1wolfy wrote: I'd like to hear The Big Heat.

kindermanltd wrote:

Yes. Overkill is another matter.

It's been far too long since I heard this one, thanks Bill, excellent selection ...


on the Mexican, whoa whoa, a-Radio!

Ya, and then there's overkill.

Odyzzeuz wrote:

monanotlisa wrote:

Without repetition there is no music. Music requires repetition. Requires. Repetition. Music. Does.

This song makes me wish I was back in America

YES SIR 10/4 The Big Heat is HOTkeller1 wrote:

Most excellent. I'll be singing this the rest of the day.

I wish I was in Tijuana
Eating a barbecued iguana!

Great tune.

If you're digging this I also suggest Far Side of Crazy by these guys and Stan Ridgway's solo album The Big Heat.

bokey wrote:

TerryS wrote:

well done!!

Repetitive. No love.

something about 15-18 years back in my history...
this is a alltime-favourite!

finished school, military, starting university...great times...

Pajama rhymes with Alabama bokey wrote:
It would just have to be.........pajamy then.

Great memories. First heard this as I waltzed through the City by The Bay circa 1978, nothing like it on the airwaves back then -- few today for that matter... "...barbecued Iguana.." -- how deep is that?

celadonstone wrote:

Go ahead and insult Alabamy and see what happens.Just ask Neil Young.

HMMMMM Mexican Radio. Could this be the new name for RP? Those royalty regulations that have been the topic of discussion for the last couple of weeks, could they be dodged by moving the whole shootin match south...or routing thru servers down there?

only half kidding-

Well, let's hope this is not Bill and Rebecca's destination.....

Shesdifferent wrote:'Cept here!

Don't hear much Wall Of Voodoo anywhere....

celadonstone wrote:

Well there is a Gringo Honeymoon (click here)
and similar lyrics to be found at (click here)

BBQ'd Iguana sounds delicious.

fretman wrote:

Nicely done reference!

The other great Stan R song is "Don't Box Me In", from a movie soundtrack, I think. As another post said, Stan is always good for quirkiness plus a great hook.

Beastie wrote:

Can't speak for the video, since I haven't seen it in at LEAST a decade, but how exactly does this song "stereotype Mexicans". Is it that sterotype that since Mexicans speak Spanish, the national laguage of Mexico, that someone who doesn't speak much Spanish can't understand them?

Man that stereotype pisses me off too. :P

Austin2Florida wrote:

That's cute. I dont suppose there's another version called I bought a gringo radio
I wish I was in, Alabama, drinking beer in my paj-am-as?
(no offense to Alabama, it was just a good rhyme)

Play the Celtic Frost version, I dares yer!!!

Just drive right down and get this record, she said.

Funny song from the 80s.

What's this song about?

Some stations in San Diego, like Mighty 690 AM used to broadcast out from Tijuana, because I think there's no limits on broadcast strength. So does this mean Stan Ridgeway was all happy about being on Mighty 690? And for those too young to remember: AM 690 played pop music up until around '82-'83. They later became a sports talk station.