New York’s Ramones July 6th, 2009
When it comes to five-star New York hotels, you’re talking about the finest of the fine. In the best city in the world, where cutting-edge design and beautiful customer service owe their origins, accommodations with flair and style are second-nature. There is always a bold attitude backed up by excellence, elegance, and a sixth sense for the finer things in life, in New York City. The hotels offer nothing less than the best of the city, and guests here will come to understand why this is the place where the trends are set. There is also a good deal of imagination and flair, to keep expectations high, and customer satisfaction even higher.
The inside of the hotels are as gracious and relaxing as the city outside is vivacious and unstoppable. Artists and writers for generations have been writing and otherwise trying to capture the heartbeat of the city, and the only thing for sure is that is does not rest. New York has every possible scene imaginable, and of course, as one would expect, attracts musicians from all over the world. One of the groups that manages to have the rhythms of New York is a band of local boys who made good, the Ramones. They were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the year after Johnny Ramone died of cancer. This coda to the band’s history is a fitting bookend, a kind of royal ending to a pauper’s beginning.
Their first eponymous album came out in 1976, after they had been playing for just a couple years. They released three more records in the following two years, and between the records and the performances, their place in rock and roll history was already established. At least by New Yorkers’ high standards. The Ramones had knocked the socks off their audiences with their intensity and brashness, despite their lack of any particular technical skills. Playing loud and fast was their trademark, and they have set the bar extremely high in this regard. Their early shows lasted less than half an hour, and included more than a dozen songs. A song every two minutes would be their trademark until the band split up in 1996. One of the first real punk bands in the U.S., and early on in that movement in the world, they held their own for their entire career. To this day, the Ramones holds a place in history, with music that is holding up well in the test of time.
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