THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
102-Ramones-Sheena Is a Punk Rocker.
1977-Number 22 single.
Best Bit-At 0.10.’1,2,3,4!’ The Sheena referred to in the title is in fact the comic book character ‘Sheena,Queen of the Jungle,’ a fictional American comic book jungle girl heroine which was first published in 1937.Sheena also has another claim to fame,Ike Turner credited Sheena as one of his inspirations for creating Tina Turner’s stage persona.He chose the name Tina because it rhymed with Sheena.
Lead singer and also this songs writer,Joey Ramone(born Jeffrey Hyman,May 19,1951-April 15,2001) said of his song,’To me ‘Sheena’ was the first surf/punk rock/teenage rebellion song.I combined Sheena,Queen of the Jungle with the primalness of Punk Rock.Then Sheena is brought in to the modern day.’
All four of the bands original line up have now died,along with Joey Ramone,bass player Dee Dee Ramone(born Douglas Colvin,September 18,1951-June 5,2002,) guitarist Johnny Ramone(born John Cummings,October 8,1948-September 15,2004) and drummer Tommy Ramone(born Thomas Erdelyi,January 29,1949-July 11,2014.)
All band members and there have been eight down the years would use the surname Ramone. Colvin was the first to adopt the name,he was inspired by Paul McCartney’s use of the pseudonym Paul Ramon during his ‘Silver Beetles’ days in 1960. Colvin convinced the other members of the band to take on the name and came up with the idea of calling the band the Ramones(see also best songs 707.)
‘Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go,they got their surfboards and they’re going to the discotheque A-Go-Go.’
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