Damon Albarn - Mr Tembo (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2014
- Damon Albarn - Mr Tembo (Official Video)
Shazam Mr Tembo now to watch the exclusive behind-the-scenes from the official video shoot.
Everyday Robots: New solo album from Damon Albarn is out now: smarturl.it/itERalbum
Video directed by Giorgio Testi (www.pulsefilms.com)
The video is available to watch in Germany at www.tape.tv/damon-albarn/video...
The track was inspired by an orphaned baby elephant who Damon met in Tanzania, and features the Pentecostal City Mission Church Choir from Leytonstone, London.
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Mr Albarn is a national treasure.
+Colaris oh, my friend, now you understand my life. All Damon, since I was 3.
international**
YASSS
It would be better if he was international
Lucky brits
This song is supposed to be about a baby elephant Damon met in a zoo in Mkomazi, Tanzania after/or before it was adopted. He said the elephant was sweet. He nicknamed it Mr. Tembo. Tembo means "Elephant" in Swahili. Enjoy the song!
Stephen Jurado Damon was at a camp in Tanzania owned by friends. While he was there, an orphaned baby elephant wandered in. He wrote this song for him. The injili part means gospel, because many of the people who lived there were very catholic and watched a lot of gospel television.
Stephen Jurado aww
Knowing that makes this song so much better than it already was
This is so adorable
This is on my running playlist, because I look like a baby elephant when I run. Jk, it’s a great song. ❤️
Damon Albarn is suspiciously good at keeping songs in people's heads.
He will go down in history.
Gene McBeats yeah and it hurts
Shitty annoying song usually get stuck in my head
Yeah idk, it's been 9 years and this is the first song of his that I've encountered
@@jasiumaternot listened to any gorillaz? Blur?
I think I've found the purest song on earth o.o
The shame is that Everyday Robots in general and Mr Tembo particularly aren't going to get the fame they deserve.
I'm glad I heard it. Who cares. Just dj the song yourself. Real music lovers will hear in due time.
I had been so used to hearing the popular, in-your-face music that I almost didn't give this album a second listen when I bought it. I'm glad I did (and then again...and again...and again =D). I really don't think fame is either necessary or the point. It will reach who it reaches.
Lea Stretch u r sooo on the point! :)
Glad to know i'm not the only one who thinks that.
Its okay! just enjoy it :)
DAMON YOU'RE THE REASON WHY I EXIST
dad
fr
So deep
It's your dad?
Damon is a God
this song makes me so happy
thats what supposed to happen, who tf will get sad hearing this song?
@@bowgart5567 Mr. Tembo just died so I'm sad now
@@saltman9587 oh shit me too
Rest In Peace Mr. Tembo, you'll always be in our hearts❤️ 🐘
the elephant died?!
cool people:
1. damon albarn
not cool people
2. people that are not damon albarn
Ahahahaha so true :)
Hey my mum and their choir are who you are talking about. Why do you you have to be so rude.
Damon is cool, but the other people are cool too !
How would it work for 2-D? its Damon, but its not?
+Luigi Ouch. I kinda resent that.
If only Mr. Tembo was still alive. Rest in peace, and may you forever be happy.
Rest in peace Mr Tembo, at least we will have this song and his sweet nature to remember the little guy.
This is one of my favorite songs, I listen to it whenever I'm sad and I cheer right up. It's just such a bright song.
Does the suffering and hardship of mr. Tembo also bring you joy?
Same things, sad, happy, or whatever I listen it, and helps a lot
it is!! and I can't explain how amaizing it feels to play it in guitar while being high 🤣
Lyrics
Injili, Injili
Can I sing with you
'Bout Mr. Tembo and what he's got to do
But first I'm going back
To the Colworth road
To find the mission
And help him with his luck
Mr. Tembo is on his way up the hill
With only this song to tell you how he feels
But to get there he will need a helping hand
It's where he is now but it wasn't what he planned
Injili, Injili
We will sing with you
Just like the T.V
In Mr. Tembo's room
Off the emphatic night
He checked in on his own
At Mkombozi Inn and
Made it his home
Mr. Tembo is on his way up the hill
With only this song to tell you how he feels
But to get there he will need a helping hand
It's where he is now but it wasn't what he planned
It's where he is now but it wasn't what he planned
Injili, Injili
We will sing to you
'Bout Mr. Tembo
And what he's going through
Gets up early
While you are still in bed
Mr. Tembo, green blanket by his head
Mr. Tembo is on his way up the hill
With only this song to tell you how he feels
But to get there he will need a helping hand
It's where he is now but it wasn't what he planned
It's where he is now but it wasn't what he planned
Hey, you keep those lions off the front of the boat!
