First Time Hearing | Gorillaz - DARE Official Video Reaction

[@sigmasplatinumrust5184]

Noodle is actually a girl

[@MrLboydReacts]

Noted

[@markmitera4521]

Depends on which era.... at one time Noodle was replaced by a robot Noodle.

[@sigmasplatinumrust5184]

@@markmitera4521 omg I completely forgot about that lol thanks for the reminder 😅

[@notmychannelname42]

I wouldn't mind Noodle being a guy.

[@sigmasplatinumrust5184]

@@notmychannelname42 hey what works for is all good 👍 😆

[@Alchimexx]

The "it's coming up" part is LITERALLY the singer telling the producers that the music is going up in his headphones. And when he says "It's Dare", he ACTUALLY says "It's there" meaning the music is just right. His accent makes it sound like Dare. Then the songs title was born.

[@goldboy150]

Yeah apparently Ryder was so out of it all the time Albarn couldn’t really get anything useful out of him. So when they got him saying “comin’ up…” they were like oh well, let’s use that then.

[@swanchamp5136]

And here's me thinking it was about a certain popular party drug from the 90s that came in the form of little squares you put on your tongue.

[@Coops20]

Chris Moyles loves telling this

[@zeallust8542]

@@swanchamp5136 LSD?

[@Toka972]

The song was literally to make fun of their friend who couldn't pronounce "there". The song was written all around this and when they say it's coming up, they are referring to the guy saying "it's dare".

[@dobryden7196]

Two things you can tell about Gorillaz are: 1. They got the right vibe. 2. Their music will never get old.

[@Nickel138]

This feature is Shaun Ryder. The story is he was trying to get the levels right on his headphones in the booth, and said, “It’s coming up, it’s coming up, it’s there.” They thought he said “Dare” so they called it Dare. This is from Shaun Ryder himself. He was in a band called Happy Mondays back in the day.

[@richardwani2803]

And black grape don't forget

[@ericlayton8888]

@@richardwani2803 NEVER forget Black Grape!

[@dene39]

Always thought it was mis titled. He asaying D'ere, mancunian for there. Ie , over d'ere

[@ThePawnedPawn]

The story I heard is they wanted to title the song 'There' but then Shaun just couldn't say it without it coming out as 'Dare' and the song title changed to match. Whatever the case I'm sure we can all agree it worked out for the best. 😃

[@supersasukemaniac]

Yeah, I remember hearing 'Noodle' talk about it. They renamed it to "Dare" as a way to poke fun at his thick accent. I think they also retired it from live show setlists after like the second show, Sean showed up drunk ( Murdock described as "Three sheets to the wing, and pissed as a fart, all at once.") And they refused to work with him again due to his unprofessional behavior.

[@laraismyname821]

Yes, they got TONS of radio airplay. Mostly on the rock stations. And the artist is Jamie Hewlett. He's most famous for the Tank Girl comics. He's 1 of the 2 creators of the virtual band Gorillaz, along with Damon Albarn. He's as much a part of the 'band' as a musician.

[@sergiogonzalez1295]

Let's not forget all the play from the alternative stations. Hell, you can go to a club and still hear them get played.

[@kdebo18]

tons of radio play and more so depending on what city you lived in. their music rocked clubs in miami for hot minute! this one a couple others made it on some really good dj remixes

[@laraismyname821]

@@kdebo18 Yeah it was pretty much the same in Atlanta.

[@cataclysmchildernsvoid3455]

I sent the singer from the band blur to?

[@laraismyname821]

@@cataclysmchildernsvoid3455 Yep. Damon Albarn is the lead singer from Blur. He & Jamie created Gorillaz together.

[@chriswhinery925]

Other great songs of theirs: 19-2000, Dirty Harry, Re-Hash, Tomorrow Comes Today, Left Hand Suzuki Method, El Mañana.

[@H82M8]

El Mañana is a real underappreciated video/song as a follow up to Feel Good Inc. in my opinion.

[@leogothisoscar271]

@@H82M8 El Manana and Hong Kong are 2 of my favorites and both very underrated.

[@GuyLogen]

I'd like to add Rhinestone Eyes, Doncamatic, Tranz, Pac-man in there as well.

