Whatever Happened To? Lyrics

Lyric discussion by piersy 

Cover art for Whatever Happened To? lyrics by Buzzcocks

The Cow is bound to be the name of a pub. Cmoplaining about how a place you had loads of memories of turning into a family friendly pub with swings / Harvester / Gastro Pub with a pretentious name (delete as appropriate) is one of the mores of modern life in the UK

@piersy (Yes I'm replying 5.5 years later!)

Cows are revered in India (hence the phrase, "sacred cow"). Mao was revered by many communists, God revered by monotheists. It may also have a second wink meaning, but considering the entire song is about the sacred vs. crass commercialism, I would guess "the cow" is another example in the list of revered beings.