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Certain Songs #1809: Ramones – “Psycho Therapy”

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Album: Subterranean Jungle
Year: 1983

In the end, the most enduring song from Subterranean Jungle was probably “Psycho Therapy,” the rip-roaring start to side two. A co-write between Johnny and Dee Dee and featuring Johnny slamming his guitar like it was 1977, “Psycho Therapy” struck just the right balance between seriousness and ludicrousness.

You know, like a classic Ramones song. Hell, it even led with the chorus, following an introduction with siren sound effects.

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Certain Songs #1808: Ramones – “Somebody Like Me”

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Album: Subterranean Jungle
Year: 1983

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In between the July 1981 release of Pleasant Dreams and the February, 1983 release of Subterranean Jungle, I got to see the Ramones in concert for the first time.

Sadly, it wasn’t at a small, sweaty club, but rather a massive, sweaty outdoor venue: the first US Festival on September 3, 1982. The Ramones were part of the quote-unqote New Wave day, sharing the stage with a bunch of other great bands including Gang of Four, English Beat, The B-52s, The Police and The Talking Heads, the last of which put on . . . well, I’ll get to that in a couple of years.

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