Disco de Ramones: “Loco Live”

I just got this album and I've been listening to it non stop. This is the way the ramones were meant to be experienced, Loud, fast, and live!

Every song on here is an undesputed Ramones classic, only played even faster than the album version. The one song on here that sounds most similar to the studio version is 'Mamma's Boy' and suprisingly 'Wart Hog', even though the latter is sung by new bassist CJ, he sounds very close to the original.

Joey's commentary in-between the songs is great! "We believe in freedom, and we believe in human rights! I WANNA LIVE!!!"

Although 'It's Alive' sounds more raw and alike the studio versions, 'Loco Live' has a much better set list (the Ramones had 10 albums to go through now, not 3), and thier new tracks are just as fun as the classics.

This is also the first album without Dee Dee. CJ does an excellent job and his vocals on 'Warthog' sound suprisingly close to the original.

Everyone needs to buy this album, put it in the sterio and turn it up to ten and bop till you drop! ;-)

The true essence of punk music is only captured live. And Ramones are the best band to represent the genre. This album is pure punk rock at one of the best moments of The Ramones' career. It's an essential album, I highly recommend it.

I've always been a huge fan of the Ramones, but this album is junk. The best thing on it is "Carbona Not Glue" (great lyrics!), whihc was cut off of one of their earlier albums after a lawsuit. On thw hole, this album doesn't sound very good, and it is certainly not the Ramones at their best. It doesn't do justice to their talent. Stick to the studio albums if you want to know what these guys are capable of.

Not a good representation of the band live. Get It's Alive, instead. Johnny and Joey have been doing this stuff for about fifteen years at this point and it shows. They are definitely not having a good time. Should you buy this one, you would not have a good time, either.

Well, I'm a big fan of these guys and I think this CD is just wonderful. There are two different versions for this album. This one, presented here, was released only in the U.S.. The rest of the world got a slightly different version, without "I Just Want To Have Something To Do", "Havana Affair" or "I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement", but with "Too Tough To Die", "Palisades Park", "Don't Bust My Chops" and "Love Kills". But the most important difference between these two albums is that the american one has the song "Carbona Not Glue". This song appears in the album after "Pet Semetary" and before "Judy Is A Punk". There are no credits because this is a censored song. It should take place in the 1977 album "Ramones Leave Home" but it was censored and it was never released officially (except for a few copies of the album "Ramones Leave Home"). At least not until this live version...