Most truthful lyrics ever, no sugarcoating: "I like rap And hip hop I like hardcore And punk rock I like hot-dogs, franks and beans I grew up in forrest hills queens I like to win Don't like to fail So once again The bill's in the mail"
Dee Dee's insanity that makes this album so bad is what makes the Ramones so good. You can't fake who he was, how he lived, and the groundbreaking legendary art he produced with the Ramones (he wrote the vast majority of their best material).
One of the greatest albums ever. People forget that without this album the Ramones wouldn't have recorded "The Crusher." Poor Little Rich Girl is a fuckin banger.
I like those two for sure. I like to send Mashed Potato Time to people and tell them it's really awesome hardcore rap just to see how funny their reaction is. A while ago, maybe from searching for the song title on youtube even, I found out that that song is a... not really a cover, but a remake? A cover of an old song but with garbage rap inserted. I can't understand why nobody said "you sound like a fucking idiot! You sound like you're mentally retarded or something! Change your voice, change your.... change everything! Nobody thinks mashed potatoes are cool in any way except as ironic comedy! Dee Dee! Go do some drugs again, geez!"
@SavoxYT I'd wager it's the Clash with "The Magnificent Seven" in December 1980. And although this technically doesn't count, Talking Heads has the song "Crosseyed and Painless" on Remain in Light, which had a Kurtis Blow homage a minute before the fadeout. They're not "punk" per se, but they were born out of the same CBGB's/Max's Kansas City scene alongside Ramones.
@@DancingwithGhosts imagine having a welcome video putting yourself in with the needle drop and Todd in the shadows and not knowing who captain sensible is. 😢 Sad.
Cut the Crap's failure was primarily the product of managerial interference that extended all the way to studio meddling. Obviously, it also suffers from some bad songwriting, at least by Clash standards. But, at the day, it's the abysmal production that still haunts me.
have to add another comment, cause of your 80's video edit, to your own rap song!!! i literally am laughing so hard, i had to rewind and watch that part again..........
hahahaha that fucking song.. I love how he tries to shoe-horn Heineken into his rap, it sounded so awkward. I want this album on CD but i'm not paying $40 for it.
@@DancingwithGhosts Yeah, the whole album is awkward. It's embarrassing. I'm glad it exists though. I originally downloaded the album off Napster back in the day. Couldn't believe it was actually a Ramone making this incredibly goofy music 😁🙏
Many artists associated with punk had already dabbled in hip-hop and quite successfully. The Clash did "Magnificent Seven" Blondie had a #1 hit with "Rapture" Talking Heads incorporated it in "Crosseyed and Painless", John Lydon collaborated with Afrika Bambaataa w/ Timezone. In fact, Kurtis Blow and Grandmaster Flash opened for The Clash in the early 80''s. Let's not forget that the Beastie Boys started out as a hardcore punk band. It should be noted that these artists all did this before rap hit the mainstream when it was still considered underground music.
This is HILARIOUS! You can`t beat the crap that deluded rock stars can drop out when they desperately try something new to stay relevant. Even worse if that is during a `clean spell`!
Hey man, can you do a cover of this awesome band I found? They are called Rex Viper and have a beautiful song called Powerglove of Love or something like that. Thanks!
80s music was so great it was hard to make music that was actually bad back then but they found a way. he sounds so out of place trying to rap its like using the wrong instruments but instead of an instrument its his voice that just sounds like punk despite trying not to.
Dee Dee has always been my Favorite Ramone!! & imho does NOT get the Credit he deserves it's always Joey & Johnny(i love every member btw) like Dee Dee's Widow & Family doesnt even have any say in The Ramones Estate & Royalties! but Linda & Joeys Brother sure does! which is unfair there would be NO! Ramones without Dee Dee! PERIOD!! he came up with the Band's Name & the whole brotherhood thing of all members having the last name of Ramone! & Their whole Look!(Leather Jackets & Jeans!) most importantly Dee Dee wrote like more than 85% of The Ramone's Songs!.... .R.i.P. Dee Dee you'll always be my favorite!!... 💔🌹🙏
I don’t think anyone ever argued this was good, however people tend to feel a lot of affection towards this bizarre outing just because Deedee had already written so many bonafide classics. So it wasn’t a career ended or anything, but it sure was fucking silly This was a fun video. The Ramones are one of my all times, and all their bad stuff is so funny.
