Saw them do 2 shows at the famed club "688" in Atlanta. . .back in '82. The band was touring to support "Call of the West". While in town, they had band equipment stolen and had to use borrowed instruments and yet, the shows were the best I can ever remember seeing at that club. Ever. Really incitement writing and a strong sense of timing with their Western theme tales of dark noir lives. Stan Ridgway was a fabulous frontman and lyricist. Marc Moreland's guitar work, Chaz Gray's keyboards and synthesizer and drummer/percussionist Joe Nanini excellent rhythms left an indelible impression. This could have easily been a super band had they not broken up. It's hard to believe that this was 40 years ago.
They have two versions of this, and I'm not sure which I prefer. I like them both. In their live version Mark Moreland does that riff that's repeated throughout the song on his guitar. On this one it's on a keyboard.
What a beautifully evocative song. Wall of Voodoo made some highly cinematic music, Lost Weekend being a perfect example. The melancholy harmonica, the spacey synths, chugging drum machine beats, and a very Spanish-sounding guitar style, all mixed in a potent tale of desperate people hanging on to slim dreams. That synth fade-out always sends a chill down my spine!
Hiowdy!!! One of THE most beautiful songs ever written!!! I had the pleasure of seeing Wall of Voodoo in Vancouver, BC, back in the early '80s...better than most shit that followed...Cheer!!! Tyrone.
In terms of instrument orchestration....the best I've heard every instrument played on this track so beautifully placed and every instrument has a purpose on this track in contributing to the amazing overall feel and sound of this song not overplayed not underplayed just perfection....
Once in a while, a song comes along that has a place on a record that many mainstream listeners ignore - or, in this case, pay most attention to one song: "Mexican Radio." That's a cool song, but "Lost Weekend" just drips with American social commentary, abandon, despair. So much. This sounds cliche but it's absolutely true. The first time I heard it, I went (to my friend who was introducing me to this great band for the first time), "Hey, let's hear this one again." And again. When I bought the album, I played this one first. Occasionally - like right now, I refer back to it decades later and continue to see brilliance. :-)
This is the perfect song to listen to on the car stereo while cruising on a warm summer night with the windows open on a desolate road/highway in the middle of nowhere.
In my top 10 albums of all time form the best band I have seen in over 40 years ' of gig going and seen over 1000 gigs. Great band , great blokes and sad that MM and Joe are no longer with us.
Stan's best vocals. No embellishment, just straight up letting the song sing itself. So many great WOV songs. Many where he used a staccato rhythm (Mexican Radio, Factory) or sing-songy quality (Camouflage) which entertained, but this song rests on the listener like a blanket and stays with you.
Drivin' outta Vegas in their automobile She was in the back seat while he was at the wheel With the windows wide open All the money from the store, they'd gambled away He said "the best laid plans often go astray" She took the page of a book and turned it down She lit a cigarette, she didn't make a sound "And I know, if we'd had just one more chance," he said "I know, we'd finally hit the big one at last", she said (Instead of) another lost weekend Lost weekend Another lost weekend Lost weekend "Pull over soon," she said, "it's no big deal, You can take any exit that you happen to feel Is the right one" The right one As she slowly blew her smoke out the rear wind vent She thought back on all the letters she'd sent For a contest to be on a quiz game show "Maybe I shoulda stayed in school," he said "Yeah, I know - start your own business cleanin' swimming pools," she said (instead of) another lost weekend lost weekend another lost weekend lost weekend She leaned over the front seat and twiddled with the radio dial She looked out the window, saw a sign, and both of them began to smile "There's a place we can stay at... ... it's up another mile."
A friend and I left Washington, D.C. to go to a BBQ in Kansas City when this first came out, and this was among the cassettes ( remember those? and vinyl? ) we bought for the trip. Though the long weekend was mostly just an excuse for a road trip, as he shoved this tape into the cassette box, he said, "Let's agree that if either of us at anytime this weekend says 'this may not be a good idea, whatever it is, we won't do it.' ". That was about the last thing I remember from that trip. LOL.
