No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers.

There were people I liked, though, like Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers. I never minded seeing them individually or as a band. Dee Dee knew them better because he would do drugs with them, and they were all junkies. When you talk to junkies, it’s hard to have a conversation, because somehow their mind will always be on getting drugs. I’d see Thunders in the street or at a club, and we’d talk. The best conversation I ever had with him was shortly before he died in that New Orleans flophouse in 1991. I saw him at the Limelight in New York a few months before that, and we talked baseball. I always liked him and thought he was one of the most influential guitar players in rock and roll. I would have liked to have done a recording with him, maybe a cover song or something, because I always felt that he was sloppy and always had a band that could be a lot tighter. He would have been better playing with me. I could have tightened up one element of the sound.

— Johnny Ramone, Commando.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 294 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The O’Jays — “Love Train (Original Album Version)” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary

Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou — “Ko Guere (Folklore Dendi)” — The Bariba Sound 1970-1976

Travis Wammack — “Scratchy” — That Scratchy Guitar from Memphis

Lester Sterling & Stranger Cole — “Bangarang” — Jamaican Funk Experience

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention — “Andy” — One Size Fits All

Dara Puspita — “Lihat Adikku (See My Little Sister)” — Dara Puspita 1966-1968

IT’S MADISON TIME…

New York Dolls — “Pills” — New York Dolls

THE SECOND SET

Eiko Shuri — “Yé-Yé” — Nippon Girls 1: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70

Deep Feeling — “Pretty Colours” — Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966–1972

Nemours Jean-Baptiste — “Chaise” — A Visit To Haiti

Orville ‘Red’ Rhodes — “Lothario In A” — Velvet Hammer In A Cowboy Band

Sexteto Manaure — “Bajo El Trupillo Guajiro” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985

Bobby Fuller Four — “Never to Be Forgotten [mono]” — LA Gemstones: The Rock Box

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou — “Se Tche We Djo Mon” — The Vodoun Effect: Funk And Sato From Benin’s Obscure Labels 1972-1975

Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers — “Come See About Me” — 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection

Big Joe & The Aggrovators / Revolutionaries — “Living In Sin” — Keep Rocking and Swinging

THE THIRD SET

Little Hooks & The Kings — “Jerk Train” — Show Me What You Got! Sixteen Soul Slathered Sizzlers!!!

Arsenio Rodriguez — “Se Forno El Bochinche” — Nu Yorica Roots! The Rise of Latin Music in New York City in the 1960’s

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers — “I Wanna Be Loved” — L.A.M.F. (The Lost ’77 Mixes)

Meas Samon — “Jol Dondeung Kone Key (Going To Get Engaged)” — Cambodian Rocks

Orgone — “Keep Searching (feat. Tiffany Austin)” — New You Part 2

King Tubby — “Higher Ranking” — King Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi Dubplate Specials 1975-1979

J.C. Davis — “The Splib Pt. 1” — Let’s Soul Dance: Black Dance Crazes 1957-1962

Fadoul — “Laylat Al Jadba” — Al Zman Saib

THE FINAL SET

Allen Matthews — “Allen’s Party” — Feeling Nice Vol 2: A Collection Of Super Rare & Super Heavy Funk 45s From The Late ‘60s & Early ‘70s

Sebastien Pynasco & Orchestre Black Santiago — “Sadé” — African Scream Contest 2: Benin 1963​-​1980

The Stooges — “I Wanna Be Your Dog” — The Stooges

Ilaiyaraaja / Vani Jairam — “Thanimayil” — Solla Solla: Maestro Ilaiyaraaja and The Electronic Pop Sound of Kollywood 1977-1983

James Brown — “There It Is, Pt. 1 [Mono]” — Star Time: The Godfather of Soul

Augustus Pablo — “Pablo In Fine Style” — In Fine Style: Original Rockers 7″ And 12″ Selection 1973-1979

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