While camping together in Canyonlands / Needles, Jim and I discussed our 3rd (so far) pick from 1977: Rocket to Russia by Ramones.
Song Ratings
| # |
Song |
Jim |
Chris |
| 1 |
Cretin Hop |
— |
— |
| 2 |
Rockaway Beach |
— |
— |
| 3 |
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow |
— |
Starter |
| 4 |
Locket Love |
— |
— |
| 5 |
I Don’t Care |
— |
— |
| 6 |
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker |
Starter |
— |
| 7 |
We’re a Happy Family |
Bench |
Cut |
| 8 |
Teenage Lobotomy |
— |
Bench |
| 9 |
Do You Wanna Dance? |
— |
— |
| 10 |
I Wanna Be Well |
— |
— |
| 11 |
I Can’t Give You Anything |
— |
— |
| 12 |
Ramona |
— |
— |
| 13 |
Surfin’ Bird |
Cut |
— |
| 14 |
Why Is It Always This Way? |
— |
— |
| Legend: Starter = would start a playlist |
Bench = solid |
Cut = would skip |
Jim’s Notes
- You kinda wonder how things would’ve turned out if the Sex Pistols hadn’t come along with their nasty brand of punk. Would punk have had a bigger impact into the ’80s? Certainly the punk revival of the mid-90s with Green Day suggests it could’ve been a bigger deal.
- The covers are good although I don’t believe Surfin’ Bird really fits in with the rest of the album. On the other hand, Do You Wanna Dance? sounds like a happy Ramones song!
- Blitzkrieg Bop, I Wanna Be Sedated and Sheena Is a Punk Rocker are my 3 favorite Ramones songs so my starter isn’t all that surprising.
- The middle of the album from Sheena Is a Punk Rocker to Ramona is a great run of tunes.
- And the best thing about a Ramones album is they run about 30 minutes!
Chris’s Notes
- Pure fun. I want to play in a band that plays songs like this.
- I’m a sucker for covers
- “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” sounds like a big influence on future emo and mood rock
- Zeitgeist was DDT??
- Ramona almost made the bench
