Martin Scorsese in early stages of Ramones movie project

I am sure Scorsese will make this a classic...

matthew mcconaughey plays Joey.

Looking forward to see this!

I wanna be sedated.

My day just got a whole lot better.

If it is like a typical Ramones song it will only be 45 minutes long!!!

Hey ho, let's go!

will he explore their nice middle age upbringing, the fact that none of the were actually called Ramone, their early incarnation in pretty ordinary bands etc. Or just their "spearhead of punk", short sharp shock era. and the drugs, please do the drugs.

A film about the most overrated band ever, directed by the most overrated director ever. How fitting.

Shame Nessie. don't think they were THAT overrated. They were precursors to the short sharp shock style of songmaking that we all know and love now. Certainly think they beat lots of the new pap hands down - except AKB 48 of course.

Nessie

I'll bite. okay, so if Scorsese is overrated, who is as good if not better?

I think Scorsese is a master of visual representation. that said the themes of his films are not particularly enlightening or tell us anything about the human condition. Other then of course that gangsters are bad and some people like to punch. and so on and so on and so on so yeah Scorsese's themes are not that great.

A film about the most overrated band ever, directed by the most overrated director ever. How fitting.

I respectfully, but vehemently, disagree. I got to see the Ramones four times in the late '70s/early '80s, when they were in their prime. They were surprisingly musical, exciting, and fun. Sure, they tailed off after that, but what band doesn't?

It's nonsensical to refer to them as overrated - they were the band that brought the word "punk" into the musical lexicon. There were those who referred to them as the "Beach Boys of the '80s," and that characterization is, incredibly, pretty spot on. (Not Pet Sounds Beach Boys, more like "I Get Around" Beach Boys.)

It's hard for me to get a handle on the rampant egocentricity that allows one to turn "I don't like them..." into "they're the most overrated..." as if you are some sort of authority on musical taste. Incredible.

you are some sort of authority on musical taste. Incredible.

Uhm. Everyone one is an authority on their musical taste. So, without further ado.....

DanMan's Top Twelve Bands Rock of Alllllllll TIIIIIIIIIIIIME (er, since 1962)

Fleetwood Mac Rolling Stones The Police 9 The Rolling Stones Nirvana Queen The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Doors Neil Young & Crazy Horse Chicago Led Zepplin The Beatles

Honorable Mentions: Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Meat puppets, Boston

JTDM, where's Metallica?

Not much a metal fan. I prefer rock, blues rock, funk rock, grunge rock, and punk rock.

Deadbeatles

Fleetwood Mac! Its rock according to the source of all knowledge: "Genres Rock, blues, blues rock, pop rock, soft rock.":

And the order was somehow reversed. FM No. 12. The Beatles, No. 1.

It's nonsensical to refer to them as overrated - they were the band that brought the word "punk" into the musical lexicon.

Maybe in your neck of the woods. Iggy and the Stooges -- Detroit, 1969.

The Ramones could not hold a candle to most or the groups out of Detroit in the late 60s: The Frost, Frigid Pink, The MC5, the Stooges and several others.

When other "noted" rock groups came in to play the Grande Ballroom, several stipulated in their contract not to allow the MC5 to open for them.

Fleetwood Mac is an interesting choice for a top rock group. When they first came to Detroit around '67, they played far more blues than rock. I've been a fan of theirs through all their changes. (What is the best Fleetwood Mac "rock" song?) I'm sorry but "soft rock" is an oxymoron, as much as I like their songs.

Queen would not be on my top 10. The Who is an unforgivable omission. So is Deep Purple.

Maybe in your neck of the woods. Iggy and the Stooges -- Detroit, 1969.

Iggy and the Stooges were never referred to as "punk" until after the Ramones, when all the Detroit hard/garage rock bands came to be called "proto-punk." I'm talking about the word, not so much the sound.

Iggy and the Stooges were never referred to as "punk" until after the Ramones

Yes, that's true. When the word "punk" started to be used, astute folks went back in time and "discovered" that what Iggy was doing represented the genesis of that form. We in Detroit who witnessed it thought it craziness.

The Doors.... Besides the fact they never played the Grande, I thought they had a tremendous, unique sound. Many of their songs are nothing short of iconic. But it was more like supper-club jazz than rock, in my humble opinion. But the thing that kept them from rocking was the lack of a discernible drummer.