rd & 3rd
13. It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)
14. Pinhead
15. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
16. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
17. Suzy is a Headbanger
18. Teenage Lobotomy
19. Commando
20. The KKK Took My Baby Away
21. She's the One
22. Carbona Not Glue
23. Cabbies on Crack
24. Scattergun
25. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

ALBUMS

1. Leave Home
2. Rocket to Russia
3. Ramones
4. Road to Ruin
5. Pleasant Dreams

HEROINE

PJ Soles

Covers

1. I Don't Want To Grow Up
2. California Sun
3. Little Bit O' Soul
4. Surfin' Bird
5. Happy Birthday (from The Simpsons

Here's my ballot:

Judy is a Punk
Cretin Hop
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Rockaway Beach
Teenage Lobotomy
Oh Oh I Love Her So
Pinhead
Loudmouth
Blitzkrieg Bop
Do You Wanna Dance
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
What’s Your Game
Beat on the Brat
Havana Affair
I Wanna Be Well
Bonzo Goes to Bitburg
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
Why Is It Always This Way
Ramona
Rock ‘N Roll High School
I Wanna Be Sedated
I Remember You
Glad to See You Go
Suzy Is a Headbanger

Ramones Covers:
Do You Wanna Dance
I Don't Wanna Grow Up
Spider Man
Surfin' Bird
California Sun

Woman who's got no cerebellum, what's on your iPod?

http://io9.com/doctors-discover-a-woman-with-no-cerebellum-1633439918

I'm going to leave this up for a couple of days and then delete it--19 seconds of me leading my grade 3 class on "Blitzkrieg Bop" for a school assembly. Luckily the music teacher caught some of it; I stupidly forgot to arrange for the whole thing to be filmed. Definitely on the shortlist of my teaching highlights.

http://youtu.be/U4IUeWwM0a0

The video for I Believe In Miracles had text scrolling along the top and bottom of the screen while the Ramones performed in the center. I had the idea to do this up as a poll, but midway through copying everything down, I realized it would be way too many options and I didn't want to do multiple polls. So I just decided to post it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS-TGTUcBPg

TOP SCROLL
Hey Ho Let’s Go!
Feed The Poor
House the Homeless
Punk Lives
It’s the Devil’s Music
Less Is More
A-Bomb
XKE
Let Freedom Ring
The Shot Heard ‘Round the World
Music Television
Pop Art
Love
Peace
Cars
Girls
Beer
St. Marks Place
Ed Sullivan
I Believe In Miracles
Rock Is Dead
American Bandstand
Dee Dee Out
C Jay In
Generic
Primal
Extra Texture
Free South Africa
Free America
Radio Free Europe
Blue Suede Shoes
Tune In Turn On Drop Out
The Yin and Yang
Disco Is Dead
Wall of Sound
Manic Panic
Rock = Satanism?
Silence = Death
We Shall Overcome
The War to End All Wars
Tiananmen Square
Lithuania
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Germany
Russia
Armenia
Afghanistan
You Only Live Once
The Walls Come Tumbling Down
John Sinclair 10 Years for 2
Here Comes Trouble
S.D.I.
Rock and Roll High School
X X X
Girls Girls Girls
Channel J
The Yankee Clipper
The Bambino
Viva Las Vegas
GTO
I Feel Like the Luckiest Man on Earth…
Blow Up
Free Neil Cohen
BBC
I Was a Teenage Zombie
Forest Hills
We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident
Bubble Gum
Day Glo
Black Light
What’s Your Sign?
Nelson Mandela Is Free
Where Do We Go From Here
Do You Remember rock and Roll Radio?
It’s Your Thing
H-Bomb
Creationism
Evolution
Black Leather
Big Bang
World Market
Is This The End?
Where When and Why?
Farm Aid
Hardcore
Peace on Earth
Save the Rain Forests
Recycle
Ban Styrofoam
Recycle
Limit Personal Use of Plastics
Recycle
Vivisection Should Be a Crime
Know Your Elected Officials
Keep Church and State Separate
Stand By The First Amendment
Ours Is Not To Reason Why Ours Is But To Do Or Die
We Are the World
Save the Children
Save the Environment
Save Us All
Gabba Gabba Hey!

BOTTOM SCROLL
Robert Johnson
Louis Jordan
Bill Haley and the Comets
Alan Freed
Elvis Presley
Little Richard
Carl Perkins
Chuck Berry
Buddy Holly
Bo Diddley
Jerry Lee Lewis
Roy Orbison
Duane Eddy
Mean Gene Vincent
Eddie Cochran
The Beach Boys
Dion and the Belmonts
Murray the K
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
The Yardbirds
The Who
Del Shannon
The Four Seasons
Phil Spector
The Standells
Cream
The Marvelettes
Them
The Ronettes
The Dave Clark Five
The Animals
The Box Tops
The Shangri-Las
The Whiskey Au Go Go
The MC5
Jimi Hendrix
Andy Warhol
The Velvet Underground
The Seeds
Edie
The Doors
Young Rascals
Mountain
Iggy and the Stooges
Led Zeppelin
The Rainbow
T-Rex
Slade
Gary Glitter
Alice Cooper
Mott the Hoople
David Bowie
The Jeff Beck Group
The New York Dolls
The Modern Lovers
Motorhead
The Ramones
Sex Pistols
Allan Arkush
Gary Brendan
Andrea Overland
The Damned
Hilly Kristal
C.B.G.B.’s
The Clash
Patti Smith
The Buzzcocks
Tommy Erdelyi
The Dead Boys
Blondie
Arturo Vega
Dictators
Punk Magazine
The Heartbreakers
Cramps
John Holmstrom
Talking Heads
Ed Stasium
Rodney Bingenheimer
Kevin Patrick
The Dickies
Richard Hell
Oedipus
Seymour Stein
Shirley Divers
Howie Klein
Monte
Plasmatics
George Dubose
Holly and the Italians
Vin Scelsa
X
Kurt Loder
AC/DC
Lisa Robinson
The Ritz
The Roundhouse
The Palladium
The Roxy
Metallica
John Giddings
Sonic Youth
Bad Brains
The Dead Kennedys
Black Flag
Anthrax
Agnostic Front
Dennis Mcnamara
Donna Donna
D.O.A.
Murphy’s Law
Danny Fields
Georgia Satellites
Howard Stern
Ira Herzog
Paul Conroy
Guns & Roses
Living Colour