Johnny Thunders - So Alone

[udohood]

This song has never been recorde correctly....what its "for" it a way for johnny to hit the upper reaches of his feedback talent.Wlaters playing what johnny s solo simalar.Once I saw him hit all the the lights. ........Once, he blasted like jimi hedrix

[rkingscar]

We on that occasion would have been me, Nico and I think James White.

[udohood]

@rkingscar yeah well i saw him cop a loan of a few bucks as the last people wer leaving....your walter i think

[rkingscar]

That particular gig - we had to carry Johny offstage.

[udohood]

@rkingscar really? tell me ,did he get paid?...or did he have to borrow money for a cab? who's "we"?

[adamdxion34]

i am surprised he never pawned his bling for smack?

[coldironhands1]

did anybody else notice JT's bling?

[PsychadelicElephant]

somebody got himself a HIGHFIVE!

[udohood]

This song is Johnny's Voodoo Child" at this show he's ony just regot it out of the dusty box its been sitting in....

[udohood]

@udohood this is tech. info; this camera being used was worth abou a few years rent @ the time... Pat ivers says ....It was just Lying around..." (Pat is operating camera) Tommys journals say it was obtained from people who produced gay porno and had to "leave it' at a shoot sight in a Towne house that was above a restuant row establishment;" Variety Garden" the owner had found out that the porn puveyours who watered there were also filming above in the vacant towne house.......

[1garrettbro]

the blues in this just hits me all over my body makes me think of like a rainy night in brooklyn steam comin from the sewer caps neon lighted signs an a junkie nodding out in front of some hand tossed pizza shop just so fuckin down an out johnny thunders legacy lives on

[angellopezvila]

PARE , FILL I ESPERIT SANT !!!

[sirjones88]

hasta la cajeta

[jookieloom]

RIP johnny thunders

[100milnic]

Walter Lure must have been a freakin saint, of course they were JT's songs, but Lure always had it covered when JT went off course live. Lure's Les Paul gave low end crunch to Thunder's more trebly Les Paul Junior's punch with the P90's. Someone Lure some pay! The song is awesome of course, however far it veers in & out

[jagfug]

Love it! Where is this? I saw Johnny many times. This particular performance shows him really feeling the song. You either get this, or you make a stupid comment.

[adamdxion34]

i just want to get stoned right know

[adamdxion34]

im so fucked up great song

[krayzone1]

Reply to Pinkloydfan.Yeah I'll push it. (trying to learn 'Wish You Were Here).

[wolfmei5ter]

epic!



[jam4996]

even at his worst...he was always the greastest performer on earth

[everestthunders]

20 years today....UNFORGOTABLE ! 20 years missing you.

RIP Johnny

[pavloinsua]

where is this show?

[TessaRay]

The most devastating lamentation---a hoopeless junkie struggling towards light. There is help, but first we need to find the willingness. God loves you, John, and so do we.

[problem49]

This drug-addled shit is an insult to the fans who payed to see how good he could be when he wanted to be. Turn this awful junkie crap the hell off.

[soul0luos]

@problem49 Fuck off. He was more than a spectacle for you to admire. He was a person, with all the attendant flaws that entails.

[nshamas]

@problem49 you'll never understand in all your naivety, this is WHO HE WAS, like it or not

[chicoisdaman]

people hating on lure are crazy love johnny but walter carried many a show when johnny was too wasted to play

[whiskey420reviews]

oopsie daisy. so alone ... johnny thunders. one of my idols. oh so traigic. oh so much heart. and passion. wasted away. perhaps misguided. / perhaps manipulated. oh lord. how can 1 can get into a substance dat took control over you. of thee? you lost SOUL. yo

[redstarboy93]

GO JOHNNY ROCK GO ! 

[littlewhitewhore]

Sat reading "in cold blood" i think to myself...."i need rehab"

x

[sopitabo]

Hes gettin some hit off that shit isn't he,dont pass him a joint whatever you do.

Everyone watchin johnny gettin the nods,fuckin funny if someone threw a freezin glass of cold water on his arse,and watch him lite up.

