4:45 the virus shirt is in reference to Resident Evil as far as I can tell. It's the word Virus on top of the letter T, and the T-virus is the virus in Resident Evil that turned everyone to zombies/mutants.
@@peterhineinlegen4672 Also when this song was new, Resident Evil was blowing up. 1999-2001 was when Resident Evil got most of it's traction. Could be a reference to either one.
In the Good the Bad and the Ugly Clint Eastwood digs up a saddlebag of gold which is the 'sunshine in a bag'. Damon Albarn is playing a melodica in the background throughout the song in a way he said was inspired by the score of A Fisful of Dollars. The end of Good Bad Ugly takes place in a graveyard hence the undead gorillas coming up out of the earth to have a standoff with Murdoc. 2-D (Damon) singing lead is like Clint Eastwood's character: self-assured, confident, empowered, embracing his own identity. Del's ghost is kind of like the gold buried in the graveyard but this gold is his wisdom telling us to contemplate the nature of life, purpose and time.
Wow thanks for spelling all that out. It really is a reference to The Ecstasy of Gold. I always assumed it was a drug reference, but it being gold makes a lot more sense now that I have a better idea about the overall theme of the song (and the possibly intentional confusion of gold with a drug).
At absolutely no point in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly does Eastwood, or anyone, refer to a saddlebag of gold as "sunshine in a bag." This myth gets passed round and round, and yet, it's dispelled as easily as watching the movie.
@@jamesoblivionno one said they did refer to it as sunshine in a bag, the op was just giving his take that the sunshine in the bag is the saddle bag that is dug up
Fun fact: The beat for this song was simply one the preset demos on a cheap electric keyboard. There is short video on TH-cam where the lead singer shows you the keyboard and the demo song they used.
@AsylumSaint the Omnichord was an electronic autoharp from the 80s. My grandfather bought one when I was a kid. Probably one of his Radio Shack purchases. 😂
Yep and another fun fact: The Gorillaz does not really exist. It's a fictional and virtual group. Damon Albarn (the former lead singer from Blur) just brings in various musicians and rappers for each track. Kind of brilliant, actually.
@@jarondc6393 If you want to hear just how diverse the Lead singer is check out his album "Mali Music", where he collaberated with African artists. It's well worth a listen
Couple a few things. First the Cross of Peter, while also used as a symbol associated with Satanism has also been used as a symbol of anti-(Catholic) church symbol. This has been used during the reformation as a representation of the disassociation of the papacy. Second what you describe as the 'communist fist' is actually the symbol of solidarity. Yes it is used by Marxists, Leninist and Maoists but it has its history from the American Revolutionist Patrick Henry as he was described, and later painted (as it was 1775) as using it. Particularly when he was giving the speech that included the now much misunderstood: Give me liberty or give me death. And as others have pointed out the T-Virus was the virus that caused the zombies in Resident Evil. The video game was released about 5 years prior to this songs video.
yeah, it seems to depict just a group of pseudo-rebellious, angsty and annoyed teens... even the music itself gives off those "whatever dude, lets just f around and have fun" vibes i dont get the conspiracy vibes at all tbf but nice information, thanks buddy
Gorillaz is complete fire.🔥. This track especially is brilliant and just so Iconic! Damon Albarn revealed Clint Eastwood got its name because the programmed beat that supports Del the Funky Homosapien’s rapping throughout bears similarity to the theme music to ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’. He said “We were recording in Jamaica and listening to a lot of dancehall music, and we imagined a cool moniker to have would be Clint Eastwood,” Albarn also said that he’s a “great fan of the actor and of [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly director] Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone”. That is why Albarn named his other band ‘The Good, The Bad and The Queen’
Gorillaz is a favorit of mine. have seen them live 2 times From Wikipedia; Gorillaz is a British virtual cartoon band featuring four fictional animated members, ), 2D (vocals and keyboards), Noodle (guitar), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar) and Russel Hobbs (drums). The orchestra is formed by singer and songwriter Damon Albarn (known from Blur) and artist Jamie Hewlett. Albarn is the only regular musical contributor, and many of the band's tracks are created in collaboration with various artists, for example the track "Feel Good Inc.", which was made in collaboration with hip-hop group De la Soul and producer Danger Mouse. Lyrically, the band's tracks often have socially critical and dystopian themes such as the state of the environment, mass culture and threats to intellectual freedom.
In the bands biography Del is actually Russels (the drummers) best friend who got killed in a drive by and his ghost now lives in Russels head providing him amazing beat mastery
They’ve been one of the most consistently awesome groups with special guest artists on every album and every music video is epic as well. “Cracker island” ft Thundercat has been stuck in my head for about a year now.
Gorillaz are their own beautiful and weird wormhole. I highly recommend you watch all of their videos because they have their own story that’s being told over the albums from day one. It all flows together if you watch them in order. Thanks for doing this one. Lots of fun to see this again.
