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to the Ritz here in New York City on August 19th and 20th and they just released their double album
of their latest hit so here are the Ramones.
Good morning!
Joey how are you?
How are you?
Hi guys!
How are you?
Nice to see you.
Tough night last night?
Didn't I see you guys in Bloomingdale's yesterday?
Okay so let me introduce the guys now this is Joey the lead singer,
Marky who's on drums, Johnny the guitar player and Dee Dee who's on bass.
I almost thought you
were gonna say he's on drugs but he's not.
No no no you're on uh you're the lead singer.
He's on
drums you know.
Yeah so how you doing?
Great.
This is an exciting time for you guys.
I'm very excited
to be on your show.
Thank you very much.
I always thought you know I was when I should spit the
sound you know I said yeah the ridge you know it's the ridge.
That's right the ridge is looking
the red jacket.
I thank you very much.
You really did.
Thank you.
Appreciate that.
One vote for the
Ramones.
Well now is this a comeback?
You guys have never left have you?
We never left.
No we
have been together for 14 years and we constantly tour and we make uh we have about 10 albums out
already.
People think they don't see you in two weeks that um you're just laying around that you're
on a hiatus.
Yeah what have you been doing?
We just did a big festival tour of Europe and
California.
Real heavy saturations were over the west coast and we're doing the east coast and the
midwest.
So you guys are still hot you're still cooking huh?
We're hot.
We're hot and we're
cooking.
You had one little foray into so-called mass commercialism a couple years back right and
some of your diehard fans were upset about that.
Are you and yet I read that you were really glad
you did the album anyway.
Oh with Phil Spector?
Yeah.
I like Phil.
Yeah we always admired his.
Quite a guy.
He was very good at what he does.
Phil's a true genius.
What I mean is you guys
had this cult following of fans.
Yeah.
Did they let you grow or did they make you stay making
the same kind of music you've always made?
They expect a certain thing from you which you have to
give them.
Yeah sometimes change isn't too good you know.
If you got something good you keep it
going you know keep it working.
Did you all grow up together out in Queens?
I grew up in Brooklyn,
New York.
Yeah.
All three of us.
Yeah and how did you meet?
The [Ab] other three of us we lived in the
same block together.
We were friends as kids.
Went to Forest Hills High School.
Yeah.
[D] I went to
Horizons.
Mr.
Sirota.
Mr.
Sirota who is he?
He was the dean.
Oh the dean.
You never forget the dean.
I spent a lot of time with [Dm] him.
Look at Deedee down here.
Yeah poor Deedee the last guy on the couch
you know never really gets to participate.
Deedee how you doing down there?
Very [Eb] jolly.
[G] He's robust.
Yeah Deedee reminds me of the lady from East Stroudsburg.
The same [D] kind of personality as yours.
You're not related in any way then right?
No.
Your
parents still living in uh in this area?
They're still alive.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Now who likes these songs
I Want to Be Sedated and Teenage Lobotomy?
Do you guys write them?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Can you give me
the lyrics to uh Teenage Lobotomy?
He's just talking.
Well Sammy Davis I think might have
written that one.
Can you just give me the first couple of lines of Teenage Lobotomy?
Because I may
want to use it at the Club Benet.
We played that.
Did you?
Of course.
Everybody plays there except
Atlanta Symphony.
But give me the first couple of lines of Teenage Lobotomy.
DDT did a job on me.
Right?
DDT?
Did a job on me.
Did a job on me.
Yeah.
Now I'm a real sicky.
Now I'm a real sicky.
This is getting good.
And then what happened?
Guess I'll have to break the news that I have no mind to lose.
Even you gotta laugh about it.
Very clever.
Very clever.
Incidentally you can tell he's the lead
singer because he's the one wearing the spiffy leather pants and [N] the other guys are in just uh
Levi.
Right.
Okay shall we take a look now at uh one of the numbers?
This is I Want to Be Sedated
right?
This is a this is one of the big ones right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Originally released in [E] 1978 brought
back 10 years later and part of their big new album.
Let's take a look now at the video of I
Want to Be Sedated.
[N]
Yeah [D] tough work this music business.
Wore yourselves out on that one didn't
you?
