The Ramones provided the blueprint and Leave Home duplicated it with lesser results, but the Ramones' third album, Rocket to Russia, perfected it. Rocket to Russia boasts a cleaner production than its predecessors, which only gives the Ramones' music more force. It helps that the group wrote its finest set of songs for the album. From the mindless, bopping opening of "Cretin Hop" and "Rockaway Beach" to the urban surf rock of "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" and the ridiculous anthem "Teenage Lobotomy," the songs are teeming with irresistibly catchy hooks; even their choice of covers, "Do You Want to Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird," provide more hooks than usual. The Ramones also branch out slightly, adding allads to the mix. Even with these (relatively) slower songs, the speed of the album never decreases. However, the abundance of hooks and slight variety in tempos makes Rocket to Russia the Ramones' most listenable and enjoyable album -- it doesn't have the revolutionary impact of The Ramones, but it's a better album and one of the finest records of the late '70s.
This could be the best Ramones album, there's so many songs to choose from off of this one, but I kind of like this one the best. A slow, smoky love song the likes of which certainly hadn't appeared on the groups previous two efforts. I think it's cool shit, maynard.
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This could be the best Ramones album, there's so many songs to choose from off of this one, but I kind of like this one the best. A slow, smoky love song the likes of which certainly hadn't appeared on the groups previous two efforts. I think it's cool shit, maynard.
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You might say that my profession is: punk rocker. Weird how that happened... but that's the way it goes. I would be horribly remiss if I let this day go by without posting a memento of Joey Ramone everywhere I post.I posted a photo tribute to Joey on my photo blog for today.If you're not a link clicker, I'll leave you with a Ramones pic at the end of this post.Everyone has something to say ab...
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Dee Dee RamoneI guess everyone who cares knows that there is a motion picture feature about The Runaways in the making... I wondered who would be cast as whom... the one thing I had known for a long while that it was going to be directed and written for the screen by Floria Sigismondi, who is best known for her photography and for directing a ton of high profile music videos (Bowie, Marilyn M...
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Hello MOG I have been on MOG since December 2006 and many people know me as Anna Log.When MOG launched the MOG Music Network, my blog, Punk Turns 30 joined it.I am talking about all things punk rock here on this profile and giving my MOGs some value added content not found on the regular Punk Turns 30 blog. Curious as to my fave punk rock bands? Too many to name but here's the 10 I listen to m...
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| 1 Cretin Hop |
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| 2 Rockaway Beach |
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| 3 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow |
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| 4 Locket Love |
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| 5 I Don't Care |
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| 6 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker |
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| 7 We're a Happy Family |
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| 8 Teenage Lobotomy |
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| 9 Do You Wanna Dance? |
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| 10 I Wanna Be Well |
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| 11 I Can't Give You Anything |
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| 12 Ramona |
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| 13 Surfin' Bird |
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| 14 Why Is It Always This Way? |
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