I had a grand time listening to "old" music this morning. By old, I mean a year or older -- LOL. I listened mostly to The Goo Goo Dolls' Dizzy Up the Girl. Then I played some tracks from Pearl Jam's Ten Album (notably the tracks Jeremy and Release). Then I played a little of Lifehouse (yes, I listen to them once in a while). And then I noticed a CD that I haven't played in a very long while. So I picked out the Ramones CD from out of the dusty shelves. The last time I played this was New Year's eve 2002. I had this one copied, since it was a rare album that I had no chance of ever buying. An officemate of mine was fortunate to have an original CD. I was even more fortunate because he burned a copy for me! LOL :-)) I listened to Joey yammer away for the rest of the morning.

It was great listening to songs like I Want to Be Sedated, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend and Sheena Is a Punk Rocker. It was even more fun singing Needles and Pins and KKK Took My Baby Away. It brings me right back to my moshing days, when we moshed till the early morn in gigs held in the most obscure places. Ask anyone who witnessed and participated in the punk revival movement of the mid-90's and they will tell you that the Ramones were the single-most-influential band that was ever on stage -- even if they'd never seen them! Such was their influence that it was a sad day indeed when Joey Ramone died 2 years ago. It was a tragic day for all of punkdom. Here's to the memory of Joey -- OI!


P.S.
Take a peek at The Lone Gunmen site (these are the three geeks that help Fox Mulder ocassionally). Float your mouse pointer over the Ramones poster.