Gorillaz are a virtual band. It has only two permanent members. Darren Albarn is a musician and Jamie Hewitt is an artist. Albarn writes and produces music and uses rotating musician. Hewitt does the animation. Which shows "the band". No one gets an individual featuring credit.
Del wasn't originally on this song. It had another unknown rapper, the whole song was fully recorded. But then Del was asked last minute to see what he could come up with, and he pretty much wrote it and recorded it on the fly without any planning. He didn't even realise it had become a song until everyone kept telling him that they heard his new song on the radio
Love when new content of The Gorillaz is created! This is such an old favorite. BTW:Gorillaz are an English virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, from London. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums). Their universe is presented in media such as music videos, interviews, comic strips and short cartoons. Gorillaz's music has featured collaborations with a wide range of featured artists, with Albarn as the only permanent musical contributor.
The song "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz featuring Del the Funky Homosapien is about embracing change and having the courage to make something of yourself. The lyrics refer to a spiritual hero who appears to clear your vision and steer you in the right direction, much like the eponymous Clint Eastwood in the western film The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The song is an inspirational call to take control of your future and live life to the fullest.
I really appreciate your channel, reacting to music and puzzling it out in real-time! I'm here for this and seeing a lot of earlier music with fresh ears/ eyes along with you!
BP I’m so hype on what you said at the end of this video. Bro that’s why I’m here. There’s plenty of reaction channels, this isn’t like them. I’m here for it all. That’s why you’re unique!! 54yr old white boy from 80’s hair bands, by far this is the best 🤘🏻💯🇺🇸👊🏻
It is satanic. Murdoc is a satanist. "In the Gorillaz universe, Murdoc was responsible for most of the conception and formation of the band, and he is angry that 2-D is the frontman. He was based on The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. As a Satanist, Murdoc's fictional biography is filled with references to Satanism, such as his birthday being on 6/6/66, and indicates that to become a famous musician Murdoc did a deal with the Devil-leading him to change his middle name to Faust-who provided Murdoc with his own bass guitar, El Diablo."
I love the subtle mention of weed in the "Sunshine in a bag" line, and how none of the members of the and can be shook by anything Dell does, lol. I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE The Gorillaz, always. I even have the "Coffee Table Book" and special editions of the CDs. Yeah I am proud of 'em. Fight me.
@@anthonyv6962 Oh yes Joe Mancoe does love his money and Gold. Still, the lyrics as a whole weem to me to be about being happy-high. Just my take, not a fact, obviously.
That's because to them, Del is just another part of Russel. In the lore, Del was one of Russel's 6 or 7 friends who were all gunned down in a drive-by and Russel was the only one left alive! The spirits of Del and his other friends stuck with him, creating the genius that Russel was! Yes, I am a hardcore fan and know the lore fairly well!
My favorite line to this song has always been the Rhythm, you got or you don't that's a fallacy... cause when we say someone doesn't have rhythm we just mean they don't have (or can't dance to) our rhythm. Everyone has a vibe within them, it just might not be yours or what society says is acceptable.
Damon Albarn is a musical genius ❤️ He is a pioneer of his craft, groundbreaking innovator, and amazing political thinker too. After the Blur v Oasis Britpop legendary battles it was amazing to see Noel Gallagher playing with Damon's band and Liam having another meltdown over it 😅
That sound, in the beginning, sounds like Native Americans chanting, but the way you imitated the orchestra is a famous sound for referring to Westerns. I'm so happy my tin foil hat still fits! hahaha. I remember Delthefunkyhomosapian. I think his track I know of his is "You Must"? 🤷♂I also remember him talkin' to Fab 5 Freddy on "Yo! MTV Raps". Great reaction! 40!
I love that song and I come to your channel. Just so I can hear you break it down and help me understand it better. Cause sometimes you break it down and help me understand things that I didn't realize I didn't understand or I didn't See it before.I like the other things that you Mentioned. That I missed.
It's interesting that you often frame your understanding of a song from the point of view of a theism/religion. Yet the song uses the idea of rebirth for the sake of killing of others as pointed out in the opening text from the 1978 film Dawn of the Dead: "Every dead body that is not exterminated, gets up and kills. The people it kills, get up and kill". The T on the shirt with the word virus was a reference to the movie Resident Evil. It would be worth your time doing some reactions to Damon Albarn's first band Blur. I would recommend Country House, Song Number 2, Coffee and TV, Girls and Boys and MOST importantly Parklife. Then when you done watching Parklife understand that it is the story of Jimmy after he jumped off his scooter at the end of Quadrophenia in 1978, deciding to "join" the world rather than end his own life. Jimmy reprises his role in the song Parklife complaining about how his life is now Parklife. It's f'n brilliant mate!
