'The war is over, so said the speaker with the flight suit on.' Direct reference to George W. Bush's infamous Mission Accomplished speech in Afghanistan. For those keeping track, that war lasted another EIGHTEEN YEARS.
@@tracyperez1755 That's what you get with a system built on procuring more and more profit. You don't even need a war to show this, take the recession we got with Covid. The rich got out of the crisis even richer than before, guys like Bezos and Musk more than doubled their wealth while the poor and the working class got poorer. People can't afford to live! These capitalists and landlords are literally just societal parasites.
Gotta keep in mind this song came out mid 00’s when US was entrenched in 2 wars. Lot of this album was a political commentary. Love Gorillaz & their songwriting arc.
"Dirty Harry" contains samples from these 4 songs: Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Baba Hya Damon Albarn - I Need A Gun Eddie Bo and the Soul Finders - We're Doing It (The Thang) Pt. II Giant - Queen of Downs You may have recognized one or more of the samples, and that could be why it sounded familiar to you. Great reaction!
@@imanoli41I understand that. I included "I Need A Gun" because: 1) It was listed in the sample credits 2) It was officially released in December 2003 on Albarn's solo EP, Demoncrazy. Which was almost 2 years before "Dirty Harry" was released on Demon Days (November 2005). So it's possible that MrLboyd heard "I Need A Gun" prior to hearing "Dirty Harry" and recognized it.
Yeah, the "speaker with the flight suit on" is a direct reference to the infamous Mission Accomplished speech where W did photo ops in a flight suit in 2003.
For those outside of America or born after that presidency, W refers to George W Bush. Also known as Dub, Dubya, and several I can't remember. My fave is 'that chimp who wrote his own speeches and still got them wrong'. I don't lean to any political side at all, cause the government is corrupt, owned by money, and the nation is screwed no matter who gets in office, but W was fun just cause of his accent and how seemingly not-smart he was.
Interestingly, commanders in the military are typically officers, and a lot of them are/were pilots and like to parade around in their flight suits rather than the normal uniform.
Love Gorillaz, every song is different, and their sound just keeps evolving from album to album. Good older tracks are "Tomorrow Comes Today" and "19-2000", some good newer tracks are "Melancholy Hill", "Stylo", and "Saturnz Barz".
@@mintjulius275 It was brilliant. I think that Damon Alban did a really great job at creating a whole virtual band concept as a way of commenting on how superficial and fake mainstream music has become.
I saw them on tour for Demon Days at the Apollo 😮 it felt like more than just a concert but an EVENT. Loved that Albarn kept up his anti-cult of personality by having the band play behind a translucent scrim and only guests (like Dennis Hopper!) appeared in front of it 😏
so ill be the gun nerd for you.. Dirty Harry is in theme with their OTHER song called Clint Eastwood and dirty harry did indeed use a .44 magnum smith & wesson model 29
Rap performed by the inimitable Bootie Brown of The Pharcyde :). Demon Days was a response to the Iraq war - and the final song on the genius album (the title track) gives a glimpse into the theme of the 2010 album Plastic Beach
I hope you see why I think this is one of the best Gorillaz songs. So great. The bars and delivery are fire, and the music is so groovy. Saturnz Barz is one I will continue to hope for as it also kills, as does Superfast Jellyfish
I think most of Gorillaz’s beats “sound familiar” because they are exactly what we want to hear…they are simple, groovy, dance beats that are easy to follow, shake yo booty to, and they stick in your head when the song is over.
My recommendation for a song from Demon Days would be “ Fire coming out of the Monkey’s head.” And of their old songs “Tomorrow comes today” and “Starshine”
Great Breakdown MrLboyd, spot on with the Bush talk. "The war is over", so said the speaker With the flight suit on I remember the mission accomplished and Bush in the flight suit.
The entire demon days album is about war and depression or at least most of the songs reference war or sadness and trying to be happy again through music.
