@@partysongs4urfuneral depending on the size of volcano and type of eruption, they really might not have had any time, especially if they were that close to it. mt st helens killed dozens of people and some of them thought they weren't too close when it went off.
"Oh a little town in the USA The time has come to see There's nothing you believe you are But where were you when it all came down on me? Did you call me? no"
My favorite part of this song is Dennis Hopper's storytelling. To this day I still have chills up my spine, as I did when I was a ten year old girl (I was ten when Demon Days was dropped in 2005).
@user-mu6kj8rn8c Yes, holy shit. I write lyrics myself and I just wish I could write like this. The story is so beautifully written, poetic but you can still understand the meaning of it
when I was a kid this had a very heavy presence when I listened to it, more especially because I had no visuals to go with it since I first hear it on my older sister's I pod. But the narration was powerful because I could still imagine the imagery. And I felt chilling just as those happy monkeys by the end. And at that time it became the most powerful creation of a dark and illuminating story. and it rang through out my head that night and every time I remembered it.
I was super scared of this song as a kid, but I couldn't stop listening to it. Something about the instruments and the story telling aspect fascinated me. Bc I didn't grow up speaking English though, I couldn't understand the song until later. My motivation to learn English originally came from songs like these bc I wanted to decipher their meaning.
I always assumed the strange folk were tactical military people stealing land from natives for resources but the tribal god hated that and killed them all
i always thought it showed the greed of capitalism, and how they only wanted to make money off of the gems, but now that we know there's a mountain in vietnam that saw some action, and the way they happy people are dressed, it does make more sense
Ben Staunton the creator of Gorillaz has stated that this song is about mining/fracking oil. Basically, he said "There will be lots of holes left after all the oils gone. But those holes can't stay empty forever"
When I was a child, I would call this song "The Story Song" because I had no idea what it was called, and on the case I recognized it as the one with the much longer name than all the others, or as track 13 (maybe not 13 but I'm pretty sure)
omg totally, it made the song seem like a proper mythical storybook or old tale. you can tell how much thought must have gone into each line, it's why its one of my fav gorillaz songs!!
A bunch of people here say the song is about the strange folk being businessmen corrupting the town. I believe that's a part of it but I also believe that it's about the people of the town being to happy and never experiencing a negative thing which blinds them to the corruption of the strange folk.
it's about cultural imperialism, about the USA raping this world's culture, land, people, traditions, history. and how after all that greed they are causing the world to crumble and die. Yeah, The USA delivered violence all over the world, from the middle east to Asia to Africa to all of America. violence, violence. and that violence is gonna blow back right into the USA's face. they will be the last standing of course. but the USA caused the world to be like this. we could be happy. but some people want empires and violence and to put a bullet in everything decent. that's what the song is about :3
I personally saw the Strange Folk as businessmen-like creatures, with black suits and white shirts, black tinted glasses, but without mouths. I may be seeing this as corruption or greed of big businesses, but hey, this rendition is pretty damn cool too!
When I pictured this song, I saw soldiers with tactical gear and sunglasses, hidden from the peaceful villagers in a Valentine's of shadow, and when I heard the villager's nightmare scene, I thought these peaceful people were in an afterlife bound to the mountain. For me, It was about the greed of the wealthy and the loss of innocence...
It wasn’t just the strange ones at fault here, there were some faults in the happy people too. The Happy people were so isolated from the world they were ignorant enough to not noticed what the strange ones were doing, and when fear came they let it prevent them from actually going into the 🏔 mountain to see what was really going on. They didn’t listen to their get/the sense of dread that was telling them what was happening to their mountain ⛰. The lesson out of this: if isolation is left long enough the disaster will catch up to them. (That’s how I see it.)
Can anyone take into consideration the fact that Dennis Hopper is doing a special made monologue written by the mastermind of The Gorillaz, like a) mastermind must be of the highest grade b) dennis hopper is amazing and loved the story enough to agree and c) it came out friggen beautiful. Uh no one else could pull this off.