Oh mate. Love Gorillas. My beau who died 3 years ago used to wake up in the morning to me playing the album this song was on. But my dear dad who died last year we had the good the bad and the ugly played by the danish orchestra at his funeral. A day of crying for me today. I found you through Ren(sending him lots of love) but today you helped my heart. Thank you. Love to your family. Hope your daughter is conquering her health journey. ❤❤❤😊
This song, for me, is describing the great awakening. The drummer's soul is speaking to us. When we finally "go in" and connect with our soul, we awaken to our true power and TRUTH. I've listened to this song for years and I finally get it!!
I think its good to take whatever message you want from it. A lot of people will say that the song is referencing drugs, but i think you were closer when you pointed out a positive message.
Damon Albarn was lead singer of Blur one of the main protagonists of the Brit Pop era along side Oasis and was good mates with MF DOOM. That’s just a tiny bit of his accomplishments.
Damon Albarn, Lead singer of Blur broke off and created Gorillaz with a graphic artist to create this animated band. Damon is the Music force behind Gorillaz. Blur will be a fun side quest on this journey (song 2, girls & boys, parklife) are all fun songs from Blur.
It’s a communist fist! 😂😂😂 BP bro, don’t you remember two black American athletes raising a fist on the podium at the Olympics? The clenched fist is only communist if it’s an actual communists fist. 😂😂
It is Marxist/communist tho and if you research there were alot of communists pushing the civil rights movement in America as a way to divide the country
Man I've been rapping Del's verses in this since I could talk. This song introduced me to hip-hop, plain and simple. This whole album is such a cool experiment, and every song they have with a rapper through their discography is so cool
Glad you're finally reacting to Gorillaz ..lots of great music and styles BTW each character has their own history / backstory .. as far as I know This was the first band to use a secret interactive website ..it was fun.
Damon Albarn has one of the rare distinctions in music of having/forming/leading not one, but two stadium bands, Blur and Gorillaz. That puts him in company with the likes of Sir Paul McCartney who had The Beatles & Wings.
Superfan here! Each character has a lot of lore including Myrdoc, who is the bassist and creator of the band. He wears the upside down cross in several videos because he was known to sell his soul for his bass, which is why his middle name is Faust. Hope this helps!
It annoys the hell out of me that the word virus which has been around for ? centuries is considered taboo now. Do people forget there have been hundreds of viruses LOOONG b4 Covid? 🤦😂 Either way love this song and many others by Gorillaz ❤ now I need to go watch some vids!
Most of - if not all - the tracks on the early Gorillaz albums were meant to sound nonsensical. The creators of the band wanted to comment on the lack of substance in the industry at the time. Each member is literally a caricature of a music genre: 2-D: British Rock Noodle: Japanese/Kpop Russel: Hiphop and rap Murdock: Heavy/Death Metal
Thank you!!!! This is the only actual breakdown that doesn't try to tell me that nonsense chickenscratch on a napkin is actually pulitzer prize level journalism. Its obvious dopeheads like to make themselves sound less like Dopeheads so they invent backstories to songs they like to trip on acid to so that people think they're simpatico with these cool bands. Reading these supposed backstories, all entirely different, use zero logic. At all.
I feel like he is rapping from the perspective of the Devil. "Under each snare" "who you think is really kicking tunes?" "Mystical? Maybe" "time for me is nothing because im counting no age" "i command you to" "corruption in disguise"
The link with gorillaz and del is the incredible Deltron 3030 album. Damon (the lead guy) sang a few bits on that album and that’s where he met Del and Dan the Automator. Soon after 3030 was released they collaborated and made the first Gorillaz tracks
hahaha, I love that you said, "Touch the third rail" Not sure if many people would get that reference, but it reminded me of when I was a kid in DC and took the Metro with my Dad. He made it a specific thing to teach me. "If you ever fall on the track, NEVER touch the third rail"! lol you just hit a memory I hadn't thought about in decades.
I could tell from the fact you're not afraid to react to guys like Tom Macdonald that you're a smart dude. Things you noticed in the video and the lyrics that I never thought about before and your takes at the end of the video just proves it. Respect to you my dude. I recondmend checking out a singer named Five Times August if you haven't yet. He's very topical and ballsy with his lyrics, not afraid to call out the bs going on in the world. Much like Tom Macdonald only he's more acoustic and folk orientated. He's one of the few people making real for the people protest music these days. You might like him.
The T-shirt that says "T-Virus" is a reference to (movie/video game) Resident Evil. In which the T-Virus was infecting people and turning them into zombies. Notice at 3:33 of your video it again makes a reference to zombies.
The rap in this song reminds me so much of a group called the Black Monks. Great rap group back in the day with songs like Secrets of the Hidden Temple, Rumble in the Jungle, and Pop Goes the Weasel.
