2020. 2. 16. 06:51ㆍ카테고리 없음
I've written several times here about the 2001 book Bubblegum Music Is The Naked Truth, edited by Scram magazine's Kim Cooper and David Smay. I was so, so happy to have been involved with that book, and I've been delighted to re-present my contributions here on Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do).
They're all but a click away: my, my piece, and my debate with Gary Pig Gold on whether or not were ever really a bubblegum group. I've also posted my proposed, and even my fake This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio playlist/appreciation of David Smay's fictional group,. When it comes to Scram, I'm a fan!So when Kim and David asked me to contribute to their next book, I was all for it.
That book was Lost In The Grooves in 2005, billed as ' Scram's capricious guide to the music you missed.' It was a collection of short essays about underrated, under-appreciated, or otherwise unjustly neglected albums. I think I proposed a bunch of potential albums I wanted to write about (including the post-Bay City Rollers' 1979 work Elevator), but was given the go-ahead for but a pair: Tell America by Fools Face, and Subterranean Jungle by The Ramones.(I recall having to convince Kim about including a Ramones album in Lost In The Grooves. 'The Ramones aren't underrated anymore, Carl,' she said.
'Maybe not,' I replied, 'but this album is!' She ceded the point, and I got to work.)THE RAMONESSubterranean Jungle (Sire, 1983)The Ramones' seventh album, Subterranean Jungle is the most underrated work in their Carbona-huffin' canon. It is the only one of The Ramones' post-'70s works that fully embraces the trash-pop, bubblegum aesthetic that made the first four Ramones albums such enduring classics; yet it was the first original Ramones album to be deleted. And its follow-up, 1984's far-less-bouncy Too Tough To Die, wound up being hailed ( falsely!) as The Ramones' return to greatness.The Ramones wanted to be a bubblegum band, a faster and louder version of The Bay City Rollers and The Ohio Express. With '60s bubblegum vets Ritchie Cordell and Glen Kolotkin producing, Subterranean Jungle opens with a cover of The Music Explosion's 'Little Bit O' Soul.' (A fab cover of The 1910 Fruitgum Company's 'Indian Giver' was also recorded, but appeared as a non-LP B-side.) A seemingly incongruous cover of The Chambers Brothers' psychedelic soul touchstone 'Time Has Come Today' defies expectations and simply soars.
And Dee Dee Ramone's misfit themes 'Outsider' and 'In The Park' (the latter song inspired-go figure!-by trips to the park to cop heroin) transcend their origins and emerge as triumphant, fist-pumpin', bubblicious delights.It's not all bubbly. While Joey yearns for 'Somebody Like Me' and 'My-My Kind Of A Girl,' Dee Dee's badass 'Time Bomb' warns he's gonna kill his mom and dad, and Dee Dee and Johnny's 'Psycho Therapy'-ultimately the album's best-known track-is an audio slasher flick, with a horror-film video banned by the weasels at MTV.
Behind the scenes, Marky Ramone was fired from the band during the making of the album; the cover graphics show him clearly apart from the rest of The Ramones, looking out a subway window, a brudder-in-arms no more. This was the last great Ramones album, a bubblegum punk classic, and no one seems to appreciate it. Maybe that time has come today.I still like Subterranean Jungle more than any other Ramones studio album released after 1978's Road To Ruin. (I specify studio album because 1979's It's Alive! Is my all-time favorite live record.) I'll post my Lost In The Grooves essay on the great Fools Face album Tell America some time soon. And if the good folks at Scram ever decide to do another book, I think they know where to find me.Oh, by the way: Lost In The Grooves is a cool little book, with or without me, and copies are still available over on the.
In the immortal words of Jack 'King' Kirby: 'Don't ask why-just BUY!' Subterranean Jungle illustration by Tom Neely, from Lost In The Grooves.
Blitzkrieg Bop02. Beat On The Brat03.
Judy Is A Punk04. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend05. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue07. I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement08. Havana Affair10. Listen To My Heart11.
53rd & 3rd12. Let's Dance13. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You14. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The WorldBonus Track:15. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Demo)16.