[siarung]

anyone who tells you drugs are bad,pay no heed ,im 87 and i've done em all and in doing so i got to hang out with the smartest most beautiful creative ppl of the 20th c

[sopitabo]

@siarung Fuckin heard that,good for you,you might get the god brigade on yer arse for that comment,"how dare you" .Not PC old boy,fuck em all.

[spookynorman]

@siarung idiot

[idontwantohurtnobody]

ONLY IF YOUR SENSITIVE....YOU BITCH!!

[udohood]

this is worst set ever of thoes days, he was i'll........he was as fit as an acrobat....hes sick during the show the hot vidieo lights caused a half pint of sweat to come off his face like alat once.....this set suckkkkks thats what he'd tell you...it wa s a last minute thing set up on the night they took Meg Griffen...off the air.... the coolest radio show ever WPIX PENTHOUSE...they took it off the air without warning...Lenny Kaye put this line up together its irving Plaza..

[PIERRECLARY]

there's a line missing:

Some days never change

they remain the same

i guess i gotta pack my luggage

new york city's such a

lonely place

[Mrmidnightrambler72]

best version,.....this is rock and roll....love him.

[idontwantohurtnobody]

jozzmerjizzsmear you take it in the -ss just like johnny did....i hope you do h-roin like he did to.....

[PsychadelicElephant]

u cant say take it in the ass or heroin here ? its just empty words and a bad insult,,

[coldironhands1]

he's so drunk, lol I bet he's stoned and drunk and probably did some Opis befor lol... I love you johnny baby, you rock

[deteks9]

he was so dped up lol

[Jambo888]

everything about this is so raw, the music, the lyrics, johnny thunders...

[mariosthunders]

this is not a concert,these are life lessons...the guy is nota singer,he is a life guide...

[coldironhands1]

@mariosthunders yeah.

[coldironhands1]

walter is really lighting shit up when jt drops his guitar

[dLoLe]

@mariosthunders I aggreee with the "this is not a concert" bit.

[coldironhands1]

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[bivstvo]

Soooo fucking great.Ty Johnny.

[TessaRay]

Only God's love and Johnny's Guitar can save us now.

[mariosthunders]

usually when a man is drunk,drugged or strung out generally,he speaks the biggest truths.how many musiciansover the years have told the truth in such a neat,raw way??i think not a single one..Thats why JT will always remain a great legend in history..He wrote awesome music,but also was honest and spoke straight from his heart...

[coldironhands1]

@mariosthunders

Likes this comment.

[coldironhands1]

He's speaking the truth

[natureandchaos]

Good stuff, even though dude is clearly strung out.

[rastamagic]

"Low Low Low Low, let me say a word" [...]"I'm So alone, I'm so all alone"

Johnny Thunders... in cold blood ;)

R.I.P.

[ellisakanormannj]

so true, bitches will just fuck up your life..

[TWHuey]

Reckless and wild guitar tone! Awesome.

[GreenBayLA]

Good God, it's worse than I thought. RIP

[Fetusluxan]

this is a good song,,, a cool guy called Dave told me about this guy,, now I see where Sid Vicious got the kickass influence from,,, long live the legend

[Flipper79able]

They don't make them like him anymore. Tragic and brilliant at the same time.

[louiscfc93]

his drunken rant at the end with the music playin is epic lol

[jakethemustard14]

For the solo, find a G on the fretboard (any G), bend up to A and hold it for the remainder of the AM Chord, then drop down the neck to F and hold that for the remainder of the F Chord.. After that use these notes as your anchors but mess around in the D Minor Pentatonic.. See what sounds good, make it your own..

[CoudyRamone]

@jakethemustard14 can u send me tab of the solo, not real tab just the notes or numbers. tanx

[jakethemustard14]

@CoudyRamone hey dude, il go one better than that.. what im about to tell you is better than any tab you will ever see

Sit down tonight or tomorrow morning, get this tune nice and loud, make sure no-one disturbs you for 2 hours and work out the notes yourself, trial & error.. Once you have done this once you will never look back at a tab book..

Music was made for your ears from our hearts, not your eyes.. I guarantee Johnny Thunders learnt to play this way, all the great guitarists did..

Peace

J

[mariosthunders]

@jakethemustard14

this is the best way to learn a song i agree...fuck what your eyes can read,its all about your ears n soul...

