Visitors relive the event surrounded by color portraits of the four band members, all of whom are deceased. Ramone’s favorite part of the exhibition is the 60-minute film of the band’s London concert. He writes the name “Bleecker Bob’s,” the Greenwich Village record shop, and draws a Dole pineapple can that speaks into a talking bubble: “Who’s Bruce Springsteen?” Then writes the names Mick Jagger and Peter Frampton. In a large glass frame are Joey Ramone’s doodles, which is how he wrote his lyrics. The Ramones were able to express it - not in a pretentious way like Bob Dylan - but in a simple way with humor that helped get the angry out.” There was anxiety and life was not particularly good. The Lower East Side was burned out like the South Bronx. Miller, co-curator of the exhibition, said, “The Ramones were very good at expressing the darkness of the times. Linda Ramone, the wife of Johnny Ramone, poses for a photo inside SoHo house, at Meatpacking district hotel in Manahattan, on April 9, 2016. You had to go out and see the bands and try to find the punk magazines.” “Today, everything is so politically correct that you can’t say anything without offending someone,” said Ramone, who doubts the 1970s band could have succeeded in today’s world. The exhibition shows the album jacket covers with lyrics and such cartoon images as the sunbathing friendly, but sexy bunny rabbits for “Rockaway Beach,” and the dysfunctional Queens family whose hypnotic gaze makes the suburban home look scary but funny. clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy.
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