Lyrics Once upon a time at the foot of a great mountain There was a town where the people known as Happyfolk lived Their very existence a mystery to the rest of the world Obscured as it was by great clouds Here they played out their peaceful lives Innocent of the litany of excess and violence That was growing in the world below To live in harmony with The spirit of the mountain called Monkey was enough Then one day Strangefolk arrived in the town They came in camouflaged Hidden behind dark glasses and no one noticed them They only saw shadows You see without the truth of the eyes The Happyfolk were blind Falling out of aeroplanes and hiding out in holes Waiting for the sunset to come people going home Jump out from behind them and shoot them in the head Now everybody dancing The dance of the dead The dance of the dead The dance of the dead In time Strangefolk found their way Into the higher reaches of the mountain And it was there that they found the caves Of unimaginable sincerity and beauty By chance they stumbled upon The place where all good souls come to rest The Strangefolk they coveted The jewels in these caves above all things And soon they began to mine the mountain It's rich seam fueling the chaos of their own world Meanwhile down in the town The Happyfolk slept restlessly their dreams Invaded by shadowy figures Digging away at their souls Every day people would wake and stare at the mountain Why was it bringing darkness into their lives? And as the Strangefolk mined deeper and deeper into the mountain Holes began to appear Bringing with them a cold and bitter wind That chilled the very soul of the Monkey For the first time the Happyfolk felt fearful for They knew that soon the Monkey would stir from it's deep sleep Then there came a sound Distant first it grew into castrophany So immense that it could be heard far away in space There were no screams there was no time The mountain called Monkey had spoken There was only fire And then nothing Oh a little town in the USA The time has come to see There's nothing you believe you are But where were you when it all came down on me? Did you call me? no
Personal idea about this song that i havnt seen anyone mention, but as strange as it may be i actually think this could be about the towns used as targets in the nevada desert during the atomic bomb trials. The fact that "there was no screams" and the interference of people in camos make me think it was there. At the start it states that they were "obscured by clouds" which i think could represent nuclear fallout
For those wondering: this song is about colonialism in general, but, its calling attention to massacres that happened in the name of pilgrimage throughout history. The one that comes to mind for me (and why this song makes me cry) is what the british did to native americans. They came, they saw, they erased native culture and lives for profit and STILL do. We are too apathetic to what capitalism has done to our planet and souls. It needs to end.
Ух какой злой капитализм, распространял цивилизацию в глухие места. Британцев на территории нынешних Штатов не осталось в виде колониалистов, остались только потомки мигрантов. Штаты уже давным-давно являются независимым государством. И сейчас никто не мешает жить коренным американцам. Ну вот ты и клади конец капитализму - отказывайся от всех его благ и инноваций. Отправляйся жить в глушь и живи как отшельник в лесу, начинай всю жизнь с нуля.
demon days was the first album i ever owned. i still remember waking up on my 12th birthday, rushing to my parents room and opening my brand new red CD player and this album. i listened to it three times before i had to go to school, and this was my favourite song. it still is my favourite gorillaz song. this shit blew my tiny 12 year old mind and im so glad for it.
So I got a scratched up CD of Demon Days from one of my friends and although this song Never Fully played because of how scratched up it was my grandpa's still ended up loving the song and he would always call it the dance of the Dead song, and I guess right now I'm playing it in memory of him
One of my favourite songs from The Gorillaz. I love the story that goes along with the music. Also helped that this came on my first album I bought ever when it first came out too. And it was my first Gorillaz album too.
i harmonized to this song while having a breakdown lol idk something about that "oh little town in the USA" is so comforting to me thank you Damon thank u Jaime and everyone else who helped them create the wonderful world of gorillaz
As a kid I had a childrens book. It told the story of a colony of mice who lived on an island. One day a mouse finds a stone glittering gold (in the book all the golden stones were made out of plastic gold foil). He takes it out to the other mice and shows them where he found the stone and soon a goldrush begins. Now you could choose between two stories: One in which the mice start ravaging the mountain of their island, taking out more and bigger stones until their caves are full of gold stones and the mountain holier than a swiss cheese. Or the the other story, in which the mouse who found the first stone slows the other mice and reminds them that they should give back to the mountain. He uses a sharp stone to carve a sun into a stone the size of the gold he took out of the mountain and brings it back to the place he took the gold from. The others follow his lead and they decide, that everyone should have some gold, but to always give back to the mountain. In both stories a storm begins and while in the second story all the mice are sheltered in their caves with their golden stones, giving them light in the dark, in the first ending the storm breaks down the mountain, which collapses ontop of the mice. They are now exposed to the elements and all their gold is not helping them. The mouse who found the first stone quitely begins to carve a sun into a stone, while trying to take cover under some boulders left from their mountain. I always have to think about this story when I listen to this song, which is probably my favourite Gorillaz song (maybe Desole or El Manana are also my favourites).
