Bruce performs the song during the annual Light Of Day benefit togetehr with with Jesse Malin. The organisation funds research into possible cures, improved treatments and support for persons suffering from Parkinson’s disease and related illnesses. After an extensive soundcheck, Bruce's evening kicks off with Jesse Malin, performing The Ramones' "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?", before "One Guitar" during Willie Nile's set. The main set is Bruce performing with Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers.

 

Malin chose the song, because he felt the message captured the spirit of the benefit : "Joey Ramone was a fighter, and he fought to stay alive," Malin told The Hollywood Reporter after the show. "He believed in the power of music." Malin added that he pitched the idea to Springsteen that day, and the two only rehearsed the song two hours prior to hitting the stage.  

 

 

 

"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" is the second single and first track from the American punk rock band Ramones' fifth studio album End of the Century. It was released on May 16, 1980. This song and the album itself marked a complete change in the Ramones' sound. This was partially due in an attempt to reach commercial success and to the work of their new producer Phil Spector. While most Ramones songs were based on three chords and a memorable melody, "Rock 'n' Roll Radio" is a complex song, based on many of the 1950s pop songs the band grew up listening to. A piano, trumpet, horn, saxophone, and synthesizer are used along with the standard guitar, drums, and bass. Although there is no title track for the End of the Century album, the album's title comes from a famous couplet in this song: "It's the end, the end of the seventies/It's the end, the end of the century.". The verse was also used for the title of the 2003 documentary about the group, End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones.

 

 

 

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