A music-obsessed, retired San Francisco lawyer, and author of the rock & roll memoir Jittery White Guy Music (available on Amazon)... picking a random album or song in his collection every day or so and sharing a few thoughts.
As I've probably mentioned before, eccentric new wave pioneers Wall Of Voodoo were a bit too offbeat to ever be in regular rotation in these parts. But they had a couple songs I adored back in the 80s, tracks I'd frequently spin on my radio show or throw onto mixtapes, and which I thorough associate with that era of my life. "Mexican Radio" is the most obvious one of these; but the arguably B-52's-indebted "Back In Flesh," off 1981 debut LP Dark Continent, is right up there.
Creepy, film noir surf guitars and minimalist drums with intermittent synth fills back a delightfully goofy call-and-response between odd duck frontman Stan Ridgway and... also Stan Ridgway, I think. I don't wanna go! (You must go!) I'd rather go bowling! (The lanes are closed!)
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