The Fratellis - Costello Music

I know what you want to know: If this Fratellis album were a Carter USM song, which would it be? The answer, is of course, 'Bloodsport For All'.

Don't be fooled by their name. The Fratellis aren't Italian. Or ice-cream for that matter - Fratelli sounds like an exotic ice cream to me. They aren't shoes either - a Fratelli could be a shoe. They're actually Scottish rock stars.

Fratelli means something to do with brotherhood in Italian. I think the literal translation is 'brother with an ice-cream' or possibly 'brother in shoes'. I'm not quite sure. Either way it's definitely a Mafia thing. 'Mafia' translates as 'swaggering around with an ice-cream'.

It's a harsh world. Some people have ice-creams and some people don't. It seems that the Fratellis fall into the category of people who do have ice-creams and aren't afraid to let people know about it. When they first appeared on Later With Jools Holland, the bassist, Barry, actually offered some of his Mr Whippy to Pliers from Chaka Demus and Pliers, but withdrew it as Pliers attempted a lick.

Costello Music, in case you're wondering, translates as 'ice-cream to be used in torturing those who break the code of omerta'.