Johnny Thunders - So Alone (1991)

[Keeeeeeeeth]

loneliness is the gift

[desamator11]

@Keeeeeeeeth I AGREE.

[acidcop]

Simply beautiful. The best version, IMO, despite that I think the drumming was just a little too umm...tight. You know? A little more loose and relaxed. But the emotion is very high. Love the Sax on this one too! Rip Johnny, hope you're having a blast with Jerry!

[15264897]

I'm so alone too. This song sums up my mood perfectly.

[TheDelandel]

loneliness is a fuckin terrible thing

[Vmetal]

life is a terrible thing

[Vmetal]

@Vmetal but im more terrible

[posthumanhero]

i don't hate heroin rock necessarely.....just think it lacks energy or passion most the time......and the playing is pretty thin...........but i want to love this.

[pennyroyaltea89]

@posthumanhero the thing is its something you will never truly get until you've been there and felt the emptiness of addiction and isolation. it may sound corny or whatever but its true, i would have to respectfully disagree with you on the lacking passion comment.. i find its extraordinarily passionate, a different kind of passion perhaps than what the normal person living a normal life may look for in their music but all i hear here is johnny pouring his heart out.. i dunno.. anyway cheers!

[pennyroyaltea89]

@posthumanhero i didn't at any point call you clueless, nor was i attempting to glorify heroin use. i was talking about music. different genres appeal to different people from all walks of life. lol and don't tell me to get honest with myself about the music i choose to listen to. i'm sure you might listen to something which i might completely hate, but i would never tell you you are wrong for listening to it haha.

[shoshananeni]

no one really knows him

 but i do

[itsjusthoarse]

@shoshananeni how?

[calevonwillow]

but only loneliness can make things like this one

[racor79]

Is that Stevie Klasson on solo guitar?

[DogDamour]

@racor79 i think so

[bmgfl]

Johny!



[nshamas]

Thunders forever

[toshiaizawa]

It's April 23rd today, I cannot believe it's already twenty years. I was at April 3rd show, and I was just happy then.

[DEWandECHO]

I try to get close, I couldn't get near...

[dugitomi]

this is a killer performance by a killer band. thanks for the upload of this wonderful testament of a great show and great musicians.

[rbbreeding]

Best version, the sax makes the song take on a new meaning.

[NickEricaJosh]

What is really sad is Johny isn't playing the lead guitar at this time. Don't get me wrong...the lead is well played...but when I think of Thunders I think of a great blues-punk guitar.

[ljmard]

I Love J T.



[cigarettebuttMr]

so fucking alone!

[jeffdeanable]

I guess I'm the one who just doesn't get it. Oh well. That pipe line guitar riff.......again.

[AnarchyIzzy]

This was filmed eleven days before he died.. How sad..

[TheRalphus666]

@AnarchyIzzy I was gonna say it had to be close to his death cause he played a few shows in Japan went to New Orleans and we know the rest(RIP)

[jjk19701]

righteous!

[TessaRay]

nothing more lonely than addiction, isolation is soul killing, you can hear it in his guitar, the longing...

[MsTinkerbelify]

i have been a big johnny thunders fan from the age of 16 and i am 34 now still luv ya baby

[MrHDKID]

so alone is a great album

[PsychadelicElephant]

im so all alone ,((((((((((((((

[AssetKicker]

Great band.

Johnny and Stevie Klasson teamed up nice after Stevie left Hanoi Rocks.

I saw Johnny with the Oddballs and Gang War and both times they kicked ass.

RIP to one of Rocks most influential musicians.

[rkingscar]

one of the greats

[voddy2]

love johnny thunders rip love u im sure u gone to a better place xxxx

[Rallarkalle]

Now its 47000 comments...

[punkisdead36]

eternamente punk!!!!!!!!!.

[Foaroan]

So much talent. If only he'd stayed clear of the dope...rip both Johnny and Jerry Nolan.

[TheDuffro]

@Foaroan If he'd stayed clear of the dope he wouldn't have been Johnny Thunders

[mariosthunders]

Guys,does anyone know the last name of the guitarist,Stevie??Is it Stevie Klarksson??