Just listening and enjoying the vibe has led more people astray than anyone realizes. It's so easy to fall. You don't have to do anything at all. Be sober, be vigilant. For your adversary, the devil walketh about seeking whom he may devour.
Glad you are wanting to know the message more than the vibe! Crazy how older indie rock and underground rap could see the shit coming. Different upbringing, same warnings! Solid content! Continue to dig into old school grudge rock. For lyrics jump off into Dylan.
Idk if that's your merch or a different brand for the shirt, but it's funny that it's a Pro America shirt but the way the Red, White and Blue stripes on the front are used it makes the Netherlands flag.
4:45 the virus shirt is in reference to Resident Evil as far as I can tell. It's the word Virus on top of the letter T, and the T-virus is the virus in Resident Evil that turned everyone to zombies/mutants.
yup
That's also the name of a song by Deltron3030, which is Del The Funky Homosapien's side project.
Yep
I honestly was just about to post this.
Yep
Interesting song. Thank you for introducing me to the sound. 70 years old and enjoying finding new experiences in music
Always Be Learning
Check out the album 'the fall' from them.
Primus my friend check it out
Never too late to enjoy music 😌
Crazy thing is that you were 47 when this was released.
The "T Virus" is what turns people into zombies in the game and movie "Resident Evil".
TV 😜
"you cannot be on my channel, we cannot be friends, I need to make shit up that fits my own take on shit"
When this song was new, AIDS research had found the virus kills helper T cells in your immune system.
@@peterhineinlegen4672 Also when this song was new, Resident Evil was blowing up. 1999-2001 was when Resident Evil got most of it's traction. Could be a reference to either one.
In the Good the Bad and the Ugly Clint Eastwood digs up a saddlebag of gold which is the 'sunshine in a bag'. Damon Albarn is playing a melodica in the background throughout the song in a way he said was inspired by the score of A Fisful of Dollars. The end of Good Bad Ugly takes place in a graveyard hence the undead gorillas coming up out of the earth to have a standoff with Murdoc. 2-D (Damon) singing lead is like Clint Eastwood's character: self-assured, confident, empowered, embracing his own identity. Del's ghost is kind of like the gold buried in the graveyard but this gold is his wisdom telling us to contemplate the nature of life, purpose and time.
thanks now this Dude can calm the f down.
Wow thanks for spelling all that out. It really is a reference to The Ecstasy of Gold. I always assumed it was a drug reference, but it being gold makes a lot more sense now that I have a better idea about the overall theme of the song (and the possibly intentional confusion of gold with a drug).
At absolutely no point in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly does Eastwood, or anyone, refer to a saddlebag of gold as "sunshine in a bag." This myth gets passed round and round, and yet, it's dispelled as easily as watching the movie.
@@jamesoblivion I always thought that the"sunshine"' was a reference to LSD. I was a big partaker of the cid back in the day.
@@jamesoblivionno one said they did refer to it as sunshine in a bag, the op was just giving his take that the sunshine in the bag is the saddle bag that is dug up
Fun fact: The beat for this song was simply one the preset demos on a cheap electric keyboard. There is short video on TH-cam where the lead singer shows you the keyboard and the demo song they used.
It was an Omnichord, I think.
@@MrCanuck111 Yea whatever that thing is.
@AsylumSaint the Omnichord was an electronic autoharp from the 80s. My grandfather bought one when I was a kid. Probably one of his Radio Shack purchases. 😂
Yep and another fun fact: The Gorillaz does not really exist. It's a fictional and virtual group. Damon Albarn (the former lead singer from Blur) just brings in various musicians and rappers for each track. Kind of brilliant, actually.
@@marekzee This album had Del for the whole album and the same musicians, but after the first album they started switching things up
The lead singer was also a member of the band Blur. They had an international hit called “Song 2”
My brain rebreaks every time I remember this.
@@jarondc6393 If you want to hear just how diverse the Lead singer is check out his album "Mali Music", where he collaberated with African artists. It's well worth a listen
I hate blur being described as the band who made song 2
What he said lol, charmless man is pretty cool and park life
they had shit load hits....but everyone thinks song 2 ....like the Offsping pretty fly.....fuck that
Gorillaz is absolutely a rabbit hole you would respect going down
Couple a few things. First the Cross of Peter, while also used as a symbol associated with Satanism has also been used as a symbol of anti-(Catholic) church symbol. This has been used during the reformation as a representation of the disassociation of the papacy. Second what you describe as the 'communist fist' is actually the symbol of solidarity. Yes it is used by Marxists, Leninist and Maoists but it has its history from the American Revolutionist Patrick Henry as he was described, and later painted (as it was 1775) as using it. Particularly when he was giving the speech that included the now much misunderstood: Give me liberty or give me death. And as others have pointed out the T-Virus was the virus that caused the zombies in Resident Evil. The video game was released about 5 years prior to this songs video.
yeah, it seems to depict just a group of pseudo-rebellious, angsty and annoyed teens... even the music itself gives off those "whatever dude, lets just f around and have fun" vibes
i dont get the conspiracy vibes at all tbf
but nice information, thanks buddy
Well put. This dude is looking for conspiracy under every rock.
