That's Not Really Mexican Radio
Charles Ulrich
Dave Lane:
> I could swear that in one of the Guitar tracks (I can't
> remember which), the bass part sounds just like that early
> 80's song "mexican radio".
>
> --Dave
Charles Ulrich:
> The track to which you are referring is "That's Not Really Reggae".
> "Mexican Radio" was recorded by Wall of Voodoo.
>
> --Charles
Mike Keneally:
> Interesting to note at this juncture that Thunes did a bunch of shows
> with Wall of Voodoo in the late eighties (I actually guested at the
> last-ever WoV performance) and we both recorded with Andy Prieboy,
> who was the group's frontman for their last several years. Although
> Scott hadn't yet worked with WoV when "That's Not Really Reggae" was
> recorded, it's not out of the question that he was paying tribute to
> them with the bassline there.
>
> Keneally
It came up again in 1999, when I was the one who didn't remember which
track it was, and Dave replied, quoting the earlier thread.
Anyway, the other day I asked Scott Thunes himself. He replied:
> Nope. No connection to Mexican Radio. I mean, I heard it at least ten
> million times as a youth, so a court of law might nail me for prior
> knowledge or something, but like any art, one assimilates as one
> must.
>
> BUT, that reggae-ism is totally a spur-of-the-momentness that I
> spontaneously created extemporaneously all by myself out of pure
> necessity to stem the possibility of boredom on the off-chance that
> somebody might be listening somewhere along the line, ten or so years
> (20? Fuck!) down the line, religiously, with much desire for deeper
> meanings.
>
> My 'reggae' bass-line was, back in 1981-82, an octave-affair, but as
> things moved on, I picked, oh, say, the fifth, then, when I was
> feeling randy, the third. What you are hearing is my 'Reggae
> Improvisations on the Theme of the Third', or something.
So there you have it. It's not going in the book, but I thought I should
put it on record here where the suggestion was first made.
--Charles
dave
> Way back in 1996, right here on affz, the following exchange took place:
>
> Dave Lane:
>
> > I could swear that in one of the Guitar tracks (I can't
> > remember which), the bass part sounds just like that early
> > 80's song "mexican radio".
> > Nope. [...]
> So there you have it. It's not going in the book, but I thought I should
> put it on record here where the suggestion was first made.
Bullshit! I demand that an entire chapter be devoted to it!
What book?
--Dave
Strictly Commercial
> Bullshit! I demand that an entire chapter be devoted to it!
>
> What book?
Charles will explain everything. 2008?
Seriously --- Charles has been hard at work on a book about FZ's music.
When he's finished, it will contain chapters discussing each of the 70+
releases. As you can imagine, this will be a tasty, LARGE sucker. An
announcement will appear here in due course, offering a *SPECIAL DEAL*
to the AFFZ gang.
Rolf
Les Cargill
*KEWL*!!!!
Thank you mask man.
--
Les Cargill
Bill
Strictly Commercial <maure...@telus.net> wrote:
Charles,
Let me know if you would like details on upcoming releases of volumes
4-6 of It Came from the Basement and Nuggets from the Vault.
Bill (not Lantz)
Charles Ulrich
Bill <spam...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Charles,
>
> Let me know if you would like details on upcoming releases of volumes
> 4-6 of It Came from the Basement and Nuggets from the Vault.
Thanks, but I'm busy enough keeping up with the releases from the ZFT.
--Charles