Its
November 4, 1997. Just a couple of days ago the Pistols launched, “Never Mind
the Bollocks.” The punk rock movement is exploding. Will punk rock break the
mainstream? One thing’s for sure, it is
an amazing time to be a punk! Joey sings to Ramona, a Ramones fan girl whose Joey ex-girlfriend. Ramona tells Joey, “You are getting better and better
its getting easier than ever.” By late 1977 the punk movement was at its peak.
The Ramones themselves were spearheading it and Rocket to Russia, with Rockaway
Beach and Sheena is a Punk Rocker, is considered their best album. Joey lets
Ramona into his life, “I let her in and I started to cry.” Joey captures how a
young person feels when he opens up to people, girls in particular. And how
vulnerability can lead either to nostalgia, “She always wants to come over.” Or
even sadness, “ and then I knew, I wanted to die.” Yet, the backup music turns
this song from sad to bittersweet. The melodies are catchy and echo Ramones
classics like Beat on the Brat. This
song feels like a conversation between Joey and Ramona. Yet, somehow lives goes
on Ramona will continue with her life an the Ramones will go on touring;
sadness after all is momentary.
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