Friday, January 29, 2010

Today was a Day for Camper Van Beethoven's "Telephone Free Landslide Victory" (1985)


Take the Skinheads Bowling
Every day, I wake up and pray to Jah
And he increases the number of clocks by exactly one
Everybody's comin' home for lunch these days
Last night there were skinheads on my lawn


Take the skinheads bowling
Take them bowling
Take the skinheads bowling
Take them bowling

Some people say that bowling alleys got big lanes
Some people say that bowling alleys all look the same
There's not a line that goes here that rhymes with anything
I has a dream last night, but I forget what it was

Take the skinheads bowling
Take them bowling
Take the skinheads bowling
Take them bowling

I had a dream last night about you, my friend
I had a dream--I wanted to sleep next to plastic
I had a dream--I wanted to lick your knees
I had a dream--it was about nothing

Take the skinheads bowling
Take them bowling
Take the skinheads bowling
Take them bowling

I am going to see David Lowery and the Cracker 'Acoustic' Duo (with guitarist Johnny Hickman) next month. Over the next couple of weeks I am going to work my way through the entire Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker discographies. I have all 15 of the Camper and Cracker studio albums on vinyl and/or CD, so I am going to try and listen to one per day or so. This process started earlier in the evening with a spin of Camper's debut album, 1985's Telephone Free Landslide Victory. One of my very favorite albums of the 1980s by one of my favorite bands of all time:

Telephone Free Landslide Victo...
Where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?


Well, maybe he went to get a sideways haircut
Maybe he went to get a striped shirt
Maybe he went to get some plastic shoes
Maybe he went to get some funny sunglasses

Well, maybe he went to get an Air Force parka
Maybe he went to get a Vespa scooter
Maybe he went to get a British flag
Maybe he went to go Mod Ska dancing

Well, maybe he went to get a mohawk
And maybe he went to get some gnarly thrash boots
Maybe he went to go ride his skateboard
Maybe he went to see the Circle Jerks

Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?

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