This is indeed a Ramones tribute, and I heard it straight from Frank Black's mouth. I was having dinner with him in 1993 as part of a promotional tour he was doing for his first solo album. He told me that "I Heard Ramona Sing" was about his fondness for the Ramones growing up. He also said his sugestion that they "pull another Menudo" is not a reference to the Ramones changing band members so often, as was suggested in another post, but was him hoping that the Ramones as a bnad would never end and that, like Menudo, when someone got too old to be in the band, they be replaced a new member. Theoretically Joey would be replaced with a new Joey, Johnny with a new Johnny, and so on. Sadly, that was not the case and was not practical either. I saw Frank again in 1994 in Texas when he was touring in support of the Ramones. In 1993 I had given him his own personally autographed Ramones photo, and I knew he was a big fan so he was obviously happy to be around the Ramones. He invited me on his tour bus and gave me an advanced copy of Teenager of the Year. I saw him a few times after that, and was always impressed with him and his love of the Ramones.
This is indeed a Ramones tribute, and I heard it straight from Frank Black's mouth. I was having dinner with him in 1993 as part of a promotional tour he was doing for his first solo album. He told me that "I Heard Ramona Sing" was about his fondness for the Ramones growing up. He also said his sugestion that they "pull another Menudo" is not a reference to the Ramones changing band members so often, as was suggested in another post, but was him hoping that the Ramones as a bnad would never end and that, like Menudo, when someone got too old to be in the band, they be replaced a new member. Theoretically Joey would be replaced with a new Joey, Johnny with a new Johnny, and so on. Sadly, that was not the case and was not practical either. I saw Frank again in 1994 in Texas when he was touring in support of the Ramones. In 1993 I had given him his own personally autographed Ramones photo, and I knew he was a big fan so he was obviously happy to be around the Ramones. He invited me on his tour bus and gave me an advanced copy of Teenager of the Year. I saw him a few times after that, and was always impressed with him and his love of the Ramones.