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RoadToRuin |
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Road to Ruin is the fourth studio album by the Ramones, released in 1978. It is their first album with Marky Ramone, who replaced founding member Tommy Ramone shortly after Rocket to Russia. Tommy does co-produce this album, however.The album is notable for featuring stuff not found on punk records in those days, such as guitar solos, acoustic rhythm guitars and ballads. The most famous song is "I Wanna Be Sedated", which is one of their signature songs. |
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DBTropes |
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Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll |
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Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll: Subverted with "I'm Against It". |
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Face on the Cover |
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Face on the Cover: The band is featured prominently on the cover artwork. |
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Alliterative Title |
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Alliterative Title: "Road to Ruin", "Bad Brain". |
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List Song |
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List Song: "I'm Against It" voices a hate against politics, Communism, games, fun, Jesus freaks, circus geeks, summer, spring, anything, sex, drugs, waterbugs, poverty, ping pong, the Viet Cong and Burger King. |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_2bd2b7b8 |
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Concept Album |
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Concept Album: Several songs are about wanting something and / or not wanting a particular thing. "I Wanna Be Sedated", "Go Mental" and "Bad Brain" are about mental illnesses. |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_34f6774c |
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Super-Speed |
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Super Speed: "I Wanna Be Sedated". |
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Instant Sedation |
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Instant Sedation: "I Wanna Be Sedated", where the protagonist wants to immediate and quick sedation. |
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Sanity Slippage |
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Sanity Slippage: "Go Mental", "I Wanna Be Sedated", where the protagonist is a patient in a mental hospital heavily in need for sedative drugs. |
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Non-Appearing Title |
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Non-Appearing Title: The album title doesn't appear in the lyrics. |
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The Power of Love |
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The Power of Love: "She's the One". |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_6a696742 |
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Anti-Love Song |
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Anti-Love Song: In "I Don't Want You" and "Don't Come Close" the protagonist rejects everyone. In "Questioningly" he tells a girl he doesn't love her any more. |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_6f77ef8e |
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Nostalgia Filter |
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Nostalgia Filter: "It's A Long Way Back" about Dee-Dee's years in Germany. |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_75f626a5 |
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Real Life Writes the Plot |
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Real Life Writes the Plot: "I Wanna Be Sedated" is Joey recalling on how when they first went to London, given it was Christmastime, the city was shut down, so the only thing they could do was stay in the hotel and watch TV. "It's A Long Way Back" was about Dee Dee's childhood in Germany. |
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"I Am" Song |
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"I Am" Song: "I'm Against It". |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_78e8eba5 |
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Belief Makes You Stupid |
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Belief Makes You Stupid: "I'm Against It". |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_79b5677 |
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BreakUpSong |
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Break Up Song: "Questioningly" is about a relationship where Joey doesn't like a certain girl any-more. "Needles And Pins" are about a girl he thought liked her, but to his despair it was all an illusion. |
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Straw Nihilist |
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Straw Nihilist: "I'm Against It". |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_80eb641c |
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"I Want" Song |
| | Road to Ruin (Music) / int_8338de89 |
comment |
"I Want" Song: "I Just Want to Have Something to Do", "I Wanted Everything", "I Wanna Be Sedated". Subverted by "I Don't Want You" and "I'm Against It". |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_8338de89 |
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Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life |
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Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: "I Just Want to Have Something to Do", where the bored protagonist longs for something more in life. "I Wanted Everything" Joey sings he wanted "everything" in life and had the world on his shoulder. Eventually he could bring his dreams into reality and sank off into a life of crime. |
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Out-of-Character Moment |
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Out-of-Character Moment: "Bad Brain" has a very strange interlude where weird sound effects are heard. For the Ramones, this is pretty unusual. |
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Truck Driver's Gear Change |
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Truck Driver's Gear Change: "I Wanna Be Sedated". |
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Accentuate the Negative |
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Accentuate the Negative: "I'm Against It". Many lyrics on this album are about mental breakdown, break-ups, frustration and boredom. |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_a70f9aba |
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It's All About Me |
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It's All About Me/Lack of Empathy: "I'm Against It". |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_bb18a227 |
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Big Applesauce |
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Big Applesauce: "I Just Want To Have Something To Do": |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_beb932ca |
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Shout-Out |
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Shout-Out: The punk band Bad Brains was named after the song "Bad Brain". The Supergrass album Road To Rouen note Rouen is a French town appears to be a homage. |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_c75df49a |
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Cover Version |
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Cover Version: "Needles And Pins", a cover of The Searchers. |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_cff53786 |
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One-Word Title |
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One-Word Title: "Questioningly". |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_d0f0a80d |
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Lyrical Dissonance |
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Lyrical Dissonance: "Go Mental", a rollicking rock track about a man who went mentally insane. |
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Design Student's Orgasm |
| | Road to Ruin (Music) / int_e40f6792 |
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Design Student's Orgasm and Fan Art: The album cover, drawn by Ramones fan Gus MacDonald. John Holstrom later redrew the cover a bit to include Marky instead of Tommy. |
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Road to Ruin (Music) / int_e40f6792 |
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Product Placement |
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Product Placement: "I'm Against It". |
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Riches to Rags |
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Riches to Rags: "Bad Brain". |
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Road to Ruin (Music) |
