[lbo-talk] New York Dolls (was Iran's Youth Movements)

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 26 11:41:58 PDT 2007



>Jerry wrote:
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>>Love the New York Dolls Dennis.

Oh. I misunderstood. I thought maybe I was going to have to pull out the Jack Nicholson line.


>Sorry about your baby and I hope you get the little doll back from the
>dingos or the KKK or whoever has the babe.....

For those who haven't heard it:


>"The KKK Took My Baby Away" is a song written by
>Joey Ramone. It appears on the Ramones' 1981 album Pleasant Dreams.
>
>Many Ramones fans claim that the song was penned
>by Joey after Ramones' guitarist Johnny Ramone
>"stole" Joey's ex-girlfriend Linda from him. The
>KKK reference refers to Johnny's conservative
>political stance, which influenced Johnny's
>management of the band in a militant, slighty
>authoritarian way. Johnny first started to cheat
>on his girlfriend at the time, to see Linda.
>When he wanted to see one girl he would claim to
>visit his uncle in Philadelphia. To add insult
>to injury, Johnny eventually married Linda,
>while his relationship with Joey never
>recovered­even when Joey was stricken with cancer.
>
>It was covered by Marilyn Manson on the We're a
>Happy Family tribute album. The song has also
>been covered by The Datsuns, Pearl Jam, Face to
>Face, Relient K, Dead Kennedys, The Ordinary
>Boys, The Misfits, Dragonfly, Die Ärzte, The
>Ataris, Guttermouth, NOFX, MXPX, and Rough Bullet .



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