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"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" is a protest song by American punk rock band the Ramones. It was issued as a single in the UK by Beggars Banquet Records in mid-1985. The song is an emotionally charged commentary on the Bitburg controversy from earlier that year, in which U.S. president Ronald Reagan had paid a state visit to a German World War II cemetery and gave a speech where numerous Waffen-SS ...
This is a list of songs that have a cover version in Czech: English. Original title ... Bonzo Goes To Bitburg: Ramones: 1986 Expres do Bohnic: Tři sestry: 2005:
The band's main release of 1985 was the British single "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg"; though it was available in the United States only as an import, it was played widely on American college radio. [77] The song was written, primarily by Joey, in protest of Ronald Reagan's visit to a German military cemetery, which included graves of Waffen SS ...
Animal Boy featured a range of genres and musical elements that were completely new to the band and had not been featured on previous albums. Frequent use of synthesizers, as well as minimalistic "gimmicky" lyrics, [4] caused critics and fans to feel as though the Ramones had strayed far away from their early, raw punk sound, despite Animal Boy ' s predecessor Too Tough Too Die being acclaimed ...
A nickname for Ronald Reagan, based on the film and mentioned in a number of songs: "Five Minutes" (Bonzo Goes to Washington song) by the band Bonzo Goes to Washington, which refers to a microphone test speech made by Reagan "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" by The Ramones "Bad Time for Bonzo" by The Damned (band)
The title of the band references the films Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Bedtime for Bonzo, the latter of which starred Reagan, and also inspired the Ramones' song "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg". Despite the character of Bonzo being a chimpanzee in the film, in both songs Bonzo is taken to mean Reagan himself. When the song was completed, no major ...
Pages in category "Songs about Ronald Reagan" ... (Dead Kennedys song) Bonzo Goes to Bitburg; Bullet the Blue Sky; D. Rap Master Ronnie; F. Five Minutes (Bonzo Goes ...
It's Alive 1974–1996 is a live DVD by the Ramones.It was released on October 2, 2007 by Rhino Records.It's a two-disc set and includes 118 tracks from 33 performances in eight countries, which span the group's career, from 1974 and 1996. [1]