Translator - Come With Me

What this video is

Released in 1985 as the lead single from Translator's self-titled third album, 'Come With Me' represents the apex of San Francisco's college-radio underground at the moment MTV was industrializing the music video format. The decision to film on location in India — documented across Wikipedia and Steve Barton's official site — was an exceptional production choice for an indie-adjacent act on 415 Records/Columbia,…

Why it matters

Translator were a key node in the American college-radio ecosystem that incubated alternative rock. Their dual-songwriter guitar-band model and introspective lyricism directly prefigured the alt-rock mainstream. 'Come With Me' as a visual artifact captures this transitional genre moment —…

The director

David Rathod is an American director active primarily in the 1980s–90s, son of Indian director Kantilal Rathod. His verified music video credits include Huey Lewis and the News: I Want a New Drug (1984), The Bangles: Hero Takes a Fall (1984), Translator:…