Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds -There She Goes , My Beautiful World : Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, Dee Dee Ramone,The Ramones- Chinese Rocks

 Big fan of Nick Cave ever since I first heard The Birthday Party. But, me being a true pedant, even Nick is not immune to my fernickittiness. Although it hasn't tainted my love of Nick's work in general, this has been bugging me since September 2004. In the song  There She Goes, My Beautiful World  from the album Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus Cave declares:
 JohnnyThunders was half alive
when he wrote Chinese Rocks...




As any fule kno Douglas Glenn Colvin (1951-2002) aka Dee Dee Ramone and Richard Lester Meyers (b1949) aka Richard Hell, wrote the song Chinese Rock(s)  in 1976.

What happened is really clear, and the songwriting credits can all be checked at BMI. The song is by me and Dee Dee, but Dee Dee did 75 percent of it. I mean, all I did was write two verses out of three. Dee Dee wrote the music, the concept was his. He's basically responsible for it. But he brought me the song; he didn't even know Johnny and Jerry, but we were friends and he thought the band was great. And when the Ramones didn't want to do the song he said, 'Look, I've written one verse of this song with the chorus and it's about heroin, how about you write the rest of it and it's yours?
Richard Hell (2005)

Dee Dee gives us a version 2:30 into the video...

Ramones- It's Alive (1979- recorded 1977)

Here's a repost: This is for Roy (check out his excellent Rocket Remnants blog)- enjoy the music, man!
Anything on the 'old' Burning Aquarium will be reposted if you leave a request in the comments on the original post. I'll then reply with a new link within a few days.


Hey, ho, let’s go…
If a traveller from another planet ever lands here at Walker Towers and asks the question what’s this rock n roll thing I’ll play him some Ramones.
Simple simple stuff. The brilliance lies in the simplicity, the raw energy.
The minimalism of the music is matched by the purity of the imagery:
Biker jackets, torn jeans, T shirts and Chuck Taylors.
Johnny and his Mosrite guitar. Bubblegum and John Holmstrom cartoon strips…
Recorded on December 31st 1977 at The Rainbow Theatre, London.

Line up:
Joey Ramone - vocals
Johnny Ramone - guitar
Dee Dee Ramone - bass, backing vocals
Tommy Ramone - drums
 http://d01.megashares.com/dl/VLJRfbB/The Ramones-Its Alive.rar

Ramones (1976), Leave Home (1977), Rocket To Russia (1977)

Nothing rare about these but I thought I'd post something tempting in order to get some feedback on the Megashares links, so let me know how you get on with the downloads.

 http://d01.megashares.com/dl/DDwY8xt/Ramones (1976).rar

http://d01.megashares.com/dl/HZc5mQB/Ramones Leave Home.rar *
 * Includes Carbona Not Glue, Babysitter and Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, all of which in turn featured on various releases of the LP.

http://d01.megashares.com/dl/MdhfTyV/Ramones Rocket To Russia.part1.rar

 http://d01.megashares.com/dl/6H0ZTen/Ramones Rocket To Russia.part2.rar

From Ramones by Nicholas Rombes:

Rombes also described the Ramones as making short, fast songs about nothing.These 3 albums were released in the space of 20 months- the 30 odd songs that the Ramones had together early in 1976 recorded in the order that they were written.  Massively important records that, hard as it may be to believe now, were not commercial smashes.

 Joey Ramone (Jeffry Ross Hyman  1951 – 2001) - vocals

Johnny Ramone (John William Cummings 1948 – 2004) - guitar

Dee Dee Ramone  (Douglas Glenn Colvin 1951 – 2002) - bass, backing vocals

Tommy Ramone (Erdélyi Tamás 1952-) - drums

Review from Punk magazineVolume 1 – Number 2, March 1976

Morrissey- Desert Island Discs (2009)

Sorry for the delay in bringing you this -

Okay nostalgia lovers, who remembers the heady days of November 2009 when the world was a better, safer place? We used to leave our door unlocked in them days...

For those of you who don’t know (i.e.- those who are not from Britain) Desert Island Discs is a long-running radio programme. It was first broadcast on 29 January 1942 .
Imagine that you are obsessed with pop music from a young age- it is your all consuming passion- you become an aficionado.You enjoy a successful 26 year music career in which your work is rich in pop culture references, all influences reverentially eulogised. Then at the age of fifty, after 45 years of obsessive pop fandom you are invited onto Desert Island Discs and have to choose eight records.
Eight.
Practically impossible.
When he appeared in November last year I thought that Morrissey might include: Sandie Shaw, Jobriath, some Rockabilly, Ludus, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell.
Here’s what he did choose:
• New York Dolls - (There’s Gonna Be a) Showdown (overall choice)
• Marianne Faithfull - Come and Stay With Me
• Ramones - Loudmouth
• The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel’s Death Song
• Klaus Nomi - Der Nussbaum - The Walnut Tree
• Nico - I’m Not Saying
• Iggy & The Stooges - Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell
• Mott the Hoople - Sea Diver

Included here are the eight records in their entirity and the complete programme.
For a more comprehensive insight into Morrissey’s tastes and formative influences see the LP Under the Influence .

Ramones- Its Alive (1979- recorded 1977)

Hey, ho, let’s go…
If a traveller from another planet ever lands here at Walker Towers and asks the question what’s this rock n roll thing I’ll play him some Ramones.
Simple simple stuff. The brilliance lies in the simplicity, the raw energy.
The minimalism of the music is matched by the purity of the imagery:
Biker jackets, torn jeans, T shirts and Chuck Taylors.
Johnny and his Mosrite guitar. Bubblegum and John Holmstrom cartoon strips…
Recorded on December 31st 1977 at The Rainbow Theatre, London, although according to this 2008 interview with Marky Ramone - It's Alive was redone in the studio. You keep the drum track, and then Joey and Dee Dee and Johnny did it over in the studio.
Up to you whether you believe that or not.

Line up:
Joey Ramone - vocals
Johnny Ramone - guitar
Dee Dee Ramone - bass, backing vocals
Tommy Ramone - drums

John Peel Show- Punk Rock Special December 10th 1976. Fixed Link.

…an injection of energy and crudity into a rock scene that’s been painfully smug and complacent … Peel on punk.
On December 10th 1976 John Peel devoted his show to the punk rock scene. Readers may well be familiar with the music featured, and the records that Peel plays here might be accessible, but this is a good listen for Peel’s observations on what punk was about and how it was revitalising music . The inclusion of tracks by American progenitors such as the New York Dolls supports the notion that creative movements are about evolution rather than revolution, despite what their champions would have you believe.

Peel intro.
The Damned - So Messed Up (Peel Session)
The Seeds - Pushing Too Hard
Iggy and the Stooges - Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell
Eddie and the Hotrods - Horseplay (Wearier of the Schmaltz)
The Damned - Neat Neat Neat (Peel Session)
Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation (E.P. version)
Television - Little Johnny Jewel Pt. 1
Tuff Darts - Slash
Pere Ubu - Final Solution
The Damned - New Rose (Peel Session)
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.
The Fast - Boys Will Be Boys
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
The Saints - I'm Stranded
The Damned - Stab Your Back (Peel Session)
Shadows of Knight - Light Bulb Blues
Ramones - California Sun
Ramones - I Don't Want to Walk Around With You
Peel outro…

http://d01.megashares.com/dl/574PM2s/John Peel - Punk Rock Special -.rar