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#461 - Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - 1977
running recap for me - 3's=22, 2's=13, 1's=5
this one - **
from the album: Rocket To Russia
Written by Joey Ramone
Produced by Tony Bongiovi, Tommy Ramone
Chart action: #81 US, #22 UK
the players:
Joey Ramone – lead vocals
Johnny Ramone – guitar
Dee Dee Ramone – bass, backing vocals
Tommy Ramone – drums
Love the Ramones but this one one is just so lyrically weak it barely gets a like from me. Just read the
lyrics. From their third album and later pressings of their second album. Used in Stephen Kings Pet
Cemetary film for which the group also did the theme song. Sheena is one of the groups best known songs
but they had many that were better.
[video=youtube;-nlX7P0nhaI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nlX7P0nhaI[/video]
Lyrics
Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go
They're ready to go now they got their surfboards
And they're going to the discotheque Au Go Go
But she just couldn't stay she had to break away
Well New York City really has is all oh yeah, oh yeah
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now
Well she's a punk punk, a punk rocker
Punk punk a punk rocker
Punk punk a punk rocker
Punk punk a punk rocker
Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go
They're ready to go now they got their surfboards
And they're going to the discotheque Au Go Go
But she just couldn't stay she had to break away
Well New York City really has is all oh yeah, oh yeah
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now
Well she's a punk punk, a punk rocker
Punk punk a punk rocker
Punk punk a punk rocker
Punk punk a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now
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never really big on this these guys, but like this track
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love The Ramones and I like this track !
The ultimate connection is between a performer and its' audience!
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OH WOW! I don't know if I've professed my love of the Ramones here before but I will now! They are one of the great American bands, taking a little from the 50's and 60's and playing loud and fast and I love every minute of it. You can say 'but every song sounds the same...' I do not care and if you ever stood in a dirty little club and saw them play maybe you wouldn't either. I know nobody knocked them but I've had to defend them a time or two before 
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#460 - George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - 1970
running recap for me - 3's=22, 2's=14, 1's=5
this one - **
from the album: All Things Must Pass
Written by George Harrison
Produced by George Harrison, Phil Spector
Chart action: #1 US, #1 UK, #1 Australia
the players:
George Harrison – vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitars, backing vocals
Eric Clapton – acoustic guitar
Billy Preston – piano
Gary Wright – electric piano
Pete Ham – acoustic guitar
Tom Evans – acoustic guitar
Joey Molland – acoustic guitar
Klaus Voormann – bass
Ringo Starr – drums, percussion
Jim Gordon – drums, percussion
Mike Gibbins – tambourine
John Barham – harmonium
Wish I could say I love this one. Not gonna happen. Once again, it's the lyrics. I have to have some. We
all know about the lawsuit, blah-blah-blah. Sounded more like Oh Happy Day than He's So Fine to me. And to
have to pay your ex-manager was the low blow. Didn't know this was first recorded by Billy Preston. The
first hit by an ex-Beatle. Take that John and Paul. George was all in for his Hare Krishna period and let
it be known here. Written while he was on tour with Delaney & Bonnie. Check out the cast on the recording.
Didn't know there were that many instruments on there.
[video=youtube;9qdKZBXMX5E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qdKZBXMX5E[/video]
Lyrics
My sweet lord
Hm, my lord
Hm, my lord
I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you lord
But it takes so long, my lord
My sweet lord
Hm, my lord
Hm, my lord
I really want to know you
Really want to go with you
Really want to show you lord
That it won't take long, my lord (hallelujah)
My sweet lord (hallelujah)
Hm, my lord (hallelujah)
My sweet lord (hallelujah)
I really want to see you
Really want to see you
Really want to see you, lord
Really want to see you, lord
But it takes so long, my lord (hallelujah)
My sweet lord (hallelujah)
Hm, my lord (hallelujah)
My, my, my lord (hallelujah)
I really want to know you (hallelujah)
Really want to go with you (hallelujah)
Really want to show you lord (aaah)
That it won't take long, my lord (hallelujah)
Hmm (hallelujah)
My sweet lord (hallelujah)
My, my, lord (hallelujah)
Hm, my lord (hare krishna)
My, my, my lord (hare krishna)
Oh hm, my sweet lord (krishna, krishna)
Oh-uuh-uh (hare hare)
Now, I really want to see you (hare rama)
Really want to be with you (hare rama)
Really want to see you lord (aaah)
But it takes so long, my lord (hallelujah)
Hm, my lord (hallelujah)
My, my, my lord (hare krishna)
My sweet lord (hare krishna)
My sweet lord (krishna krishna)
My lord (hare hare)
Hm, hm (Gurur Brahma)
Hm, hm (Gurur Vishnu)
Hm, hm (Gurur Devo)
Hm, hm (Maheshwara)
My sweet lord (Gurur Sakshaat)
My sweet lord (Parabrahma)
My, my, my lord (Tasmayi Shree)
My, my, my, my lord (Guruve Namah)
My sweet lord (Hare Rama)
[fade:]
(hare krishna)
My sweet lord (hare krishna)
My sweet lord (krishna krishna)
My lord (hare hare)
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really? dont love it????,WTF!!!!