Good god, man! Have you some cotton in your ears?!
I'm trying to run this expedition in a decent manner!
The 264 is gulf, bungalow, styles, canals, cows, haybells
Telegraph wires, pylon power
Farmhouse over chimneys still used
Stone, satellites, football, pictures, favorite flags, and lots of dogs
Neon cross on top of a block of slates on a church, not as usual
Mr. Tembo is on his way up the hill
With only this song to tell you how he feels
But to get there he will need a helping hand
It's where he is now but it wasn't what he planned
It's where he is now but it wasn't what he planned
Thx
The lyrics on genius.com are much more accurate
The "?" is Colworth Road, it even says it in the video!
Cool People
1. Damon Albarn
2. 2-d
Wrong you mean
1. Damon
2. D
Adam Monaghan 2d before damon 😋
@@DRTY30 Ey, nah. In *Busted And Blue,* 2D tries to explain that he doesn't exist, he's just an image. He is the visualization of Damon Albarn's mind.
Adam Monaghan Ill tell him! ☺
RIP Jamie
1:01 this shot of Damon I love so much. His smile looks so happy
and his eyes. Dreamy!
rest in peace mr tembo :,( ❤️
Damon is the reason I haven't given up in music
Pop Music: Trite love song
Pop Rap: Trite bragging
Pop Indie: Trite vulnerability
Damon: This little elephant's a sweetheart, look at him go!
This is one of my fav songs from the album, the video is great and Mr Tembo is so cute. I love seeing Damon looking so happy these days cause he looked so sad for a while glad to see him back I just love that man he's amazing.
can't watch it without crying
RIP mr Tembo, all elephants go to heaven 💔
And as always, Damon creates a song with a unique feeling. The clean sound meets his sound in a way only Damon could ever have dreamt of, keep up the good work!
Listening to this song always cheers me up, but watching the music video put a great big smile on my face!
It cheers me up too you can't help but smile listening to it, and I love seeing Damon looking so happy its been a long time since I've seen him look that happy cause he looked so sad for a while his eyes just say it all :)
Laura-Rose McMeekin
Haha, yeah, I agree. He sounded so happy singing it, then being able to watch the video and _see_ him looking happy as well...definitely makes my day a lot cheerier.
nice avatar
anyway how do you make italic text on youtube? [i]test[/i]
notputtinmy nameonit
Thanks!
I seem to have trouble making it work when posting a comment, but when replying, putting _ before and after a word (like __this__) always works.
_this_
Damon is UNIVERSAL TREASURE. 🌟
one of the most talented artists
♥ Damon is the sweetest soul, and Mr Tembo
R.I.P Mr Tembo
You're amazing Damon
When this song came out, and I heard it on the radio, in the "Injili, Injili" part, not only me, but apparently everyone that heard the song here thought it said "In Chile, In Chile" (I'm from Chile xD). So most of us liked to sing the song like that. When Damon came, he was interviewed in Rock & Pop radio before the show, and the interviewer told him about everyone thinking the song said "In Chile". Damon thought it was funny and then in the concert he sang the song like that ❤️
❤
So cute! Rest in peace Mr. Tembo :'((
THIS SONG IS TOO FUCKING HAPPY! FOR FUCK SAKE!
thats a good thig because im depreased
Are you sad because you can't spell depressed?
It's so at odds with the rest of the album haha
Damon and Jamie look like cool dads and i love it sm.
squinting renaissance photo omg how did I miss Jamie? where is he?
Best song of the album. You can take a breathe of fresh air with these sounds. Great work here Damon, can't wait to see him live this Summer, it's like a Dream.
I‘m waiting for Blur too~
Aw, The Selfish Giant is sooooo beautiful though
At first it was my least favourite...but it's grown on me :) I love Lonely Press Play.
I don't hate it.
I just think it's strange seeing something NOT soul-crushingly depressing from him.
new Gorillaz album coming out this April
i’m in love with damon
Damon Albarn. I do not know what i would do without your music. Thank you. You influence me to write.
At last a video featuring the band :) love it
Damon you are amazing!
