RFI: Wall of Voodoo video ID

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I saw it on VH1 Classic a couple of weeks ago - Wall of Voodoo, inside of a house, with a TV like the one on the cover of Call of the West. But the only video listed at videography sites is "Mexican Radio," and that wasn't it.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Might it have been the title track to Call of the West?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate that song "Mexican Radio".

― Aja (aja), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

"Mexican Radio" is brilliant.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

wall of voodoo and stan ridgway solo are both brilliant.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

It's annoying.

― Aja (aja), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

matter of fact, i was thinking of starting an "in praise of stan ridgway" thread, since i got his greatest hits comp and i love it!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)

That's what I'm thinking, or else "Lost Weekend." But neither sounds right. And yes, "Mexican Radio" is fantastic.

I bought the album after seeing the video, sad that they've been written off my so many people as just-another-early-MTV-fave.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Andy Prieboy's solo stuff is also brilliant.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

What about the Ring of Fire cover? Personally I just luuurv it.

― Tobias H (akausal), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I still don't get why "Mexican Radio" was a bigger hit than "Back in Flesh"

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"Back in Flesh" is a great song, but it sounds more wilfully perverse than "Mexican Radio," lyrically and musically.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

uh-huh. perverse=better.

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

True, but perverse isn't usually something that makes for a "hit single".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

True. Which is a universal problem with the public at large.

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 8 December 2003 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

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