trew

"We threw our hopes upon the fire
and watch the embers glow
we wait until the fire dies out
and then we knew, we knew it was ..."

From "House of Pain" on the album
"Scenic Views", by Rubber Rodeo.

I listen to "Scenic Views" regularly -- it's a fun mix of New Wave and country music.

"Anywhere With You" was a treasure hunt song for years -- I heard it on the radio once, maybe twice in the 80s, but didn't know who it was recorded by. It was a big deal when I finally found it on an 80s compilation CD.

Bob Holmes was raised in Ohio, before he went off to RISD for life as a New Wave musician, so I feel a kinship with him, struggling with the intersection of the identities of 'simple country boy' and 'freaky artist', and I think the songs on this album express a sincere understanding of the feelings and emotions of the average, rural American -- whether Bob shares those feelings or not.

"Scenic Views" doesn't have a Wikipedia page, but here's the video for "Anywhere With You."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn2iPv1Qgaw

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Rubber Rodeo- “Anywhere With You” (RARE MUSIC VIDEO!) (From 1984.)

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Show threadC PufferMay 12
@trewhytte Ah, I haven't thought about them in years. I was in living in Providence roughly around the time of Rubber Rodeo. I would see their name in local alt weekly papers but I never saw them. I guess I was too "cool" for what I perceived as "wacky" music... you know, a 15/16 year old shithead who listened to hardcore and post-punk.
Show threadtrewMay 12

@puffer
Don't be too hard on young Puffer.

I heard "Anywhere With You" in -- probably -- 1984, and loved it, but I didn't listen to the full album until twenty years later.

In 1984, New Wave Trew would probably not have enjoyed the full album, "Scenic Views". (Growing up in West Georgia, I heard far more country music than I wanted to, and -- while I was okay with the hints of country in regional bands like R.E.M. and the Swimming Pool Qs -- I was not interested in the full-on Western Swing sound that Rubber Rodeo was aiming for.)

In 2005, however, I had spent some time listening seriously to country music, and I was much better prepared to enjoy what the band was doing, and I loved the album on my first listen.

Show threadboxspringMay 12
@puffer @trewhytte As far as I know, I never heard them until listening to this, but I remember a feature in Musician about them and the making of this album and thought "well _I'D_ never let some producer push our drummer aside in favor of a Linn drum!" :-)