And Gorillaz are special because through the years they have evolved. Some people love the old stuff like me, others love the new. But thats the purpose of an artist , to evolve, and Damon is a pretty talented artist
the lyricism is clever and devestating and the video? genius, notice how dude emerges from the sand ultimately lamenting he used to dance and thats all he wanted to do, instead the likelihood is he died in the desert for nothing (like you said about poverty) wanting to escape having nothing and the government promises you all that and more, never delivering, not divulging the particulars of evil you'll be expected to undertake, and just leaving you to it in a desolate location a fully expendable pawn
I straight geeked when you said "uncommon valor/jedi mind tricks", such a dope track. One of the most intricate and powerful verses to ever exist in that track.
the 1971 movie Dirty Harry, actor Clint Eastwood introduced the world to the double-action Smith & Wesson Model 29 . ... 44-cal. Magnum revolver-"the most powerful handgun in the world." It was a crown S&W wore proudly, albeit briefly.
You should definitely search for their performance from Harlem it was one of their few live shows they ever did and seeing the album Demon Dayz done live is amazing.
Damon Albarn is a UK artist. A great vocalist and composer. His work as the front man of Blur and Gorillaz was highly enjoyable when I was growing up in the UK. They have definitely aged well. Around the time of release it was after the war in Afganistan and during Iraq and there was alot of people calling the prime minister Tony Blair a pawn of Bush.
5:00 The lizard wearing the Fez, is a Nimbi desert shovel-snouted lizard "nickname:-Desert dancing lizard", because what they do with there feet, because of the heat of the desert sand, to thermoregulate there body temperature.
Question @MrLboyd - Have you ever heard of/listened to Urban Dance Squad? The singer in Dirty Harry reminded me somewhat of them. They're a 'local product' here, I know they did some European tours, but I honestly have no idea if they spread to the US. I'd think Demagogue is one of their most well known tracks
Was not expecting to have all that fez knowledge dropped on me like that. It's like that scene in Wayne's World where Alice Cooper starts discussing the derivation of the name Milwaukee.
The lyric actually goes "I need a gun to keep myself from harm, the poor people are burning in the sun. they aint' got a chance, no they ain't got a chance. I need a gun, cuz all I do is dance, cuz all i do is dance". It's harder to actually hear it with the youth choir aiding in the lyrics than at the start when 2-D is singing it.
I think the lyrics for this part is pretty interesting "I need a gun 'cause all I do is dance." They need a gun for the terrible "crime" of trying to live and thrive in a harsh world. They've committed the "sin" of trying to live fulfilling lives where they can dance and therefore need a gun to defend themselves from those ready to enact "justice".
Just FYI, Dirty Harry had a .44 Magnum. - Compared to a .45 ACP semi-automatic, the .44 Magnum is quite a bit more powerful, albeit with more recoil as well. Of course, the .44 loses the benefits of a semi-auto. - The .44 Magnum was not, as he says in the movie, "the most powerful handgun in the world" but if you limit the selection to popular calibers, then it wasn't much of a stretch.
Excellent content, I appreciate the insight you bring to music. However the audio track presentation has an issue (stats for nerds has this -8.6RMS below its baseline), very quiet. Thinking that may account for how different the engagement is between this video and your Goreilaz Feel Good Inc video uploaded a year later. More engagement is more people hearing your ideas.
When you get around to reacting to Rhinestone Eyes. Gorrilaz didn't have enough funds to fully animate it, so all the is uploaded for it offically was the storyboard with the song over it, well someone a few years ago spent 6 years turning the storyboard into a full video, so when you react to Rhinestone Eyes, please do that music video that the fan made.
Don't read my comment if you are trying to figure these things out on your own SOILERS ahead Gorillaz is an animated Hip-Hop group put together by Damon Albarn (also the front man for UK rock group the Blur) Also Danger Mouse (famous for the Grey Album, DJing, and working with MF Doom) does percussion and looping and sound mixing for the group As far as I know when preforming live they are behind Monitors and are only represented by their corresponding animated avatar. Each of the 4 songs I have seen you watch all have featured artist even if it isn't explicitly said this way: Clint Eastwood features "The mystery MC" aka Del the Funky Homosapien Feel Good Inc features Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul (you called it but weren't sure) DARE Features Shaun Ryder (I had to look this one up) Dirty Hairy Features Bootie Brown of the Pharcyde With enough time you would have figured this things out. That's all i know i am sure other songs have some deep cuts and some cool featured artists. I have seen some performances with some wild stand-ins.