Yeah right.
Did about four or five takes of that though.
No see actually there's no edits in
that at all.
Oh I can see yeah.
Good acting.
Forgot to sit down and do it too.
So where do you go after
the Ritz?
You gotta be.
Well actually this album is uh like a it's a greatest hits album.
It's a double
record.
Did you guys have giant hits when you were cooking I mean in the 70s?
Big ones.
Big ones.
Monster hits.
And I Want to Be [N] Sedated was one of the biggest.
This is our 30 greatest hits.
Yeah it's
our 30th album.
It's on CD too.
Boy the guys are really pitching now aren't they?
All of a sudden
they became very verbal didn't they?
It's amazing how capitalism just sneaks in.
Oh yeah oh yeah yeah.
So Dee Dee you're happy aren't you?
Yes I am.
Oh that's good.
He's jolly.
You're the jolly kind of guy.
After the Ritz we're going to a festival in California uh in Europe.
We're doing two shows out there.
You guys are big in Europe I take it.
Yeah we're gone we're like gods.
Like gods yeah.
25,000 people
a night sometimes and uh 3,000 people a night over there.
The girls go crazy over Dee Dee?
Yes.
Yeah he's
the handsome one.
He's the heartthrob.
You married Dee Dee?
Yeah 10 years.
Where's your wife?
She's at home
right now watching the TV.
She's a big fan of yours.
She watches every morning.
Oh well that's nice.
Do they go on the road with you?
Your girlfriend's wives?
Sometimes yeah sometimes.
Dee Dee do you take your
wife?
Yeah I took her to California.
No kidding?
When 1978?
No um about two weeks ago.
Yeah I took her for 10 days.
How do they deal with the groupies?
You know they my wife will punch
him in the nose.
What's her name?
Vera.
Vera and Dee Dee on the road.
Yeah I have it tattooed right here.
Hey guys [G] you're good guys and I thank you so much for coming by.
This is going to be a big giant album.
[E] The Ramones are back [D] at the Ritz in 1920 and [Ab] we'll be right back in just a moment.
[Db]
of their latest hit so here are the Ramones.
Good morning!
Joey how are you?
How are you?
Hi guys!
How are you?
Nice to see you.
Tough night last night?
Didn't I see you guys in Bloomingdale's yesterday?
Okay so let me introduce the guys now this is Joey the lead singer,
Marky who's on drums, Johnny the guitar player and Dee Dee who's on bass.
I almost thought you
were gonna say he's on drugs but he's not.
No no no you're on uh you're the lead singer.
He's on
drums you know.
Yeah so how you doing?
Great.
This is an exciting time for you guys.
I'm very excited
to be on your show.
Thank you very much.
I always thought you know I was when I should spit the
sound you know I said yeah the ridge you know it's the ridge.
That's right the ridge is looking
the red jacket.
I thank you very much.
You really did.
Thank you.
Appreciate that.
One vote for the
Ramones.
Well now is this a comeback?
You guys have never left have you?
We never left.
No we
have been together for 14 years and we constantly tour and we make uh we have about 10 albums out
already.
People think they don't see you in two weeks that um you're just laying around that you're
on a hiatus.
Yeah what have you been doing?
We just did a big festival tour of Europe and
California.
Real heavy saturations were over the west coast and we're doing the east coast and the
midwest.
So you guys are still hot you're still cooking huh?
We're hot.
We're hot and we're
cooking.
You had one little foray into so-called mass commercialism a couple years back right and
some of your diehard fans were upset about that.
Are you and yet I read that you were really glad
you did the album anyway.
Oh with Phil Spector?
Yeah.
I like Phil.
Yeah we always admired his.
Quite a guy.
He was very good at what he does.
Phil's a true genius.
What I mean is you guys
had this cult following of fans.
Yeah.
Did they let you grow or did they make you stay making
the same kind of music you've always made?
They expect a certain thing from you which you have to
give them.
Yeah sometimes change isn't too good you know.
If you got something good you keep it
going you know keep it working.
Did you all grow up together out in Queens?
I grew up in Brooklyn,
New York.
Yeah.
All three of us.
Yeah and how did you meet?
