America really slept on this one. It's not as quirky as "Mexican Radio," but "Far Side of Crazy" is quite possibly one of the best songs of the 80's and deserved lots of love (as did Sammystown, for that matter).
@@trollfinger I love his work with wall of voodoo seven days in sammytown and happy planet are good albums and.have a very different sound than the stan Ridgeway way stuff but definitely well worth exploring
Privileged to experience Wall of Voodoo in Selina's Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney, I think winter of 87? Cowpunk what a show, as I was mesmerised by the talcum powder flying off everywhere under the strobe lights.
"I once hid my lust for stardom, like a filthy magazine, I stroked the shaft of my guitar, and watched you on the screen." wonderfully good and creepy lyric!
What does that mean? I ask, not to cause an argument. I would really like to know what you mean by both versions of Wall of Voodoo. I don't know anything about the band, except one song I enjoyed, and now, one song I .... well .... can partially concur with and find appealing in some way. LOL
@@arlettasloan6453 The original fronted by Stan Ridgway (which did Mexican Radio, the cover of Ring Of Fire, etc.), and this version which was fronted by Andy Prieboy.
This song just crossed my mind, and i just gave it a shout out.I forgot Wall of Voodoo did this.It was a long time ago.Excellent song.God bless my memory!
Kept thinking of this song singing the words. I have spinal bone pain like a MOTHER!! but singing these words provided-gave me a special new energy and got my mind off the pain and nice and juiced up with a GREAT feeling!!!! Thanks Wall of Voodoo!! I am 55 years young and love the 80's and 90's, never anything like it never will be!!!!! THE BEST MY MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I plan on spending thousands and getting a kick ass stereo system and jamming this mother endlessly!!!! -Your man Mike in Houston. WOO-Stone Texas baby-nothing but kick ass shout-outs, love, great energy, and respect. KEEP rockin this mother til the wheels fall off.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I only knew mexican radio for the longest time and thought it was a 90s track. But to learn they were contemporaries to DEVO makes so much more sense. Love the spaghetti western sounds.
Wow, this song just popped up in my head this morning, and I haven't thought about it in years. I remember it when it first came out, and I loved the guitar sound, it's still sounding great btw.
22 year old here, remember being 4,5,6 years old. Heading to Mount arapalies, with my old man for a rock climbing trip.8 hour trip With one cassette in the car.... best of stanridgeway. Drive she said, piledriver, the big heat....my all time favourite as a kid "camouflage". Can memerise every lyric to Every song till this day i reckon. Really Inspired my musical choices today. Shout out to dad for growing me up on stan ridgeway, rage against the machine. And Rob zombie, we might not always get along but one thing that we will always have In common - music
I saw that line up at Radio City in New York. Two of my favorite artists of the time. The Vive La Rock tour! I still listen to both of those artists today! Wall of Voodoo is one of my favorite bands. Seeing Stan Ridgway live is an amazing treat. If you get a chance to catch him live, by all means do it. I've seen live several times and he is a treasure.
@@SeanGrantstormpinball I missed that tour as a junior in high school at 17. Was grounded. I felt less crappy when I noticed many WOV setlists that omitted "Mona". Like the best song on the record. Ant's space glam motif looked rather enticing even if it was one less drummer.
@@deathmetaldouglas69 It was the Vive La Rock tour. I still have the program. Mona is one of my favorite WoV songs too! The set was very similar to the set on the Ugly Americans live album. They did "Crazy New York" instead of "Crazy Melbourne" in order to ingratiate themselves with the crowd. :). I'm going to do a Wall of Voodoo ? Stan Ridgway top 25 list on my channel soon. One of my favorite bands of all time. I'm doing my Devo Top 100 first.
Unlike a lot of commenters on here, I think this album was just as good as those from the Stan Ridgway period. I love Stan's solo and WoV work, but it shouldn't detract from the work on this album. Perhaps if they had used another name, instead of Wall of Voodoo, people might take the album on its own merits, instead of whining that "it isn't Stan Ridgway." I thought Andy Prieboy did an amazing job as the new front man, and am sorry that so many just couldn't accept the absence of Stan. They should go listen to "The Big Heat" instead of slagging off on what was a very good album by a good group.