'The war is over, so said the speaker with the flight suit on.' Direct reference to George W. Bush's infamous Mission Accomplished speech in Afghanistan. For those keeping track, that war lasted another EIGHTEEN YEARS.
That was for the Iraq war, not that it was any better.
@@mattjones4285 arguably worse, because even at the time you could reasonably ask "WHAT f#&king mission?" >.>
@@lokithecat7225 it was a war on “Terror” because you can declare war on an emotion apparently.
@@lokithecat7225 I know, I was there. (Iraq, that is, not congress)
@@lokithecat7225 again, I know, I was there.
They have a song called "Kids With Guns" so yeah that's definitely part of their message.
War is young men dying for the ego of old men
i love that song
More like so old men can get rich, stay rich. Someone always makes out like a bandit from the misery of other people.
@@tracyperez1755 That's what you get with a system built on procuring more and more profit. You don't even need a war to show this, take the recession we got with Covid. The rich got out of the crisis even richer than before, guys like Bezos and Musk more than doubled their wealth while the poor and the working class got poorer. People can't afford to live!
These capitalists and landlords are literally just societal parasites.
kids with guns was about school shootings i think?
Gotta keep in mind this song came out mid 00’s when US was entrenched in 2 wars. Lot of this album was a political commentary. Love Gorillaz & their songwriting arc.
"Dirty Harry" contains samples from these 4 songs:
Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Baba Hya
Damon Albarn - I Need A Gun
Eddie Bo and the Soul Finders - We're Doing It (The Thang) Pt. II
Giant - Queen of Downs
You may have recognized one or more of the samples, and that could be why it sounded familiar to you. Great reaction!
bro-wan
ty vm for the insight into the murky , blurrish world of the monkiez
i need a gun is a demo of dirty harry bruh
@@imanoli41I understand that. I included "I Need A Gun" because:
1) It was listed in the sample credits
2) It was officially released in December 2003 on Albarn's solo EP, Demoncrazy. Which was almost 2 years before "Dirty Harry" was released on Demon Days (November 2005). So it's possible that MrLboyd heard "I Need A Gun" prior to hearing "Dirty Harry" and recognized it.
November has come is a gorillaz song with MF DOOM highly recommend
MF DOOM.... Your favorite rappers favorite rapper 😁 song is fire
YEP
I keep recommending MF DOOM every chance I get on here cause I wanna hear what he has to say 😅
Yes and yes
100% this. It’s a phenomenal track. I’ve gotta go back and listen to Demon Days again.
Yeah, the "speaker with the flight suit on" is a direct reference to the infamous Mission Accomplished speech where W did photo ops in a flight suit in 2003.
For those outside of America or born after that presidency, W refers to George W Bush. Also known as Dub, Dubya, and several I can't remember. My fave is 'that chimp who wrote his own speeches and still got them wrong'. I don't lean to any political side at all, cause the government is corrupt, owned by money, and the nation is screwed no matter who gets in office, but W was fun just cause of his accent and how seemingly not-smart he was.
Interestingly, commanders in the military are typically officers, and a lot of them are/were pilots and like to parade around in their flight suits rather than the normal uniform.
Love Gorillaz, every song is different, and their sound just keeps evolving from album to album. Good older tracks are "Tomorrow Comes Today" and "19-2000", some good newer tracks are "Melancholy Hill", "Stylo", and "Saturnz Barz".
Humility and Tranz are also some of their greatest newer tracks as well
melancholy hill and stylo are like what? 11 years old???
@@caperocker6269
There was 11 years between their first 2 albums too, Gorillas were never rushed. I quite like Gravity, M1A1 and Punk.
Gotta add On Melancholy Hill to the to-watch list!
Love that song!
Yes next song!!
