Ramblin' Bout The Ramones

Yesterday HERE I wondered why Do You Remember Rock 'n Roll Radio wasn't a huge hit, and Xmastime buddy The Rambler said something I think is true:

Because FM radio never recognized that The Ramones were a lot closer to the Beatles than they were to the Sex Pistols. The Ramones wrote great pop songs.

The Ramones themselves thought they were doing bubblegum when they started. I mean, for fuck's sake:

Joey Ramone: "I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City Rollers. Their song 'Saturday Night' had a great chant in it, so we wanted a song with a chant in it: 'Hey! Ho! Let's Go!'. 'Blitzkrieg Bop' was our 'Saturday Night'."