GROBLJANSKI KRUG: New Year

Sunday, 31 December 2017

Still Alive!

On December 31, 1977, The Ramones played a classic show at the Rainbow Theatre in North London. The music was preserved on the 1979 album "It's Alive", considered by many to be the best live album from the punk era, and a portion of the show was later included in the film "Ramones: It's Alive 1974-1996".

The 26-minute film version (below) contains exactly half of the 28 songs on the album:

01. Blitzkrieg Bop

02. I Wanna Be Well

03. Glad to See You Go

04. You're Gonna Kill That Girl

05. Commando

06. Havana Affair

07. Cretin Hop

08. Listen to My Heart

09. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You

10. Pinhead

11. Do You Wanna Dance?

12. Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy

13. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue

14. We're A Happy Family

The set list draws on material from the band's first three albums: "Ramones", from early 1976, and "Leave Home" and "Rocket to Russia", both released in 1977. The Ramones are still in their classic lineup here, including Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Hyman) on vocals, Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) on guitar, Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) on bass and Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi) on drums. Tommy Ramone quit playing drums for the group a few months later. "Ramones: It's Alive" captures one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time at their absolute zenith.

It's a great way to get the New Year's party rolling.

Hey! Ho! Let's Go!

Now, as 40 years ago!

HAPPY NEW 2018.

Saturday, 31 December 2016

HNY2017

As it seems now, the New 2017 Year is going to be one of Tolkienists' best years since Peter Jackson announced (back in 1996) that he's going to direct "The Fellowship of the Ring" movie. On May the 4th, Christopher Tolkien is going to reveal a standalone "Beren and Lúthien" book - exactly 100 years after his father wrote this story.