I remember when I heard this the first time. I thought this was a really sad story. I wasn’t used to stories that didn’t have a happy ending. And I couldn’t fathom the story ending this way.
God, I could listen to this song for days. The person reading the story has an amazing voice, not to mention the beat and actual music part, could be a part of a separate song all together its so good.
I created an entire DnD species of monkey after this song. Their ancestors being happy and incline with nature. The strange folk were greedy adventurers who triggered an ancient sleeping entity, wiping out this ancient species. Now only a few of them exist.
As a kid, I thought of this "place" as heaven, and happy folk being angels, strange folk being devils. God was the mountain, and mining it is like, well I can't think of anything. But the fire was a plague. But yeah, this is underrated.
The ending gives me a chilling feeling but at the same time it's like a melancholic feeling and it makes you think, it's not a bit complicated to explain
I’d like to see an animated short one day that is just this story Just the visualization of the final words would be a hell of a thing to see “There were no screams, there was no time. The mountain called monkey had spoken. There was only fire. and then, nothing”
For me this song is a life lesson on what greed actually does. It only brings unhappiness and hurt and slaughter. The Mountain named Monkey is a metaphor for our life
I love reading peoples thoughts on this song. I think they're all right. every time I listen to this song each factor symbolizes something different. the happy folk are always a different type of people, the monkey always symbolizes something new. the stand folks intensions are always led by new fixation. but the story remains the same. CHILLING. when I was young my dad told me to pay attention to this song for it was his favorite of the gorillas and I think to this day its my favorite song ever. really good story telling and emotion put into it.
I think I first listened to this when I was around 8 or 10 and only saw the story about some nice people and some creepy monsters who erupted a volcano. But now, Jesus Christ this is dark.
We watched this at my school a year ago or two ago. It was about who's side would be like if the happy folk deserved their island, or if the other side should have taken the mountain. It was really cool hearing this
What this song means to me is that no one in this world can make a decision that doesn't affect someone else for good or bad. People say "It's my life! It's my decision! I can do as I please!" Yes, you'd be right on all three counts. Live you're life how you please but don't dismiss or be ignorant of the fact that others will be affected by the decisions we make. If you choose not to care, also your choice but don't pretend that no one will be affected by it.
it sounds like they lived near a dormant volcano, then when people began to mine at the thing, someone must have hit a gas or lava pocket or something and caused it to go active once more.
Jeez such a good song, good to go back and give these songs a listen. I hope to see this featured in or at least referenced to in the gorillaz animated series (if its ever done)
Los nativos veian como deidad a su montoña, cuando fue invadida por la gente extraña y hecha mella a favor de los recursos minerales en ella, la deidad estalló contra los extraños que nada hicieron por respetar aquella cultura. Una exquisita critica a la colonización.
Wait. Pokemon Gen 3 came out around 2004-2005. Thats the Pokedex that included Sableye. Sableye is a pokemon known for being in caves. The strange folk look like Sableyes. damon do you play pokemon
I used to think that this song was meant to represent war, the happy folk are innocent civilians, the strange folk were soldiers or the enemy country, midway through the track the civilians realised what was going and and “the monkey” is a nuclear bomb (Hiroshima, Pearl Harbour, ect)
I always pictured the strange folk mining three holes that made the shape of a face, and when the volcano erupted, it looked like fire coming out of the mountain (Monkey’s) hear
Meanwhile, down in the town, the happy folk slept restlessly, their dreams invaded by shadowy figures digging away at their souls...such badass imagery
"There were no screams. There was no time. The mountain called 'monkey' had spoken. There was only fire. And then... nothing"
Eternal Anims Its kind of remind me of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ,i mean, people doesnt even get time for scream...
it was a volcano, some people might have been able to scream at least for a second
@@partysongs4urfuneral depending on the size of volcano and type of eruption, they really might not have had any time, especially if they were that close to it. mt st helens killed dozens of people and some of them thought they weren't too close when it went off.
