At the very least, maybe the respective coffers of the Ramones’ estate are benefitting somehow, however backhandedly. Maybe do a little Googling? It’s not that difficult. What’s more is that I get loads of e-mails (usually in Spanish or in broken English), frenziedly asking me “ WHERE CAN I GET THAT SHIRT?” That single post gets more hits a day than virtually anything else I’ve ever put up here (the exception being the post about Chuck Klosterman’s theory about Radiohead’s Kid A that was linked to by Cracked… that still gets a bajillion hits weekly). So, I guess the next logical step was for some entrepreneurial soul to design that One Direction/Ramones logo mutation I first spotted on Tumblr and re-posted here.Įver since I did that, however, traffic on this weblog has relatively SKYROCKETED. What seemed to happen next was that there was a sudden panic for Ramones shirts, although not out of any love for the Ramones, but simply because our Harry is keen on da bruddahs. The strange thing, though, is that in the wake of Harry’s sporting of the Ramones logo, the already-revered emblem has gone onto become some sort of totemic touchstone for One Direction nation, prompting feverish teenage girls to post questions online like “ Should I wear a Ramones shirt to a One Direction concert?” and the like (The answer: No. HARRY STYLES U2 Coldplay Paul McCartney Dua Lipa The Notorious B.I.G. I don’t wish death upon him for that or anything. Yes, evidently Harry Styles is a Ramones fan, or - at the very least - thinks the shirt looks cool.
What I didn’t realize at the time is that there’s actually a backstory.Įvidently, one member of One Direction (who, if you’re not aware by this point, are a British boy band currently capable of making a planet’s worth of teenage girls rend their undergarments) has made a habit out of wearing Ramones t-shirts. I did my usual war dance, cried foul, shook my fist at an uncaring god, etc. The offending garment in question was a One Direction t-shirt that was basically a brazen appropriation of Arturo Vega’s iconic Ramones logo. Like Harry, most opt for the classic logo, but really any Ramones shirt will do. Back in June, you may remember, I posted an incredulous little entry (histrionically dubbed “Heresy”) about a certain t-shirt. Who knows, maybe Harry Styles from teen pop sensation One Direction actually likes the leather-clad punks from Queens, but he seems to be over-compensating or something, as there’s a shit-ton of photos of him online dressed in the iconic t-shirt.
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