[Adam1986London]

@mariosthunders Stevie Klasson, hes a swedish player who also played in Hanoi Rocks when they "reunited"

[n991]

RIP my friend see ya

[caitlinx54]

Fucking beautiful!

[meestursparkle]

They missed TONS of SHIT but it still rocks balls..and vaginas..I think

[teiscoxx]

Hey...on the end he cued "G" and the bass player missed it!!! Must of gotten into Thunders stash. Despite obvious decline in health Thunders does a great performance of this great song

[soukiss7]

oh that new york sax, rip, so much soul, so fabulous....what a sax...

[soukiss7]

jesus jamie, what a beautiful sax, rip buddy, this is so transcendental, jamie's sax is everything here...thank god for opium, damn you god for opium...

[lamfkelly]

that guiitar!!! whoes the guitarist? steve someone?

[revolutionary85]

stevie klasso from johnnys band the oddballs

[luvumo2day]

bonzo was here bacardirized ,lagarized ,and yes tenderized

[bluesmen35]

SO　LONELY

[RoShamBohhh]

A whole lot of pain in this song...

RIP Johnny T.

[Diarist24]

He's so underrated, and eternal. RIP

[irlandos1]

loneliness is a terrible thing

[hershysquirts187]

@irlandos1 heroine is a terrible thing.

[irlandos1]

@hershysquirts187 no doubt about it

[rubyrose456]

Certianly one of the Best! Love Johnny Thunders! died too soon, but Not before going an enormous musical distance with his originality and talent. He is one of Rock+Roll's Archetypes, for sure! Thanks for video...

[GERMAINOSTONE]

So beautiful ...

[MattDylan420]

The way he sings it. Its so powerful and sad. JT was a great musician.

[CrimsonGhost85]

amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zepps88]

this song is so simple, yet so powerful. JT didn't bullshit, he was the truth

[DeeDeeTwo]

This was recorded during 1978 "So Alone" sessions... but left off the record. Johnny had been doing it live for about 3 years previous. It was first released as a "bonus track" on the 1992 CD re-issue which I have in my hands.

[chicoisdaman]

He was dead 2 weeks later! One of the greatest! Johnny made alot of people millionaires; too bad he never could not cash in himself. The music, however, lives forever.

[strangeparty]

This is too depressing to watch. He looks terrible.

[penthouse10]

He was dying of leukemia when this concert was filmed. It's amazing he was even able to perform. I have the dvd and he's terribly frail but put on a pretty good performance.

[dcrash82]

so sad this is the year he died

[paolobernardini]

awsome version, just missing the walter lure solo!

[GothPunkHippie65]

Would someone please post Daddy Rollin´ Stone, I haven´t heard it in AGES, except inside my head.

[gorblimey61]

That cut was off the "So Alone" album wasn't it? With some guest musicians if I remember correctly.

[7777srd]

Johnny, Steve Marriott and Phil Lynott (RIP each one) sung a trio on it, I'm pretty sure Steve Jones did the guitar and Paul Cook the drums.

At the beginning there's some deranged chuckle which sounds like Jones.

[GothPunkHippie65]

Yes, on So Alone it was. Wikipedia says about the song: "Otis Blackwell's "Daddy Rollin' Stone" (done with Thunders on the opening verse, Phil Lynott on the 2nd and Steve Marriott on verse 3)"

This I didn´t know. Next time I will listen more carefully.

[gorblimey61]

All these years I've been a Steve Marriott fan and I didn't know either until fairly recently that he sang on "Daddy Rolling Stone".

[arilouxx]

First time I really like a Sax.

[biden1]

wat a great concert!! wish i was at it!!!!!!!!! RIP Johnny 8DD

[carlotta8]

excellente musique.... et excellent chanteur. merci

[SweetPretendin]

great fuckin performance of johnny's best song. wow.

[blbutterflies]

was it one of his last gigs?

