Incoherent Ramones Rant
Johnny Joey and Dee Dee are all gone and they are getting more media attention than they ever got when the band was going. Marky Ramone has thankfully stopped embarrassing himself with the latest incarnation of The Misfits, but more insidious things are afoot....
The relentless rehashing of the Ramones back catalog has started with the release of the Weird Tales of the Ramones, Ramones shirts are being sold as a fashion item in major high street retailers. Sod that I almost punched some bloke for pointing to my Ramones shirt and saying "well they are not going to reform now hah hah hah" a week after Joey died, and now the same guy is wearing a brand spanking new Ramones shirt. I hope it remains in pristine condition so people can point and laugh at him for years to come.
Worse than that the whole music press who criminally ignored the Ramones during their lifetime is running articles on them almost constantly (I am aware of Irony on some level here as I am typing this). As a Ramones fan I am fed up with this and the way that CJ has been written out of the official ramones site note how his name does not appear on the front page. I am not too bothered about Richie's name not being there even though he is in my opinion a better drummer and songwriter than Marky, anyone remember "Somebody Put Something In My Drink".
Anyhow it appears that the Ramones history will be written by Marky, Tommy and a whole host of onlookers and parasitic journalists rather then the band. The last Ramones purchase I made was End Of the Century which is that last thing on the band anyone should buy, lets not contribute any more money to the Marky Ramone Retirement Fund please.
The relentless rehashing of the Ramones back catalog has started with the release of the Weird Tales of the Ramones, Ramones shirts are being sold as a fashion item in major high street retailers. Sod that I almost punched some bloke for pointing to my Ramones shirt and saying "well they are not going to reform now hah hah hah" a week after Joey died, and now the same guy is wearing a brand spanking new Ramones shirt. I hope it remains in pristine condition so people can point and laugh at him for years to come.
Worse than that the whole music press who criminally ignored the Ramones during their lifetime is running articles on them almost constantly (I am aware of Irony on some level here as I am typing this). As a Ramones fan I am fed up with this and the way that CJ has been written out of the official ramones site note how his name does not appear on the front page. I am not too bothered about Richie's name not being there even though he is in my opinion a better drummer and songwriter than Marky, anyone remember "Somebody Put Something In My Drink".
Anyhow it appears that the Ramones history will be written by Marky, Tommy and a whole host of onlookers and parasitic journalists rather then the band. The last Ramones purchase I made was End Of the Century which is that last thing on the band anyone should buy, lets not contribute any more money to the Marky Ramone Retirement Fund please.
posted by Mr Pretzels at 1:23 pm
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