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Ramones Live - World of the Ramones
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The Ramones didn’t [i]cut[/i] live records — they [i]shredded[/i] them. And we’re hand-delivering front-row-center tickets to their all-time best live show . . . that never was. Waxed on New Year's Eve 1977, [i]It’s Alive[/i] trimmed every ounce of excess fat off the era’s double (and yes, occasionally [i]triple[/i]) live albums. How lean was it? They shave nearly ten seconds off “Blitzkrieg Bop” — which was only two minutes long to begin with — making a song that was already ferocious [i]devastating[/i]. Dumping a load of Rockaway Beach sand on the Roxy stage, the Ramones’ cover of “California Sun” tears open the original with a chainsaw-guitar assault that leaves no ear unpierced. On [i]Loco Live[/i], they power though “Rock ’n’ Roll High School” at Mach 8, and the Clorox-on-the-rocks snarl of “I Wanna Be Sedated” leaves no room for doubt: they [i]need[/i] to be sedated. Don’t stop there, though — this is the closest you’ll ever come to that CBGB concert you were too young to see.