Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?

About Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?

"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" is the second single and first track from the American punk rock band Ramones' fifth studio album End of the Century. It was released on May 16, 1980. Produced by veteran record producer Phil Spector, the song and album marked a change in the Ramones' sound, in an increased attempt to achieve commercial success. Based on many of the 1950s pop songs the band grew up listening to, the song featured more complex instrumentation and production than past songs by the band, employing the use of a piano, trumpet, horn, saxophone, and synthesizer, along with the standard guitar, drums and bass. The album's title End of the Century came from a couplet found in the lyrics of the song: "It's the end, the end of the seventies/It's the end, the end of the century." This verse also provided the title of the 2003 documentary about the group, End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones. The opening riff of the song appears in the 2007 DreamWorks animated film Shrek The Third, the third movie in the Shrek franchise. The song also appears in trailers for the film, as well as the film’s soundtrack. more »

Year:

1999

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(This is Rock 'n' roll radio, come on, let's rock 'n' roll with the Ramones)

Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go
Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go
Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go
Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go

Do you remember Hullabaloo
Upbeat, Shindig and Ed Sullivan, too?
Do you remember rock 'n' roll radio?
Do you remember rock 'n' roll radio?

Do you remember Murray the K
Alan Freed, and High Energy?
It's the end, the end of the seventies
It's the end, the end of the century

Do you remember lying in bed
With the covers pulled up over your head
Radio playin' so no one can see?
We need change, and we need it fast
Before rock's just part of the past
'Cause lately, it all sounds the same to me
Whoah-whoah, oh

Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go
Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go
Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go
Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go

Will you remember Jerry Lee
John Lennon, T. Rex and old Moulty?
It's the end, the end of the seventies
It's the end, the end of the century

Do you remember lying in bed
With the covers pulled up over your head
Radio playin' so no one can see?
We need change, and we need it fast
Before Rock's just part of the past
'Cause lately, it all sounds the same to me
Whoah-whoah, oh

Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go
Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go
Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go
Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio, let's go

(This is rock 'N' roll radio, stay tuned for more rock 'n' roll)

Ramones

The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the punk rock movement in both the United States and the United Kingdom. more »

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