Non-Hip-Hop Official Gorillaz Thread

Started by Partyboy, May 7, 2015, in Music Add to Reading List

What's your favorite Gorillaz album?

  1. Gorillaz

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  2. Demon Days

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  3. Plastic Beach

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  1. Partyboy
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    Partyboy I'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EYES

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    THE OFFICIAL GORILLAZ THREAD

    "The cartoon is a metaphor really for the fact that it's almost impossible in our celebrity obsessed culture to move around genres and sort of change you ideas, change your face, you know?"


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    BIO:
    Gorillaz are an English virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. The band consists of four animated members: 2D (lead vocals, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, keyboard, and backing vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion). These members are completely fictional and are not personas of any "real life" musicians involved in the project. Their fictional universe is explored through the band's website and music videos, as well as a number of other media, such as short cartoons. The music is a collaboration between various musicians, with Albarn being the only permanent musical contributor. Their style is an amalgamation of genres, with influences including rock, alternative, Britpop, trip hop, hip hop, electronica, indie, dub, reggae and pop.

    The band's 2001 debut album Gorillaz sold over seven million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001, but the nomination was later withdrawn at the band's request. Their second studio album, Demon Days, released in 2005, went five times platinum in the UK, double platinum in the United States, earned five Grammy Award nominations for 2006 and won one of them in the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals category. The band has won numerous other awards, including two MTV Video Music Awards, an NME Award, three MTV Europe Music Awards, and have been nominated for nine Brit Awards. The combined sales of the Gorillaz and Demon Days albums had exceeded 15 million by 2007. The band's third studio album, Plastic Beach, was released in March 2010. Their latest album, The Fall, was released in December 2010 as a free download for fan club members, then in April 2011 as a physical release.

    STUDIO ALBUMS:

    GORILLAZ (2001)

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    DEMON DAYS (2005)

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    PLASTIC BEACH (2010)

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  2. golddust
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    May 7, 2015
    they're pretty dope i like jamie hewletts drawings
     
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  3. Partyboy
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    Partyboy I'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EYES

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    Me too. I feel as if Jamie's role in the Gorillaz goes unappreciated as if he contributes nothing towards the albums motif and themes.
     
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    One of the greatest Alt bands ever... Damon Albarn is God's Gift to music.
     
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    Gorillaz & Demon Days used to be my s--- a few years ago
     
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  7. Winter
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    Winter Super Comfy

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    One of my favourite bands OAT. Glad they decided to get back together and work on some new music
     
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  8. FreeAgent
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    I loved Gorillaz. Definitely a GOAT group. Really happy a new album is on the cards for 2016.
     
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    Partyboy I'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EYES

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    No love for Plastic Beach? :50:
     
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    never got into it
     
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  11. Partyboy
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    Partyboy I'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EYES

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    You should revisit it sometime. It used to be my least favorite album of theirs, and it grew into one of my favorite albums of all time
     
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    Plastic Beach is a nice laid back album. Loved it form the moment I pressed play.
     
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    Partyboy I'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EYES

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    What's your favorite track from it?
     
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    Haven't listened to the album let alone Gorillaz in a long time, but I love Stylo and Superfast Jellyfish.
     
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    Partyboy I'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EYES

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    Both great songs. Mine would probably be On Melancholy Hill or Sweepstakes. Mos Def's flow on Sweepstakes is too dope
     
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  16. AvB
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    Never listened to an album from them, just remember songs like Clint Eastwood and feels good inc when they came out

    There down on my to listen to list :emoji_thumbsup:
     
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    I got a few shows to catch up tonight, but this thread has me in a Gorillaz mood for sometime this week. Probably marathon all 3 albums back to back.
     
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    Amazing band. Demon Days was the first album I ever bought
     
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    OP put in some f---ing work :clap:@partyboy49
     
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    Partyboy I'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EYES

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    s--- I appreciate that bruh. I just wanna contribute to the site and help it grow. Whenever I first checked it out I was looking for threads that interest me and I figure if I can make one that interests a new user and makes them feel at home, maybe they're more likely to sign up :jordan:
     
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