Isn't that an adventure time quote
"Oh a little town in the USA
The time has come to see
There's nothing you believe you are
But where were you when it all came down on me?
Did you call me? no"
I just love every detail to this song, the wind sound, the guitar, the choir, the synth, the echo on "space" and just the feeling overall
My favorite part of this song is Dennis Hopper's storytelling. To this day I still have chills up my spine, as I did when I was a ten year old girl (I was ten when Demon Days was dropped in 2005).
@user-mu6kj8rn8c Yes, holy shit. I write lyrics myself and I just wish I could write like this. The story is so beautifully written, poetic but you can still understand the meaning of it
when I was a kid this had a very heavy presence when I listened to it, more especially because I had no visuals to go with it since I first hear it on my older sister's I pod. But the narration was powerful because I could still imagine the imagery.
And I felt chilling just as those happy monkeys by the end. And at that time it became the most powerful creation of a dark and illuminating story. and it rang through out my head that night and every time I remembered it.
Apple Crave Dennis Hopper bro. He's mystic as hell man
I was super scared of this song as a kid, but I couldn't stop listening to it. Something about the instruments and the story telling aspect fascinated me. Bc I didn't grow up speaking English though, I couldn't understand the song until later. My motivation to learn English originally came from songs like these bc I wanted to decipher their meaning.
I skiped it every time I put gorrilaz on shuffle, but now I like it, definitely not my fav, but its good
It upset me when I was like 7 I like it now
Me too. This was described perfectly lol
I always assumed the strange folk were tactical military people stealing land from natives for resources but the tribal god hated that and killed them all
or fracking or something caused the volcano to erupt
no mining not fracking, but yes fracking i also a way of greedily destroying stuff.
i always thought it showed the greed of capitalism, and how they only wanted to make money off of the gems, but now that we know there's a mountain in vietnam that saw some action, and the way they happy people are dressed, it does make more sense
Ben Staunton the creator of Gorillaz has stated that this song is about mining/fracking oil. Basically, he said "There will be lots of holes left after all the oils gone. But those holes can't stay empty forever"
america gets to choose the fate of the WORLD? damn, we're fucked
When I was a child, I would call this song "The Story Song" because I had no idea what it was called, and on the case I recognized it as the one with the much longer name than all the others, or as track 13 (maybe not 13 but I'm pretty sure)
Y'all make me feel old when y'all say as a kid or child. I was 15 when demondayz was out. I'm assuming y'all were younger.
@Cameron Mead live up to the number. Very unlucky events
super underrated song. damn good too
Fully agree
Tho this song isnt that underrated...
No this is a music video I like how it's like a story book
I thought that 'fire coming out of a monkeys head' was just that line from Don't get lost in heaven, had no clue this existed! Time to binge.
agreed
I cant decide if i'd rather have a music video of this or Rhinestone eyes
Definitely Rhinestone Eyes.
SaberWulf Gaming I'd rather have an introduction to the Cloud Pirates.
SaberWulf Gaming Both
Rhinestone eyes. This song is great, but it feels like it's meant to stay like this. Rhinestone eyes looks unfinished.
Rhinestone Eyes has a story that applies to the Gorillaz lore and Noodle's disappearance.
0:29 this line was delivered so well and is easily one of the most iconic lines in the song
omg totally, it made the song seem like a proper mythical storybook or old tale. you can tell how much thought must have gone into each line, it's why its one of my fav gorillaz songs!!
A bunch of people here say the song is about the strange folk being businessmen corrupting the town. I believe that's a part of it but I also believe that it's about the people of the town being to happy and never experiencing a negative thing which blinds them to the corruption of the strange folk.