Having loved their early records and hearing this... I'd like to try their later records with Andy Prieboy but this song just doesnt seem to do it for me. Starts off well but it sounds a bit like trying to match their earlier guitar sound with a generic mid 80s pop and the sentiment of the song is a bit, well... phoney. It's not a bad song, just doesnt quite have the unique feel of the original Wall of Voodoo for me
This album is indeed great. However, I have the feeling most of the songs were already written in the SR days. On some of the tracks he's really trying to sound like SR. The fact that the following album was totally different only proofs (in my opinion) that SDIS was, for a large part, the final WoV record from that era.
As an Aussie, over the years I've seen all of the incarnations of inxs. Was Hutchence the best? Were other incarnations as good or better? Equally love This song and Ridgeway.
what a track what a song in this band everything is absolutely wonderful their sound their look their extravagance they deserve the greatest respect they have been able to create music that goes straight to the heart they are absolutely brilliant wonderful they have their own style this is absolutely fantastic music that always i will forever listen to this track and pure musical orgasm fuck it fills my heart with happiness i want to cry from emotion music is what unites us great wall of voodoo i love you very much hello to all wall of voodoo fans all around the world from me here from northern italy !!!!! music is life and the greatest therapy of happiness wall of voodoo in my opinion are good for what they have musically created this song to something magical the more you listen the more you want to listen to it endlessly forever music is the best therapy for happiness precisely because it makes you feel good of course it can also do the opposite not to transmit anything to you in fact each of us experiences different sensations in listening to certain musical genres as far as I am concerned the walls of voodoo are all really great their four albums are absolutely amazing great rest in peace dear (Marc Moreland) and dear (Joe Nanini) a big hello to all wall of voodoo fans around the world from northern italy i will listen to wall of voodoo music as long as i live because it is inside of me in the depths of my soul
@@marksumner9948 hello unfortunately I do not understand everything you wrote to me the google translate does not always work perfectly I hope you understand
I must thank TH-cam for re-introducing me to Wall of Voodoo...I owned Call of the West, and loved it, but IMO, Prieboy's Voodoo really fleshed out and matured the whole Western Wave/Cowboy Goth idiom the band was working in...Fantastic stuff! :)
Always loved this song. Video was filmed in some places I remember- Vasquez Rocks from all the old westerns (and a Flintstones movie, and Captain Kirk's fight with the lizard guy), that mural on Hollywood Blvd and Old Trapper's Lodge behind the Burbank airport, a run down motel that was like a psychotic Knott's Berry Farm with creepy old west sculptures built by the owner. And I've always thought Andy Prieboy's Wall of Voodoo was every bit as good as Stan Ridgeway's, if less Devo-y sounding...
Heard a grab of the rif of this song in an add last week, found the single in my old vinal collection.. Played it on 11... Such a cool song.. Ahhh the 80's..
I wouldn't mind owning this on CD for when I rock out painting or something. Funny there big hit "Mexican Radio" popped up automatically after listening to some Belinda Carliale classic on facebook live. I've lived in the same apt. for 18 years now....I remember when I first moved in here I recorded "Mexican Radio" on a mix tape. I still have that tape. The thing about time is its circular......it comes back at you when your ready. Sometime its in a weeks time sometimes its 18 years but I'm confident that there is something greater than myself that intended it that way. I have to believe that.
I recall that actions by some, towards others, at my former first, Secondary (High) School, between 1983 & 1985, saw me leave there age 15 in 1985, the school was toxic. When I first heard this song in 1986 here in Australia, it immediately resonated with me, I liked it then, and still like it now
Personally, I really like Stan Ridgeway, and Wall of Voodoo was better with him at the forefront, but I will say this. "Far Side of Crazy" is a great song, easily one of WoV's best ever songs.
This is an xcellent video and song. I see people commenting on WOV without Ridgway but Ridgway liked this song, even when he let he remained freinds with the band. If you listen to any ridgway then you now he has at least two songs about this period in his life and hey are reflective
It's 2020 and this is still one of my favorite songs of all time. But then again 7 Days in Sammystown is my fav. album of all time. Music will never be like this again.
I'm a big Stan fan, no doubt about, but this is a beautiful, new incarnation and I'm still loving this album. This is one crazy, danceable and rocking song. Just as pertinent as Mexican Radio in my eyes, but opinions are always a cent per dime.
