I was at school. A student knocked on my door and blurted out, "Joey Ramone died!" The sense of loss hit me immediately, probably more than any other musical death I'd experienced. I'd admired Joey, hell looked up to him, since I was fourteen and now he was gone and so quickly. In Joey, I saw a reflection of my own awkwardness and that of a friend who'd taken his own life. Losing someone in whom you see part of yourself, a part of your community churns up your guts, leaving a feeling of upset that never totally goes away.
Before Joey Ramone (more HERE) died in the spring of 2001, he did play one last show in New York City, which, judging by the Chritmas-y set list, was probably in December 2000. The backing band, I believe, consists of Marky Ramone, Andy Shernoff and Daniel Rey. Though, as you can tell, I don't have all the precise details on this final performance (anyone?), I'd like to offer it to you as a way to fill a bit of the Joey-sized void so many of us share.
Readers, How did you react when you heard Joey had died?
After Joey Ramone (more HERE) and punk rocker super-ish-group 22 Jacks, recorded "I'll Be With you Tonite" for a Cheap Trick tribute album, they played a show together in 1997 at Johnny Depp's LA night club, The Viper Room. It's a cool set list. There's a few tracks from the then-forthcoming Don't Worry About Me, a batch of Ramones "hits" and, as was standard during Joey's solo performances, he does a run-through of End of the Century's "Danny Says" which he clearly felt, as I always have, was a drastically-unappreciated song.
The Viper Room, November 11, 1997
01. Wonderful World
02. Rockaway Beach
03. Carbona Not Glue
04. Sheena Is A Punkrocker
05. Danny Says
06. 1969
07. I Don't Care
08. Blitzkrieg Bop
09. California Sun
10. I Wanna Be Sedated
Apparently the line-up that recorded the "I Am Seeing UFO's" single (See HERE) also played live, albeit with with Michael Wildwood of DGeneration instead of Marky Ramone in charge of the backbeat.
On this Fourth of July, 1997 night Joey Ramone (more HERE) sang a few songs with The Dictators as well as with his band for a blasting set of Ramones classics (and one Who cover!)
The sound is good (soundboard, I believe) and you can peruse the set list in the in the in the image below.
Readers,
Two questions:
Whaddya think of Joey/Dee Dee/Dictators alliance?
Do ya want the Joey rarities ONSLAUGHT to continue?
Sobering thought of the day: all the primary players on this single - Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone (more HERE) and Lux Interior are dead. That NYC scene of the seventies did produce a lot of doomed men. So, while we still mourn the ever-painful loss of dead, talented men today - we also celebrate their ass-kicking with the posting of this low-budget-but-blitzkreiging out-of-print 1997 single.
Dee Dee Ramone: Guitar
Barbara Ramone: Bass
Daniel Rey: Guitar
Marky Ramone: Drums
Joey Ramone: Lead Vocals (1)
Lux Interior: Lead Vocals (2)
Granted, our current fixation, Joey Ramone (more HERE), only shows up for the interview and one song on this set but it's a mighty run-at "Blitzkrieg Bop" that could've made a nice inclusion on the bootleg Joey collection, Faces (See HERE).
As for the rest of this clear-if-small sounding bootleg, it's a reunited Vanian-Scabies-Sensible-James version of The Damned stripped of the synth-goth shtick and ripping through a set list of songs from '76-'80. Good stuff, which, when I dug around a bit, I found originated here. For the Ramones set from this same Festival of Youth go visit Nuzz HERE.
1. See Her Tonite
2. Neat Neat Neat
3. Fish
4. Help!
5. New Rose
6. I Feel Alright
7. I Just Can't Be Happy Today
8. Noise Noise Noise
9. Love Song
10. Smash It Up (Part 1&2)
11. Blitzkrieg Bop (With Joey Ramone)
12. Looking At You
13. The Last Time
14. Pre-Gig Interview (With Joey Ramone)
Between the Ramones less-than-great Mondo Bizarro and the career-low that was Acid Eaters, Joey Ramone (more HERE) did a solo turn with another one of his all-star bands at a 1993 Rock for Choice benefit concert. It's a fascinating set list with covers of John Lennon ("Gimme Some Truth"), Sam Cooke ("Bring It Home To Me") and, in what would end up being a legacy-defining choice, a moving version of "What a Wonderful Word", long-associated with Louis Armstrong. Then there's "Fascists Don't Fuck, They Just Screw" a never-recorded attack on the the right-wing in his country (and his band!). The show was clearly meant as a statement that Joey was bigger then the Ramones and, as such, it makes you wonder would've happened if he'd gone solo at this time instead of in the final years before his untimely passing.
