The album appears several times in the 2000 film High Fidelity. "Don't Never Leave Me" was re-recorded and released as "Don't You Ever Leave Me" on Hanoi Rocks' fifth album Two Steps from the Move. "Walking With My Angel" is a cover of a song from 1961 by Bobby Vee]. The biggest hit of the album was "Tragedy". The album was originally going to be titled Some Like It Hot or Some Like It Cut, but Jim Pembroke suggested the name Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, which the band ultimately chose. Also Michael Monroe says that he can't listen to his singing on the first Hanoi-album, as voice wasn't very good yet. Even though the album is regarded by many as good, Andy McCoy commented in the December, 1981 issue of Soundi that Johansson ruined many of the songs. While the album was produced by Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe under the name "The Muddy Twins" (inspired by "The Glimmer Twins"), the album was recorded by Swedish Seppo Johansson, who worked at the studio. The song was later reworked in to a hit-version titled " Don't You Ever Leave Me", which is featured on the album Two Steps from the Move.Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks was recorded in February, 1981, between Hanoi Rocks' club shows. On the Japanese single, the song "Don't Never Leave Me" was used as the B-side. Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, an Album by Hanoi Rocks. "Café Avenue" wasn't released on an album until 1982's Self Destruction Blues. This song was also recorded at Park Studios outside Stockholm at the Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks recordings. The story is largely inspired by Hanoi Rocks's own life on the streets of Stockholm, where people thought the band were homosexual prostitutes because of their glam rock-look. Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks is the first studio album by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, released in 1981. The song also features a story told from the point of view of a character who lives a rough, young and wild life, but eventually has to turn to prostitution to earn money. "Café Avenue" talks about Hanoi Rocks's individualist-attitude and how it doesn't matter how you look and who you are. Album: Bangkok Shocks Saigon Shakes Hanoi Rocks / Oriental Beat 15. "Tragedy" was recorded at Park Studios outside Stockholm at the Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks recordings. It is also melodic, even though the guitar parts are a punk style. A rock band from this Scandinavian nation was an anomaly in itself but their sound was very reminiscent of classic. The song is very energetic and has a fast tempo. Finland's Hanoi Rock seemed like a band ten years out of time and an ocean and most of a continent away when they debuted in 1981 with their reinvention of early seventies glam rock on Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks'. At some point it all collapses and it feels that the world is breaking. Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks Saigon Shakes Hanoi Roc (Vinyl) Specifications. The lyrics basically deal with a typical teen story of a first love and how one imagines it will last forever. "Tragedy" was written by the band's guitarist Andy McCoy when he was 15 or 16. In 1995, Casino reunited with former Hanoi Rocks bandmate Andy McCoy for a tour with his then band Shooting Gallery. "Tragedy" and its B-side, "Café Avenue", are the most well-known songs from Hanoi Rocks's early career. Includes Album Cover, Release Year, and User Reviews. " Tragedy" is a single by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, from the album Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, but "Tragedy" was released a little before the release of the album. Features Song Lyrics for Hanoi Rockss Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks album. The Muddy Twins ( Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe) Johanna Kustannus, Tandan, Nippon Phonogram