Carl Jenson Stan R is a great vocalist and word smith. But he did not compose the the tracks on the first two albums . The Morelands and Chas Gray did.. That came from them by the way and I have not heard anything from anybody else for me to question that view. Preferred what WOV did after SR left to Stan's more poppy commercial sound
I'm Pilate and Jesus And I wept when Lennon died Yet I envied his assailant When I visited the shrine I cried for all those Beatle fans So old so quick they grow I follow the example to destroy What I love most And I remain on the far side of crazy I remain the mortal enemy of man No hundred dollar cure will save me Can't stay a boy in no man's land I once hid my lust for stardom Like a filthy magazine I stroked the shaft on my guitar And watched you on the screen I've become now what I wanted To be all along A psychopathic poet The Devil's bastard son And I remain on the far side of crazy I remain the mortal enemy of man No hundred dollar cure will save me Can't stay a boy in no man's land I shot an actor for an actress But he lived to make a joke Shot two other men who could have been The body's of my folks I stagger toward the future I stagger day to day Plot revenge inside of darkness I am withering in pain And I remain on the far side of crazy I remain the mortal enemy of man No hundred dollar cure will save me Can't stay a boy in no man's I remain on the far side of crazy I remain the mortal enemy of man No hundred dollar cure will save me Can't stay a boy in no man's land facebook.com/lvngubrthlss
I saw these guys in Cocoa Beach, FL back in 86...my friend took a picture of me slam dancing with Andy, the lead singer, in mid-mosh to this song! Bought the album (Seven Days In Sammystown) the next day and wore the grooves off it! Definitely a classic!
Somebody brought up the lyrics to "Pumped Up Kicks" and my mind went to this song as a frame of reference for how to do "crazy killer" songs *well*. It's all about tone and a sense of musical painting. While "Pumped Up Kicks" just sounds like a normal dance song that happens to have sinister lyrics, "Far Side of Crazy" is an example of the song matching the mood perfectly. The way Andy and the band builds up to "can't stay a boy in no man's land!" is almost a Broadway musical moment.
Stan Ridgeway was really more the “When Ennio Morricone goes New Wave.” Andy was really more Glam/Deathrock, and had a very DIFFERENT direction and influences than did Stan. Being a contemporary of both (I made the boots Andy is wearing, just as an example) the distinction between the different eras of WoV was one that at the time not really considered too much. That period was something that will never again see the like of (not unless we see a total collapse of Civilization). Technically, ALL of the Musical Genres, Countercultures and Subcultures of the 20th Century are alike in that respect. They were innovations that built upon past “giants,” where we eventually reached what no appears to have been the “peak” of Musical and Cultural Creativity in terms of Popular Music, at least (Popular Music being a “Category” of Music, which happens to include “Pop Music,” which is a different thing). Now... It seems that most new Musicians are looking back to that century trying to “re-create” something that cannot be created again (looking at Music Sales on iTunes, or Amazon reveals that the teen to 30s Demographic is still buying music from the era of 1970 to 1990 more than any other era or genre). We don’t seem, as a Culture, to be looking for new means of Creativity...
I just suggested we cover this song in meeting with my fellow band members... 3 out of 5 peoples eyes lit up and said yes, the other 2, I had to play the song and refresh their memories,,,, 5/5, yes, kick ass song, lets do it
I got to see them live in Baltimore, at Girard's, when this album was released. They put on a great show for the 100 people in attendance. Andy told the audience that they had been on tour with Adam Ant and were used to playing large venues and they were happy playing a small venue for a change. The stage image they projected was a bit scary - black old-fashioned clothes, chain-smoking cigarettes, etc. - nobody was approaching them while they were enjoying drinks at the bar before the show. I still have the vinyl for Sammystown. Maybe I need to give it a spin...it's been a long time...
I do like Mexican Radio etc. I do appreciate that fans who like that style of song might not appreciate this style. But things change or they get stale. I personally liked this song from day one and still think it is one of my fav songs.Musically brilliant.
I used to have a black and white analougue tv like the one in the video.. and used to play space invaders forhours on it on my Atari 2600.. ahhh dyum miss the ate 70's and early 80's before "the far side of crazy"
Hmm .. I am not sure how I feel about this, at all. It's very well done and up to a point I can really enter into the feelings expressed, not so much as what I feel now but where I have been. Up to a point. I shared it with someone else who writes similarly .. whatever you would call it .. lyrics. It's definitely a song I am surprised I never heard before, in all this time.