@@anthonyv6962 always and always wrong lol but its fun to watch I suppose
no one cares what it used to or only occasionally means. it's well known that the bassist is supposed to be a satanist. try again.
@@thebug410 Correct. In the Gorillaz story line he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for musical success.
Gorillaz is complete fire.🔥. This track especially is brilliant and just so Iconic!
Damon Albarn revealed Clint Eastwood got its name because the programmed beat that supports Del the Funky Homosapien’s rapping throughout bears similarity to the theme music to ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’. He said “We were recording in Jamaica and listening to a lot of dancehall music, and we imagined a cool moniker to have would be Clint Eastwood,” Albarn also said that he’s a “great fan of the actor and of [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly director] Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone”. That is why Albarn named his other band ‘The Good, The Bad and The Queen’
Gorillaz is a favorit of mine. have seen them live 2 times
From Wikipedia; Gorillaz is a British virtual cartoon band featuring four fictional animated members, ), 2D (vocals and keyboards), Noodle (guitar), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar) and Russel Hobbs (drums). The orchestra is formed by singer and songwriter Damon Albarn (known from Blur) and artist Jamie Hewlett. Albarn is the only regular musical contributor, and many of the band's tracks are created in collaboration with various artists, for example the track "Feel Good Inc.", which was made in collaboration with hip-hop group De la Soul and producer Danger Mouse. Lyrically, the band's tracks often have socially critical and dystopian themes such as the state of the environment, mass culture and threats to intellectual freedom.
If they're virtual, how can you could you see them "live"?
@@MissouriJohnson Same way people go to concerts and see Miku "live."
In the bands biography Del is actually Russels (the drummers) best friend who got killed in a drive by and his ghost now lives in Russels head providing him amazing beat mastery
I thought his whole gang died and possessed him?!
@evenflow1981 thats right they did Del is the only one that comes out
@@joshuawood3055 Ahh ok. Thought other members did too like De La Soul represented during Feel Good Inc?
@@evenflow1981 nah theybwere just collabing
Deltron 0 the hero
I'm here for as many Gorillaz reactions you wanna throw out
Gorillaz never gets old! But pretty much anything with Del is going to be fire!!
Del has been releasing new stuff on his channel including one today
We all know the singer is Damon from Blur.. but lets not forget Jamie Hewitt.. the artist who created the comic TANK GIRL
This just clicked in my head, and makes total sense!
@@ProxyMooseGaming yay!
The guy who was such a genius to come up with his most iconic song that goes 'woohoo' over and over?
Drugs r fun
@@jjayp1 you commented
2-D's shirt says "T-Virus", a reference to the zombie plague from Resident Evil.
It has nothing to do with Corona, and preceded it by almost 20 years.
One of my favorite songs. And I'm a 57 year old woman.
They’ve been one of the most consistently awesome groups with special guest artists on every album and every music video is epic as well. “Cracker island” ft Thundercat has been stuck in my head for about a year now.
Style featuring Bobby Womack is a great track
Gorillaz are their own beautiful and weird wormhole. I highly recommend you watch all of their videos because they have their own story that’s being told over the albums from day one. It all flows together if you watch them in order. Thanks for doing this one. Lots of fun to see this again.
Gorillaz are a virtual band. It has only two permanent members. Darren Albarn is a musician and Jamie Hewitt is an artist. Albarn writes and produces music and uses rotating musician. Hewitt does the animation. Which shows "the band". No one gets an individual featuring credit.
Del wasn't originally on this song. It had another unknown rapper, the whole song was fully recorded. But then Del was asked last minute to see what he could come up with, and he pretty much wrote it and recorded it on the fly without any planning. He didn't even realise it had become a song until everyone kept telling him that they heard his new song on the radio
Love when new content of The Gorillaz is created! This is such an old favorite.
BTW:Gorillaz are an English virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, from London. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums). Their universe is presented in media such as music videos, interviews, comic strips and short cartoons. Gorillaz's music has featured collaborations with a wide range of featured artists, with Albarn as the only permanent musical contributor.
The song "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz featuring Del the Funky Homosapien is about embracing change and having the courage to make something of yourself. The lyrics refer to a spiritual hero who appears to clear your vision and steer you in the right direction, much like the eponymous Clint Eastwood in the western film The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The song is an inspirational call to take control of your future and live life to the fullest.
It’s not suction in a bag.
