The story, such as it is, revolves around a high school kid - PJ Soles - who is obsessed with the Ramones. She is a budding songwriter. Skips school to get tickets to the Ramones show. Side story is a blonde kid - Vince Van Patten from the World Poker Tour - wanting to get laid. There's also a fun-hating principal.
On that skeleton of a movie they hang an excuse to have the Ramones perform a bunch of songs.
And that makes for a lot of fun.
I'm not even a Ramones fan, as such. Then or now. I was - and still am - into The Who. Which is pretty close if you go by the scale they use during the ''this is your mouse on rock & roll" experiment: Ramones are on top, naturally, then The Who, Rolling Stones, Ted Nugent, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kansas, Donnie & Marie, Debbie Boone, Pat Boone, Muzak.
The Ramones at their most popular ran counter to disco. Would you call them punk? Proto-punk? I bet there isn't a single band from the grunge era that wasn't inspired or influenced by The Ramones. Indeed, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam said at their induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002: "For the whole Seattle community...they were our Beatles."
Who can't enjoy a movie full of fun 2:15 songs, PJ Soles in her underwear, and a dynamite finish.
This was a fun movie at the drive-in in the 80s. And it's a fun movie now.
On that skeleton of a movie they hang an excuse to have the Ramones perform a bunch of songs.
And that makes for a lot of fun.
I'm not even a Ramones fan, as such. Then or now. I was - and still am - into The Who. Which is pretty close if you go by the scale they use during the ''this is your mouse on rock & roll" experiment: Ramones are on top, naturally, then The Who, Rolling Stones, Ted Nugent, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kansas, Donnie & Marie, Debbie Boone, Pat Boone, Muzak.
The Ramones at their most popular ran counter to disco. Would you call them punk? Proto-punk? I bet there isn't a single band from the grunge era that wasn't inspired or influenced by The Ramones. Indeed, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam said at their induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002: "For the whole Seattle community...they were our Beatles."
Who can't enjoy a movie full of fun 2:15 songs, PJ Soles in her underwear, and a dynamite finish.
This was a fun movie at the drive-in in the 80s. And it's a fun movie now.