Joey Ramone's Friends And Family Tell Us How They Really Feel About U2’s Tribute Single — mtv.com

When U2 do something, they go all in — whether it’s partnering with Apple to gift their surprise Songs of Innocence album to half a billion iTunes users at once last week (whether they wanted it or not) or using their musical muscle to pay tribute to one of their heroes. In the latter case, U2 used the first single from the album to honor late Ramones singer Joey Ramone on the buzzing track “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone).” While the lyrics don’t specifically name-check the towering punk godfather, they tell a story about the first time U2 snuck in to see the Ramones in Dublin more than 40 years ago and the impact it had on their musical lives.

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