CLINT EASTWOOD & The Birth of Gorillaz | New British Canon

[@TrashTheory]

What's your favourite Gorillaz track? Edit: Here's a Gorillaz playlist made of your suggestions: tinyurl.com/gorillazTT Trash Theory playlists - Spotify: tinyurl.com/yxp32pjf Deezer: tinyurl.com/y2mdp8h2 Also if you want to help out, here's my patreon link: patreon.com/trashtheory

[@magdabojarska7796]

Dare !

[@aoibhyx6071]

Empire Ants

[@RoweReviews]

Unoriginal, but it's always a tie between Clint Eastwood and Feel Good Inc.

[@harrisonlupton3857]

You should all listen to their latest project "the song machine" every songs been a banger so far!

[@misterbungle7]

19-2000

[@celfhelp]

it's almost offensive, how excellent this video is.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Except the whole bit about 2ds eyes is wrong

[@danaenaegod5203]

@@CAMSLAYER13 and how he didn't bring up the magazine ad that go noodle to be shipped off, which is pretty important in phase 3

[@Evercreeper]

Not as excellent as Gorillaz

[@TheLooneyTunesCritic]

It's certainly offensive how many ad breaks there are.

[@danaenaegod5203]

@@TheLooneyTunesCritic I have adblock on unless Its a creator I want to support so I never noticed

[@AAAAAMMM]

Theres this one audio clip of 2-D saying something like “Thats why they call my 2-D, two dents. Um, not because I’m two dimensional or anything.”

[@theshaggyrutledge]

i wanna find it lol

[@yomiupa]

Sureeee

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

@@yomiupa It's in one of the radio 'interview' bits.

[@sageofnan]

i thought his eyes were just eight-balled.... pupils lost their boundaries and now his whole eye is pupil

[@caljackal6139]

Theres also an interview of 2D saying "they almost out-cartoon us!"

[@user-fe8rh9rg7j]

You seemed to have missed one crucial part of 2D's backstory, he fell out of a tree as a child and for some reason now has naturally blue hair.

[@arpitdas4263]

Sounds like an anime protagonist

[@user-fe8rh9rg7j]

@@arpitdas4263 he literally is though

[@chiknwings2099]

So he fell.and his hair turned purple LOGIC 10000000000

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

I'm guessing their backstories aren't real...no one is shipping 10 year olds in crates.

[@user-fe8rh9rg7j]

@@Jaqen-HGhar Don't accuse them like this

[@kev1257ful]

Damon Albarn almost singlehandedly defined two generations’ music taste.

[@noursarhan8695]

Hella talented lad!

[@Lofilord]

@@noursarhan8695 i would even say 3 ^^

[@emptysoul8462]

Oh, I wish! Sadly there are a lot of places where they basicly don't exist, like in my country.

[@fk3239]

Well yes but no

[@noursarhan8695]

@@emptysoul8462 Eh, I know :/ Most people have heard of Song 2, Feel Good Inc. and Clint Eastwood, but I wish he was better known as a musician and songwriter. Also Blur are criminally overlooked compared to other bands, as if they were only confined to britpop and weren't able to experiment

[@gloam8724]

*Who would have thought that guy from Blur will work with Noel Gallagher-*

[@ghoulannabanana]

UNDERRATED COMMENT

[@nabilaadeliaputri2893]

lmao yes and became good friends too

[@kurtsudheim825]

Liam

[@MedlifeCrisis]

This is my favourite series on KZbin right now

[@noursarhan8695]

Same! It's brilliant

[@TheGhostServant]

whenever yt video essayists come up, Trash Theory is on the top of my list of recommendations

[@boogieman.1698]

me too

[@TheGhostServant]

@Bordiga Armchair at least three times in the last month lol

[@TheGhostServant]

@Bordiga Armchair I am also surprised, tbh

[@jamiebsn5589]

And they're still going massively strong with Song Machine in 2020, and one of my new all-time favourites, "PAC-MAN" dropping 2 days ago

[@franciss2529]

Yeah, 'Pac Man' is my favourite of Song Machine so far.

[@leefox00]

Francis Schofield Same!

[@HyperrealisticLuigi]

@@franciss2529 Same

[@pieromendieta6685]

Same

[@ernesthhm2013]

I swear yall watch lots of Fantano yall start to sound like him.. plz think from yourselves godamn

[@Twxst616]

Gorillaz music never gets old, demon days has aged like a fine wine

[@LEFT4BASS]

Truly good music doesn’t age. People not listening to old music implies that they never really loved the music itself, but only loved it because it was popular.

