I was walking down the Bowery in 1976. I heard a band playing a breakneck version of CALIFORNIA SUN from inside a white-stuccoed bar. I walked inside, paid my admission, and walked to the stage, mesmerized by the leather-jacketed quartet. In less than a minute I was hooked by the Ramones and still am to this day.
Had the good fortune of seeing them in 85'. Late in the show, my buddy yells out "I wanna be sedated". Someone near us says they already played that. Yeah...
I think this is the way the ramones should sound. All this remastered shit is wrong. It's particular type of music that is elevated by that bad bar acoustics effect.
Sounds like crap. Shame no clean record of the event exists. You can blow out your amplifier to get the effect later if you want. One thing is the recording, another is special effects. Rocket to Russia is great! Lots of bubblegum harmonies and effects. The recording of distorted guitar is clean. Lots of careful tiny effects too. Listen to their live "It's Alive" album LOUD and clean, among my favorite live albums. They could have covered the cheesy ALC mic with a sandbag or something. Too bad. We'll never have good audio with this remarkable performance.
In 1979, I was twelve. I went to a movie theater and saw Rock N Roll High School. I became a punk that day. My lesson was to blow up the school and dance.
The first time I saw their 1976 s/t album' sleeve, on a mag, I was hooked: "Gotta have that record!!" Good ol' days, when Rock music (Punk included) was really exciting... When finally I found the album, the first night played it, I think, 10 times (Poor Mum & Dad...)
I love it, Johnny fucks up a chord @ 3:40 and Dee Dee looks over at him. I just imagine this scene being in reverse more times than not.......LOL RIP to all the guys, gone way too soon.
@@edumaicol4141 That's your opinion...your opinion is of no more importance than mine.....I like the Ramones but they just couldn't string a career together...I may be wrong but I think I read somwhere that they played a gig every 3 days for almost 25 years..they played everywhere on the planet and yet they couldn't make people buy their records...I think the Ramones had a huge impact and inspired a lot of bands over a 20+ year period...but the Sex Pistols did the same in 18 months
I can’t even speak in this comment section, I’m so blown away. This is what RUclips is for. They were the greatest band of all time. I don’t think anything could make me happier than this band, in all of existence. Every song, every member, every note, no matter how messed up, was always perfect no matter what. They were nothing short of a pure force of nature and a miracle of god. I’m almost in tears right now just clicking this video, which I’ve watched for years at this point. And I wasn’t even a part of their generation. But for over 10 years now, I have known their greatness and perfection. Thank god for this website, and thank god for the ramones!!
There were bands around before them like MC5 and The Stooges, but I honest to God believe that without The Ramones, punk rock, or even Rock in general wouldn’t be the same. A solid argument can be made for The Ramones being the most influential band ever
The raw power is mind blowing. I hope all those young kids wandering around in Ramones T shirts realise they are promoting one of the genre-shifting bands of all time. I am honoured to have seen them with this lineup. RIP Tommy and the rest.
It’s a shame because all the kids wearing Misfits and Ramones shirts don’t even know who they are 9 times out of 10. So many times I’ve complimented people wearing those shirts and they have no idea who the bands are.
I wear my ramones and Sex Pistols shirt everyday pretty much, and i love them those are the only two bands I listen to. My mom lived in nyc during the punk movement and hung out at cbgb and became really great friends with the owner hilly and the ramones. I wear the shirts to pay my respect. Truly a one time band
The rhythm that Tommy creates is unique. People think because its primitive sounding that its simple, but the some of the hardest things to do in the world are simplest.
Nuff said?...the Ramones were a very small band in terms of almost everything.....they have made some good songs but they didn't evolve....all their songs sounded the same...thank that right wing clown Johnny Ramone for their complete lack of record sales
these guys were so ahead of their times. this look, sound and style did not get rolling with english bands until two years after this. and this scene is still current today. classic.
"This style"? English Punk was different from American. The Clash and the Pistols were much better bands than the Ramones, they were actual musicians. Look at how diverse the music the Clash made was, the Ramones never changed and Johnny Ramone used to brag about how he never practiced when he wasn't on the road because he didn't want to get any better. I mean I like the Ramones but they made some real shit records in the mid 80s-early 90s.
