Gorillaz

[Homer]

23 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Were you working there when this lot passed through?

 

Two of the all-time great lines in one episode:

"It's like sharing a room with Zippy and Bungle!"

And:

"And I lost my dolphin."

 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Mardy stole Trig's dolphin and is using the remnants to fashion a Left Shark costume for watching Katy Perry in.

[Mardy]

 

11 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Mardy stole Trig's dolphin and is using the remnants to fashion a Left Shark costume for watching Katy Perry in.

That hat that Uncle Albert is wearing appears to be the inspiration for Mick Jones in their last Glastonbury performance

 

 

[the wonderwhy]

On 08/05/2017 at 1:43 PM, dentalplan said:

Yeah I think any album that wants a no. 1 now will have to actually attract the people listening to Divide a few times a week. Probably Harry Styles for a couple of weeks.

Or Kasabian  

[Homer]

On 09/05/2017 at 5:06 PM, Mardy said:

 

That hat that Uncle Albert is wearing appears to be the inspiration for Mick Jones in their last Glastonbury performance

 

 

 

This is pretty good for such a maligned performance!

 

Edited May 12, 2017 by Homer

[Badlands]

I downloaded the full set when I got back and remember it looking a lot more interesting on TV than when I was there. Don't get me wrong, there were parts to love, but the endless turnaround of guests and no real interaction when it happened just knocked the wind out of it.

Plus no Mos/Sweepstakes...

[stuartbert two hats]

8 minutes ago, Homer said:

 

This is pretty good for such a maligned performance!

 

Indeed!

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, Badlands said:

I downloaded the full set when I got back and remember it looking a lot more interesting on TV than when I was there. Don't get me wrong, there were parts to love, but the endless turnaround of guests and no real interaction when it happened just knocked the wind out of it.

Plus no Mos/Sweepstakes...

Bah. You're all a load of babies who want someone to ask you if you're alright, occasionally shout "Glaston-berry I can't hear you" and do lots of running around. Great music not good enough for you

7 years and this is still a hotly debated topic. That meanz* they must have done something right in my book!

*That z was a typo, but I thought I'd leave it in, given the band

[Homer]

Setlist is actually strong - if you take that fairly horrible run from 15 to 22 out!

Orchestral Intro

 

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1. Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach
   (with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
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2. Last Living Souls
    
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3. O Green World
    
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4. Kids With Guns
    
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5. Stylo
   (With Bobby Womack & Bootie Brown)
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6. On Melancholy Hill
    
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7. Rhinestone Eyes
    
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8. Broken
   (with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble) (Extended)
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9. Empire Ants
   (with Yukimi Nagano)
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10. Dirty Harry
    (with Bootie Brown)
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11. White Flag
    (Extended, with The Lebanese… more )
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12. Superfast Jellyfish
    (with De La Soul)
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13. DARE
    (With Rosie Wilson and Shaun Ryder)
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14. Glitter Freeze
    (with Mark E. Smith)
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15. Some Kind of Nature
    (with Lou Reed) (Extended Intro)
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16. El Mañana
    (Extended Intro)
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17. Cloud of Unknowing
    (with Bobby Womack) (Extended Intro)
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18. Pirate Jet
    (Extended)
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19. Encore:
20. To Binge
    (with Yukimi Nagano)
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21. Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head
    (Tribute to the late Dennis… more )
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22. Feel Good Inc.
    (with De La Soul)
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23. Clint Eastwood
    (with Snoop Dogg

[Homer]

2 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Bah. You're all a load of babies who want someone to ask you if you're alright, occasionally shout "Glaston-berry I can't hear you" and do lots of running around. Great music not good enough for you

7 years and this is still a hotly debated topic. That meanz* they must have done something right in my book!

*That z was a typo, but I thought I'd leave it in, given the band

Here it is if you're feeling brave!
 

 

[stuartbert two hats]

5 minutes ago, Homer said:

Here it is if you're feeling brave!
 

 

I've not watched it through for ages. I enjoyed it a lot last time, but I'm something of a Gorillaz fanboy!

