Week Ten Blog Post

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Bradley Nelsen

    I Wanna Be Sedated

    The Ramones

        In the late 1970s and the early 1980's rock as a genre has begun to fragment into several different genres. From Acid-Rock to Metal the genre has developed several countercultures within itself. The Ramones, who will be who we're looking at today, were pioneers of the Punk Rock genre that began to form in the late 1970s. With loud instrumentals and edgy lyrics in your face, the Ramones quickly caught on with the young rebellious group of rock and rollers.

        "I Wanna Be Sedated" by the Ramones was a song about... well, about exactly what it sounds like; wanting to be sedated. At this time in music, especially among this young rebellious crowd, drugs, and psychedelics are becoming increasingly popular, and how the high makes you feel makes excellent song lyrics. The Ramones took some serious inspiration from the Beatles' psychedelic rock era in the 1960s. "I can't control my fingers, I can't control my brain" are accurate ways to describe certain drugs. (I may or May not be speaking from Experience)



Comments

  1. Kiley ThackerayMarch 28, 2022 at 7:20 PM

    This song in particular is very weird and I feel that it is very out of pocket for its time. However, this does match the purpose of the counterculture for the rebellious acts. I did not realize that The Ramones got their inspiration from the Beatles' and their psychedelic rock era. I love your input at the end, made my day

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  2. E. Derrek AndersonMarch 30, 2022 at 8:43 PM

    I Agree that it defiantly has an unexpected sound. To me it sounds a lot more like something for the late 90's early 2000's. That's probably because a lot of people from the era followed in the Ramones footsteps. It especially reminded me of the theme songs of early 2000's tv shows like Malcom in the Middle.

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