[@windhelmguard5295]

5/4

[@DarkPatu]

Gorillaz was absolutely all over the radio in Atlanta when they came out, to the point where I was actually baffled that you hadn't heard anything from them or anything really about them before this. I remember one of my friends blasting Clint Eastwood back in highschool.

[@jasenjacobs1365]

Yeah it was!

[@felixmurley-anderson5620]

I would suggest Stylo for continuity, but Saturn’s Barz off their new album for my personal fave (as well as the extremely weird clip that goes with it).

[@alex141516]

For continuity El Manana is better, it's before Stylo but after Feel Good Inc.

[@HatersEntertainment]

Dirty Harry is also a good one with a video

[@tristanplatts8869]

Great suggestion

[@Xeppeling]

Saturnz Barz/Humanz is almost 5 years old now and has been followed up by two more albums, idk if you can exactly call Saturnz Barz/Humanz “new” anymore haha

[@RA_low]

The baff

[@antihero414]

Seeing that smile creep on your face through the song is what I just love about these kinds of videos. Gorillaz music is infectious in all the best ways. Glad you're exploring them! Stylo, Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head, Tranz, El Manana, Pac-Man are some of my absolute favorites.

[@Daark_Karma]

Gorellaz was almost always on the radio in the UK during the 00s era. Even now you still hear them, especially on radio channels that don't really like modern pop and that as much

[@michaelwhelan2376]

The band have sold over 25 million records worldwide and are cited by Guinness World Records as the world's "Most Successful Virtual Band". They have won a Grammy Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, an NME Award and three MTV Europe Music Awards. They have also been nominated for 11 Brit Awards and won Best British Group at the 2018 Brit Awards.

[@briangarner6312]

The gorillas are a group of 4 animated characters. Noodle is the youngest. She has the head in her room upstairs in the dare video. 2d and Murdock are the 2 guys in the car in the style video and Russell is the drummer who died and came back to life. They all live in the creepy castle together. Go down the rabbit hole and you will find out some interesting things about the gorillaz

[@thevonya3977]

Gorillaz have had MASSIVE success in the UK and even now manage to get airtime on some radio stations, especially when they release new albums. They are one of the most diverse 'groups' in terms of genre, ranging from party, disco, hiphop and reggae music styles. Each track has it's own unique 'vibe' and feel, although many a time they will have the iconic voice of 2D, which is almost instantly recognisable in most of their music... unless Noodle is taking lead vocal, like in Dare

[@michaelspink1479]

The Bands only Uk number one- only charted 87 in the US. First single where Rosie Wilson took lead vocals as Noodle (past reaction videos for Clint Eastwood, feel good inc- have been 2-D, voiced by blur frontman Damon Albarn, he’s only backing vocals on this) The search for meaning in the track is lost- apparently it came about from Damon wanting to work with Shaun Ryder from “Happy Mondays” & free styling lyrics in the studio. Shaun was beginning to suffer from hearing loss & continually asked the sound engineer to increase sound levels- hence “it’s coming up, it’s coming up..” when happy he’d say “it’s there”, but his manchester accent was so strong to everyone else it sounded like “it’s dare”. What literally started as a studio joke, turned into the core of one of their biggest hits.

[@TFFgeek]

In their early days (begin 00's, the 'Gorillaz' album) they got tremendous radioplay here in Holland. However, as the years went on this became less and less and by the time Plastic Beach came around (2010) the interest and airplay had waned, making it that you'd have to be a fan to be aware of their music. So yeah...That.

[@oxcaxx]

Not just Holland, in all of the Netherlands!

[@bafumat]

They got a lot of air play here in the States as well. Feel good was huge in clubs.

[@christopherblue2004]

@@bafumat Yeah, but he's right. it's was the same in the States. They still make really good music, though.

[@brokentboy]

Can't play music with messages. It might start getting people thinking.

[@mediumvillain]

They have a pretty big committed fanbase still, but radio play is much different today than 10-20 yrs ago.

[@peacemaker00]

Gorillaz mostly played on Alternative/Rock stations where Ive lived.

