 The album opens with " Cretin Hop , " which pays homage to Ramones fans , and was inspired by Cretin Avenue of St. Paul , Minnesota , named after former Bishop Joseph Crétin . When the piece was performed at concerts , the band would pogo dance on stage . " Rockaway Beach " was written by bassist Dee Dee Ramone , and was inspired by the Beach Boys along with other surf music bands . The title refers to a neighborhood and beach in Queens which Dee Dee was a fan of , as confirmed by Tommy and Joey . " I Don 't Care " is composed of three chords and features minimal text composition . The song is among the first pieces written by the band , and was originally recorded as a demo that was released on the 2001 expanded edition of the Ramones debut album . " Sheena Is a Punk Rocker " was written by Joey , who explains that the lyrics are about a young female outsider named Sheena who strayed away from the popular disco and surf music and instead visited nightclubs and listened to punk rock . The mid @-@ tempo song deviates from a three @-@ chord pattern and starts off with Joey shouting " Go ! " , followed guitar riffs deemed to have a " raucous " texture by author Tom Carson . The author also suggests that these chords " bump [ ed ] " into each other until the song 's fade @-@ out ending . 
