# Ramones: Ramona is a spy for the BBI. Who are they? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502 "2006-05-28T00:14:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502/1 "2006-05-28T00:14:03Z")
Sweet sweet little Ramona I think I’ll try and phone her I let her in if you’re wondering why Cause she’s a spy for the BBI In their 1977 release [Rocket to Russia](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JGAF/sr=8-2/qid=1148774850/ref=sr_1_2/104-1995649-8233565?%5Fencoding=UTF8), the Ramones penned an ode to what I thought was one of their groupies – the name of the cut is [Ramona](http://ivo.ingwie.de/songs/Ramona.html). They accuse Ramona (if that is her real name) of being a spy for the BBI. Who are the BBI? Acronym Attic lists [a few candidates](http://www.acronymattic.com/results.aspx?q=bbi). These include the following: BBI Berlin Brandenburg International \*\*\*\* BBI Blue Box International \*\*\*\* BBI Bowman Birk Inhibitor \*\*\* BBI Brandeis Bardin Institute \*\*\* BBI Bath Beyond Inc \*\*\* BBI Boston Biomedica Inc \*\*\* BBI Bijzonder Beheer Incasso \*\*\* BBI British Broadcasting \*\*\* BBI Bhubaneswar Biak \*\*\* BBI Batu Besar Indonesia \*\*\* There are others. So who are the BBI? And why all the cloak and dagger stuff? I thought that the Ramones were just a rock band. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502/2 "2012-07-25T04:24:26Z")
Bump. It’s been over six years, has anyone figured out the answer yet? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502/3 "2012-07-25T13:34:57Z")
I’d pick Bath Beyond or British Broadcasting just because they’re the funniest. ---
**Author:** ![NickyP666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/0ea827/32.png) [@NickyP666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyP666)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502/4 "2019-08-13T05:48:42Z")
Beckett Brown International (BBI), the now defunct private security and investigations firm that spied on Greenpeace and other targets on behalf of corporate clients. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502/5 "2019-08-13T09:11:30Z")
Brooklyn Bureau of Investigation? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502/6 "2019-08-13T12:01:48Z")
It’s the _Beggars Banquet Imprint_. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502/7 "2019-08-13T14:21:47Z")
British Bureau of Investigation according to this authoritative sourse: [Best Songs by The Ramones | Beat](https://beat.media/best-songs-by-the-ramones) I love the history of this thread. One post. 6 years later, two replies. Fast forward 7 years and it’s bumped again. 13 years and now I’m post 7. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502/8 "2019-08-14T06:58:52Z")
B **P** I > **[British Phonographic Industry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry)** > > British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association. It runs the BRIT Awards, the Classic BRIT Awards, National Album Day, is home to the Mercury Prize, and co-owns the Official Charts Company with the Entertainment Retailers Association, and awards UK music sales through the BRIT Certified Awards. > Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all three "major" record companies in the UK (Warner Music UK, Sony Music UK, & Universal M... ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502/9 "2019-08-14T09:26:21Z")
I wonder if she’s working with [Julie.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPMsaxqiL5Q)