This has got to be one of the most bizarre things that has ever happened in the entire music industry. To have been such an iconic figure in the punk rock scene and you piss it all away to do THAT!? What was he thinking!?
I used to work at Coney Island High ..a punk rock live music venue in NYC. The Ramones would show up there to play pinball. Yes... Dee Dee was made fun of for "rapping"
Rappers Delight wasn't the first rap song but it was the first commercially successful rap song released on the radio. Another solid white hip hop group often forgotten unless you a hip hop head is 3rd Bass
I have been a hardcore Ramones fan since 1979, so when Standing in the Spotlight came out, I bought it simply because it was a solo effort by Dee Dee, the man who wrote most of the Ramones' best songs. I bought it on good faith and anticipated something decent, but then I put it on my turntable and immediately found I had watsed my money. One of the worst albums ever recorded.
I bought the album in 2004 or so when I was in a huge Ramones kick as a teen. It was super hard to find online back then and only available in LP form, no uploads had come around yet. I gave it a listen and then understood a review I saw that said something akin to, “I see this becoming a kitschy collector’s item, mainly due to how awful it is.”
The Ramones re-recorded The Crusher for their Adios Amigos farewell album, goes to show that even the most horrible Dee Dee song, is better than anything they could come up with themselves.
i've never heard this before, but is sounds like "outsider" music. you know. look up anything by wesley willis and you'll understand if you don't already. the sad part is dee dee probably isn't a person with mental issues making music they think is genuinely good.
Also, this might do better as a streaming idea but Rolling Stone also did a "50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Brilliant Artists" list and the picks are.... eh.
I've been loving your videos. That rap was hilarious! 😂 This set of videos is exposing me to all of this and music that I had no idea about. It reminds me of when I was watching AVGN or nostalgia critic back in the day and discovering bad movies and games.
Dee Dee was satirising all the stupidity and sexism and misogyny and cliches of Hiphop in the same way the Spinal Tap film satirised Heavy Metal......And Hiphop is STILL all those dumb things 40 years later...maybe someone should make a Hiphop satire film called Spinal Rap
Ever since that documentary on the ramones that revealed this album to me... well. It's in my head back there somewhere. Dee dee was a really endearing guy.
you got some hair dye on the side of your head Lol 😂 cool rap btw I like how you show how easy it is to make a rap song. I never knew that about Dee Dee either, big fan of your channel keep them coming ghost… I mean Josh
I can't lie, this is one of my guilty pleasures, I unironically enjoy German Kid and 2 Much 2 Drink. But Funkyman's music video is absolutely hilarious.
That's because it was wrote in 1962 and made famous by a singer called dee dee sharp monster mash was written as a parody of mashed potato time. Dee dee king/ramone sampled it with Debbie Harry singing the chorus
I love the fact he tried tho awful as it sounded. There was / is a lot of respect between the punk and hip hop crews. Remember that their bastard sons were New Wave, Chicago House etc! As a geeky 13 yr old kid growing up in the NW of England, punk, and Hip Hop were coming at me from both sides as a reaction to the horrible progressive rock crap and corrupt music industry. Both camps said the same thing - you don't need to play an instrument or be rich or highly educated re. music theory - just fucking get up on stage and do it! Dee Dee...the master of the punk Haiku and arch lyricist obviously recognised that and kudos for him having a go. There is a lesson for us all here!
I've been a Ramones fan since i was 14, being 31 now. And every goddamn time i try to forget Dee Dee got out of Ramones to be a rapper, something brings it up again. TBH i know it sucks bad. But you know what also sucked? (Hot take incoming) Animal Boy and Halfway to Sanity. Dee Dee didn't wanted to be there anymore. You can see proof of that during the last ramones shows where he makes appearance as a guest to sing "Love Kills", where he not only swap verses out but also goes on and off the rythym to ruin the whole thing for CJ and Marky. He was getting worse and worse on drugs. So i don't know if this was better for him SMH or if he should've finish destroying his life. I'm not complaning, BTW, you did a great video.
thanks for that extra info.. i honestly don't know much about the ramones.. in doing my research i was suprised to learn Tommy Ramone was in the band for such a short period of time and there were like 5 other Ramones
@@DancingwithGhosts Ramones became business quite early in their punk life, unfortunately some fans can't, or don't want to embrace that. So the touring life and pressure for albums became a toll for all of them. Yeah, there's (AFAIK) Tommy, Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, CJ, Marky, Richie and Elvis Ramone (he only did live shows tho). Great content you're putting out, loved the Vanilla Ice video too. Thanks!