America really slept on this one. It's not as quirky as "Mexican Radio," but "Far Side of Crazy" is quite possibly one of the best songs of the 80's and deserved lots of love (as did Sammystown, for that matter).
Your damn right.
This song is extraordinary, the video is ..
@@espellerance5181 Ah, it's like the best song. I still remember where I was when I heard it.
We loved it in Australia
It's way better then "Mexican Radio".
Ditto 🤘😇🏴☠️😈☮️
Andy prieboy is so seriously underappreciated as a vocalist he doesn't get the respect he deserves and this is such a forgotten new wave goth classic
You can say that again! And again.....
@@donreed771 I mean Stan Ridgway and wall of voodoo are brilliant but Andy added that extra something that was totally his own
@@georgemathie8123 I couldn't agree more.
What's good of his to check out first? I have been playing this non stop since I came across it.
@@trollfinger I love his work with wall of voodoo seven days in sammytown and happy planet are good albums and.have a very different sound than the stan Ridgeway way stuff but definitely well worth exploring
Privileged to experience Wall of Voodoo in Selina's Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney, I think winter of 87? Cowpunk what a show, as I was mesmerised by the talcum powder flying off everywhere under the strobe lights.
"I once hid my lust for stardom, like a filthy magazine, I stroked the shaft of my guitar, and watched you on the screen."
wonderfully good and creepy lyric!
"Can't stay a boy in no-man's land."
"I've become now what I wanted to be all along, a psychopathic poet, the devil's bastard son." Andy Prieboy is a master of lyrics.
That's one of the best lyrics ever right there!
This isn't just my favorite Wall of Voodoo song, this is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Mexican radio has entered the chat
Mine too!!!
I really dig both versions of Wall of Voodoo; they’re different but retain what is Wall of Voodoo: electronic western music
What does that mean? I ask, not to cause an argument. I would really like to know what you mean by both versions of Wall of Voodoo. I don't know anything about the band, except one song I enjoyed, and now, one song I .... well .... can partially concur with and find appealing in some way. LOL
@@arlettasloan6453 The original fronted by Stan Ridgway (which did Mexican Radio, the cover of Ring Of Fire, etc.), and this version which was fronted by Andy Prieboy.
Just another band who were 5 years too early.
I grew up in the 80's my teens to the 20's. Punk and New wave will always be what I listen to the most.
This song just crossed my mind, and i just gave it a shout out.I forgot Wall of Voodoo did this.It was a long time ago.Excellent song.God bless my memory!
Kept thinking of this song singing the words. I have spinal bone pain like a MOTHER!! but singing these words provided-gave me a special new energy and got my mind off the pain and nice and juiced up with a GREAT feeling!!!! Thanks Wall of Voodoo!! I am 55 years young and love the 80's and 90's, never anything like it never will be!!!!! THE BEST MY MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I plan on spending thousands and getting a kick ass stereo system and jamming this mother endlessly!!!! -Your man Mike in Houston. WOO-Stone Texas baby-nothing but kick ass shout-outs, love, great energy, and respect. KEEP rockin this mother til the wheels fall off.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marc Moreland is such a underrated guitarist for sure, love his style ridiculously, RIP marc
I only knew mexican radio for the longest time and thought it was a 90s track. But to learn they were contemporaries to DEVO makes so much more sense. Love the spaghetti western sounds.
This song is so damn good
Yep so bummed it left this reality so soon...
What I've Always Said..❤
LOL. Underrated is so overused
Wow, this song just popped up in my head this morning, and I haven't thought about it in years. I remember it when it first came out, and I loved the guitar sound, it's still sounding great btw.
One of a few videos I have clicked on with no ads, awesome!!!
Andy Prieboy is Amazing , very underrated great song writer!!!! Stan is Stan Andy is Andy. . Sammy town is an amazing record
Sammytown is incredible!
Totally agree, Blackboard Sky is another kickass song from Sammystown!!
F##king love sammy's town Marc Moreland is a ridiculously underrated guitarist, love stan ridgeway but andy definitely brought them somewhere else
Mate this is in my top 5 favourites of the 80s this song is awesome, better than today's shit on the radio, hello from Australia😊
22 year old here, remember being 4,5,6 years old. Heading to Mount arapalies, with my old man for a rock climbing trip.8 hour trip With one cassette in the car.... best of stanridgeway. Drive she said, piledriver, the big heat....my all time favourite as a kid "camouflage".
