History Music / RocketToRussia

# "Cretin Hop" (1:05)

# "We're a Happy Family" (2:29)

* ContinuityNod: The Ramones pose against a wall on the album cover, just like they did on the cover of ''Music/{{Ramones}}.'' Joey sings he wants "DDT" in "I Wanna Be Well", a product he craved for earlier in "Cretin Hop". "Danny Says" on ''Music/EndOfTheCentury'' would reference the song "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" again.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "'''R'''ocket to '''R'''ussia" and "'''L'''ocket '''L'''ove."

-->''The time has come we oughta break it''

* ContinuityNod: The Ramones pose against a wall on the album cover, just like they did on the cover of ''Music/{{Ramones}}.'' Joey sings he wants "DDT" in "I Wanna Be Well," a product he craved for earlier in "Cretin Hop." "Danny Says" on ''Music/EndOfTheCentury'' would reference the song "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" again.

** "I Wanna Be Well:"

* HeavyMeta: "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker". a punk song about someone who is a punk rocker.

* LocationSong: "Rockaway Beach" is about the beach side in Queens, New York City, where band member Dee Dee used to go to relax.

* ThePowerOfLove: "Locket Love" and "Ramona."

''Rocket to Russia'' is the third studio album by Music/TheRamones, 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 CoverVersion "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird". It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with [[Music/{{Ramones}} their debut album]] from 1976. ''Rocket to Russia'' was listed at #106 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.]]

-->''Well New York City really has it all oh yeah oh yeah.''

* ContinuityNod: The Ramones pose against a wall on the album cover, just like they did on the cover of ''Music/{{Ramones}}.'' Joey sings he wants "DDT" in "I Wanna Be Well," a product he craved for earlier in "Cretin Hop." "Danny Says" on ''Music/EndOfTheCentury'' would reference the song "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" again.

* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "Do You Wanna Dance?", where Joey invites a girl to dance "under the moonlight" and tells him he's her "lover man."

** "Why is It Always This Way?":

* LackOfEmpathy: "I Don't Care."

* QuestioningTitle: "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Why is It Always This Way?"

''Rocket to Russia'' is the third studio album by Music/TheRamones, 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 CoverVersion "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird". It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with [[Music/{{Ramones}} their debut album]] from 1976. ''Rocket to Russia'' was listed at #106 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.]]

''Rocket to Russia'' is the third studio album by Music/TheRamones, 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 CoverVersion "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird". It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with [[Music/{{Ramones}} their debut album]] from 1976. "Rocket to Russia" was listed at #106 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.]]

''Rocket to Russia'' is the third studio album by Music/TheRamones, 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 CoverVersion "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird." It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with [[Music/{{Ramones}} their debut album]] from 1976. "Rocket to Russia" was listed at #106 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.]]

# "Sheena is a Punk Rocker (Single Version)" (2:48)

!! Trope Lobotomy:

* AntiLoveSong: "I Can't Give You Anything."

* BigAppleSauce:
** "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 York-an accent: "Hey, where are my socks? [...] Ahnd wear is mah ''' ''undarhwearrr?'' ''"

* BreakUpSong: "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow:"

* CoverVersion: "Do You Wanna Dance?", a Bobby Freeman cover, and "Surfin' Bird," originally by The Trashmen.

** "Why is It Always This Way?:"

* DysfunctionalFamily: "We're a Happy Family" is a sarcastic deconstruction of a "happy family."

* HeavyMeta: "Sheena is a Punk Rocker," a punk song about someone who is a punk rocker.
* IWantSong: "I Wanna Be Well," about someone who is in dire straits.

* {{Lobotomy}}: "Teenage Lobotomy," though it's also a subversion. In this version the brain damage is caused by abuse of DDT.

* LyricalDissonance: "We're a Happy Family," a cheerful little ditty which is actually a SarcasticTitle.
* OdeToIntoxication: "I Wanna Be Well:"

* OneWomanSong: "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" and "Ramona."

* SarcasticTitle: "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."

** "Cretin Hop" and the end of "We're a Happy Family" reference ''Film/{{Freaks}}.''
** "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Teenage Lobotomy" were used in the 1979 Ramones film ''Film/RockAndRollHighSchool.''
* SurfRock: "Surfin' Bird."

It is also their final album with Tommy Ramone on drums. He would quit the band shortly after release, replaced by Marky Ramone. Tommy did still help produce much of their later releases though.