It’s sunshine in a bag. In reference to Clint Eastwoods movie where he calls a saddlebag full of gold sunshine in a bag
I really appreciate your channel, reacting to music and puzzling it out in real-time! I'm here for this and seeing a lot of earlier music with fresh ears/ eyes along with you!
IIRC THE T-Virus on the shirt refers to Resident Evil
Was just gonna say that lol
Gorillaz weren't huge when they made this collab with Del happen, this is the first single from their debute!
Yeah!!! This is one of my favourite songs from my teenage years.
Haha mine too!
BP I’m so hype on what you said at the end of this video. Bro that’s why I’m here. There’s plenty of reaction channels, this isn’t like them. I’m here for it all. That’s why you’re unique!! 54yr old white boy from 80’s hair bands, by far this is the best 🤘🏻💯🇺🇸👊🏻
I can’t believe you’re only just experiencing Gorillaz! They are freaking amazing!!!!
The inverted cross is the Cross of Saint Peter who was crucified upsidedown...
It is a Christian cross and it is not satanic...
It is satanic. Murdoc is a satanist.
"In the Gorillaz universe, Murdoc was responsible for most of the conception and formation of the band, and he is angry that 2-D is the frontman. He was based on The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. As a Satanist, Murdoc's fictional biography is filled with references to Satanism, such as his birthday being on 6/6/66, and indicates that to become a famous musician Murdoc did a deal with the Devil-leading him to change his middle name to Faust-who provided Murdoc with his own bass guitar, El Diablo."
I love the subtle mention of weed in the "Sunshine in a bag" line, and how none of the members of the and can be shook by anything Dell does, lol.
I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE The Gorillaz, always. I even have the "Coffee Table Book" and special editions of the CDs. Yeah I am proud of 'em.
Fight me.
In the Good the Bad and the Ugly Clint Eastwood calls a saddlebag of gold 'sunshine in a bag'.
@@anthonyv6962 Oh yes Joe Mancoe does love his money and Gold. Still, the lyrics as a whole weem to me to be about being happy-high. Just my take, not a fact, obviously.
Something from the class above weed 🙈🙈
That's because to them, Del is just another part of Russel. In the lore, Del was one of Russel's 6 or 7 friends who were all gunned down in a drive-by and Russel was the only one left alive! The spirits of Del and his other friends stuck with him, creating the genius that Russel was!
Yes, I am a hardcore fan and know the lore fairly well!
@@LilRocker2005 I love you. Thanks for the lore!
Del is one of the GOATs. You toured with Swollen Members and Hiero?!? That's so dope.
My favorite line to this song has always been the Rhythm, you got or you don't that's a fallacy... cause when we say someone doesn't have rhythm we just mean they don't have (or can't dance to) our rhythm. Everyone has a vibe within them, it just might not be yours or what society says is acceptable.
Damon Albarn is a musical genius ❤️
He is a pioneer of his craft, groundbreaking innovator, and amazing political thinker too. After the Blur v Oasis Britpop legendary battles it was amazing to see Noel Gallagher playing with Damon's band and Liam having another meltdown over it 😅
Yes! Saw them at O2 London and teenage me had a meltdown when I saw Noel Gallagher come out and play!
That sound, in the beginning, sounds like Native Americans chanting, but the way you imitated the orchestra is a famous sound for referring to Westerns. I'm so happy my tin foil hat still fits! hahaha. I remember Delthefunkyhomosapian. I think his track I know of his is "You Must"? 🤷♂I also remember him talkin' to Fab 5 Freddy on "Yo! MTV Raps". Great reaction! 40!
Love Del's lyrics in this song. Great combination of psychology and philosophy
The Virus thing was referring to the T Virus that was the Zombie virus from the Resident Evil films and game not Covid.
I love that song and I come to your channel. Just so I can hear you break it down and help me understand it better.
Cause sometimes you break it down and help me understand things that I didn't realize I didn't understand or I didn't See it before.I like the other things that you Mentioned. That I missed.
Yes more Gorillaz!! Feel good inc, dare, Hollywood (feat. Snoop dogg) or Oil (feat Stevie nicks) are all must hears
T-Virus is from the game (and later movie) series Resident Evil. And yeah the Bass player is a pretty insane dude, so an upside cross fits.
You gonna love windmills
NO WAY! You know Del?! He's my favourite rapper of all time! I LOVE his delivery!
He's #1 on my list.
It's interesting that you often frame your understanding of a song from the point of view of a theism/religion. Yet the song uses the idea of rebirth for the sake of killing of others as pointed out in the opening text from the 1978 film Dawn of the Dead: "Every dead body that is not exterminated, gets up and kills. The people it kills, get up and kill". The T on the shirt with the word virus was a reference to the movie Resident Evil.