Can memerise every lyric to Every song till this day i reckon.
Really Inspired my musical choices today. Shout out to dad for growing me up on stan ridgeway, rage against the machine. And Rob zombie, we might not always get along but one thing that we will always have In common - music
This so badly needs to be brought back now !
Never got to hear this back in '85. Excellent stuff! Thanks for posting.
One of my all-time favorite WoV songs. Had no idea there was a music video, very cool!
Awesome album! I used to listen this all the time. Saw them live with Adam Ant in 85. Back when music was real.
I saw that line up at Radio City in New York. Two of my favorite artists of the time. The Vive La Rock tour! I still listen to both of those artists today! Wall of Voodoo is one of my favorite bands. Seeing Stan Ridgway live is an amazing treat. If you get a chance to catch him live, by all means do it. I've seen live several times and he is a treasure.
@@SeanGrantstormpinball I missed that tour as a junior in high school at 17. Was grounded. I felt less crappy when I noticed many WOV setlists that omitted "Mona". Like the best song on the record. Ant's space glam motif looked rather enticing even if it was one less drummer.
@@deathmetaldouglas69 It was the Vive La Rock tour. I still have the program. Mona is one of my favorite WoV songs too! The set was very similar to the set on the Ugly Americans live album. They did "Crazy New York" instead of "Crazy Melbourne" in order to ingratiate themselves with the crowd. :). I'm going to do a Wall of Voodoo ? Stan Ridgway top 25 list on my channel soon. One of my favorite bands of all time. I'm doing my Devo Top 100 first.
Must be great living in the past
I love the way you put that!
Saw them open for Adam and the Ants. They blew me away that night.
What year was that and wher?
@@princejohn6560 It was in New Haven CT and it was around 1984. Both bands were incredible that night.
When I first saw this video I went out & bought the full album. 80s proving again the greatest music generation ever!
Great song! I loved it 1985 and still love it.
"Far Side of Crazy" was both written and sung by Andy Prieboy, I believe. If this is an example of his work, he must be very talented.
@@greyflier6923 Andy Prieboy has a whole body of other work. Watch "Tomorrow Wendy" on TH-cam. He is absolutely brilliant.
Still holds up
Andy deserves respect here! Such a talented artist!
How was this amazing song not a huge hit everywhere!?
I'm still wondering how I missed this in the 80s.
@@donreed771 The music video market was so crowded, it was easy to.
Song got plenty of air play in Australia
@@darrincassidy9045Yes it only charted in Australia, nowhere else
@@darrenlI guess we just have good taste.
The "coolest" band in the 80's.
So Awesome.
Love all their video clips.
What a decade of music legends.
A child from the 1950s got the seventies and then wall of voodoo came along
I’d add talking heads to that list as well
The Call were pretty good as well.
Unlike a lot of commenters on here, I think this album was just as good as those from the Stan Ridgway period. I love Stan's solo and WoV work, but it shouldn't detract from the work on this album. Perhaps if they had used another name, instead of Wall of Voodoo, people might take the album on its own merits, instead of whining that "it isn't Stan Ridgway." I thought Andy Prieboy did an amazing job as the new front man, and am sorry that so many just couldn't accept the absence of Stan. They should go listen to "The Big Heat" instead of slagging off on what was a very good album by a good group.
I agree, it's a brilliant record: fantastic mood, excellent lyrics and not one weak tune. I wore the vinyl out on this one.
I agree. This song is gold
Having loved their early records and hearing this... I'd like to try their later records with Andy Prieboy but this song just doesnt seem to do it for me. Starts off well but it sounds a bit like trying to match their earlier guitar sound with a generic mid 80s pop and the sentiment of the song is a bit, well... phoney. It's not a bad song, just doesnt quite have the unique feel of the original Wall of Voodoo for me
This album is indeed great. However, I have the feeling most of the songs were already written in the SR days. On some of the tracks he's really trying to sound like SR.
The fact that the following album was totally different only proofs (in my opinion) that SDIS was, for a large part, the final WoV record from that era.
As an Aussie, over the years I've seen all of the incarnations of inxs. Was Hutchence the best? Were other incarnations as good or better? Equally love This song and Ridgeway.
