THE BIG HEAT - STAN RIDGWAY

[audaceinfuga]

amazing!!!!!

[damnyankeefl]

the 80s...ah.

[mightymouse2012ify]

I love this guy, would like to down shots with Stan the man. Speaking of pie, i'm having muff tonight.

[junelavonne]

awesome story teller!!

June LaVonne It´s the Big Heat", what expression, magical

[ancjob]

can somebody upload the "eurotops" clip of live performance for this track ? please

[USCG47S]

yeah he is great, and to have a Vinyl album with these songs is something iam damn proud of..

[DoGoneSilly]

I always wondered why nobody ever saw the possibility of taking Stan's songs and turning then into some type of theatrical musical? They all tell such great stories. The man has such an amazing talent.

[halfcabdisaster7]

Wall of Voodoo lost it's soul when Ridgway left.

[UndeadLucas]

One of the greatest musicians of all time. Can never be replaced, can never be duplicated, and cannot be denied as one of the best in the business. This is when the men and women in music had to make they're way, earn their spot. Now all you do is write a word on paper and get a record deal. Men like him, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, David Bowie. They had to pay they're way into success. And damn-it, they got what they deserved. I say Ridgway needs to be in the hall of fame.

[agt462]

@UndeadLucas You're a Genius........I agree!!! I always said Stan was Underrated....

[cippocigno]

"And everybody wants another piece of pie today"...

[TheGrapevine4]

Stan where are you?!

[newellgirl]

love it when he mentions Tucson

[delta0921]

I had this album on cassette back when it came out and remember playing the hell out of it on my boombox and in my car stereo. Great tunes.

[CurvaOberdan82]

3 peoples don't like good music.

[yam500]

wtf happened to music?

[MishuTaste]

I love how he uses all those sound effects in this song.

[iediah]

@MishuTaste and facial effects :) :) Love this band! :) Miss the 80's the best rock, pop and metal groups ever! And do not forget the punk bands :) :P

[MishuTaste]

@iediah I miss 80s music too. There was a new song out every week. Most of the pop songs were easy on the ears. I like to create playlists of new wave music. I might get an 80s heavy metal playlist set up...still working on it. 

[KaydeyRai]

This song rocks

[MrFredmayhem]

We miss Stan out here in The Old Pueblo. 

[gogglebut]

gotta love Stan



[frostedhead]

Prophecy at it's best!

[nakabar]

I spent my formative years listning to this... Now, I love David Lynch's films

[hotanddark69]

Great song, great album, outstanding artist.

Stan's very Rod Serling-esque in this vid, eh?

[KryptoniteTearDrop]

If someone was trying to track me down and murder me,I would want Ridgway having my back.He seems to be the perfect guy for those kinds of situations.

[ancjob]

does somebody have the "Musikladen Eurotops" live performance of this track by this artist ?

[Tata996]

I love that killer synth line. Fat and badass.

[yam500]

@Tata996  class

[89grand]

Stan Ridgway is one of my the best ever!

[SalomeAngeluce19]

google mp3iiify to download this song from youtube.

[axmuenwuwers23]

How do I find mp3iiify to download this song? I was told to google mp3iiify.

[rickertb2004]

I forgot all about this song. I don't know why SR wasn't huge.

[chrismac94]

im a 15 year old boy surrounded people that listen to modern mainstream shit, this guy ceases to amaze me im so sick of the mainstream bullshit being played latley

[chrisharro]

Go chrismac94! I was lucky enough to see Stan Ridgway do an "in-store" performance at Gaslight Record Shop in Melbourne Australia in 86 or 87 - he can cut it live, as well as on record - keep searching out the good stuff - have you found Tom Waits' "Small Change" CD?

[chrismac94]

naw but ill look it up

[yam500]

@chrismac94  good to see you appreciate good music

[mario64bits]

Boy, that gave me a serious flashback for the eighties!

[terrafirma91]

Ridgway had his own "sound", and style. I like the way he narrates the lyrics in his customary dark mode.

[Raap123]

thit he ask: Have anyone see a affully big marine?

[mygreatlovenova]

A favourite of mine for well over 20 years...

[conradragzoff]

I've known about this song for over 20 years now... managed to get it on the "Best Of" CD.... This and Camouflage are really good, but Stormy Side Of Town is also really good...

[mysterywhylay]

THIS is a tune. I was always looking for this track, but all I knew was it was the one after camoflage...BUT...now I know its this one.Thanks poster...youve scratched a 20 odd year itch :)

[tommclean]

This is brilliant. I love this track.

[xsellsbrod]

a great Album, great story, ... too bad, that it is heard not very often at the radio station ....

[AssociationAdmirer]

Surely one of the best music videos I've ever seen. A brilliantly conceived and filmed tribute to film noir. Which is quite fitting, since the song itself is a tribute to film noir.

A rare case of a music video that actually fits the song it's done for, and not a bad shot in the whole production. Moody, evocative, intense, and thoroughly endearing.

Who directed this masterpiece?

[sean57]

great art direction....stans the man, check out the drywall project

[Movie06]

This was in Night of the Creeps.

