Lee Press-On And The Nails - Mexican Radio (Swing, Wall Of Voodoo Cover)

Описание: From '' El Bando En Fuego! ''
Label: LPN Enterprises – LPN2002
Format: CD, HDCD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2002

Tracklist
01. Pico And Sepulveda
02. Begin The Beguine
03. Brazil
04. God’s Gift
05. Bai Mir Bist Du Schøn
06. At An Arabian House Party
07. C.O.T.E. Anthem
08. It Had Better Be Tonight
09. Hate Street Blues
10. (You’ve Got A) Shaolin Kung-Fu Death Grip On My Soul
11. Coax Me A Little Bit
12. Two Points Up
13. Pink Elephants On Parade
14. Enjoy Yourself
15. Well Did You Evah?
16. Mexican Radio

© 2002 LPN Enterprises
℗ 2002 LPN Enterprises


🎵 [SONG INFO]

"Mexican Radio" is a song by American new wave band Wall of Voodoo.
Produced by Richard Mazda, the track was initially released on their 1982 album Call of the West and was released as a single in early 1983.
With regular airplay on MTV in their native United States, the song had moderate commercial success, peaking at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
It did better in other parts of the world, peaking at No. 18 in Canada, No. 21 in New Zealand and No. 33 in Australia.
It also reached No. 64 in the UK.

Background

Wall of Voodoo frontman Stan Ridgway and guitarist Marc Moreland cited listening to high-wattage unregulated AM Mexican radio stations (among them XERF, XEG, and XERB) as the inspiration for the song.

Moreland was the first to begin writing the song. In a recorded interview in the 1990s, he stated, "It was basically just me singing 'I'm on a Mexican radio' over and over again".
Moreland added that, when he played it for his mother, she hated it because of his repetitious lyrics.
Ridgway collaborated with Moreland to finish the song, adding all the verse lyrics to Moreland's chorus and guitar lick, as well as the "mariachi" harmonica melody in the song's middle breakdown.
When performing live with Wall of Voodoo, Ridgway usually played the mariachi melody via an organ/synthesizer and Bill Noland used a synthesizer to play the melody when performing with Wall of Voodoo in the 1982–1983 era.

Single version

The 7" single mix differs in a few areas from the album mix:

Ridgway's vocals are mixed differently, with a more pronounced echo effect on certain lines.
The first few bars of the LP version have no overtalk while the single version does.
A loud Spanish-speaking DJ voice is present on both versions, but each version's voice is different and is saying different words.
A significantly louder snare drum part is noticeable in the song's chorus.
Ridgway chants "radio, radio, oleo, radio" at the song's end, rather than "radio, radio, radio, radio" as he does on the album version. Because of this, the single mix is sometimes called the "oleo" mix.
A pulsing, mangled synth noise is heard at the end of the song on the album version, but not in the 7" mix. Instead, this sound is heard at the beginning of the track, as well as during the song's instrumental break.

Cover versions

Authority Zero featured a cover version on their 2004 album Andiamo with slightly modified lyrics; for instance, "They talk about the U.S. inflation" was replaced with "They talk about the Iraq invasion".
Kinky has covered this song as well. They kept the upbeat rhythm of the song with their own electronic twist and added some lyrics in Spanish. This version is in their album Reina De Lujo, and their Sassy EP, and also is featured in Need for Speed Undercover.
Bruce Lash gave the song the bossa nova treatment on his 2004 album, "Prozak for Lovers II" which also includes easy-listening versions of Nirvana's "Lithium" and Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation" among others.
Mike Keneally has played the song in live concerts with his band, Beer for Dolphins.
The intro synthesizer was sampled by the hip-hop group Cannibal Ox in the song "Iron Galaxy".
Atlanta-based band doubleDrive covered the song as a hidden track in their 1000 Yard Stare album.
Swiss metal band Celtic Frost have also covered the song. They put it as the first song on their third album Into the Pandemonium.
South Park Mexican has a somewhat different version of the song, keeping the chorus more or less intact, but writing a completely new set of verses.
Polvo contributed a cover of the song to Tannis Root Presents: Freedom of Choice.
A first-person rendition ("I'm a Mexican / On the radio") appears on the album Graciasland by El Vez, the "Mexican Elvis".
French band Nouvelle Vague, who specialise in bossa nova covers of New Wave tracks, performed this song live in London on November 25, 2006.
Dutch band Gruppo Sportivo covered the song on their 1987 album "Back to 19 Mistakes".
Austin, Texas band Vallejo covered the song on their album "Stereo" in 2002.


🔗 [LINKS]

https://leepresson.com/
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Available on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0UA1mA...
Apple Music:
  / el-bando-en-fuego  
and Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/835774

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