The band released debut album, Girls and Weather, in September of 2007. In the past, the band have been on tour with numerous popular artists (The Zutons, Good Shoes, Dirty Pretty Things and The Young Knives), and have also played various festivals (including Glastonbury 07 and Cardiff Calling 07). The band also had a successful album tour hitting many venues around the UK and Ireland, including a trip to home-town Tavistock. The album (created with Tony Hoffer - The Kooks, and The Fratellis), was released mid-September 2007. The band gained alot of recognition when single "Alarm Clock" was played on Radio 1, when lead singer of Snow Patrol took over Zane Lowe's evening slot as a one-off.
Band members include:
Charlie Waller – Lead Vocals and Guitar
Tom Gorbutt – Sax, Vocals and Bass
Henry Clark – Trumpet, Vocals and Piano
Sam Mansbridge - Bass / Vocals / "Rumble Drum"
Matthew Wheeler - Drums
Past releases include the single "Motorcycle" (December 2005 and re-released June 07), single "Hate Me (You Do)" (June 2006) EP "Cardboard Coloured Dreams" (November 2006), single "Alarm Clock" (March 2007), which has received numerous plays off of Virgin Radio and on MTV 2 programme "Spanking New Music", and single "Motorcycle" (June 2007) which also received plays off of "Spanking New Music".
"Girls and Boys In Love" is the most recent song to have been released as a single, and also features in the Simon Pegg film "Run Fat Boy Run" and "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging"
Lead singer, Charlie Waller, was also in the band Vincent Vincent and the Villains at the same time as playing with current band The Rumble Strips. An attack from his conscience lead him to leave both bands before The Rumble Strips were offered to release a single under record label Transgressive.
Girls and Boys in Love
The Rumble Strips Lyrics
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drive you to drink, it wont let you go
plenty of girls and boys in love, plenty of girls and boys in love
move to the city, lose all ur heart, she wernt that pretty, you aint too smart
plenty of girls and boys in love, plenty of girls and boys in love
and aint it a shame, oh wo oh oh wo oh
aint it a shame, oh wo oh oh wo oh
aint it a shame, i let you go
plenty of girls and boys alone,
plenty of girls and boys in love,
plenty of girls and boys in love,
plenty of girls and boys in love.
The first two lines of this song could be interpreted as a warning against letting your thoughts consume you and lead you down a path of self-destruction, such as turning to alcohol to cope. The chorus repeats the phrase "plenty of girls and boys in love" multiple times, perhaps as a reminder that there are others out there experiencing the same emotions and struggles. The next verse seems to caution against moving to a big city and losing yourself in a person who may not be worth it.
The phrase "plenty of girls and boys alone" at the end of the song seems to suggest that while there are many people in love, there are also plenty who are single and perhaps looking for love. The repeated line "aint it a shame" could be interpreted as a bittersweet recognition of the complexities of love and relationships.
Overall, the lyrics of this song seem to reflect on the ups and downs of love and relationships, and offer a somewhat cynical but realistic perspective on the topic.
Line by Line Meaning
Just cos you think it, dont make it so
Just because you believe something to be true, doesn't necessarily make it so.
drive you to drink, it wont let you go
Your desire for something can become so obsessive that it can drive you to the brink, making it hard to let go.
plenty of girls and boys in love, plenty of girls and boys in love
There are plenty of people in this world who are in love.
move to the city, lose all ur heart, she wernt that pretty, you aint too smart
Moving to a big city can make you lose sight of what's important; don't let someone's superficial qualities cloud your judgment.
aint it a shame, oh wo oh oh wo oh
Isn't it a tragedy that things didn't work out?
aint it a shame, oh wo oh oh wo oh
Isn't it a tragedy that things didn't work out?
aint it a shame, i let you go
I regret letting you go.
plenty of girls and boys alone,
There are plenty of single people in this world.
plenty of girls and boys in love,
There are still plenty of people in this world who are in love.
plenty of girls and boys in love,
There are still plenty of people in this world who are in love.
plenty of girls and boys in love.
There are still plenty of people in this world who are in love.
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