Jason - Of course. But he will also be remembered as somebody who was a great, friendly, genuine, and also shy guy. And someone who had great taste in clothing, attitude, music, drugs, drink, hairdo, and was very good looking and never sold out. And he never became some poser who's got it all wrong. I love him for all of that and more. He gave me a whole different look on life.
*@Jason Bouskill* Indeed......that's why half of his tunes were about smack......no shame in that......but he shouldn't have been surprised that a lot of his fanbase was fascinated by this slow motion trainwreck going to its inevitable messy ending....The talent and selfconfident swagger he once had was slowly and surely consumed by vast quantities of low grade smack.....Sad story.
@@PAULLONDEN "half of his tunes were about smack ... no shame in that." .... REALLY genius? ... there's NO SHAME in being a suicidal smack addict and having NOTHING ELSE TO SAY about life, love and the whole damn thing? ... I'd say that, Artistically, singing about your slow motion suicide is as FUCKING SHAMEFUL as the miracle of Life can POSSIBLY GET. ... go heat up a spoon dimwit.
@@PAULLONDEN Er; "half of his tunes about smack" you say? I don't believe he wrote ONE song about smack. He did sing one, Chinese Rocks, written by Dee Dee Ramone. Walter Lure wrote and sang "Too Much Junkie Business" though Johnny did sing it solo. That's about it, unless you also count drug references One Track Mind - that Walter wrote and sang.
In the Vive Le Rock cover feature out this week, the band say Johnny would always find the energy to make sure he got to gigs on time. It was more the days off that could become a problem.
I saw Johnny for the second and last time , in '89. He actually looks a lot better , here, but his HAIR was a masterpiece , a bad ass Elvis King Creole pomp. I'd hoped he would do more mid - period stuff , like this , but , apart from "In Cold Blood", he mainly did a lot of covers , a few standards from his repertoire and some new material , which wasn't bad. But , it was a pretty lackluster set , tho' his voice had improved , but he barely touched his guitar. We knew it could go this way , tho' I'd heard of much better shows on that tour.
That's Stevie Klasson, who commented on the full show also up here. He did a great tribute to Johnny for that doc, here: ua-cam.com/video/JmJFp9KEr9s/v-deo.html
I love it that the Japanese love Thunders so much...! Here in Holland I don't know many Thunders fans, only some fans of my own circle. I bet they're here, but Holland is so tiny, it can't be very much.. But now people around the world are beginning to learn about him since they reissue cd's/lp's, and since the internet, etc... But Thunders frequently did gigs in Japan, he already had an audience there since The N.Y Dolls I think, fantastic.. Arigato!
They are dead because Johnny sucked for mant years at this point. I liked him in the Dolls and LAMF but let's face it, he didn't have much left after that.
hi ,please do you have this cd of johnny thunders countdown love on the japanese label weeping goat ? if you have it,please could you upload it on youtube ? thanks best regards from france Tracklisting 1 Blame It On Mom 2 Crawfish 3 Copy Cat 4 Tie Me Up 5 Countdown Love 6 Chinese Rock 7 Born To Lose 8 C'mon Everybody 9 Steppin' Stone 10 Intro 11 Pipeline 12 Blame It On Mom 13 Countdown Love 14 Little Bit Of Whore 15 Endless Party 16 Cosa Nostra 17 Green Onions 18 Sad Vacation 19 Cool Operator Notes 1 to 5: Que Sera Sera demos 6 to 9: Live in NYC, NY, USA, 1982 10 to 19: Live in 1986
You don't need to be a good guitar player to write good songs. I've seen countless musicians go up onstage with a guitar just so they can pose and pretend to play. Bruce Springsteen is a great example. That really annoys me.
Addiction is a demon that never leaves you the same, Johnny died in New Orleans from taking the wrong dose of methodone that his weight and body couldn’t withstand.It might have been a vain attempt to get off The junk!
MarkVL idk if i believe he was murdered but i do know about all his missing shit. i just think some sick MF took advantage of a dying man, or maybe even an already dead one.
Look at the docu Looking For Johnny, they stated in his death certificate that he had lymphatic leukemia, and he had not enough methadone, coke, or drink in his blood to die from. Johnny himself knew he had leukemia from around 1988, around the time his daughter was born. But yeah, I also believe that people took advantage of him dying.
@@thureintun1687 On the black (underground) market methadone is expensive and JT had a lot of it at that time. Especially if a criminal/druguser think he can get away with it (and they did...) they take a life just as easy. It could've been a desperate dope sick person as well; for such a person methadone is gold.
Hey....hey...... the 'smartness" drips from his stoned snout....just three years to go go...... Johnny needed these gurls to do the housekeeping and keep him in bad smack.....so he shouldn't act smart.....
