Blitzkrieg Bop

were not an overnight success, they had many “bumps in the road”. Nevertheless they appealed to many because of the way they turned rock conventions inside out and celebrated pop culture with stylized stupidity. The band's first four albums set the blueprint for punk, especially American punk and hardcore, for the next two decades. The Ramones themselves were major figures for the next two decades, playing essentially the same music without changing their style much. Two of their most influential songs were “Blitzkreig Bop” and “Do you remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?”. Some fans interpret “Blitzkreig Bop” differently, however, as "Blitzkrieg" is a German term meaning "Lighting War." The Blitzkrieg was Hitler's army and in this interpretation, the Bop in the song is the march that the soldiers do. Some lines interpreted are… "Hey ho, let's go" - The soldiers marching, "The kids are losing their minds" - Boys being turned into soldiers by Hitler,"The Blitzkrieg Bop" - The soldiers march, "Pulsating to the back beat" - Germans getting pumped for war, and "Shoot'em in the back now" - Hitler being shot. The song “Do you remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?” is mostly interpreted as a song that states that everyone has let the 70s just pass them by. The song focuses on how The Ramones believed society should have focused on those years and appreciated all the good times. Some lines from the song are “Do you remember lying in bed, With the covers pulled up over your head, Radio playin' so…

1939 Nazi Germany is invading Poland by using a new German tactic called Blitzkrieg, Poland surrenders on October 6, 1939. Blitzkrieg is a German tactic created by Colonel Heinz Guderian, who studied the mobile warfare tactics from one British officer who was General J.F.C. Fuller ("The Concept of Blitzkrieg"). Fuller was the one who studied the Blitzkrieg tactic first, but the British didn’t really care about this tactic. Only German leaders like Heinz studied this tactic (Simkin,…

It was a rapid series of simultaneous attacks. This tactic has resulted in Germany the invasion of Poland. This strategy developed by General Heinz Guderian, had a devastating impact as German armies swept through Western Europe in 1940. The Germans were undefeated in battle, they have invaded Greece, Yugoslavia, France, Netherlands, Denmark, and many other in the time before Operation Barbarossa. They were dominating Europe one invasion at a time. Historian BH Liddell Hart explains how the…

(Franning, 1997, p. 284) The idea of a quick and violent tactic such as Blitzkrieg did not develop in World War II; on the contrary, it was methodically practiced and perfected through campaigns in Ethiopia, Spain and Albania before proving its worth in Poland. (Reilly, 1940, p. 244) The original idea behind the blitzkrieg tactic was to introduce a sequence of short campaigns aimed at minimizing the duration of the war. Germany’s ability to rapidly employ a combined armed force of light…

venues, media, record labels, and distributors. Songs that demonstrate exclusion from consumerism include the songs “Blitzkrieg Bop” by The Ramones, “Blank Generation” by Richard Hell and The Voidoids, and “You Really Got Me” by The Kinks. The model of punk music was to learn three chords on a guitar and find people to form a band. The songs aforementioned are short in length, repetitive, fast, and loud. This defied the typical record company way of producing music. In order to defy traditional…

Nirvana. Hugh Jackman and his crew got so into the songs, and it ended up in the final cut. Hugh Jackman, who is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series remarked, "That was a moment I will never forget." Hugh Jackman also said "And also seeing hundreds of 11-year-olds singing lyrics that they have absolutely no idea what the song is all about." In addition, the soundtrack of Pan film also includes two new songs by the English singer and songwriter - Lily…

attitude all contributed in helping others see what the “punk people” viewed as the problems in society. The Ramones’ style was leather jackets, jeans, and sneakers that looked like had been owned for years topped off with long thick, bushy hair (Fox). Their style became the “uniform” for all youth in the US; despite their music perspective, their look was “All-American”. The band’s logo had the Presidential Seal with an eagle holding an apple branch and baseball bat (Fox). Most importantly…