Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

Music video by Wall Of Voodoo performing Mexican Radio.

[@dons123111]

We in small towns across America couldn't get rock and roll stations during the day. At night Mexican radio stations blasted 50,000 watts towards us and that's how we got our rock and roll. So when this was released in 83 with New Wave it was an instant hit to millions of 20 something year olds who lived by Mexican Radio.

[@patwaters3486]

I heard it on the X.

[@auerstadt06]

Border blasters

[@rickr949]

I actually lived in Mexico in the state of Aguascalientes in the 80s and would listen to American radio stations late at night.

[@klimtklavier]

Add ZZ Top's "I Heard It On The X" to the story of Mexican radio stations that played a lot of blues and no programming.

[@familyofficebookclub4741]

What a great story! I lived in Milwaukee so was too far out of range for that.

[@williamgosse851]

Loved the 80's. Nothing be the same ever. Rubbers, mad dog 20/20, coke, honey tonks & biker bars. Was the best!

[@Golf4-65]

I was 11 years old in 83, and this song still hits just as hard as it did in 83

[@maxxlindley9425]

its 2023 , i'm 67 and this song has still got it

[@felixluisocasio8948]

I'm 56, hear it in Night Tracks at night thru WTBS Atlanta!

[@kylepowell_sbs1653]

I'm 21 and love this got any other goodies

[@user-vt6pt4lz6n]

Hmmm

[@scotthartley5386]

71 and still loving it

[@Operator_68]

​@@kylepowell_sbs1653yes! Adam Ant, Kajagoogoo, Dexis midnight runners, The Pretenders, and by all means check out The Cars. You missed the best music ever but it's still there 👍

[@JDGothard]

What a fun video to work on! I was in my early 20's and we shot some of this video out of the back of my Volvo stationwagon. We really had fun in Tijuana...what a blast. These guys were terrific to work with, and their music is still fun TODAY. Love to show these old 80's MTV videos to my kids (now they know why I am crazy)

[@treygreen7302]

Great job with this! THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK!

[@user-uo4bh5si9f]

Did you eat BBQ-ed iguana? :)

[@captainchaos0666]

Ok, boomer LOL. JK my dude. I'm amazed how this song is considered a one hit wonder. Must have been a cool experience working on the music video.

[@johnnygnoneeded]

Cool beans!! Great video and a great tune!

[@Tangento]

Dude, you are my new friggin hero lol. Following Marc Moreland's death (which followed that of Joe Nanini) back in around 2003, I resurrected the Dog's Life Wall of Voodoo Fan Club, simply because these fans are a special breed, and this band has never been properly appreciated. Well, after we made to well over 100 members and had some real momentum going, Rock.com went belly up, and as their server crashed, our entire database and address book was wiped out. I literally had no way to contact anyone, and... such is the tragedy of both life and Wall of Voodoo. FWIW, we are still slowly rebuilding Dog's Life, and the (outdated, in need of attention) page can be found: www.tangento.net/GrampasHouse.html If enough people show up again, I'll fix it up all nice & modern :) I suppose I ought to post most of this in its own, if I want any action lol.

[@pathslesstrampled9906]

I’m in Mexico right now listening to Mexican Radio

[@HadesMiscreant]

❤

[@emberash1943]

Obligatory Statement: Cheers to the good ole days of terrestrial radio✌️ -Gawd do I ever miss old fashioned radio stations 💯 anyone else in 2023/2024?

[@Slo-ryde]

There are still plenty in the greater metropolitan cities.

[@emberash1943]

@@Slo-ryde no ..

[@Nonconformistwilderbeastman]

Can you be more specific gravity 🤗🍺🍻✌️​@@Slo-ryde

[@johnwilkesbo]

@@emberash1943 lol does your car have a radio? There are tons.

[@emberash1943]

@@johnwilkesbo before you respond to someone's comment you should probably familiarize yourself with the terms: terrestrial vs. digital..🙄 we (The US) haven't been on a terrestrial frequency since 2009 genius🥴 NEXT!!!🥱

[@michaelt.wardlespider2496]

Songs like this were why I loved what MTV started out as... None of my local stations played such eclectic music. "Wish I was in Tijuana eating barbecued iguana." What a line.

[@at1970]

Compare this or say a ZZ Top video with the crap on MTV now. Pathetic.

[@SpecialOrder935]

Mini warriors cover is better

[@maskcollector6949]

@@SpecialOrder935 That's why it's not even uploaded on youtube xD lmao

[@SpecialOrder935]

@@maskcollector6949 Lol yeah it is asshole you just don’t know the name of the band LMAO

[@ketcherinthery5079]

Authority Zero cover is better@@SpecialOrder935

[@chuyhighman6927]

It’s December 2nd 2023 How many KZbinrs Still Like This Song ??

[@MrYfz45005]

LOVE IT !! THE 80'S WERE IT !!

[@danadupus7086]

Classic

[@kppd41]

I do

[@Operator_68]

Me!

[@JohnAshbrook-ry5nm]

And how many only know of the existence of this song because of "Seinfeld" ...?

[@TheSteveSteele]

I’ve never tired of this song. It’s so catchy. Wall of Voodoo and Adam Ant are great.

[@kantstenchonthemel5641]

That's some good taste you have here!

