Welcome to Punk 101. Today's lesson is on The Ramones. (So Kimbomac knows who they are when I put on my leather jacket next year ;) )
All the examples come from YouTube: crank up your speakers and enjoy! :D
The Ramones are an American punk band and are one of the grand daddies of punk. They did not have the minimalistic attitude of The Sex Pistols or the social commentary of The Clash (perhaps with the exception of My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down), but shaped punk as we know it today. Their songs mostly exist out of basic chord progressions, but played loud and fast, without any flashy playing or guitar solos. Clear examples of this can be heard in their covers of more famous songs like Do You Wanna Dance, What A Wonderful World and I Don't Wanna Grow Up. Ok, the last song isn't really famous, but they covered one of my other favorite artists, which i think is pretty cool; see here for comparison.
Their clothing style consists basically out of a rocker (leather jacket), tight jeans with holes in them, sunglasses and sneakers (often Chuck Taylor's). They wore long hair that looked a bit like an over grown mop top (Beatle's hairstyle).
And for those who can't get enough, here are some more cool songs:
Blitzkrieg Bop (probably one of their most famous song)
I Wanna Be Sedated
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Rockaway Beach
Gabba Gabba Hey!
6 comments:
The use of dof and the way the lights gradually become more blurred as they get further away creates an interesting effect.
Those lights look lovely. The warm tones and great diagonal really make for a great picture.
And I'd like to say thanks so much for the insightful links to The Ramones so that I know who they are for future reference. I can't say their music is entirely to my taste, as too much of that would give a person a severe headache, but I did enjoy their version of Wonderful World. Nice stuff.
And about your outfit, the clothing is just fine, but your hairstyle is all just wrong if you are trying to do The Ramones! ;-)
I think you're being to hard on yourself. The ones you commented on to be "just a shot to stay in the challenge" still came out nicely so don't give up and keep trying.
I like how you got it on a diagonal. Makes it interesting.
Thanks for the comments you still left on people's blogs! :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog, I appreciate it :)
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