[flobpera3]

yeap, in japan, as soon as he finished from there, he was of to tailand for some smack and then in new orleans were he died - was probably killed that is. search for the torr ent Johnny Thunders - Whos Been Talking - WarLord for the full concert in japan, great view btw.

[sleazyandsteezy]

Thank you so much for tellin' what torrent to look up, I really wanted the full version of 'Society Makes Me Sad', the first and last time he performed that song. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!!

[flobpera3]

no probs bro, check out another video via the torrents or emule, called born to lose, it's a great docu about johnny that features amongst other things a jap journalist mentioning how he suggest to johnny to change society makes me scared, the original lyric, to makes me sad.

[sleazyandsteezy]

Yeah dude I just got through watching that for about the millionth time, the most amazingly perfect movie ever haha.

[flobpera3]

haha, the best bit must be the completely unintelligible french guy trying to translate this french mom who manages to be more articulate in french...hahahaha...what a riot that was...who the fuck was this guy? Was he genuinely dumb or had he burned too many cells?

[sleazyandsteezy]

Hahaha I know huh. I don't even know who he was, just some dude and his mom Johnny mooched off I guess, I love how he gives the lady 6000franc or whatever their money is, then takes it right back for drug money hahaha. Like they in the movie, johnny's the only dude who can totally piss you off but you still love him!

[flobpera3]

so fucking funny...she gives her the money to "safekeep" and then comes back after a few hours asking it back...hahah

[sleazyandsteezy]

Haha, I can't believe she gave it ALL to him, she did real good at that safe keeping thing haha.

[8754richard]

That dude you are talking about is Henri Paul who was in Thunders band during several periods in his life.Just typ in Johnny Thunders and the Senders and you will see him perform with JT in 1978.There is also a clip from Music Convoy where he performs with JT(1984).And he also was in Thunders band during his tour in Japan in 1985. So he wasn`t just some dude.

[sleazyandsteezy]

Oh cool, thanks for that, I'll check it out! And yeah I'm pretty uninformed when it comes to alot of his stuff. I mean I know alot, but it still aint enough. Thanks, I'll be sure to check it out.

[8754richard]

Okay, but I must admit, he doesn't look very intelligent in that documentary. But it looks to me that Lech Kowalski(the maker of the movie)made more people look kinda foolish.

[sleazyandsteezy]

Yeah and the fact the majority of that section was bi-lingual definitely confused and took away from what was actually being talked about. I'm barely fourteen and have been listening to Thunders, The Dolls and basically real Rock 'N Roll, for about three years haha, still alot to learn, which I hope makes up for my ignorance in my last few comments!

[8754richard]

haha that doesn't matter, you have good taste in music. Actually I don't know anyone your age that likes Thunders and the Dolls. Most don't even know him I suppose.

You should check out Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers to. I like them more then the Dolls, but that's just my opinion.

[sleazyandsteezy]

Trust me, NO ONE does, everyone's into this Emo CRAP or novelty Disney bands haha. And yeah I have Johnny's complete discography with all the bands, I'm split with The Dolls and The Heartbreakers, Heartbreakers have got that real '77 Punk vibe to them, but The Dolls, they're a real Rock & Roll band, with a punk/"glam" touch. I'm actually thinking his stuff with the Oddballs would've been my favourite, had he recorded anything. I love this version of 'So Alone'.

[8754richard]

Recently there was a new Thundersrelease called Stick and Stones which has a liveshow and also studiodemos he recorded with the oddballs but which he never got to finish because he died. But that demos sound great, you can find one of those studiodemos on youtube, just typ in Disappointed in you. Maybe you already have heard a liveversion of it. There is also a livecd of JT and the oddball called Add Water and Stirr, which is the same show as where this clip is from.

[8754richard]

And this clip is from the official dvd Who's been Talking.

[sleazyandsteezy]

Woah! Thanks! I'm so going to find all of this! Haha, thank you very, very, very much!!!

