Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!myers From: myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeff Myers) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: RAMONES tour itinerary, if there's anybody left out there Message-ID: <512@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 13:38:00 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.512 Posted: Sun Dec 2 13:38:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 5-Dec-84 00:53:07 EST References: <43@politik.UUCP> Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 19 > > DON'T SEE THE RAMONES - THEY'RE TERRIBLE. > Depends on whether you are fond of their albums or not. DON'T go to a Ramones concert without first listening to two or three of their early albums. I've seen the Ramones twice, and will do so again, because I like their sense of humour and Johnny's riffs. Many of their songs are extremely repititious, being an extended riff + a few verses thrown in. It helps to realize that they are musically closely akin to the Beach Boys, which they themselves admit. Their most refined song (in the pop music sense) is their version of "Needles and Pins". "We ain't got no friends, our troubles never end, No Christmas cards to send, Daddy likes men. We're a happy family, we're a happy family, We're a happy family, me, Mom, and Daddy."