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"We're Gonna Be The Biggest Band In The World. Give Us A Deal!" Transvison Vamp - Baby I Don't Care

Last week when I talked about the late 80s obsession with the 1950s and the strange prevalence of Marilyn Monroe James Dean and Elvis Presley in iconography art and culture, I was reminded of another band that also paid homage to those stars, that also had a peroxide blonde lead singer, and also played a rockabilly influence style of pop rock. A band that got their recording contract out of sheer bravado. They told a record company they were gonna be the biggest act in the world and somehow the record company bought it. This week we are looking at Transvision Vamp, and their 1989 hit “Baby I Don't Care”. So give me kisses forever and a day, as we look at this week’s 80s song of the day. TVV was formed in Putney in 1986 By Nick Christian Sayer, Guitarist and songwriter for the band and Wendy James on vocals. Other members included DaveParsons On Base Pol Burton on Drums and Tex Axile on Keyboards. As I said in the intro, they got their record deal out of pure bravado. They marched into EMI's Manchester Square office with overflowing confidence and demanded to see A&R executive Dave Ambrose, well known in the industry as the man who signed the Sex Pistols. Declaring to the secretary at the front desk that they were going to be “the biggest band in the world - give us a deal!”. They must have made quite the impression because it worked! Ambrose was impressed with their demo and offered them five days in a studio to develop their songs. This ultimately led to them signing a contract with MCA records in December 1986 and they released their first single Revolution Baby the next year. It only got to 77 in the UK charts, but it was the beginning of increasing success for the band. The first album pop Art came out in 1988, and featured their first big hit “I want your love”. The video for “I want your Love” featured plenty of that 50s iconography, Wendy James pulls up in the classic sports car, reminiscent of James Dean's infamous Porche 550 spyder, the band are dressed like rockabilly artists, and the background has posters of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. We really did go in for the 50s for a little while there in the 1980s. At one point I was dating a girl that worked at Johnny Rockets. Which if you don't remember - was 1950s style American Diner themed restaurant. And James has cited 1950s sex-symbols like Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot as styling influences, explaining that their iconic status allowed her to channel “feminine power as a statement of rebellion,” rather than meek sex appeal. She often drew parallels between her own image and Monroe’s, combining vintage glamour with a punk attitude to challenge the conventions of both eras. Moving quickly to capitalise on the success of pop art, they released the second album in 1989 called velveteen. The first single taken from the new album was “baby I don't care”. Written by Nick Christian Sayer, the song starts out with a strikingly familiar guitar riff, that sounds way too much like Wild Thing by the Trogs. And wild is how it continues. With James letting loose with a crazy animalistic scream. This wasn't planned or written into the song, it came about by a happy accident. James had gone into the studio to record the vocals and decided to loosen up her vocal cords by letting out a gigantic howl just to warm things up. Fast paced and catchy as the songs presence in pubs, clubs and TV was unmistakable. In the UK, it's spent 11 weeks on the charts peaking at number three. It reached the same chopped position here in Australia., I made it to number six in New Zealand. With their successful blend of pop punk and new wave influences the band looked to be making good on that promise of being the biggest band in the world. Lead singer Wendy James was always at the forefront with an eye catching look and punk style and attitude. By 1989 she was voted in a smash hits Magazine poll as the third ‘most fanciable female’ in UK pop music. But - James’ outspoken ways and brash attitude, also caused friction especially among the music press and the next year timeout magazine included her in its hated 100 list. The press liked taking jabs at James, and there were a number of notable hit pieces on her as well as some outright fabrications about celebrity feuds. In 1991, they released the third album, the weirdly titled ‘Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble’. It was released here in Australia and New Zealand where it peaked at 25 and 14 respectively. But disliking the direction that the album took the label. MCA actually refused to release it in the UK. It seemed by this point that the band had already decided that they were going to split up and that possibly influenced MCAs decision to shelve the album as well. So there you have it, maybe I don't care by Transvision Vamp, that's your 80s song of the day. Hope you enjoy it and if you ‘do care’ about 80s music you'll join me next time for another 80s song of the day.