Went to see Ramones biopic at Camden Odeon. Elegaic sections were mercifully short and overall it was an interesting portrait of four very different personalities attempting to run a very peculiar business.
These personalities best undesrtood by drawing thumbnails of them in mid/late career:
Tommy: Plump, ponytailed studio boffin
Dee Dee: Malevolent smack elf
Joey: Peacable, gawky liberal New York jew
Johnny: Hard-nosed martial money-man, staunch Republican (since age 10), jaw-droppingly humourless
The only up-beat note in a grindingly predictable, hardworking twenty odd years ('79-demise) was huge popularity in Brazil. Spector interlude gratifyingly wierd.
Seen it? Thoughts?
These personalities best undesrtood by drawing thumbnails of them in mid/late career:
Tommy: Plump, ponytailed studio boffin
Dee Dee: Malevolent smack elf
Joey: Peacable, gawky liberal New York jew
Johnny: Hard-nosed martial money-man, staunch Republican (since age 10), jaw-droppingly humourless
The only up-beat note in a grindingly predictable, hardworking twenty odd years ('79-demise) was huge popularity in Brazil. Spector interlude gratifyingly wierd.
Seen it? Thoughts?