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Take the Skinheads Bowling
"Take the Skinheads Bowling" is the signature song of Santa Cruz, Californiaalternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven, written by David Lowery and released on their album Telephone Free Landslide Victory. The song (as covered by the band Teenage Fanclub) was notably featured in the Michael Moore documentary Bowling for Columbine,[2] and received substantial airplay on KROQ and BBC Radio 2[3] as well as on The Dr. Demento Show.[4] The song was covered by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers as a B-side to their single "Australia" and subsequently included on their B-side compilation album Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers).
Lowery admits to being surprised by the success of "Take the Skinheads Bowling," stating on his blog:
I never thought that Take the Skinheads Bowling would become a Hit. If someone had traveled from the future and told me we would have a hit on our first album I would not have picked this song as being the hit. Not in a million years. I would have more likely picked Where the Hell is Bill.
Why? We regarded Take The Skinheads Bowling as just a weird non-sensical song. The lyrics were purposely structured so that it would be devoid of meaning. Each subsequent line would undermine any sort of meaning established by the last line. It was the early 80′s and all our peers were writing songs that were full of meaning. It was our way of rebelling. BTW this is the most important fact about this song. We wanted the words to lack any coherent meaning. There is no story or deeper insight that I can give you about this song.
Lassie and Where the Hell is Bill were silly but there was at least a point to the songs. Plus both songs were pretty jokey. Something that seemed popular at the time.
—&#;David Lowery, #74 Hits are Black Swans-Take the Skinheads Bowling, David Lowery - Songs Blog[3]
Lyrics[edit]
The lyrics of the song mainly discuss the titular action of "[taking] the skinheads bowling", but there are also some humorous lines relating to bowling alleys ("Some people say that bowling alleys got big lanes") or the song itself ("There's not a line that goes here that rhymes with anything").[5]
Take the Skinheads Bowling EP[edit]
Track listing[edit]
- "Take the Skinheads Bowling"
- "Cowboys From Hollywood"
- "Epigram"
- "Atkuda"
- "Epigram"
- "Colonel Enrique Adolfo Bermudez"[6]
Charts[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^Unterberger, Richie (14 June ). "Take the Skinheads Bowling". rushbrookrathbone.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October
- ^ abLowery, David. "#74 Hits are Black Swans-Take the Skinheads Bowling". David Lowery - Songs Blog. Archived from the original on 28 June Retrieved 17 July
- ^Ott, Chris (13 November ). "Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Inc. Archived from the original on 8 July Retrieved 17 July
- ^"CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN - TAKE THE SKINHEADS BOWLING LYRICS". rushbrookrathbone.co.uk. MetroLyrics. Archived from the original on 7 July Retrieved 17 July
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- ^Lazell, Barry (). Indie Hits . Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 5, Retrieved September 5,
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