So maybe because this my first time paying attention to the band, in spite of actually being a Cold War era kid myself, I was trying to conceptually combine the band name with the song lyrics, or at least the song’s title itself, and where I arrived at the end of my first listen was at a notion that the song is, at least potentially, about ‘guys’ like myself whom normally had either successful (America’s Hayday) parents and/or Vietnam-era traumatized societal ‘caregivers’ (and children) all around them. You know, kinda a ‘hood’ or ‘rude boy’ esthetic, so basically- the Cold War Kids (e.g. the band members) basically felt put-upon, or neglected, like a Mexican dog might.
So maybe because this my first time paying attention to the band, in spite of actually being a Cold War era kid myself, I was trying to conceptually combine the band name with the song lyrics, or at least the song’s title itself, and where I arrived at the end of my first listen was at a notion that the song is, at least potentially, about ‘guys’ like myself whom normally had either successful (America’s Hayday) parents and/or Vietnam-era traumatized societal ‘caregivers’ (and children) all around them. You know, kinda a ‘hood’ or ‘rude boy’ esthetic, so basically- the Cold War Kids (e.g. the band members) basically felt put-upon, or neglected, like a Mexican dog might.