These guys had some absolutely banging songs! And this is just another example
Coming from the black metal, but now i'm a big fan of this band. Love the eccentric style and how they sound. Stan's voice is amazing.
Stan had long gone by the time this track was released. The singer is Andy Preiboy.
Not gonna lie, you kinda look like young Andy.
This is great song! I helped me a lot at a very hard time in my life.
If this song is revisited with a big cover.... it will smash the 2020's
This songs always reminds me growing up InTerang, love it! I'm over 50 and still listen to this trippy song!
Wow I have been a fan of Stan Ridgeway for a long time and you can hear Stans influence here big time !
Um, no you cannot. That's why this was their last effort.
Masterpiece.
what a track what a song in this band everything is absolutely wonderful their sound their look their extravagance they deserve the greatest respect they have been able to create music that goes straight to the heart they are absolutely brilliant wonderful they have their own style this is absolutely fantastic music that always i will forever listen to this track and pure musical orgasm fuck it fills my heart with happiness i want to cry from emotion music is what unites us great wall of voodoo i love you very much hello to all wall of voodoo fans all around the world from me here from northern italy !!!!! music is life and the greatest therapy of happiness wall of voodoo in my opinion are good for what they have musically created this song to something magical the more you listen the more you want to listen to it endlessly forever music is the best therapy for happiness precisely because it makes you feel good of course it can also do the opposite not to transmit anything to you in fact each of us experiences different sensations in listening to certain musical genres as far as I am concerned the walls of voodoo are all really great their four albums are absolutely amazing great rest in peace dear (Marc Moreland) and dear (Joe Nanini) a big hello to all wall of voodoo fans around the world from northern italy i will listen to wall of voodoo music as long as i live because it is inside of me in the depths of my soul
Saw these guys in Brisbane Oz in early mid eighties, thought they were miming until the power went out briefly. That's how good their live sound was 👍
@@marksumner9948 hello unfortunately I do not understand everything you wrote to me the google translate does not always work perfectly I hope you understand
You ever get your meds adjusted?
It's in the movie Head Office!
Love that movie!
I must thank TH-cam for re-introducing me to Wall of Voodoo...I owned Call of the West, and loved it, but IMO, Prieboy's Voodoo really fleshed out and matured the whole Western Wave/Cowboy Goth idiom the band was working in...Fantastic stuff! :)
The whole album is great! Seven days in Sammystown is underrated!
@@johngrepo9976 You're right its a great album fro start to finish. I'm a huge fan of Museums, Mona and This Business of Love especially.
Always loved this song. Video was filmed in some places I remember- Vasquez Rocks from all the old westerns (and a Flintstones movie, and Captain Kirk's fight with the lizard guy), that mural on Hollywood Blvd and Old Trapper's Lodge behind the Burbank airport, a run down motel that was like a psychotic Knott's Berry Farm with creepy old west sculptures built by the owner. And I've always thought Andy Prieboy's Wall of Voodoo was every bit as good as Stan Ridgeway's, if less Devo-y sounding...
awesome song.australia loved it.
+Paul Bradley Well...Triple M did anyway :)
@@VictoriaBitter1976 99.9 SWR FM in Sydney still plays it
That is why I'm here...my friend from Queensland played it for me..I love it.
@@elenahaldy6525 im from Melbourne now Gold Coast and thats why im here
Heard a grab of the rif of this song in an add last week, found the single in my old vinal collection..
Played it on 11...
Such a cool song..
Ahhh the 80's..
this was the song that introduced me to wov,was my favorite song from the 80's & still enjoy hearing/watching it regularly.
Fuck yeah , beer o'Clock,I
80z rule 🍻🇦🇺
Love this song ... still from 1985...I'm Italian.
i think this song is from 1980
When it comes to WoV I'm more of a Ridgeway girl, but this kicks major ass
I wouldn't mind owning this on CD for when I rock out painting or something. Funny there big hit "Mexican Radio" popped up automatically after listening to some Belinda Carliale classic on facebook live. I've lived in the same apt. for 18 years now....I remember when I first moved in here I recorded "Mexican Radio" on a mix tape. I still have that tape. The thing about time is its circular......it comes back at you when your ready. Sometime its in a weeks time sometimes its 18 years but I'm confident that there is something greater than myself that intended it that way. I have to believe that.
