Wednesday, July 5, 2023

THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE: I Wanna Be Sedated [Ramones-On-45 Mega-Mix!]

This piece appeared previously as part of a larger post. It's separated here to give it its proper turn as The Greatest Record Ever Made

Turn? YES! An infinite number of tracks can each be THE greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Today, this is THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE!

THE RAMONES: I Wanna Be Sedated [Ramones-On-45 Mega-Mix!]
Written by Ramones
Produced by Ed Stasium and Tommy Erdelyi, concept by Kevin Laffey, edited by Paul Brown, remixed by Ed Stasium and Paul Robb
Single [B-side of "I Wanna Be Sedated (The Updated Sedated Radio Mix)"], Sire Records, 1988

One doesn't normally associate the Ramones with extended dance mixes. That seeming dichotomy works to perfection in "I Wanna Be Sedated [Ramones-On-45 Mega-Mix!]."

It's loud. It's danceable. It's the bubblepunk of the Ramones caught makin' out with club chicks. It's "I Wanna Be Sedated" set to a heavier beat, with bits of "Blitzkrieg Bop," "Teenage Lobotomy," and "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" edited in, peppered with prerequisite dance-mix Sensurround moves, but retaining a far-from-sedate line-of-sight with the purity of the Ramones.

I should hate this. I freakin' love it. Awright, all you punks 'n' bumpin' bunnies alike: we can't control our fingers, we can't control our brains. Can't control our feets, either. BAMbambumpbam, ba-bambambumpbam. We know what we want.

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