I think the message is "Think about negative things, before it's too late".
I think it also may be referring to the time when european colonizers arrived in the New World.
it's about cultural imperialism, about the USA raping this world's culture, land, people, traditions, history. and how after all that greed they are causing the world to crumble and die. Yeah, The USA delivered violence all over the world, from the middle east to Asia to Africa to all of America. violence, violence. and that violence is gonna blow back right into the USA's face. they will be the last standing of course. but the USA caused the world to be like this. we could be happy. but some people want empires and violence and to put a bullet in everything decent. that's what the song is about :3
And that why they are the strange folk
Das Juden probs
I personally saw the Strange Folk as businessmen-like creatures, with black suits and white shirts, black tinted glasses, but without mouths. I may be seeing this as corruption or greed of big businesses, but hey, this rendition is pretty damn cool too!
It's about oil mining in the Middle East.
crash979797 Well damn, that's probably why xD
That's EXACTLY what I imagined them as!
Bruce Custodio Not even close...
I imagined army men, with the happy folk being normal people living in poorer countries with access to rare minerals, not knowing the value
When I pictured this song, I saw soldiers with tactical gear and sunglasses, hidden from the peaceful villagers in a Valentine's of shadow, and when I heard the villager's nightmare scene, I thought these peaceful people were in an afterlife bound to the mountain. For me, It was about the greed of the wealthy and the loss of innocence...
Same
RIP Dennis Hopper. Love to her your voice... love this. These times are sadly perfect for this song!
after listening to this track for years
I get it.
It's about oil mining in the Middle East.
I wasn't allowedto listen to it til now I see why, so that I can understand it
Really? Even before oil mining I'm pretty sure the Middle East was not ignorant to violence or excess, or the outside world.
It wasn’t just the strange ones at fault here, there were some faults in the happy people too. The Happy people were so isolated from the world they were ignorant enough to not noticed what the strange ones were doing, and when fear came they let it prevent them from actually going into the 🏔 mountain to see what was really going on. They didn’t listen to their get/the sense of dread that was telling them what was happening to their mountain ⛰. The lesson out of this: if isolation is left long enough the disaster will catch up to them. (That’s how I see it.)
also volcano
Can anyone take into consideration the fact that Dennis Hopper is doing a special made monologue written by the mastermind of The Gorillaz, like a) mastermind must be of the highest grade b) dennis hopper is amazing and loved the story enough to agree and c) it came out friggen beautiful.
Uh no one else could pull this off.
sends chills down my spine every time I listen
Same
Lyrics
Once upon a time at the foot of a great mountain
There was a town where the people known as Happyfolk lived
Their very existence a mystery to the rest of the world
Obscured as it was by great clouds
Here they played out their peaceful lives
Innocent of the litany of excess and violence
That was growing in the world below
To live in harmony with
The spirit of the mountain called Monkey was enough
Then one day Strangefolk arrived in the town
They came in camouflaged
Hidden behind dark glasses and no one noticed them
They only saw shadows
You see without the truth of the eyes
The Happyfolk were blind
Falling out of aeroplanes and hiding out in holes
Waiting for the sunset to come people going home
Jump out from behind them and shoot them in the head
Now everybody dancing
The dance of the dead
The dance of the dead
The dance of the dead
In time Strangefolk found their way
Into the higher reaches of the mountain
And it was there that they found the caves
Of unimaginable sincerity and beauty
By chance they stumbled upon
The place where all good souls come to rest
The Strangefolk they coveted
The jewels in these caves above all things
And soon they began to mine the mountain
It's rich seam fueling the chaos of their own world
Meanwhile down in the town
The Happyfolk slept restlessly their dreams Invaded by shadowy figures
Digging away at their souls
Every day people would wake and stare at the mountain
Why was it bringing darkness into their lives?