Track 01 Announcement
Track 02 Censorshit
Track 03 It's Gonna Be Alright
Track 04 Gimme Some Truth [J Lennon]
Track 05 Bring It Home To Me [Sam Cooke]
Track 06 Wonderful World [L Armstrong]
Track 07 Fascists Don't Fuck, They Just Screw **
Track 08 I Wanna Be Sedated *
Lineup:
Joey Ramone - lead vocals
Daniel Rey - guitar
Al Maddy - guitar
Andy Shernoff - bass
Joe McGinty - keyboard
Marky Ramone - drums
Dee Dee Ramone - guitar *
Joan Jett - guitar *
Backing singers are Andrea Berg, Heike Sander and Katja Eppstein **
The Godchildren of Soul were a a short-lived (?) aggregation that recorded one album with assistance from all sorts of artists from The Klezmatics, to Sam Moore to The Sugarhill Gang to a team-up of Joey Ramone (more HERE) and former former Chairman of the Board leader, General Johnson. The results are a little synthetic (everything about this record screams 1991) but very fun.
Joey Ramone's All-Star Jam, May 8, 1991, CBGB's
Featuring Marky Ramone, C.J. Ramone, Mickey Leigh, Cheetah
Chrome, Ross The Boss, Sindi from the Lunachicks and more...
Complete set, soundboard.
Enjoy!
01. Pet Sematary [4:34]
02. Chinese Rock [3:33]
03. I Wanna Be Sedated [3:16]
04. Blitzkrieg Bop [3:42]
05. Beat On The Brat [2:23]
Readers,
Two questions:
Whaddya think of the Joey's All-Stars?
Do ya wanna hear STILL MORE Joey rarities?
That's what the COMMENTS section is for.
Update: Rapidshare version is down further in the comments.
Joey Ramone (more HERE) loved collaborating with women; from Debbie Harry to Joan Jett to Holly Beth Vincent to Helen Love to Ronnie Spector to the women of the B-52's. This 1982 single finds Joey dueting with Holly Beth Vincent (of Holly and the Italians) on a soaring version of Sonny Bono's "I Got You Babe". The B-side, "One More Dance", is a nice, echo-y rocker from Holly & co.
Tracklist
A Holly & Joey – I Got You Babe
Written-By – Sonny Bono 3:34
B Holly And The Italians – One More Dance
Written-By – Holly Vincent 1:45
In honour of his new posthumous album, we've been celebrating the life and legacy of Jeff Hyman (a.k.a. Joey Ramone - more HERE). Yesterday, we mentioned an unheralded duet between Blondie's Deborah Harry and Joey Ramone and today we have a fine-sounding live set that features both of those CBGB's vets. Debbie's part of the set, is pretty aggressive featuring, amongst the Blondie tracks, covers of The Damned's "New Rose" and Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized" (yeah, you read that right!) Then Debbie brings out Joey for three storming tracks, including two Ramones classic and the then-recent duet between the two, "Go Lil Camaro Go".
