The One That’ll Follow You Everywhere

Song of the Day:

Holly Beth Vincent – Samurai and Courtesan

Holly Beth Vincent was the eponymous singer of the band Holly and the Italians.  That group had a minor hit with a song called Tell that Girl to Shut Up, later a bigger hit for Transvision Vamp.  The album our Song of the Day is from is called Holly & the Italians (1982) but, is, confusingly, Miss Vincent’s solo debut.  It is a very fine New Wave-ish album that should have made Holly a star but, did not.  Our favorite cut off the LP is called Samurai and Courtesan and is a smokey, slinky, cryptic puzzle of a song that has a refrain, that will “follow you everywhere”, in a good way.  And, we know you can dig that.