A rare gem, today's music doesn't have this unique style
I recall that actions by some, towards others, at my former first, Secondary (High) School, between 1983 & 1985, saw me leave there age 15 in 1985, the school was toxic. When I first heard this song in 1986 here in Australia, it immediately resonated with me, I liked it then, and still like it now
Personally, I really like Stan Ridgeway, and Wall of Voodoo was better with him at the forefront, but I will say this. "Far Side of Crazy" is a great song, easily one of WoV's best ever songs.
Same.
Top 3 Wall of Vodoo songs in my opinion
A brilliant band that burst across the sky like a comet and then exploded.
Great song! 20 years searching it, thanks!
Saw Stan in 90 @ Calamity Janes in Vegas, whatta show! Whatta venue!
I remember this getting played in Australia year's ago.. Great song.. Might have been on a surf movie..
This is an xcellent video and song. I see people commenting on WOV without Ridgway but Ridgway liked this song, even when he let he remained freinds with the band. If you listen to any ridgway then you now he has at least two songs about this period in his life and hey are reflective
It's 2020 and this is still one of my favorite songs of all time. But then again 7 Days in Sammystown is my fav. album of all time. Music will never be like this again.
I'm a big Stan fan, no doubt about, but this is a beautiful, new incarnation and I'm still loving this album. This is one crazy, danceable and rocking song. Just as pertinent as Mexican Radio in my eyes, but opinions are always a cent per dime.
Agreed, de gustibus non est disputandum.
Carl Jenson Stan R is a great vocalist and word smith. But he did not compose the the tracks on the first two albums . The Morelands and Chas Gray did.. That came from them by the way and I have not heard anything from anybody else for me to question that view. Preferred what WOV did after SR left to Stan's more poppy commercial sound
just found this and loved it i think we are all on the far side of crazy my hands up !!
I'm Pilate and Jesus
And I wept when Lennon died
Yet I envied his assailant
When I visited the shrine
I cried for all those Beatle fans
So old so quick they grow
I follow the example to destroy
What I love most
And I remain on the far side of crazy
I remain the mortal enemy of man
No hundred dollar cure will save me
Can't stay a boy in no man's land
I once hid my lust for stardom
Like a filthy magazine
I stroked the shaft on my guitar
And watched you on the screen
I've become now what I wanted
To be all along
A psychopathic poet
The Devil's bastard son
And I remain on the far side of crazy
I remain the mortal enemy of man
No hundred dollar cure will save me
Can't stay a boy in no man's land
I shot an actor for an actress
But he lived to make a joke
Shot two other men who could have been
The body's of my folks
I stagger toward the future
I stagger day to day
Plot revenge inside of darkness
I am withering in pain
And I remain on the far side of crazy
I remain the mortal enemy of man
No hundred dollar cure will save me
Can't stay a boy in no man's
I remain on the far side of crazy
I remain the mortal enemy of man
No hundred dollar cure will save me
Can't stay a boy in no man's land
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it was hundred dollar KILL
The guitars...AAARRRRH...Killer !!!
I remember this awesome song!
Best lyrics ever. ✌️🤘🇦🇺🏴☠️
As much as I love the Stan era, this is my favourite WOV song. Andy's greatly under appreciated IMHO.
This song I remember being played in rock nightclubs I the eighties , band definitely changed there musical direction
Love this song soo much! :) x
For me the best album of this band, and one of its best song.
i LOVE THIS BAND. They come from the same place I do,blending punk sensibilities with of all things spaghetti western music. Result: catchy
This song should have been a hit in the 80s.
I was there. The WOV fans were alienated, no one else cared.
Classic track!
As a ex police officer my first day in 77 division this jam cam2 my head
This is REALLY REALLY good!!!
Loved both versions of WOV. Once you got over the fact he's not "Stan", you can appreciate.
This song has a very distinctive sound.
Love this song. Brilliant. The wild west in a song. You can hear it. Feel it. A cowboy vibe somehow.
One of my favourites 😍
Great song and cool video. The perfect nut job theme song.
this is brilliant.....such a great band......the word to this are so good.....yeah
including...... The Devil's bastard son. Very haunting lyrics.
I saw these guys in Cocoa Beach, FL back in 86...my friend took a picture of me slam dancing with Andy, the lead singer, in mid-mosh to this song! Bought the album (Seven Days In Sammystown) the next day and wore the grooves off it! Definitely a classic!
