#27 "MEXICAN RADIO"
WALL OF VOODOO, 1982

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Sometimes the coolest song parts are just about the lyrics.  Stan Ridgeway, the front man of the original version of Wall of Voodoo lent an inimitable nerdy twang to the lead vocals that was something special, and on a song like "Mexican Radio" it was just magical.  Full of instruments and sound effects that I can't even begin to identify, this fuzzy sounding fast paced hit is full of great laughs (and has a great video, if you're ever lucky enough to see it), but only once every so often, do the stars align to produce a lyric as golden as:

I wish I was in Tiajuana,
eating barbecued iguana!

The video accompanies the line perfectly with a juicy giant lizard being rotated on a spit above a fire.  And Stan delivers the line with gusto, with special tremble as he says, "bar-be-cuuuuuuuued" that ensures instant immortality.

-Robert Berry

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