[@cranburrey]

And ghost train was ahead of it's time. I couldn't tell if it was just made recently

[@Ryu-Q363]

I couldn't say it any better, I can listen to demon days on loop for days

[@kmw5100]

It all gets better the more I listen to it.

[@ApequH]

Feel good still gives me chills

[@baulzzzzzzz2278]

I’ve never taken the time to look into the Gorillaz, the moment you said “the guy from Blur” I was like “oh shit no wonder the Gorillaz rule”

[@beng9360]

Look into them more, you won't be dissapointed

[@baulzzzzzzz2278]

The Almighty Couch I meant in the form that I’ve never looked into their history, demon daze is my favorite album easily and I really love plastic beach

[@thealmightycouch311]

@@baulzzzzzzz2278 Ohh gotcha. My mistake (that makes more sense now that I read it again)

[@Jojozilla426]

I only recently started listening to Blur, we cleared out all the CDs in the car because we had been listening to the same 20 or so CDs on rotation for a very very long time, and one of the ones we brought in was the best of Blur, which I had never really listened to, but when the first song came on I said to my mum "this sounds like Damon Albarn" and she told me it was, it was a really surreal moment for me as I'd never really thought about what he did before Gorillaz

[@tsukiyumetan5362]

Yeah when he said Blur wasn't well received in the US I was like...... Wha?

[@funsocks13]

2D's eyes aren't gone they are fully blacked out. He isn't blind.

[@jankbunky4279]

Blacked out sometimes. They're portrayed as white in basically all of the newer stuff, and On the cover of Demon Days he seems to have white eyes with black pupils.

[@devilsMasquerade]

its called an 8-ball fracture. it fills the eye with blood making it appear black, though doesnt fill it entirely leaving the white part, so its greatly exaggerated for 2D.

[@funsocks13]

@@jankbunky4279 Yeah I was really just talking about first and second era. My point is just he still has eyes.

[@MazHem]

@@jankbunky4279 His white eyes I'm pretty sure is posession, like Russell, when he was knocked over while roller blading his eyes went back to black.

[@jankbunky4279]

@@MazHem I thought that too when I watched Humility, but in basically all material since The Now Now he has white eyes. Surely he's not posessed all the time?

[@gloam8724]

Damon was born to be a music genuis honestly, especially because of how passionate he is about music.

[@noursarhan8695]

Yeah, I truly admire his passion and dedication! You know he doesn't do it just for the fame or money, because it really is his way of expressing himself and share his outlook of the world. Also, he takes a lot of risks with his music and isn't afraid of potential failure, rather he sees those mistakes as opportunities to grow both as an artist and as a person. I can't help but feel inspired by this man!

[@riordan104]

Melancholy Hill may be the best pop song ever written. It’s just perfect in my ears

[@porassrivastava8242]

The video is underrated too

[@franciss2529]

I love the acoustic version way more, I could just never quite get the synth-y feel of the song. The acoustic version just amplifies the lyrics even more, kind of like El Manana or O Green World. But it's a good song.

[@thomasthefuckingtrain185]

@@franciss2529 It's perfect the way it is in my opinion, synths can do much more than a guitar

[@callumjohnston35]

i saw it live a couple of years ago and its still the best live performance of any song ive ever seen

[@davidellis5141]

Clint Eastwood was the song of the summer of 2001. The fall would bring a change to the world. Clint Eastwood reminds me of the good days.

[@drunkenmasterii3250]

Yeah I remember starting the year with Ms Jackson and then come summer Clint Eastwood was the bomb.

[@Squival138]

oof, late 2001 was certainly the true end of the great 90's vibe for sure.

[@Seabas989]

That and Daft Punk's "One More Time" (another animated music video).

[@travcollier]

And the song encapsulating 2005 is Dirty Harry... I'm a bit older than you probably. Not quite as nostalgic. But yeah. While I wasn't shocked by 2001/9/11, I dreaded what I knew would be coming after. There's a line from the 80s, through 2001, up to where we are now. Bad times make for great art though.

[@diegoromeo7237]

I was 6 and I heard it in spring. I felt so hip for liking it.

[@markmedeiros3137]

This is the content I came to the internet for. Favorite Song: Kids With Guns You could make a whole video just on Demon Days

[@noursarhan8695]

Exactly, there's so much to talk about regarding that album. It's a masterpiece. And so is Feel Good Inc., which deserves every bit of success it has for its musical dynamics, lyrical themes and visuals

[@rickkroll]

Demon days is so amazing. Watched the live concert DVD with my mom when I was a kid, opened my eyes to music i never knew could exist. I still play it and just feel nostalgia

[@isabellamorris7902]

Honestly I might actually prefer their first album even though Demon Days is OF COURSE an all time classic... just has that extra personal significance to me. (My favourite track might be O Green World, though I also love November Has Come)

[@franciss2529]

Demon Days was such an album to me, when I was 3 years old I would just shout out 'Gorillaz!' to my Dad and he'd stick it on. It was the first musical influence to me and still my favourite album of all time. It gets better with age alike all of the band's music.

