Description:Like most true originals, the Ramones embodied a dizzying array of contradictions. As punk godfathers, they became the archetype for a rebellious musical ethos that could often confuse the baby for the bath water, yet at heart they were 1960s pop-and-bubblegum-worshipping reactionaries. The seeming unity symbolised by their street-hooLike most true originals, the Ramones embodied a dizzying array of contradictions. As punk godfathers, they became the archetype for a rebellious musical ethos that could often confuse the baby for the bath water, yet at heart they were 1960s pop-and-bubblegum-worshipping reactionaries. The seeming unity symbolised by their street-hood uniform (ripped jeans, deck shoes and black leather jackets) and name (nicked from an early nom de plume of Beatle Paul) masked an underlying turmoil. And the dumber-than-dumb stance of the likes of "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue", "Cretin Hop" and "Teenage Lobotomy" actually masked some of the shrewdest rock ever recorded. If the two discs of the anthology Hey Ho Let's Go! seem like hardly enough room to document a band with a quarter-century legacy, it's good to remember that the Ramones prided themselves on stripping every song they attempted to its elemental core, then halving it again with their patented buzz saw, double-stop tempo. The nearly five dozen tracks here, reaching from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, stand remarkably outside of time--just like true originals. --Jerry McCulley
TRACKLIST:
CD1-1 - Blitzkrieg Bop 2:14
1-2 - Beat On The Brat 2:32
1-3 - Judy Is A Punk 1:32
1-4 - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend 2:27
1-5 - 53rd & 3rd 2:21
1-6 - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue 1:37
1-7 - Glad To See You Go 2:13
1-8 - Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment 1:44
1-9 - I Remember You 2:20
1-10 - California Sun 2:03
1-11 - Commando 1:54
1-12 - Swallow My Pride 2:07
1-13 - Carbona Not Glue 1:53
1-14 - Pinhead 2:44
1-15 - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 2:49
1-16 - Cretin Hop 1:58
1-17 - Rockaway Beach 2:08
1-18 - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 2:50
1-19 - Teenage Lobotomy 2:03
1-20 - Surfin' Bird 2:37
1-21 - I Don't Care 1:40
1-22 - I Just Want To Have Something To Do 2:43
1-23 - I Wanna Be Sedated 2:31
1-24 - Don't Come Close 2:46
1-25 - She's The One 2:15
1-26 - Needles & Pins 2:23
1-27 - Rock 'N' Roll High School 2:21
1-28 - I Want You Around 3:02
1-29 - Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? 3:52
1-30 - Chinese Rock 2:30
1-31 - Danny Says 3:03
1-32 - Baby I Love You 3:46
CD2-1 - The KKK Took My Baby Away 2:32
2-2 - She's A Sensation 3:26
2-3 - It's Not My Place (In The 9 To 5 World) 3:23
2-4 - We Want The Airwaves 3:22
2-5 - Psycho Therapy 2:38
2-6 - Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La) 4:06
2-7 - Mama's Boy 2:12
2-8 - Daytime Dilemma (Dangers Of Love) 4:33
2-9 - I'm Not Afraid Of Life 3:13
2-10 - Too Tough To Die 2:39
2-11 - Endless Vacation 1:49
2-12 - My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg) 3:58
2-13 - Somebody Put Something In My Drink 3:23
2-14 - Something To Believe In 4:09
2-15 - I Don't Want To Live This Life (Anymore) 3:29
2-16 - I Wanna Live 2:39
2-17 - Garden Of Serenity 2:29
2-18 - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) 2:05
2-19 - Pet Sematary 3:34
2-20 - I Believe In Miracles 3:22
2-21 - Tomorrow She Goes Away 2:41
2-22 - Poison Heart 4:04
2-23 - I Don't Wanna Grow Up 2:46
2-24 - She Talks To Rainbows 3:14
2-25 - R.A.M.O.N.E.S. 1:25... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Sire Release date : 28 May 2001 Number of discs : 2 EAN: 0081227355722 UPC: 081227355722
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