@@Vichedges first off, the Sex Pistols suck major dog ass, and second, by you saying that the Ramones never changed their sound I know that you haven't listened to a full album past Road to Ruin. They diversified quite a bit. the ranged from true doo wop to heavier stuff, I suggest that you truly listen to what they put out, you'll be surprised.
@Jason Allen Yeah Pistols were such "actual musicians" that they needed so much in-studio help to get their first (and only real album) off the ground and finished. Not to mention the decision to bring-in a non-musicians in Sid Vicious, simply because he was "pretty." The Sex Pistols were pretty much the Punk Rock version of a boy band - which btw, doesn't happen without Malcolm McLaren's visit to NY where he saw the Punk rock underground scene being spearheaded by The Ramones. ;) The Clash wouldn't be a thing without The Ramones themselves; they'll tell you this outright. And if you for some reason don't believe them, just look at their early stuff, wearing jackets similar to the Ramones and copying Dee Dee's rapid, tempo-irrelevant "1-2-3-4" before every song. Yes, The Clash progressed musically, but they did so, going away from Punk. The Ramones didn't change because they had no desire to. They had no particular artistic ambition, pretentious or otherwise, they simply stayed Punk - which is not suppose to be viewed as a negative in Punk, btw. The acoustic guitars, poppier songs and Phil Spector experiments were just them wanting to get more radio play (that they found extremely difficult to get in the US) - something not helped when they were lumped in with the Sex Pistols as "unsavory, obscene Punk bands that spit on crowds" in the US. Nothing here to hold against The Ramones, or laud over them in comparison to your two examples.
@@StarryStarryNocturne I didn't read that whole mess but you're an idiot, nobody played on the Pistols record but Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Rotten and Sid is allegedly buried deep in the mix somewhere. The Pistols were a boy band lol? Fucking idot. BTW the Ramones did have a LOT of help on their records. Johnny was pretty limited playing wise and they brought in outside guitarists to play lead and the trickier songs. I've read Dee Dee didn't even play on some of the later Dee Dee era Ramones records, but I don't know if that's true or not. I do know they used outside guitarists frequently. Here's Steve "Boy Band" Jones playing Perfect Day: ruclips.net/video/aYrPsq1zm6g/видео.html What a hack.
This is pretty cool. I once stood about 5 feet from Johnny for an entire show in early 1980 (1st Ave., Mpls.), and I think my ears just stopped ringing last week!
The same happened to me with IRON MAIDEN mk1 (Live in Italiy 1981), I was in front of the PA on the left of the stage. 😲 I saw the RAMONES, too, but in a big disco in Italy, which was... under a flats' building. They had to keep quite a low volume, but I saw the concert very close to the stage, again!
I just read Danny Field's book "My Ramones" and as it turns out, this is not at Arturo Vegas loft nor was it filmed in 1975! It was filmed in 1976 at M.P.C.S TV studios.
Ah, my old ancient heart is breaking all over again. But I shall never grow tired of watching/listening to these guys play. Ramones Forever! Rock in Peace Eternal and Blessed Be, Gentlemen.
Actually, The Stooges were the first to give the world pure and raw punk (along with a long forgotten local band, The UP. They are far from the so-called proto-punk label that many like to pace on them. There were many proto-punk bands but the Stooges were the real deal before the word punk was even invented for their, in your face, aggressive brand of noise. The Ramones are OK but watered down in comparison to the late 60s / early 70s Stooges. It's sad that in that era so little of the Stooges was captured on film. Guess you had to be there but since obviously weren't I will respectfully disagree and respect your opinion.
Ad Pro As far as I recall most of the Punk bands in 76 and 77 were covering Stooges material and not The Ramones. The Stooges and Detriot is the birth of Punk. It's a fact except for New Yorkers who live in a fantasy world that it's the centre of the universe.
Ad Pro ".. any music journalist or music historian", from where? New York? Ask a few journalists and historians from Detroit and I think you'll get a different answer. I suggest you look up a few bands other than the Stooges from Detriot, especially a great band called Death. How about MC5? Detroit is the birth place of Punk, hands down. The evidience doesn't support your revisionist history mate. The Ramones were great, but not the original band you claim them to be.
This is a rare live performance before they got huge and the Ramones did give "Punk Rock" to the world. I love the quality , It's awesome ..just so nostalgic, If you lived through this era you would appreciate this. Todays squeaky clean digitalized world has nothing on these old recordings...Just awesome
Remembering Tommy and the rest of The Ramones. Always one of the VERY best, live and on record, true innovators and REAL rock and roll. Gone but not ever forgotten. Thanks for uploading this live footage, it's among my very favourites.
