Ramones

七十年代，摇滚音乐被越来越多的冗长的自命不凡的歌曲充斥着，The Ramones乐队有意地开始对抗这一令人作呕的现象，他们的歌曲都极其简短，有力的下拨和弦中充满了六十年代garage摇滚的热情。不要以为The Ramones只是一支摇滚乐队，他们是四个具有破坏性的危险分子，但他们知道如何保护自己，那就是让自己看上去很愚蠢。这张乐队的同名专辑在Sex Pistols的"Never Mind the Bollocks"之前一年就世人领教了什么是Punk音乐，并提出了一个概念：三个和弦解决一切。 1976年Sire公司发行了乐队用6000美元制作的第一张专辑，这张专辑在引起强烈的反应，并对当时摇滚乐的发展产生了巨大的影响，成为Punk史上很经典的唱片之一。在当年年底，乐队出版第二张专辑成为英国的热门唱片。 这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第33位。 With the three-chord assault of "Blitzkrieg Bop," The Ramones begins at a blinding speed and never once over the course of its 14 songs does it let up. The Ramones is all about speed, hooks, stupidity, and simplicity. The songs are imaginative reductions of early rock & roll, girl group pop, and surf rock. Not only is the music boiled down to its essentials, but the Ramones offer a twisted, comical take on pop culture with their lyrics, whether it's the horror schlock of "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement," the drug deals of "53rd and 3rd," the gleeful violence of "Beat on the Brat," or the maniacal stupidity of "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." And the cover of Chris Montez's "Let's Dance" isn't a throwaway -- with its single-minded beat and lyrics, it encapsulates everything the group loves about pre-Beatles rock & roll. They don't alter the structure, or the intent, of the song, they simply make it louder and faster. And that's the key to all of the Ramones' music -- it's simple rock & roll, played simply, loud, and very, very fast. None of the songs clock in at any longer than two and half minutes, and most are considerably shorter. In comparison to some of the music the album inspired, The Ramones sounds a little tame -- it's a little too clean, and compared to their insanely fast live albums, it even sounds a little slow -- but there's no denying that it still sounds brilliantly fresh and intoxicatingly fun.