The Ramones' willingness to do certain things poll

danny says is so sad and beautiful

best ilx poll ever. genius.

Things that you may not know, but probably did...

That Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan wrote "I don't wanna grow up" for they. And did a version of "The return of Jackie and Julie" themselves.

xpost Danny Says is just about the best Ramones song, I think. Not the most fun but the one where you really feel what it must have been like being trapped in a cartoon.

http://blog.wfmu.org/.a/6a00d83451c29169e20147e1c8a356970b-800wi

someone made a quiz! http://www.sporcle.com/games/category/music

how did joey wanting to steal from the rich and give to the poor ("howling at the moon") sit with johnny, a republican?

as well as anything else Joey cared about

"It's called "My brain is hanging upside down", Johnny, Honest!"

I used to be an A student
I never used to complain
I used to be a truant
But I'm still the same
Bad, bad brain

Excerpt From Richard Hell's I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp:

The band had gathered at Arturo Vega’s loft for the interview. Arturo was the Ramones’ art director and best friend and main booster. I turned on the tape recorder and started asking questions. In a minute, Dee Dee was explaining the group’s songs and he said the first one they’d written was “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around with You,” and the next one was “I Don’t Wanna Get Involved with You,” and then “I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement.” I don’t wanna this and I don’t wanna that. Finally he offered, “We didn’t write a positive song until ‘Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue.’” Someone who was actually dumb would never be able to think of that, which of course makes it even funnier.”

“We didn’t write a positive song until ‘Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue.’”

love that quote so much