I always cry at Damon albarn’s music because it makes me thing of ........
Stuff okay STUFF
I always cry listening to his music because it sucks.
@@djg3996 you are disrespecting the leadsinger of GORILLAZ
@@djg3996 what? The memories or your taste in music?
Rip Mr tembo
Damons music never fails to put a smile on my face
Best video EVER. I love you guys, please come to Argentina PLEASE
van a venir a argentina en octubre :D yo ya compre las entradas la semana pasada
re tarde llego (?) pero si, los fui a ver. El mejor recital del año
Agustina CM para mi tambien,segun el hijo de mi profesora (que fue a muchos conciertos),le parece malo que halla sido el primer concierto al que fui,porque segun el,fue el mejor concierto y si voy a otro me van a parecer aburridos :)
Jajajajajaj, fuiste una fecha o dos? Yo soy muy fanática de Damon, fui a otros recitales antes que me parecieron muy buenos pero damon supera todas mis expectativas
Agustina CM yo solo fui al del 7 de octubre,despues me entere que habia mejores acientos para el 6 de octubre y me quize matar,pero igual tuve un buen lugar (fila 23,del medio) :3
Nice song. Nice singer. Nice album.
This is such an adorable and pure song about an elephant omg
Damon is so precious :3
I love Damon so much
R.I.P. Mr Tembo
Nearly 7-years later and this still give me the warm fuzzys. Thank you, Mr. Albarn for this song.
I can always count on this song to cheer me up whenever I'm feeling down :)
Everything this guy does, is pure genius!!!
Thanks for sharing this personal glimpse. So adorable!
Beautiful!
Rest in peace u little...❤️🐘
We know u are in a better place now😞 Damon is going to miss u.
Damon is a GENIUS
amazing. damon you're the king!
*CUTENESS FLIPPIN OVERLOAD!!* Loved every bit of this Video !! Still one of my top favorites in the album !
Man, this is awesome....Awesome work... Thanks for that.
Just wonderful!
Damon Albarn is the savior of music!
bloody hell of a great musician
I never want this song to end. Damon is a Musical God!!!
Thank you Mr Albarn. Remember the times I needed melancholia and listened to "13" all of the day.. Now I need this kind of songs !
from minute 0:00 you can appreciate the beauty of damon.
Ten years since I got to know your songs 🩷🩷🩷 Thank you so much Damon Albarn, this album is amazing... I can't believe ten years passed 🩷
Such a lovely song
Awesome!
This video is so wholesome omfg I love it sm
Love this track. The choir are great!
Damon Albarn always had the knack of the great songwriters from Tin Pan Alley, Lennon/McCartney onwards to come up with simple,catchy tunes that you start whistling upong hearing. A rare gift indeed. Fantastic song!
Love it!
Damon... I love you. I even love your hobo gold tooth...🦷
I love this song!
This is so satisfying to listen to!
What a cute song...I love it. ♥︎
Adore everything Damon touches
oh my god i dont think anything is supposed to be this pure
god, this song's so awesome and happy.
¡¡Hermoso!! ✨💫💛
My favorite track from the album.
Wonderful video. Wonderful song. Damon Albarn does it again.
THE BEST DAMON ALBARN
RIP our cute Mr Tembo
His voice is so pleasant
I love it. Straightforward, with heart.
Magical song...
Damon is a gift to this world
RIP in Peace Mr Tembo
best song ever. best happy tune!
This just gives me a good feeling
love it and love u!
Q lindo despertar y ver este video! Me encantó! Damon sos grosso!! Saludos desde Argentina!!
Aguante argentina :P
This song sounds so happy
I met Mr. Tembo when he was less than a year old. It was love at first sight and this video just makes me so happy!
Love this song
Top 5 Damon Albarn songs:
5-Song 2
4-Tender
3-Mr Tembo
2-Clint Eastwood
1-The universal
No son mejores que las que ya he dicho a mi parecer
i love clint Eastwood
Coffee and TV, On Melancholy Hill
Song 2 was meant as a joke so he probably doesn't want it as his best song, something like country house or parklife would be better.
+Vulture but its his famous song.
Loved it! Cheered me right up. Now I feel like jumping around my room to the beat
Such a happy song! Reminds me of having a great day
love it
he's done it again :) i love this so much
Damon, you're the best!
Great!
Damon is my hero!!!
Love this song!