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A Gift
Stan Ridgway is an American original - a real character. He's also a damned good musician.
If you've heard of him at all, it's probably as the lead singer of Wall of Voodoo; their best-known song was "Mexican Radio". But that was a long time ago, and he's been solo for many years.
His music is like the essence of the American southwest; dry, ironic, clever, a little seedy and desperate. A lot of his songs are stories, too, usually about the dark side of life. But there's a lot of humor underneath.
By the way, I saw him perform at a nightclub in the Boston area eight or nine years ago. He did a damn good show, and sounded as good as he does on his records. Which is, in my experience, pretty unusual.
What I have for you today is a "what the hell?" song. That's what I said the first time I heard it, but a year or two later, when I played the album again, it jumped into my head and stayed there. Stan and his band apparently like it too; I've heard that they perform it at almost every concert, sometimes extending it and jamming for a long time.
By the way, Teri said "what the hell?" when I first played it for her, too. That was about a year ago. Maybe I should play it for her again.
This is a relatively low-quality rip - 64 kbps. It's just over 2 megabytes. Give it a try, and see if it makes you say "what the hell?" too.
Stan Ridgway - (OK?) Uba's House of Fashions
Oh yeah - the first 24 seconds are...um...not exactly related. They're the "OK?" portion of the song. Uba's is the better (and louder) part.
Happy New Year!
If you've heard of him at all, it's probably as the lead singer of Wall of Voodoo; their best-known song was "Mexican Radio". But that was a long time ago, and he's been solo for many years.
His music is like the essence of the American southwest; dry, ironic, clever, a little seedy and desperate. A lot of his songs are stories, too, usually about the dark side of life. But there's a lot of humor underneath.
By the way, I saw him perform at a nightclub in the Boston area eight or nine years ago. He did a damn good show, and sounded as good as he does on his records. Which is, in my experience, pretty unusual.
What I have for you today is a "what the hell?" song. That's what I said the first time I heard it, but a year or two later, when I played the album again, it jumped into my head and stayed there. Stan and his band apparently like it too; I've heard that they perform it at almost every concert, sometimes extending it and jamming for a long time.
By the way, Teri said "what the hell?" when I first played it for her, too. That was about a year ago. Maybe I should play it for her again.
This is a relatively low-quality rip - 64 kbps. It's just over 2 megabytes. Give it a try, and see if it makes you say "what the hell?" too.
Stan Ridgway - (OK?) Uba's House of Fashions
Oh yeah - the first 24 seconds are...um...not exactly related. They're the "OK?" portion of the song. Uba's is the better (and louder) part.
Happy New Year!
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Stan Ridgeway is pretty popular among my friends. I'm quite fond of "Far Side of Crazy".
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Hey, Australia has quite a good 'country punk' scene. You know, Voodoo, The Cramps, that sort of thing.
Ummm... IIRC Wall of Voodoo did tour Austraia in c1986-1987.