And as the Strangefolk mined deeper and deeper into the mountain
Holes began to appear
Bringing with them a cold and bitter wind
That chilled the very soul of the Monkey
For the first time the Happyfolk felt fearful for
They knew that soon the Monkey would stir from it's deep sleep
Then there came a sound
Distant first it grew into castrophany
So immense that it could be heard far away in space
There were no screams there was no time
The mountain called Monkey had spoken
There was only fire
And then nothing
Oh a little town in the USA
The time has come to see
There's nothing you believe you are
But where were you when it all came down on me?
Did you call me? no
*"Evil reigns when good men do nothing, but that doesn't mean there won't be wrath."*
Which is more evil. The evil of evil people or the indifference of good people who let it happen.
Murdoc is a nob - Dennis Hopper
He got him.
Matydom: Drop a live grenade when killed
I'll get'im for that
_"This is me cutting a onion"_-Murdoc
Oh look at singer 2D is in her AY FACE ACHE ASS - Murdoc Niccles
Personal idea about this song that i havnt seen anyone mention, but as strange as it may be i actually think this could be about the towns used as targets in the nevada desert during the atomic bomb trials. The fact that "there was no screams" and the interference of people in camos make me think it was there. At the start it states that they were "obscured by clouds" which i think could represent nuclear fallout
This song is unfortunately still very relevant today...
Even more so now
Always loved the song. Didn't have internet at that time, but finally today remembered to still watch it xD
I wish this song was more popular. It's an encaptivating story along with soothing vocals to accompany.
I searched “gorillaz colonialism volcano” to find this
nice
Currently helping a DM build a sidequest based upon this song
this is such an underrated song. it's one of my favorites. it also makes me sad for some reason.
For those wondering: this song is about colonialism in general, but, its calling attention to massacres that happened in the name of pilgrimage throughout history.
The one that comes to mind for me (and why this song makes me cry) is what the british did to native americans. They came, they saw, they erased native culture and lives for profit and STILL do.
We are too apathetic to what capitalism has done to our planet and souls. It needs to end.
or maybe imperialism needs to end instead
Ух какой злой капитализм, распространял цивилизацию в глухие места.
Британцев на территории нынешних Штатов не осталось в виде колониалистов, остались только потомки мигрантов. Штаты уже давным-давно являются независимым государством. И сейчас никто не мешает жить коренным американцам.
Ну вот ты и клади конец капитализму - отказывайся от всех его благ и инноваций. Отправляйся жить в глушь и живи как отшельник в лесу, начинай всю жизнь с нуля.
This song makes me emotional 😭
demon days was the first album i ever owned. i still remember waking up on my 12th birthday, rushing to my parents room and opening my brand new red CD player and this album. i listened to it three times before i had to go to school, and this was my favourite song. it still is my favourite gorillaz song. this shit blew my tiny 12 year old mind and im so glad for it.
why do they look like Sableyes and Woopers
It was originally written as an episode of Pokemon but was rejected because of the part where everyone died...
Holf fuck they do
@@Alex_Off-Beat wait fr?
@@thomasolson9467 No lmfao 🤣
LOL !!!@@Alex_Off-Beat
RIP Dennis Hopper
vector6977 wait WHOS DENNIS WHAT DID I MISS HERE????
Bittles The cookie aka Cait Cat Skull the narrator he died
So I got a scratched up CD of Demon Days from one of my friends and although this song Never Fully played because of how scratched up it was my grandpa's still ended up loving the song and he would always call it the dance of the Dead song, and I guess right now I'm playing it in memory of him
One of my favourite songs from The Gorillaz. I love the story that goes along with the music. Also helped that this came on my first album I bought ever when it first came out too. And it was my first Gorillaz album too.
