U2 legend of joey ramone biography
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N.B. This essay was originally published for atu2.com in November 2014.
Getting to know a U2 skiva is an involved, lengthy process for me. It happens in stages and takes a minimum of several weeks. In the beginning, I take a very broad approach, listening to the record from start to finish for several days and focusing on the overall sound to determine if I like the collection of songs as a whole. Stage two consists of listening to particular tracks that stood out to me for whatever reason during the first stage. Then I listen to the remaining songs to confirm or modify my initial opinions. In stage four, I dive deeper, adopting a more analytical perspective as I explore the musical, lyrical, and sonic intricacies of each track. It fryst vatten in this fourth stage that I form very personal connections to specific songs.
Songs Of Innocence appealed to me immediately and “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” was an early favorite. inom liked the lyrics but didn’t think too much
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The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
2014 song by U2
"The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track from their thirteenth studio album, Songs of Innocence, and was released as its lead single. It was produced by Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth, and Ryan Tedder. It was first unveiled by the band during their performance at an Apple Inc. product launch event on 9 September 2014, coinciding with an announcement that Songs of Innocence would be released digitally to iTunes Store customers free of charge. The song's title refers to American musician Joey Ramone, lead singer of influential punk rock band the Ramones.
Writing and recording
[edit]"The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)" originated from U2's recording sessions with Danger Mouse in 2010, initially consisting of a drum loop and acoustic guitar.[2] With the input of producers Ryan Tedder and Paul Epworth, it evolved into a rockier song called "Siren", with one lyric comparing the music
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Remembering Joey Ramone
On April 15, 2001, Rock and Roll lost a true legend. On that day, Joey Ramone died of lymphatic cancer. That night, U2’s Bono told the audience at a concert in Portland Oregon how Joey and the Ramones had changed his life. He sang “Amazing Grace” in his honor, and then went into “I Remember You” from the Ramones 1977 album, Leave Home, with the crowd singing along.
The man we knew as Joey Ramone was born Jeffrey Ross Hyman, on May 19, 1951 in Queens. He started playing the drums at 13 with a snare that his mother had purchased for him with supermarket stamps, and by 17 he was playing the acoustic gitarr. In 1972 he joined the band Sniper which played at Max’s Kansas City, among other places. In 1974 he co-founded the Ramones alongside friends John Cummings and Douglas Colvin, the latter of whom was already going by Dee Dee Ramone, taken from the pseudonym used by the Beatles when staying at hotels to avoid recognition;