[@delprofundo]

ITS THERE! Good to see the history of the Gorillaz is well known. They were pretty huge in Oz at the time too, in this form and most of their previous bands.

[@supersparksbros]

Fan since day 1. David is a genius. Gorillaz are in a league of there own. Saw them in Chicago for opening of Humanz tour. Absolutely amazing. So many collabs with not so mainstream groups. Gorrillaz just do there own thing. Absolutely incredible

[@dualarmageddonz9488]

The 3d artist featured in this song when recording he couldn’t hear the audio so they turned it up which is why he says “it’s coming up “ and once they could hear it he said “it’s there”(dare) they liked the lines so they kept it

[@Qalibrated]

This song is such a vibe. Been loving Gorillaz since "Clint Eastwood" started playing on MTV and the radio

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

I don't recall Gorillaz getting much airplay in my area, but my god did MTV and MTV offshoot channels love them in the late 90's into the 2000's. It makes sense. It's a very visual band despite not knowing what the band looks like.

[@vampuricknight1]

Feel Good Inc got played forever on the radio when it came out and still gets played every so often, Dare and Clint eastwood didn't really get played locally very often/at all but I know several radio stations around the country played them.

[@paulb4604]

As you've no doubt figured out by now, Gorillaz have differnt "guest" singers on each track. Some others to check out are The Valley Of The Pagans featuring Beck, who is a genius in his own right! And The Pink Phantom featuring Elton John. Also, at the 2006 Grammys Gorillaz did a performance of Feel Good Inc. on stage (virtually) with Madonna, who transitioned from that song to her hit Hung Up. Gorillaz has caught the attention and respect of a lot of huge artists. I think I also saw a live performance wheree Daman Albam was on stage performing Clint Eastwood, and Snoop Dogg came out and did the rap sections.

[@mradriankool]

Fun fact noodle is female, her evolution through the bands career is fabulous as she grows up....and asking were they on the radio, they were massive. Dance , pop, rock indie stations played them but that was 20 years ago. I shake my head when I think how long they’ve been producing music. Without the strain of promoting tours and appearances has always allowed them to stay fresh. Damon & Jamie don’t have the physical punishment being touring bands require. They even produced a Chinese opera about the monkey king which was amazing. Perfect band

[@plotarmr7049]

The song D.A.R.E was released during 2005 as track 12 of 15 in the Gorillaz Album *Demon Days*. This album was inspired by A trip from Beijing to Mongolia that Damon, his partner and daughter had taken, the sights there inspired what was essentially the whole album, rumored to have something to do with the creators own personal demons that they face daily, hence the title. They confirm that their genre is *dark pop*. But hope this answers your question

[@rissaelise24]

Please react to their song On Melancholy Hill... i love your reactions and can't wait to see more content, Thank you for everything you do on here, it's nice to see someone else's input to artists we admire/listen to... have a nice day!

[@Raysa1208]

I was looking for this! Specially since is in the same album and expands the distopian world he is interested in.

[@gardenagnostic4138]

i really have no clue why more people aren't requesting this one

[@justsomeconcertvideos7254]

YES!!!

[@bryang2070]

melancholy hill has had radio play in stores i used to work at target and they played it there

[@deanmalibu3730]

Gorillaz are an immortal band because any musician can play any character so the band can never truly die.

[@justinsondermann6196]

All of Plastic Beach Album is amazing with guest Artist. Definitely check out -Rock the House, Dirty Harry, Saternz Bars, Humility, 19-2000, El Mañana, and Re-Hash. Also theirs a Graphic Novel and short videos giving lore to the albums and the characters.

[@lexsnowball505]

This is from their album demon days which is by far the most popular and influential album the gorillaz released. Back in 2004. It was noted for its overall tone, theme and message as a story in an album. Having been known for taking a stance on the political and social climate and how the media is used to show it to us as an audience. Feel good Inc and el manana actually tie and blend together showing two stories happening at the same time It also shows a lead into their next album through their art of story telling.

[@NiceyP0123]

This song was big on the radio in the UK when it came out. I lived in England at the time and remember this being on the radio on the bus to school 🤩

[@blairbird8022]

The best part of this to me is remembering back in the day that on the Gorillaz website, the "it's coming up" part would play whenever you entered the elevator followed by "it's there" when you got the the floor you were going to. I loved that website.

