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Teenage Lobotomy
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Wikipedia article
"'Teenage Lobotomy"' is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones. It was released on their 1977 album 'Rocket to Russia', and became one of their most popular songs.
The song's lyrics are about a teenager who had a lobotomy because of the brain damage caused by overexposure to DDT. The lyrics also outline how this procedure can cause serious consequences to the brain, with the line "Gonna get my Ph.D, I'm a teenage lobotomy."Bessman 1993, p. 84. The composition features more complex melodies than that of other songs from the album, with the album's engineer Ed Stasium proclaiming it to be a "mini-Ramones Symphony".True 2005, p. 94.
"Teenage Lobotomy" has been released as downloadable content for the music video game 'Rock Band'.
Personnel
* Joey Ramone lead vocals
* Johnny Ramone guitar
* Dee Dee Ramone bass, backing vocals
* Tommy Ramone drums, producer
Production
* Tony Bongiovi producer* Ed Stasium engineer
* Don Berman assistant engineer
* Greg Calbi mastering
References
Category:Songs about teenagers
Category:1977 songs
Category:Lobotomy
Category:Songs written by Dee Dee Ramone
Category:Ramones songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Bongiovi
Category:Song recordings produced by Tommy Ramone
Category:Songs written by Joey Ramone
Category:Songs written by Johnny Ramone
Category:Songs written by Tommy Ramone
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