[CoudyRamone]

@jakethemustard14

tanx man took time but got it right

so thank you

[nexivdr]

does anyone know where guitar tabs for this song might be located? i did a google and they have some of his other work but not this song.

[FuckThisCentury]

I dont know the solo and that shit but its am and F that riff that walter playes all along, and before he starts to sing in the beg its a G

[nexivdr]

thanks much, i have been playing for a good amount of time just have the hardest time trying to put the sounds i hear on the fretboard. take it easy man. peace

[FuckThisCentury]

no prob, baba

[siarung]

its Am F Am F x? then G an er thats it

[mariosthunders]

yes,the whole song is Am and F,and after the intro,he puts a G just before he starts singing..

[FuckThisCentury]

ty ,)

[FuckThisCentury]

that vers riff is it Am and F ?

[Flipper79able]

I don't think this 1978.....I think this is 80's.

[FuckThisCentury]

me to son me to

[coldironhands1]

where can i find this whole video?

[coldironhands1]

haha any bitches in here got any balls anyway anyway fuck 'em, bitches dude they fuck yuh life up

[trashqueens13]

this is great.

[enjoiphish]

Check out myspace/ragdollpa

AMAZING BAND!!

[redstarboy93]

C'est toi le meilleur Johnny ! On en fera jamais d'autres comme toi !

[wisesatyr72]

Greatest junkie punk rock legend..

[ruthmarysbaby]

yeah-you got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mariosthunders]

would it be too fucked up to play this song in my marriage??

[Flipper79able]

@mariosthunders If your not serious about the girl your marrying....than no I don't think it would be fucked up. This is a song about anguish and sadness. If you love the girl than it would be insane to play this at your wedding. What the fuck are you thinking?

[mariosthunders]

@Flipper79able

im not marrying yet,it was just a joke,because of the content of the song(pity,sadness and anguish as you say),i fought i would be very funny just to imagine that someone would play that in his marriage.Dont mind me,just bad sense of humor.. ;)

[beckerisatree123]

@mariosthunders i hope you do/did. you'd be the coolest spouse ever

[maxheadroom66]

@mariosthunders: maybe it's a good soundtrack for the funeral… ;;)

[teenysquirrel]

@mariosthunders

lol. so how's your marriage after posting this 1 yr ago?

[idontwantohurtnobody]

@teenysquirrel  she killed him.....

[zepps88]

lmao he is fucked up something fierce. he's still great though.

[amazingfreestuff4u]

a classic! luv JT. hey check my web on how to get a fre ipod and listen to jt the whole time :)

[jemmismeers]

this is probably the best performance of this song...especially from 4:45 on..

[coldironhands1]

I agree

[HeLLkAt31]

This song goes out to all the liein bitches on this planet so i say this to all of you... FUK U!!!

[redslider10]

haha yeah amen!!! i wish all those lying girls would fuckin die !

[DiBiasehere]

What a great number,to bad he was all jacked up,than some skunk killed him for that smack

[KIDAmnesiacBends]

this chord progression is so cool.....has a druggy vibe, good live song

[SeriouS80]

nobody thinks heroin is cool you con.

[jroo3017]

"Many people love me, many people hate me. There's nobody in between. That's the way I prefer it." - Johnny Thunders

I think this applies here!

[Hister333]

@jroo3017 I think most of the people that hated him knew him personally. He was ACTIVE in introducing people to heroin, but yeah, just listening to his music, it's mostly magical.

[markwasthere]

@Hister333 doubtful he would introduce anyone to smack by the time this show happened, he wanted it all for himself and didnt want competition in scoring. probably one of the most selfish, shrewd and coniving humans of all time but i still love ya JT

[Hister333]

@udohood That's what every person interviewed in any book about British or New York Punk says. Um...He was a big speed-freak while he was in the Dolls. According to Sylvain, he thought Johansen was an FBI agent.

[jroo3017]

the only hangover would've been if he didn't get some more dope the next day. this is the kinda shit that makes young idiots think heroin is cool. someone should add the video of johnny on the slab in the morgue to the end of this video. You gotta give some credit, though- he actually managed to live another 20+ years like this! That truly IS amazing. sorry, this video sux- he was much better when NOT wasted.

