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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Rocket to Russia is the third studio album by the Ramones, released in 1977. It is best known for hits such as "Cretin Hop", "Rockaway Beach", Sheena Is a Punk Rocker", "We're a Happy Family", "Teenage Lobotomy", and the covers of "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird". It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with their debut album from 1976.It is also their final album with Tommy Ramone on drums. He quit the band shortly after release, replaced by Marky Ramone. Tommy did still help produce much of their later releases though. |
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Face on the Cover |
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Face on the Cover: The Ramones posing against a wall. |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_1f37a427 |
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Sarcastic Title |
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Sarcastic Title: "We're a Happy Family", because the family described is clearly dysfunctional. They haven't got any friends, troubles never end, the father is a closet homosexual and a liar, the baby eats flies, the mother is on pills and baby's got the chills. To top it all off they make money by selling "daddy's dope." |
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| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_2f551929 |
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Ode to Intoxication |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_2f551929 |
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Ode to Intoxication: "I Wanna Be Well": |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_2f551929 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_2f551929 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_4bfe435c |
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Lobotomy |
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Lobotomy: "Teenage Lobotomy", though it's also a subversion. In this version the brain damage is caused by abuse of DDT. |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_4bfe435c |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_5a268981 |
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Three Chords and the Truth |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_5a268981 |
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Three Chords and the Truth: As most of their songs. |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_5a268981 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_5a268981 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_658f7193 |
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Lack of Empathy |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_658f7193 |
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Lack of Empathy: "I Don't Care" |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_658f7193 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_658f7193 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_6a696742 |
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The Power of Love |
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comment |
The Power of Love: "Locket Love" and "Ramona". |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_6a696742 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_6f77ef8e |
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Anti-Love Song |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_6f77ef8e |
comment |
Anti-Love Song: "I Can't Give You Anything". |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_6f77ef8e |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_6f77ef8e |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_705148cf |
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Location Song |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_705148cf |
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Location Song: "Rockaway Beach" is about the beach side in Queens, where band member Dee Dee used to go to relax. |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_705148cf |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_71152dd |
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One Dialogue, Two Conversations |
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One Dialogue, Two Conversations: The conversations near the end of "We're a Happy Family" have various family members discuss stuff that doesn't tie in with each other. |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_71152dd |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_7b4b2180 |
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Surf Rock |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_7b4b2180 |
comment |
Surf Rock: "Surfin' Bird". |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_7b4b2180 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_7b4b2180 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_8338de89 |
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"I Want" Song |
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comment |
"I Want" Song: "I Wanna Be Well", about someone who is in dire straits. |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_8338de89 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_8338de89 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_99699561 |
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Questioning Title? |
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Questioning Title?: "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Why Is It Always This Way?" |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_99699561 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_9dab0a6e |
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Continuity Nod |
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Continuity Nod: The Ramones pose against a wall on the album cover, just like they did on the cover of Ramones. Joey sings he wants "DDT" in "I Wanna Be Well", a product he craved for earlier in "Teenage Lobotomy". "Danny Says" on End of the Century would reference the song "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" again. |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_9dab0a6e |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_ab2f3f27 |
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Heavy Meta |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_ab2f3f27 |
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Heavy Meta: "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker", a punk song about someone who is a punk rocker. |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_ab2f3f27 |
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Break-Up Song |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_b28a8d0a |
comment |
Break-Up Song: "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow:" |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_b28a8d0a |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_b28a8d0a |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_b5049d76 |
type |
Added Alliterative Appeal |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_b5049d76 |
comment |
Added Alliterative Appeal: "Rocket to Russia" and "Locket Love". |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_b5049d76 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_b5049d76 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_b6cc7fc0 |
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Dysfunctional Family |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_b6cc7fc0 |
comment |
Dysfunctional Family: "We're a Happy Family" is a sarcastic deconstruction of a "happy family". |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_b6cc7fc0 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_beb932ca |
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Big Applesauce |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_beb932ca |
comment |
Big Applesauce: "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker": "Rockaway Beach". "We're a Happy Family". Near the end Joey talks in the act and tone of a deadbeat dad, declares with his New Yorker accent: "Hey, where are my socks? [...] Ahnd wear is mah ' undarhwearrr? " |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_beb932ca |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_beb932ca |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_c4b74656 |
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One-Woman Song |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_c4b74656 |
comment |
One-Woman Song: "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" and "Ramona". |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_c4b74656 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_c4b74656 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_c75df49a |
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Shout-Out |
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comment |
Shout-Out: "Cretin Hop" and the end of "We're a Happy Family" reference Freaks. |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_c75df49a |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_cdee850f |
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Dancing Is Serious Business |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_cdee850f |
comment |
Dancing Is Serious Business: "Do You Wanna Dance?", where Joey invites a girl to dance "under the moonlight" and tells him he's her "lover man". |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_cdee850f |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_cff53786 |
type |
Cover Version |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_cff53786 |
comment |
Cover Version: "Do You Wanna Dance?", a Bobby Freeman cover, and "Surfin' Bird", originally by The Trashmen. |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_cff53786 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_d028ca10 |
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Deliberately Monochrome |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_d028ca10 |
comment |
Deliberately Monochrome: The album cover is shot in black and white. |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_d028ca10 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_d028ca10 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_d45c0b86 |
type |
Refuge in Audacity |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_d45c0b86 |
comment |
Refuge in Audacity: The album title. |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_d45c0b86 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_d45c0b86 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 |
type |
Lyrical Dissonance |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 |
comment |
Lyrical Dissonance: "We're a Happy Family", a cheerful little ditty which is actually a Sarcastic Title. |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dc2912f |
type |
Armoured Closet Gay |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dc2912f |
comment |
Armoured Closet Gay: The father in "We're a Happy Family" is a closet gay in denial. |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dc2912f |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dc2912f |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dda99fa8 |
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Despair Event Horizon |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dda99fa8 |
comment |
Despair Event Horizon: "Why Is It Always This Way?": "I Wanna Be Well": |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dda99fa8 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_dda99fa8 |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_fdbd6162 |
type |
With Friends Like These... |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_fdbd6162 |
comment |
With Friends Like These...: The son from the dysfunctional family in "We're a Happy Family" is friends with the US President and the Pope. Apparently they all make a fortune, "selling daddy's dope." |
| | Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_fdbd6162 |
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Rocket to Russia (Music) / int_fdbd6162 |
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ItemName |
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