My top 3 records of the last 30 years: 1 - Closer - Joy Division 2 - Call of the West - Wall of Voodoo 3 - Movement - New Order This song is so amazing, always think I'm drving along route 66 when I listen to this.
first time i seen them was on the uk tv music programme The-tube introduced by Paula Yates unbelievable band and very underrated Wish I seen them live.
Great to find these again - That album was class..... Funny.... I did some graffitti "Wall Of Voodoo" .... I was caught bang to rights as I was the only person any one knew who liked them!! ooopppsss
Yes I have had many lost weekends......I like to play this song on Sunday night after the weekend after I blew all my money and fought with my girlfriend and made up with her,after I drove all over the city for no reason and then on Monday I play the factory or big talk and then the weekend comes up and I say Im not going to have another lost weekend and I end up having one any way.,....
@DuracellZwerg ich war damals auch erst 15, als ich Wall of Voodoo kennen lernte, ich liebe den sound bis heute u auch die sachen von Stan Ridgway, wenn sie auch ganz anders sind. schöne grüße von Heiko aus Zwickau
@@keithbate9405your correct they did! And if we he haven't forgotten, Bruce wrote most of the Wierdos songs one of my fav punk bands! Funny Bruce and I were talking about that the other day. Oh have you heard Bruce's new band Ravens Moreland? I was privileged enough to draw the cover art🤘 and the band freaking slaps!!!!!
@@alonenoonetotrust2277 Hi I also have a connection with Bruce. We exchanged a few e mails a few years ago. I wanted more information about Stan's contribution to the actual music of WOV. He confirmed what I had heard that Stan contributed just bits musically. I met Bruce and Marc (and the rest of WOV) at gigs in England in the 1980's. I saw them in London/Manchester/Birmingham. Best band I have ever seen live. Yes I have watched you tube clips of Ravens Moreland (heavier sound than WOV but I like them ) over the years. Didn't know there was an album out though . Will investigate further ! ps I saw and liked WOV with both Stan and Andy as lead singer. Bit it really annoys me when people say that WOV were Stan's band and were not the same after he left .
Need to correct my post. My mistake. MM and JN (rip) . But Chas Gray is still happily with us. Great bloke met and spoke to him in the UK in the 1980's a couple of times (the others were great too . Bruce and Mark especially (Mark came up with the tune for "Mexican radio" and many others too: best band I have ever seen (1973-2014; 1000+ gigs) !
RE VOLT 77-84 was a great period but there was plenty of brilliant music after that date Bands that emerged later in the decade eg Thin White Rope, Throwing muses) but the 90's also produced great innovative bands such as Portishead etc . I was around in these times . Funny thing is that in that punk/post punk new wave era of the late 1970's/early 1980's the older generation said "not as good as the 60's"
Keith Bate Yes...some great stuff in every generation. Thing is I'm not seeing the lasting influence of the 90s on much. Much of the 90s was late 70's and 80s influenced. This generation even more so as many are outright copies. I enjoyed the 90s up until 94 after this quite a bit of schlock...kind of like the eighties. A few high spots no doubt. Love Portishead and even lesser known like Black Box recorder or Luxuria, Mary My hope and etc.
+Keith Bate Drummer Joe Nanini was the first casuality of WoV. He left the band and music . Moved to Atlanta with his wife. Tragically died of a brain disorder. Later, guitarist Marc Moreland passed away in Paris in '94. I saw Wov at the fabled 688 Club in Atlanta in '83. . right at the release of "Call of the West". They did two shows in two nights. THE best concerts I've ever attended on a club level. Their run as a band was all too short. Had they remained together, they would have been a super band.
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If you are listening to this then you are in a exclusive club of people with great musical taste Very underrated band saw them in Del Mar and Irvine
Saw them do 2 shows at the famed club "688" in Atlanta. . .back in '82. The band was touring to support "Call of the West". While in town, they had band equipment stolen and had to use borrowed instruments and yet, the shows were the best I can ever remember seeing at that club. Ever. Really incitement writing and a strong sense of timing with their Western theme tales of dark noir lives. Stan Ridgway was a fabulous frontman and lyricist. Marc Moreland's guitar work, Chaz Gray's keyboards and synthesizer and drummer/percussionist Joe Nanini excellent rhythms left an indelible impression. This could have easily been a super band had they not broken up. It's hard to believe that this was 40 years ago.