[8754richard]

You are right about everything you mentioned. Only your wrong about 1 thing, there is no video with Johnny on the slab in the morgue. I know which video you are talking about, but the guy on the slab in the morgue isn't JT but John Spacely. The guy who gets in a fight on stage with Thunders.

[paperbacklou]

Let's remember that in the 70's it was cooler than cool to get completely wasted and still be able to do things, like perform, or drive a car.. Johnny wasn't sick at the time -- he was cooler than cool. And making a statement.

Only in retrospect, 30 years later, do we say he was sick.

[FuckThisCentury]

haha get your fact before you embarrass yourself

[MugsMcClain]

Just IMAGINE the hangover.

[SweetPretendin]

zkaoos; he's fuckin high and depressive. its not a statement. He was sick and high and was far from healthy enough to make a statement

[SatelliteKid1998]

Johnny rocks!!!!!!!!!!

[vegastr0n]

godly.

[cieggou]

thanks

johnny thunders is guitar hero with street more rock that keith richards

[pavloinsua]

where and when this concert was?

[markwasthere]

ny sometime around between 77-79 i think

[yaiknowscrewme]

hes totally nodding..Its a damn shame,all teh shit he put himself thru..i hope hes living easy where ever he is

[sleazyandsteezy]

He's dead dude.

[zkhaos]

this is classic. i really dig it when he lyes down on the floor .. he's fukkin stagemenship is wicked.

[guava247]

lol, the other guitarist was doing the solo. Johnny was passing out the entire video

[zkhaos]

yeh. he was high as fuck.

[scherbenltd]

tragic tragic tragic, i cannot hear this fucking word any more... damn cunts !

[tatyramirez]

la locura...

[WenPburg]

Where is this from? I know someone must have footage from the Second Chance gig in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I think it was in Feb or March of 1981 w/ tiny on bass.

[BurgundyDecker]

Happy Birthday Johnny! RIP LAMF!

[kingcat61]

please,what concert is it?

have you the complete concert?

thanksyou VERY MUCH to post it

[newsourcevisions]

Well I'll just tell you what you wanna hear

I won't break your girlish fears

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

If I tell you too much, baby, I'll get smeared

[newsourcevisions]

what a fukkin rock star. damn..they don't perform or make music like this any more!! too bad.. .. this is real.. fukkin tragic rock star.. raw

[monkfistlust]

my guy

R I P

ur right John

they only respect you when your dead

but you know i always did

[kingcat61]

hi friend

you are not alone

in france johnny was respected before his death

he is not forgotten

rip

[voidodz]

i want to cry

[dreadastiy]

НА КОГО ТЫ НАС ОСТАВИЛ, ДЖОНННННННННИИИИИ"!!!!!***???

РИП

[JohnnyRamoneRulez]

rip thunders ='[

[jozzmer]

well maybe not the misogynistic diatribe

[jozzmer]

this rocks. he was a great songwriter. so alone and cant put yr are songs i wish i wrote. as in they some up the sentiments of lonliness and the human condition perfectly.

[basslinger]

good lord

[RIGID300]

at least he didn't fall down this time.....

[goblindealer]

soul burning threw awsome...

[markwasthere]

whats sad? are you for real?

[devinehell]

heroin addicts are sad.

[ElvarPondo]

yap

[RIGID300]

sometimes he didn't even show up, so damn messed up....

[personnalitycrisis]

I do love Johnny... this makes me so sad, and alone...

[RIGID300]

cheer up- hes in a better place...... too bad they never found out how he died?

[DeeDeeTwo]

I'm pretty sure that this is an exorcism sanctioned by the Catholic Church. Johnny always sweats when he wrestles a big-time Demon. At the end you can see that he prevails... and sings a "Keith Richards" song.

[CBMAN]

man, you gotta love johnny

[RIGID300]

yeah he was cool dude.... rip

[MottOne]

This is a man on a mission. Johnny's got a few things on his mind.

[soupsmoke]

even though he's trashed to hell, this is so rockin roll!

[kodosuk]

very sad

[markwasthere]

i was gonna post this, thanks

[jill500f]

Same here

[FasterLouder]

This just makes me sad.