“Who, me? Naaaahh!” Dee Dee Ramone lets out a goofy cartoon chuckle at the very idea of The Ramones hanging ten on surfboards, but confesses he always liked to go to Rockaway Beach, as immortalised in the band’s classic song of the same name.
Sitting next to him in a dressing room on the Ramones’ December 1977 UK tour, Joey giggles at the very thought, although Johnny confirms Dee Dee as “the only real beach-goer” in the Ramones and acknowledges the surfing elements that started creeping in on previous single Sheena is A Punk Rocker (Joey’s self-described “first surf/punk rock teenage rebellion song”). “It’s a surfing-type song so we wanted to get a surfing sound on it” Johnny states, in typically blunt fashion.
