smehan55
(Beneath a Carolina blue sky) | | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 12:39 | |
Who keeps revving up that lawnmower engine repeatedly? Oh wait ... mute.
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sfListener
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DigitalJer
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) | | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 12:35 | |
Vega!
(I so don't miss songs that were interrupted for track changes, nor having to stop by the local 7-11 for yet another pack of matches to wedge under the cassette to keep it playing after someone nicked the previous one to light a doob or cig!)
Ford Pinto with the optional 4-speed and V8 ... 8-tracks rulez!
omg FUNNY!! I actually laughed loudly at that :)
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redtex
(The Third Coast) | | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 12:34 | |
Thaaaat's more like it. The real deal.
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gypsyman
(staring into the fire) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2008 - 01:16 | |
I thought my ears went blind....
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Misterfixit
(Nashville) | | Posted: Dec 13, 2007 - 15:35 | |
Monkeysdad wrote:
 Vega!
(I so don't miss songs that were interrupted for track changes, nor having to stop by the local 7-11 for yet another pack of matches to wedge under the cassette to keep it playing after someone nicked the previous one to light a doob or cig!)
Ford Pinto with the optional 4-speed and V8 ... 8-tracks rulez!
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Alpine
(N39d39mW121d30m) | | Posted: Dec 13, 2007 - 15:35 | |
Hey! Right there! Did you hear what Bill did?
ZZ Top song by 8 & 1/2 then ZZ Top.
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Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 06:36 | |
rtkmusic wrote:
Actually written as an ode to radio stations south of the border that don't have the same power limitations that US stations do. Hence, they can broadcast much further. The X refers to the first letter in the call letters of the station (i.e. XTRA)...
The same subject matter as Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio." Wikipedia has a good article on the "border blasters" (click here) that explains who the "Doctor B" in the second verse was. |
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Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 06:04 | |
From the "Best Of" cd and this is the one you choose? Mute for 3 minutes.
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Misterfixit
(Nashville) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 06:03 | |
redtex wrote:
Nova...okay, really my brother's Nova.
Hah! in my Very Own Chevy Vega with the optional 4-speed and small block V8. Boogie! 8-Track with four -- count'em FOUR speakers! |
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Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 20:08 | |
eskles wrote:Looks like I'm really in the minority here - good musicians wihout an original idea. Never liked them or this song.
Ditto to the nth degree. I never felt like I heard an original ZZ Top tune after the first. Solid 3. |
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gopre
| | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 10:04 | |
Art_Carnage wrote:Absolutely my favorite Double Z band song, hands down.
Not my favorite, but certainly one of their best from a great ZZ period. Billy rules! |
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lmic
(Uniondale, NY) | | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 10:04 | |
Won't be hearin this one on the Starbuck's Network anytime soon! 
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hippiechick
(let me out!) | | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 10:02 | |
I heard it, I heard it, I heard it on RP!
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redtex
(The Third Coast) | | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 11:16 | |
redeyespy wrote:Raise your hand if you had the Fandango8-track! Or had it blasting out of your Nova or Vega!
Nova...okay, really my brother's Nova. |
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AlienRelic
(east of Eden) | | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 11:08 | |
The X in the call sign designates a transmitter outside the US, in Mexico.
I wonder if Bill is trying to tell us something about the future of Radio Paradise?
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jennabrighid
| | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 11:07 | |
I'm with the Eskles comment!
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jennabrighid
| | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 11:07 | |
I'm with the Eskles comment!
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Monkeysdad
| | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 11:07 | |
redeyespy wrote:Raise your hand if you had the Fandango8-track! Or had it blasting out of your Nova or Vega!
Vega!
(I so don't miss songs that were interrupted for track changes, nor having to stop by the local 7-11 for yet another pack of matches to wedge under the cassette to keep it playing after someone nicked the previous one to light a doob or cig!) |
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Photo-John
(Nor Cal to SLC) | | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 11:05 | |
Sweet! Been a while but this song got me to log on and post a rating. Kick ass!
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liser
(on the green turtle) | | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 11:05 | |
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SpamNRice
(Vicenza, Italy) | | Posted: Jun 29, 2007 - 01:17 | |
AMC Javelin count? 
redeyespy wrote:Raise your hand if you had the Fandango8-track! Or had it blasting out of your Nova or Vega! |
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redeyespy
(Sunny, FL) | | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 17:32 | |
Raise your hand if you had the Fandango8-track! Or had it blasting out of your Nova or Vega!
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K-BILLY
(Rockin' in a Cube) | | Posted: Jan 19, 2007 - 13:24 | |
Can't turn up the speakers loud enough for this one!
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SpamNRice
(Vicenza, Italy) | | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 22:59 | |
Been a long time since I heard this one... now realize how much I used to love ZZ Top before they got all glittery... Great memories of the World Wide Texas Tour -- complete with longhorn steer -- Keil Auditorium, St Louis, MO 1976'ish... mmm mmm that smell...  |
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rtkmusic
(SoCal) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 10:43 | |
rosedraws wrote:I always wondered if this was written as a radio station commercial...
Actually written as an ode to radio stations south of the border that don't have the same power limitations that US stations do. Hence, they can broadcast much further. The X refers to the first letter in the call letters of the station (i.e. XTRA) - traditionally W is east of the Mississippi, K is west, and X is south.
Back in the day, it was often the only way to hear some great rock n roll, especially guys like Wolfman Jack and others.
A current example of an "X" station is 91X in San Diego, who has their transmitter in Mexico... |
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eskles
| | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 10:41 | |
Looks like I'm really in the minority here - good musicians wihout an original idea. Never liked them or this song.
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buddyweiser
(St-Nicolas , Qc , Canada) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 10:38 | |
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djinnthespazz
(S/E Michigan) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 10:38 | |
That riff... 'I'm hot for teacher...'
Argh! And now you must share my pain!
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FilmSurgeon
(Los Angeles, CA) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 10:37 | |
Now we're talking!
Jimi Hendrix' favorite guitar player!
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