[@dansweda712]

The variety of music in the 80's is hands down unmatched by any other decade

[@dansweda712]

@@balladofathinman not much quality you say? You're obviously forgetting Dolly Parton's 9-5 Motley Crue Smoking in the Boy's Room and Packman Fever, okay, okay, okay, I'm just kidding, LoL. I'll just mention the song, you'll surely know the artist Jack & Diane, Africa, Chariots of Fire, Spirits in the Material World, Don't you forget about Me, Billy Gene, Mad World ( Tears for Fears ) Innocent Man, ldk, sounds like quality to me, and I could just keep going and going. With that being said, the 70's may have the edge on quality, but the 80's surely is not lacking in it

[@musicandpoetry_8]

There was something in the water in the 80s

[@jimmoseley5813]

Except the sixties

[@dansweda712]

@@jimmoseley5813 the sixties didn't have heavy metal or rap music

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a song that is called 'The bond villain' by Robert Nix

[@brianklebig8803]

I grew up listening to KSJO in San Jose. At midnight one night, with literally no warning or announcement, they played this song and then the station went entirely to Spanish Radio. Craziest thing. RIP KSJO.

[@keirfarnum6811]

That’s crazy!

[@Spyderman500]

RIP, KSAN, KOME, and KFOG. Bay Area radio was great. Corruptions kill them with their greed.

[@edlaw51501]

KSJO, and KOME were the best ROCK stations in the Bay Area in the 80s, and KSJO was the only Rock station in the Bay Area in the for a time in the 90s, then we got THE BONE, KVHS, KRQR all gone. Never forgot the tag line for KOME " Don't touch that dial there's Kome on it " that used to crack me up, great times back then.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@edlaw51501 Thanks for your remembrances. I was in the KRQR ("Rock Of The Bay" / "The Rocker") master studio when it ended with Led Zeppelin's "Thank You" in 1996.

[@edlaw51501]

@@shiroibasketshoes I was glad that Steven Seaweed got to finish out his time in the Bay Area at the Bone, 80's Rock radio in the Bay Area was really good ! Can't say it was the best as L.A. had or has KMET, and another popular Rock station whose call letters escape me, I had a friend that was friends with someone at KRQR, and used to go in and watch Steven Seaweeds show and even got some Disk Jockey Trading cards of Steven, not sure if you had or saw those ?

[@Dana-wq5tp]

Stan Ridgway singing out of the side of his mouth while his face convulses in a nervous twitch never gets old.

[@MegaJustGeorge]

Dana, I rather like that - thanks for mentioning this.

[@jackaction7077]

Me too..never gets old

[@slyasleep]

surely the twitchiest face in a music video ever.

[@kameronnaeole7680]

I'm on a Mexicannnn woah radiooo

[@izzimichaels2892]

i always liked the song, but his facial expressions (for me) are a bit much

[@jmadd1000]

This shit never gets old.

[@ViolettaD1485]

No. But we did.

[@armorer94]

@@ViolettaD1485 🤣🤣🤣🍑👍

[@jamesmurray3082]

Kramer from srinfeld

[@douglastull3908]

Never.

[@stu3775]

It has comedic medication implanted.

[@bryonslatten3147]

40 years ago. How time flies.

[@jeffreyraia5804]

This song aged well because here we are, 40 years later and it still sounds like something that the young people of today would like.

[@devolve42]

"the young people of today" -- have some casserole, honey

[@voiceofexperience]

@@devolve42 As long as there's nothing hard in it.

[@freedomfan2295]

71 & still lovin' it! 🤗

[@r4b1d_r0b0t]

I'm 18 and I like this!

[@robbesworkshop]

i thought it was at its earliest a 2000s but no! 1982 i believe? thats crazy! very ahead of its time

[@davidbee3704]

"I wish I was in Tijuana, Eating BBQed iguana. " That line has stuck with me since my youth when I first heard this song when it came out. What a line!

[@jennyisle6646]

Me too. Some years later I went to Tijuana. No iguana, but very interesting place!

[@hueroski]

CLASSIC

[@mauricenielsen803]

I wish I was in Tijuana taking drug's and smoking marijuana

[@bonniebickett4520]

Kinda like Pop Music ..,.,,boogie with a suitcase? Lol

[@toddschendel4999]

@@mauricenielsen803 😁

[@RevDodd]

I've gotta share: Today I was shopping at our local IGA (small-town grocery for folks who don't know) and that familiar opening gallop came over the PA system. I thought, "Nawwww .... can't be!" Then that unmistakable chord progression." I was hooting down the frozen food aisle. I was tempted to ask the guy in the bakery where the barbecued iguana was. What a blast!

[@shannonmcgovern2542]

Read this comment literally right as the iguana came up, im dead lmao

[@vickisawyer7405]

2024 - 63 and still lovin it!!

[@NormAppleton]

The BEAnS!!

[@Neilcampbell-gu7uz]

That bloke Stan Ridgway is a ripper. Being able to sing sideways with his face drooping in the microphone, with that twitch & Wink. What a great line of "I wish I was in Tijuana, Eating BBQed Iguana!!"

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Have to go to glitterati restaurants in Austin for that now.

[@nodarkthings]

Here in Britain we know him for his big hit Camouflage!

[@yyz4761]

Back in the early 2000s a hard rock station was sold to a hispaniccmusic network. This was the last song that they ever played.

[@DanielA-kv2tk]

That’s actually really cool and sad

[@vladvampirelord8910]

Rock is dead. Undead. Undead...

