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As much of a fan that i am for 70's punk rock, and the ramones in general,
jhonny ramone doesnt really deserve his spot in the 100 greatest guitar
players of all time... he did however play a mosrite and that is cool.
>From: Weird Jack <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: and speaking of Dick Dale
>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:04:57 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Agreed....most people will say what my wife said and
>wonder who the hell Dick Dale is.
>And ya know, it would have been much better if it were
>a Jeep Wrangler commercial! Actually, it would be
>better if the Nissan was a Chevy Nomad wagon....but
>since most cars these days lack class entirely, I
>would have preferred to see a Wrangler on the sand. At
>least it would get in and out without using a winch.
>But most yuppish soccer mom's don't go anywhere that
>needs 4WD anyway. There is just something inherently
>wrong with the concept of a luxury 4WD vehicle.
>
>I am put off with all of the car adverts using all
>these songs and artists. I am horrified by Caddy's Led
>Zep strains...and The Ramones tunes in a car ad?
>Blech.
>No wait, wasn't Johnny Ramone one of Rolling Stones
>top 100 guitar players of all time? Up in the top 30
>as I recall.....it's a crazy world.
>
>WJ
>
>
>--- ipongrac <> wrote:
> > I saw the commercial last night for the first time
> > (they showed it at
> > least twice during the Thursday night NBC
> > programming - EXPENSIVE
> > advertising slots!), and I was all excited! Until
> > my wife poured
> > some cold water on me: "he looks like a freak."
> > Well, yes, he does,
> > she had a point. How many people that see that
> > commercial will be
> > totally puzzled? "What the hell does that old,
> > weird-looking guy
> > dressed like a Hell's Angel have to do with surfing
> > or cars? Who is
> > he? Why is he playing the Pulp Fiction song?"
> >
> > Anyway, I really am happy for him, and I'm excited
> > surf music is
> > getting that kind of exposure (oh, sorry, I meant
> > Dick-Rock!) but I
> > don't think that'll be a long-lived commercial.
> > Tape it now for
> > posterity.
> >
> > Ivan
> >
> > --- In , "Johnston,
> > Rick"
> > <rick.johnston@u...> wrote:
> > > My wife thought I wanted to take her to the
> > bedroom when I
> > mentioned
> > > Dickdale??? Boy, does she need some work...
> > >
> > >
> > >
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