quinta-feira, 10 de julho de 2025

2175 – Ramones – The KKK took my baby away (1981)


Escrita por Joey Ramone, foi gravada entre março e abril de 1981, em New York City e na Inglaterra, foi lançada em 20 de julho de 1981 no disco Pleasant dreams, o sexto disco da banda. Sairia também em compacto, com We want the airwaves como Lado A. Foi produzida por Graham Gouldman. O protagonista da canção canta que sua namorada foi raptada pela Ku Klux Klan quando estava indo pra Los Angeles pro feriado e pede que o ouvinte ligue pras autoridades pra saber onde ela está e se está viva. Na verdade ainda era resquício de Joey puto com Johnny por ter roubado sua namorada Linda e por Johnny ser racista porque Joey era judeu. Depois que isso aconteceu, Joey e Johnny nunca mais se falaram. Johnny Ramone no entanto, disse que essa era sua música favorita desse disco.


A letra:


She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to l.a.
But she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say

She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to l.a.
But she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say

The kkk took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
The kkk took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me

Hey, ho, hey, ho,

I don't know
Where my baby can be
They took her from me
They took her from me

I don't know
Where my baby can be
They took her from me
They took her from me

Ring me, ring me, ring me
At the president
And find out
Where my baby went
Ring me, ring me, ring me
At the fbi
And find out if
My baby's alive

Yeah, yeah, yeah
O-o-o-o-o-o
Yeah, yeah, yeah
O-o-o-o-o-o

She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to l.a.
But she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say

She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to l.a.
But she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say

The kkk took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me

The kkk took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me

The kkk took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me

The kkk took my baby away
They took my girl
They took my baby away


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2175 – Ramones – The KKK took my baby away (1981)

Escrita por Joey Ramone, foi gravada entre março e abril de 1981, em New York City e na Inglaterra, foi lançada em 20 de julho de 1981 no ...