The [Ab] other three of us we lived in the
same block together.
We were friends as kids.
Went to Forest Hills High School.
Yeah.
[D] I went to
Horizons.
Mr.
Sirota.
Mr.
Sirota who is he?
He was the dean.
Oh the dean.
You never forget the dean.
I spent a lot of time with [Dm] him.
Look at Deedee down here.
Yeah poor Deedee the last guy on the couch
you know never really gets to participate.
Deedee how you doing down there?
Very [Eb] jolly.
[G] He's robust.
Yeah Deedee reminds me of the lady from East Stroudsburg.
The same [D] kind of personality as yours.
You're not related in any way then right?
No.
Your
parents still living in uh in this area?
They're still alive.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Now who likes these songs
I Want to Be Sedated and Teenage Lobotomy?
Do you guys write them?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Can you give me
the lyrics to uh Teenage Lobotomy?
He's just talking.
Well Sammy Davis I think might have
written that one.
Can you just give me the first couple of lines of Teenage Lobotomy?
Because I may
want to use it at the Club Benet.
We played that.
Did you?
Of course.
Everybody plays there except
Atlanta Symphony.
But give me the first couple of lines of Teenage Lobotomy.
DDT did a job on me.
Right?
DDT?
Did a job on me.
Did a job on me.
Yeah.
Now I'm a real sicky.
Now I'm a real sicky.
This is getting good.
And then what happened?
Guess I'll have to break the news that I have no mind to lose.
Even you gotta laugh about it.
Very clever.
Very clever.
Incidentally you can tell he's the lead
singer because he's the one wearing the spiffy leather pants and [N] the other guys are in just uh
Levi.
Right.
Okay shall we take a look now at uh one of the numbers?
This is I Want to Be Sedated
right?
This is a this is one of the big ones right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Originally released in [E] 1978 brought
back 10 years later and part of their big new album.
Let's take a look now at the video of I
Want to Be Sedated.
[N]
Yeah [D] tough work this music business.
Wore yourselves out on that one didn't
you?
Yeah right.
Did about four or five takes of that though.
No see actually there's no edits in
that at all.
Oh I can see yeah.
Good acting.
Forgot to sit down and do it too.
So where do you go after
the Ritz?
You gotta be.
Well actually this album is uh like a it's a greatest hits album.
It's a double
record.
Did you guys have giant hits when you were cooking I mean in the 70s?
Big ones.
Big ones.
Monster hits.
And I Want to Be [N] Sedated was one of the biggest.
This is our 30 greatest hits.
Yeah it's
our 30th album.
It's on CD too.
Boy the guys are really pitching now aren't they?
All of a sudden
they became very verbal didn't they?
It's amazing how capitalism just sneaks in.
Oh yeah oh yeah yeah.
So Dee Dee you're happy aren't you?
Yes I am.
Oh that's good.
He's jolly.
You're the jolly kind of guy.
After the Ritz we're going to a festival in California uh in Europe.
We're doing two shows out there.
You guys are big in Europe I take it.
Yeah we're gone we're like gods.
Like gods yeah.
25,000 people
a night sometimes and uh 3,000 people a night over there.
The girls go crazy over Dee Dee?
Yes.
Yeah he's
the handsome one.
He's the heartthrob.
You married Dee Dee?
Yeah 10 years.
Where's your wife?
She's at home
right now watching the TV.
She's a big fan of yours.
She watches every morning.
Oh well that's nice.
Do they go on the road with you?
Your girlfriend's wives?
Sometimes yeah sometimes.
Dee Dee do you take your
wife?
Yeah I took her to California.
No kidding?
When 1978?
No um about two weeks ago.
Yeah I took her for 10 days.
How do they deal with the groupies?
You know they my wife will punch
him in the nose.
What's her name?
Vera.
Vera and Dee Dee on the road.
Yeah I have it tattooed right here.
Hey guys [G] you're good guys and I thank you so much for coming by.
This is going to be a big giant album.
[E] The Ramones are back [D] at the Ritz in 1920 and [Ab] we'll be right back in just a moment.
[Db]
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to the Ritz here in New York City on August 19th and 20th and they just released their double album
of their latest hit so here are the Ramones. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Good morning!