My gawd what a listless bunch these Oddballs........HEEE HEEE.........🥱 It's actually the people that allowed John to get away with this dross that killed him......because our little hero saw no need to clean up his act because they applaud his every fart anyway....
That's why Johnny got a following, he's all over you tube, he's got vinyl out he's go CD out. And I ask you what the fuck do you have, oh and the man's an icon let's not forget that. Who the fuck are you. Never heard any of your music..
Remember Johnny Thunders for his Talents Not his Drug Use that's What Johnny Thunders always wanted to be remembered for His Talents as a musician
Jason - Of course. But he will also be remembered as somebody who was a great, friendly, genuine, and also shy guy. And someone who had great taste in clothing, attitude, music, drugs, drink, hairdo, and was very good looking and never sold out. And he never became some poser who's got it all wrong. I love him for all of that and more. He gave me a whole different look on life.
HE HAD NONE. ... HE SUCKED SHIT.
*@Jason Bouskill* Indeed......that's why half of his tunes were about smack......no shame in that......but he shouldn't have been surprised that a lot of his fanbase was fascinated by this slow motion trainwreck going to its inevitable messy ending....The talent and selfconfident swagger he once had was slowly and surely consumed by vast quantities of low grade smack.....Sad story.
@@PAULLONDEN "half of his tunes were about smack ... no shame in that." .... REALLY genius? ... there's NO SHAME in being a suicidal smack addict and having NOTHING ELSE TO SAY about life, love and the whole damn thing? ... I'd say that, Artistically, singing about your slow motion suicide is as FUCKING SHAMEFUL as the miracle of Life can POSSIBLY GET. ... go heat up a spoon dimwit.
@@PAULLONDEN Er; "half of his tunes about smack" you say? I don't believe he wrote ONE song about smack. He did sing one, Chinese Rocks, written by Dee Dee Ramone. Walter Lure wrote and sang "Too Much Junkie Business" though Johnny did sing it solo. That's about it, unless you also count drug references One Track Mind - that Walter wrote and sang.
There's something unnatural about seeing JT play in the day!ight. It just seems wrong somehow.
Yep, and the stage is too big.
@@mistervertigo678 I still ❤ all performances. 😃
totally
@Robin Ravi Now that would have been a gig worth seeing.
Nonsense
I’m honestly impressed he woke up early enough to play a daytime gig
In the Vive Le Rock cover feature out this week, the band say Johnny would always find the energy to make sure he got to gigs on time. It was more the days off that could become a problem.
@@GazelyGaze Where?
@@babyblue7110 This cover magazine feature that lengthily interviews The Oddballs: vivelerock.net/product/vive-le-rock-81-johnny-thunders-preorder/
Never seen this one before !
so wierd to see JT playing during the day.
because most of his gigs look like they were shot at 2am.
it's easy to believe he only existed at night!
2am was usually when he came out of his nod and stumbled onto the stage...so your right in a sense :P LOVE YOU JOHNNY! RIP. A legend.
@@nothx962 you're*
😴 🥱
@reececamptenmyers6063 can I break your heart? You're boring
THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME ! Thank you ! GONE WAY TOO SOON !
Fab musician Johnny RIP
Johnny didn't have the big arena show. He was a get close club rocker. Fed off the crowd...thats 🎸
I would have loved to see him in movies.
He was in two that I know of. 'Mona et Moi': ua-cam.com/video/uXf5VyLMPFs/v-deo.html and 'What About Me?': ua-cam.com/video/MYdfORsd3fo/v-deo.html
this guy is a fukn excellent guitarist great stage presence too
Great Genzale !!
My Silver Spoon
The best version of this song is live in Barcelona . I can’t seem to find it now. The Heartbreakers were in top form.
He's a rocker
Such amazing quality!
YEAH , IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS DONE FOR TELEVISION. PROBABLY WAS.
awesome !
Funny as hell
gran calidad!! gracias por el video!
About smack.. Jt is legenda
Damn ..poor Johnny
when you think you've seen everything there is to see by JT
right??
Nice!!!
Great song
Fucking Johnny. He rocked
I saw Johnny for the second and last time , in '89. He actually looks a lot better , here, but his HAIR was a masterpiece , a bad ass Elvis King Creole pomp. I'd hoped he would do more mid - period stuff , like this , but , apart from "In Cold Blood", he mainly did a lot of covers , a few standards from his repertoire and some new material , which wasn't bad. But , it was a pretty lackluster set , tho' his voice had improved , but he barely touched his guitar. We knew it could go this way , tho' I'd heard of much better shows on that tour.
'Boring ' is the word you are looking for.
🤘🌹
Brilliant! I was in a conversation recently with a Jeff Beck fan who seriously claimed that Thunders only could play three chords. 🙄
Only two chords here. It's what you do with them that counts. Screw them. Johnny Thunders was great.
