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We're a Happy Family - A Tribute to the Ramones
 
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We're a Happy Family - A Tribute to the Ramones

~ Ramones (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (10 Feb 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Columbia
  • ASIN: B00008CR3J
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 136,320 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Havana Affair - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. Blitzkrieg Bop - Rob Zombie
3. I Believe In Miracles - Eddie Vedder,Zeke
4. 53rd & 3rd - Metallica
5. Beat On The Brat - U2
6. Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio - Kiss
7. The KKK Took My Baby Away - Marilyn Manson
8. I Just Wanna Have Something To Do - Garbage
9. Outsider - Green Day
10. Something To Believe In - The Pretenders
11. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Rancid
12. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - Pete Yorn
13. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Offspring
14. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Rooney
15. Return of Jackie & Judy - Tom Waits
16. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World - John Frusciante

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It was inevitable that a glut of Ramones tribute albums would follow the passing of Joey and Dee Dee Ramone. The 17-song-strong We're a Happy Family thankfully escapes the dubious tribute-album ghetto. It's no surprise that Ramones descendents such as Green Day, Rancid and the Offspring stick close to the tried and true, while headbanger James Hetfield makes "53rd & 3rd" sound like a Metallica song. But the standouts on the disc are the efforts where artists go off the rails. Pete Yorn turns in a yearning version of "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" while Tom Waits goes the ghoulish route on "The Return of Jackie and Judy". Kiss get the best-in-show nod for their anthemic "Do You Remember Rock N' Roll Radio", which is odd given that the Ramones were formed ostensibly as a reaction against arena rockers such as Kiss. Don't miss the final track, a scary gem by the Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante. --Jaan Uhelszki

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Urr..., 23 April 2003
Now, i love the ramones with a passion. However this tribute album, (with such talent and favoured bands of mine as U2 and The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Frusciante on his own) is quite inadequate. The covers just lack the power and feel of the ramones and,honestly, just aren't that good. Havana Club - RHCP is dissapointing and not even B-Side material and Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Rancid is just purely awful. If you want to hear the great hits of the Ramones, shell out the extra few quid and buy the real thing, the far better and uninterfered 'Hey Ho, Lets Go - Anthology' and avoid this unfortunate shambles.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Album... Almost Great!, 23 Mar 2003
Well... I've been a huge Ramones fan for some years now, and as such, I bought this album the day it got to the shelves. As I pressed play, I was surprised with the Red Hot Chili Peppers' version of "Havana Affair"! It actually sounds like a RHCP song... I guess that's just the way it's supposed to be on this album. The next track, by Rob Zombie, failed to please my demanding ears... I thought his version of "Blitzkrieg Bop" to be very "americanized"... and I never liked the man, anyway. Suddenly, the first HIGH moment of the album: "I Believe in Miracles", performed by Eddie Vedder and Zeke. Vedder has one of the best voices in the history of rock, and he sings with great feeling. "53rd & 3rd", by Metallica, is one of the worst moments on this CD. 'Nuff said. U2's "Beat on the Brat" also sounds kind of like a U2 song, and I think Bono does a good job with the vocals, although he is not totally cut for this kind of song. "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?", by Kiss, is one of the good moments. Sung and played with lots of feeling and seriousness (unlike Metallica), this song gets under my skin every time I listen to it. Manson's "The KKK Took My Baby Away" it the most creepy, gloomy version of a Ramones song EVER! However, it sounds good to me... although it is NOT one of the high moments of the album. 2nd HIGH moment: "I Just Wanna Have Something to Do", by Garbage. Great sound, intensity and feeling. Next, "Outsider". Well, every time I listened to that song, I thought that Green Day was just a plain RIP-OFF of the Ramones... 'cause it sounds like a Green Day song. And I have always pictured a Green Day version of this song. The 2nd complete transformation of a Ramones song is "Something to Believe in", performed by The Pretenders. I never liked this song, and this version is only OK for my ears. "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" is a pure example of how Rancid can cover a Ramones song. It also sounds exactly like a Rancid song! Very aggressive and intense, it's a good moment. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", by Pete Yorn, remains almost like the original song. "I Wanna Be Sedated", by The Offspring (another Ramones- wannabe band), is fairly good, but I never like Dexter Holland's voice, anyway. And now comes the HIGHEST moment on the record: "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow", by Rooney. I don't have enough words to describe what they have done to the song... it was never one of my Ramones favorites, but Rooney manage to make it a totally new song. Lots of melody, lots of feeling, great keyboard in the background... a dramatic song, in fact. Very good. "Return of Jackie & Judy", by Tom Waits, is one of the worst moments on the CD, as well. Finally, a hidden track: "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World", by John Frusciante, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is a loving song... little more than that. It's just OK.

If you haven't got the CD yet, even if you're not a Ramones fan, believe me - you'll like it. Almost all of the people that I know that don't like Ramones, liked this one. So... go out and get it!

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4.0 out of 5 stars A great tribute to a great band, 25 April 2009
The Ramones are often cited as the greatest punk-rock band that ever lived and this tribute to their music and memory is great.

The album features a variety of well-known acts in punk/rock genres, artists such as Green Day, The Offspring, Rob Zombie and U2. Whilst punk descendents such as Green Day and The Offspring remain true to the original tracks, other bands veer off with their own interpretations.

This album really is great and is a great tribute to a much loved and much missed punk band. Particular stand out tracks are Greenday's version of 'Outsider', Pete Yorn's take on 'I wanna be your boyfriend', The Offspring's version of 'I wanna be sedated' and Rooney's take on 'Here today, gone tomorrow'. Rooney's version of the song seems to serve as a haunting reminder of just how great The Ramones were.

All in all, yes, this album is different, and not every track is great; Tom Waits' 'Return of Jackie and Judy' is a little too raucous and scrambled for my liking. But at the end of the day, these artists have taken their own style and applied it to great songs. It's nice to hear some different takes on classic punk songs and this album won't disappoint. If you're a Ramones fan or a fan of these artists in general, this album is thoroughly enjoyable!
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