[reflekting]

22 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I've not watched it through for ages. I enjoyed it a lot last time, but I'm something of a Gorillaz fanboy!

White Flag is flipping brilliant here. I wasn't there but loved watching that through.

[Homer]

I'm 30 mins in - all good so far!

[Homer]

Can't help thinking that it would have gone down a lot better on the Other with a shorter set.

[stuartbert two hats]

Not watching now, but I seem to remember Broken being really good.

[Homer]

Well, it's definitely not a shambles!

[fewcloudy]

I remember it well, thought they were great. Of course it helps if you already know their songs. Unfortunately, tens of 1000's didn't, as evidenced by the awkward and confused "singalong" for Pirate Jet...

[Homer]

1 minute ago, fewcloudy said:

I remember it well, thought they were great. Of course it helps if you already know their songs. Unfortunately, tens of 1000's didn't, as evidenced by the awkward and confused "singalong" for Pirate Jet...

 

Yeah, this is evidenced when the camera goes on the audience generally! Like yourself, I had a listen first though.

[stuartbert two hats]

8 hours ago, fewcloudy said:

I remember it well, thought they were great. Of course it helps if you already know their songs. Unfortunately, tens of 1000's didn't, as evidenced by the awkward and confused "singalong" for Pirate Jet...

I had Plastic Beach on repeat as soon as it came out and still didn't know the words.

[RossTC]

10 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Bah. You're all a load of babies who want someone to ask you if you're alright, occasionally shout "Glaston-berry I can't hear you" and do lots of running around. Great music not good enough for you

7 years and this is still a hotly debated topic. That meanz* they must have done something right in my book!

*That z was a typo, but I thought I'd leave it in, given the band

Amen to this, it was bloody fantastic! Going to watch it back again later today! 

 

What are your thoughts on Humanz Stuart?

[Homer]

I hit play and ended up watching the whole thing. Thought it was great bar the leaden third quarter of the set list I (white) flagged above.

 

we seem to live in a black/white world where everything is either shit or amazing. I stand by my assessment at the time - it was 'pretty good' (3.5/5 maybe). But how anyone can say it was total rubbish and without merit is kind of beyond me.

[stuartbert two hats]

34 minutes ago, RossTC said:

Amen to this, it was bloody fantastic! Going to watch it back again later today! 

 

What are your thoughts on Humanz Stuart?

Well, although I know Gorillaz albums can be growers, I stuck Plastic Beach on this morning and Humanz really isn't as good. I know he was going for this futuristic synthetic thing, but I miss the wider sonic pallette of the middle two albums. It's closer to The Fall than Demon Days or Plastic Beach. Somewhat underproduced.

And as for the songwriting? Nothing is jumping out at me. I do love Andromeda and like We've Got The Power and the Mavis Staples song, but after a few listens it just doesn't seem to compare to the previous work.  

I need to listen a lot more before I decide whether I think it's better or worse than the debut, since it took me a long time to get into that record, but right now it's my least favourite Gorillaz album, sadly.

What do you think?

P.S. Songexploder did an episode on Andromeda, really helped me appreciate it.

[Badlands]

13 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Great music not good enough for you

It's not, I need it to be a good show as well. I'm not particularly pleased that it tanked, I'm a big fan and was over the moon when they replaced U2.

They should have played Don't Get Lost in Heaven as well.

[stuartbert two hats]

11 minutes ago, Badlands said:

It's not, I need it to be a good show as well. I'm not particularly pleased that it tanked, I'm a big fan and was over the moon when they replaced U2.

They should have played Don't Get Lost in Heaven as well.

Well, I can't argue with that.

[General Lee]

Humanz is a massive dissapointment to me. I was really looking forward to it as well. It just hasn't really got the tunes or hooks that I'd expect from them. 

Hallelujah Money being the first track to hear was an ominous sign I suppose - there's nothing there. 

Ascension (Vince Staples) and The Apprentice (Rag 'n' Bone Man) are the only two tracks I actually find myself wanting to listen to. They're great, but as a whole it's a bloated mess with too many guest spots on it. Not a patch on Demon Days or Plastic Beach unfortunately.  

Edited May 13, 2017 by General Lee