I agree! Along with Stylo, Saturn Barz, Momentay Bliss, etc
Hope he reacts to it !!
the entire plastic beach album is just fantastic to listen to
I remember when the Demon days album came out it was a masterpiece every single song on that album was a masterpiece
Yeah that whole album is a straight banger
@@mintjulius275 It was brilliant.
I think that Damon Alban did a really great job at creating a whole virtual band concept as a way of commenting on how superficial and fake mainstream music has become.
Demon Days is what got me into music when I was a kid. Absolute perfect album, not a note out of place.
I saw them on tour for Demon Days at the Apollo 😮
it felt like more than just a concert but an EVENT.
Loved that Albarn kept up his anti-cult of personality by having the band play behind a translucent scrim and only guests (like Dennis Hopper!) appeared in front of it 😏
so ill be the gun nerd for you..
Dirty Harry is in theme with their OTHER song called Clint Eastwood
and dirty harry did indeed use a .44 magnum smith & wesson model 29
"Remember when i used to dance?Man, all i wanna do is dance" is such a strong line
"They ain't got a chance, they ain't got a chance", both a lament, AND a threat.
Gorillaz- November has come
Rap performed by the inimitable Bootie Brown of The Pharcyde :). Demon Days was a response to the Iraq war - and the final song on the genius album (the title track) gives a glimpse into the theme of the 2010 album Plastic Beach
I hope you see why I think this is one of the best Gorillaz songs. So great. The bars and delivery are fire, and the music is so groovy. Saturnz Barz is one I will continue to hope for as it also kills, as does Superfast Jellyfish
I think most of Gorillaz’s beats “sound familiar” because they are exactly what we want to hear…they are simple, groovy, dance beats that are easy to follow, shake yo booty to, and they stick in your head when the song is over.
You MUST MUST MUST see this band in concert!!! Absolutely outrageously banging. I'm going to see them again this summer in England. Not the cartoon 😂😂
Saturnz barz is a crazy gorillaz song completely different sound and I love the vibe, great beat and tone. Check it out bro
Definitely need to check out "Tomorrow Comes Today"
Can't upvote this video more! Love that fucking song!
My recommendation for a song from Demon Days would be “ Fire coming out of the Monkey’s head.” And of their old songs “Tomorrow comes today” and “Starshine”
Great Breakdown MrLboyd, spot on with the Bush talk.
"The war is over", so said the speaker
With the flight suit on
I remember the mission accomplished and Bush in the flight suit.
Exactly. 'Mission Accomplished,' but the war dragged on for another eighteen years.
The entire demon days album is about war and depression or at least most of the songs reference war or sadness and trying to be happy again through music.
Spitting Out The Demons & Saturnz Barz
And Gorillaz are special because through the years they have evolved. Some people love the old stuff like me, others love the new. But thats the purpose of an artist , to evolve, and Damon is a pretty talented artist
If you liked Gorillaz, you need to hear Damom Alban's previous band Blur, listen to "The Universal", "Tender", or "Boys and Girls" pure Britpop.
One of my favorite Gorillaz songs. Especially since I can identify with "so said speaker...with a flight suit on" Great job as usual...yes.
the lyricism is clever and devestating and the video? genius, notice how dude emerges from the sand ultimately lamenting he used to dance and thats all he wanted to do, instead the likelihood is he died in the desert for nothing (like you said about poverty) wanting to escape having nothing and the government promises you all that and more, never delivering, not divulging the particulars of evil you'll be expected to undertake, and just leaving you to it in a desolate location a fully expendable pawn
17 years later, and it's still my fave Gorillaz song!
Is it really "to keep myself among" ?! For years I've been singing "to keep myself from harm" I feel like a fooooool!
Same all these years later , i’ll still keep singing the wrong way i guess lmao
GORILLAZ is on my top 10 artist of all time. Enjoy your reactions, always. Maybe try 'November Has Come' and any other songs that catch your attention
Live version is amazing. He brings a bunch of kids on stage to sing. Love it!!!