Caught them at a 200 seat club called the Coo Coo's Nest in Orange County California in '79. It was a Nonstop Assault of pure energy being played to the fans, who were glad to be there! Best Band Ever!
first time I saw the Ramones the mosh pit got so crazy I had to carry one girl out over my shoulders and another under my chest! It changed my view of music forever! 1,2,3,4...
I gave the Ramones a VHS tape I had of this show in Manchester 1989 on their UK tour. Joey and Johnny hadn't seen this recording for many years and had no personal copies. They eventually tracked down a much better version.
I read Johnnys autobiography "Commando". Fckin best book I ever read on a RnR guy. Just brilliant. It's not that long, but wow what a page turner. And he wrote it right before he died of cancer. So many things in that book that blew my mind.
This was shot in early 1976 at the Motion Picture Company's (London-based video company) New York TV studio. Most sources say it was shot in Arturo Vega's loft in 1975, but that isn't true, according to Danny Fields, and he'd know.
Pascal Hubert Take it just as a curiosity. I had an Italian rock mag (1978), feat. an interview with the band, and Joey said the song he hated most was THE BEATLES' Hey Jude...
1st time I saw/heard of the Ramones was in 6th-7th grade (mid 80's). I was watching Rock n 'Roll High School on cable & this band just took over the screen. I was in LOVE from that second on!!! One, Two, Three, Four= Rock On Ramones. RIP
I guess at the time there was no way for them to know they’d become one of the most influential and iconic bands of all time. Crazy when you think about it.
I love how the guitars are so distorted that it almost tricks you into thinking the fuzz is from the video quality. And about that quality, better than what I expected.
LOVE this video! Watch how fast Johnny strums DOWN (and never up!) on the guitar...who else can do that?! Power and explosion! Violence! All created by the Johnny....and that iss why he is rated as the 15th best Rock and Roll guitarist of all time by SPIN magazine.
This is the best Ramones video I've seen. It is so pure and they have a young passion that didn't have the ugliness of hate and the toll of drugs and eventually, the sense that it was a job.
This comment enthralls me. I've been watching this video and imagining how cool it would be we were given a transmission from another galaxy, and the total contents of that transmission were simply these 8 minutes and 19 seconds of (and I say this with love in my heart) loud, unintelligible white noise music. That'd be so cool.
I remember when they first came out everyone thought they were a joke band, like something made for comedy and I remembered people thought the same thing about Elvis and the Beatles. When something so different comes out peoples initial reaction is they think they are being put on which is why I always thought comedy in rock is so incredibly important. Not to the point where the musicians tell jokes on stage, but to the point where they troll the audience. That's how you get originality. The B-52s were another band like that which is band John Lennon called the greatest group ever.
+Ka Boom I agree but just messing with the crowd is kind of stupid. I liked it when the heartbreakers would say that the beatles sucked or say profound things. That's when it's fun, but you have to learn how to do that. Some just talk and say meaningless or boring things.
Robert Dolan I’ve noticed you got something against England but that doesn’t mean you gotta go after their people calm down already trying to spread you’re “patriotism” dude
![The Ramones on Nickelodeon's Livewire [1981] [Rare!]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1b9eGLaG7pg/mqdefault.jpg)
I was walking down the Bowery in 1976. I heard a band playing a breakneck version of CALIFORNIA SUN from inside a white-stuccoed bar. I walked inside, paid my admission, and walked to the stage, mesmerized by the leather-jacketed quartet. In less than a minute I was hooked by the Ramones and still am to this day.
Peter Nolan Smith best comment ever
dude that is awesome!
Holy actial crap!
what a way to be introduced to the Ramones!
Talk about right place right time. wow!
0:00 Loudmouth
2:10 Listen To My Heart
4:06 Blitzkrieg Bop
6:20 California Sun
I thought 2:10 was an early version of Steak Knife?
@@etrigan68 You mean "steak knife" by the Angry Samoans?!?!
@@0mega.mechan1c. Totally different song. I do love me Angry Samoans!
ramones erau espetacular
SAMOANS the RAMONES with two guitars. Lyrics completely satirical just like Dee Dee. Like a Comic Book..BACK FROM SAMOA rock and roll classic.