[@jacquelineiona1996]

Whatta way cool way to say goodbye! Meanwhile in Philadelphia, there was I92 ...a much too short lived Alternative Music station ....no goodbyes...in the early 80s ....was my only station and then GONE...only Country music ever since ...I cried!!!! That station is where I discovered British Post Punk bands! Thank God I did 🙂😁 nothing against Country but I92 didn't last long enough!!!

[@yyz4761]

We had a very good college radio station that played alternative music. Listening to that channel really expanded my musical horizons. It got bought out by Clear Channel in 2000. They even kept the call sign and tried pretending to be alternative, but it’s been all corporate ever since. When the takeover happened, they announced that the most requested song of all time was “Jerry Was A Race Car Driver” by Primus and that they would never play that song again.

[@yyz4761]

It’s amazing how much music I love was introduced to me by this radio station. So much music that I never would of heard of let alone become a big fan of if it hadn’t been for this radio station.

[@lefthandrightmind2359]

In my teens I couldn't wait for Dr. Demento to come on late night radio, so I could hear this song. Absolutely love it. Good times!

[@captmack007]

Sunday night 9:00 pm KMET Los Angeles! Bilbo, bilbo baggins only three feet tall!

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

@@captmack007 As they used to say on The Mighty Met KMET WWWWWWHHHHHOOOOYYYYAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For me real rock and roll radio stations died on Feb.14,1987 R.I.P. KMET.

[@CarsandCats]

I never missed it!

[@cheese9580]

@@TD75 that's the year I was born.

[@ayebee1207]

Flying Purple People Eater.

[@jthuerta9923]

My uncle died a couple weeks ago and this was his favorite song Rest in peace Uncle Chris

[@thezhtube5895]

May he rest in Heaven

[@jonjon4321]

Rip for your uncle. He had good taste in music.

[@jonjon4321]

Was your uncle in Vietnam?

[@LitRandomness]

May he rest in peace

[@riggaxmorris]

Rip uncle chris

[@trevenirey2354]

For those that don't know, a lot of San Diego radio stations have their antenna placed in Tijuana so they can have a stronger signal than what is allowed in the U.S. Am 690 was one. You could hear that station at night in Denver, Arizona, and even up to Western Canada. The agreement they have with Mexico is that the American station would have to have some programming in Spanish, like 1 hr a week.

[@pctshooter]

I grew up in San Diego. I used to listen to 92.5 XHRM. They transmitted from Tijuana. I remember the Mexican National Anthem being played at midnight. 😂

[@trevenirey2354]

@@pctshooter every night!!!!

[@rager1969]

The Mighty 690. We listened to that in Orange County cuz car radios only had AM, at least the cars that my family and my friends' families would buy. Oh, and the clock radios from the 60s we all seemed to inherit.

[@trevenirey2354]

@@rager1969 I grew up in Mission. Listened to 690 when it was music as a kid then as a teenager when they went all sports talk. Rome at night and on Saturday

[@PorNada96]

I grew up with amazing music from Mexico radio stations I always travelled across borders and states and used to play the dial on the radio. MX Radio was a song I always found to tune into

[@howardbeale661]

Brings me back to the few years when MTV was the single coolest channel on cable.

[@davidpacholski7144]

How bout' it

[@CLUB-th7pp]

Howard Beale partied with these cats in Arlington TX 1983 them and BOW WOW WOW Anna an I hit it off Lol senior trip damn they played at SIXFLAGS what a blast I sure miss the 80s celebrities were APPROACHABLE 👋👍👍👊👊KEEPONKEEPINON

[@drboneman]

Gus “I’ve seen 5 rap music videos from 10 years ago and am assuming all rap is like that” Goose

[@DilfTheVampire]

I blame the real world

[@swaybelly3212]

And yet you have absolutely nothing to prove him wrong.....

[@Frankincensedjb123]

I can sit and listen to 80s music all day. Today's music? Give me about ten minutes.

[@whatwouldtarado213]

Frankincensed You were raised right.

[@lucifersam7946]

Tara Murray How?

[@nonpondo_]

If you define today's music just by the water thin surface that is the worst of pop culture, that just shows your lazy and don't actually look for good music made in the present

[@InsertName125]

Non Pondo I'm looking hard. I'm having a hard time finding bands with anything original to say, or any musical ability or talent. Can you point me in the right direction?

[@nonpondo_]

InsertName125 idk, it depends what kind of music you like

[@kevinmcgiffin10]

This is why i watched SO MUCH MTV . You just didnt know what band they were gonna play next. So diverse TGANK YOU MTV !!! MARTHA QUINN AND ALL THE REST OF THE SUPER MTV HOSTS❤

[@truthreignsforever9286]

don’t forget about Kurt Loder? Downtown Julie Brown too ☝️😎

[@CDavis-jt5fh]

Mark, Allan, and of course JJ will always be the first VJs ever.

[@gordocarbo]

Only saw 1 or 2 mtv vids...wasnt allowed to watch tv..knew every metal/new wave song by heart though

[@TheOGGMsAdventures]

this song still is awesome 5/22/2024. If i could turn back time things would be better. Turn up the radio,

[@troyott2334]

The good old days, they opened for DEVO back in the day, wonderful

[@patricklink8527]

What a perfect early 80s Show. At that time who better to open for Devo. Wall of voodoo of course.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Bill should have been flipped.

[@bigmaz4002]

@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qenow that’s just silly

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

This is one of the most underrated songs of 1983.

[@Sadler2010]

One of the most underrated songs EVER!!

[@emmerfarro]

Not if you actually lived in 1983.......

[@michaelharris9675]

Totally Agree !!!!!!