Joey how are you?
How are you?
Hi guys!
How are you?
Nice to see you. _
Tough night last night?
Didn't I see you guys in Bloomingdale's yesterday?
_ Okay so let me introduce the guys now this is Joey the lead singer,
Marky who's on drums, Johnny the guitar player and Dee Dee who's on bass.
I almost thought you
were gonna say he's on drugs but he's not.
No no no you're on uh you're the lead singer.
He's on
drums you know.
Yeah so how you doing?
Great.
This is an exciting time for you guys.
I'm very excited
to be on your show.
Thank you very much.
I always thought you know I was when I should spit the
sound you know I said yeah the ridge you know it's the ridge.
That's right the ridge is looking
the red jacket.
I thank you very much.
You really did.
Thank you.
Appreciate that.
One vote for the
Ramones. _ _
_ Well now is this a comeback?
You guys have never left have you?
We never left.
No we
have been together for 14 years and we constantly tour and we make uh we have about 10 albums out
already.
People think they don't see you in two weeks that um you're just laying around that you're
on a hiatus.
Yeah what have you been doing?
We just did a big festival tour of Europe and
California.
Real heavy saturations were over the west coast and we're doing the east coast and the
midwest.
So you guys are still hot you're still cooking huh?
We're hot.
We're hot and we're
cooking.
You had one little foray into so-called mass commercialism a couple years back right and
some of your diehard fans were upset about that.
Are you and yet I read that you were really glad
you did the album anyway.
Oh with Phil Spector?
Yeah.
I like Phil.
Yeah we always admired his.
Quite a guy.
He was very good at what he does.
Phil's a true genius.
What I mean is you guys
had this cult following of fans.
Yeah.
Did they let you grow or did they make you stay making
the same kind of music you've always made?
They expect a certain thing from you which you have to
give them.
Yeah sometimes change isn't too good you know.
If you got something good you keep it
going you know keep it working.
Did you all grow up together out in Queens?
I grew up in Brooklyn,
New York.
Yeah.
All three of us.
Yeah and how did you meet?
The [Ab] other three of us we lived in the
same block together.
We were friends as kids.
Went to Forest Hills High School.
Yeah.
[D] I went to
Horizons.
Mr.
Sirota.
Mr.
Sirota who is he?
He was the dean.
Oh the dean.
You never forget the dean.
I spent a lot of time with [Dm] him.
Look at Deedee down here.
Yeah poor Deedee the last guy on the couch
you know never really gets to participate.
Deedee how you doing down there?
Very [Eb] jolly.
_ [G] He's robust.
Yeah Deedee reminds me of the lady from East Stroudsburg.
The same [D] kind of personality as yours.
_ You're not related in any way then right?
No.
Your
parents still living in uh in this area?
They're still alive.
Yeah.
Yeah.
_ Now who likes these songs
I Want to Be Sedated and Teenage Lobotomy?
Do you guys write them?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Can you give me
the lyrics to uh Teenage Lobotomy?
He's just talking.
Well Sammy Davis I think might have
written that one.
Can you just give me the first couple of lines of Teenage Lobotomy?
Because I may
want to use it at the Club Benet.
We played that.
Did you?
Of course.
Everybody plays there except
Atlanta Symphony.
But give me the first couple of lines of Teenage Lobotomy.
DDT did a job on me.
Right?
DDT?
Did a job on me.
Did a job on me.
Yeah.
Now I'm a real sicky.
Now I'm a real sicky.
This is getting good.
And then what happened?
Guess I'll have to break the news that I have no mind to lose.
_ Even you gotta laugh about it. _
Very clever.
Very clever.
Incidentally you can tell he's the lead
singer because he's the one wearing the spiffy leather pants and [N] the other guys are in just uh
Levi.
Right.
Okay shall we take a look now at uh one of the numbers?
This is I Want to Be Sedated
right?
This is a this is one of the big ones right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Originally released in [E] 1978 brought
back 10 years later and part of their big new album.
Let's take a look now at the video of I
Want to Be Sedated.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
Yeah _ [D] _ _ tough work this music business.
Wore yourselves out on that one didn't
you?
Yeah right.
