Man, I'm glad the Ramones died before they got old.

Somebody calm that audience down! They are out of control!

One of the best live acts I've ever seen!

sentex: Somebody calm that audience down! They are out of control!

They are either sedated or overwhelmed by Joey's awesomeness.

OldManDownDRoad: sentex: Somebody calm that audience down! They are out of control!

They are either sedated or overwhelmed by Joey's awesomeness.

My vote is overwhelmed by Joey's awesomeness.
It's not everyday you see a 6'6" skinny-ass punk with 7 pounds of black hair spitting out lyrics at you, hence overwhelming you with his awesomeness.

Man, I miss Joey. Even when they did get old, Joey still got it done.

"Those Ramones sure are ugly people."

I met him once, at the Palladium in the 1980's. He was behind
the bar getting his own beer like he owned the place.

He was a lot chubbier in person, but still very tall and very pale.
Seemed blitzed, but nice enough. Rather like an alcoholic vampire.

The greatness. I'm not seeing it.

This is the only song anyone can name by them. Judy is a punk may also apply.

/Remind me to brush up on my Ramones later.

the KKK took my baby away...

The Notorious HIV: Remind me to brush up on my Ramones later.

Everything you need to know about the first album. (punk pops)

Wow. I just watched End of the Century (new window) Last night on Showtime3

"Smithers, have the Rolling Stones killed."

"But sir..."

Gabba Gabba we accept you

The ramones are terrible and I never understood why it's "cool" to like them....

cfh: The ramones are terrible and I never understood why it's "cool" to like them....

you're terrible and no one thinks its "cool" to like you.

I saw Joey at CBGB in October 2000, just months before he died. I didn't even know he was sick. Awesome show, and Roni Spector opened!

And cfh, if you don't understand why the Ramones are cool, then there's no possible way to explain it to you. What are you, a Lawrence Welk fan?

flecsrogar: you're terrible and no one thinks its "cool" to like you.

Now that makes sense! I can understand that logic.

cfh: flecsrogar: you're terrible and no one thinks its "cool" to like you.

Now that makes sense! I can understand that logic.

I didn't think you'd mind me borrowing it from you.

Whats your problem with the Ramones?

carmody: And cfh, if you don't understand why the Ramones are cool, then there's no possible way to explain it to you. What are you, a Lawrence Welk fan?

Well said carmody -- very much like what Louis Armstrong said when asked "What is Jazz?"

He replied "If you gotta ask, you'll never know".

It's my favorite quote and I haul it out every chance I get! It's kinda like explaining what is great about Elmore James, or Bo Diddley, etc etc

cfh if you need a real answer: if their greatness doesn't strike you right off and you have to think about it you have to keep things in context, understand what minimalism is, understand what rock had become in the mid-70s and how far it had gotten from the approach of its earlier artists... the Ramones were about ripping all that down and getting back to basics (but in a modern context).

That, and they just farking rocked.

The Dynamite Monkey: cfh if you need a real answer: if their greatness doesn't strike you right off and you have to think about it you have to keep things in context, understand what minimalism is, understand what rock had become in the mid-70s and how far it had gotten from the approach of its earlier artists... the Ramones were about ripping all that down and getting back to basics (but in a modern context).

Absotively and Posilutely.

Part of being a music major back in the day was taking a music survey course. We all hated it, thought it was beneath us, etc etc. But it was taught by this really cool professor who just absolutely knew his shiat. And he made us immerse ourselves in a style of music for a day or so before he brought on the next musical movement. We listened to Beethoven and Mozart before we listened to Ravel and Debussy. We listened to Steven Foster before we could hear some Scott Joplin. It really opened my ears and eyes to musical context.

Popular music had fallen into one of its periodic comas by '76 or so. Mellow rock and the so-called California sound had pretty much taken over. Even prog and jazz fusion had fallen by the wayside. The Eagles had abandoned their club-rock roots for MOR. The band that had given us "Already Gone" was now doing "New Kid in Town."

So the Ramones were a blast and a return to what rock was supposed to be: music to get drunk and dance to. That's why I can't understand the audience in the clip - with all knobs on 11 and the boys RAWKING, how can they just sit there? It looks like something out of Dobie Gillis land.

That, and they just farking rocked.

Anyone who hasn't spent some time in a bar with a beer bottle as a mic yelling "I wanna be sedated" needs to re-examine his life.

saw Joey at CBGB in October 2000, just months before he died. I didn't even know he was sick

apprently he didnt either. supposedly even near the end, he was worried about the chemo he was getting affecting his voice, since he was due to go on tour to support his solo album. the docs and his friends and family basically had to tell him, Joey, you're not going on tour.

Ya, I don't understand the zombie audience, unless it's a TV show and they were expecting Lawrence Welk.

I saw them about a dozen times and remember one show at RPM (now the guverment) in Toronto around 1987 (my lawn - begone!). They still served beer in bottles then. After 20 minutes into the show, the Ramones had everyone blitz'd up and the floor was a sea of broken glass. Needless to say, they served drinks in thin plastic cups from then on. ;-)

Hey Ho let's go, three down, one to go!
RIP Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee!

My personal favorite, with a great intro Link (new window)

I Wanna Live (pops)

sentex: Somebody calm that audience down! They are out of control!

they're German...if they are told to sit and enjoy the show they sit and enjoy the show...if told to put some Joos in an oven, they put some Joos in an oven...they are good Germans...

I saw them too many times to say...awesome awesome band live. I remember playing drums in a band with my friend and he would constantly say things like 'We'll play simple stuff...like the Ramones'...yea, simple to count it off but trying to keep time to the Ramone beat was murder on me...

4 chords is all they needed to make some of the best pure R&R songs evar.

/Thanks guys

Does your mother know you are a Ramone?

I saw them 6 times. Always a great show. The opening band would try to kick butt but rarely good. The Ramones would take the stage, the drummer would set a beat then bam, off you go. Of all the shows I've seen I would leave a Ramones show sweating, stinking and grinning from ear to ear.

The Ramones were my first "real" show. (I don't count the time my mom and step-dad dragged me with them to see Glen Frey in full on Miami Vice mode.) I was 15 and wearing my very first pair of combat boots and I was never the same afterwards...

/R.I.P. Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee.

Joey was possibly the nicest rock star who ever lived. Met him once on the street on St. Marks and did an interview with him another time for a magazine that ceased publication before it came out. He was such a regular guy you forgot you were talking to one of the icons of rock history. He'll always be missed.

Tommy, meanwhile, is now doing bluegrass.

The Ramones totally rule.

I'm still envious of my uncle who got to see them live in a High School auditorium.

I would kill for that experience.

Anyone seen Rock n Roll High School? Pretty great flick for Ramones fans, considering a third of it is a concert. Also has a bonus, young appearance by Vince Van Patton, for you WPT poker fans...

Gabba gabba hey!

Time has come today...

carmody: And cfh, if you don't understand why the Ramones are cool, then there's no possible way to explain it to you. What are you, a Lawrence Welk fan?

Don't you be dissin' on L-dawg like that.