Joey Ramone's gone

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Just came over the AP wire:

NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Joey Ramone, the punk rock icon whose signature yelp melded with the Ramones’ three-chord thrash to launch an explosion of bands like the Clash and the Sex Pistols, died Sunday. He was 49.¶
Ramone, the gangly lead singer with the leather jacket, tinted glasses and permanently-torn jeans, was hospitalized in March 2001 with lymphoma. His death was confirmed Sunday by Arturo Vega, the Ramone’s longtime artistic director.

Now I’m starting to feel real old . . .

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Damn, damn, damn. I guess it’s gonna be nostalgia time at my house tonight. Between him and Kirsty MacColl, it’s been a bad year for rock fans. See ya, Joey, and thanks for all the memories.

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Man, that sucks. I was sure the Ramones would come around just one more time. They used to play around here 4-5 times a year, and I usually skipped it figuring I would see them next time.

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Damn.

Rest in peace, Joey.
Rose

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Oldscratch just told me this.

Man, that sucks. I saw the Ramones a few years ago.

This has cast a shadow over my night.

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:frowning:

Bye Joey. Hope you’re playing your three chord rock in heaven somewhere.

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Dammit.

I guess it’s time to fire up the old turntable and listen to some of those great old albums. Anyone up for a screening of “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School”?

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I’m sure he’s in heaven right now starting up their band with a “Onetwothreefour”… Rest in peace Joey…

:Keith sadly wanders out to play “Blitzkrieg Bop”

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He was a big part of the soundtrack of my youth. Sad, sad sad.

Crank up the volume and feel young again!

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A great loss to rock ‘n’ roll. In the words of the man himself:

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Bye Joey :frowning:

::puts on The KKK Took My Baby Away and gets nostalgic for 3 chords and onetwothreefour::

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RIP, Joey.

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What happened to “Too Tough to Die?”

Aah well.

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My mom saw them when they were still at CBGB’s. This makes me feel… young.

Rest in peace, Joey. I’ll be Blitzkrieg boppin’ it all night down here.

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Gonna miss ya Joey…

and now…I wanna be sedated…

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Oh Man…I saw the Ramones thrice during their heyday, and they were the only band that truly gave me hearing loss for a week at a time . It was worth it, too.

Ain’t nobody gonna fill those black Converse.

RIP, Joey; didn’t expect it. I always though ya’d be the Tony Bennett of 2020.

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Joey Ramone was the epitome of coolness. I’m bummed now.

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On the bright side he’ll never Wanna Be Sedated again…
Those were the days… and now they’re gone… man.

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That sucks
Im gonna go sniff some glue

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Eleanor Ringel, superstar Atlanta Journal-Constitution film critic, called Rock’n’Roll High School “everything Grease should have been but wasn’t.”

Most of the credit for that went to Joey and the rest of the Ramones. The world is now a lesser place.

How sudden was this? The OP said he was hospitalized in March. Was his diagnosis at the same time, or has this been on the horizon for some time now?

Don’t rest in peace, Joey. Rock the Pearly Gates off their hinges, and call God out for his shit just like you did Reagan when he went to Bitburg.