New York Dolls - You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory

[Hister333]

Fuck the 4 people. Sylvain knew that Johnny should be here. It's not the Dolls without Johnny...

[metalgarry94]

there just paying tribute man give them a break

[HSECMAN]

you mean they exploded on stage?

[TheSaxonViolins]

Will they ever get the message?

[fuzzbass68]

They're a band. Bands can play any song they like - even a Johnny Thunders song, a Shangri Las song or a Jesus Christ song - what's the fuckin controversy?

And it's totally ok if they don't do it well - they're a rock n roll band. They can play it drunk, stoned, on acid, forget the words, vomit on stage, roll in broken glass, be a bit boring or pay tribute to a loved one. It's their right.

It's not like they burn't the master tape of the original version. Get over it.

[sothewind]

that's bullshit! I'm gonna punch Johannsen in the face if I ever see him.

[SwingRiots]

@sothewind I know. How dare they play a song in tribute of their decased friend and bandmate (note the sarcasm).

[deadboys1010]

Nope, this oughta be off limits for them to touch, especially when played this off-beat.

If you wanna go cover any of his NYD-penned tracks, go ahead, but this was always a solo song. And its not one just anyone oughta sing. I mean, I personally feel off-kilter knowing that there's a New York Dolls touring and Johnny's not playing in it. That already doesn't feel right. But Sly singing You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory? I draw the line.

Nice segue into Lonely Planet Boy though.

[artlesclark]

you cant put and lonely planet boy as one great

[g33kL]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck wtf is that?

[satori03]

Johnny must have rolled over in his grave when they did this

[fuzzbass68]

@satori03 He's dead. He's doesn't give a shit. And if he did, he'd probably have other things on his mind.

[DikkSteini]

Go Syl !!!!

[ayotollah]

This is rolling stones lol playing johny thunder song

[flenost]

this is new york dolls, and yes they playing one of johnnys songs, he's a former nyd member.

[FuckThisCentury]

this is ny dolls stupid and yes they are

[actooon]

I'm sorry for my typing mistakes - my typing table is destroyed because of my fist directs sometimes... NOT Tagreb but Zagreb. NOT puk but punk, fuckin' holly shit!!!

[actooon]

The REAL inventors of puk rock!!! HEY MAN - I saw this great band 27th August 2007 in Tagreb, Croatia. They exploited on stage! pure 100% energy!!! I'm crazy bassplayer but : this man played bass as a gunsmith! All of them are high top qualification musicions! One of the best shows ever!!!! Thanx for this video! Cheers, Actooon

[sopostelnik]

WTF was that?? Some different version of Thunders' eternal song?

[cubfan531]

It's actually called "Can't Put My Arms Around You, Johnny", its a tribute by his ex-band mates to their fallen lead guitarist. It really is a tribute to their friend and not a playlist filler.

[JoeKersten]

Very right, I've seen them a couple of times and each time they introduce this song the entire crowd starts singing before they can even start playing, it's a very touching experience.