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Posted about 5 years ago
So today I'm talking about music (as usual) and one of my friends didn't know who The Ramones were, and claimed he had never heard Blitzkrieg Bop. And he claims to be a music lover. Call me a snob, I was utterly speechless at his ignorance.
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  1. MrFrost
    MrFrost says I dont even listen to that kind of music, and I know who the ramones are. One of them died a few years ago right?
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  2. SatisfiedMind614
    SatisfiedMind614 says If your friend is over the age of 15 that is unforgivable
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  3. DUSTdevils
    DUSTdevils says hey, music snobs are good...
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  4. chucky
    chucky says Wait, maybe he does know the song but doesn't recognize the title? That's happened to me before. Did you play it for him?
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  5. Joxley
    Joxley says I didn't play it to him, but did try to explain I to him with "You know the one that goes "hey ho lets go"" and sang a little more, which would be enough for most people who are vaguely familliar with the track i think.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  6. thill
    thill says feel free to apply a slap to the head of your friend.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  7. chucky
    chucky says Hmm. Can you carry a tune? Maybe you were mangling it. Haha. See, I just think it's impossible he doesn't know it unless he's been locked in a basement somewhere for his entire life and just got out. When did you meet him? Maybe I'm on to something.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  8. thill
    thill says let me postscript my previous post: i don't usually advocate violence as a solution to any problem but sometimes some actions call for a slap to the head...maybe it would shake loose recollection.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  9. Nixne Svix
    Nixne Svix says yeah and idiot , not a music lover. I met agirl once who didnt know what fucking Star Wars was or is ....i finished my drink went home and cried myself to sleep(thinking waht the fuck?)
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  10. Sureshot
    Sureshot says I suspect your friend is an Alien. Son of Mork perhaps.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  11. Dale
    Dale says My six-year-old knows Blitzkrieg Bop. OK, he may not know the name, but if you said "hey ho, let's go" he'd be right there with you. So, to steal an image idea from CrashPryor:
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  12. etcvisitor
    etcvisitor says i think im speechless. is your friend from a different country? maybe ramones means something else in botswana. im hoping this is a language barrier issue. make this person a mix tape now, you could be saving their lives.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  13. Hmmm
    Hmmm says Wow.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  14. soda
    soda says Not everyone crawls out of the womb knowing their music history. Ive met bluegrassers who have never heard 'Stairway to Heaven' and I've met hipsters who have never heard of Bob Wills. Play 'em a CD, change their lives.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  15. lemontwist
    lemontwist says Wow. Even Chris knows that song, and he doesn't know that many songs.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  16. debi
    debi says I love the Ramones..but always thought the song was called "Hey Ho, Let's Go" - so if someone asked ME if I knew Blitzkrieg Bop - I'd have said no But thats just me .I"m the same with books -read lots and lots but couldn't tell you titles two days after I read them!
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  17. atman
    atman says if you're not gonna slap your friend upside the head you at least need to say to him "You've never heard of the Ramones, you are a dick."
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  18. Torch
    Torch says Wow - maybe refer him to the latest commercial this has been sold to (not that I'm much help in identifying the commercial... [/slaps self with large trout])
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  19. Zeroskilz
    Zeroskilz says If you played it for them they would probably know. Here, it might garner such responses as, "Yeah, that was the music in that Pepsi commercial." sigh.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  20. SamTheButcher
    SamTheButcher says Ok, everyone's suggested various things - I'm going to suggest that he's actually come to the future from 1955. So the Ramones weren't actually a band yet, so he couldn't have heard of them. That's it.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  21. Jonh Ingham
    Jonh Ingham says I say revoke his music lover's license. Not listening with due care and attention.
    Permalink posted 01/17/2007
  22. Mike the Knife
    Mike the Knife says Some clever dick once said that the Museum of Modern Art in New York (or the Museum of Natural History) should have, on permanent exhibit, an audio-animatronic simulation of the Ramones that would play "Blitzkrieg Bop" every three minutes. Y'know - so future generations could see what it was like. I agree...
    Permalink posted 01/18/2007
  23. mktackabery
    mktackabery says SNOB! Sorry Jox, nobody actually ever did it.
    Permalink posted 01/18/2007
  24. krazykenzie
    krazykenzie says NOT KNOW THE RAMONES!!!!! You should cast him of the lifeboat of music lovers forever!
    Permalink posted 04/27/2007

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