[@davsny5]

1983 had great songs, Making Love Out of Nothing at All, Always Something There to Remind Me, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Africa, Mexican Radio, Saved by Zero, Every Breathe You Take, Billie Jean, and some great movies Wargames, Sleepaway Camp, Christine, The Dead Zone, Sudden Impact, The Twilight Zone Movie, Psycho 2, Risky Business, Scarface, The Outsiders, Blue Thunder, Mr. Mom, Easy Money, great shows, Dallas, Different Strokes, The A-Team, Mash, Dynasty to name a few, good times and I was only 3-years-young.

[@chrisnewman7281]

It was actually 1982

[@craigsouder9334]

when teens say they like this and wish they had this music i have to smile. we had it so good. mtv was new....we had loverboy, springfield, foreigner and journey etc etc etc while it was fresh.

[@gordocarbo]

I still tune into KLOS 95.5, still the same rock I grew upwith. Nothing modern ever comes on. Not sure what some posters are talking about with recent groups.

[@markdavid4897]

This is perhaps the greatest song ever written.

[@dcfire2222]

You bet! I am 66 and love it!

[@chadkline4268]

🍺😆👍

[@chadkline4268]

Haha .. I understand just a little, no comprende, it's a riddle 🤠

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a song called 'The Bond Villain' By Robert Nix

[@MrChazz965]

@@chadkline4268 best line!

[@leonadams1942]

Man who remembers when MTV aired nothing but music videos on TV and not the crap that is on now?

[@brandonpage7087]

I do! They might as well call themselves RTV nowadays, as reality shows is basically all they air!!

[@marthaperdew]

I miss MTV when it is awesome

[@dragondancer1814]

Leon Adams Like TLC-that used to stand for The Learning Channel, and now it should mean Totally Lousy Content! Both stations have totally sold out to the lowest bidder and are no longer worth watching. Sad and disgusting!

[@leegreer9582]

I do I miss headbanger ball sat night we'd stay home just for it!

[@leegreer9582]

Cancel band practice just for headbanger ball

[@AmericanWithTheTruth]

80's were so much fun!

[@rickedwards5309]

+Tom Brooks Too fun Tom...right??

[@marlenedietrich1371]

Actually the 2000s introduced depression you moron.

[@user-gu5hj4oi7p]

I have to agree. The 2000s did introduce depression, mainly due to 9/11.

[@ripperduck]

Was in college at the time and I got laid so damn much....

[@40GamesAG]

I'm sad I didn't get to live the 80's. So much stuff I love comes from the 80's.

[@oneidad.salinas1450]

Grew up with this song.. I remember it was one of the first videos in MTV!! Now I'm 49... Wow!! Time flew by!! And still one of my favorites!!

[@jeffwilcox5123]

so different and ahead of the times. never gets old.

[@johnallenismynameandmusici2796]

Great song. I used to live in Tucson and there were 1 or 2 AM stations in Mexico that you could hear all the way up to Chicago. If you were driving across country you had 2 choices: religious programming or AM. There was no FM at that time. Man, they played some of the best music I've ever heard in my life. They'd play blues or jazz or rock, anything, but sometimes it was staticky. The Mexican people are very savvy to what's going on in the music world and they can rock out. Mariachi is good, too. I always had a ball in Mexico and I love the people there, so friendly.

[@wungabunga]

I have a similar experience when travelling in Europe (i.e. outside of the UK). Radio is less commercial, more interested in music across the decades and various genres.

[@FuckSlowShit]

Those days are long gone good old 20th century. 21st Ruin everything!

[@darkmadder9897]

The way you experienced/described this makes me glad you were there for it.

[@iDONTdoFacebook]

I lived in Tucson for 20 years. I left there to come back home to Arkansas about 15 years ago. When in Tucson, I rented an old farmhouse out on Tangerine Rd near Marana (it was actually a Marana address). We were there about 4 years then bought a home in the big neighborhood northeast of the Ina Rd / La Cholla Blvd intersection in Northwest Tucson.

[@HandleGF]

Evocative

[@chaney1]

nearly 40 years later and still discovering great stuff from the 80's which says something about that period of music and both the quality and quantity👍

[@louiesimon5292]

Check out the little-known Ohio band, Proof of Utah.

[@midwestlakelife]

It was the golden age.

[@michaelgraf7475]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o57YfH2Beq6Npc0

[@thehellyousay]

Check 70s music. Most of it was crazy. The 80s was when the corporation's started taking over. Took em a couple of decades, but autotune rules the mainstream now. There is growing pushback, tho'.

[@someperson8151]

​@@louiesimon5292ehh. Listened to Proof of Utah, Happy To Be Here album. They have a twang in their music that's not my thing.

[@doddsino]

Oh man, this is the best Frank Zappa song ever! This is a joke for whoever labeled it as such on Napster and Limewire back in the day.

[@bitchwithanitch]

It was required vinyl in my house. We were pretty wierd after all. Gratefully so.

[@dianthis]

Weird is good!

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

i haven't heard this in decades. It feels so good to hear it now. i miss good, imaginative and thoughtfully composed music.

[@jeffreygrant45]

I remember this well listening to it wagging school in 1978 to 79

[@redskies4530]

Blake I recommend a song called 'where I come from' by Robert Nix

[@BruceAlarie]

try old thomas dolby

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

@@redskies4530 Oh, thank you! i'm listening now, and it most certainly is imaginative a thoughtfully composed.

[@redskies4530]

@@BlakeGildaphish76 You are indeed welcome.

