RAMONES
| RAMONES | |
|---|---|
| Motorhead | |
| publication | February 26, 1991 |
| length | 1:25 |
| Genre (s) | Hard rock |
| Author (s) | Phil Campbell , Wurzel , Lemmy , Phil Taylor |
| Producer (s) | Pete Solley |
| Label | WTG Records |
| album | 1916 |
| Cover versions | |
| 1995 | Ramones |
| 1999 | The Huntingtons |
| 2006 | Wednesday 13 |
RAMONES is a song by Motörhead . It first appeared in 1991 on the 1916 album and pays homage to the band Ramones .
History of origin
The song was written by Motörhead with the 1990 cast. Phil Campbell , Würzel , Lemmy and Phil Taylor are therefore given as songwriters . It was created as an homage to the Ramones, who were long-time companions and friends of Motörhead, especially Lemmy Kilmister. Initially planned as a slow song with different lyrics, it was written a little faster and thus reminded of the Ramones. So the idea came up to pay homage to the band. The finished song, the text of which is mainly from Lemmy Kilmister, imitates the typical structure of a Ramones song. The published recording is a fast-paced punk rock song. As usual with the live shows of the Ramones, the typical count-in “1-2-3-4” is to be found before the actual song. In the album context, it is the fastest and shortest number on the album. In the song itself, all members are named who were part of the Ramones up to this point. This included Joey Ramone , Johnny Ramone , CJ Ramone and Marky Ramone as well as Dee Dee Ramone and Tommy Ramone, who had since left the line-up .
The song was also added as a bonus track to the Sanctuary version of the Kiss of Death album . It was a newly recorded version with Mikkey Dee on drums. The SPV version that was released in Europe instead had a Metallica cover version with Whiplash as a bonus track.
Cover versions
The Ramones themselves were very fond of the song. Joey Ramone said it was an honor to have a song written for the band and compared it to feeling like John Lennon had dedicated a song to him. The Ramones themselves covered the song in two different studio versions. One appeared as a bonus track on their album ¡Adios Amigos! with CJ Ramone as lead singer. A second version with Joey Ramone on vocals was released on the album Greatest Hits Live . A Ramones live version was released on the album We're Outta Here , to which Lemmy Kilmister contributed vocals and electric bass.
The song has also been covered several times by other bands. In 1999 The Huntingtons released their own version on their tribute album File Under Ramones ( Tooth & Nail Records ). On the 2006 released Fang Bang , the second solo album from Wednesday 13, there is also a cover version as a bonus track. The Offspring played a version live at the Rock in Rio V rock festival , accompanied by Marky Ramone.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lemmy Kilmister with Janiss Garza: White Line Fever. The autobiography . Heyne Hardcore, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-453-67525-8 , p. 287 .
- ↑ Andreas Schöwe: Own Words. Lemmy . In: Metal Hammer , 3/1991, p. 50.
- ↑ Hank Shteamer, Christopher Krovatin, Joseph Hudak, Richard Bienstock, Kory Grow, Dan Epstein: Motorhead's Lemmy: 20 Essential Songs. Rolling Stone , December 29, 2015; accessed July 30, 2017 .
- ^ True, E: Hey Ho, Let's Go - the story of the Ramones . London Omnibus, 2002 ISBN 0-7119-9108-1
- ↑ Video: Marky Ramone joins The Offspring on stage . Daily punk. Retrieved May 6, 2011.