1. (00:01:00) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - introduction by John Waters
2. (00:03:42) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - New Rose
3. (00:03:00) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Danger (Red Light)
4. (00:03:16) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Liar Liar
5. (00:05:26) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Institutionalized
6. (00:02:40) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - In the Flesh
7. (00:06:27) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Rapture
8. (00:02:52) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Comic Books
9. (00:03:38) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Attack Of The Giant Ants
10. (00:01:11) Debbie Harry introduces Joey Ramone
11. (00:02:11) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb (with Joey Ramone) - Go Lil Camaro Go
12. (00:01:54) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb (with Joey Ramone) - Loudmouth
13. (00:02:27) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb (with Joey Ramone) - Havana Affair
This is a loving bootleg that collects up the scraps from all over Joey Ramone's career. While you may not want to continuously re-listen to every one of the 24 tracks, it is amazing how many are pretty damn good like this collaboration with Debbie Harry that showed up as a B-side of one of her less-than-successful solo singles:
WARNING: The original compilers, in their zeal to show Joey's range, included a few officially released Ramones tracks. While I can't see the harm, these tracks inclusion does go against our mission of offering the unoffered. So, with no apology, we've made a few substituttions of other rare tracks or live versions to underscore our primary point - BUY THE DAMN ALBUMS!
1. Joey, Dee Dee Ramone and The Dictators - Danny Says (3:09)
2. Joey Ramone and Deborah Harry - Standing In My Way (4:23)
3. Joey Ramone and Nomads - The King Of The Night Train (3:39)
4. Joey Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone - I Am Seeing UFO's (4:04)
5. Joey Ramone and Mickey Leigh - See My Way (4:13)
6. Joey Ramone and The B-52's* - Chop Suey ('Get Crazy' version) (3:38)
7. Joey Ramone and Holly Beth Vincent - I Got You Babe (3:34)
8. Joey Ramone and 22 Jacks - I'll Be With You Tonight (4:25)
9. Joey Ramone and Helen Love - Punk Boy (2:27)
10. Joey Ramone and General Johnson - Rockaway Beach (3:30)
11. Joey Ramone and Richie Ramone - Chasing the Night (Demo) (4:28)
12. Joey Ramone and Furious George - Gilligan (3:01)
13. Joey Ramone and Die Toten Hosen - Blitzkrieg Bop (1:50)
14. Joey Ramone and Mickey Leigh - Don't Be So Stranger (2:27)
15. Joey Ramone and 22 Jacks- 1969 (Live) (3:39)
16. Joey Ramone and Pearl Jam - Sonic Reducer (Live) (3:56)
17. Joey Ramone and The Seclusions - Shape of Things To Come (3:08)
18. Joey Ramone - I Couldn't Sleep At All (2:31)
19. Joey Ramone and Ronnie Spector - Bye Bye Baby (4:10)
20. Joey Ramone - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (3:26)
21. Joey Ramone and Mickey Leigh - On The Beach (3:01)
22. Joey Ramone and The Independents - Garden Of Serenity (2:08)
23. Joey Ramone and the Resistance - Bring it on Home To Me (4:40)
24. Joey, Dee Dee Ramone and The Dictators - The Kids Are Alright (Live) (3:10)
* Specifically Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson plus Deborah Harry. Also, this is a different version than the one on the re-issue of Pleasant Dreams.
Joey Ramone has risen from the dead. Joey's brother Mickey Leigh and his producer Ed Stasium have a gathered a small army of Joey's musical peers to resurrect a series of demos Joey recorded over the last half of his career. The list of contributors is as long as your arm; Joan Jett, Andy Shernoff (and Handsome Dick Manitoba) of the Dictators, Jean Beavoir (and Richie Stotts) of the The Plasmatics, Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick, Denni Diken of The Smithereens, Steve Van Zandt of Springsteen's E-Street Band, Lenny Kaye of Patti Smith's group and in a touching move, exiled Ramone Richie plays on a good chunk of ...Ya Know. (Stream here)
The astonishing thing is how gracefully this Frankenstein monster moves. From the coutry-ish "Waiting for That Railroad" to the power-poppin' of "What Did I Do To Deserve You" to the the glam-rocking-ness of "Rock n' Roll is the Answer" to the rockabilly-tingeed "I Couldn't Sleep" this album is proof positive of the vastness of Joey's talents as song-writer and performer. Sure there's moments where you can hear the stitches threatening to pop (Stasium & co. used only the vocals from the demos and re-recorded everything else) but that doesn't change how much this album sounds..well...ya know...alive!
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