Richie Ramone “The Punk Legend in Argentina”

November 27, 2023 Sunray Magazine

Last Friday, November 24, we had the pleasure to enjoy a Rock Punk night, with the Ramones Drummer (now singer) Richie Ramone, at the Club Salamanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Today was to be a performance I wouldn’t soon forget with it being the first time I’d be seeing one of The Ramones live.

Opening the evening two Argentine punk rock bands “Angelito Tu Abuela” and “The Razones”, They sounded very good, leaving us ready for what was expected of the night.

It was finally time for Richie Ramone to take the stage, he opened the show playing drums, with the song “Durango 95”. As I usually do in every show, positioned myself as close to the stage as possible, so as not to lose any details, the mosh pits on the “Punk shows” were a bit complicated, it became more and more intense and crazy, for a moment I saw myself flying haha, for that reason I decided to move to a safer place in the theater, to enjoy the show.

Going through the Ramones tracks and his solo songs, with a very long and dynamic setlist, with a song such as “Howling at the Moon”, “I Wanna Live”, and his solo songs “Live to Tell” (from his album released this 2023)“Who stole my wig” just for mention a few. The best moment of the night was with the song “Blitzkrieg Bop” (one of my favorite songs of the Ramones) and everybody jumping and singing “Hey Ho Let’s Go”.

Richie has proven that he is a living legend, and most importantly, that rock makes us look forever young.

SETLIST:

Durango 95 (Ramones song) (Richie on drums), Teenage Lobotomy (Ramones song) (Richie on drums), Somebody Put Something in My Drink (Ramones song) (Richie on drums), Smash You (Ramones song), I Know Better Now (Ramones song), I Don’t Care (Ramones song), Pretty Poison, Who Stole My Wig, Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones song), The Last Time, I Fix This, Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La), (Ramones song) When The Night, Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode cover), Live To Tell, Animal Boy (Ramones song), Suffocate, Wart Hog (Ramones song), Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover), Loudmouth (Ramones song), Havana Affair (Ramones song), Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (Ramones song)

Encore:

I’m Not Ready, I Wanna Live (Ramones song), I Believe in Miracles (Ramones song), Rockaway Beach (Ramones song)

Encore 2:

Chasing the Night (Ramones song), Judy Is a Punk (Ramones song), Commando (Ramones song), Cretin Hop (Ramones song)