Oldpink from New Castle, InYeah, it was meant in a funny way, but none other than Beavis & Butt-Head gave this one their highest honor while watching it, buy only shouting in approval at the beginning, then remaining nearly silent throughout the rest of the song, clearly enjoying this excellent song.Jason from Aurora, CoI had a chance to see these guys with White Zombie in 1995.The song takes me back to the hard partying at SUNY Stony Brook in, '79
Kevin K from West Babylon I cannot believe that 40 yrs have passed by already.There was not one song comparable to this at that timeīILLY IDOLS dancing with myself sounds a lot like this in the refrain Chris from Germany REVOLUTIONARY song.They could hardly get on the radio, but they did succeed in changing it. But in the pre-Prozac days of 1978, what radio station was going to play a song with the word "sedated" in the title? But that was The Ramones, blissfully caught up in a self-made world of leather jackets, Phil Spector hooks and postmodern humor. "I Wanna Be Sedated" was another attempt by The Ramones to write a hit single, an obsession for the band. He wouldn't go to the burn center till after he finished his New York performance. Its inspiration: Joey Ramone's accidental encounter with an exploding humidifier. Play to your audience, not to each other.Īnd "I Wanna Be Sedated" is a funny look at life on the rock 'n' roll road. By then, the original lineup was changing, but The Ramones' vision never changed: Make fast, loud, fun music. "I Wanna Be Sedated" is from the group's fourth LP, Road to Ruin. What's remarkable is that The Ramones wound up as the only electric guitar, bass and drum quartet on the NPR 100. But perhaps which song made the list doesn't matter. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" was more emblematic of the band's music. The Ramones' 1978 song "I Wanna Be Sedated" was voted onto the NPR 100. So did Johnny and Joey, Tommy and Dee Dee and all the Ramones-to-be. I wasn't a virtuoso - no Keith Emerson - but I did it. Not long after, I would quit my job, sell my car, buy a synthesizer and join a band. It's okay to take risks." I certainly got the message. Along came The Ramones' first LP - 14 songs in less than 30 minutes - and rock 'n' roll was back to stay.Ī new wave of bands came along that seemed to say, "You can do it.
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I was working in a record warehouse in those days, pushing pallets full of Elton John, Bee Gees and K.C. And don't forget: This is supposed to be fun. The Ramones' music was a call to brandish guitars, shift music back to the clubs and sing from the heart and the gut.
It was The Ramones' way of thanking England and The Beatles for rescuing rock 'n' roll from the Bobby Rydells, Bobby Vintons, Bobby Darins and Bobby Vees who were making a mockery of it, subverting the spirit championed by young Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry and Little Richard.īands like The Sex Pistols and The Clash were just getting revved up. The group's performance at the Roundhouse in London jump-started the punk movement. On July 4, 1976, America's 200th birthday, The Ramones went to the Motherland. It was Paul McCartney's stage name during the Silver Beatle days. They altered their first names, and each took on a new last name: Ramone. Big productions and new instrumentation may have given rock legitimacy, but in the process, they took away its intimacy and immediacy.Īlong came Joey, Johnny, Tommy and Dee Dee, four guys from Queens with a passion for short, loud and fast songs with great hooks. Pepper in 1967 and the cultural impact of Woodstock two years later were both a blessing and a curse for rock 'n' roll. Sometimes, I think the critical success of Sgt. Large truck convoys followed them, filled with light towers and smoke machines and other things that had little to do with music. Bands like Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes and Kansas were touring huge arenas. In the mid-'70s, rock had grown into something big, fat, bloated. I think The Ramones took rock 'n' roll back to its soul. "Dear All Things Considered, what are you doing? How can you even think of this bratty four-chord band as music?" I can hear people stomping over to their keyboards now. NPR's Bob Boilen has this appreciation, written for All Things Considered. The Ramones' song "I Wanna Be Sedated" was released in 1978, four years after the band formed in Queens, N.Y.
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