[@Jojozilla426]

@@isabellamorris7902 I dont think you're alone in preferring it to the first album, I think most people agree it's a better album, and personally I prefer plastic beach to either

[@liammcnicholas918]

Crazy how Gorillaz has both a cartoon story and a real life one.

[@Red_Lanterns_Rage]

I thought everyone had a cartoon story and a real life story.... my cartoon story is too long to write here.....

[@AstrusEminus]

2D did not loose his eyes he got Hyphema also known as 8 ball fracture. Basically there is blood in between his cornea and the iris.

[@sakura7310]

Wow i never knew that, thanks for sharing!

[@werewolfie1263]

He also has a different condition that makes his hair blue, idr

[@jaz912]

werewolfie yup cuz he fell out of a tree lol

[@lessanderfer7195]

As an American Club DJ, I began a list of all the "Songs people never request by their REAL title", "Clint Eastwood" is better known by Customers as "Sunshine in a Bag". It joins a prestigious list containing some of your favorite hits such as; "Midnight Train" - Journey's "Don't Stop Believing", "Bullet to the Bone" - Golden Earing's "Twilight Zone", and "F*#@ You Like an Animal" - Nine Inch Nails' "Closer", to name a few...

[@kurtsudheim825]

I would've thought it would've bem more commonly known as: it's coming on ×3! Also how do you mess up don't stop believing? Unless you're being technical & mean the last letter

[@TheSilverwing999]

Always thought it was called sunshine in a bag

[@jankaderabek7913]

I actually sing and rap whole Clint Eastwood as lullaby to my 1 year old daughter and it works 100%. It started as an accident, but she loves it since :D

[@pogchamp9669]

10 yrs from now shes gonna discover it somehow and have it feel so familiar but have no idea from where its from

[@walterkun412]

@@pogchamp9669 You just explained my childhood. I also grew up with Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy".

[@strionic770]

@@pogchamp9669 You say that hypothetically, but something similar happened to me when I played the Gorillas Geep game that they did in Adobe Shockwave as a kid. The background music was 19-2000. I had no idea what the song was called, nor that the people in the Geep were the Gorillaz. Ten years later in high school I found 19-2000 completely randomly through KZbin recommendations, and promptly flipped out at the sheer improbability of that happening. Ever since they've been one of my favorite bands, if not my favorite band :)

[@sacheverelle]

Gorillaz are especially popular with young children for some reason. Maybe because they're a cartoon band?

[@clayyytonnn153]

Her eventual first words to her kindergarten classmates: "Finally someone let me outta my cage..."

[@seir323]

16:00 "With Gorillaz, Albarn could expose them to concepts that did not get radio play- Latin folk, reggae, trip hop, spaghetti westerns, and George Romero." THIS!!! So much this. Gorillaz introduced me to so many artists and genres I wouldn't have been as exposed to otherwise, and for this, I'm thankful.

[@always_serpico]

Damon Albarn is arguably the most underrated music producer alive.

[@Vpmatt]

I dunno, he seems fairly widely respected in the industry and his records have sold millions.

[@Enrakyotens]

Empire Ants. It reminds me of Summer 2011, Plastic Beach was on a constant repeat. Such a theatrical album, I never get tired of it. Gorillaz’s Magnum Opus, if you ask me.

[@erispe]

Interesting, it took me a long time to enjoy Plastic Beach being a massive fan of the first two albums. I thought there were just too many abruptions to the album's flow. Especially Sweepstakes was too weird for me. Maybe I just wanted it to be more of the same.

[@markgatica12]

Love that song, also.

[@andrewdavis9041]

I absolutely adore Plastic Beach, genuinely one of my all time favourite albums

[@Tom-mf5fu]

Agree!! I think it is flawless. My favorite is stylo or some kind of nature

[@lyndjo]

Yes, yes, yessssssss!!!!

[@narrator69]

So Noodle is 30 now, damn. I've enjoyed this music from the beginning it seems, never knew the backstories, thanks.

[@AHHH915]

Ross Betts wait noodle's 30? No way!

[@BassBanj0]

29 actually

[@dxshawn532]

@@BassBanj0 stfyui

[@ElGoro]

I've always appreciated the horror references peppered into Gorillaz albums, particularly the sampling of Romero's "Day of the Dead" on "M1 A1."

