Wednesday, 26 September 2007Joey Ramone and Holly Beth Vincent - I got you babe on Ramo recordsI got you babe / One more danceRamo records released 9/11/07  I really thought the name of this band was 'Joey Ramone and Holly Beth Vincent'... but no... it turns out this is a serious piece of punk rock history appropriately released on 7" vinyl by Ramo records. Holly and the Italians were in the middle of the CBGB's NY punk scene alongside the Ramones, and after relocating briefly to England, opened for Blondie and the Clash. The original seven inch of this duet was a thing of practically legend, impossible to locate and well deserving of a repress. Of course this song was just the nail in the coffin for popular culture. The seventies and everything along with it were decidedly dead and this was kicking it while it was down. Plus it's perfect to cover, duets are inherently ridiculous and they aren't taking themselves or the song too seriously. Holly and the Italians were sadly overlooked when talking about this era, she stood alongside the Pretenders and Joan Jett, and Holly and the Italians 'The Right to be Italian' is legendary as a punk/new wave signpost of things to come. It's so close to early ramones releases, the same delivery. On an early single 'Tell that Girl to Shut Up' the b-side was a cover of the Dixie Cups 'Going to the Chapel' which was a cheesy Ronnie Specter song the 50's generation reworked in the same vein as those Ramones covers that actually made those songs good. Ramo records says: Recorded in 1982 in England, this 45 features legendary singer of the Ramones Joey Ramone along side Holly and the Italians for a duet of Sonny and Chers hit, "I Got You Babe." It also features a pre-blinded by science Thomas Dolby on Keyboards. Joey was so excited after the sesssion he asked Holly to join the Ramones!! Holly did not join but she did appear on the legendary cable tv program The Uncle Floyd Show to perform the song with Joey. The flip side is a great rippin' calssic sounding Holly and the Italians tune clocking in at 1:47!! Labels: covers, dixie cups, holly and the Italians, holly beth vincent, joey ramome, ramones, ronnie specter
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