This was a great pick for a misguided album. Another possible vein to mine are rock bands that make "symphonic" records. Curious what you think of efforts to elevate rock by doing things like pairing up Metallica with a full orchestra.
Mariah Carey aka Chick - Someone’s Ugly Daughter There's an obscure one for you...maybe. It was to me when I heard about it a couple of weeks ago. Mariah Carey doing alternative.
"53rd and 3rd, livin on the street, 53rd and 3rd im tryna turn a trick" throw an A tonal trap beat on that shit and have cardi b rap the lyrics, million dollar idea
oh my gawd, at first i was going to say "thank you for telling me about this", and then you played some of his stuff, and i was like,.,,,, "oh my gawd, memory unlocked" that's how bad it is..... hahahahahaha my brain tried to block it out........ when i first heard "the transplants" first album...... i thought the same thing........... matt freeman from rancid should not rap...... that whole transplants album was trash...... like i like hiphop, and punk so my disgust comes from a place of love
The crusher is about pro wrestling and dee dee being tough enough to be a wrestkibg star....the russian bear was a famous wrestler in rhe the 69's, he used to wrestle "in the garden" (Maddison Square Garden i. Manhattan) The ramones used to play rhe song live eith CJ Ramone doing vocals in the 90's
If you don't have a sense of humor, I guess it's "horrific" and "embarrassing"... Better than clinging onto an old band "just because." RIP, Dee Dee, the Dee Dee King was fun!
On every ramones documentary it gets to the part where dee dee makes funky man, and that's a pretty cringe song. but it wasn't even on the album. his album is actually pretty good. the song "baby doll" could have been a classic.
Dee Dee is a bit younger than my grandparents who’d use that word not meaning anything by it, but you wouldn’t expect a pop culture figure to be saying it in 1989. You’d think somebody would’ve told him.
@@DancingwithGhosts Right. My grandparents are from the Bible Belt and not punk rockers, very far from. Amazing how out of touch this guy was when punk tended to be more socially conscious than other rock genres.
I think Tom Hanks doing the Dragnet Rap is far worse than anything Dee Dee did. It’s horrible, I get it, but he gets a pass from me. Gabba Gabba Hey. RIP Dee Dee.
How does that reflect on the Ramones? Dee Dee was out in any case, and even if he'd stayed in, it's clear the direction of the band wasn't going Dee Dee's way, so I don't get how Dee Dee's independent efforts "are" the downfall of the Ramones?
You are really misleading people with that thumbnail pic for the video. Dee Dee clearly said "I am not a Negro...", not the 6 letter, derogatory racial slur that is implied on that pic. And Dee Dee said this because he realized he probably shouldn't have (and I don't use this term often if at all) appropriated hip hop culture for a quick midlife crisis makeover/cash grab if he wasn't part of said culture...or at the very least, had immersed himself in it. Don't make this out like Dee Dee was being a racist just to draw people in
Dee Dee King is the best! Coming after Dee Dee King???? this video won’t get u any new followers disrespecting the Punk Rock Legend 🖤🖤🖤🖤 I love Dee Dee Ramone 🥳🥳🥳
When he said "I'm a funky man, My name Dee Dee Ramone" I felt that shit
🤣😂
Haha I want to cover that on guitar or karaoke. It's awful but Ramones rule
When Dee Dee said “it’s a sick world sick sick sick drugs and bitches and junkies and fags” I really felt that too
@@DancingwithGhostsyoure fuccking trash kid, how dare you talk shit about the ramones and Dee Dee? go listen to more chemical romance or some emo shit
LMAOOO
"Hey, I really like this movie. I'm gonna write a song about it."
That's pretty much Glenn Danzig's writing process
Except he usually also adds shit that has nothing to do with the movie and makes no sense, also a lot of "baby" and "woha oh oh"
I’m not sure how the lyrics to “Where Eagles Dare” reference the film of the same name though.