Fuck yeah, thanks for posting, awesome
Somebody brought up the lyrics to "Pumped Up Kicks" and my mind went to this song as a frame of reference for how to do "crazy killer" songs *well*. It's all about tone and a sense of musical painting. While "Pumped Up Kicks" just sounds like a normal dance song that happens to have sinister lyrics, "Far Side of Crazy" is an example of the song matching the mood perfectly. The way Andy and the band builds up to "can't stay a boy in no man's land!" is almost a Broadway musical moment.
Thanks to this song, i want "sociopathic poet/ the devil's bastard son" in my grave
By far the clearest version of this video I've seen. Did a fan video of this myself, but I've always loved the original.
When Ennio Morricone goes New Wave...
Stan Ridgeway was really more the “When Ennio Morricone goes New Wave.”
Andy was really more Glam/Deathrock, and had a very DIFFERENT direction and influences than did Stan.
Being a contemporary of both (I made the boots Andy is wearing, just as an example) the distinction between the different eras of WoV was one that at the time not really considered too much.
That period was something that will never again see the like of (not unless we see a total collapse of Civilization).
Technically, ALL of the Musical Genres, Countercultures and Subcultures of the 20th Century are alike in that respect. They were innovations that built upon past “giants,” where we eventually reached what no appears to have been the “peak” of Musical and Cultural Creativity in terms of Popular Music, at least (Popular Music being a “Category” of Music, which happens to include “Pop Music,” which is a different thing). Now... It seems that most new Musicians are looking back to that century trying to “re-create” something that cannot be created again (looking at Music Sales on iTunes, or Amazon reveals that the teen to 30s Demographic is still buying music from the era of 1970 to 1990 more than any other era or genre). We don’t seem, as a Culture, to be looking for new means of Creativity...
Seven days in sammys town is still a favourite of mine but this is a definite standout track from my continuing youth ❤😂
I just suggested we cover this song in meeting with my fellow band members... 3 out of 5 peoples eyes lit up and said yes, the other 2, I had to play the song and refresh their memories,,,, 5/5, yes, kick ass song, lets do it
I got to see them live in Baltimore, at Girard's, when this album was released. They put on a great show for the 100 people in attendance. Andy told the audience that they had been on tour with Adam Ant and were used to playing large venues and they were happy playing a small venue for a change. The stage image they projected was a bit scary - black old-fashioned clothes, chain-smoking cigarettes, etc. - nobody was approaching them while they were enjoying drinks at the bar before the show. I still have the vinyl for Sammystown. Maybe I need to give it a spin...it's been a long time...
The shoes (boots, actually) that you see in the opening shot of the band walking down the hill... I used to help make those.
How did I miss this narley music video...only about 15+ yrs late to the dance!! But Awesome
Loved them back in the day still do
Song was featured in the movie ‘Head Office’
They toured in Europe at the time and I saw 'em in Firenze, Italy, Tenax Discoteque. Ciao.
I remember seeing these guys at the Byron Arts Factory in the late 80's. What a great venue for a great band! Miss it heaps!
I do like Mexican Radio etc. I do appreciate that fans who like that style of song might not appreciate this style. But things change or they get stale. I personally liked this song from day one and still think it is one of my fav songs.Musically brilliant.
Je ne connaissais pas. Bonne découverte.
I used to have a black and white analougue tv like the one in the video.. and used to play space invaders forhours on it on my Atari 2600.. ahhh dyum miss the ate 70's and early 80's before "the far side of crazy"
Thank God for Rock Arena in Australia during the 80's.
Deserves classic status !
Hmm .. I am not sure how I feel about this, at all. It's very well done and up to a point I can really enter into the feelings expressed, not so much as what I feel now but where I have been. Up to a point. I shared it with someone else who writes similarly .. whatever you would call it .. lyrics. It's definitely a song I am surprised I never heard before, in all this time.
@rayvenfear I definitely love this since I heard this for the first time...fantastic music and video clip too...
Great video
very spaghetti western type feel. Ennio Morricone who influenced them and Kasabian.
ITS 2024 AND I JUST FOUND THIS, ITS AWSOME. CAN'T WAIT TO DISCOVER MORE OF THIS BAND..
Spotify why no Spotify ?! Crying
Still remember coming home with this LP.....brilliant...