Ramones appreciation thread

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strike Wrote:as much as I can apreciate them from a distance I cant help but associate them with tossers like Edith Bowman and every other wannabe punksta since they ceased to exist.

also apreciate what THEY stood for, its just the evryone else I have an issue with.

This is crossover mass culture at its best ;/

Hahaha I was a big Ramones fan in school. Always wanted a tshirt, but they were hard to get and I couldnt afford £28 in Virgin for one (this was the early 90s).

Now theres tshirts galore, and i can never wear one because every hipster spa has one in his/her closet. I read a blog post years ago about this were some grumpy old git pointed out that from his own experience, many of the people wearing the shirts didnt even know they were a band!!

Anyway, my point is, just because someone has a tshirt and mentions the Ramones doesnt mean they are a fan, and secondly, judging a band or a type of music purely by those who claim to be its fans would leave you hating nearly every genre of music ever created.

BTW - does everyone know 'Warthog'? One of Dee Dee's rare vocal appearances? that tune is sick. Ranks up there with '53rd + 3rd' and 'Today your love' as my fave Ramones tunes.
droid Wrote:Hahaha I was a big Ramones fan in school. Always wanted a tshirt, but they were hard to get and I couldnt afford £28 in Virgin for one (this was the early 90s).

Now theres tshirts galore, and i can never wear one because every hipster spa has one in his/her closet. I read a blog post years ago about this were some grumpy old git pointed out that from his own experience, many of the people wearing the shirts didnt even know they were a band!!

There was someone on the Antiques Roadshow with an original Ramones t-shirt, bringing some rubbishy 'old' crockery valued at peanuts. Nobody noticed that the t-shirt was worth a lot more.

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i have an original ramones shirt. any bids ? its not mint, but looks really vintage!! Grin
i uploaded "endless vacation" for all your pleasure.
what a fucking song!
dee dee on the mic :d

enjoy it, and then go buy all their records/cds!

http://fanumusic.com/endlessvacation/12%...cation.mp3

Falcon
Unsane Wrote:
kontra Wrote:yea just one is left from the original Icon_sad

and that is just the drummer who they all said played no part in the sound of ramones.
Icon_eek
give the guy some credit.

the drummer is the basis of any band sound imho
how can it not be?

and now Tommy Ramone has died as well Icon_sad
Yeah, all the original members now gone... They all passed away in their late 40's/early 50's it seems Icon_sad


R.I.P.
I salute The Ramones:

Music critic for the Tally Ho
Excellent interview of the Ramones by space Ghost. Starting at 8.24 - they neither do bands not TV shows like this these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idfkr-X4CXk
Music critic for the Tally Ho

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