Lee Flier Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 What a sad day for rock'n'roll this is... it's going to take a long time for me to believe he's not around anymore. Gonna go crank up some Ramones now... --Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Worthington Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Originally posted by Lee Flier: What a sad day for rock'n'roll this is... it's going to take a long time for me to believe he's not around anymore. Gonna go crank up some Ramones now... --Lee I think I need to be sedated. It's a sad day indeed. What a bummer. jw Affiliations: Jambé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curve Dominant Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 I DON'T CAREI DON'T CAREI DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS WORLDI DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT GIRLI DON'T CARE-The Ramones, Rocket To Russia I luved that song. See ya in the next life, Joey. curvedominant Eric Vincent (ASCAP) www.curvedominant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 This is the first I'd heard. What happened? Major bummer.... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kudyba Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 see THIS story...damn I didn't even know he was sick (lymphomic cancer). Should fill a part of Howard Stern's show in the AM... Wow just saw Kurt Loder do a nice tribute. Joey had been battling cancer for 7 years and apparently a recent hip injury made it more difficult for him to fight it. Damnit and I never saw them play. When I was living in CT, they used to always play Toad's Place in New Haven and I kept saying, "Ahh I'll catch them next time". Then they retired but I thought I'll catch them on the reunion tour--maybe with Marky on drums again...now I'll never get to see them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trick fall Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 I can't believe it, I'm totally bumming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 The Ramones always seemed a lot smarter and deeper than the image they were projecting. There have been a lot of times when I wanted to hear music, and only a Ramones record would do the job. Good job, Joey (and the rest of the crew). Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pro Jules Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Damn! A fine figure of a punk rocker if there ever was one.Big loss.Some stories.My Granny went into a record store in her native New York to pick up some albums to bring me in London back in the 1970's - aged 70 she brought over Rocket To RussiaTalking heads first albumLive at Max's Kansas city Talk about a cool Granny! Joey Ramone gave me the most humorous & kind music biz put down I ever received! Drunk and at a club in the mid 80's I spotted the punk legend chatting to a friend, the Ramones were in one of their deep 'lull' periods, with seemingly zilch going on for them from a dumb Joe public (moi) point of view.. After waiting for a gap in their conversation (which never came) I butted in and had the audacity as a junior engineer and fledgling producer to hand him my card and tell him that if they ever needed to record in London they could give me a call as I could do a good job as their producer (I shudder now!) Anyhow, Joey, took my card and said "That's cool man, because when it comes album time - like, we just - like, (twiddles the fingers on both hands) FLICK THROUGH THE CARDS!" and he smiled warmly at me. I had a very slow walk back to my friends and PLENTY of time to thing about this genial, kind and brilliant send up!! A fuckin genius! On many levels! A statue would be appropriate! I hope they pay heed to his wishes on the type of cemetery he wishes to be buried in. LAMF http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Jules This message has been edited by Julian standen on 04-16-2001 at 09:38 AM Jules Producer Julian Standen London, UK, Come hang here! http://www.gearslutz.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miroslav Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Real bummer...the King of the punk rockers! miroslav - miroslavmusic.com "Just because it happened to you, it doesn't mean it's important." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alndln Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Mid 70's,I'd just gotten off the road with a major commercial solo artist and was dying to have my own band doing my own stuff and the only place to do that at the time was a little club called CBGB.At the time only a couple of bands played there so far,Television,Patti Smith,Richard Hell,Talking Heads,The Ramones and then we came along so we had to audition.The only people in the audience were the Ramones looking extremly bored,but at the end of the set Joey told Hilly(club owner)that we were alright and that he should book us,Thanks Joey,and get some rest. "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 The first band I ever saw live was the Ramones... Such is life! Kris My Band: http://www.fullblackout.com UPDATED!!! Fairly regularly these days... http://www.logcabinmusic.com updated 11/9/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted April 17, 2001 Share Posted April 17, 2001 One of my favorite onstage moments was singing Rock 'n' Roll High School in a new wave cover band. The Ramones were an interesting breed: happy punkers. It was feel good anarchy, a unique and very catchy approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gae_layahoo.it Posted April 17, 2001 Share Posted April 17, 2001 every single time i hear an early Ramones tune i get this picture in my mind: a fourteen year old kid violently shaking a beercan and spraying everyone around. life's a gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatheavy Posted April 17, 2001 Share Posted April 17, 2001 "hey ho let's go...hey ho let's go.........this often goes through my head when things are goin tough.we'll miss ya joey.JLB ATOMIX! http://www.abc.net.au/common/logos/whtblkgrn.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Gauss Posted April 17, 2001 Share Posted April 17, 2001 well sad day indeed. it's a week until my birthday and one of my heroes dies. 10 years ago almost to the day, another one of my heroes (johnny thunders) died. i played a short tribute to joey tonite at a gig. (including a jump swing/blues version of rockaway beach...) fond joey memories:years ago at a night club i worked at, joey innvited my to play the "space invaders" acrcade game with him. joey puts in the quarters and for 15 minutes, he's killing aliens left and right. finally, it's my turn and i last maybe 20 secs before i'm dead. joey says, "you suck i don't wanna play with you any more!" years later i'm in this band and i run into joey at the now defunct nyc palladium club. i try to refresh his memory and ask him if he'd consider listening to our tape. he says, "yeah gimme." and stuffs the tape in his pocket. the next week club owners started calling us for gigs. thanks joey! -d. gauss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted April 17, 2001 Share Posted April 17, 2001 Joey will certainly be missed. A true original. I'd love to see some of today's acts have more of that spirit. Phil O'KeefeSound Sanctuary RecordingRiverside CA http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html pokeefe777@msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_powellpalmercay.com Posted April 17, 2001 Share Posted April 17, 2001 The one time I saw them live was long after their heyday. I wasan original fan from the Leave Home days, but then I was too young and my parents weren't cool enuff to cart us to a Ramones show inthe station wagon. So years later, my girlfriend surprises me for my birthday witha truly non-lame gift of tickets to the Ramones show circa '95 I think. Right after Acid Eaters came out. We were standing around the crowded floor of this converted warehouse cause there were no seats. We were near a side door whichopened and right by me walks Johnny and Joey and the other two.They just trotted up to the makeshift stage and demonstrated thatrock and roll is not dead, something Frank Black had just failed todo in the opening act though I believe him capable. Footnotes: They did a killer rendition of Elton John's "Can YouFeel the Love Tonight?" which I would never have enjoyed otherwise.Most memorably, it was the loudest show I have ever attended withoutexception. Painfully so. Way more volume than the room required.Have to say that's my one regret. Joey was the only one who would write a song called "I Don't WantTo Walk Around With You". He was a true original, and in this age,that's the best tribute I can offer. You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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