"The eyes of tiger"
@@VuotoPneumaNN I live right near where Danzig grew up that man is so full of himself lol
Most truthful lyrics ever, no sugarcoating:
"I like rap
And hip hop
I like hardcore
And punk rock
I like hot-dogs, franks and beans
I grew up in forrest hills queens
I like to win
Don't like to fail
So once again
The bill's in the mail"
Dee Dee's insanity that makes this album so bad is what makes the Ramones so good. You can't fake who he was, how he lived, and the groundbreaking legendary art he produced with the Ramones (he wrote the vast majority of their best material).
Maybe he thought "funky" meant you didnt shower for awhile....
His "rapping" is like he collabed with Dr. Seuss and the 1950's.
Rhyming "queens" with "frank and beans" is actually a really crutch lyric.
hahahaahahah
Sittin here in Queens eating re fried beans
Dude, my neighbors hate this album. That's why I like playing it at inappropriate times at obscene volumes.
One of the greatest albums ever. People forget that without this album the Ramones wouldn't have recorded "The Crusher." Poor Little Rich Girl is a fuckin banger.
I like those two for sure.
I like to send Mashed Potato Time to people and tell them it's really awesome hardcore rap just to see how funny their reaction is.
A while ago, maybe from searching for the song title on youtube even, I found out that that song is a... not really a cover, but a remake? A cover of an old song but with garbage rap inserted.
I can't understand why nobody said "you sound like a fucking idiot! You sound like you're mentally retarded or something! Change your voice, change your.... change everything! Nobody thinks mashed potatoes are cool in any way except as ironic comedy! Dee Dee! Go do some drugs again, geez!"
This is the correct take.
Yes 👍
What's funny is Dee Dee wasn't even the first punk to release a rap song. That was Captain Sensible with "Wot" in 1982.
yeah someone was telling me about that guy... gotta say i love the name
@SavoxYT I'd wager it's the Clash with "The Magnificent Seven" in December 1980. And although this technically doesn't count, Talking Heads has the song "Crosseyed and Painless" on Remain in Light, which had a Kurtis Blow homage a minute before the fadeout. They're not "punk" per se, but they were born out of the same CBGB's/Max's Kansas City scene alongside Ramones.
@@evanwright9016Magnificent Seven is such an amazing song
@@DancingwithGhosts imagine having a welcome video putting yourself in with the needle drop and Todd in the shadows and not knowing who captain sensible is.
😢
Sad.
don't be such a snob, we were all young once @@MrNolanVoid
the last clash album, “cut the crap” is worse. dee dee king isn’t good, but at least it’s not cut the crap bad.
WE ARE THE CLAAAAAAAAAASH
WE ARE THE CLAAAAAAAAAASH
my ears be bleeding listening to this
yeah... I know all about that one Thanks to Todd in the Shadows.. I try to stay away from anything he's already done
Cut the Crap's failure was primarily the product of managerial interference that extended all the way to studio meddling. Obviously, it also suffers from some bad songwriting, at least by Clash standards. But, at the day, it's the abysmal production that still haunts me.
It's bad because Mick Jones wasn't on it.@@mperezmcfinn2511
They're both equally trash
That surf song sounds like something The Dead Milkmen would make as a joke song.
Dude bit the monster mash flow on his first song
Thank you for letting me know about this.
This was the best album ever. Wtf are you talking about??
have to add another comment, cause of your 80's video edit, to your own rap song!!! i literally am laughing so hard, i had to rewind and watch that part again..........
This album was legendary when I got a vinyl copy in 2001. 2 Much 2 Drink is still my jam 😁😂
hahahaha that fucking song.. I love how he tries to shoe-horn Heineken into his rap, it sounded so awkward. I want this album on CD but i'm not paying $40 for it.
@@DancingwithGhosts Yeah, the whole album is awkward. It's embarrassing. I'm glad it exists though. I originally downloaded the album off Napster back in the day. Couldn't believe it was actually a Ramone making this incredibly goofy music 😁🙏
@@elrondhubbard9127 it’s fun album…
@@elrondhubbard9127 Lets face it,all rap is pretty goofy anyway,Particularly now its about 40-45 years old and our Grandparents like it.
