That song is on their 2nd album "Leave Home". My personal favorite Ramones album. That album gets an official Greg seal of approval.
The long hair and poses were always there. The Ramones went through a personality crisis in the early 80s, and by 1984 they got a little angrier, and darker. They never considered themselves a "punk" band to begin with. They fought tooth and nail to NOT be lumped in with shit like the Sex Pistols and the noise junk of LA. They actually wanted to be commercially successful. The first 4 albums are incredible, but didn't sell. The next 3 early 80s albums were slick and polished and way too poppy, but didn't sell either. By the mid 80s the damage had been done, they said fuck it, and decided to just do whatever they wanted to do. They got mad. They wanted to show all those up and coming punk bands who the bosses still were. 1984's "Too Tough To Die" was the beginning of them getting a little heavier, and much faster. That was the turning point from the lighter, more fun Ramones into the darker times.
Looking through the tracklistings of the Ramones studio albums, I recognise and like about 3 or 4 from each of the first 5 albums (and I'm by no means a big fanboy of the band) - and then it reaches Pleasant Dreams and I don't think I recognise a single song from there on in.
I enjoyed the 1975 footage (despite the quality), but their style at that 92 gig is pretty much un-watch/listenable to me. Joey definitely looks kinda freaky
I like the modern mix - nice job
Excellent track Greg, really enjoyed it.
Well dobronie, Mix 3 is the one I'm running with. I'm way underway into doing this whole first Ramones album. All the music tracking is done. Drums, guitars, bass, the few little extra guitar tracks, all done. I'm about halfway through the vocal tracks. Then I'll be mixing the whole thing, including a little remix of this one. Hopefully it'll all be good when I'm done.
Thanks. Just keep doing it. You just have to keep doing it and doing it and over time you figure things out that work all the time and things that work none of the time. The things that work, you build on them and discover new things that work better. I don't really believe in "anything goes". Anything clearly does not go. Some things go, some don't. But I'm only okay at my own style of music. I can record and mix rock songs all day long. No problem. Other styles, I'm a lost cause. But fuck it, who cares? I don't do rap or country or EDM, and never will, so wtf do I care? My advice: Don't worry about mastering a wide range of shit. Just focus on your style. Whatever that style is. I think it's better to be really good at one thing than mediocre at a wide range of things. Football players are very good at football. Most of them suck at golf or baseball. All of the best musicians, mixers, and producers have their own sound and style. I do feel that I've reached a level of reasonable competence where I can dial in and capture the sounds I want to capture and have them work in a mix. My mixes have really gotten much simpler and I'm doing less and less to them as time goes on. There are things I'd like to do better, but it'll come. I just keep plugging away.Congrats on getting your recording and mixing chops to a level that allows you to turn out great sounding music that translates well on all stereos.
I hope to get there myself.
Mix 4 is bigger and brighter. Can I ask why you decided to go with 3? Aside from the hand claps, I mean.