punk rock was so f ing scary to us because here we are with our big majestic songs and here comes punk. the ramones get started as a reaction to everything else going on. people see them and go this is the answer. hey ho let s go this is how rock and roll is supposed to be done. how is it supposed to be done? no phony showmanship. it s pure rock and roll. pure good stamina. real and raw, and there s no crap involved. as opposed to the standard
pulsating to the back beat blitzkrieg bop just real and raw and there s no crap involved, as opposed to the standard schlap we hear on the top 40. the ramones are part of a wider new york scene. you had people like patti smith. i m an artist. rock n roll is my art. the new york dolls. the dead boys. rock and roll anybody can play. and richard hell. richard hell was one to cut his own hair. ripping his clothes and safety pinning them together. he was the king of the punks. the safety pin thing, for instance, is his. it s pretty clear that he invented that. hey, ho, let s go punk in the united states is a statement of sorts of what music is and how it ought to be played. in england, punk rock is not a musical statement, it is a social one.
group is dead. he was 27. the early years of the 70s were sad in music because you lose people, and you lose the beatles. this small gathering is only the beginning. the event is so momentous that historians may one day view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. the beatles are breaking up. it was like a death for a lot of people. rock and roll as we understood in the 1960s was no longer with us. imagine there s no heaven it s easy if you try for so long you waited for the next beatles album to see where music was going.
punk rock was so f-ing sayy to us because here we are with our big majestic songs and here comes punk. the ramones get started as a reaction of everything else going on. people see them and go this is the answer. let s go this is how rock and roll is supposed to to be done. it s pure rock and roll. pure good stamina. real and raw and there s no crap involved as opposed to the standard schlap we here on the top 40.
the president s plane doesn t have an organ nor 15-foot mirrored bar, nor in the private quarters does it have two bedrooms and a fireplace. i m a bit upset it doesn t have a pool table onboard. apart from that, i think this is the best way to travel. americans are now spending $2 billion a year on music. that s $700 million more than the whole movie industry grosses from ticket sales in one year. about three-times the amount of money taken in by all spectator sports. i m telling you rock n roll basically is no different than ibm, xerox, sarah lee, chevrolet, supply and demand, it s the same business. rock n roll had been a gritty novelty business. it was not the center of the world in the 50s and 60s. in the 70s it becomes the main event. that has repercussions in all sorts of positive and negative ways. the total cost of this tour is $3.5 million. now the gross of the tour is in the region of $11 million.