I was 13 when I first listened to that song, I still feel the same way!!! I'm 52 now, happy for the music of my youth!!!
They have two versions of this, and I'm not sure which I prefer. I like them both. In their live version Mark Moreland does that riff that's repeated throughout the song on his guitar. On this one it's on a keyboard.
Call of the West had such a great atmosphere, dark, melancholy, and mysterious without making me feel depressed.
Take any exit you happen to feel is the right one... THE RIGHT ONE!
Wall of Voodoo is by far my favorite 'most slept upon' band from that era.
What a beautifully evocative song. Wall of Voodoo made some highly cinematic music, Lost Weekend being a perfect example. The melancholy harmonica, the spacey synths, chugging drum machine beats, and a very Spanish-sounding guitar style, all mixed in a potent tale of desperate people hanging on to slim dreams. That synth fade-out always sends a chill down my spine!
An almost Tom Waits or beatnik style tale of woe. 💜🎶🎼
Hiowdy!!! One of THE most beautiful songs ever written!!! I had the pleasure of seeing Wall of Voodoo in Vancouver, BC, back in the early '80s...better than most shit that followed...Cheer!!! Tyrone.
In terms of instrument orchestration....the best I've heard every instrument played on this track so beautifully placed and every instrument has a purpose on this track in contributing to the amazing overall feel and sound of this song not overplayed not underplayed just perfection....
It's as if johnny cash had been abducted by an alien spaceship, truly amazing still today.
Once in a while, a song comes along that has a place on a record that many mainstream listeners ignore - or, in this case, pay most attention to one song: "Mexican Radio." That's a cool song, but "Lost Weekend" just drips with American social commentary, abandon, despair. So much. This sounds cliche but it's absolutely true. The first time I heard it, I went (to my friend who was introducing me to this great band for the first time), "Hey, let's hear this one again." And again. When I bought the album, I played this one first. Occasionally - like right now, I refer back to it decades later and continue to see brilliance. :-)
This is the perfect song to listen to on the car stereo while cruising on a warm summer night with the windows open on a desolate road/highway in the middle of nowhere.
Great track by an underrated artist.
Top ten album on any list! No need to correct, no need to apologize!
Absolutely!
What makes you believe they're underrated?
@@gogoyubari366 everyone’s favorite band is…
In my top 10 albums of all time form the best band I have seen in over 40 years ' of gig going and seen over 1000 gigs. Great band , great blokes and sad that MM and Joe are no longer with us.
Stan's best vocals. No embellishment, just straight up letting the song sing itself. So many great WOV songs. Many where he used a staccato rhythm (Mexican Radio, Factory) or sing-songy quality (Camouflage) which entertained, but this song rests on the listener like a blanket and stays with you.
Drivin' outta Vegas in their automobile
She was in the back seat while he was at the wheel
With the windows wide open
All the money from the store, they'd gambled away
He said "the best laid plans often go astray"
She took the page of a book and turned it down
She lit a cigarette, she didn't make a sound
"And I know, if we'd had just one more chance," he said
"I know, we'd finally hit the big one at last", she said
(Instead of) another lost weekend
Lost weekend
Another lost weekend
Lost weekend
"Pull over soon," she said, "it's no big deal,
You can take any exit that you happen to feel
Is the right one"
The right one
As she slowly blew her smoke out the rear wind vent
She thought back on all the letters she'd sent
For a contest to be on a quiz game show
"Maybe I shoulda stayed in school," he said
"Yeah, I know - start your own business cleanin' swimming pools," she said
(instead of) another lost weekend
lost weekend
another lost weekend
lost weekend
She leaned over the front seat and twiddled with the radio dial
She looked out the window, saw a sign, and both of them began to smile
"There's a place we can stay at...
... it's up another mile."
