WEEKEND DOUBLE-DOSE ALERT!
That's right, from here on out, every Saturday and Sunday I'm gonna post twice the music! I simply have too much fun stuff to narrow it down to a mere 31 songs...
From the 1991 album Loco Live.
OK, here's one that you all should know, albeit in a different form here. Despite being a live track from later on in their career after the departure of Dee Dee, this is still one of my favorite vocal performances by Joey. There is a raw viciousness here that is totally absent in the original album version of this song on Brain Drain, which seems downright timid in comparison. Gone are the poppy backing vocals and slow tempo. Instead, you have Joey's voice at it's most hoarse backed by pure punk-fucking-rock riffs. They should have played it this way from the very beginning!
I am digging this version, but I gotta say I prefer the original.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm sure I must have heard it seeing the movie when I was a kid, the first time I actually took notice of the song was when a local college radio station played this version. I was in my early teens and just getting into punk rock, and I was kinda blown away by how different it sounded to all the other Ramones stuff I had heard. I think that must play a big part in why this is my favorite version.
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