Its Alive !!!!!!!!!! (The Ramones in general)

Member Name: mark9fsn

Product:	The Ramones in general
Date:	10/04/03 (42 review reads)
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The sad death of Joey and Dee Dee Ramone prompted me to dig this live Ramones album out, and I am pleased I did. This surely must be one of the best, if not the best live album ever.

It consists of no less than twenty eight songs in just under forty five minutes. This album catches The Ramones at their very best, so good it makes you sweat. From 'Rockaway Beach' to 'We're a Happy Family' it is just pure three or four chord, Marshalls stacked, leather and ripped denim genius. I am sure the likes of Green Day, Blink 152, U2 amongst many others would not be around today if it was not for these four guys from New Jersey. With songs like 'Havana Affair', 'Cretin Hop', and 'Sheena is a Punk Rocker', these songs of madness, murder and mayhem, are a must not just for Ramones fans but for anyone who likes their music fast and furious. There is barely breathing space between the songs, with Dee Dee's rapid fire '1,2,3,4' introducing nearly every song.


The photos on the album, bring back memories of one of the best gigs I have ever witnessed, my ears are still buzzing. It aslo contains the most moronically brilliant rhyme ever written, 'Now I guess i gotta tell 'em, that I've got no cerebellum', from 'Teenage Lobotomy'. You just do not get songs about brain surgery anymore. You really should buy this record, and turn it up!!!!!

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