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The innocuous lyrics Tommy Ramone originally wrote for ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’
(Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Punk has its roots in Eddie Cochran’s chugging riffs and, later, the garage rock work of The Kingsmen, The Who, and The Kinks. A sound of unrefined urgency and Pete Townshend’s lyric, “I hope I die before I get old”, seemed …