Many artists associated with punk had already dabbled in hip-hop and quite successfully. The Clash did "Magnificent Seven" Blondie had a #1 hit with "Rapture" Talking Heads incorporated it in "Crosseyed and Painless", John Lydon collaborated with Afrika Bambaataa w/ Timezone. In fact, Kurtis Blow and Grandmaster Flash opened for The Clash in the early 80''s. Let's not forget that the Beastie Boys started out as a hardcore punk band. It should be noted that these artists all did this before rap hit the mainstream when it was still considered underground music.
Neat comment i like it
@@travisguide4516 also Captain Sensible of The Damned had a UK hit with 'Wot" in '83.
This is HILARIOUS! You can`t beat the crap that deluded rock stars can drop out when they desperately try something new to stay relevant. Even worse if that is during a `clean spell`!
This is almost like rap Spinal Tap but the bellend showed no hint of irony. Great vid again,Josh.
Hey man, can you do a cover of this awesome band I found? They are called Rex Viper and have a beautiful song called Powerglove of Love or something like that. Thanks!
Oddly emotional when I hear Dee Dees german. He sounds so innocent and sweet. Got me the feels
btw i forgto 12:30 you passed the german test xD
80s music was so great it was hard to make music that was actually bad back then but they found a way. he sounds so out of place trying to rap its like using the wrong instruments but instead of an instrument its his voice that just sounds like punk despite trying not to.
Dee Dee has always been my Favorite Ramone!! & imho does NOT get the Credit he deserves it's always Joey & Johnny(i love every member btw) like Dee Dee's Widow & Family doesnt even have any say in The Ramones Estate & Royalties! but Linda & Joeys Brother sure does! which is unfair there would be NO! Ramones without Dee Dee! PERIOD!! he came up with the Band's Name & the whole brotherhood thing of all members having the last name of Ramone! & Their whole Look!(Leather Jackets & Jeans!) most importantly Dee Dee wrote like more than 85% of The Ramone's Songs!.... .R.i.P. Dee Dee you'll always be my favorite!!... 💔🌹🙏
Mashed Potato sounded like an "accidental" riff on The Monster Mash.
I don’t think anyone ever argued this was good, however people tend to feel a lot of affection towards this bizarre outing just because Deedee had already written so many bonafide classics. So it wasn’t a career ended or anything, but it sure was fucking silly
This was a fun video. The Ramones are one of my all times, and all their bad stuff is so funny.
I quote Dee Dee Ramone: "I couldn't do Rap I tried but I couldn't do it I'm not a neigro but I wanted to" so he was 100% self aware
Found your channel because of avgn. Stayed because you are yourself a nerd. Love these videos.
This has got to be one of the most bizarre things that has ever happened in the entire music industry. To have been such an iconic figure in the punk rock scene and you piss it all away to do THAT!? What was he thinking!?
I like this type of video. It’s like you’re a Music Nerd.
The Angry Music Nerd if you will 😏
what shitload of fuuuuuccckkk what was Dee Dee thinnkkkiiiiinggg?!
@@DancingwithGhosts Dee Dee… MORE LIKE DOO DOO 😡
@@DancingwithGhosts I think this is a good niche for you.
I used to work at Coney Island High ..a punk rock live music venue in NYC. The Ramones would show up there to play pinball. Yes... Dee Dee was made fun of for "rapping"
Rappers Delight wasn't the first rap song but it was the first commercially successful rap song released on the radio. Another solid white hip hop group often forgotten unless you a hip hop head is 3rd Bass
I have been a hardcore Ramones fan since 1979, so when Standing in the Spotlight came out, I bought it simply because it was a solo effort by Dee Dee, the man who wrote most of the Ramones' best songs. I bought it on good faith and anticipated something decent, but then I put it on my turntable and immediately found I had watsed my money. One of the worst albums ever recorded.
"GOLD ALL ON MY CHAIN GOLD ALL ON MY RANG" SEE he was a pioneer, Raper's are trying to replicate dee dee to this day
Yea but idk if theyve raped our ears quite like he did a true pioneer
rapers?
I bought the album in 2004 or so when I was in a huge Ramones kick as a teen. It was super hard to find online back then and only available in LP form, no uploads had come around yet. I gave it a listen and then understood a review I saw that said something akin to, “I see this becoming a kitschy collector’s item, mainly due to how awful it is.”
yeah i want it on CD but i'm not spending the $40 price i'm seeing online
Oh it had to be around online by 2004. I definitely had it long ago. I might have gotten it from Oink or what.cd. I wish those were still around.
