(04-09-2016 11:15 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  We could set up a bowling alley on the side and play this one:

Artist: Camper Van Beethoven
Album: Telephone Free Landslide Victory
Cut: "Take The Skinheads Bowling"
1985 I.R.S. Records/Cooking Vinyl Records

Songwriter David 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."





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