gang of four - tattoo

[LanceHelmut]

out here on the barricades it was hard to cough up $40.00 for a GOF show in 1980...but i love a woman in uniform and i dream alone so i paid, saw & heard everything i ever wanted from a band. i had a cheeseburger to go from the mc donalds right next to the exxon station after the show...blinkin' and paralyzed.

[Richhhi]

My friends and I saw these guys at a place called Emarald City In Jersey just across the river from Philly. It was sometime in the 80s. After the show we found out we had a

flat tire.As we were starting to change the tire "the gang of four" came over and helped us out. We shared the beer and other substances we had left in the car. They hung out for awhile and after went on theyer merry way. Nice guys. the show was great too.

[spam549]

Lots of [toy] animals were harmed in the making of this video.

[badnewswade]

Adam Curtis, you rule!

[pauldecristoforo]

Sorry I'm old! But I still like Fang of Four. Even though no one knows them!

[oogie11]

Whoa! What Gang of Four song is this?? Is this a song that they made in the 90s because I've nevrheard of it before.

[tmill909]

tattoos are confessions, wait...i don't like a thing that is suppose to be good but starts with the lettering con, fession, being quiet, if it is great then why is in contrary? hmmm...there it is con again....anyway tattoos are proof of the evil you have done...hmmm...is body art any differnent? can white man speak with forked tongue then woods in CA prisons are spliting their tongues? hmmmm

[mookie2637]

Apparently this was directed by Adam Curtis....

[okica87]

that reminds me of my youth :) nice nice still after all this time makes me happy to listen

[Circa7]

how does he do all those noise effects? what pedal does he use? anyone know?

[NunzOnDrugs]

Even their bad stuff was better than 98% of the music that's out there. I agree that their first two albums are classics but you should take a second look at some of the stuff they released after 1981. There's some real diamonds in rough that you're overlooking. Gang of Four got their political and artistic views from Situationist International. Goggle it for more info.

[mminer58]

They don't make music like this anymore. Great post. GOF was a cult band that was part of a cult movement. The underground artists will never die. Generation after generation, they will continue to rebel, to create art that is alergic to the mainstream.

[calaverasgrande]

not the greatest representation of GOF. Heck they lost me after "I like a man in uniform"

[mchong1234]

This is a weird-ass video, but the chorus is real mellow and cool.

[boogerbenson]

One of my fave all time tunes! thanks for posting this!

[adellutri]

I've been a Gang of Four fan for years. I like this song too, but don't quite know what to make of them as rock'n'roll psycho killers... I always thought they were marxists.

[Iohannnes]

Exactly... they WERE marxist. Now it's time for the fucking postmodernism and the empty messages with cool images... bad times for the music.

[Tomlawrence1983]

Shrinkwrapped is a very underappreciated album.

[LockedPig]

luv their mix of atonal noise and catchy rythm x)

[adellutri]

Yup, pretty wikkid

[duerdenn]

Probably the most overtly political band of the post punk/new wave era-& one of the most influential too-listen to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers guitar work-IDENTICAL to the GOF sound...only PIL had such a distinct& original sound as GOF at this time

Thanks for posting-excellent!!!

[breakawayfrp]

sorry but what did PIL mean?!..prob Public image limited,isnt it?

[mookie2637]

At what time? This is from about 1995... You sound like you've swallowed a pretentious history of punk book matey.

[duerdenn]

At what time????-GOF-first recordings 1979???-oh I am so sorry!!-the first recordings were late 70s-my elder brother had a number of singles-listen to Entertainment(1980)-then judge my "pretentious" comments in that context-comments did not apply specifically to this track-otherwise leave your(pseudo)sarcasm&sanctimoni­ous dirge for all the chavs on YouTube

Sorry "matey" had the records&attended the gigs so bugger off

[mumificirani]

such a beautiful song... can't wait to see them live!

[silmalila]

get out:

they are performing again?

still?

living in the cultural wasteland known as the U.S., i wouldn't know.

how wonderful!

[THEJUSCUZSHOW]

Classic Punk Rock I use to listen To Their albums endlessly. Thanks!

[totalstranga]

criminally underrated band. I hear people always saying how TJAMC or P.I.L. are, but these guys never get mentioned. ever.

[kensingtion]

Could someone please tell me what all these acronyms mean? I've just mastered the finer technological nuances of a hammer and nails.

[adellutri]

GOF = Gang of Four, who wrote & performed this song. PIL was another band, "Public Image Limited", which was fronted by Johnny Rotten of Sex Pistols fame. Are those the acronyms you meant?

[threebythreex3]

TJAMC-The Jesus and Mary Chain

[oogie11]

@totalstranga 100% agree...everytime I mention Gang of Four to someone, they never know what I am talking about. So many bands from the last 10 years have sounded like Gang of Four replicas.

[sendtomrc]

A SEED FOR GOTHIC ROCK APPEREANCES

[crazyinjun197169]

GANG OF FOUR is AWESOME!