The Ramones always seem to brighten my day. No pretentious songs or long drawn out solos. They get to the point and fast. This song is a little different their previous songs and it was one of their biggest hits.
Dee Dee Ramone and producer Daniel Rey wrote this song for the 1989 Stephen King movie Pet Sematary. Another Ramones song, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, also appears in the film.
Stephen King was a big Ramones fan and even mentioned them in the book.
The music video for Pet Sematary was filmed at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York village…it was filmed in 1989. The video features cameos by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie.
The song peaked at #4 in the Billboard Modern Rock Charts in 1989. The song was on the album Brain Drain.
Marky Ramone: “Stephen King is a big Ramones fan. … He’s a great guy, very tall, very intense-looking. His eyes are very intense, you can see he read a lot … and we hit it off. He asked us to do a song for the movie soundtrack. … He gave Dee Dee the book to read; he read the book and wrote the song in 40 minutes. I’m forever grateful I met the guy. He wrote a nice quote in the book about me. So thank you, Stephen.”
This is a link for more info on the song and video.
https://tidal.com/magazine/article/pet-sematary-an-oral-history/1-54455
Pet Sematary
Under the arc of a weather stain boards
Ancient goblins, and warlords
Come out the ground, not making a sound
The smell of death is all around
And the night when the cold wind blows
No one cares, nobody knows
I don’t want to be buried in a pet cemetery
I don’t want to live my life again
I don’t want to be buried in a pet cemetery
I don’t want to live my life again
Follow Victor to the sacred place
This ain’t a dream, I can’t escape
Molars and fangs, the clicking of bones
Spirits moaning among the tombstones
And the night, when the moon is bright
Someone cries, something ain’t right
I don’t want to be buried in a pet cemetery
I don’t want to live my life again
I don’t want to be buried in a pet cemetery
I don’t want to live my life again
The moon is full, the air is still
All of the sudden I feel a chain
Victor is grinning, flesh is rotting away
Skeletons dance, I curse this day
And the night when the wolves cry out
Listen close and you can hear me shout
I don’t want to be buried in a pet cemetery
I don’t want to live my life again
I don’t want to be buried in a pet cemetery
I don’t want to live my life again, oh, no, oh, no
I don’t want to live my life, not again, oh, no, oh, oh
I don’t want to live my life, not again, oh, no, no, no
I don’t want to live my life, not again, oh, no, no, no
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The Ramones were a lot of fun-I agree they always brighten up my day too.
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I went through a Stephen King phase, around that time actually (I saw the movie, one of maybe 4 of his adaptations I have seen) and I noticed it seemed like there’d be a reference to the Ramones in most of his books!
A catchy tune, if typical of what they did through their career
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I went through that same phase but only around 4 years ago. I read 3-4 of his books. IT was the one that stuck with me….
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I think it was ‘Salem’s lot’ that really grabbed me back then, but I liked quite a few of his.
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I wouldn’t mind reading that…The ones I remember off the top of my head are IT and Christine and some short stories he had
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Nice music and an interesting video and who could blame them for not wanting to “be buried in a pet cemetery”, although that looked like a fun place.
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It was a good movie also…if you like horrors
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A melodic song with a good melody by the Gabba Gabba Hey boys. I’m just a little confused about the spelling of the title.
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I know…the spelling got me also. Word Press kept trying to correct it…I did also.
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Been awhile but I THINK it was intentional because kids had made a homemade sign for the cemetery (and couldn’ t spell well)
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That would totally make sense.
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You can’t go wrong with some Ramones, and nice to hear one of their less-played hits.
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I agree…the thing that surprised me was it was one of their most successful.
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Yeah, and from pretty late in their careers too.
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Gotta love what these guys did. Wore the same clothes and had the same vibe for years. Never followed trends.
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One, two, three! Wow, at 3:25 minutes, this has to be one of the longest Ramones tunes I’ve ever heard! 🙂
These guys had so much energy and joy playing, how can you not love them?
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LOL good point! This is their Stairway to Heaven. They make me smile everytime I hear them.
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