It would be worth your time doing some reactions to Damon Albarn's first band Blur. I would recommend Country House, Song Number 2, Coffee and TV, Girls and Boys and MOST importantly Parklife. Then when you done watching Parklife understand that it is the story of Jimmy after he jumped off his scooter at the end of Quadrophenia in 1978, deciding to "join" the world rather than end his own life. Jimmy reprises his role in the song Parklife complaining about how his life is now Parklife. It's f'n brilliant mate!
Oh mate. Love Gorillas. My beau who died 3 years ago used to wake up in the morning to me playing the album this song was on.
But my dear dad who died last year we had the good the bad and the ugly played by the danish orchestra at his funeral.
A day of crying for me today. I found you through Ren(sending him lots of love) but today you helped my heart. Thank you.
Love to your family. Hope your daughter is conquering her health journey. ❤❤❤😊
As soon as I heard the drums my head went “I got Sunshine, In a bag”; the stuff your brain retains 😂😂😂.
Del had a song on Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 also. It was called "If You Must."
Bro! BP, Swollen members and Heiro?! Epic. That’s it. Just epic. 🤚🏻⬇️🎤
Yeah! Caught me off guard too!
This song, for me, is describing the great awakening. The drummer's soul is speaking to us. When we finally "go in" and connect with our soul, we awaken to our true power and TRUTH. I've listened to this song for years and I finally get it!!
I think its good to take whatever message you want from it. A lot of people will say that the song is referencing drugs, but i think you were closer when you pointed out a positive message.
Damon Albarn was lead singer of Blur one of the main protagonists of the Brit Pop era along side Oasis and was good mates with MF DOOM.
That’s just a tiny bit of his accomplishments.
If you want a song with profound lyrics and a deep message, then "Loser" by Beck is a must!!
This song is legendary. So lucky to have grown up with this. Gorillaz have had many awesome features on their songs, please dive into them more!
Gorillaz "STYLO" (original video includes a very cool star cameo) 🔥🔥🔥
You should check out their songs "19-2000", "Dare", and "Feel Good Inc.". All really good songs.
Please react to Blur, same lead singer as Gorillaz.
Damon Albarn, Lead singer of Blur broke off and created Gorillaz with a graphic artist to create this animated band. Damon is the Music force behind Gorillaz. Blur will be a fun side quest on this journey (song 2, girls & boys, parklife) are all fun songs from Blur.
It’s a communist fist! 😂😂😂 BP bro, don’t you remember two black American athletes raising a fist on the podium at the Olympics? The clenched fist is only communist if it’s an actual communists fist. 😂😂
It is Marxist/communist tho and if you research there were alot of communists pushing the civil rights movement in America as a way to divide the country
I always amazed at how naive he is 😮
The fist is a symbol of rebellion, Trump used it during the shooting. Is he communist too?🤣
@@Jan-xn3kzHe's a conservative American. Just be thankful he's not insane.
Man I've been rapping Del's verses in this since I could talk. This song introduced me to hip-hop, plain and simple. This whole album is such a cool experiment, and every song they have with a rapper through their discography is so cool
the shirt says T virus like Resident Evil
Glad you're finally reacting to Gorillaz ..lots of great music and styles BTW each character has their own history / backstory .. as far as I know This was the first band to use a secret interactive website ..it was fun.
Damon Albarn has one of the rare distinctions in music of having/forming/leading not one, but two stadium bands, Blur and Gorillaz. That puts him in company with the likes of Sir Paul McCartney who had The Beatles & Wings.
Superfan here! Each character has a lot of lore including Myrdoc, who is the bassist and creator of the band. He wears the upside down cross in several videos because he was known to sell his soul for his bass, which is why his middle name is Faust. Hope this helps!
4:25 Sometimes conservatives just need to relax with that stuff
All the time.
Sometimes liberals need to stop crying lol
Confirmation bias.
Swollen Members! 🇨🇦 Canada represent!
T Virus is from Resident Evil
Gorillaz lead singer had another great band called Blur. You should definitely react to their hit "Song 6"
Thats T virus.......isnt that from a movie series can't remember the name of the movies, had a hot chick as the heroine
Resident Evil
My favourite Gorillaz track, their creativity always makes them a surprising and refreshing listen
The T virus from the movies dude.
Love the shirt, dude. Also, great vid. Gorillaz were/are an awesome group.
It annoys the hell out of me that the word virus which has been around for ? centuries is considered taboo now. Do people forget there have been hundreds of viruses LOOONG b4 Covid? 🤦😂 Either way love this song and many others by Gorillaz ❤ now I need to go watch some vids!
It's a part of conservative identity politics now. The rest of the world has moved on.
