Track Listing
DISC 1: L.A.M.F. REVISITED:
1. One Track Mind - (Remix)
2. I Wanna Be Loved - (Remix)
3. Pirate Love - (Remix)
4. Let Go - (Remix)
5. Do You Love Me? - (Remix)
6. Can't Keep My Eyes Off You - (Remix)
7. Get Off the Phone - (Remix)
8. All by Myself - (Remix)
9. Chinese Rocks - (Remix)
10. Baby Talk - (Remix)
11. Going Steady - (Remix)
12. It's Not Enough - (Remix)
13. I Love You - (Remix)
14. Born to Lose - (Remix)
DISC 2: LIVE AT THE LYCEUM:
1. Introduction
2. Pipeline
3. Personality Crisis
4. One Track Mind
5. Too Much Junkie Business
6. Do You Love Me?
7. Just Because I'm White
8. Copy Cat
9. Baby Talk
10. Born to Lose
11. All by Myself
12. In Cold Blood
13. Seven Day Weekend
14. So Alone
DISC 3: D.T.K. LIVE AT THE SPEAKEASY:
1. Chinese Rocks
2. All by Myself
3. Let Go
4. Can't Keep My Eyes on You
5. I Wanna Be Loved
6. Do You Love Me?
7. Get Off the Phone
8. Going Steady
9. I Love You
10. Born to Lose
11. Joey Joey
12. As Tears Go By
13. Disappointed in You
14. Sad Vacation
15. Lydia
16. You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
17. Bring It on Home
18. Eve of Destruction
19. You Can Walk My Dog
20. It's Not Enough
| Details | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
CAN'T PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND A MEMORY includes four albums: L.A.M.F. REVISITED, LIVE AT THE LYCEUM, LIVE AT THE SPEAKEASY and LIVE & WASTED: UNPLUGGED.
Recorded between 1977 and 1990. Includes liner notes by Shane Baldwin.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
You would have to be the utmost fanatical Johnny Thunders worshiper to be able to keep track of all the Thunders-related releases over the years -- especially since his 1991 death, when the floodgates really seemed to open. But if you're looking to acquire most of Thunders' best-known post-New York Dolls recordings in one fell swoop, then the 2002 box set You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory is the way to go. This three-disc set includes L.A.M.F. Revisited (which is basically Thunders' own remix of the Heartbreakers' classic debut release), D.T.K. Live at the Speakeasy, Live at the Lyceum Ballroom 1984, and a smattering of acoustic tracks. By far the best of the bunch is L.A.M.F., which features the Heartbreakers' best-known lineup cranking out such classics as "Chinese Rocks" (which created some controversy with Dee Dee Ramone, who felt he was never given proper credit for penning it); "Can't Keep My Eyes on You"; and a Dolls-era leftover, "Pirate Love." D.T.K. is one of the better live Heartbreakers releases on the market, as the group was still firing on all cylinders, yet the same cannot be said for the heavily dubbed-over Lyceum tracks, which are also available as the DVD Dead or Alive. And although Thunders will always be associated with cranked-to-ten amps (after all, his pre-Thunders moniker was "Johnny Volume"), the ex-Doll did have a gentle side, reflected in "unplugged" versions of such songs as the Stones' "As Tears Go By" and the set's title track. By purchasing this set along with Thunders' 1978 solo release, So Alone, you'll be covering most of the bases of the guitarist's solo standouts. ~ Greg Prato
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