![]() Flicking through Ice Cream Headaches and seeing plenty of photos of surfers clad in 6mm hoods ducked inside very brown barrels really hammers home the fact that surfing NYC is just that little bit rougher. ![]() The urban surfing phenomena of New York feels all the grittier when soundtracked by the Ramones' "Rockaway Beach". Short, upbeat, and with the Ramones’ unmistakable punk edge, Rockaway Beach offers an entirely different style of song to our previous suggestion However, if you’re a fan of seventies rock and can’t wait to hit the beach this summer, it’ll be right up your street. A brawling rowdy New Yorker crowd that fight and jostle for position as the easterly Atlantic storm swells break on the sandy bottom.Īnd whilst the west coast urban surf culture glamourised by the Beach Boys in actuality spawned the gritty reality of Venice or Dogtown and the showboaters paradise of Malibu's First Point. The result is that when it works it gets crowded. In his weird and deluded, but ultimately genius, way Joey Ramone was convinced that he had written the East Coast version of The Beach Boys' 1962 hit.Īs Joey Ramone pontificates, "It's not hard, not far to reach, we can hitch a ride to.", Rockaway Beach is probably the most accessible surf spot for most of sprawling New York City. It was also covered by Parasites, Dee Dee Ramone, Lolita No. Whilst the Ramones were definitely far more likely to be hiding under the boardwalk sniffing glue than getting wet in the hunt for barrels, their song was a direct response to The Beach Boys' "Surfing Safari". Ramones originally released Rockaway Beach written by Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Tommy Ramone and Joey Ramone and Ramones released it on the album Rocket to Russia in 1977. And why Ice Cream Headaches is such a fascinating document. So having that immediate connection burst into my brain (and drill it repetitively for the subsequent hours) really brought home that disconnect between New York and Surfing. Get your copy of ICE CREAM HEADACHES from The Golden Rays now! And for me, mention New York and usually some relic of the late 70s downtown scene will come to mind Keith Haring, Blondie, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Hell or the Ramones. Guitarist Johnny Ramone claimed that Dee Dee was 'the only real beachgoer' in the group. But chances are their minds won't jump to surfing. Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. If you mention New York to most non-natives they might think of the myriad of tourist attractions or the birthplace of Rap music or the stock exchange or whatever. One of the fascinating things about Ed Thompson and Julien Roubinet's Ice Cream Headaches book is the disconnect in most people's minds between New York and surfing. Ramones songs are invariably genius and infamous for being infectious to the point of annoyance. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. ![]() From the moment I read that the co-authors of ICE CREAM HEADACHES: SURF CULTURE IN NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY had met whilst surfing Rockaway Beach in Queens NYC, I couldn't get the Ramones song of the same name out of my head. ![]()
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