[@MoonbearStartiger]

Definitely one of the top most unique bands of the 80s. So underrated.

[@glennhfriedman4571]

Not so.. maybe under played but not inderrated by all of us

[@gordocarbo]

@@glennhfriedman4571 Mordacious doesnt understand English too well. Says top most unique bands and underrsted in the same sentence Thanks Obummer

[@writingtotortureyou]

My neighbors are from Mexico and their English is about as good as my Spanish (not great) but despite that every Saturday we hang out. They play music they like and I’ll play stuff I like, drink modelos and try to use Spanglish to talk. Their kids are really sweet and I have fun playing with them. This song reminds me of hanging with them.

[@carlalindstrom1857]

😮

[@ivanmedina6071]

I love it when people can get along

[@gordocarbo]

@@ivanmedina6071 Its easy when you cant communicate

[@marshall4759]

1st heard this on Dr. Demento then later saw them at the US festival. Fun times.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

Brings me back to my college days, road trips, etc.

[@chiefpontiac1800]

The music from the early 80's was like listening to the music from the 60's. A lot of different styles and that is what made it so great.

[@surfshack2]

Yes the early 80's music was different than the mid or later 80's. It started becoming definitly more commercialized in 84.

[@pbrstreetgang5314]

FYI To those who are watching this who did not grow up in the 70's and 80's. The FCC had certain rules and regulations that governed what radio stations could broadcast. To get around these regulations some people went to Mexican towns that bordered the US and started radio stations there, these were mostly talk radio programs hence the line in the song "talking about the US inflation". These regulations were eliminated in the mid 80's.

[@robertspicer3716]

I'm 58 years old and for some strange reason this song got stuck in my head today. Just had to queue it up when I came home from work. This song is a masterpiece. 😅

[@williamhulser7354]

Music is the closest thing we have to a time machine.

[@verga8550]

Art and video works too

[@MegaJustGeorge]

William, your observation is astute and precise, to the point of social commentary. I thank you.

[@spikespa5208]

And old movies.

[@velveetaslingshot]

Wow well said. I never looked at it that way.

[@paultreadaway102]

You Tube is advance version of a Video well on those paths couldn't quite get into DVD tho this is the best greatest thing we have now to research only good thing and thanks to You Tube and our Comments included on some a World History engine

[@carolynrogers5762]

This song is more relevant today than it was in the 80's

[@JesusFlores-uy6mb]

Wow

[@jahsoniclark9844]

Back then it was just annoying

[@jahsoniclark9844]

MEL yep

[@dylpkl3652]

Actually it was way more relevant back then because un the 80s there were radio stations just south of the border with crazy strong antennas, so you could listen to them from the states and that is what he’s talking about

[@clockorc8576]

Mind clarifying how its more relevant now. I'm confused

[@advancetotabletop5328]

Love this song. Also, one of the few music videos that aged, pretty well. Nobody had a budget for music videos, and too many of them had too much tryhard.

[@MrSpikebender]

This song does nothing but remind me of the good times living in North County. Now I'm starting to tear up, all those friends are gone.

[@anxietea4799]

I’m 18 y/o and tbh from a music theory standpoint, this song is pretty revolutionary, even for today. Never heard a song not end in the “home” chord, gave a weird feeling that the song wasn’t over. Glad my dad showed me this.

[@JDGothard]

Dads! Show your kids weird old videos, it will complete their lives.

[@borisCHoppz]

Celtic Frost is the only band that i think ever covered this.This has always been my favorite one hit wonder song, the intricate percs, and the looping arp that sounds random, but really isnt are the standouts to me. Fading out on the bridge is pretty clever, im surprised that the video stands the test of time, it could have been made last week.

[@anticensorshipsociety1063]

Thanks for your input, I hadn't considered that.

[@anticensorshipsociety1063]

@@borisCHoppz This video would be nixed in the present. It wouldn't be approved by any label. Not under today's intersectional indoctrination. Censorship is alive and well and it's worse than it was in the 80's, which is saying something.

[@gordocarbo]

@@anticensorshipsociety1063 Yup...the same internet goobs that love to call everyone toxic and pick them apart would do the same with our music. Nothings ever good with those people yet they wonder why they are depressed haha

[@crystalp7242]

Two of the members of this lineup have passed away: Joe Nanini (drums) died in 2000 of a brain hemorrhage, and Marc Moreland (guitar) died in 2002 of renal (kidney) failure following a liver transplant. The two members of this lineup that are still alive as of 2020 are Stan Ridgway (lead vocals) and Chas T. Grey (keyboards in this video, but he also played bass).

[@allanhernandez2508]

I'm saddened by that.

[@tycarter3123]

The 2 remaining live in mexico?

[@crystalp7242]

Ty Carter 😂 Good one. Stan Ridgway has remained very active in music since leaving Wall of Voodoo in 1983 (the band continued without him for a few years with a new singer, Andy Prieboy, but it ultimately broke up in 1988), and has released several solo albums. His most recent album was released in 2016. As for Chas T. Grey, I wasn’t able to find much about him post-Wall of Voodoo (although he remained with the band until its breakup), but a Google search for his discography did show that he did some writing and arranging, but there seems to be no new activity from him that I can find. Presumably, he has been retired from the music business since then.