Stylo, on melancholy hill, super fast jelly fish
I straight geeked when you said "uncommon valor/jedi mind tricks", such a dope track. One of the most intricate and powerful verses to ever exist in that track.
This song sampled from a song from the 60's or 70's I think
you should react to Melancholy Hil, Rock the house, and Saturnz Barz
Gorillaz 19-2000 is amazing too
BE THE FIRST TO REACT to “All Alone” by the Gorillaz!,! My favorite banger. Feat. Rapper Roots Manuva and Marina Topley Bird
almost every single one of Gorillaz album is a masterpiece.
check out Andromeda, Superfast Jellyfish, Stylo, Dare, Desolé, Momentary Bliss.
the 1971 movie Dirty Harry, actor Clint Eastwood introduced the world to the double-action Smith & Wesson Model 29 . ... 44-cal. Magnum revolver-"the most powerful handgun in the world." It was a crown S&W wore proudly, albeit briefly.
You should definitely search for their performance from Harlem it was one of their few live shows they ever did and seeing the album Demon Dayz done live is amazing.
It's about kids being turned into killers and sent to the other side of the world to fight over nothing.
Check out the live version of this one. All the kids are real singing.
Edit: Anything from them live is a trip, blend of holographic an reality.
Damon Albarn is a UK artist. A great vocalist and composer. His work as the front man of Blur and Gorillaz was highly enjoyable when I was growing up in the UK. They have definitely aged well.
Around the time of release it was after the war in Afganistan and during Iraq and there was alot of people calling the prime minister Tony Blair a pawn of Bush.
Tomorrow Comes Today - Gorillaz. Another dope early Gorillaz track.
gorillaz definitely has that uncanny ability to always sound iconic
When that electric wurlitzer piano riff kicks in it reminds me of all the best Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder tunes
gorillaz is for me the only one band i know who do such a masterpiece with real montage mixed with 2D/ 3D stuff
“I’m trying to figure this out.”
You can read the Gorillaz storyline and you’ll still be that confused.
So glad you did this one! Do Stylo and Lake Zurich next please!
Stylo and 19-2000 are definitely musts!!!!
Love your way to think.! Good job man !
19-2000 also and rhinestone eyes.
So many great tracks by this group
Let's dance it out 🤸🤸🍻👋✌️🏴
I'm so glad you found this band =)
You said jedi mind tricks, man I haven't listened to them in years I know what I'm listening to tomorrow.
Omg yes this and kids with guns are my fave from them I’m so excited !
5:00 The lizard wearing the Fez, is a Nimbi desert shovel-snouted lizard "nickname:-Desert dancing lizard", because what they do with there feet, because of the heat of the desert sand, to thermoregulate there body temperature.
Gorillaz songs/videos relate to a specific ongoing story involving the characters. You can look it all up but it runs through all the albums
the vehicle was a real one, they just animated the band over it
This is my favorite gorillaz song i was hoping you were going to check it out but thought there was gonna be bigger requests thanks man!
Their track feat. D12 is fire too I only discovered it yesterday lol.
The beat for the track is from the original Dirty Harry movie.
If you like animated music videos, check out Enemy by Imagine Dragons. It was written for the new show, Arcane, and is done in the same style.
El Manana and On Melancholy Hill are two fantastic songs from them
Ill be here for every Gorillaz video
Question @MrLboyd - Have you ever heard of/listened to Urban Dance Squad?
The singer in Dirty Harry reminded me somewhat of them. They're a 'local product' here, I know they did some European tours, but I honestly have no idea if they spread to the US. I'd think Demagogue is one of their most well known tracks
Check out their songs El manana and 19-2000. El manana is a sequel to Feel Good Inc. And 19-2000 is an oldie with a crazy animation and cool sound.
And now your in my vinyl collection. I recommend flogging molly BTW. Float is amazing.
Finally, reaction content that actually analyses the thing they watch
Fun little fact, the cross on the vehicle had to be green, because if it was red, it would be considered a breach of the Geneva Convention.
Love Gorillaz! Check out 19-2000 great song by Gorillaz!
