Download Pdf. Watch the video for My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) from Ramones's Animal Boy for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. [5] The phrase also echoes the title of the film's sequel, Bonzo Goes to College (1952), though Reagan did not appear in that picture. Bonzo Goes To Bitburg bass tab by Ramones. I have searched on Google for an answer multiple times, but I haven't found one. [9][12] Mickey Leigh, Joey's brother, who was particularly close with Dee Dee, claimed that while "everyone believed Joey had been the impetus to write the song ... it was actually Dee Dee. RAMONES "Bonzo Goes To Blitburg" Beggars Banquet BEG 140T 1985 UK Letters is in white not blue on my 12". Please take a moment to review my edit . “Bitburg” was a West German cemetery where Nazis were buried. The popular Ramones song Bonzo Goes To Bitburg is written about Ronald Reagan and refers to Reagan as Bonzo because of the controversy over putting a wreath on a Nazi graveyard in Bitburg. "[13] David Corn described the beginning of the refrain—"Bonzo goes to Bitburg/then goes out for a cup of tea/As I watched it on TV/somehow it really bothered me"—as "snarled" by Joey over a "power-pop beat and melodic hooks galore. Reply See 1 reply Notify me Helpful [m39389] Master Release. [21] Though available only as an import in 1985, it was put into rotation by many American college radio stations, and record stores that handled imports reported robust sales. "[14] Douglas Wolk fit the song into his general view of Joey Ramone as different from his many musical imitators in that "he never, ever sneered," adding that the song's tone "isn't contemptuous, just confused and angry. Difficulty: novice. Bonzo goes to bitburg then goes out for a cup of tea As I watched it on TV somehow it really bothered me Drank in all the bars in town for an extended foreign policy I have just modified one external link on Bonzo Goes to Bitburg. This second version of the title is the one used on subsequent live and compilation albums. Bonzo Goes To Bitburg Format: Vinyl. Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube. The single's first B-side, "Go Home Ann", by Dee Dee and Mickey Leigh, was produced by Ed Stasium and mixed by Motörhead lead singer Lemmy. [6], Before departing for Germany, Reagan ignited more controversy when he expressed his belief that the soldiers buried at Bitburg "were victims, just as surely as the victims in the concentration camps. My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) is a moody song byRamoneswith a tempo of 175 BPM It can also be used half-time at 87 BPM. [3] The phrase "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" was coined by protesters in the weeks leading up to Reagan's trip. Congress. And yeah, while I know that “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg” eventually got released in the U.S. on 1986’s Animal Boy album, it was rebranded as “My Brain is Hanging Upside Down” in order to appease Johnny who was, of course, a staunch conservative — but still chose to play on it, so kudos to him — the version that made the impact on me was the import single. The song's lyrics, with their explicitly serious content, were a departure from the Ramones' usual style. 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 where numerous Waffen-SS soldiers were buried. "[23] In his review of Animal Boy, Rolling Stone's David Fricke called the song "brilliant". "[12] Salon arts editor Bill Wyman wrote of Johnny Ramone "lob[bing] guitar bombs" amid the song's "Spectorian, rushing production" and of "Joey's pained, pleading voice. 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