Friday, April 23, 2010

Dee Dee King- Standing in the Spotlight



Well well well...where do i begin with this one? I always thought Dee Dee Ramone was one of the coolest of the Ramones, dude was an awesome song writer, always screamed 1-2-3-4 before almost every tune and had some of most insane lead vocals on a Ramones album- Wart Hog, Eat That Rat, Endless Vacation, I Lost My Mind...the story goes was that when poor Dee Dee was in rehab he was hanging with some dudes who turned him onto rap music...i don't remember seeing the album at all when it was released around 1989 but then in the summer of 1991 it happened...me and Craig were at the old Sam The Record Man in Halifax...remember? This place?


Anywho..there it was sitting in the bargain bin on cassette for $1.99...$1.99!?!?!?!?!?! Automatically i bought it along with Ramones- Leave Home and Pleasant Dreams (A personal favorite)


Both classics for sure...but dammit we couldn't wait to get Dee Dee's masterpiece in the ghettoblaster..


The reaction? Instant laughter, comedy..here was Dee Dee rapping..horribly..rhymes that made no sense..it was like he started making a rap album and got off track, fell off the wagon..something..just comedy.i don't even know if Dee Dee was being serious or not...poor Dee Dee..left the Ramones...and his rap career went nowhere.. Dee Dee King was discarded to the annals of history, some have called it the worst album that they ever frickin heard, i kind of think it is an undiscovered masterpiece....just remember to cover your ears...

It could be worse dudes n foxy ladies...

It could be this...


But that is another horror story for another time...

RIP DEE DEE KING..


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