great George solo song IMO,but not the best one on "all things must pass", certainly better than a lot of it though IMO...
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CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:really? dont love it????,WTF!!!!
great George solo song IMO,but not the best one on "all things must pass", certainly better than a lot of it though IMO...
sorry man
like I said, it's the lyrics, or lack thereof
how many times can you say the same thing?
love the music though
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#459 - Guns 'N' Roses - Paradise City - 1987
running recap for me - 3's=22, 2's=15, 1's=5
this one - **
from the album: Appetite For Destruction
Written by Guns 'N' Roses
Produced by Mike Clink
Chart action: #5 US
the players:
Axl Rose – lead vocals, synthesizer, whistle
Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, percussion
Slash – lead guitar
Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals
Steven Adler – drums
Second song to make the list from the debut Appetite For Destruction album, after Welcome To The Jungle.
Like this one about the same. I really think it's too long. Written by the group in the van on the way
back from a gig. Slash's favorite GnR song, probably because of his awesome guitar solo. Axel has cited
Hanoi Rocks as an influence for the band and guitarist Andy McCoy of that band says the guitar riff for
this song is a rip off of their song Lost In The City.
[video=youtube;8uojAM2QNJE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uojAM2QNJE[/video]
Lyrics
Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home
Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home
Just a' urchin
livin' under the street
I'm a hard case
that's tough to beat
I'm your charity case
So buy me somethin' to eat
I'll pay you at another time
Take it to the end of the line
Ragz to richez or so they say
Ya gotta-keep pushin'
for the fortune and fame
It's all a gamble
When it's just a game
Ya treat it like a capital crime
Everybody's doin' their time
Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home
Strapped in the chair
of the city's gas chamber
Why I'm here I can't quite remember
The surgeon general says
it's hazardous to breathe
I'd have another cigarette
but I can't see
Tell me who you're gonna believe
Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home
So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away
Captain America's been torn apart
Now he's a court jester
with a broken heart
He said-
Turn me around and
take me back to the start
I must be losin' my mind-
"Are you blind?"
I've seen it all a million times
Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home
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very good song from a classic album!!!!!!
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coldplay a very good band Music Head Wrote:#490 - Coldplay - Clocks - 2002
running recap for me - 3's=6, 2's=4, 1's=1
this one - ***
from the album: A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Written by Coldplay
Produced by Ken Nelson, Mark Phythian
Chart action: #29 Billboard Hot 100, #9 UK Singles, #28 Canada, #7 Australia
the players:
Chris Martin â vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jon Buckland â guitar
Guy Berryman â bass
Will Champion â drums
Not a chart topper but it did spend 22 weeks bouncing around. From the groups second album, it got them a Grammy.
Released as the second single here, but the fourth in the UK. Chris Martin says the song was inspired by Muse.
Nearly left off the album as they considered it a wrap after 10 songs. The band was already touring before the album
was even released, when Chris relented, going back in the studio for this final track. The song addresses the
helplessness of being in a dysfunctional relationship. Cryptic as usual but that's what the pros say. Has been used
in numerous commercials, films and tv shows, ER being the most notable to me.
[video=youtube;R4YTog-hOgU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4YTog-hOgU[/video]
Lyrics
Lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
You've put me down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead (singing)
Come out of things unsaid, shoot an apple off my head (and a)
Trouble that can't be named, tigers waiting to be tamed (singing)
You are, you are
Confusion never stops, closing walls and ticking clocks (gonna)
Come back and take you home, I could not stop, that you now know (singing)
Come out upon my seas, curse missed opportunities (am I)
A part of the cure, or am I part of the disease (singing)
You are [x6]
And nothing else compares
Oh no nothing else compares
And nothing else compares
You are [continues in background]
Home, home, where I wanted to go [x4]
America is pregnant with promise and anticipation but is murdered by the hand of the inevitable....(Lee Jackson ..The Nice)
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