I'm an American, but I was living in London when this song came out and it was crazy popular... I mean every one loved these guys!!! ❤
The creator of the group found the beat from a kids piano preset if you can believe it lol
I’m glad to see you’ve finally checked out Gorillaz
Most of - if not all - the tracks on the early Gorillaz albums were meant to sound nonsensical. The creators of the band wanted to comment on the lack of substance in the industry at the time. Each member is literally a caricature of a music genre:
2-D: British Rock
Noodle: Japanese/Kpop
Russel: Hiphop and rap
Murdock: Heavy/Death Metal
Thank you!!!! This is the only actual breakdown that doesn't try to tell me that nonsense chickenscratch on a napkin is actually pulitzer prize level journalism.
Its obvious dopeheads like to make themselves sound less like Dopeheads so they invent backstories to songs they like to trip on acid to so that people think they're simpatico with these cool bands. Reading these supposed backstories, all entirely different, use zero logic. At all.
6:57 ‘yo, what the fuck is this about?’
Entire groups have been struggling with that question for a couple decades 😂😂😂
songs about weed from its point of view , the bass player is a satanist , the fist is a nod to super sentai ,and the shirt is a nod to resident evil
I feel like he is rapping from the perspective of the Devil. "Under each snare" "who you think is really kicking tunes?" "Mystical? Maybe" "time for me is nothing because im counting no age" "i command you to" "corruption in disguise"
Life was good when this hit. Pre 911, didnt know how good it really was till it was gone. 9th grade memories ❤❤
The link with gorillaz and del is the incredible Deltron 3030 album. Damon (the lead guy) sang a few bits on that album and that’s where he met Del and Dan the Automator. Soon after 3030 was released they collaborated and made the first Gorillaz tracks
I came here to say all this. Deltron 3030 is a phenomenal record.
@@michaelullo2152 totally. Considering deltron 3030 is kinda the origins of the gorillaz I’m surprised more people don’t know about it.
The Gorillaz are not a band. They are a conglomerate of humans that put out amazing projects.
More mumbojumbo stoner tweaker garbage lore that means nothing except they collectively killed a lot of brain cells on acid.
hahaha, I love that you said,
"Touch the third rail"
Not sure if many people would get that reference, but it reminded me of when I was a kid in DC and took the Metro with my Dad.
He made it a specific thing to teach me.
"If you ever fall on the track, NEVER touch the third rail"!
lol you just hit a memory I hadn't thought about in decades.
The T virus is from resident evil my dude…
I could tell from the fact you're not afraid to react to guys like Tom Macdonald that you're a smart dude. Things you noticed in the video and the lyrics that I never thought about before and your takes at the end of the video just proves it. Respect to you my dude.
I recondmend checking out a singer named Five Times August if you haven't yet. He's very topical and ballsy with his lyrics, not afraid to call out the bs going on in the world. Much like Tom Macdonald only he's more acoustic and folk orientated. He's one of the few people making real for the people protest music these days. You might like him.
Huge Gorillaz fan, love the music and the lore behind it!
The T-shirt that says "T-Virus" is a reference to (movie/video game) Resident Evil. In which the T-Virus was infecting people and turning them into zombies. Notice at 3:33 of your video it again makes a reference to zombies.
The rap in this song reminds me so much of a group called the Black Monks. Great rap group back in the day with songs like Secrets of the Hidden Temple, Rumble in the Jungle, and Pop Goes the Weasel.
yooo the last thing i ever expected was a swollen members mention in the first couple mins 🇨🇦 🖤
Just listening and enjoying the vibe has led more people astray than anyone realizes. It's so easy to fall. You don't have to do anything at all. Be sober, be vigilant. For your adversary, the devil walketh about seeking whom he may devour.
Del is known as the Funky Phantom with the Gorillaz. He possesses Russel the drummer.
Del is amazing on this! He makes me think of Nate Dogg cause whenever he's on something, you know it's him just like Nate!
There is an excellent live gig they done where they brought on stage every artist that collaborated on the album, spectacular show
They've worked with loads of great rappers/mcs, MF Doom, Mos Def, De la soul, Snoop Dogg, Kano, Roots Manuva, Vince Staples, Danny Brown, Pusha T etc.
T-virus is a reference to Resident Evil, the virus that generates zombies when some get infected
Yeah. Gorillaz are a little wild. 😮😂
Glad you are wanting to know the message more than the vibe! Crazy how older indie rock and underground rap could see the shit coming. Different upbringing, same warnings! Solid content! Continue to dig into old school grudge rock. For lyrics jump off into Dylan.
Check out the Gorillaz feel good inc. and 19-2000 is good too. and of course Andromeda.
Gorillaz have an absolutely crazy lore behind them
Idk if that's your merch or a different brand for the shirt, but it's funny that it's a Pro America shirt but the way the Red, White and Blue stripes on the front are used it makes the Netherlands flag.
Looks like the shirt logo is styled to look like the old G.I. Joe logo….look it up.
Del goes hard on this. He is such a legend of the lyrics.