fc<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FortnightFridayMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FortnightFridayMusic</span></a><br />Feb 21 2025<br />The prompt is West</p><p>Wall of Voodoo, “Call of the West” 1982</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WallOfVoodoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WallOfVoodoo</span></a> cultivated an air of mystery - their album covers, their very name! - and the subject matter of their songs, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StanRidgway" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StanRidgway</span></a>'s arch vocals, the music itself were always a little offbeat and angular in a way that made it easy for them to ride the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NewWave</span></a> to us, via <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EnnioMorricone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnnioMorricone</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaghettiWestern" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaghettiWestern</span></a>.</p><p>This album was their commercial peak. I was going to feature a track you're less likely to have heard, but in the end had to go with "Mexican Radio." How could I resist the couplet “I wish I was in Tijuana/Eating barbecued iguana”?</p><p>Another favorite of mine is their oddly compelling cover of "Ring of Fire" from their debut eponymous ep. You may have also heard frontman and artistic lead Ridgway on "Don't Box Me In" from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StewartCopeland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StewartCopeland</span></a>'s soundtrack for the film adaptation of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SEHinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SEHinton</span></a>'s Rumblefish, and he continues to release solo music via <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bandcamp</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCEexG9xjw&t=3s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=eyCEexG9xj</span><span class="invisible">w&t=3s</span></a><br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>80s</span></a></p>