Did about four or five takes of that though.
No see actually there's no edits in
that at all.
Oh I can see yeah.
Good acting.
Forgot to sit down and do it too.
So where do you go after
the Ritz?
You gotta be.
Well actually this album is uh like a it's a greatest hits album.
It's a double
record.
Did you guys have giant hits when you were cooking I mean in the 70s?
Big ones.
Big ones.
Monster hits.
And I Want to Be [N] Sedated was one of the biggest.
This is our 30 greatest hits.
Yeah it's
our 30th album.
It's on CD too.
Boy the guys are really pitching now aren't they?
All of a sudden
they became very verbal didn't they?
It's amazing how capitalism just sneaks in.
Oh yeah oh yeah yeah.
So Dee Dee you're happy aren't you?
Yes I am.
Oh that's good.
He's jolly.
You're the jolly kind of guy.
After the Ritz we're going to a festival in California uh in Europe.
We're doing two shows out there.
You guys are big in Europe I take it.
Yeah we're gone we're like gods.
Like gods yeah.
25,000 people
a night sometimes and uh 3,000 people a night over there.
The girls go crazy over Dee Dee?
Yes.
Yeah he's
the handsome one.
He's the heartthrob.
You married Dee Dee?
Yeah 10 years.
Where's your wife?
She's at home
right now watching the TV.
She's a big fan of yours.
She watches every morning.
Oh well that's nice.
Do they go on the road with you?
Your girlfriend's wives?
Sometimes yeah sometimes.
Dee Dee do you take your
wife?
Yeah I took her to California.
No kidding?
When 1978?
No um about two weeks ago.
Yeah I took her for 10 days.
How do they deal with the groupies?
You know they my wife will punch
him in the nose. _
_ _ _ _ _ What's her name?
Vera.
Vera and Dee Dee on the road.
Yeah I have it tattooed right here.
Hey guys [G] you're good guys and I thank you so much for coming by.
This is going to be a big giant album.
[E] The Ramones are back [D] at the Ritz in 1920 and [Ab] we'll be right back in just a moment.
[Db] _ _
of their latest hit so here are the Ramones. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Good morning!
Joey how are you?
How are you?
Hi guys!
How are you?
Nice to see you. _
Tough night last night?
Didn't I see you guys in Bloomingdale's yesterday?
_ Okay so let me introduce the guys now this is Joey the lead singer,
Marky who's on drums, Johnny the guitar player and Dee Dee who's on bass.
I almost thought you
were gonna say he's on drugs but he's not.
No no no you're on uh you're the lead singer.
He's on
drums you know.
Yeah so how you doing?
Great.
This is an exciting time for you guys.
I'm very excited
to be on your show.
Thank you very much.
I always thought you know I was when I should spit the
sound you know I said yeah the ridge you know it's the ridge.
That's right the ridge is looking
the red jacket.
I thank you very much.
You really did.
Thank you.
Appreciate that.
One vote for the
Ramones. _ _
_ Well now is this a comeback?
You guys have never left have you?
We never left.
No we
have been together for 14 years and we constantly tour and we make uh we have about 10 albums out
already.
People think they don't see you in two weeks that um you're just laying around that you're
on a hiatus.
Yeah what have you been doing?
We just did a big festival tour of Europe and
California.
Real heavy saturations were over the west coast and we're doing the east coast and the
midwest.
So you guys are still hot you're still cooking huh?
We're hot.
We're hot and we're
cooking.
You had one little foray into so-called mass commercialism a couple years back right and
some of your diehard fans were upset about that.
Are you and yet I read that you were really glad
you did the album anyway.
Oh with Phil Spector?
Yeah.
I like Phil.
Yeah we always admired his.
Quite a guy.
He was very good at what he does.
Phil's a true genius.
What I mean is you guys
had this cult following of fans.
Yeah.
Did they let you grow or did they make you stay making
the same kind of music you've always made?
They expect a certain thing from you which you have to
give them.
Yeah sometimes change isn't too good you know.
If you got something good you keep it
going you know keep it working.
Did you all grow up together out in Queens?
I grew up in Brooklyn,
New York.
Yeah.
All three of us.
Yeah and how did you meet?
