Durango 95 (song)

"Durango 95"
Song by The Ramones from the album Too Tough To Die
Released	October 1984
Recorded	July 1984
Genre	Punk Rock
Length	0:55
Label	Sire
Composer	Johnny Ramone
Producer	Tommy Ramone, Ed Stasium
Too Tough To Die track listing
"Too Tough To Die" (3) "Durango 95" (4) "Wart Hog" (5)

"Durango 95" is an instrumental song by the punk rock band The Ramones. It is featured as track number 4th in their 8th studio album Too Tough To Die. The song is a cultural reference to the car driven by Malcolm McDowell's character in the 1971 film "A Clockwork Orange."^[1]

Composition

Durango 95 is a three-chord song, that contains a bass line equal to the first note of every chord of the guitar. The drum style is quite complicated due to the cymbal crashes. The song is the shortest of all the album and it was just made instrumental to fulfill the cultural reference Johnny Ramone wanted to give it.^[2]

Live Shows

After releasing Too Tough To Die, the Ramones used to start the shows with "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" theme song in a slow crescendo and it its climax, they would started playing Durango 95. This is shown in the "Loco Live" and We're Outta Here! live albums, released respectively in 1991 and in 1997.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ Too Tough To Die - The Ramones Allmusic Retrieved on 12-26-2010
2. ^ Cover Story - The Ramones - "Too Tough To Die" cover by George DuBose Retrieved on 12-26-2010
3. ^ Loco Live - The Ramones Allmusic Retrieved on 12-26-2010
4. ^ We're Outta Here! - The Ramones AllMusic Retrieved on 12-26-2010