As a German, I am offended by those lyrics.
As a human being, I am offended by everything.
Why is it always germans who need to mention "As a german, I ..."?
I feel offended too as a german potato😱
I'm offended as a full blown offended woker in the 2020s.
Yes the Austrian Falco did German rap better lol
The Ramones re-recorded The Crusher for their Adios Amigos farewell album, goes to show that even the most horrible Dee Dee song, is better than anything they could come up with themselves.
So bad its good
100% honest lyric’s always
I HOPE DEE DEE HAS BEEN RESTING WELL 🤜
When I saw the title. I totally remember that thing coming out. And what popped into my head was that clip of Joey Ramone goofing on it.
Ramones are one of my Top 5 bands, and even I can't listen to Dee Dee King for more than half a song.
I gotta admit, when a person first gets out of rehab they have all kinds of f%&ked up ideas. Poor DeeDee fell into this trap.
great video, looked forward to this one
Glad you enjoyed it
Reminder DeeDee wrote Poison Heart, wich is one of the most sincere, beautiful yet hurtful songs ever created and still manages to did this.
i've never heard this before, but is sounds like "outsider" music. you know. look up anything by wesley willis and you'll understand if you don't already. the sad part is dee dee probably isn't a person with mental issues making music they think is genuinely good.
Also, this might do better as a streaming idea but Rolling Stone also did a "50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Brilliant Artists" list and the picks are.... eh.
@@joshtoten ooooohh that is a really good streaming idea
Oh man, haven’t thought about Wesley Willis in a looong time… welp, guess it’s time to dive down that rabbit hole again
I've been loving your videos. That rap was hilarious! 😂 This set of videos is exposing me to all of this and music that I had no idea about. It reminds me of when I was watching AVGN or nostalgia critic back in the day and discovering bad movies and games.
well, i really enjoy making them so hopefully we'll keep 'em coming
Thank god for CJ to keep the Ramones going after Dee Dee's departure
i had no idea there were so many damn Ramones out in the wild... there was even an Elvis Ramone at some point?? 😂
@@DancingwithGhosts yea Clum Burke, he only lasted 2 shows. 🤣
Dee Dee was satirising all the stupidity and sexism and misogyny and cliches of Hiphop in the same way the Spinal Tap film satirised Heavy Metal......And Hiphop is STILL all those dumb things 40 years later...maybe someone should make a Hiphop satire film called Spinal Rap
Fear of a Black Hat was Spinal tap for 90s Hip hop.
Babydoll was sweet he wrote for Vera
So he basically took rock away beach from the best Ramones album and pretended it was an original solo idea on that commotion in the ocean song? 🌊
-"Other classic bands like The Sex Pistols"
*shows The Sex Pistols*
-"The Clash"
*shows The Sex Pistols again*
yeah i done fucked up you right
🤦
Ever since that documentary on the ramones that revealed this album to me... well. It's in my head back there somewhere. Dee dee was a really endearing guy.
you got some hair dye on the side of your head Lol 😂 cool rap btw I like how you show how easy it is to make a rap song. I never knew that about Dee Dee either, big fan of your channel keep them coming ghost… I mean Josh
What about John Cooper Clarke's Evidently Chickentown?
i've never heard of any of that
Do your self a favor and give it a listen@@DancingwithGhosts
I definitely see why C.J. Ramone was needed in The Ramones after Dee Dee quit. Dee Dee was starting to lose his mind.
I love the album. Baby Doll feels like one of the most honest love songs ever to me.
Still, I instantly agree that his rap "career" was bad.
Bro thinks the song the crusher is about Rocky 4 😂
The crusher was a famous pro wrestler of the 60s&70s.
Nice research!!🙄
yeah i'm not researching every single song origin off this god awful album sorry
@@DancingwithGhosts should listen to the novas the crusher
"COREY FELDMAN WRITES BETTER HOOKS THAN THIS" The most scathing insult ever conceived.
ASCENSION MILLENIUM BABY!
I can't lie, this is one of my guilty pleasures, I unironically enjoy German Kid and 2 Much 2 Drink. But Funkyman's music video is absolutely hilarious.
🎶Dee Dee is, a Hip Hopper🎶
Dee Dee really has the greatest rap album
I wish he would've impressed Mark David Chapman
lol mmm i love me a good edgy joke
@@DancingwithGhosts Thanks! Your videos are the best!