'''''Rocket to Russia''''' is the third studio album by Music/TheRamones, 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 CoverVersion "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird." It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with [[Music/{{Ramones}} their debut album]] from 1976. "Rocket to Russia" was listed at #106 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.]]

# "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" (2:49)

# "Why is It Always This Way?" (2:14)

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Rockaway Beach," about Dee Dee Ramone's favourite destination.

* ContinuityNod: The Ramones pose against a wall on the album cover, just like they did on the cover of ''Music/{{Ramones}}.'' Joey sings he wants "DDT" in "I Wanna Be Well," a product he craved for earlier in "Cretin Hop." "Danny Says" on ''Music/RocketToRussia'' would reference the song "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" again.

# "Why Is It Always This Way?" (2:14)

[[caption-width-right:350:''1, 2, 3, 4! Cretins wanna hop some more. 4, 5, 6, 7! All good cretins go to heaven!'']]

'''''Rocket To Russia''''' is the third studio album by Music/TheRamones, 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 CoverVersion "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird". It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with [[Music/{{Ramones}} their debut album]] from 1976. "Rocket To Russia" was listed at nr. #106 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]]

# "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" (2:49)
# "We're A Happy Family" (2:29)

# "Needles And Pins (Early Version)" (2:24)

# "It's A Long Way Back To Germany" (2:22)

# "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Single Version)" (2:48)

!!Principal Members:

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "'''R'''ocket to '''R'''ussia", "'''L'''ocket '''L'''ove".
* AntiLoveSong: "I Can't Give You Anything".
--> ''You know how little I got''
--> ''I can't give you anything.''
* ArmouredClosetGay: The father in "We're A Happy Family" is a closet gay in denial.
--> ''Daddy likes men''
--> ''Daddy's telling lies.''

** "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker":
--> ''Well New York City really has it all oh yeah oh yeah.''
** "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 York-an accent: "Hey, where are my socks? [...] Ahnd wear is mah ''' ''undarhwearrr?'' ''"
--> ''Sittin here in Queens eating re-fried beans.''
* BreakUpSong: "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow".
--> ''I want you still, but just can't take it''
--> ''The time has come we oughta break it''
--> ''Somebody has to pay the price.''
* ContinuityNod: The Ramones pose against a wall on the album cover, just like they did on the cover of ''Music/{{Ramones}}''. Joey sings he wants "DDT" in "I Wanna Be Well", a product he craved for earlier in "Cretin Hop". "Danny Says" on ''Music/RocketToRussia'' would reference the song "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" again.
* CoverVersion: "Do You Wanna Dance?", a Bobby Freeman cover, and "Surfin' Bird", originally by The Trashmen.
* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "Do You Wanna Dance?", where Joey invites a girl to dance "under the moonlight" and tells him he's her "lover man".
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover is shot in black-and-white.

** "Why Is It Always This Way?":
--> ''Why I can't let her go?''
--> ''Oh I just don't know''
--> ''Hey hey hey''
--> ''Why is it always this way?''
** "I Wanna Be Well":
--> ''My future's bleak, ain't it neat?''
* DirtyCommies: The rocket in "Rocket To Russia" is aimed for them.
* DysfunctionalFamily: "We're A Happy Family" is a sarcastic deconstruction of a "happy family".

* HeavyMeta: "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker", a punk song about someone who is a punk rocker.
* IWantSong: "I Wanna Be Well", about someone who is in dire straits.
--> ''Daddy's broke, holy smoke''
--> ''My future's bleak, ain't it neat?''
* LackOfEmpathy: "I Don't Care".
* {{Lobotomy}}: "Teenage Lobotomy", though it's also a subversion. In this version the brain damage is caused by abuse of DDT.
* LocationSong: "Rockaway Beach" is about the beach side in Queens, New York City, where band member Dee Dee used to go to relax.
* LyricalDissonance: "We're A Happy Family", a cheerful little ditty which is actually a SarcasticTitle.
* OdeToIntoxication: "I Wanna Be Well".
--> ''I want my LSD, golly gee''
--> ''DDT, wowie!''
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: 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.
* OneWomanSong: "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker", "Ramona".
* ThePowerOfLove: "Locket Love", "Ramona".
* QuestioningTitle: "Do You Wanna Dance?", "Why Is It Always This Way?"
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Rockaway Beach", about Dee Dee Ramone's favourite destination.

* SarcasticTitle: "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".