The coolest thing I’ve ever heard with my god given ears
Had the good fortune of seeing them in 85'. Late in the show, my buddy yells out "I wanna be sedated". Someone near us says they already played that. Yeah...
The thick layer of distortion on everything makes this sound super raw.
I think this is the way the ramones should sound. All this remastered shit is wrong. It's particular type of music that is elevated by that bad bar acoustics effect.
@@psawbrid No its overloaded mic preamps in the recording. But your ears basically do the same, so in that way you're right!
Fu_king Raw! Yes, yes !
That's not distortion.
Sounds like crap. Shame no clean record of the event exists. You can blow out your amplifier to get the effect later if you want. One thing is the recording, another is special effects. Rocket to Russia is great! Lots of bubblegum harmonies and effects. The recording of distorted guitar is clean. Lots of careful tiny effects too. Listen to their live "It's Alive" album LOUD and clean, among my favorite live albums. They could have covered the cheesy ALC mic with a sandbag or something. Too bad. We'll never have good audio with this remarkable performance.
In 1979, I was twelve. I went to a movie theater and saw Rock N Roll High School. I became a punk that day. My lesson was to blow up the school and dance.
Amazing that these guys looked like this in 75 when everyone else had massive flares and bubble perms.. so ahead of everyone
it was actually kinda retro style. they were going for an early 60s look and sound. it would be like bell bottoms in the late 80s
I prefer Markys style because Marky was an actual drummer but Tommy was good too!
+steve dood They were going for a 50s look, not 60s.
The first time I saw their 1976 s/t album' sleeve, on a mag, I was hooked: "Gotta have that record!!" Good ol' days, when Rock music (Punk included) was really exciting... When finally I found the album, the first night played it, I think, 10 times (Poor Mum & Dad...)
Because this is what the working men in their neighborhood looked like.
I came here to bow down in respect.
People who criticize the Ramones forget their educational value. They taught a whole generation of young kids to how to count to four.
also counting to four in german AANSS; ZWAAAA; DRAAAAIII; VIIIEEAAAAR
As a four yo kid i can conffirm the accuracy of this fact
I love how Joey would tape three mic stands together just to reach his mouth.
I love it, Johnny fucks up a chord @ 3:40 and Dee Dee looks over at him. I just imagine this scene being in reverse more times than not.......LOL RIP to all the guys, gone way too soon.
If this isn't in the Smithsonian, it should be.
the only sensible comment i've read -
RAMONES' faces should be carved on Mount Rushmore ! Or on some silver dollar coin, like GRAND FUNK did on the "E Pluribus Funk" album' sleeve... ;-D
Still blows away most of the music that calls itself rock today
The coolest Band ever.
How did we lose the Ramones and still have the Stones.
Quality may be the answer.....Ramones wrote Blitzkrieg Bop.....don't get me started on the Stones
Society
Keith Richards gave his cancer over to Joey and Johnny and his drug overdose death to Dee Dee.
because smithers didn't have the stones killed
Drugs.
They're the Ramones. You haters better shut it up
35 people have no fuckin taste!
@John Rio He's right too
@Long duk dong Sex Pistols made one single album......Ramones made about 15...Sex pistols sold more records....think about it
@@thomasandersen6719 and Ramones were way better than them...
@@edumaicol4141 That's your opinion...your opinion is of no more importance than mine.....I like the Ramones but they just couldn't string a career together...I may be wrong but I think I read somwhere that they played a gig every 3 days for almost 25 years..they played everywhere on the planet and yet they couldn't make people buy their records...I think the Ramones had a huge impact and inspired a lot of bands over a 20+ year period...but the Sex Pistols did the same in 18 months
best fotage ever - this is the real ramones the real rock n roll spirit
I can’t even speak in this comment section, I’m so blown away. This is what RUclips is for. They were the greatest band of all time. I don’t think anything could make me happier than this band, in all of existence. Every song, every member, every note, no matter how messed up, was always perfect no matter what. They were nothing short of a pure force of nature and a miracle of god. I’m almost in tears right now just clicking this video, which I’ve watched for years at this point. And I wasn’t even a part of their generation. But for over 10 years now, I have known their greatness and perfection. Thank god for this website, and thank god for the ramones!!
