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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung
I think it is like trying to understand any act like this. Being there when it happened, compared to coming to the party late.
We grew up in a time when The Ramones always existed, so to us it is old news. To those who saw it first hand and were a part of it understand it in a way that differs.
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I love The Ramones, but I can definitely see how they could be considered overrated. They get a lot of praise, and I understand the praise, but some people act like what they were doing was something that had never been done before. Yeah, it wasn't called punk rock, but old rockabilly and r&b acts from the 50s, as well as surf and garage rock bands from the 60s were doing stuff pretty similar. Not that The Ramones weren't original or anything, they definitely were.