Loving these reviews from the audio trash heaps of history. Very funny, and an album I had no idea existed, until now.
Now I know where "Dancing with Ghosts" got their inspiration!!
The crusher is about wrestling not Rocky.
who's the 'russian bear'?
@@DancingwithGhosts Ivan Koloff is the Russian bear. Literally the first line of the song is "now I want to wrestle in the garden"
@@luckyhawk777yes 😊
Dee Dee had a ton of fun putting this album together
That’s all that counts
🤜🤜
i guess ...
He still has you talking’ about it !!!¡¡
🖤U Dee Dee!
Thank you Dee Dee!
You are very wonderful!
Miss you Dee Dee!
Mashed Potato Time literally sounds like the Monster Mash...lol.
yeah i actually meant to bring that up in the video but forgot to put it in the script darn it
That's because it was wrote in 1962 and made famous by a singer called dee dee sharp monster mash was written as a parody of mashed potato time.
Dee dee king/ramone sampled it with Debbie Harry singing the chorus
this is the most amazing song ever written, and YES I DID find the record and YES I DID pay $40 for it.
It’s not the best hip hop but it is unique. RIP genius.
I love the fact he tried tho awful as it sounded. There was / is a lot of respect between the punk and hip hop crews. Remember that their bastard sons were New Wave, Chicago House etc! As a geeky 13 yr old kid growing up in the NW of England, punk, and Hip Hop were coming at me from both sides as a reaction to the horrible progressive rock crap and corrupt music industry. Both camps said the same thing - you don't need to play an instrument or be rich or highly educated re. music theory - just fucking get up on stage and do it! Dee Dee...the master of the punk Haiku and arch lyricist obviously recognised that and kudos for him having a go. There is a lesson for us all here!
I've been a Ramones fan since i was 14, being 31 now. And every goddamn time i try to forget Dee Dee got out of Ramones to be a rapper, something brings it up again.
TBH i know it sucks bad. But you know what also sucked?
(Hot take incoming) Animal Boy and Halfway to Sanity. Dee Dee didn't wanted to be there anymore. You can see proof of that during the last ramones shows where he makes appearance as a guest to sing "Love Kills", where he not only swap verses out but also goes on and off the rythym to ruin the whole thing for CJ and Marky.
He was getting worse and worse on drugs.
So i don't know if this was better for him SMH or if he should've finish destroying his life.
I'm not complaning, BTW, you did a great video.
thanks for that extra info.. i honestly don't know much about the ramones.. in doing my research i was suprised to learn Tommy Ramone was in the band for such a short period of time and there were like 5 other Ramones
@@DancingwithGhosts Ramones became business quite early in their punk life, unfortunately some fans can't, or don't want to embrace that.
So the touring life and pressure for albums became a toll for all of them.
Yeah, there's (AFAIK) Tommy, Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, CJ, Marky, Richie and Elvis Ramone (he only did live shows tho).
Great content you're putting out, loved the Vanilla Ice video too. Thanks!
The creator of Kirby was a fan of Dee Dee Ramone's rap career.
This was a great pick for a misguided album. Another possible vein to mine are rock bands that make "symphonic" records. Curious what you think of efforts to elevate rock by doing things like pairing up Metallica with a full orchestra.
i usually think it's pretty lame.. Styx did it before as well..
Mariah Carey aka Chick - Someone’s Ugly Daughter
There's an obscure one for you...maybe. It was to me when I heard about it a couple of weeks ago. Mariah Carey doing alternative.
yes
wwhhhatttt? imma have to look into this...
Gotta say I actually fw the ramones rendition of the crusher off of Adios Amigos
My dearest respect Josh, for the German Phrases you have read😃
haha danke, es war nicht leicht
You know...we didn't HAVE to remember when this happened. lol
And 53rd and 3rd is better with rap lyrics than any raps Dee Dee wrote for this album.
"53rd and 3rd, livin on the street, 53rd and 3rd im tryna turn a trick" throw an A tonal trap beat on that shit and have cardi b rap the lyrics, million dollar idea
@@1-eye-willy If he was still alive, he could have made a better rap album than Machine Gun Kelly....but that is a low bar.
