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TEKE​:​:​TEKE - Bankrobber

from Songs of The Clash - Hearts & Minds & Crooked Beats by Shared Medium

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about

Teke::Teke’s interpretation of the song Bankrobber was inspired by a sound that was developing in Japan in the 70’s, in parallel to the UK’s punk scene, with avant-garde bands like Tokyo Kid Brothers or JA Seazer, which had them wanting to keep the lyrics in Japanese.

Teke Teke's singer Maya Kuroki felt an immediate connection to Bankrobber, upon hearing the same words that her late father used to jokingly say, “someday i’ll become a bank robber;” she wanted to represent the meaning of this poem as the voice of the “community,” striving to counter the increasingly widening wealth gap.

“Bankrobber was the first ever song I heard from the Clash, it was on a compilation tape a dear friend of mine had made for me in my early 20’s, … The Clash went on to become one of my favorite and most-inspiring rock bands of all-time, way beyond their musical genius but also for their political stances and DIY approach…”

That "dear friend" was Malcolm Bauld, who Sei enlisted to guest vocal on Teke Teke's cover, providing the english verses...a profound collaboration and full circle moment.

lyrics

親父はbank robber
誰も傷付けない
ただそれが好きなだけ
あんたたちの金を盗る

ちょーリッチとちょー貧乏
そんな世の中
でも運がないだけって
わかったふりはしない

だから言ってんの
シャベルなんか持ちたくない
ケチっこいサラリーのために
ぺこぺこしてろ 腰痛持ち

親父はbank robber
誰も傷付けない
ただそれが好きなだけ
あんたたちの金を盗る

The old man spoke up in a bar
Said "I never been in prison
A lifetime serving one machine
Is ten times worse than prison"
Imagine if all the boys in jail
Could get out now together
Whadda you think they'd want to say to us?
While we was being clever
Someday you'll meet your rocking chair
'Cause that's where we're spinning
There's no point to want to comb your hair
When it's grey and thinning

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from Songs of The Clash - Hearts & Minds & Crooked Beats, released February 7, 2024
Recorded and mixed by Howard Bilerman at Hotel2Tango, in Montreal, QC.
Assistant engineer : Shae Brossard
Music performed by TEKE::TEKE
Sei Nakauchi Pelletier - Guitar & vocals
Hidetaka Yoneyama - Guitar & back vocals
Mishka Stein - Bass & back vocals
Yuki Isami - Flute & back vocals
Etienne Lebel - Trombone & back vocals
Ian Lettre - Drums, keyboard & back vocals
Maya Kuroki - Vocals
Malcolm Bauld - Guest vocals
Written by Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, and Topper Headon.
Copyright Universal-Polygram Int'l Pub o/b/o Nineden, Ltd.

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