As if that is meaningful. Anyone that would say that doesn't understand rock and roll or music in general. Is their favorite band Rush? jesus
A la Link Wray strummin’
😍
the other guitar player is trying to out-thunders johnny's hair
That's Stevie Klasson, who commented on the full show also up here. He did a great tribute to Johnny for that doc, here: ua-cam.com/video/JmJFp9KEr9s/v-deo.html
👤💘ＪＴ
I love it that the Japanese love Thunders so much...! Here in Holland I don't know many Thunders fans, only some fans of my own circle. I bet they're here, but Holland is so tiny, it can't be very much.. But now people around the world are beginning to learn about him since they reissue cd's/lp's, and since the internet, etc... But Thunders frequently did gigs in Japan, he already had an audience there since The N.Y Dolls I think, fantastic.. Arigato!
What a dead crowd ! Johnnys screamin to get some reaction HEY HEY
They are dead because Johnny sucked for mant years at this point. I liked him in the Dolls and LAMF but let's face it, he didn't have much left after that.
I don’t believe that. I toured with
Johnny and after his drug stage appearances he really tried to be better. I always liked him
Did he do anything any good after The Heartbreakers?
hi ,please do you have this cd of johnny thunders countdown love on the japanese label weeping goat ?
if you have it,please could you upload it on youtube ?
thanks
best regards from france
Tracklisting
1 Blame It On Mom
2 Crawfish
3 Copy Cat
4 Tie Me Up
5 Countdown Love
6 Chinese Rock
7 Born To Lose
8 C'mon Everybody
9 Steppin' Stone
10 Intro
11 Pipeline
12 Blame It On Mom
13 Countdown Love
14 Little Bit Of Whore
15 Endless Party
16 Cosa Nostra
17 Green Onions
18 Sad Vacation
19 Cool Operator
Notes
1 to 5: Que Sera Sera demos
6 to 9: Live in NYC, NY, USA, 1982
10 to 19: Live in 1986
don't know of that one
Were you able to find it? If not, maybe I could and either email it to you or upload it. Much 💘
Jeremy Allen white could play him in the movie
He could! But first he has to play Bruce Springsteen, apparently.
Tough to watch sad to say.
Everything Johnny did after 78” is tough and sad to watch.
You don't need to be a good guitar player to write good songs. I've seen countless musicians go up onstage with a guitar just so they can pose and pretend to play. Bruce Springsteen is a great example. That really annoys me.
kinda sad...
That was Nikki Sixx ‘s gay younger brother on backing guitar
Sax added nothing here
Addiction is a demon that never leaves you the same, Johnny died in New Orleans from taking the wrong dose of methodone that his weight and body couldn’t withstand.It might have been a vain attempt to get off The junk!
He was murdered for his methadone
MarkVL idk if i believe he was murdered but i do know about all his missing shit. i just think some sick MF took advantage of a dying man, or maybe even an already dead one.
Look at the docu Looking For Johnny, they stated in his death certificate that he had lymphatic leukemia, and he had not enough methadone, coke, or drink in his blood to die from. Johnny himself knew he had leukemia from around 1988, around the time his daughter was born. But yeah, I also believe that people took advantage of him dying.
@@MarkGelderland i cant understand why would someone get murdered for methadone?
@@thureintun1687 On the black (underground) market methadone is expensive and JT had a lot of it at that time. Especially if a criminal/druguser think he can get away with it (and they did...) they take a life just as easy. It could've been a desperate dope sick person as well; for such a person methadone is gold.
Hey....hey...... the 'smartness" drips from his stoned snout....just three years to go go......
Johnny needed these gurls to do the housekeeping and keep him in bad smack.....so he shouldn't act smart.....
Hey F U buddy
My gawd what a listless bunch these Oddballs........HEEE HEEE.........🥱
It's actually the people that allowed John to get away with this dross that killed him......because our little hero saw no need to clean up his act because they applaud his every fart anyway....
Loved the Dolls..but really, I could play better guitar when I was 12
'Better' is subjective.
@@1Rckless technicality and feel are very different things.
@Anderson Cooper I believe he always said he was an entertainer, not a musician. (Trying to think of an analogy, I came up with Tommy Cooper!)
That's why Johnny got a following, he's all over you tube, he's got vinyl out he's go CD out. And I ask you what the fuck do you have, oh and the man's an icon let's not forget that. Who the fuck are you. Never heard any of your music..
@@tats5880 you dont have to be a king to think that someone is a bum
Big JT fan but this is pathetic.
Not that big. Many disagree... what's pathetic about it? It's Johnny!
@@GazelyGaze its just an overall no effort performance. The band is sloppy and loose in a bad way. Just my opinion.
@@MrLeadghost I think it might be this line-up's first gig. And it's in the afternoon; a weird time for Johnny to be playing.
@@MrLeadghost I dig it... good show
This sucks