[@SethHMG]

La la la la la la la la la la HEY!!

[@timeladyshayde]

Hey, hey, hey, don't forget about Jem and the Holograms.

[@av.punk.801]

Aren't they the ones who went platinum without technically selling a single, because one of the songs was part of a toy thing?

[@timeladyshayde]

@@av.punk.801 There were songs in every episode of the cartoon, plus you'd get a cassette tape of songs in the box with every doll you collected. There were about 150 songs over the three years of the show.

[@sonicgoo1121]

The Misfits' songs are better. ;)

[@timeladyshayde]

@@sonicgoo1121 And they're gonna getcha

[@lehliladevandria5712]

I'll do you one better. I had the cassette tape of their songs. GenX problems.

[@Littlestraincloud]

Sorry to be basic, but Feel Good Inc will be the forever fave. Special mention to Tranz, O Green World, and Saturnz Barz.

[@bossbabyfuyuhiko6657]

Feel good inc is popular for a reason lol

[@JimmyNails27]

My favorite? That's like choosing a favorite faze of my life. I was 13 in 2000 - the first record shaped my taste forever. Fast forward to 2010 - I am just getting over an addiction and a mental brakedown, the first thing I got myself after rehab was Plastic Beach. Fast forward to 2017 and the darkness coming on, Let Me Out is on repeat. The future is here. We've Got the Power keeps me hopeful. Fast forward 2018 I've accepted the darkness and learned how to make light from it. The now now captures that light. So like I said, asking me to choose an album, let alone a song is like asking me to choose a time in my life. The Gorillaz have always been there for me.

[@blairbird8022]

Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head and Punk are up there for me.

[@macmurfy2jka]

That’s a good one!

[@jmckenzie962]

At this point Damon Albarn's voice is a whole genre of music

[@noursarhan8695]

I know right???

[@jstrandquist]

Clint Eastwood was my first Gorillaz song, and part of my alt-rock awakening during high school. I was never much for pop or hip-hop as a teen, but Clint Eastwood hit all the right beats: moody, dark, a little stoned, with a catchy hook and a heavy-hitting verses. It remains one of my favorite songs of all time, and it absolutely deserves some of the credit for introducing me to a wider world of music beyond my parents' classic rock.

[@JeighNeither]

Pffft, you had far greater examples to discover that by; if were talking Brits, you had Portishead/ Aphex Twin/Massive Attack/ & Radiohead just to name a few & none of them were mass fed to the public like the Gorillaz. You were just introduced to more cookie cutter crap from the label establishments & you bought it hook, line & sinker. P.S. They're just a CAKE cover band.

[@Oscar97o]

@@JeighNeither Can't have a discussion about music without somebody like you coming in it seems

[@jstrandquist]

I mean, everyone has to start somewhere, and that usually means starting with what's more popular and well-known and slowly moving to what's less popular but fits your particular musical niche. It's not a crime against taste to like something that a bunch of other people also happened to like. Calm down. Getting uptight ruins your ability to enjoy music, which is presumably why you listen to it in the first place. (And Cake is good, but trying to pretend that Gorillaz is ripping them off has to be one of the biggest musical stretches I've heard in a while.)

[@xemnas26]

I thought 2-D had eyes but he had 8 ball fractures in his eyes turning them black

[@jamilecrocodile718]

Yes that's it

[@itsyria]

try listening to rise of the ogre, its explains the main oficial canon. id say read it but its extremely expensive and you can find the audio version on youtube.

[@Noobgalaxies]

@@itsyria I found a free pdf version on a deviantart page

[@itsredsunset7992]

He does lol

[@Mysteriousfan-kz4gy]

2D does have eyes, in phase 4 Humanz interview, 2D explained that he was suffering from a bad case of hyphema caused by the accident, he did warn fans that his eyes might heal a turn back to normal someday but for now his creator wants his eyes to remain black or white.

[@vektor3958]

Damon Albarn is actually genius. I love too many of Gorillaz's tracks to choose one My latest one is fire flies. Try it with good sound, highly recommend it Empire ants is also a hidden gem My fav from the past is El manana. I won't ever forget Damon Albarn singing it in Gorkiy park in Moscow, standing on his knees under heavy rain with lightnings above the stage and showing fuck to the clowds...next moment all their electronics shut down) Best live performance i've seen in my life

[@DukesMusic84]

Damon is a genius. Gorillaz was so damn cool and different from all the cheesy pop bands of that time.

[@noursarhan8695]

I wonder what was British people's first reaction when they heard it back in 2001. Did they think, oh, so Blur are doing hip-hop now?

