Some fun [internet] facts about Ram Jam
1. A google search for “ram jam fan page” yields no results.
2. A google search for ‘ram jam fan page’ (without quotes) only yields 50,000 pages, most of which are places where people are selling used copies of ram jam records.
3. Ram Jam’s most popular track on last.fm is “Black Betty,” with 2,269 plays in the last week. Their next most popular track is “Let it all out,” with only 31 plays. Overall, “Black Betty” represents 88% of all Ram Jam plays on last.fm.
4. Here are some of the 36 ‘shouts’ Ram Jam has received on last.fm:
“Black Betty - makes me still wanna Ram Jam - great classic cover song”
“My favourite rock song. Excellent!!” [presumably referencing “Black Betty”]
“Black Betty is one of my favourite songs.”
“ROCK ON BLACK BETTY!!!! nice….”
“Whoooaaaa, Black Betty, Bam-A-Lam, Whooaaa, Black Betty, Bam-A-Lam”
“315,720 of 358,283 plays are Black Betty. One-hit wonder?”
“Mickey Rourke is a Ram Jam.”
5. Ram Jam is also the name of a sports complex, a yearly event for young fans of the football team the Rams, a nightclub, an energy drink and a sexual maneuver (see #6).
6. UrbanDictionary.com defines the Ram Jam Crush Combo as when you “Ram the ‘M’… then you Jam the ‘P’… and then you Crush the ‘A’”
…oh man. I love these guys. Keep on Ram Jammin’! Submissions are due on the 1st… that’s only eight more days!