i harmonized to this song while having a breakdown lol idk something about that "oh little town in the USA" is so comforting to me thank you Damon thank u Jaime and everyone else who helped them create the wonderful world of gorillaz
This song still gives me chills
As a kid I had a childrens book. It told the story of a colony of mice who lived on an island. One day a mouse finds a stone glittering gold (in the book all the golden stones were made out of plastic gold foil). He takes it out to the other mice and shows them where he found the stone and soon a goldrush begins. Now you could choose between two stories: One in which the mice start ravaging the mountain of their island, taking out more and bigger stones until their caves are full of gold stones and the mountain holier than a swiss cheese. Or the the other story, in which the mouse who found the first stone slows the other mice and reminds them that they should give back to the mountain. He uses a sharp stone to carve a sun into a stone the size of the gold he took out of the mountain and brings it back to the place he took the gold from. The others follow his lead and they decide, that everyone should have some gold, but to always give back to the mountain. In both stories a storm begins and while in the second story all the mice are sheltered in their caves with their golden stones, giving them light in the dark, in the first ending the storm breaks down the mountain, which collapses ontop of the mice. They are now exposed to the elements and all their gold is not helping them. The mouse who found the first stone quitely begins to carve a sun into a stone, while trying to take cover under some boulders left from their mountain.
I always have to think about this story when I listen to this song, which is probably my favourite Gorillaz song (maybe Desole or El Manana are also my favourites).
I remember when I heard this the first time. I thought this was a really sad story. I wasn’t used to stories that didn’t have a happy ending. And I couldn’t fathom the story ending this way.
God, I could listen to this song for days. The person reading the story has an amazing voice, not to mention the beat and actual music part, could be a part of a separate song all together its so good.
It's Dennis Hopper, an amazing actor.
define "person" xD
Is this like a fan animation or is it legit? Either way very impressive!!!
Sharlenn La ua-cam.com/video/BUWR3ahNOj4/v-deo.html
This is Jamie's work
it’s a live visual
😊 ll
while i have listened to gorillaz for a few years, i have only recently started to like this song.
funny haha me too
One of my all time faves, every now and then the last bit will pop into my head and I can't help but sing it.
I created an entire DnD species of monkey after this song.
Their ancestors being happy and incline with nature. The strange folk were greedy adventurers who triggered an ancient sleeping entity, wiping out this ancient species. Now only a few of them exist.
I can't stop listening to this. Underrated.
As a kid, I thought of this "place" as heaven, and happy folk being angels, strange folk being devils. God was the mountain, and mining it is like, well I can't think of anything. But the fire was a plague. But yeah, this is underrated.
A awesome story about greed is what I hear with some beautiful tunes making this an epic piece..
This was great live!
Dennis Hopper narration is perfect,
A multi layered song,growing into a castrophonie of beautiful musical bliss,
😍😍😍😍
I’ve been trying to find this song for years it still gives me chills
The ending gives me a chilling feeling but at the same time it's like a melancholic feeling and it makes you think, it's not a bit complicated to explain
Man I loved this as a child. Really nice to get some perfect animation with it!
I’d like to see an animated short one day that is just this story
Just the visualization of the final words would be a hell of a thing to see
“There were no screams, there was no time. The mountain called monkey had spoken. There was only fire. and then, nothing”
For me this song is a life lesson on what greed actually does. It only brings unhappiness and hurt and slaughter.
The Mountain named Monkey is a metaphor for our life
still listening on 2023
I love reading peoples thoughts on this song. I think they're all right. every time I listen to this song each factor symbolizes something different. the happy folk are always a different type of people, the monkey always symbolizes something new. the stand folks intensions are always led by new fixation. but the story remains the same. CHILLING. when I was young my dad told me to pay attention to this song for it was his favorite of the gorillas and I think to this day its my favorite song ever. really good story telling and emotion put into it.
I think I first listened to this when I was around 8 or 10 and only saw the story about some nice people and some creepy monsters who erupted a volcano. But now, Jesus Christ this is dark.
The tales of old show us a path, a path that has shown that no matter where you are there is always despair
“A monkey!” - Dennis Hopper, the Super Mario Bros. Movie (1993)
We watched this at my school a year ago or two ago. It was about who's side would be like if the happy folk deserved their island, or if the other side should have taken the mountain.
It was really cool hearing this
I originally thought that the people in camouflage were 2-D, Murdoc, Noodle, and Russel. This makes much more sense than what I thought.