Judy Is A Punk (Demo)17. I Don't Care (Demo)18. I Can't Be (Demo)19. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Demo)20. I Don't Wanna Be Learned / I Don't Wanna Be Tamed (Demo)21.
You Should Never Have Opened That Door (Demo)22. Blitzkrieg Bop (Demo)Descarga. Glad To See You Go02. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment03. I Remenber You04. Oh Oh I Love Her So05. Carbona Not Glue06.
Suzy Is A Headbanger07. Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy09. Swallow My Pride10. What's Your Game11. California Sun12. You're Gonna Kill That Girl14.
You Should Never Have Opened That Door15. BabysitterBonus Track:16. Loudmouth (Live)17.
Beat On The Brat (Live)18. Blitzkrieg Bop (Live)19. I Remenber You (Live)20. Glad To See You Go (Live)21. Chain Saw (Live)22.
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53rd & 3rd (Live)23. I Wanna Be Your Boy friend (Live)24. Havana Affair (Live)25. Listen To My Heart (Live)26. California Sun (Live)27. Judy Is Punk (Live)28. I Don't Wanna Around With You (Live)29.
Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (Live)30. Now I Wanna Be Sniff Some Glue (Live)31.
Let's Dance (Live)Descarga. Cretin Hop02. Rockaway Beach03. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow04. Locket Love05.
I Don't Care06. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker07. We're A Happy Family08. Teenage Lobotomy09. Do You Wanna Dance10. I Wanna Be Well11. I Can't Give You Anything12.
Surfin' Bird14. Why Is It Always This WayBonus Track:15. Needles & Pins (Early Version)16. Slug (Demo)17. It's A Long Way Back To Germany (UK B-Side)18. I Don't Care (Single Version)19.
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Single Version)Descarga. I Just Want To Have Something To Do02. I Wanted Everything03. Don't Come Close04. I Don't Want You05. Needles & Pins06.
I'm Against It07. I Wanna Be Sedated08. She's The One11. It's A Long Way BackBonus Track:13. Needles & Pins (Ed Stasium Version)14.
Rock 'N' Roll High School (Ed Stasium Version)15. Blitzkrieg Bop/Teenage Lobotomy/California Sun/Pinhead/She's The One16. Come Back, She Cried A.K.A I Walk Out (Demo)17. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Demo)Descarga.
Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio02. I'm Affected03. Danny Says04. Chinese Rock05. The Return Of Jack And Judy06.
Baby, I Love You08. I Can't Make It On Time09. This Ain't Havana10. Rock 'N' Roll High School11. All The Way12. High Risk InsuranceBonus Track:13. I Want You Around (Soundtrack Version)14.
Danny Says (Demo)15. I'm Affected (Demo)16. Please Don't Leave (Demo)17. All The Way (Demo)18. Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio (Demo)19. End Of The Century Radio Promo (Demo)Descarga. We Want The Airwaves02.
All's Quiet On The Eastern Front03. The KKK Took My Baby Away04. You Sound Like You're Sick06. It's Not My Place (In The 9 To 5 World)07. She's A Sensation08. You Didn't Mean Anything To Me10.
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Come O Now11. This Business Is Killing Me12. Sitting In My RoomBonus Track:13. Touring (1981 Version)14. Can't Get You Out Of My Mind15.
Chop Suey (Alternate Version)16. Sleeping Troubles (Demo)17. Kicks To Try (Demo)18.
I'm Not An Answer (Demo)19. Stares In This Town (Demo)Descarga. Mama's Boy02. I'm Not Afraid Of Life03. Too Tough To Die04.
Durango 9505. Danger Zone07.
Chasing The Night08. HOwling At The Moon (Sha-la-la)09. Daytime Dilemma (Dangers Of Love)10.
Planet Earth 198811. Endless Vacation13. No GoBonus Track:14. Street Fighting Man15. HOwling At The Moon (Sha-la-la) (Demo)17.
Planet Earth 1988 (Demo)18. Daytime Dilemma (Dangers Of Love) (Demo)19. Endless Vacation (Demo)20. Danger Zone (Dee Dee vocal version)21. Out Of Here22. Mama's Boy (Demo)23. I'm Not An Answer24.
Too Tough To Die (Dee Dee vocal version)25. No Go (Demo)Descarga.