[flobpera3]

the sax is so fucking great here, gotta fukcing love it in the beggining and end where it goes all over the place, superb...sad to hear the "new york sax" as johnny would introduce the man has passed away. Morphine used the sax to a great effect except the boss and johnny. Johnny on acoustic and sax is bril.

[sicboioi]

i think he put out alot of his best shit when he was all junkie'd out

[jonnythundersrimf]

Crappy version of a great song. I saw Johnny too many times to count(1979-1989). Met Johnny and his brother "Lugi"on several occasions. . Lugi was funny and cool to hang around.Johnny was great until he excused himself to shoot up and or "boot up" as the case maybe. With Johnny there was never a dull moment. Personally I miss him but to see him old and grey I don't know? It's like saying I wish Jimi Janis and Jim( the holy trinity) had carried on til they were old......I don't know.

[sleazyandsteezy]

I agree, despite his death being a MAJOR loss and incredibly sad moment, atleast he went out on top, atleast he didn't die at a low point in his career, he went out in a blaze of glory.

[MugsMcClain]

Damn, rip. Too bad we never got to see Johhny old and sober so he could tell all his war stories. He must have had some good ones.

[SouthernPride76]

i could listen to this song all day everyday

[jonniejohnny5]

I saw JT in London Lots!! it's a pity I never saw him not fucked-up & full of hate

This Is Deep , he's actually ......nice

[moonbaby1962]

ok, this is really cool

[mystificus]

this slays me...

[wisesatyr72]

Very talented & such a cool persona

[rozz669]

what a great song- too far ahead of his time

[eric15746]

johnny thunders = brilliance. the proof is in the music

[newyorkdolls71]

so sad. RIP Johnny. Our prayers and thoughts will always be with you.

[JackieWild]

god I luv sax in this song <3

[aintpluggedin]

no great sax fan either and have gave it much listening. too much in the older and new jazz which shouldve had more bass n piano. Clarence, No. But this sax is better. This is a sax like cool cats in the alley sax and its done with camp and theater, tasteful and low it makes a space that uses it.

[flobpera3]

rip to the new york sax guy, I heard he's passed away too...sad...love the sax here at the beginning.

[azrael666ethereal]

Truly Great!!!! r.i.p.

[steffe689]

The sax is very nice! Johnny is super awesome !

[bishopsilas]

you don't like sax???????? WTF????? How about the E street band????? The BOSS ROX Just as much as Thunders does. Well, maybe not as much as Johnny.......

[77ACAB77]

Excellent !

[carlotta8]

vraiment bien..merci

colette...

[martinqv]

Johnny was on heroin, i guess you must be a junkie in the eightees to appriciate the sax in rock n roll.

[teenangel69]

Are you nuts??Sax was there since the fifties!!!!

[CoudyRamone]

sax is cool and it is part of rock'n'roll it it's not new

[tinkerella66]

I love this song and this man

JT you are very much missed ..

[martinqv]

I hate the saxophone, imagine how good this song would sound without it... I dont think it was his idea though... Some eighties producer probably said it was the new sound, its a shame, all his last songs would sound better without that eighties sound.

[CoudyRamone]

sax whaus in 50is tru 90is

[8754richard]

Ofcourse it was Johnnies idea. And Johnny quite often used saxophoneplayers as well on stage as in the studio. Even in the Seventies with the Heartbreakers he sometimes used a saxophoneplayer on stage. And this saxophoneplayer Jamey Heath is great, well he was great, he died from a overdose.

[CoudyRamone]

thas anyone has guitar tab for this song?

[chtidi]

Even if I don't speak good english or correct american, my feeling words are : deeply sensitive song, impossible to forget. As an imperative song.

[RIGID300]

well done! rip johnny!

[marccasey]

wow ; he sounds heartbroken ; great tune

[jozzmer]

good quality sound though. he was killing it right up till he died. if not on the rise.

[ravner1976]

awesome.

[nameerf61]

my fav livesong of Johnny.

[josh90123]

the camera man sucks. but damn me for saying this, johnny is playing great. we miss you Johnny. RIP

[gotchu]

thanx for posting this again. Awesome version.