[@garymingy8671]

I can do drum. Ok

[@nevadaracer00V]

@@crystalp7242 : They had a "Where are they now" episode decades ago on MTV and this band came up and the only one I remember them finding was the keyboardist and he was doing music for porno movies and had a motorcycle with a side car. They claimed they couldn't find Ridgway and had no info on him. Maybe someone can find that clip and post it here. Thanks for your efforts too!!!

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

one thing that you must acknowledge about this song. it is timeless. it has no root in time. it could easily have been recorded and released yesterday and people would accept it. its just one of those tunes.

[@YorksGamingEmporium]

I don't know, I think some people might have questions finding this is 1880, but anything after 1970, sure.

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

@@YorksGamingEmporium I spose....

[@gordocarbo]

No they wouldnt. It would be called racist toxic big fat meanies blah blah

[@marvy3022]

Not really, it sounds really early 80s.

[@Mark_L40]

RIP, Sgt Kulas, “Big Ed”. You introduced us boot Marines to this song in Okinawa in 1983.

[@michaelgatten]

"They talked about the US inflation". 40 year high and the song is as relevant as ever.

[@UncleFexxer]

I love watching Ridgway sing... the weird faces, the twitchiness, the jerky movements combined with that voice... they didn't even need crazy videos, he's a one-man show just to watch.

[@jeepnutscotty]

He reminds me of pee-wee Herman 😂

[@robertkane8187]

Yeah, he's like David Byrne's twin.

[@TheSleepingonit]

Probably has Tourettea

[@barbarahecht4617]

I love people with expressive faces...

[@DC-SA1]

This song, and One Night in Bangkok, were the first 2 rock / pop songs I ever liked as a kid.. I can still listen to this multiple times in a row and not be tired of it

[@jasonsphinx8461]

Heh... Led Zeppelin I. Good times Bad times. 1986~time travellers

[@leechjim8023]

You probably also love tacos pastor and satay in peanut sauce!😋

[@TheFeralBachelor]

Back around 1982, maybe '83, I saw Wall of Voodoo in a little bar in Corpus Christy, Texas in and stood three fee away from Stan Ridgeway. One of the top 5 concerts I have ever been to.

[@keithbate9405]

Best band I have seen live in 52 years of regular gig going apart from 2020 (Covid !)

[@misanthropic985]

Still listening in 2021? 😎

[@Dayiidayii2]

Meeee

[@ThiloBauer]

Me too. I came to know him because of "Salesman" - the german disco-crowds freaked out everytime it was played at the it-places in 1985. This man is a genie.

[@danielmcalister2713]

Damn skippy

[@shawnobray2202]

Damn straight my fellow misanthrope.

[@BLASTIC0]

Damn right.. “I dial it in and tune the station They talk about the u.s. inflation I understand just a little No comprende--it's a riddle ... I’m on a Mexican radio...” Forget the crypto, look the real thing, what Bitcoin tries to be... silver.

[@scottluther2091]

I grew up watching MTV, and they played this alot. What a great song and will always be a part of my life!

[@sanfordhofer3014]

The MTV era I remember it well and totally miss it.

[@ddt67]

Best days EVER!!!

[@LoneLee2022]

@@sanfordhofer3014 If you were abusing drugs you just left it on 24/7. I know I did.

[@jonathanross149]

My sisters were hooked on MTV, I always wanted to turn the channel, but I knew all of the heavy rotation songs.

[@scottluther2091]

@@jonathanross149 Yeah, I hear any song from the 80's played today, and for the most part, I have the music video playing in my head!

[@ShaunaMarieSings]

I have always had such a *huge crush on Stan* ...I love how he totally embraces his 'weirdness'...he's sooo cool...💗💗💗

[@gordocarbo]

Being weird..was pretty popular back then

[@AvRand6]

There's something so great about Stan Ridgeway's mannerisms here

[@francissnowyhill4433]

I'm 28. when I was a young man, I would smoke reefer and watch VH1 Classic on cable late at night. one night my dad walked in and caught me red handed. I was watching this music video and he wasnt even mad. he proceeded to sit down and tell me about how he was always on the cutting edge of music, and how my mother didn't have to know about this.

[@truthreignsforever9286]

good stuff, lol 😂. Kinda reminds me of my father almost catching me in the act as a 13 year old looking at his magazines. He left, then came back and brought 3 more. But I don’t think he wanted to stick around to tell me his military stories before he met my mother

[@jeremyyoung4415]

I'm 60 years old.I still remember when this came out.Tripping on cactus juice.Cactus how funny is that word.

[@gordocarbo]

First time I came home stoned I got my azz kicked bad..they passed be back and forth like a hot potato one holding me while the other went psycho etc.

[@dr.decker3623]

when i was younger i was like,.. why does this exist? ... now, i'm like, how could the world exist without this!?

[@dkmcbigsley]

Exactly. I didn't get it back the. Now I'm digging into their catalog

[@zandarx]

as a heavy metaller, i think this is one of the best new wave songs of the 80's.

[@pavelhrumz9810]

Do you remember cover to this song from Celtic Frost?

[@zandarx]

@@pavelhrumz9810 yes classic! always on a playlist!