A friend and I left Washington, D.C. to go to a BBQ in Kansas City when this first came out, and this was among the cassettes ( remember those? and vinyl? ) we bought for the trip. Though the long weekend was mostly just an excuse for a road trip, as he shoved this tape into the cassette box, he said, "Let's agree that if either of us at anytime this weekend says 'this may not be a good idea, whatever it is, we won't do it.' ". That was about the last thing I remember from that trip. LOL.
1982...it's still good in 2024 👍
One of the greatest bands ever!
I admire Stan and the rest of the band for finding thier own style of music, no one did Southwest pop rock like they did.
Grab a sixpack and start driving West. I've had plenty of lost weekends. This song never gets old.
awsome band I still have all there original tapes
This song has such a special place in my heart,I can't put it into words.
A true masterpiece, when you listen to this you figured it all out
eins von den ganz großen , einfach nur super gut . Selbst nach 20 Jahren gibt das noch ne g
Gänsehaut . das können unsere Kinder nicht verstehen .....
My top 3 records of the last 30 years:
1 - Closer - Joy Division
2 - Call of the West - Wall of Voodoo
3 - Movement - New Order
This song is so amazing, always think I'm drving along route 66 when I listen to this.
heard this at pershing square on saturday and it was amazing. lifted me right up into the stratosphere. beautiful song.
awesome band, classic songwriting, underrated !
One of the more "beautiful" songs from Wall of Voodoo.
top
scary beautiful
Superbe chanson avec un groupe que je prends plaisir à entendre et à ré-entendre.
first time i seen them was on the uk tv music programme The-tube introduced by Paula Yates unbelievable band and very underrated Wish I seen them live.
it's a long time ...but thank you. I really love this song.
Masterpiece.
timeless..classic..unique...
Marc Moreland ... never forget
I love first 2 albums..longarm!
They really captured the pull of the West of that era.
Magnifique chanson, groupe incroyable au style unique, indémodable et anachronique.....
such a sad song , one more chance....
Great to find these again - That album was class..... Funny.... I did some graffitti "Wall Of Voodoo" .... I was caught bang to rights as I was the only person any one knew who liked them!! ooopppsss
WALLL OF VOODOO IS GREAT
So sweet
bester song ...favorite
... this song tells a story of my life ...
this song is a movie i would totally see.
Takes me back.
Have just realized this music has been floating around at a sub conscious level since I first heard it in the early eighties
i always thought this epic album was a like a rock opera...it tells a story.
Amazing song!
Saw at 688 Club in Atlanta on this tour - love WoV.
I saw them with Bow wow wow at 6 flags over Georgia.
Great song; thanks for posting
The story of my life
Yes I have had many lost weekends......I like to play this song on Sunday night after the weekend after I blew all my money and fought with my girlfriend and made up with her,after I drove all over the city for no reason and then on Monday I play the factory or big talk and then the weekend comes up and I say Im not going to have another lost weekend and I end up having one any way.,....
cubensis acid mescaline nitrous quaaludes
you are living in this song
@@miltonnix1681 WOW
Sunday at sundown for me.
As a Brit I did not open up to Ridgeway and his mates, but that soon changed!!!!
Pretty sweet...
haunting minimalism
@DuracellZwerg ich war damals auch erst 15, als ich Wall of Voodoo kennen lernte, ich liebe den sound bis heute u auch die sachen von Stan Ridgway, wenn sie auch ganz anders sind. schöne grüße von Heiko aus Zwickau
Stan Ridgway is genius - FACT !
Standard fucking rules
Um hello we’ve seem to have forgotten Bruce people!!!!! If I’m not mistaken he wrote this song❤️
@@alonenoonetotrust2277 Marc and Bruce wrote most of the SR era WOV songs including "Mexico Radio"
@@keithbate9405your correct they did! And if we he haven't forgotten, Bruce wrote most of the Wierdos songs one of my fav punk bands! Funny Bruce and I were talking about that the other day. Oh have you heard Bruce's new band Ravens Moreland? I was privileged enough to draw the cover art🤘 and the band freaking slaps!!!!!
@@alonenoonetotrust2277 Hi I also have a connection with Bruce. We exchanged a few e mails a few years ago. I wanted more information about Stan's contribution to the actual music of WOV. He confirmed what I had heard that Stan contributed just bits musically. I met Bruce and Marc (and the rest of WOV) at gigs in England in the 1980's. I saw them in London/Manchester/Birmingham. Best band I have ever seen live.
