"Clint Eastwood:" Features a ghost friend of the drummer rise from the dead and making zombie gorillas do the same.Ibrahim Ferrer ( Buena Vista Social Club) performs on "Latin Simone." Special Guest: Del Tha Funkee Homosapien raps during "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock the House," where he plays the ghost of a friend of the drummer.Something Completely Different: "Sound Check" and "Punk" are all very different from the sort of music that Gorillaz usually make (though even their more "normal" songs have a good degree of Genre Roulette and experimentation, so it's not that jarring).Stop dancing to the music of Gorillaz in a happy mood.
"Dracula" contains sound clips from the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Transylvania 6-5000" (1963)."M1 A1" contains a sample of "The Dead Suite" by John Harrison."Slow Country" contains a sample of "Ghost Town" by The Specials."19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)" contains samples of "Sing a Simple Song" from Stand! by Sly and the Family Stone and "Soul Power '74 - Part: I" by Maceo and the Macks."19-2000" contains a sample of "If I Needed Someone" by Bit 'A Sweet."Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)" contains a sample of "Incidental Backcloth No."Rock the House" contains a sample of "Modesty Blaise" by John Dankworth, from the soundtrack of Modesty Blaise, as well as "How Many People (Ready to Rock the House?)" by John Forté."Man Research (Clapper)" contains a sample of "In the Hall of the Mountain Queen" by Raymond Scott."New Genious (Brother)" contains samples of "Attention" by Head West and "Hit or Miss" by Bo Diddley."Tomorrow Comes Today" contains a sample of "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Allen Toussaint.The tracks "Punk" and "Starshine" are also one-word titles. One-Word Title: The album is named after the band.Non-Appearing Title: "5/4", "Clint Eastwood" (its name is derived from a recurring sample from the theme of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), "19-2000," and "Slow Country.".New Sound Album: All of them, really: Gorillaz laid the foundation of the band's sound.Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly: Nothing sounds quite like them a good approximation of their sound is "alternative hip-hop electronica." There's also a bit of Genre Roulette from song to song.Mood Whiplash: The clanging, ominous "Man Research (Clapper)" is followed by the frenzied and upbeat "Punk," which in turn leads into the slow-building, dub "Sound Check (Gravity).".Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Parody: The gorillas in the music video of "Clint Eastwood" at one point perform a small portion of the dancing in Jackson's famous music video.Indecipherable Lyrics: 20+ years on and still no one can figure out just what 2D is singing in "Punk.".The "Rock the House" video - at least Murdoc got to wear a protective cup for that one, but 2D didn't.According to him in Rise of the Ogre, it hurts rather a lot. In the "Clint Eastwood" video, a zombie ape reaches up from the ground, grabs Murdoc's crotch, and yanks him down.Gratuitous Japanese: The phrase "get the cool shoeshine" in "19-2000" is subtitled in Japanese in the music video.Recommended reading: ' The New Gorillaz Album Sucks. Their first album was produced by Danger Mouse, but a new album is on the way and will be produced by David Bowie producer Tony Visconti. The band is comprised of Albarn, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong and Tony Allen. They were initially unnamed, but after releasing an album with that title, they have since been referred to as The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Seems as though Albarn really is a true fan of The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, because he's got a side-project band called The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Unfortunately, the Hollywood star has not reached out to the band to give his comment on the song, but Gorillaz' Damon Albarn did say he'd love to send the man some merch and followed that with:
The film is one of the most influential westerners to date, called The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Quentin Tarantino has called it "the best-directed film of all time." Gorillaz didn't just enjoy the ring of his name and decide to call their song that, no, they actually were inspired by the soundtrack of the film which starred, you guessed it, Clint Eastwood.
If you haven't been living in a pineapple under the sea, then you'll be familiar with the Hollywood film-star Clint Eastwood, and probably also Gorillaz' hit single by the same name. With all the hype and buzz around something fresh from Gorillaz, we thought we'd shoot down to the other end of the spectrum and cover a Gorillaz classic, "Clint Eastwood." "Clint Eastwood" People have been going a little crazy over the track since they performed it during their live show at Outside Lands. Gorillaz have just released "Garage Palace" featuring Little Simz.
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