The [Ab] other three of us we lived in the
same block together.
We were friends as kids.
Went to Forest Hills High School.
Yeah.
[D] I went to
Horizons.
Mr.
Sirota.
Mr.
Sirota who is he?
He was the dean.
Oh the dean.
You never forget the dean.
I spent a lot of time with [Dm] him.
Look at Deedee down here.
Yeah poor Deedee the last guy on the couch
you know never really gets to participate.
Deedee how you doing down there?
Very [Eb] jolly.
_ [G] He's robust.
Yeah Deedee reminds me of the lady from East Stroudsburg.
The same [D] kind of personality as yours.
_ You're not related in any way then right?
No.
Your
parents still living in uh in this area?
They're still alive.
Yeah.
Yeah.
_ Now who likes these songs
I Want to Be Sedated and Teenage Lobotomy?
Do you guys write them?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Can you give me
the lyrics to uh Teenage Lobotomy?
He's just talking.
Well Sammy Davis I think might have
written that one.
Can you just give me the first couple of lines of Teenage Lobotomy?
Because I may
want to use it at the Club Benet.
We played that.
Did you?
Of course.
Everybody plays there except
Atlanta Symphony.
But give me the first couple of lines of Teenage Lobotomy.
DDT did a job on me.
Right?
DDT?
Did a job on me.
Did a job on me.
Yeah.
Now I'm a real sicky.
Now I'm a real sicky.
This is getting good.
And then what happened?
Guess I'll have to break the news that I have no mind to lose.
_ Even you gotta laugh about it. _
Very clever.
Very clever.
Incidentally you can tell he's the lead
singer because he's the one wearing the spiffy leather pants and [N] the other guys are in just uh
Levi.
Right.
Okay shall we take a look now at uh one of the numbers?
This is I Want to Be Sedated
right?
This is a this is one of the big ones right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Originally released in [E] 1978 brought
back 10 years later and part of their big new album.
Let's take a look now at the video of I
Want to Be Sedated.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
Yeah _ [D] _ _ tough work this music business.
Wore yourselves out on that one didn't
you?
Yeah right.
Did about four or five takes of that though.
No see actually there's no edits in
that at all.
Oh I can see yeah.
Good acting.
Forgot to sit down and do it too.
So where do you go after
the Ritz?
You gotta be.
Well actually this album is uh like a it's a greatest hits album.
It's a double
record.
Did you guys have giant hits when you were cooking I mean in the 70s?
Big ones.
Big ones.
Monster hits.
And I Want to Be [N] Sedated was one of the biggest.
This is our 30 greatest hits.
Yeah it's
our 30th album.
It's on CD too.
Boy the guys are really pitching now aren't they?
All of a sudden
they became very verbal didn't they?
It's amazing how capitalism just sneaks in.
Oh yeah oh yeah yeah.
So Dee Dee you're happy aren't you?
Yes I am.
Oh that's good.
He's jolly.
You're the jolly kind of guy.
After the Ritz we're going to a festival in California uh in Europe.
We're doing two shows out there.
You guys are big in Europe I take it.
Yeah we're gone we're like gods.
Like gods yeah.
25,000 people
a night sometimes and uh 3,000 people a night over there.
The girls go crazy over Dee Dee?
Yes.
Yeah he's
the handsome one.
He's the heartthrob.
You married Dee Dee?
Yeah 10 years.
Where's your wife?
She's at home
right now watching the TV.
She's a big fan of yours.
She watches every morning.
Oh well that's nice.
Do they go on the road with you?
Your girlfriend's wives?
Sometimes yeah sometimes.
Dee Dee do you take your
wife?
Yeah I took her to California.
No kidding?
When 1978?
No um about two weeks ago.
Yeah I took her for 10 days.
How do they deal with the groupies?
You know they my wife will punch
him in the nose. _
_ _ _ _ _ What's her name?
Vera.
Vera and Dee Dee on the road.
Yeah I have it tattooed right here.
Hey guys [G] you're good guys and I thank you so much for coming by.
This is going to be a big giant album.
[E] The Ramones are back [D] at the Ritz in 1920 and [Ab] we'll be right back in just a moment.
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