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Border Radio (Live at the Venue, London, 1982) · The Blasters
[Verse 1] One more midnight, her man is still gone The nights move too slow She tries to remember the heat of his touch While listening to the Border Radio
[Verse 2] She calls toll free and requests an old song Something they used to know She prays to herself that wherever he is He's listening to the Border Radio
[Chorus] This song comes from 1962 Dedicated to a man who's gone Fifty thousand watts out of Mexico This is the Border Radio This is the Border Radio
[Verse 3] She thinks of her son, asleep in his room And how her man won't see him grow She thinks of her life and she hopes for a change While listening to the Border Radio
[Chorus] This song comes from 1962 Dedicated to a man who's gone Fifty thousand watts out of Mexico This is the Border Radio This is the Border Radio
[Verse 4] They play her tune but she can't concentrate She wonders why he had to go One more midnight her man is still gone She's listening to the Border Radio
[Chorus] This song comes from 1962 Dedicated to a man who's gone Fifty thousand watts out of Mexico This is the Border Radio This is the Border Radio
This is the Border Radio
This song is the soundtrack for my profile picture, and banner photo. I have stopped collecting records and CDs. I've been priced out of the hobby by greed. But I set up this blog for myself to be a place where I could write about the music I love. The reason I got into the radio business 50 years ago was because I wanted to get paid for playing records, and talking about them. That was not the profession that really allowed me to do that, and once I figured that out, I started managing record shops so that I could talk to customers about music. If I could get them to buy enough of it, I could make a decent living, and have fun going to work every day. Now I sort of see this place as my own border radio station. I'll post some music links, and keep talking about what I'm listening to. A DJ never knows if there's anyone out there listening. He just talks, and hopes the words and music find an audience. Border radio has a rich, and fascinating history. The romance, and the allure of it are captured in the words to the song.
On March 26, 2016, Smithereens and Border Radio were screened as a double-feature on TCM Underground.
On December 20, 2019, Border Radio and Made in USA were screened as a double-feature on TCM Underground.
On December 2, 2017, Dudes and Border Radio were screened as a double-feature on TCM Underground.
On November 14, 1987, Border Radio premiered at the AFI Independent Film Festival.
On November 7, 2015, Smithereens and Border Radio were screened as a double-feature on TCM Underground.