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Les McKeown RIP

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  • JohnnyJoeyDeeDee
    JohnnyJoeyDeeDee Posts: 1,040
    edited April 2021

    Rather bizarrely the Ramones were apparently influenced by the Rollers.
    Nothing Bizarre about it.
    • Apparently 
    • The Ramones' famous chant, "Hey, Ho, Let's Go!" is a big part of this song. They wanted their own chant after hearing "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers, which had the chant "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, Night."

      Joey Ramone explained: "I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City Rollers. Their song 'Saturday Night' had a great chant in it, so we wanted a song with a chant in it: 'Hey! Ho! Let's Go!'. 'Blitzkrieg Bop' was our 'Saturday Night'."
    Exactly
    Exactly twice and I should know. RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,155
    I had the tartan turn-ups. Very sad. RIP.
    Be honest H, you still do...  ;)
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    https://youtu.be/uoXJx1dDklc

    Their greatest song...
    RIP

    And without looking it up, I knew the line-up. Derek on drums the, left to right, Alan, Woody, Les and Eric.

    Drops mic. Lifts collar. Dons shades. Exits. Davo, king of cool  ;)
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,900
    RIP....I remember they had their own kids TV programme ..accents were so broad nobody south of hadrian's wall could understand 

    Bye bye baby was a decent record 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,039
    Davo55 said:
    https://youtu.be/uoXJx1dDklc

    Their greatest song...
    RIP

    And without looking it up, I knew the line-up. Derek on drums the, left to right, Alan, Woody, Les and Eric.

    Drops mic. Lifts collar. Dons shades. Exits. Davo, king of cool  ;)

    @blackpool72 was sporting a similar barnet up at Chesterfield in the 70's pitch invasion  :D
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,729
    R.I.P.