"I Wanna Live" music video by Ramones
Added: 05-11-2019
Genre : Rock & Alternative
Description : Ramones - I Wanna Live (Official Music Video)
You're watching the official music video for Ramones - "I Wanna Live" from the album 'Halfway To Sanity' (1987)
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Halfway to Sanity is the 10th studio album by American punk band the Ramones, and their last album to feature drummer Richie Ramone. It was produced by Daniel Rey and released on September 15, 1987, by Sire Records. Recording sessions began that April at Intergalactic Studios in New York City, with the band recording instruments before vocals in order to learn songs more quickly. It fared well on charts outside the United States, but peaked at No. 172 on the Billboard 200.
The band members disagreed on many things; Rey described them as impatient. The band toured the world following the album's release, but certain show dates were cancelled after Richie left the band because he did not feel he was getting paid enough. The band hired Blondie drummer Clem Burke (who took the pseudonym "Elvis Ramone") for two shows, until Marky Ramone returned.
Genres varied significantly throughout the album, with some songs showing the influence of hard rock, heavy metal music, and crossover thrash, while also containing songs with a bubblegum pop feel. Additionally, Joey is heard singing a duet with Blondie vocalist Debbie Harry on "Go Lil' Camaro Go". This resulted in mixed critical reviews; nevertheless, Stephen Thomas Erlewine later wrote, the album was the last time the band "still sounded like they mattered."
Halfway to Sanity marked the final time Dee Dee Ramone's bass playing would be featured on a Ramones album. He appeared on their next album Brain Drain as a songwriter and vocalist, but several session bassists were employed in his place.
The album's opening track, "I Wanna Live," features heavy feedback and a musical style closer to hard rock than punk. Described by author Dave Thompson as similar to contemporary "romantic melodies," the song was written by Dee Dee, who quoted the lyrics "As I load my pistol / Fine German steel," years later in a photo session with Ken Hinchey and Mike Vought as he loaded a gun. The song runs 2 minutes 39 seconds, and despite that brevity, was called "too long" by music journalist Everett True.
Two of the tracks on Halfway to Sanity, "Bop 'Til You Drop" and "I Wanna Live" were featured on the band's first compilation album release, Ramones Mania. Both "Garden of Serenity" and "I Wanna Live" were included on the Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology greatest hits album,
The 2006 video game Tony Hawk's Project 8 featured "I Wanna Live" on the soundtrack.
Tags : 1987,
80s,
Ramones