I thought the meaning of this song was VERY obvious. I thought everyone knew it was about using a skinhead's head as a bowling ball! Great song! I like how they use it in Bowling for Columbine.
Right, well do you think Michael Moore used it in Bowling for Columbine because he wanted to remove people's heads and use them for bowling? Or maybe, do you think the song is about taking aggressive people and giving them something to do -- something innocent and absurd rather than harmful and serious.
Right, well do you think Michael Moore used it in Bowling for Columbine because he wanted to remove people's heads and use them for bowling? Or maybe, do you think the song is about taking aggressive people and giving them something to do -- something innocent and absurd rather than harmful and serious.
@teenymarie I think @Bootcut is right. I was in my early 20s and living in the SF bay area at the time. My impression of skinheads was that they were kind of angry, uneducated and dangerous, and also that their chosen style was kind of a throwback to pre-hippie days. So an old-school form of recreation like bowling seems like a good bet for something that might appeal to them. So when a bunch of skinheads show up at your house, what do you do?
@teenymarie I think @Bootcut is right. I was in my early 20s and living in the SF bay area at the time. My impression of skinheads was that they were kind of angry, uneducated and dangerous, and also that their chosen style was kind of a throwback to pre-hippie days. So an old-school form of recreation like bowling seems like a good bet for something that might appeal to them. So when a bunch of skinheads show up at your house, what do you do?
(a) Run away and hope they don't catch you? Or...
(b) Try to fight them and...
(a) Run away and hope they don't catch you? Or...
(b) Try to fight them and probably get badly beaten? Or...
(c) Take The Skinheads Bowling!
The answer is obviously (c). What a good idea! CVB are geniuses!
It has also been suggested that the central image of the song is the superficial resemblance between a skinhead's head and a bowling ball. That may be true.
But David Lowery says the song was deliberately nonsensical, i.e. deliberately devoid of meaning. I think we have to take his word for that.
I thought the meaning of this song was VERY obvious. I thought everyone knew it was about using a skinhead's head as a bowling ball! Great song! I like how they use it in Bowling for Columbine.
Right, well do you think Michael Moore used it in Bowling for Columbine because he wanted to remove people's heads and use them for bowling? Or maybe, do you think the song is about taking aggressive people and giving them something to do -- something innocent and absurd rather than harmful and serious.
Right, well do you think Michael Moore used it in Bowling for Columbine because he wanted to remove people's heads and use them for bowling? Or maybe, do you think the song is about taking aggressive people and giving them something to do -- something innocent and absurd rather than harmful and serious.
@teenymarie I think @Bootcut is right. I was in my early 20s and living in the SF bay area at the time. My impression of skinheads was that they were kind of angry, uneducated and dangerous, and also that their chosen style was kind of a throwback to pre-hippie days. So an old-school form of recreation like bowling seems like a good bet for something that might appeal to them. So when a bunch of skinheads show up at your house, what do you do?
@teenymarie I think @Bootcut is right. I was in my early 20s and living in the SF bay area at the time. My impression of skinheads was that they were kind of angry, uneducated and dangerous, and also that their chosen style was kind of a throwback to pre-hippie days. So an old-school form of recreation like bowling seems like a good bet for something that might appeal to them. So when a bunch of skinheads show up at your house, what do you do?
(a) Run away and hope they don't catch you? Or... (b) Try to fight them and...
(a) Run away and hope they don't catch you? Or... (b) Try to fight them and probably get badly beaten? Or... (c) Take The Skinheads Bowling!
The answer is obviously (c). What a good idea! CVB are geniuses!
It has also been suggested that the central image of the song is the superficial resemblance between a skinhead's head and a bowling ball. That may be true.
But David Lowery says the song was deliberately nonsensical, i.e. deliberately devoid of meaning. I think we have to take his word for that.