Joey really has an hypnotic voice
There were bands around before them like MC5 and The Stooges, but I honest to God believe that without The Ramones, punk rock, or even Rock in general wouldn’t be the same. A solid argument can be made for The Ramones being the most influential band ever
That intro can never be beat . “ We’re the Ramones and you’re a loud mouth baby and you better shut it up “...1234 !!
Best punk rock band ever kings of punk ..gabba gabba hey...ramones 4ever..my first favorite 😍 never stop listening to the greatest band ever
The raw power is mind blowing. I hope all those young kids wandering around in Ramones T shirts realise they are promoting one of the genre-shifting bands of all time. I am honoured to have seen them with this lineup. RIP Tommy and the rest.
It’s a shame because all the kids wearing Misfits and Ramones shirts don’t even know who they are 9 times out of 10. So many times I’ve complimented people wearing those shirts and they have no idea who the bands are.
I wear my ramones and Sex Pistols shirt everyday pretty much, and i love them those are the only two bands I listen to. My mom lived in nyc during the punk movement and hung out at cbgb and became really great friends with the owner hilly and the ramones. I wear the shirts to pay my respect. Truly a one time band
Joey was the greatest front man ever. Off stage, he was very approachable , a great real nice guy. The Ramones defined what Rock and Roll should be
this was before punk had taken off, even the way he talked in the beginning sounded punk though lol
Morrison > All.
Honestly Iggy might be number one but Joey is up there
Joey was awesome and a real nice guy.
@@colommer you're saying Jim Morrison was better than everyone he was definitely important that's for sure
Probably the most significant moment in rock n roll history. Fight me.
Well you have the Buddy Holly plane crash, the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, Woodstock all before this… need I say more?
@@antonematos6241 silence, underling.
Definitely won't fight you but them playing at CBGB was more significant I guess lol
Smells like Teen Spirit begs to differ
@@LarsRyeJeppesen If Kurt heard you even compare him to the Ramones he'd fight you himself and this is coming from a die-hard fan of both
The best band ever! Screw the people who don't agree that this is awesome. I'd like to see what they can do. I'm grateful for this video. Thank you.
Semplici..grezzi con un suono ruvido ..grandi
Ancora ramones
The rhythm that Tommy creates is unique. People think because its primitive sounding that its simple, but the some of the hardest things to do in the world are simplest.
Rock n roll itself is sort of primitive technically and a lot of country music is too
Ramones have great time !!
One of the greatest r'n'r bands in the history of the planet. Nuff said!
amen !!
Nuff said?...the Ramones were a very small band in terms of almost everything.....they have made some good songs but they didn't evolve....all their songs sounded the same...thank that right wing clown Johnny Ramone for their complete lack of record sales
@@thomasandersen6719 Yer a loudmouth baby, you better shut it up.
@@thomasandersen6719 they never evolved? Try listening to Blitzkrieg bop and then poison heart right after, they both sound completely differant
@@woodypearcemusic6593 Ramones were overhyped...their songs sounded the same...and they sold close to zero records...FACT
these guys were so ahead of their times. this look, sound and style did not get rolling with english bands until two years after this. and this scene is still current today. classic.
+Sid Fernandez Exactly correct.
"This style"? English Punk was different from American.
The Clash and the Pistols were much better bands than the Ramones, they were actual musicians.
Look at how diverse the music the Clash made was, the Ramones never changed and Johnny Ramone used to brag about how he never practiced when he wasn't on the road because he didn't want to get any better.
I mean I like the Ramones but they made some real shit records in the mid 80s-early 90s.
@@Vichedges first off, the Sex Pistols suck major dog ass, and second, by you saying that the Ramones never changed their sound I know that you haven't listened to a full album past Road to Ruin. They diversified quite a bit. the ranged from true doo wop to heavier stuff, I suggest that you truly listen to what they put out, you'll be surprised.
