from the LP Easy Going, Banana Records, 1978Geez, the Italians have never been a people to embrace the notion of ‘subtlety’ have they?! These three frisky gentlemen took the name of their band & first album from a well-known dance club in Rome, and the Tom of Finland-esque mosaic tiled wall which adorns of the LP cover was from a popular bathhouse there; thus, I can’t help but laugh when they sing, “…you feel me, I feel you, burning; touch me here, touch me there…” Yeah, that’s called gonorrhea, you should probably take some antibiotics for that, just grab a handful on your way out of the bathhouse, I think they’re next to the door, by the toothpicks! Horniness aside, this is a deeply funky track, packed with some of the most accent-ridden English you’ve ever heard, a quirk I happen to love about Italian records; it also contains two of my favorite things (those being the extensive use of cowbell and a spacey synthesizer solo) and thrusts along at my beloved mid-tempo pace. Viva L’Italia!
