‘I Believe In Miracles’ - The Ramones, 1989
First song off the 13th studio album from the infamous New York punk Legends The Ramones. The thing that gets me about this song is how lyrically strong it is and that’s not something I would generally associate with a punk band , maybe I should pay more attention or at least pay more attention to songs Dee Dee Ramone writes.
The song for me is about a guy who was/is down on his luck or has endured a desperate time during his lifetime but is coming out the good side of it, with the help of a friend or more than likely a girlfriend and is a tribute to that person. I listened to this song a lot and I mean I a lot before I finally got what the song is about. One reason for that was me listening to the song via osmosis while another reason is probably the high tempo these punk bands always inject into their songs. Anyway this really a great song so check it out if you get a chance…here’s a link to the video.
Last 5 posts by Des
- 'Fearless' - Pink Floyd, 1983 - December 30th, 2008
- 'Frankie Teardrop' - Suicide, 1977 - December 19th, 2008
- 'After Midnight' - J J Cale, 1971 - December 17th, 2008
- 'Acid Tongue'- Jenny Lewis, 2008 - December 12th, 2008
- 'Baltimore'- Randy Newman, 1977 - December 9th, 2008
