Gangsters, the latest single from Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke's Tall Tales album has arrived with a mesmerising / fascinating / irritating (delete as applicable) video by Jonathan Zawada.
I haven't yet heard the album, but it's piqued my curiosity and I will check it out at some point. This listen took me down a different - and more obvious - rabbit hole of songs with a gangster...with no prizes for guessing where it ends up.
A few special mentions:
1) I've never seen the video for Gangsterville by Joe Strummer before, so that was a treat even if the audio quality is a bit hissy;
2) In case you don't already know, The Sinister Ducks were a super group, comprising Max Akropolis, Capt. José da Silva and Translucia Baboon, better known to you and me as Alex Green (Jazz Butcher), David J (Bauhaus) and Alan Moore (comics legend), with visuals by Kevin O'Neill (also a comics legend);
3) Up until about 5 minutes ago, I was convinced that the repeatedly sampled line in Gangster Trippin by Fatboy Slim was not "What we're doin' when a" but "Fluff with the women" and I am greatly disappointed to be corrected.
4) It doesn't get much better than the last song, does it?
Had I more time, I would have presented this as a Dubhed selection. Instead, enjoy the videos (where available) and some rather cracking tunes.
1) Gangsters: Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke (2025)
2) Big Time Gangsters: Benjamin Zephaniah (1990)
3) Gangster: Dreadzone (2010)
4) Gangster: Electronic (1992)
5) Gangster Of Love Part I & II: Jimmy Norman (1968)
6) Gangster Of Love: Talking Heads (1991)
7) Gangsterville: Joe Strummer (1989)
8) Old Gangsters Never Die: The Sinister Ducks (1983)
9) Gangster Chronicle (Live @ Green Theatre, Kiev) (Cover of London Posse): Tricky ft. Bella Gotti (2014)
10) Cowboys & Gangsters: Gichy Dan's Beachwood #9 (1981)
11) Gangster Trippin: Fatboy Slim (1998)
12) Gangsters: The Special AKA (1979)