** "Cretin Hop" and the end of "We're A Happy Family" reference ''Film/{{Freaks}}''.
** "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Teenage Lobotomy" were used in the 1979 Ramones film ''Film/RockAndRollHighSchool''.
* SurfRock: "Surfin' Bird".

* WithFriendsLikeThese: 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''''' is the third studio album by Music/TheRamones, 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 CoverVersion "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird". It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with [[Music/{{Ramones}} their debut album]] from 1976.

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[[AC:Side Two]]

* CoverVersion: "Do You Wanna Dance?", a Bobby Freeman cover, and "Surfin' Bird", originally by the Trashmen.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Rockaway Beach", about Dee Dee Ramone's favorite destination.

** "We're A Happy Family". Near the end Joey talks in the act and tone of a deadbeat dad, declares with his New York-an accent: "Hey, were are my socks?..... Ahnd wear is mah ''' ''undarhwearrr?'' ''"

'''''Rocket To Russia''''' is the third studio album by Music/TheRamones, 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 CoverVersion "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird". It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with [[Music/{{Ramones}} their debut album]] from 1976.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "'''R'''ocket to '''R'''ussia", "'''L'''ocket '''L'''ove".

--> ''I can't give you anything''

--> ''Daddy's telling lies''
* BigAppleSauce:

--> ''Well New York City really has it all oh yeah oh yeah''

--> ''Sittin here in Queens eating re-fried beans''
* BreakUpSong: "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow".

--> ''Somebody has to pay the price''

* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "Do You Wanna Dance?", where Joey invites a girl to dance "under the moonlight"and tell him he's her "lover man".
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover is shot in black-and-white.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** "Why Is It Always This Way?".

** "I Wanna Be Well"

* DirtyCommies: The rocket in "Rocket To Russia" is aimed for them.
* DysfunctionalFamily: "We're A Happy Family" is a sarcastic deconstruction of a "happy family".

* IWantSong: "I Wanna Be Well", about someone who is in dire straits

* {{Lobotomy}}: "Teenage Lobotomy", though it's also a subversion. In this version the brain damage is caused by abuse of DDT.
* LyricalDissonance: "We're A Happy Family", a cheerful little ditty which is actually a SarcasticTitle.
* OdeToIntoxication: "I Wanna Be Well"

* OneWomanSong: "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker", "Ramona".
* ThePowerOfLove: "Locket Love", "Ramona".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Rockaway Beach", about Dee Dee Ramone's favorite destination.

* SarcasticTitle: "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".
* ShoutOut:
** "Cretin Hop" and the end of "We're A Happy Family" reference ''Film/{{Freaks}}''.
** "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Teenage Lobotomy" were used in the 1979 Ramones film ''Film/RockAndRollHighSchool''.
* SurfRock: "Surfin' Bird".

* ContinuityNod: The Ramones pose against a wall on the album cover, just like they did on the cover of ''Music/{{Ramones}}''. "Danny Says" on ''Music/RocketToRussia'' would reference the song "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" again.

* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "Do You Wanna Dance?"
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover
* DespairEventHorizon: "Why Is It Always This Way?".

* IWantSong: "I Wanna Be Well".

* {{Punk Rock}}: "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker".

* SarcasticTitle: "We're A Happy Family".

** "Do You Wanna Dance?" was used in the 1979 Ramones film ''Film/RockAndRollHighSchool''.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover?

'''''Rocket To Russia''''' is the third studio album by Music/TheRamones, 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 CoverVersion "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird". It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with ''Music/{{Ramones}}'' (1976).

!! Bonus Tracks (2001 Edition):

'''Rocket To Russia''' is the third studio album by Music/TheRamones, 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 CoverVersion "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird". It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with ''Music/{{Ramones}}'' (1976).

'''Rocket To Russia''' is a 1977 album by Music/TheRamones and the third album in their catalogue, best known for hits as "Cretin Hop", "Rockaway Beach", "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker", "We're A Happy Family", "Teenage Lobotomy", "Do You Wanna Dance?" and the CoverVersion "Surfin' Bird". It's often seen as one of their best albums, along with ''Music/{{Ramones}}'' (1976).

'''Tracklist'''

!! Trope Lobotomy

--> ''Sittin here in Queens eating refried beans''

* ContinuityNod: The Ramones pose against a wall on the album cover, just like they did on the cover of ''Music/{{Ramones}}''.