They finished Wild Night and the drummer got up and came around to the front of the stage where he stood behind a microphone and a single snare/cymbal setup. The crowd roared. He clicked his sticks in the air and counted off One! Two! Three! and the band launched into a rock-modified version of Elephant Walk. “I wanna big fat blonde!” The drummer sang - or more appropriately - screeched while pounding the snare; the shocking puff of black hair on his head flapping in time like a rooster’s crest. “To hold my hand! To keep this skinny boy from blowing away in the wind!” Judging by the audience reaction, this was the band’s barn burner - a song called Big Fat Blonde. People started dancing; drinks in the air, and most of them knew the lyrics to sing along. The refrain contained a hog-call - Sooie! - and just about everybody joined in. It was kind of awkward because we happened to be standing close to a couple of large-boned, straw haired girls. I tried smiling at them, but they turned away. After the second Sooie!, they quit the street and headed for a bar. Rock and Roll ain’t always pretty.
I saw The Rainmakers open for RUSH, April 7, 1988, for the "Hold Your Fire" tour. It was at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Loved seeing the hometown locals on the big stage!
I seen them in like 1987 or 88 at a bar called Graffiti in Pittsburgh.. They were billed as the loudest bar band ever, and they lived up to that rep.. The only problem was at the time, I was living with a big fat blonde... She didn't start out that way but after we had a kid she stayed that way... SUEEEYYYY LMFAO
I don't think it's derogatory at all. It says loud and clear he likes fat women at a time skinny rails rule the media and fashion industry. Loud and proud!
I was a skinny girl, but I always loved this song. It's fun and lighthearted but there will always be someone who gets offended by something. It's just inevitable. I mean - he even says "Amazon Bombshell" so that sums it up!
You must realize that musicians can get so sick to death of a song that they have played over and over and over that they just have to stop doing it for a while.
I bought this album when it was new after reading a review of it in... what was it, Newsweek? Always wondered why these guys didn't get any bigger than they did. This video is hilarious, and Bob's enthusiasm is infectious!
When they released their last record, Skin, in 1997, the lyrical content was much more socially aware, women's rights...etc... When I saw them on that tour, he told me that as he grew up, he didn't think the song fit the way he was looking at life. Please understand, I am paraphrasing. But I understand his point. The song is a bit derogatory.
Hey yeah!!! Now we're talkin' That's the days I remember watching them at the get lost concert while I was attending K-state in 1984. Thanks so much :)
Hey rsapienza1965, we saw them in Pittsburg at Memorial Auditorium in '89. They were the openers, don't remember the headliners, loved Bob Walkenhorst's vocals.
Right on Kenunothewavemaster.....The Coyote Club Wichita Ks, Steve Bob and Rich ALWAYS rocked the house. Line out the door and around the building. Everybody wanting to kick it on that black and white checkered dance floor. Shit those were fun times!