My dad showed me this when i was like 6 or 7 and i found it again
What this song means to me is that no one in this world can make a decision that doesn't affect someone else for good or bad. People say "It's my life! It's my decision! I can do as I please!" Yes, you'd be right on all three counts. Live you're life how you please but don't dismiss or be ignorant of the fact that others will be affected by the decisions we make. If you choose not to care, also your choice but don't pretend that no one will be affected by it.
sableye.
Spicy 夜 Subaru lol i thought the same thing too
I found a Pokefan
Man, jamie's art style is the best
finally a video I needed
it sounds like they lived near a dormant volcano, then when people began to mine at the thing, someone must have hit a gas or lava pocket or something and caused it to go active once more.
No shit
by the sound of it, more like unstable Uranium.
It’s about oil
It’s a fucking cartoon song nicolla tesla
This song sounds very western, like an old story that your great grandpa used to tell you as a little kid
Jeez such a good song, good to go back and give these songs a listen. I hope to see this featured in or at least referenced to in the gorillaz animated series (if its ever done)
who els got a lorax type of vibe from this
J_hacker 8A me
Sorta
J_hacker 8A now I do.
h o w b a d c a n I p o s s i b l y b e ?
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Los nativos veian como deidad a su montoña, cuando fue invadida por la gente extraña y hecha mella a favor de los recursos minerales en ella, la deidad estalló contra los extraños que nada hicieron por respetar aquella cultura.
Una exquisita critica a la colonización.
This is a great metaphor for the different energies walking the Earth.
Wait. Pokemon Gen 3 came out around 2004-2005. Thats the Pokedex that included Sableye. Sableye is a pokemon known for being in caves. The strange folk look like Sableyes. damon do you play pokemon
Chicken Joystick yes , Jamie hawlet no damon albanr
Also the Happy Folk look like Woopers
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This song gives me Adventure Time vibes. Still underrated.
I used to think that this song was meant to represent war, the happy folk are innocent civilians, the strange folk were soldiers or the enemy country, midway through the track the civilians realised what was going and and “the monkey” is a nuclear bomb (Hiroshima, Pearl Harbour, ect)
all dislikes are Ice Coming Out Of A Monkey’s Head
Why only 3,600 Views?
thats how you know its good.
there only so many in this world intellectual enough to understand good art, and you lucky to be one of them :)
Nekogami-Crystal probably because it's a third party uploader
Ahmad Fakhri 259k
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaassss 😎
Ahh I've never heard this one! I love the vibe of it.
RedSwordfish how did you not listen to demon days. love that album to the moon.
Sick narrating + Fire beat
i have never been so intrigued by a song
The Strangefolk look like something straight out of Invader Zim
I THOUGHT SO TOO
Been listening to this song for over ten years and only yesterday found out it's acting legend Dennis Hopper doing the vocals
Damn this track is good. Can't believe it took a year to hear this.
That title goes hard as fuck. Sounds like something I'd imagine in a fever nightmare. I love it
Gotta say 0:47 is kinda somber but my favorite part
This is song tells about people not knowing what horrible things is happening around them and goverment lying to them.
I always pictured the strange folk mining three holes that made the shape of a face, and when the volcano erupted, it looked like fire coming out of the mountain (Monkey’s) hear
Meanwhile, down in the town, the happy folk slept restlessly, their dreams invaded by shadowy figures digging away at their souls...such badass imagery
wait
this is gorillaz
wwwwwhhhhhaaaaaaattttttttt
I had no idea they made this
I literally looked up "the dance of the dead"
how do you not recognize 2Ds voice
young man this was before I was introduced to the gorillaz
and I lied
I actually contemplated looking up dance of the dead until I forgot about it
I love 2D's voice. It sounds so sweet.
Honestly this song is best listened to while sleep deprived on a coach or plane journey lol.
It gets me every time
This is my favourite music PowerPoint presentation.
Dennis Hopper .. genius
I love that guitar at the end..
Never has life been musicly described so well 2❤ aka pocket full of change
I love 2D’s humming in this song
Reminds me of a picture book. Which makes sense because more than half of the song is just a story being told.
I love this song
straight banger
One of the only couple of good songs on this album, absolutely love it!
It has the weirdest and best bass line they’ve ever made
This song freaks me the fuck out