{"id":854,"date":"2014-07-18T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2014-07-16T19:26:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T18:26:15","slug":"song-of-the-week-blitzkrieg-bop-by-ramones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Blitzkrieg Bop&#8221; by Ramones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s &#8220;Blitzkrieg Bop&#8221; by Ramones:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BbDekaqw3lQ\" width=\"415\" height=\"233\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This week we mourn the passing of Tommy Erdelyi, known to you and me as Tommy Ramone. He was, of course, the last of the original Ramones.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spin.com\/articles\/jon-wurster-remembers-tommy-ramone-rip\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Wurster wrote a really nice tribute to him in <em>Spin, <\/em>which I encourage you to read.<\/a> In addition to being a Ramone, he engineered a whole bunch of albums, including one of my favorites, The Replacements album, <em>Tim.<\/em> It was hard to choose which Ramones song to celebrate him with, but, well, y&#8217;know, it doesn&#8217;t really get any Ramoneser than &#8220;Hey-ho, let&#8217;s go!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22Blitzkrieg%20Bop%22%20by%20Ramones\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it. Here&#8217;s &#8220;Blitzkrieg Bop&#8221; by Ramones: This week we mourn the passing of Tommy Erdelyi, known to you and me as Tommy Ramone. 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