David Johansen’s Journey Through the Past
Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, 10 February 2001
Between songs the occasional, almost plaintive, yelp can be heard: "Subway Train!" "Funky But Chic!" One particularly persistent voice calls for Babylon, of all things, throughout the set.
"Baaa-beee-lon!!"
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