[kj] OT- Alex, Johnny speaks of the Ramones

[Alexander Smith]

The Ramones didn't sniff glue to be 'avant garde' (assuredly the last  
thing on their minds). Forrest Hills, Queens was as dismal a place as  
mid-70's Britain.  No one as a trademark on teenage ennui.

Alex in NYC


On Sep 21, 2007, at 9:48 AM, iPat wrote:


> when The Ramones sung about I wanna wanna sniff some glue, we were

> doing it, not to be avante guarde but because that was what life was

> at that time. When Lydon sung No Future we identified with that. Beat

> the Brat was chanted on football terraces while we ran riot on a few

> steps.

>

> On 9/21/07, iPat <pmdavies at gmail.com> wrote:

>> some romanticise, theorise, some experienced.

>>

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