The Ramones Lyrics

    ------ About the song Danny Says performed by The Ramones

I think of End of the Century as The Ramones' most controversial album as it divided Ramones fans like no other. It marked their most blatant attempt at having a hit record, with legendary psycho producer Phil Spector, their tunes reached a new level of pop savvy-ness that they had previously never tried or would ever try to achieve again. Commercially the album flopped, like all Ramones albums, but with a band where consistency is the greatest virtue, End of the Century was unique.

That being said, I fucking love End of the Century. I think it combines the best of punk (The Ramones' previous four albums) with early/legendary early rock and roll girl groups that Spector was known for in his heyday (The Ronettes, etc..).

With THAT being said.. I fucking love the song Danny Says. I don't know why I like it so much, I can't really articulate the way it makes me feel when I listen to it, all I know is that any time I hear Danny Says, I turn up the volume and wish that the Ramones were playing the song in my room (a la Rock'n'Roll High School).

I guess since this is a lyrics website I'll say that the lyrics are fucking awesome.

    ------ About the song BONZO GOES TO BITBURG performed by The Ramones

I know, I know, some people say politics doesn't belong in a pop song, but does this apply to the shallow red, white and blue BS in contemporary country lyrics? The Ramones hit it out of the park with "Bitburg." It shows something a lot of people don't care to see: that Reagan didn't really give a damn about ordinary people, that his view of the world was whacked out. Then again, nowadays the GOP is so far to the right that Reagan wouldn't be welcome in the Party today. Re: an earlier post: Johnny Ramone, the band's great guitarist, was not a Jew and was (gasp) a Republican! He didn't care much for this song, and he apparently fought with bandmates over it. Hard to not like Johnny, though.

    ------ About the song I Wanna Be Sedated performed by The Ramones

The song is about that feeling you get when youre looking forward to something so bad and that last day drags out like a year. you just want to be having the fun of tomorrow but here you are 24 hours to go nothing to do nowhere to go
wanna be sedated - you must know that nervous excitement the day before a holiday. it gets over powering especially if you got nothing to do and nowhere to go

    ------ About the song The KKK Took My Baby Away performed by The Ramones

Dude this song has nothing at all to do with the kkk, johnny symbolized the kkk because he was a right wing conservative. joey wrote the song because johnny stole his girl.... like seriously it has nothing to do with discrimination if you dont like the song just shut up.

    ------ About the song The KKK Took My Baby Away performed by The Ramones

dunno what the guy below me is talking about.

the song is about one of joeys first girl friends. he brung her home from a mental hospital that he was staying in. she spent about a week in the apartment straight with joey(hence why he was in a mental hospital). she ended up leaving joey got sad and wrote the song(she was black if you haven't been able to tell).

- takken from 'i slept with joey ramone', writen by his brother who was also in the apartment the whole time.

and the misfits made fun of the Kennedy assassination for gods sake. the whole song is about 2 people fucking "My cum'll be your life source
And the only way to get it
Is to suck
Or fuck
Or be poor and devoid, and masturbate me
Masterbate me, then slurp it from your palms
"

    ------ About the song I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend performed by The Ramones

I completely agree with Oi_skinhead the Ramones were not the gods of punk I would have the say the first real god-head of punk would have to the sex pistols....the the band in America would have to be like: Misfits, Black Flag, Rancid, D.R.I, I could go on all day who really gives a flying fuck about what avril lavigne does.
Listen to some good music not avril lavigne for God sake.

    ------ About the song Beat On The Brat performed by The Ramones

This song is a true classic, although I feel I must correct the previous well-intentioned but incorrect reviewers. I was present in Queens in the '70s when these lyrics were handed down to Joey Ramone. A UFO came down from the sky and opened up and and an alien placed a typewritten sheet of glowing paper in his hands. The "Brat" in the song refers to Quaxrophllix 9, overlord of the moons of Saturn, and the release of the song spurred a fierce round of solar warfare on Titan.

This song is a legendary piece of punk rock history that helped shape the lives of many young Beings.

    ------ About the song Beat On The Brat performed by The Ramones

Beat on the Brat is probably my favorite 'Ramones' songs, and for a fan of my caliber that says a lot. The song is probably about Johnny Ramone having been purportedly assaulted by Joey with a memorabilia baseball bat signed by Micky Mantle during a live performance. The song could also be interpreted as a historical account of a woman that Joey Ramone may or may not have had an affair with in a heroin stupor during their 1996 lollapalloza tour. The 7 year old woman was later assaulted by Marky Ramone, the bands drummer, who had also been in love with the temptress. The aftermath of the incident sent shockwaves thoughout the music industry and eventually led to several of the band members having been executed by god in one way or another. The song that was posthumously composed will forever be recognized as an emotive reflection on the tumultuous history of this great band.

    ------ About the song Beat On The Brat performed by The Ramones

The first time I heard "Beat on the Brat", I enjoyed it but dismissed it as nothing more than a catchy song that was written to get maximum radio airplay. It wasn't until I later examined the lyrics that I realized the creative talent that went into this little masterpiece.

Joey Ramone claims to have written the song about a time when he witnessed a mother going after a "spoiled Queens brat" with a baseball bat, but when one examines the lyrics with a clever eye, the true meaning is clear.

The song is actually a social commentary written about the disaster in New Orleans on September 5, 2005. The "brat" refers to New Orleans itself, a city full of flare and partying, which may seem far less formal in comparison to other major US cities such as San Francisco. "Beat on the brat" obviously references said brat being ravaged by a category five hurricane.

Ramone's conservative viewpoints are showcased numerous times throughout the song. First of all, the use of a baseball bat to beat on the brat is an example of his patriotism and love for America (as baseball is widely considered America's national pastime.) In the other verse, Ramone slyly asks, "What can you do with a brat like that always on your back?" Perhaps he knew about George W. Bush's hatred for New Orleans, or perhaps it was coincidental, but the meaning is there-- Hurricane Katrina was an inside job.

Whether Ramone agrees with Bush's policy on removing the city remains in question. It's possible that it could've been done without so much destruction and loss of life. However, the repeated use of "oh yeah" throughout the song is a hint at his approval.

"Beat on the Brat" is a punk rock masterpiece that will be remembered throughout the ages, not only for its brilliantly catchy hooks and riffs, but also for its subtle social commentary that went clear over the heads of most listeners.

    ------ About the song The KKK Took My Baby Away performed by The Ramones

I'm sorry for your loss as well, but for other commentators this song is not tongue-in-cheek. It is obviously about the murder of civil rights workers in Alabama in 1965, when the President and the FBI were used to arrest Ku Klux Klan members when the local law enforcement was unable or unwilling to bring people to justice.

Although it is a relatively light-hearted and upbeat song, the lyrics represent a very serious issue that was still in people's collective memory at the time.

Hell even the Dead Kennedys were writing political songs about Vietnam after the fact. The Misfits were writing about the Kennedy assassination decades after it happened -- precisely because these are serious and memorable events for people.

So I think Andrew is justified to feel emotionally about the topic -- it is a serious song about serious political issues. Regardless of what the Ramones may have intended, the song obviously overlaps with real historical events. And the fact that it is still controversial shows just how affective of a political commentary it is.