I totally forgot about this. Amazing song
Samples of this song have been used in movies like in "The Karate Kid" with Jaden Smith.
That explosion after the first verse will never miss
Was not expecting to have all that fez knowledge dropped on me like that.
It's like that scene in Wayne's World where Alice Cooper starts discussing the derivation of the name Milwaukee.
GET THE COOL SHOESHINE!!!!
The lyric actually goes "I need a gun to keep myself from harm, the poor people are burning in the sun. they aint' got a chance, no they ain't got a chance. I need a gun, cuz all I do is dance, cuz all i do is dance". It's harder to actually hear it with the youth choir aiding in the lyrics than at the start when 2-D is singing it.
loving these videos man, rock on!!
Idk if you’ve already done it but “We as Americans” by Eminem is an absolutely magnificent song. I think you would enjoy it.
I loooove Gorillaz, you should react to Sleeping powder, is amazing. Saturnz Barz is also a work of art.
I think the lyrics for this part is pretty interesting
"I need a gun 'cause all I do is dance."
They need a gun for the terrible "crime" of trying to live and thrive in a harsh world. They've committed the "sin" of trying to live fulfilling lives where they can dance and therefore need a gun to defend themselves from those ready to enact "justice".
Just FYI, Dirty Harry had a .44 Magnum.
- Compared to a .45 ACP semi-automatic, the .44 Magnum is quite a bit more powerful, albeit with more recoil as well. Of course, the .44 loses the benefits of a semi-auto.
- The .44 Magnum was not, as he says in the movie, "the most powerful handgun in the world" but if you limit the selection to popular calibers, then it wasn't much of a stretch.
I missed Murdoc's hip moves from the othe version hahahhaah, loved the reaction !
This is my favorite one! Very solid
Good mash up of real vs animated. Good reaction.
I'm pretty sure that the lyric is 'I need a gun, to keep myself from harm'.
An early but welcome treat
I always thought the lyrics were. "I need a gun, to keep myself from harm."
Might recognize the beat from 2010 Karate Kid, they did a Chinese version of this song for that movie
Catch me I'm balling!!! I'll always think of Lupe with this song
Empire Ants is my favorite gorillaz song, an absolute banger
Love it do stylo video next
I couldn't agree more. He'll love it!
Excellent content, I appreciate the insight you bring to music.
However the audio track presentation has an issue (stats for nerds has this -8.6RMS below its baseline), very quiet.
Thinking that may account for how different the engagement is between this video and your Goreilaz Feel Good Inc video uploaded a year later.
More engagement is more people hearing your ideas.
One of England's finest bands.
MrLboyd be listening to every song like: 🙀
YESSS a true bop
Awww man, you stopped the video before the 'rescue' vehicle broke down =P
When you get around to reacting to Rhinestone Eyes. Gorrilaz didn't have enough funds to fully animate it, so all the is uploaded for it offically was the storyboard with the song over it, well someone a few years ago spent 6 years turning the storyboard into a full video, so when you react to Rhinestone Eyes, please do that music video that the fan made.
Don't read my comment if you are trying to figure these things out on your own SOILERS ahead
Gorillaz is an animated Hip-Hop group put together by Damon Albarn (also the front man for UK rock group the Blur)
Also Danger Mouse (famous for the Grey Album, DJing, and working with MF Doom) does percussion and looping and sound mixing for the group
As far as I know when preforming live they are behind Monitors and are only represented by their corresponding animated avatar.
Each of the 4 songs I have seen you watch all have featured artist even if it isn't explicitly said this way:
Clint Eastwood features "The mystery MC" aka Del the Funky Homosapien
Feel Good Inc features Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul (you called it but weren't sure)
DARE Features Shaun Ryder (I had to look this one up)
Dirty Hairy Features Bootie Brown of the Pharcyde
With enough time you would have figured this things out. That's all i know i am sure other songs have some deep cuts and some cool featured artists. I have seen some performances with some wild stand-ins.
Listen to their latest albums, specifically Saturnz Barz and Andromeda. Thy are fiiiiire.