Ramones, The - I Wanna Be Sedated

Songs That Changed the World

Each program in this series puts the spotlight on the songs that have left an indelible mark on the world. Besides setting the scene for the release of the song, the programs feature the songs´ creator(s) and explore its cultural impact and the ways that it changed the course of history. Guests include artists, music industry executives, cultural and political pundits and the music fans themselves for whom these songs became their life´s soundtrack.

The punk movement instigated by The Ramones helped to launch a new musical and aesthetic style know as new wave, which couldn´t have been more oppostie from the stripped-down, back-to-basics approach of the fathers of punk. By the early ´90s, the original punk style of The Ramones would break in the mainstream and all over the world, they opened doors. The entire indie movement would be rotted in what The Romones made possible.