@Jason Allen Yeah Pistols were such "actual musicians" that they needed so much in-studio help to get their first (and only real album) off the ground and finished. Not to mention the decision to bring-in a non-musicians in Sid Vicious, simply because he was "pretty." The Sex Pistols were pretty much the Punk Rock version of a boy band - which btw, doesn't happen without Malcolm McLaren's visit to NY where he saw the Punk rock underground scene being spearheaded by The Ramones. ;)
The Clash wouldn't be a thing without The Ramones themselves; they'll tell you this outright. And if you for some reason don't believe them, just look at their early stuff, wearing jackets similar to the Ramones and copying Dee Dee's rapid, tempo-irrelevant "1-2-3-4" before every song. Yes, The Clash progressed musically, but they did so, going away from Punk. The Ramones didn't change because they had no desire to. They had no particular artistic ambition, pretentious or otherwise, they simply stayed Punk - which is not suppose to be viewed as a negative in Punk, btw. The acoustic guitars, poppier songs and Phil Spector experiments were just them wanting to get more radio play (that they found extremely difficult to get in the US) - something not helped when they were lumped in with the Sex Pistols as "unsavory, obscene Punk bands that spit on crowds" in the US.
Nothing here to hold against The Ramones, or laud over them in comparison to your two examples.
@@StarryStarryNocturne I didn't read that whole mess but you're an idiot, nobody played on the Pistols record but Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Rotten and Sid is allegedly buried deep in the mix somewhere.
The Pistols were a boy band lol?
Fucking idot.
BTW the Ramones did have a LOT of help on their records. Johnny was pretty limited playing wise and they brought in outside guitarists to play lead and the trickier songs.
I've read Dee Dee didn't even play on some of the later Dee Dee era Ramones records, but I don't know if that's true or not. I do know they used outside guitarists frequently.
Here's Steve "Boy Band" Jones playing Perfect Day:
ruclips.net/video/aYrPsq1zm6g/видео.html
What a hack.
the world is not the same without the Ramones in it.
This is pretty cool. I once stood about 5 feet from Johnny for an entire show in early 1980 (1st Ave., Mpls.), and I think my ears just stopped ringing last week!
The same happened to me with IRON MAIDEN mk1 (Live in Italiy 1981), I was in front of the PA on the left of the stage. 😲 I saw the RAMONES, too, but in a big disco in Italy, which was... under a flats' building. They had to keep quite a low volume, but I saw the concert very close to the stage, again!
Saw them at 1st Ave too!
That is so awesome! Did he have that sneering look on his face the whole time?
Yeah - he just looked pissed all night!
@@treatmentbound classic Johnny face
Love it!! 4 songs in 8 minutes as it should be!
The mic recording this can't handle the epicness.
I just read Danny Field's book "My Ramones" and as it turns out, this is not at Arturo Vegas loft nor was it filmed in 1975! It was filmed in 1976 at M.P.C.S TV studios.
Mate, just search ''Arturo Vega's loft'' and you'll realize it's the same as the Arturo.
It did say "January 1976" at the very beginning, It was very quick.
It's ridiculous how many times I've watched this
Ah, my old ancient heart is breaking all over again. But I shall never grow tired of watching/listening to these guys play. Ramones Forever! Rock in Peace Eternal and Blessed Be, Gentlemen.
Ramones for ever. The best punk rock band ever..my best favorites
1 Ramones
2 .Ramones
3. Ramones
4 rancid
5.the sex pistols
6 the clash
And the Ramones gave Punk Rock to the world.
Actually, The Stooges were the first to give the world pure and raw punk (along with a long forgotten local band, The UP. They are far from the so-called proto-punk label that many like to pace on them. There were many proto-punk bands but the Stooges were the real deal before the word punk was even invented for their, in your face, aggressive brand of noise. The Ramones are OK but watered down in comparison to the late 60s / early 70s Stooges. It's sad that in that era so little of the Stooges was captured on film. Guess you had to be there but since obviously weren't I will respectfully disagree and respect your opinion.
You mean The Stooges and Detroit don't you?
Ad Pro As far as I recall most of the Punk bands in 76 and 77 were covering Stooges material and not The Ramones. The Stooges and Detriot is the birth of Punk. It's a fact except for New Yorkers who live in a fantasy world that it's the centre of the universe.
Ad Pro ".. any music journalist or music historian", from where? New York? Ask a few journalists and historians from Detroit and I think you'll get a different answer. I suggest you look up a few bands other than the Stooges from Detriot, especially a great band called Death. How about MC5? Detroit is the birth place of Punk, hands down. The evidience doesn't support your revisionist history mate. The Ramones were great, but not the original band you claim them to be.
Ad Pro The jury is still out.
possibly one of the best live recordings of any band since music has existed....
