Old music: Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)

It failed to even chart in 1987, but this festive anthem seems to be earning the punk pioneers some posthumous plauditsThey were, of course, the greatest band in the history of rock music. I hold that truth to be self-evident, and if you disagree I will cover my ears and sing Rockaway Beach at the top of my voice until you stop. But even their most devoted fans knew Ramones (there's no definite article; and even if there were, only the Joey-Johnny-Dee Dee-Tommy lineup deserves to be THE Ramones)...

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