[@smartjunayd]

Gorillaz have been absolutely MASSIVE they have obviously gotten tons of radio play, they were huge back in the day

[@Caabooose]

They didn't get much airplay here in Canada but they did pretty well on the old much music count downs and such which is where I kept up with them mostly and other such sources. heres a general break down of the video order. Phase 1 doesn’t have a particular order for its videos, though “Tomorrow Comes Today” was canonically the first music video the band ever shot. “Rock The House” also appears to come after “Clint Eastwood”. “19-2000” is simply a random music video. Phase 2 is the same, but “Feel Good Inc.” and “El Manana” take place at the same time (2D sees Noodle on her floating island while he’s trapped in the Feel Good Inc. tower). “DARE” takes place some time before “El Manana”, since Noodle is still “alive” and well, and the same goes for “Dirty Harry” (although the music video for that one really doesn’t fit into the main storyline). Phase 3 does have a special order, however. It goes from “Stylo” (Murdoc and the gang chased by Bruce Willis into the ocean) to “On Melancholy Hill” (Murdoc and the gang meander around in said ocean) to “Rhinestone Eyes” (Murdoc and the gang shoot up some demons). “Doncamatic” also appears to take place during “On Melancholy Hill”. “Superfast Jellyfish” is just sort of… there? “Do Ya Thing” is stand-alone, and is also the last video chronologically (“Hallelujah Money” doesn’t appear to have any bearing on the plot). We’re still not sure if Albarn wants to keep the events of “Do Ya Thing” canon, but in the mean time, we’ll just have to wait for Phase 4.

[@robertrobinette1285]

"Gorillaz - Demon Days Live in Harlem" it is the entire second album live in concert. If you want to see the "band".

[@endlessrage4062]

The head is of Shaun Ryder, lead singer of Happy Mondays from the 90’s and then Black Grape.. He’s a legend! Check out the Happy Mondays, tracks like Step On, Kinky Afro and many more. Gorillaz were played a lot in Europe but I don’t know how they faired in the US. Their early albums were great but check out the album Plastic Beach, it’s a gem. Love your constant and cool, collected reactions. Peace out bro. 👌🏻

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

"Feel Good Inc" and "Clint Eastwood" were both massive radio hits for Gorillaz, but a lot of their other songs and singles, such as this one, never got much airplay.

[@ransome5610]

I recommend “Rock the House” or “November has come” next by The Gorillaz.

[@skithee]

I think Rock the House it INTENSELY underrated. Del cracks my shit up in it.

[@notmychannelname42]

Rock the House is dope, I almost forgot about it.

[@skithee]

@@notmychannelname42 You can't forget about Rock the House. It's just too groovy seeing all the treasure AND the booty.

[@windhelmguard5295]

5/4 is my favourite to this day.

[@EggsAndJakey]

They were on the radio all the time but they were on alt-rock stations. They broke new ground and were a huge reason for me getting into hip-hop when I was young! And they are still killing it today. Their recent albums have some bangers even though they have been at it for 20 years!

[@spaulagain]

Never heard them on hip hop stations. But they're definitely played on most current or alternative rock stations. And especially "90s" stations.

[@beriandavies2111]

The 'face' is that of Shaun Ryder, one time front man of the band Happy Mondays. Gorillaz do perform live, but only appear in hologram form, as they are a virtual band. Another one of their tracks which slips under the radar is Desole ft. Fatoumata Diawara.

[@DrGamelove]

I’m pretty sure Feel Good Inc was not only on the radio but probably one of the few songs to play on pop, rock and hip hop stations. That song was everywhere. Dare not as much.

[@peteryarnold9707]

The "head" is Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays fame, you should check out some Happy Mondays too, they are a band from Manchester UK who were around in the 80s-90s during a era known as "Madchester", when there where a lot of bands coming through from the Mancheter area and House Music and Warehouse Parties were a "thing" around that are for a time. It's sometimes refered to as "the second summer of love". He's actually saying "there" but his Manchester accent makes it sound like "Dare". Some other Manchester bands you can check out are Stone Roses, New Order, Oasis, Inspiral Carpets, James, 808 State, The Fall, to name a few!