Despite the crap sound, this is classic Ramones footage.
The sound is actually pretty fitting
Despite the crappy sound, this band still sucks LoL!
The sound is perfect. Visual might be a little blurry, or maybe that's just me.
One of the best live recordings of anyone ever. Awesome.
Happy Birthday Week-end Mr.Joey Ramone!! The world misses You and the band!
This might be the coolest thing I have ever seen before.....
The very poor quality of this video doesn't stop us watching it.
Loudmouth is decent quality but you have to understand they were playing very very loudly in a loft!
It adds more intensity to their epicness!
Joey was the Ramones -without him there were no Ramones
They all mattered. Johnny gave them the look and guitar sound. Tommy gave them the iconic drum sound and Dee Dee wrote most of the songs.
the poor quality makes it sound fucking raw!!
This is a rare live performance before they got huge and the Ramones did give "Punk Rock" to the world. I love the quality , It's awesome ..just so nostalgic, If you lived through this era you would appreciate this. Todays squeaky clean digitalized world has nothing on these old recordings...Just awesome
Remembering Tommy and the rest of The Ramones. Always one of the VERY best, live and on record, true innovators and REAL rock and roll. Gone but not ever forgotten. Thanks for uploading this live footage, it's among my very favourites.
Those downstrokes though.
sunairjet for punk it’s the way to go!!
They will wear you the F out!
@@beamerstrumpet I've been working on playing like Johnny for 10 years...I'm almost all the way there...
IKR!! im having to build up wrist speed.
@@beamerstrumpet Pro-Tip: rest yer forearm on yer guitar...this video showed me my attqxk was ALL wrong hahahahaaa...
Fantastic stuff. I'm so glad I got to see them a few times.
Anyone who thinks this is simple music, try playing exactly how Johnny Ramone plays for a song or two.
I think i can do that easier than playing like steve vai
@@gussstavo meet me at the McDonald's. We will have a battle. If you aren't chicken.
@@eyechiteenmahand could you be more specific please theres only a few thousand mcdonalds
I didn't think so lol
Its easy
Caught them at a 200 seat club called the Coo Coo's Nest in Orange County California in '79.
It was a Nonstop Assault of pure energy being played to the fans, who were glad to be there!
Best Band Ever!
nice to see the original line up..with tommy ramone on drums
I always preferred Tommy's playing. His basic style provided the perfect foundation for the songs. It really served the music.
I Agree with You guys, Tommy was the best
first time I saw the Ramones the mosh pit got so crazy I had to carry one girl out over my shoulders and another under my chest! It changed my view of music forever! 1,2,3,4...
Joey is just the perfect frontman ^^
Damn, can you imagine being in loft for this? Ears bleeding...
Ramones Forever!
I gave the Ramones a VHS tape I had of this show in Manchester 1989 on their UK tour. Joey and Johnny hadn't seen this recording for many years and had no personal copies. They eventually tracked down a much better version.
RIP Tommy Ramone - Johnny Ramone - Dee Dee Ramone - Joey Ramone
Tripp Holland Are they really all gone now? :(
@@Rock-iw7ov Marky and CJ are still around
Also Richie and Elvis Ramone
@@Rock-iw7ov The four original Ramones, sadly, are gone.
@@anguswalsh2387 Elvis Ramone was Clem Burke (Blondie) who filled in for two shows.
Como me uviese gustado vivir en esa época. . Ramones por siempre ♥ ♥ ♥
I read Johnnys autobiography "Commando". Fckin best book I ever read on a RnR guy. Just brilliant. It's not that long, but wow what a page turner. And he wrote it right before he died of cancer. So many things in that book that blew my mind.
Tommy is like a machine in this footage.
Johnny's cable is giving me anxiety.
Even though this was recorded through a tin can, it is still awesome.
This was shot in early 1976 at the Motion Picture Company's (London-based video company) New York TV studio. Most sources say it was shot in Arturo Vega's loft in 1975, but that isn't true, according to Danny Fields, and he'd know.
Classic, ground breaking, land marking music. Oh, and unique! Never to be forgotten!
I mostly just like the comment: "I do not own the rights to this video - blah blah blah" :)
jaj :D
only 5 years after Let it be (Beatles) but 30 years ahead !