[IamLukeSilz92]

yeah so was 'Drive She Said'

kinda funny, the only reason i hunted down that movie (which was hard to find, by the way) was because it featured those songs haha

[JohnnySwitchblade]

Yes, alot of B-movies around 1986-88 used Stan Ridgway/Wall Of Voodoo-related music. In "Cutting Class", there are a couple songs by one of the guys from WOV, and well as CHUD II: Chud The Bud, which includes the same songs. "Night Of The Creeps" is a great movie, by the way!

[cippocigno]

You gotta watch the ones who keep their hands clean...

[fastwheeler]

4 weeks ago.. well.. maybe 5...

[CaliforniaBrit]

Saw Wall of Voodoo when they supported the Clash. This was when Joe chose support acts like Futura 2000,Joe Ely, Holly & the Italians.

They came on stage in front of hundreds of London punks, Stan opened his mouth and spoke in his American accent

"This is going to get ugly" I thought

Sure enough, they were booed and gobbed off stage by the unappreciative audience after a couple of songs. The drummer dropped his jeans, bared his proud American ass and mooned the now cheering punks. CLASSIC.

[54spiritedwill54]

Yeah this was a good song

[ScooterNerd]

Ridgway's brilliant.

[iediah]

@ScooterNerd He still perfoms in smaller venues...Hit him up on Myspace and he will send you his performance schedule...I have seen him at smaller clubs in LA and he is great!

[jayrod2]

The chorus owns.

[froglecrock]

wusstet ihr das jim knopf das fliegende auge

erfunden hat ... ;)

[jayrod2]

Translation please?

[froglecrock]

top secret I can´t ;) higher level than fbi

[andilu01]

que te importa a ti? JA!

[mistarax]

Hey! Does anyone know where to get a copy of this album on CD? I burned out a vinyl copy and a cassette copy of this. I wonder if anyone knows of a video of Walkin Home Alone?

Thanx! RAX

[AcaiBerryMONAVIE]

the big heat is Fbi

[kiyaputa]

wow this is good..one of my favorites..to set the tone for life...everybody wants another piece of pie'...look @ us now in 2008..you can believe this came from Ridgway

[froglecrock]

DU?.....LooL

[Babyhowdy233]

Krazykat500,

you are SOOO RIGHT about Stan Ridgway..I couldn't have said it better! :)

[kissmybuttdimple]

great song....

[ScooterNerd]

Brilliantly quirky songwriter and he's got the beat.

[tomcatfranks]

Night of the creeps, awesome movie!!!

[4darin5]

Hahaha dude, I'm a huge fan of that movie too.

[gabepaullikesboys]

That makes 3!!!

[Malocosa]

I love how the 80s songs and videos had so much Film Noir elements to them. I didn't think that back then when listening/watching to them.

[tomcatfranks]

It gave them a timeless mystique! :)

[evilmoussaka]

je connaissais pas la superbe video de cette chanson !! un type vraiment brillant , ce stan ridgway.

[SirHatchporch]

By the way, does anyone know where the factory in this video (and pictured on the cover of the album) is located? I swear I've driven by that before. Please PM me with an answer if you know.

[SirHatchporch]

Sweet! I never knew this had a promo video.

[Pissedman]

This tune is a blast from the past, and it still roxx your fucking boxxorzz

[Fruth37]

I foist hoid 'dis song on WXYC, UNC student radio, back in 'da 80's. Sounded cool back 'den and it has held up 'tru 'da years. Stan is 'da man!

[queen7x7]

@UncleBoogieRF

My words. I'm just glad I discovered Stan Ridgway and.. I saw him live in 1986. Stan could have been much more successful if he really liked but he's a way too intelligent and stubborn. I like him for that and his wonderful music

[UncleBoogieRF]

Man, missed your reply 4 months back. Only hit he ever really had in the UK was Camouflage. That kinda tarnished him really sadly as most folk didn't take him seriously. My next encounter was "Bing Can't Walk" on the movie "Slam Dance". Then two songs from Mosquitos got heavy playback on a local radio station and that was that. Hooked for life:) Mosquitos was one of the best albums of the last 20 years.

Every Ridgway song I have is on my iPod, and will remain so.

[UncleBoogieRF]

KrazyKat: "Music and film noir at its best. This song still sits in my ipod - always. Like a great movie you never saw. Or maybe did. Stan is a genius."

Your description of Stan is perfect. No other song writer crams as much story into 3-4 minutes of music. I've tried to convert people over the years, but his music is an acquired taste. And clearly the people I've tried to convert are idiots.:)

Never seen this video before. Great stuff!

[stochasticjack]

Stan Ridgway is a BRILLIANT writer.

[utubegeneration]

head this song in Arcadia California at the Arboretum Gardens in the cafeteria and at the Santa Anita Mall 1985

[joshdugan123]

Then what? Did you hear it again at TACO LITA!?! Arcadia Apaches!

[newalt]

why is it that shit bands make it and not Stan ?

[amyurban44]

Stan IS "the man!"

[StephenCollins]

Different mix than the album..

[beercub]

Yeah this was a good song but it would've sounded so much better with Wall of Voodoo backing him.