[@RenaeWigen]

I wish I could have lived during that era.. oh my goodness this freaking song, in which I have no idea how I knew it or where I would have remembered it from, is like my favorite jam right now. I can't get enough of it! It just popped up on my KZbin recommendations the other day and I am truly very thankful it did. I dig it. I've been stranded out here in southern California, from Montana where I was born and raised and some of the things this dude is saying lyrically in this song, couldn't match up more with my experience here as a Caucasian female from the boonies of Montana out here not really knowing anyone but damn well reminded every morning, day and night that Spanish language or at least knowing " un pokito " of it is mandatory... Ha- THIS SONG FREAKING MAKES ME FEEL LIKE IM BACK HOME AGAIN NO IDEA WHY I FEEL SUCH NOSTALGIA WHEN I PLAY IT..!!!? ☮️

[@DerickJosie]

Hello can I ask you a question

[@scottyb68]

It was the best of times musically. 70s and most of the 80s. Late 80s rap and hair metal were taking over, not as catchy and fun as earlier and the 90s were progressively worse. There was so much different stuff going on early, sound salad for the ears. I miss it.

[@michelesivrais2215]

Every time I hear this song, it's stuck in my head for hours! Walking around doing my chores saying radio, radio, radio lol! I still dig it!

[@ionizem3571]

Yep. Eating barbecued iguana. 😊

[@leevonmanstein7459]

me too!

[@richardmiller4367]

Me too my kids love watching me get a little real with my younger self they roll over just laughing

[@karendicostanzo6102]

Same!😄

[@barbarahecht4617]

Stan's head coming from the bean pot is a great shot, and he was a good sport to do it

[@RocketPunchHero1]

I remember riding a bus in Mexico when I was about five. There was this older man tapping his foot to this song and trying his best to sing along in broken English. It was so damn funny.

[@xleastarx]

They still

[@whackamolechamp]

Was the buses radio tuned in to Eckees Tay Erray Ahh Baja California Mexico?

[@jackaction7077]

I would have been dead😂😂😂

[@McShankos]

That’s a good story

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

Did eat a iguana ?

[@garydawson-xg5yp]

Truth to the song...Mexican radio stations would broadcast full power 70's-80's at nights into America.

[@luddite4change449]

In the 50/60s too. Wolfman Jack was known for his rock and roll show on XERF, immortalized in American Graffiti and ZZ Top's Heard it on the X.

[@kevinhutchison4136]

This is absolute brilliance on every level. It's humbling...

[@avbikerdad]

I feel a hot wind on my shoulder And the touch of a world that is older Turn the switch and check the number Leave it on when in bed I slumber I hear the rhythms of the music I buy the product and never use it I hear the talking of the dj Can't understand just what does he say? I'm on a mexican radio I'm on a mexican radio I dial it in and tune the station They talk about the u.s. inflation I understand just a little No comprende--it's a riddle I'm on a mexican radio I'm on a mexican radio I wish I was in Tiajuana Eating barbequed iguana I'd take requests on the telephone I'm on a wavelength far from home I feel a hot wind on my shoulder I dial it in from south of the border I hear the talking of the dj Can't understand just what does he say? Radio radio...

[@tdotjazzberryram61]

Thanks for the lyrics my friend😂✌🏿.

[@rogerwadkins48]

J

[@robertdunkessr2303]

When I was 15 years old I woke up one morning and then I realized everything changed. There was this, MTV and The Young Ones. it was a great time to be a teenager. This was ours, our music and our time.

[@kugmoco1368]

....and when you wake up now-a-days?

[@robertdunkessr2303]

It's the big shitty. You have to block out the scenarios that are playing out globally because it will drive you insane. That's why I watch so much youtube. I have started baking as a hobby. I find 2 bowl hits is just enough to take mind in a more peaceful zone.

[@frankieashworth6942]

fuck off

[@BubbaZen10]

Frankie Ashworth Great comment Frankie!! Hey bud, how did i know exactly what your profile would look like? A big nothing. Keep up the great work sir.

[@frankieashworth6942]

BubbaZen10 i just hate pretentious comments like that

[@kevindearmond523]

What. A time of creativity, unlike now

[@jackietreehorn8527]

I used to spring break to TJ and Ensenada in the early eighties, this is pure perfection, the song and video...

[@richardhughes2786]

I'm 60 now, but I loved this jam back then and I love it just as much now.

[@daviddavis5236]

63 bhah dis shit rocks hard mudda fuggers hahahaha

[@bellavia5]

I'm also 60. Don't know why but this song popped into my head yesterday.

[@retrobebop61]

I’m 58 and still love this song!

[@dwalker399]

I Just turned 67 and I have the CD. MTV ruled back then. There version of Ring of Fire On that CD is great!

[@David-sc2ir]

I'm 60 too.... be glad we had that chance to live in a great time! I feel sorry for today's youth, they don't have any idea of the great times and music we had. I wouldn't want to be a teenager or young adult today for anything.

[@TheGenericNerd]

This song /video was so weird even back in the 80s that it's almost become timeless.

[@ladyhonor822]

2023 February Yeah ❤️ AMEN Philadelphia USA

[@gregnormal55.]

Hello!!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day. Stay Safe!

[@amazingmrtitts]

Holy shit, I am old. I remember seeing them live when I was in my 30's

[@RichNSmoothified]

as a studio musician, I used to play bass for Wall of Voodoo

[@jedimindtrick8966]

And? 10 freakin' months and that's it? Jeez.

[@ionizem3571]

Sweet

[@ionizem3571]

@@jamiestuart7249 lol. Yep. Sorry, burp. To much barbecue.

[@dianthis]

My friend has this album and I wanted to hear this song over and over. Drove her crazy. 😬

[@gregnormal55.]

Hello!!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day. Stay Safe!

[@cameroncrimmins9298]

Fuck.. videos from the eighties are truly awesome

[@jayheinz4624]

So true 👍🕺and are you related to Chad C, who grew up in Bismarck and ran cross-country and track??