[@Spamhard]

From what I remember of my teens, it was more like "oh cool, the lead singer of Blur has created a cartoon band". They spoke pretty openly in interviews from the start about how they wanted to really lean into the absurdity of how pop bands are frequently made (basically focus tested, mass produced, consumerist type shit, moulding the band members into cookie cutter shapes to appease the masses) so they literally created their own band members. So most knew it was just Damon trying something new, at the time it was deemed more of a pet project and I don't think people really saw it anything more than a one off experimental type thing, but here we are today and they're still as big as ever.

[@noursarhan8695]

@@Spamhard Oh cool! Thanks for the info. Yeah, who would've thought they would become this huge...

[@Spamhard]

@@noursarhan8695 No worries! Obviously that's just my own personal memory of it, I'd be interested to know if others had different experiences/commentary of it back then. I used to pretty obsessively follow them back in the day, so my personal experience on the reaction to them is based more on radio and music media's takes on them (from interviews and articles), rather than just a general population hearing them without background info.

[@Torthrodhel]

I had Massive Attack's "Angel" as an audio tape single back in whenever year that was released, and there's a Blur remix on it that's super not very Blur-like at all and much more proto-Gorillaz sounding. So when I heard the guy behind this new Gorillaz band was the guy from Blur I wasn't super surprised since I'd heard him toy with similar ideas musically a few times before then (indeed, the video mentions "On Your Own" which is a good example... "Ambulance" is also a good example and could be my favourite Blur track honestly). I'd also got used to the idea of bands expanding genre before then, what with being both super into discovering b-sides in general (often an indicator of any band's more experimental side), and also a big fan of Radiohead (even though with them I honestly overall prefer their more early-sounding guitary stuff).

[@Spamhard]

@@wipsycripsy4170 No one said rap wasn't normal or even mentioned rap. Not really sure what you're getting at. OP just asked what the reaction was to Damon creating a different sound to what we were used to, which is a perfectly reasonable question seeing as Damon, at least in the mainstream, was mostly known for pop/inidie at the time, and Gorillaz was a newer sound coming from him.

[@zakmccracken]

I showd "Clint Eastwood" to my 6 year old son...he immedialtly fell in love :D now he`s knows almost every Gorillaz track...it`s his bedtime music :D

[@dvt1393]

That's some A+ parenting right there.

[@jleigh329]

This might be an "unpopular opinion" here but my favorite Gorillaz song is "Man Research (Clapper)". It might not have the most coherent lyrics or whatever, but I always liked the beat to that song. It's very trippy and I love it! ❤

[@kaylabey]

omg i thought i was the only one. it’s so great.

[@steevhoefchen4044]

I didn't like Man Research when I first heard it, i always hit next when it came on. Then a few choice listens on LSD catapulted it to top 20 Gorillaz Songs status, and thats saying a lot. Special shout out to the Spacemonkeyz version of it too.

[@kaylabey]

Steev Hoefchen - yea i really wasn’t into it at first but you gotta hear it w earphones

[@Liminalboi]

YES! it's very trippy and I love it for that. shows how diverse 2d/damon is with his range and expression.

[@royalroy1494]

Is a super cool song

[@itsninaCh]

I was 5 years old when it came out and I remember watching the music video with my mom, she loved it. We would wait for it to play on MTV every day. She died in September of that year and to this day I still keep on playing the music video at least once a week because of those moments.

[@bigdkenergypodcast]

I'm basic, but Empire Ants is a masterpiece

[@s.peanutbuterson6733]

no, that's the one dude

[@Real_Dystopian]

There’s no such thing as basic

[@lordsleepyhead]

I think the best thing Gorillaz ever did for pop music, was to announce that "If you're going to be fake, at least be interesting..."

[@HunterLyonIsAPerson]

Jimmy Urine wanted to do this kind of a "cartoon band" with Jamie Hewlett for that MSI record on Elektra, but the label didn't get it.

[@Artersa]

MSI, haven’t thought about that band in a long while!

[@HunterLyonIsAPerson]

@@Artersa I mean, Jimmy was in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. He's never went away.

[@lamowkachow4597]

@@HunterLyonIsAPerson who did he play

[@HunterLyonIsAPerson]

He's one of the goons that Rocket and Yondu take out. He got shot through the chest I think?