[@l0rd_magg0t_51]

From what i recall hearing in a interview was that the Head in the video is one of their studio Guitarists. During sound checks he would say "It's coming up..It's coming up...it There" and thats how they came up with the hook line.

[@kinslayerauthor4051]

1) Noodles is a girl. 2) 19-2000, Dare, Clint Eastwood, Feel Good Inc all got lots of airplay. I'm sure others did, too, but I can't think of them atm.

[@KayoMichiels]

This is THE SONG that got me hooked to Gorillaz... first hearing this as a kid in the early 2000's...

[@timogle4840]

Another amazing group that never got radio play is No More Kings. They are one of the geek culture bands, making a lot 80's pop culture and games. The most influence they've had is making a song about Karate Kid called, "Sweep the Leg", which inspired the new Cobra Kai series.

[@Xenotric]

One of the things I love about gorillaz is their albums and specially their videos tell the story of the band, with the early albums you see their journey as a brand new band heading for success, then you get the the plateau albums where life mills about and they seem lost and aimless, then you hit the albums where they are targeted and under threat and finally you have their latest albums where they are sort of burnt out and slightly washed up. The bands characters grow through their music and each song changes them a little even if the song itself doesnt quite match up.

[@ohb71303]

Yes they were played on the radio. They were played in Southern California almost every 10 songs. All 3 songs you’ve done so far have been their popular songs.

[@dylanhughes572]

Gorillaz got played fairly regularly in Australia on the radio, That's how it made it on my Samsung portable cd player/mp3 player... I listened to them heaps through high school

[@JuanMBadillo]

I don't know if no one has told you yet but the Gorillaz videos actually tell a continuous story when you watch it chronologically with actual character development and backstories. It's really cool.

[@darrenjohnson3319]

The actual "it's coming up, it's Dare" was taken from Shaun Ryder in the studio when he was asking for the feedback in his headphones to be adjusted. But he said "It's there!"

[@raruteam]

I live in El Salvador (central America) and I remember hearing Gorillaz on the radio a lot, as a kid I was looking forward to hear them.

[@byHexted]

They have! I actually first heard the last song feel good inc on the radio as a kid in like 2005 or whatever and then I wanted to find it, that and clint Eastwood were there biggest hits though so those are on the radio alot

[@HEYabbot]

Yea Clint Eastwood was on half the stations every few hours.

[@RealKingChief]

I remember when Doncamatic came on the radio man we turned that up it was bumping.

[@arjaydetoo]

Gorillaz whole vibe is that they are a digital, animated band so they can make timeless music and not age Ps. Song machine album was fire 🔥

[@mediumvillain]

All of the Gorillaz songs youve done got huge airplay. Feel Good Inc. was basically everywhere

[@drakemyers1852]

The "it's coming up it's coming up it's dare" part is the singer (Shaun Ryder from Black Grape and Happy Mondays" just saying that the studio headphone level is "coming up it's coming up it's there" but they thought it was cool and based the song around it.

[@jacktowers7533]

Gorillaz were the biggest band coming when I was a kid to the point between 2001 and 2007 you heard a song off the self titled or Demon days daily on the radio/music channels They were big everywhere but it really seems like Australian Radio ate that shit up harder than most

[@redbeardmcduck8687]

Globally, they are huge. In the US they are pretty popular but out in Europe and Asia and other places they are massive. A lot of their music videos connect to tell a greater story about the cartoon band members. Super excited to watch you fall down this rabbit hole.

[@ReddoggjZ]

Dope band, dope song, look forward to your journey with Gorillaz. Definitely got radio play on rock stations... some songs I've heard on Rap/HipHop stations and pop stations as well.

[@Tyraelful]

Gorrilaz usually showed up on new rock/90s radio stations back in the early 2000s-2010 ish from what i remember.

[@churchill378]

In UK where they originate from Gorillaz are are legendary. , everyone knows their hits like this one and they get a lot of radio play.