(written by a Beatles and Ramones fan)
Thomas Andersen ramones was better
they're both good. the name "ramone" was inspired by Paul McCartney's pseudonym for checking into hotels etc in beatlemania days.
Pascal Hubert Take it just as a curiosity. I had an Italian rock mag (1978), feat. an interview with the band, and Joey said the song he hated most was THE BEATLES' Hey Jude...
Only 20 years after Elvis! 30 years after World War II.
@Long duk dong Hahaha one of the most ignorant comments ive ever read.
1st time I saw/heard of the Ramones was in 6th-7th grade (mid 80's). I was watching Rock n 'Roll High School on cable & this band just took over the screen. I was in LOVE from that second on!!! One, Two, Three, Four= Rock On Ramones. RIP
I would of loved to seen them at this stage, young & full raw power!!😁
I guess at the time there was no way for them to know they’d become one of the most influential and iconic bands of all time. Crazy when you think about it.
Pure, unfiltered, 100%, straight from the source, all natural punk rock!
this is simply golden
I love how the guitars are so distorted that it almost tricks you into thinking the fuzz is from the video quality. And about that quality, better than what I expected.
I miss Arturo and the Ramones
Totally agree with you my friend!
La mejor banda del mundo...
Them and the New York Dolls then our lot thePistols and the Clash ,pure unadulterated raw fucking energy
LOVE this video! Watch how fast Johnny strums DOWN (and never up!) on the guitar...who else can do that?! Power and explosion! Violence! All created by the Johnny....and that iss why he is rated as the 15th best Rock and Roll guitarist of all time by SPIN magazine.
great, great, great. its a pity u dont get to listen to this rough and straightforward punk-rock anymore.
Owen agreed 100%. If you are willing to put a little time in, you'll find that fix.
The best band EVER !!! Thks RAMONES !!!!!!
God bless this great, amazing, incredible band. Thank you so much for uploading this. This is heaven!
Wow! This is old....Reminds me of when they were the house band on the Uncle Floyd show!
Ramones at their rawest and at their best ! Pure Atomic sound
The bad audio quality's got nothing on the Ramones; still good.
only band that could sound great thru the static
+Brandin Gaviola YES!
the recording levels are set too high (signal is too hot, too loud) resulting in clipping of the audio.
It is very possible it was on purpose don't you think?
carolle king
I always come to see n listen THE RAMONES..
MAKE MY DAY!
This is the best Ramones video I've seen. It is so pure and they have a young passion that didn't have the ugliness of hate and the toll of drugs and eventually, the sense that it was a job.
R.I.P Arturo
You are missed
This is genius in action !!!!!!!!!!!!! i hope you aprecitate it !
Nothing short of GENIUS
This is what the world needs now.
Joey's so cute >.
Joey’s knee when tommy hits the cymbal gets me every time 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rob Morrison in the groove
excellent vid! thank you so much for uploading!!!
Wow ! I was born January 1975.. the Ramones!!!!!!🤟
Música sencillamente excelente..
Now this is a f****ing band!👊🤯
What a fantastic band !! Their first songs were crazy, new, devastating, perfect .... Wow !! Lovable ...
This comment enthralls me. I've been watching this video and imagining how cool it would be we were given a transmission from another galaxy, and the total contents of that transmission were simply these 8 minutes and 19 seconds of (and I say this with love in my heart) loud, unintelligible white noise music.
That'd be so cool.
I remember when they first came out everyone thought they were a joke band, like something made for comedy and I remembered people thought the same thing about Elvis and the Beatles. When something so different comes out peoples initial reaction is they think they are being put on which is why I always thought comedy in rock is so incredibly important. Not to the point where the musicians tell jokes on stage, but to the point where they troll the audience. That's how you get originality. The B-52s were another band like that which is band John Lennon called the greatest group ever.
+Ka Boom I agree but just messing with the crowd is kind of stupid. I liked it when the heartbreakers would say that the beatles sucked or say profound things. That's when it's fun, but you have to learn how to do that. Some just talk and say meaningless or boring things.
The Ramones were kind of a joke band, a lot of their songs are really cheesy.
Robert Dolan I’ve noticed you got something against England but that doesn’t mean you gotta go after their people calm down already trying to spread you’re “patriotism” dude
6:07 hahahahaha dee dee i love you
The poor quality of this video is the magic, this is fantastic!
Some of the best footage of these rockers!