[@lamowkachow4597]

@@HunterLyonIsAPerson I'm gonna try to find that clip, weird how different things you like can be related

[@kadaverf]

I can still very well remember seeing Clint Eastwood for the first time. It was the first time MTV released the video in holland, and I was immediately glued to the tube! It was so novel and so outstanding, especially to me, a ten year old boy drawing little comic strips and characters from morning till evening. So immediately Jamie Hewlett had this enormous influence throughout my teens: when I drew through classes, as I started doing graffiti, and when I studied at the arts academy. and not just in the style of drawing, but also in that it taught me to ever be playful, a bit rebellious and always trying to wonder at what I see visually through the day. I do not want to say that he is my idol, but I have a lot of respect for him and therefor for Damon Albarn for making this possible in my life.

[@derekkelley7490]

@Max Boot, That was a great comment to read. I hope you're still making Art! Are you from Holland(The Netherlands), Dutch yes?

[@kenkeep69]

Fire Coming Out of the Monkeys Head for me as well. Dennis Hopper's storytelling is perfect for the apocalyptic story.

[@walterkun412]

I enjoy the Demon Day's album a little too much

[@TheJFrost1117]

I'd love for my fave to be some deep cut, but "Feel Good Inc." is just a monster.

[@TheNejD]

On melancholy hill is my favorite song by them. The way the band mixes story and character into their songs like with melancholy hills up beat music made by murdoc and the melancholic vocals by 2-D creates a sense of longing and listlessness that is can be hard to create.

[@patreekotime4578]

I love your narrative style and the fact you actually show us the source of the samples, it really helps build the story.

[@judgegiant8951]

My favourite Gorillaz track is " Every Planet we reach is dead"

[@fucker6960]

Love the part where someone fucking drowns

[@Ipokeyouwithastick8]

@@fucker6960 the violin interlude is my fav bit

[@PeaceEpieces]

you are my new favorite youtube channel. I want to click and watch all your vids at once like im neo plugged into the matrix. I dont know which one to pick next

[@olika8]

According to Roisin Murphy, initially Moloko intended to be a group represented by the animated dolls which can be seen in the Where Is The What If The What Is In Why video. Glad they didn't go with that idea as Roisin was a phenomenal frontwoman

[@magdabojarska7796]

love the backstory of band members, quality content my dude

[@mc.gemstone]

Gorillaz helped me to get more into other music and help me expand my taste in other genres of music. Even with a lot of my taste being 00's and 90's pop music I still have a soft spot for it because no matter what it is I enjoy all types of music from that time, especially music from Europe as well. it's whatever really inspires me to be honest. Though my favourite Gorillaz song which I feel like is hard to pick. There are many I like but if I had to pick one or two it would be Hong Kong and Tomorrow comes today.

[@austinanthony4016]

crazy the first true Gorillaz track was "Time Keeps Slipping" by Deltron 3030. Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Autmator, and Damon on the track.

[@batu2345]

wow i didn't notice that before you must have pretty good taste in music

[@LyraFay12]

I find it interesting that Gorillaz appealed both to adults and kids like its a cartoon band and the music is darn catchy that everyone could listen to it. My favourite Gorillaz song was feel good inc because I knew the rap off my heart.

[@gezi5927]

it was never intended to be for kids

[@RandomEye1131]

I never put 2 and 2 together with Blur and Gorillaz, I feel kinda dumb. Great vid though learned something cool!

[@morganwardfilm]

gorillaz singlehandedly changed my whole world as a kid. Demon Days was like a sanctuary for me in middle school, my own private universe. Jesus it makes me so emotional

[@arielpearson4819]

Favorite Gorillaz song: Hong Kong off the D-sides album. It's gorgeous!

[@henryglennon3864]

Scrolled through the comments to see if anyone thought the same. Albarn's most evocative lyrics, by far.

[@apancher]

I still remember hearing Clint Eastwood for the first time, and the goosebumps it brought. It still brings me back to that part of my life every time I hear it. It's crazy to finally hear the story behind it all

[@craigcharlesworth1538]

I know everyone loves Clint Eastwood but I've always thought Tomorrow Comes Today was by far the stronger single.

[@dwc1964]

Thanks for the tip, I just checked it out. Nice. I see why "Clint Eastwood" was the big single tho. it's got the Ennio Morricone-flavored hook, that five-beat cymbal crash thing (yeah my musical terminology sux), and the video introduces us to the band while "Tomorrow Comes Today" is more about London, imho. It seems to me like the two songs are in the same tempo but "Clint Eastwood" has more energy, "Tomorrow Comes Today" is more laid-back. All good.

[@franciss2529]

Yeah, I think it's simpler and stronger. The drums and the melody are great. You can hear that sound in their music more than Clint Eastwood.

[@bossbabyfuyuhiko6657]

Clint Eastwood drags on for too long. I always skip it bc it's repetitive and almost 6 minutes 😬.