Yes I have watched you tube clips of Ravens Moreland (heavier sound than WOV but I like them ) over the years. Didn't know there was an album out though . Will investigate further !
ps I saw and liked WOV with both Stan and Andy as lead singer. Bit it really annoys me when people say that WOV were Stan's band and were not the same after he left .
Too bad the record companies won't support real music like this anymore. More POP TRASH...or we can enjoy the good uploads there. THANKS A MILLION!!
Strange ,but very good ❤❤❤
@buddylove346 Southwest pop rock I like it.
Are You Kidding! Joe Nanini (drummer for WoV) was noted for his drum and beat skills!
The voice from wall of voodoo
Sounds like a good weekend to me.
this song would be perfect for a cohen bro's film, or maybe d lynch
fin de de semaine esthétique emplie de mélancolie à l'adolescence.
Need to correct my post. My mistake. MM and JN (rip) . But Chas Gray is still happily with us.
Great bloke met and spoke to him in the UK in the 1980's a couple of times (the others were great too . Bruce and Mark especially (Mark came up with the tune for "Mexican radio" and many others too:
best band I have ever seen (1973-2014; 1000+ gigs) !
Keith Bate 77-84 produced some of the most creative music. I doubt there will ever be another era like it.
RE VOLT www.voxpunk.com/#!Driven-by-Punk-Early-performance-Surfing/c1gtv/55ae34270cf22effe2e1c778
RE VOLT 77-84 was a great period but there was plenty of brilliant music after that date Bands that emerged later in the decade eg Thin White Rope, Throwing muses) but the 90's also produced great innovative bands such as Portishead etc .
I was around in these times . Funny thing is that in that punk/post punk new wave era of the late 1970's/early 1980's the older generation said "not as good as the 60's"
Keith Bate Yes...some great stuff in every generation. Thing is I'm not seeing the lasting influence of the 90s on much. Much of the 90s was late 70's and 80s influenced. This generation even more so as many are outright copies. I enjoyed the 90s up until 94 after this quite a bit of schlock...kind of like the eighties. A few high spots no doubt. Love Portishead and even lesser known like Black Box recorder or Luxuria, Mary My hope and etc.
+Keith Bate Drummer Joe Nanini was the first casuality of WoV. He left the band and music . Moved to Atlanta with his wife. Tragically died of a brain disorder. Later, guitarist Marc Moreland passed away in Paris in '94. I saw Wov at the fabled 688 Club in Atlanta in '83. . right at the release of "Call of the West". They did two shows in two nights. THE best concerts I've ever attended on a club level. Their run as a band was all too short. Had they remained together, they would have been a super band.
Great!
This is soo kool!~!
Never heard this one before. Reminds of the Residents..
Brilliant
Synth minimalism.
Singing style reminds me of Lou Reed
@spacepirate1962 ....and nothing stays the same....
Far Out!
Buenisimo.
@smithefx1 you are correct !
the best laid plans often...go away
Golden Earring .. Talking Heads...
In what way?
boy have I caught a ration of shit over the years for loving this album
... likely from people who don't understand what a classic it is.
No body's opinion means anything! If you like it then that's all that matters🤘
🖤
hey tinman / how many lost weekends have you had.
Being caught in the act, usually doing something illegal
was there really a genre ? were there others with the same sensibilities?
Huh???? "I was caught bang to rights". What does this mean?
Really caught!
David Lynch, Ladies and Gentelmen
Bruce and Marc Moreland ladies and gentleman (rip MM and CG).
+Keith Bate sorry rip BM and JN not CG
hey tinman
I think they should get weirdest band on the planet award
@DuracellZwerg
Drink a bottle of robitusin and listen to this album...
I usually lite up a banana peel, and get mellow yellow.
Moo :
Sounds like Japan.
5,000 times? Is this the only album you own? That's way too much of one album.
That's not bad, I got sick of that 'cow punk' label.
start your own business cleaning swimming pools...
That's what she said.😅🤣😇