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Joey Ramone's Dead

from Joy in the New by Andersen Silva

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I won't claim to be the biggest Ramones fan in the world, but I do love their music, and I was fortunate enough to have seen them on the Escape from New York tour (which also featured Debbie Harry, Jerry Harrison, and Tom Tom Club). I was saddened to hear of Joey's death, and as I was having trouble deciding on an album title, the phrase "Joey Ramone's dead" sounded as good as any other to me. A few days later, I figured that a punk song with the same title needed writing, so I wrote it. I eventually decided on a new name for the album, but kept the track on it. I wasn't really trying to sound like the Ramones when I recorded it in early April '04, and frankly I think it's a little more reminiscent of the Offspring.

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I read the news today, oh boy...
1-2-3-4!

Sittin' at the laptop, hair in fresh new spikes,
Catchin' up on news, when I gasped and said, "Yikes!"
Say it isn't so, tell me that he isn't gone!
Weeks later, I still can't believe what I lay my eyes upon.

Where can all the pinheads go, who's the new ringmaster?
Gimme gimme shock treatment; oh, man, what a disaster!
When she wouldn't date me, I let their tunes sedate me.
Go ahead, berate me; but it seems to me just lately...

CHORUS:
Life's not fair, and Joey Ramone's dead!
D'ya like my hair? I still have a full head.
You don't care, didn't even hear what I said,
What a nightmare, I should've stayed in bed.

Punk, it was my refuge, and I guess that it still is,
But an era is now over, an era that was his.
Time to face reality, and let the past die;
I'm sure I'm not the only one who wonders, "Why, oh why?"

CHORUS

I sit and stare into the grin of Skinny the Foo.
I just wanna have something to do!
Life goes on, I'm still an angry punker with a view,
But an icon is now gone, and he's left me here with you.

CHORUS (2x)

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from Joy in the New, released August 3, 2004
written and recorded by Andersen Silva

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Let Talking Heads, David Bowie, Trent Reznor, the Cars, Roger Waters, and half a Ramone take turns writing and playing songs together, with Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, and Ringo Starr splitting vocal duties, and you might get something like Andersen Silva's music. Or you might not. ... more

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