[@willbrown6287]

I love this channel so much! Absolutely brilliant! One subject I think would be of interest would be the close proximity U.K punk and reggae had, with things like Don Letts djing at the Roxy, Bauhaus' clear dub inspiration and of course the 2 tone movement. For music that sounds - on the surface - so different, there are so many similarities, some of which can be seen in this video - even Murdoch has identified it! Ohh and my favourite song is Sound Check (Gravity)

[@MaresApple]

I was only 11 when this song dropped but I clearly remember it constantly playing on all music channels. To be honest, I found the video a bit unsettling and thought the song was a bit repetitive, but fast forward to Plastic Beach and Gorillaz got me hooked! I would love to go back and explore some of their earlier works.

[@kurtsudheim825]

So do it

[@Worm-ex9vq]

damon albarn is automatically is my favourite musician for his music diversity and achieving succes in each project. I respect his desire to write music without stop as well

[@rondabeal5204]

I showed this video to my 5 year old grandson and now he's a fan. Driving in the car one day he just started singing it. His pawpaw was very impressed.

[@amazingvariable]

The one thing Gorillaz has never been is predictable. Very good video.

[@Blayne-Bennett]

This video is probably one of the best written videos I've ever seen and is very informative I love it its class

[@pyenapple]

Damon was also on the Deltron 3030 album, so it wasn’t like he was unaware of Del. Haha

[@MsDonttrythisathome]

Also, thank you for this channel. My fave for personal reasons is Joy Division and Ian curtis, but the whole channel is fantastic :)

[@louissmith3485]

Great episode! After the shoutout for Neneh Cherry on kids with guns I'd love to see what you'd have to say about her impact on British pop and hip hop with raw like sushi and buffalo stance

[@brandonpage7087]

Yes please, trash theory. Please do a video over Neneh Cherry & Buffalo Stance, & her Raw Like Sushi album. She deserves so much more attention, than what she gets.

[@reapersghost]

I live in the town where Murdoc Niccals knocked 2Ds eyes out and became the front man Murdoc wanted lol.

[@MikeJohnson-hp8lr]

So when are we gonna get a Gorillaz movie musical? My brain is happily freaking out just contemplating the possibilities...

[@nabilaadeliaputri2893]

Damon just confirmed a Netflix movie this week!

[@gurururuwarararara8164]

@@nabilaadeliaputri2893 Link PLEASE 🤩

[@gezi5927]

it better be a series, we need movies for all the phases, plus a Celebrity Harvest revival

[@michaelinglis567]

The first time I ever did acid as a teenager was with my best friend, his girlfriend and her best friend. We were at my best friends house which was perfect for tripping cause well.....it was a big house in a really nice neighborhood and he had this balcony in his room that opened up on the 2nd floor which if you looked out it at night you could see the tops of the houses and trees in the neighborhood with the moon's glow(and it looked like the whole wall opened up). Anyways Gorillas had just really hit it big with Clint Eastwood and we listened to the album all night. Good memory.

[@knightsmile42]

DARE has been my fav Gorillaz songs for ages. Still one of my fav songs of all time.

[@medomai565]

Idk if i can choose a favourite Gorillaz song, but some of my favourites are Souk Eye, 5/4, Empire Ants and Don’t Get Lost in Heaven/Demon Days. But I think my favourite album Damon has ever worked on will always be Blur’s 13. It’s just so raw

[@sbensbeve10yearsago3]

The way 2d describe noodles appearance was so iconic

[@imdoneplus]

You’re doing something amazing here man. It’s so important for people to get a musical education, but even for people like me who know the stories you’ve still got new info and insights. I appreciate ya!

[@Phantasma96]

This makes me wanna listen through their whole discography now

[@nghtwanderr]

Well do it then, there's no single song I wanna skip on their discography

[@iman4137]

I never knew Cibo Matto worked with Gorillaz! This is a really well-researched video btw :)

[@nicholasromig5506]

favourite gorillaz track is On Melancholy Hill. perfect synthpop track. I actually saw Gorillaz at the Philadelphia date of their first US tour. great set, never actually saw who was onstage because they played behind a screen with their silhouettes projected from behind. there was another screen above that showing cartoons. it was a frustrating show, tho. they had no opening act, just a 2 hour disjointed DJ set. by the end everyone was sitting on the floor. I have never been more relieved to see the headliner.

[@josh-tt4fq]

This video is really good! Only one correction: 2D didn't actually LOSE his eyes, they're just full of blood, making them appear black and sometimes white

[@elwray3506]

Looks like Damon has found the recipe of maturing as musician and human, while at the same time keeping the child inside alive, who will come up with all the fun ideas.

