Tom Waits вЂ“ The Return of Jackie and Judy (The Ramones cover) In their case, they might as well have borrowed their stamp from Wes Anderson. So did the Nutley Brass, on their album Ramones Songbook as Played by the Nutley Brass. Eventually the other Ramones overcame their reluctance and put their own stamp on it. Nutley Brass вЂ“ Chinese Rock (The Ramones cover)Дee Dee wrote вЂњChinese RockвЂќ years before End of the Century the band was reluctant to record transparently drug-related songs, so Dee Dee passed it on to Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, who recorded it (as вЂњChinese RocksвЂќ) on their L.A.M.F. Sounding like a more emotional Aimee Mann, they remake вЂњDanny SaysвЂќ with undisguised devotion, turning what was already one of the RamonesвЂ™ best ballads into a high point of the tribute.

Most of them are from Germany, but the compilers managed to land a Swedish band named Waver. Waver вЂ“ Danny Says (The Ramones cover)ДЄll Good Cretins Go to Heaven is another Ramones tribute album filled with the work of various European bands. Gin and tobacco fumes optional.вЂќ Her humor and honesty informs this performance with a very knowing wink. On her Soundcloud page, Emy Horsell calls her cover of вЂњIвЂ™m AffectedвЂќ a вЂњhabby torch song-esque cover,вЂќ adding, вЂњNo Spector Wall of Sound hereвЂ¦ just hands dragged over ivories and vocal cords dragged over lyrics. Emy Horsell вЂ“ IвЂ™m Affected (The Ramones cover) Oh, to have been in the audience for this one. The indie quintet joins forces with the Calder Quartet and a batch of brass & percussion on All I Ever Wanted: Live from Walt Disney Concert Hall, and together they absolutely SMOKE this song. What the Airborne Toxic Event do with it may be the most exhilarating thing you hear all day. Spector got the chance to put his all into вЂњDo You Remember Rock вЂnвЂ™ Roll Radio?вЂќ, a song that was literally built on nostalgia.

The Airborne Toxic Event вЂ“ Do You Remember Rock вЂnвЂ™ Roll Radio? (The Ramones cover) The band that performed here were RINOs (Ramones In Name Only), and the greatest winning streak in punk album history was over.ДЇinding covers of all twelve songs was a herculean task, but we went through the Augean stables and found a dozen that suited our purpose. But that was the trouble as well вЂ“ their own vital spark meant that it wasnвЂ™t a Ramones spark. One could argue that Spector did the job he was hired to do after all, End of the Century got into the top 50 worldwide, and the best songs on it did have their own vital spark that heвЂ™d boosted instead of smothered. They would spend the rest of their existence as an uneasy combination of working musicians and rock icons, with their days of breaking new ground forever behind them. When End of the Century was released in February 1980, punk fans the world over learned the sad truth the Ramones that had left home on a rocket to Russia had come back to earth and landed on a road to ruin. TheyвЂ™d been reduced to writing sequels to songs on their debut, a sure sign the well had started running dry. The sound pulled the Ramones further away from their punk roots, and their songs were weaker (Dee Dee: вЂњSome of the worst crap I ever wrote went on that albumвЂќ). So it was written, and so it should have been.Д«ut his perfectionist technique clashed with their one-and-done standards, and his bringing guns to the studio didnвЂ™t assure anybody. HeвЂ™d make his great comeback, and theyвЂ™d make their great breakthrough. Why, with his Wall of Sound production technique and their love of вЂ™60s AM pop covers, theirs was going to be a meeting of the minds that would bear the most amazing fruit. Phil Spector was supposed to be the gateway to getting the Ramones the airwaves they wanted so badly.

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