Scooter Boys ???
X G1RL
Again, here is what Fran E. said Amy said about Scooter Boys...
>>Here's a tidbit that was posted to the IG List, regarding IG's
performance for World Cafe, where Amy discussed "Scooter Boys":
*amy said that "scooter boys" symbolized to her England, that in her
*mind the image of scooter boys epitomized England, and that she was
*using this English image to talk about imperialism and the nations
*that colonized others, while on the other side of things was
*Argentina, which was colonized. So basically, this is about
*colonialism, what it does to people (especially the colonized) and she
*said it was also about putting her own life in perspective to all of
*the other issues in the world, how travelling around and seeing the
*state of different oppressed peoples (such as in Chiapas) has really
*put her own problems into perspectives, how she has come from a
*privaleged background. (in defense of scooter boys, she said her many
*of her friends are scooter people :)
~Jen
Robert and Frances Egan
Hey y'all,
Looks like some of y'all didn't see my post from last Monday, so I'm
reposting the excerpt from a post to the IG List recounting what Amy
said about this song on the World Cafe broadcast:
*amy said that "scooter boys" symbolized to her England, that in her
*mind the image of scooter boys epitomized England, and that she was
*using this English image to talk about imperialism and the nations
*that colonized others, while on the other side of things was
*Argentina, which was colonized. So basically, this is about
*colonialism, what it does to people (especially the colonized) and she
*said it was also about putting her own life in perspective to all of
*the other issues in the world, how travelling around and seeing the
*state of different oppressed peoples (such as in Chiapas) has really
*put her own problems into perspectives, how she has come from a
*privaleged background. (in defense of scooter boys, she said her many
*of her friends are scooter people :)
Also, according to archeological evidence discovered in the past
several years, all of the "indians", whether in North or South America,
descended from the same hunter-gatherers who migrated from Asia between
10,000 and 25,000 years ago. About 500 years ago, the slaughter of
these descendents began at the hands of Europeans greedy for their land
and natural resources. FYI, Mexico is part of North America, not South
America - that's why the NAFTA countries are Canada, the U.S., and
Mexico. The confusion may be due to the fact that the countries from
Mexico south are collectively referred to as Latin America.
Not bad, Thomas, you were pretty close! :)
Peace,
Fran E.
T&J <tp...@ridgecrest.ca.us> writes:
>
>I had a small discussion with XG1RL - a frequent poster here - and she
>was under the impression that (correct me if I'm wrong) the song was
>about the demise of all indians of the America continent; both native
>American indians and South American indians. XG1RL inptepreted the
>song as "Europe shed the blood of *Scooter boys and Argentinians*"
>,i.e. Scooter boys and Argentinians are the victims and the Europeans
>are the agressors.
>
>Without the knowledge of who Scooter boys are, I suppose one may agree
>with that intepretation. However, I feel that if you've been
>following what Amy has been doing the last year, the song has a
>definite South American indians undertone and none for the native US
>kind (that was back in Jonas & Ezekial days)
>
>If you read the IG newsletter dated November 1996, Amy went to
>Chiapas, Mexico to visit the "Zapatistas, a group of Mayan indians
>struggling for land autonomy and self-determination." Amy wrote:
>"The Zapatistas women are constantly harassed by the Mexican military
>when they walked through the militarized zone to gather supplies."
>More clues are offered in these words: "The Zapatistas' struggle
>against the corruption of the Mexican government and the world
>domination of transnational corporations (mainly US interests) is
>important; we should all be aware of it."
>
>My take is: the indians are South Americans in general and Zapatistas
>in particular. Scooter boys and the Argentinians (along with other
>Europeans) are the agressors. Exactly who Scooter boys are is hard to
>say without more help from Amy, but I would say it's a toss-up among:
>one of the European countries, the Mexican military or ... (god
>forbid) the US ???
>
>Anyone else want to take a stab at this.
>
>Thomas.
X G1RL
Well, I'm correcting you...
>,i.e. Scooter boys and Argentinians are the victims and the Europeans
>are the agressors.
victims...Argentinians were representing the victims, scooter boys were
representing the agressors.
Scooter Boys and Argentinians
Europe shed the blood of the Indians
Understand where i was coming from now?
Jen
Mikegruber
scooter boys represent england (acc. to interview on WXPN in philly) and
the indians are the indigenous folks in south america, particularly in
argentina.
shannon