[@onstr]

You perfectly brought back the feel of that first album. Subscribed.

[@NB-qr2rt]

Aside from Gorillaz, 13 is Blur's best album.

[@noursarhan8695]

Overlooked masterpiece

[@monsieurpenar3765]

Respect from France , I enjoy all of your video , great work 💪🤘 One of my favorite Gorillaz track : Busted And Blue

[@benadrylthundercrotch7144]

I think Empire Ants is my favorite but that's like picking my favorite child out of like 40 children.

[@peach_total]

also important is the reference of 2D using that moniker, is most likely a reference to the most consistent “face” of massive attack, Robert “3D” Del Naja. but of course he’s 2D because.......well because he’s literally 2D

[@sxblck]

Tomorrow Comes Today was the very first Gorillaz track I ever heard and no matter how much I enjoy their other albums, I always end up coming back to it.

[@Vpmatt]

I'm not at all surprised by "the guy from Blur" as Damon is a genius.

[@caljackal6139]

Favourite song to me: Rhinestone Eyes. Every bit of it is attractive to me. However; the Gorillaz effect is real so almost every song is just below this one. I love all their songs, and the lyrics are really deep at times; the visuals they give you based on lyrics is amazing. The countless interviews with the characters just breathes life into the band; and Jamie has seriously created amazing characters with so much lore and continuity that it almost competes with Lord of The Rings. Gorillaz was also originally created to mock basically what was on MTV most days back in the late 90s early 2000s and ended up getting so much bigger and leaving an everlasting effect on the world. It's the same with Damon. The amount of people he has influenced, and how many people have been changed by him is phenomenal. First Blur, and now Gorillaz. Although Oasis may have won the "Battle for Britpop". Damon like a phoenix rises from the ashes and is still alive and kicking.

[@mabellinco157]

My favorite song of theirs is Dirty Harry. It’s just so well made and I got the main riff drilled into my brain for weeks

[@uclday]

First time seeing your videos , came here by accident (always seems to be the best way to find great stuff)…the tone in vocal delivery, and subject choices are incredibly provocative

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

Video idea: Before Dr Dre: How G-Funk became G-Funk

[@SimianScience]

hed have to talk about the interesting acts that dre worked with before like egyptian lover

[@misorodzinak8829]

That would be amazing

[@Spamhard]

I still remember as a teen staying up to listen to BBC Radio 1 not long after the first albums release, just so I could record Murdoc's interview onto a tape to listen back to it. I've always been a huge fan of animation since I was little and the idea of a fully animated band, all with really unique personalities was just so appealing to me (Murdoc was my fave :P). The fact their first album was some of the best music I'd heard in ages was just the icing on the cake. 15 year old me was one happy lass.

[@Spamhard]

@@wipsycripsy4170 Millennial here, seemed to spread across those two gens.

[@glx3846]

We need to have more collabs with Del Tha Funkee Homosapian on Gorillaz songs. I would like them to do a full album with Del

[@drankdrankdrankdrankdrank]

Ever since I was a child, I've always loved Gorillaz. My Dad introduced them to me when i was only 4 years old. He had come along after them due to the fact that he was a huge fan of Blur. Gorillaz has a certain sound, something that makes you feel like dancing. Something that makes you feeling like singing along. Gorillaz (in my opinion) is the most wonderful band. I have listened to almost every song that they have made, it never gets old. Their music is the best cure for sadness (again, in my opinion). Gorillaz are playing in Splendor In The Grass 2021, and I may be going! this will be one of the best days of my life and I will always look back on that day and that will make me happy. Gorillaz deserve more popularity. Blur deserves more popularity.

[@paynexkiller]

Love your content man, keep it up.

[@melomane2010]

Excellent analysis. I love this song and especially the video, but I really haven't heard that much else from the band.

[@A_Salted_Fishe]

Last time I was this early, Clint Eastwood's music vid just dropped

[@jamievlogs7103]

Listening and figuring out their story was amazing for me in middle school. I started listening to Gorillaz at their stop after Plastic Beach. Piecing everything together through 3 years time, melting in the summer, figuring myself out, I quickly became very obsessed!! Still am!

[@keggycat7041]

Waiting for ‘2D’s Blue-ty shorts’ to comment on this vid lol

[@noursarhan8695]

Lmao

[@TheAyeAye12]

honestly, i find your video essays to be the best on this site. always so good

[@wariodedede]

I love Feel Good Inc. I will never get tired of that song.

[@pdzombie1906]

Great as always!!! I wish it had subtitles to share with some friends who can read, but aren't english fluent. Thanx!!!