[@fever1991allday]

This song is about "border blasters," or "high wattage, unregulated AM..radio stations with signals that traveled way into America"....and it's a classic song. Love it.

[@knickerbockerflat]

ZZ Top's "Heard It on the X" makes a similar reference; song from 1975.

[@josephjames259]

I used to listen to la ranchera de Monterrey, which is one of those mega power stations.

[@j.jasonwentworth723]

@@knickerbockerflat Yep--all of the Mexican AM and FM radio (and probably TV, as well) stations' call letters begin with "X," instead of "W" (east of the Mississippi river [except for KDKA in Pennsylvania, the first commercial AM radio station]) and "K" (west of it) in the U.S., and Canadian stations' call signs begin with a "C." If memory serves, XTR was (is?) one of the Mexican "border blaster" stations.

[@janusstarck7827]

Do you hear such a good music like that today ???! Back to 1982 with this great track !

[@jeanninehickman477]

music today sucks big time I love the 1980s

[@ronniewall1481]

LOOK ON MY PLAYLIST

[@DanielleScanlon]

This song is such a bop!!

[@gregnormal55.]

Hello!!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day. Stay Safe!

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

I only came to know this band in the 2000s. What've been missing!!

[@jtrain7201]

+Julio Cesar Pereira a bunch, amigo. si quieres un poco de la musica de los 80's, este es un regalo para ti- Devo, Whip it. Madness- Our House. Cyndi Lauper- She Bop. Whitesnake- Still of the Night. Benny Mardones- Into the Night. some great stuff. i think you'll like most of this.

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

Thanks. Of these you mentioned only Benny Mardones I had never heard before .

[@stevenhulbert7655]

@Julio Cesar Pereria-Listen to Into the Night by Mardones then look up the interview Mardones has about how the song came about. This song is one of many that were played on a station called Pirate Radio in Los Angeles back in the day, good stuff

[@2degucitas]

+Steven Hulbert Hey. Im from Long Beach. Never heard of Pirate Radio. What number on the dial.?

[@stevenhulbert7655]

The frequency was 100.3 but Pirate has long since disappeared

[@SirPhartsUhlot]

all right folks - all who vote to keep music weird raise your hand! ! !

[@lesleymorgan01]

SirPhartsUhlot Both hands, both feet, torso, etc. Keep it weird!

[@garyhiggins5480]

SirPhartsUhlot hands feet fingers toes and dhinguss !!! rock on sir phart !!!!

[@Defrock78]

SirPhartsUhlot Weird but also profound.

[@Darticus42]

SirPhartsUhlot *raises thumbs*

[@tinfoilhatter]

+SirPhartsUhlot can't understand,just what-does-he-say!

[@cathystruska1558]

Now that’s ART

[@mickjagger8439]

Not Art Garfunkel?

[@Cool_For_Cats_with_Karlo]

This brilliant slice of inventive, quirky and addictively percussive pop just NEVER gets old. Still sounding fresh and delightful today. Thanks guys. And Stan.... You're the man. ❤

[@alanstrom2221]

Bought the album in 1982/3. This is an example of eccentric /avant garde / left of centre music that became mainstream and charted successfully. Obviously very clever people. Credit to their record company for supporting them and financing this superb video. MTV was pumpin' in the early 80's. Great time to be in your 20's.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend taking a listen to a song which is called 'where I come from' by Robert Nix

[@pulcherius]

I used to go a bar where the DJ thought he had everything 80's. He had a game where if you can name a song and band that he didn't have he bought you a drink. This song got me a few drinks.

[@domtron8873]

I never knew this song existed and I call myself an 80s aficionado. Leave it up to my dad who actually grew up in the 80s to tell me about this and continue to challenge my amateur level knowledge of the 80s

[@Firevine]

Weird. This song got TONS of airtime in the Atlanta market well into the 90s.

[@MegaJustGeorge]

@@Firevine Not bad!

[@ladyi7609]

I would own that guy. I love a lot of obscure-ish New Wave artists and would probably name at least twenty songs he didn't have.

[@matttalbott9217]

@@ladyi7609 If he didnt have any Wall of Voodoo I think you could prob stump him all day.

[@richardyoung714]

Classic 80s rock number!

[@MarioRossi-sh4uk]

After 30 years or so I listen again this song. I still remember the text.

[@haroldkeil8582]

Came out my freshman yr 81-82. One of the best songs from the 80's . Class of 85!

[@68rbj]

Harold Keil Class of '86 my brother

[@christinescott5853]

This came out in 81??

[@keirfarnum6811]

You came out in 81-82? How did everyone take it? 😁

[@lowsidecarclubsocal..859]

I love this song .. thanks from Mexico 🇲🇽.. viva mexico 🇲🇽 y latinoamerica..

[@paulaward2075]

Hello from Tyler Texas!

[@MikeKollin]

Hola De California!! 🇱🇷 Viva Awesome!!

[@Jobwsright1]

Weda from Arizona in the house. We loved this song!

[@edoardozampetti4601]

Italy the same flag

[@SirTravis-vn6yp]

​@@MikeKollinwrong flag

[@joemiller9931]

I'm 54. First heard this song when I was13. Trippin' hard! Talk about timeless!

[@JewishMarine]

It's pretty cool that he was able to sing while having a seizure.

[@matthewfuller5209]

I moved to Mexico because of this song.

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

You what?

[@MikeBurkard]

The ghosts of the songs from my radio youth...