Joe would not allow him to use the Ramones' name. Read Dee Dee autobiography, RIP, he seemed like a bitter person.
Big Crusher fan, btw
the ramones went on to cover it so i guess someone saw value in it
This is not a critique.....it's a full blown ATTACK! This a War on Dee Dee! LOL!
And people say that “ Top That” from Teen Witch is bad?!
Funky Man is "lit" as the children says these days
think you found your niche
maybe so.. i do enjoy making these and it's music-related which i also like and know a thing or two about
oh my gawd, at first i was going to say "thank you for telling me about this", and then you played some of his stuff, and i was like,.,,,, "oh my gawd, memory unlocked" that's how bad it is..... hahahahahaha my brain tried to block it out........
when i first heard "the transplants" first album...... i thought the same thing........... matt freeman from rancid should not rap...... that whole transplants album was trash...... like i like hiphop, and punk so my disgust comes from a place of love
i actually liked the transplants but yeah some of the vocalists on that project were definitely outside of their wheelhouse
shouldn't've quit his day job
The crusher is about pro wrestling and dee dee being tough enough to be a wrestkibg star....the russian bear was a famous wrestler in rhe the 69's, he used to wrestle "in the garden" (Maddison Square Garden i. Manhattan)
The ramones used to play rhe song live eith CJ Ramone doing vocals in the 90's
If you don't have a sense of humor, I guess it's "horrific" and "embarrassing"...
Better than clinging onto an old band "just because." RIP, Dee Dee, the Dee Dee King was fun!
On every ramones documentary it gets to the part where dee dee makes funky man, and that's a pretty cringe song. but it wasn't even on the album. his album is actually pretty good. the song "baby doll" could have been a classic.
Could it be that Corey Feldman at least partially channels Dee Dee with his present act ?
corey feldman channels corey haim when he was high
I literally have never even heard of this album until this video. Nice deep dive into the dumpster for this one.
Dee Dee is a bit younger than my grandparents who’d use that word not meaning anything by it, but you wouldn’t expect a pop culture figure to be saying it in 1989. You’d think somebody would’ve told him.
especially growing up in NYC..
@@DancingwithGhosts Right. My grandparents are from the Bible Belt and not punk rockers, very far from. Amazing how out of touch this guy was when punk tended to be more socially conscious than other rock genres.
@@justinstewart5963 yeah.. surprisingly ignorant on his part
So basically dee dee unintentionally was partially responsible for creating what would later become nu metal
I think Tom Hanks doing the Dragnet Rap is far worse than anything Dee Dee did. It’s horrible, I get it, but he gets a pass from me. Gabba Gabba Hey. RIP Dee Dee.
Dee Dee Ramone's rap career is the downfall of the Ramones sadly.
How does that reflect on the Ramones? Dee Dee was out in any case, and even if he'd stayed in, it's clear the direction of the band wasn't going Dee Dee's way, so I don't get how Dee Dee's independent efforts "are" the downfall of the Ramones?
I wanna hear more hip hop from Josh!!!
you should totally finish and release “My Name is Josh”😅
dee dee was a pioneer of the rap genraa
he's the master of it... he even says so in his song
You are really misleading people with that thumbnail pic for the video.
Dee Dee clearly said "I am not a Negro...", not the 6 letter, derogatory racial slur that is implied on that pic. And Dee Dee said this because he realized he probably shouldn't have (and I don't use this term often if at all) appropriated hip hop culture for a quick midlife crisis makeover/cash grab if he wasn't part of said culture...or at the very least, had immersed himself in it. Don't make this out like Dee Dee was being a racist just to draw people in
i'm not misleading, i'm just stupid.. i thought it was spelled Negroe.. I was really tired when I made that thumbnail
I mean....you know...changing it could be a thing, too.
True
Hip hop started in '79. If you are trying to educate make sure you get your facts correct.
Dee Dee King is the best!
Coming after Dee Dee King????
this video won’t get u any new followers disrespecting the Punk Rock Legend 🖤🖤🖤🖤
I love Dee Dee Ramone 🥳🥳🥳
just watch the video and get back to me on that one
@@DancingwithGhosts I’d rather make fun of you for picking on Dee Dee King 😜🤙🏽
You know Hulk Hogan has a discography right?
I love this album. What's annoying is listening to you talk about it.
*FA FA FA FA FUNKY!*