[@dougf1249]

Feel Good Inc. and Clint Eastwood had huge radio play. I still here Clint Eastwood on my local rock station every couple of months

[@ericschneider4441]

Gorillaz was big back when I was in 8th grade. I'm 30 now. So yes they did have radio time (and MTV music videos air time, which is how I knew them). Haven't really had any air time ever since.

[@eaptan]

My dude. So many hits

[@AntonioSantos07]

And so many different styles

[@AmyNumberSeven]

Gorillaz mostly gets play on rock and alternative stations, the main music guy behind it is the dude from Blur. It also has a kind of geeky/alternative fandom among millennials, because in America they got big from being played on Toonami, Cartoon Network's anime block in the early 2000s.

[@weefek]

This song was on the radio for a solid few months back in the day. I forget exactly when but yes it was played a lot right after it came out

[@Kiernimbus]

Love the Gorillaz! Can't wait to hear more of what you think!

[@elegantirony78]

The precursor band to Gorillaz is called Blur. Check out "Song 2." Tons of airplay for both bands on the alternative radio stations

[@avvalyn9]

The first 2 songs you reacted to were played all the time on the radio in the US during the mid 2000's, especially Feel Good Inc

[@MilkyCao]

in lore- Mostly Noodles wrote this album, murdok sorta mostly wrote the first major one, the 3rd major one was a massive collab tied to the fact that noodles ran away and murdok being the twat he was tried to hide it, and the next one is a touring one... (think of it more of a half step between the two it's between) and the one after that was them as old fucks, with the current state of it being a mix media of the band irl meets the band lore (which was the case for live shows since the 3rd major album which is why the touring album happened) and invite people to do a song with them... and then pandemic happened

[@jenjensage7242]

All three of the songs you’ve done have been on the radio. Mostly alternative rock stations. This is a newer song. Loving these reactions. ✌🏻❤️😊

[@JRcomments]

In Clint Eastwood, noodle was pre teen. This song came out some years later and she is now a teenager. This is her song, the innocent teen dancing, etc. The newer material she is a full grown woman.

[@whataboutme7174]

Gorillaz were initially a side project of Damon Albarn from his band Blur who are well established in UK from 1990 ish to the present day, many artist collaborate on Gorillaz tracks from various genres & Damon is a university studied musician & likes to experiment new methods

[@memnarch129]

Gorillaz had a SHIT TON of radio/TV play back in the day with their first album. One of the first places I saw them was a block of "Anime Music Videos" they showed on Cartoon Networks Toonami back in the early 00s. Next thing you know their videos are playing in the background in arcades and on radio stations. They where very VERY popular back in the day.

[@bigfistosmashem1791]

The lead singer for Gorillaz had another band before called blur that had a lot of exposure back in the 90s too.

[@RexFuturi]

I remember they set up their website at the time to be interactive. I think the site was a representation of the band's house. There were games like packing luggage with odd objects and random Easter egg type of things. I seem to recall that "It's coming up, It's coming up" sounded whenever you clicked the elevator, or something.

[@ciaranmurray9036]

I'm from Dublin Ireland my man, love your reactions from akala,lowkey,Harry mack and many others. Gorrilaz was played on the radio all the time massively popular in ireland for obvious reasons. Keep the grind going man🇪🇦

[@mcalpingeoffery]

They have amazing songs that don’t have videos but every song is a bop

[@playlistb3795]

In the early 00's, Gorillaz were played on alt rock radio in my state all the time, but mostly Feel Good inc an Clint Eastwood from what I remember. This was around the same time that the Nu Metal and Grunge/Post Grunge craze was huge in Midwest USA. Nowadays, not so much.

[@rdubya4911]

They were mainly played on alt rock stations. The songs clint eastwood and feel good inc. were the only ones really ever in rotation. Never heard anything else but those 2 songs.

[@Kokopelle]

"The Hydra" of Gorillaz songs were played on radio for YEARS after release (Clint Eastwood, Feel Good Inc., DARE). But that's speaking from being in America, I'm sure Nationally they are played regularly.

