Dee Dee was such an important character, of American Rock-n-Roll culture, that I can see people hanging out with him for the story. You would have to be a strong person to resist that and an addict doesn’t stand a chance, not against people wanting to party with you. RIP Dee Dee you are loved.
Dee Dee was an innovator and one of the best lyricists ever. In his last autobiography, "Legend of a Rock Star: A Memoir: The Last Testament of Dee Dee Ramone," he wrote about how he tortured and took pleasure in killing a stray cat. That is inexcusable.
Rest in power Dee Dee the most important figure in rock and roll history and extremely underrated. If there was no Dee dee there would be no Ramones and without Ramones there would be no punk and punk literally chamged not only rock but society. From spikey hair to skinny jeans amd too many examples to name
Like Its all done now..score..good dope these fkin minderasers.types.listen to Unkle Henry.R..etc theyve been there &,will share..#×1.,Dont give drugs a bad name.too.ppl.need ti leave it.
This is so nostalgic to me and takes me back to when i was 14 before I went down the heroin path myself I bought this DVD right when it was released at Virgin records when i was 13 or 14 and was literally obsessed with it and anything ramones. It actually came with a page of Dee dee's tattoos. The kid kind that you wet and press on yourself. I think my older brother borrowed it amd might still even have the tattoos. It also came with a poster of the cover which i put up in my room so thats lost
Even tho i would love to hear all the unfiltered uncensored insane stories i still like how careful he was about what he said the whole time. Never said anything that was incriminating even about other people. That's a sign of a real one. Never snitched or detailes any crimes unlike all these rappers on interviews nowadays snitching on themselves amd their gangs
Dee Dee was from THE time in NY. The Wanderer's type shit.The dawn of serious youth crime where murders between kids started happening. The time of Jim Carroll and The Basketball Diaries. People back then were stand-up for real. No social media/podcast/OG reaction video shit. Nobody ever saw nothing.
He wasn't some wannabe satanic shock value kind of person. He was a genuine street person and victim of the NYC streets in the 70's. He was a gangster punk lol and like gangsters he believed in God and always wanted to get out of that lifestyle
to me the funniest thing about watching this, doesn't make me wanna cop dope or rant about why others shouldn't. I just wanna slice of pizza so good that the olive oil drips down my arm. Dee Dee is New York personified. met him at an N/A A/A meeting in 92 over a slice. those were the days. Still sad though because on the flip side watching this makes me feel like a priest and I'm just not going there! But I'm here again anyway huh🤯👻✌️and the way you finished the photo collage, let's here it for sober Dee Dee!
I remember watching Rock n Roll High School late one night on tv when I was 14 and fell in love with the Ramones. I thought Dee Dee was so gorgeous and wished he was my boyfriend. Still have a huge crush on him. Wished I could of met him.
When he hesitated during the stiletto knife story in Paris I knew how the situation was resolved - before Dee Dee admitted returning to the US with a renewed habit. I also think that even though he claimed he wouldn't write an anti-drug song, Chinese Rocks isn't a song glorifying heroin use like Lou Reed's Heroin is. . . LR's songs had me wanting to try heroin when I was an 8th grader! If only I knew then that Chinese Rocks would be a much more accurate depiction of my future... Would I have reconsidered? Maybe... but probably not. RIP Dee Dee, one of many gone too soon!
Extremely relatable. I was the biggest Ramones fan since 10 when i first heard them on Tony hawk pro skater 1, sadly after their break up and couple years before Dee Dee's untimely death. Started using IV heroin at 17 and went thru mostly everything dee dee talks about. I love him and hope he's in a better place
Dee Dee is listed as the primary song writer for Chinese Rocks on the original version of the LAMF album along with Thunders, Nolan, and Richard Hell... which would be accurate since Johnny no doubt added his own guitar parts to the song, and I guess Jerry Nolan wanted credit for writing the drum part(?) But, on later reissues of the record I believe Dee Dee is listed as the sole writer of the song.
I wish Dee Dee had actually stayed off the heroin, then we may have this gentle soul and great songwriter/storyteller with us still. I lost my best friend to a heroin overdose in my early 20's, and hearing Dee Dee talk about it in this is just all too heartbreakingly familiar. The drug steals your life and never gives it back, and it steals you away from those who love you.
that is probably the most boring non-stop rambling I have ever forced myself to listen through til the end, oh man. Go get a life, one wants to say. I guess that is why this guy killed himself, couldn't stand the boredom any longer himself.
