All members of "The Ramones" contributed something to the band's wonderful greatness!!! I don't see it, as a , "Who's a better drummer", or "who's the better bassist"!!!! I believe that they all made the band great during their years!!!!
Ritchie Ramone was absolutely underrated. He had a very good voice and his drumming was more sophisticated than Marky, but he never was considered as a Ramone. I just imagine this song with the Joey's voice...wow.
I’ve loved the Ramones since I was a teenager, and somehow I’ve only recently learned about this song as a 43 year old. It’s a shame it never made it onto an album, because I can honestly say it instantly became one of my favorites.
My favorite Ramones song by far. Richie's vocals along with his drumming fucking rip, and Johnny and Dee Dee's guitar and bass add another bit of ferocity that's unmatched imo
Well I mean come on... Richie was a genius technician on the drums, who could sing and wrote legendary songs...while Marky was a replace of Tommy on the better level of technical skill on the drums... Joey also said that Richie saved Ramones in the middle 80's.
Marky is a nice good drummer, but he only continued what his predecessors did. When he replaced Tommy, he kept the pace of the previous albums. Richie came and sped up the tempo, and Marky followed through.
@theonlyharleyquinn I thought it was Johnny that didn't like Richie. In a interview with Richie, he said that Johnny would sit in his hotel room and just play and rehearse, while Dee Dee got lost somewhere doing heroin and drugs, while he and Joey would hang out at the pool, play minigolf, go to pubs and bars having fun.
@kaizendogtraining I started to watch a few Richie´s performance on stage and he did not so bad well ... He looks like a really Ramone !!!!!Ok He was!!! Thanks Richie for a good upgrate during the last 2010 Ramones for ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is. In richies book, he says the line “you know your biggest problem is the way you comb your hair” comes from when Johnny would comb his hair in a weird way before they went on stage
@PhilRamone666 Hey Kumpel!Wie gehts?Hab jetzt Elevator Operator abgecheckt,is ganz cool,der Anfang is echt 100 % Ben E. King,aber Richie macht geile Vocals,hätte der mal nicht die ihm zustehenden Shirt-Verkauf-Einnahmen eingefordert,wäre er wohl länger bei der besten Band geblieben so nach dem Motto:JOHNNY JOEY C.JAY RICHIE!Alter,machs gut und ich schreib Dir noch mal "vernünftig"!Hau rein!RAMONES FOREVER!
Just converted this from vinyl to cd. Haven't heard since had record player in my parents house 19 years ago. Great song that all the wee celebrity wanx that wear Ramones t shirts mos def haven't heard...
@darkrockdude I love all ramones albums, their later work displays an amazing evolution of songwriting and general growth in the band. Every member brought something to the table. Their first four albums are classic, but I think their best work was with when Ritchie ruled the kit.
R.A.M.O.N.E.S (though there is a joey version,)Journey to the Centre of Mind, The Shapes of Things to Come, My Back Pages, Making Monsters for My friends, The Crusher, Cretin family, Scattergun, Got A lot to Say and more...obviousy the later Ramones albums when DeeDee had left.
No, it is the B side of a single release by Beggars Banquet in the UK. Side A has Somebody Put Something... There were several official singles released in the UK with songs like Smash You, Street Fighting Man and others not released in the 12" LP
They played their last concert in 1996. And the singer (Joey) the guitarist (Johnny) and the first bassist (Dee Dee) are dead. Joey and Johnny died of cancer, and Dee Dee died of an overdose. Joey died 15. april 2001, Dee Dee died 5. june 2002 and Johnny died 15. september 2004
c.j. was a great bass player and tommy and marky are WAY better drummers then richie. I am a die hard ramones fan and tommy and marky are way better! dee dee was way better then c.j.!