[@GamerToday]

This song was always trippy for me. This song was a radio hit for them. Good video

[@GambeTama]

I actually highly recommend many of the songs off of their album "Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez." A lot of varied sounds, and a very good, consistent set. Personal three picks off of that album be: "The Pink Phantom," ft. 6lack and Elton John "Pac Man," ft. Schoolboy Q "Dead Butterflies," ft. Kano and Roxie Arias

[@jasenjacobs1365]

Tranz from Now Now is one of the newer songs I feel is best.

[@GambeTama]

@@jasenjacobs1365 Ooh, that's a really good one too!

[@osma77]

I NEVER heard them on the radio when they first came out (very censored Mississippi radio stations) but they got MASSIVE play on the local collage music video station.

[@MrDirty-if7gc]

Kids With Guns is one of my favorites of theirs.

[@NagginNuggs]

Rhinestone Eyes, Melancholy Hill, Stylo, Plastic Beach ... so much to choose for a next song

[@shadowheartless9]

So the "its coming up, its coming up, its coming up, its Dare" bit was actually from the head (Shaun Ryder) during the recording was asking to up the volume on his head cause he couldnt hear himself through the headphones and its coming up was him referring to the volume and it's dare was actually him saying "it's there" but because his accent was so strong it came out as DARE in fact the songs original name was "It's there" if im not mistaken.

[@brookehornback1896]

This is my fav by Gorillaz.This song In particular, gets me moving, busting some moves.🤓lol!

[@dwpwdlgovasitsb4id13orlife2]

Same. It's like an infinite groove.

[@multieyedmyr]

Damon Albarn lead singer of blur, voice and singer behind 2D and musical creator behind the Gorillaz would often tell guest singers a basic premise to the song and tell them to make the lyrics up. I don’t know if this is always the case but it’s why most songs can be tough finding a coherent message for.

[@Maverick_1373]

the album has chosen the path to absolution, but he's still feeling the urges of his old, bad self (it's coming up,...). But he's trying to repress those urges (You've got to press it on you). And he's trying to think of a way to quell his urges, so he thinks about it, and creates the sensation he got from it (you just think it, that's what you do baby. hold it down DARE [which is supposed to be there, as i've heard{there as in, deep inside your soul}]). Then his evil side saying, it never did anything bad. (never did no harm). And the songs basically him fighting it out with himself.

[@bbb462cid]

Well, OK, but it's actually much more mundane.

[@inibrius5380]

the voice of Noodle in this song is done by Roses Gabor. You might like her solo song 'Stars'.

[@elicit33]

From what I gather from interviews with the Gorillaz(two guys doing all the voices by the way), the gentleman singing had a hard accent and they(the Gorrillaz) went with it.

[@personalcheeses8073]

Hard accent? It’s Shaun Ryder and the accent is Mancunian. Roses Gabor is the other voice she has some kind of London accent but I couldn’t tell you which specifically

[@keithgraham8588]

Only 1 person makes the music (aside from guest features), the other dude animates and draws everything.

[@personalcheeses8073]

@@keithgraham8588 Don’t know if you are addressing me but I’m well aware of that. It’s Damon Albarn and James Hewlett. I was simply commenting on who was singing on this track. Because neither of those voices belong to Damon Albarn

[@AishaIsFabulous-x-]

Here in the UK, Gorrilaz gets/got a lot of airplay & rightly so; Radio, music TV stations, festivals, etc -x-

[@VedranRodic433]

(It's coming up) was the original sound of the lift in the Kong Studios, back in the day. And as someone pointed out, Noodle is a girl, she was ten at the time this song was out.

[@somedudeonyoutube1605]

I still remember when i first seen / heard gorillaz, i was a little kid with my friend and his mom at a foot locker and this was on MTV on their tv and while my friend was shopping for shoes i couldnt keep my eyes off this video.

[@env0x]

this song got TONS of radio play back in the day

[@skithee]

okay, dude was literally in the booth asking them to turn up his headset: "It's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up, it's there" *hmm... that's a fat hook*

[@jimbojones8978]

In the Toronto area they were always played on 102.1 "The Edge" which played pop rock, some harder stuff like Tool from time to time, but they definitely got play up here in Canada.

[@dualarmageddonz9488]

Saturnz barz and ascension are also great !