The publication of my new book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones made me want to thread some Ramones-specific programming within each of our This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio playlists in April and May. This culminated in our May 28th special edition GABBA GABBA HEY! A Celebration Of The Ramones. This is how we built up to that special in the eight weeks that preceded it.
APRIL
Over the course of five Sunday nights in April, we programmed my # 1 favorite track from each of the Ramones' fourteen studio albums, plus my favorite non-LP Ramones track and my favorite Ramones soundtrack entry. The fifth Sunday dealt with my favorites from the four offical live albums the Ramones released during their career. Four Ramones tracks per week. Here's how that plan played out:
BLITZKRIEG BOP (Ramones)
CARBONA NOT GLUE (Leave Home)
SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER (Rocket To Russia)
I WANNA BE SEDATED (Road To Ruin)
DO YOU REMEMBER ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO? (End Of The Century)
ALL'S QUIET ON THE EASTERN FRONT (Pleasant Dreams)
IN THE PARK (Subterranean Jungle)
DAYTIME DILEMMA (DANGERS OF LOVE) (Too Tough To Die)
MY BRAIN IS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN (BONZO GOES TO BITBURG (Animal Boy)
I WANNA LIVE (Halfway To Sanity)
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES (Brain Drain)
TOURING (Mondo Bizarro)
7 AND 7 IS (Acid Eaters)
I DON'T WANT TO GROW UP (¡Adios Amigos!)
BABYSITTER (non-LP track [in the US])
COME ON LET'S GO [Paley Brothers and Ramones] (soundtrack entry)
APRIL 30
ROCKAWAY BEACH (It's Alive)
PET SEMATARY/CARBONA NOT GLUE (Loco Live)
I DON'T WANT TO GROW UP (Greatest Hits Live)
R.A.M.O.N.E.S. [We're Outta Here)
CALIFORNIA SUN/I DON'T WANNA WALK AROUND WITH YOU [live, 45 B-side]
MAY
For the three Sunday nights prior to Memorial Day weekend, we did a salute to THE RAMONES AT THE MOVIES
[all heard in the film Rock 'n' Roll High School]
SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER
I JUST WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
I WANT YOU AROUND
QUESTIONINGLY
BLITZKRIEG BOP/TEENAGE LOBOTOMY/CALIFORNIA SUN/PINHEAD/SHE'S THE ONE [live medley] (as heard in Rock 'n' Roll High School)
DO YOU WANNA DANCE? (as heard in Rock 'n' Roll High School)
ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (as heard in Rock 'n' Roll High School)
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES (as heard in Car 54, Where Are You?)
ROCKAWAY BEACH (as heard in That Summer!)
I WANNA BE SEDATED (as heard in Times Square)
BLITZKRIEG BOP (as heard in National Lampoon's Vacation)
CHOP SUEY (as heard in Get Crazy)
[NOTE: we didn't get to the Ramones' title theme for the film Pet Sematary]
And that brings us to May 28: GABBA GABBA HEY! A Celebration Of The Ramones. Read all about that here.
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IN-PERSON EVENT! On June 29, I will be making an in-store appearance at GENERATION RECORDS, 210 Thompson Street in NYC on behalf of my new book GABBA GABBA HEY! A CONVERSATION WITH THE RAMONES. The book contains my 1994 interviews with Joey, Johnny, Marky, and C.J., which were cited by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as essential reading. I'll be at Generation to chat with fellow Ramones fans, talk about the book, the interviews, and how the music of the Ramones impacted my life. If you are in the New York area on June 29th, I would love to see you at Generation Records. Hey-ho, let's GO!
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Carl's new book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones is now available, courtesy of the good folks at Rare Bird Books. Gabba Gabba YAY!! https://rarebirdlit.com/gabba-gabba-hey-a-conversation-with-the-ramones-by-carl-cafarelli/
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