personally i always thought that the monkey had to be a volcano, inactive one. My interpretation was always that in mining the gems of the caves, they destabilized the monkey (you can see smoke coming from it in a few parts of the video) and caused it to become active again.
this afternoon i listened to this and because i'm not english i decided to check the lyrics and i don't know why but the end scared me to death so i didn't wanna listen to this anymore, but your videos are so interesting that i learn more about this song!
i interpreted the song to be about the invasion of Africa and the start of the revolution. Most of the gorillas songs have an eerie note of impending doom, so to me it seems like it’s about the way that people have turned against other people and will eventually cause the world to end.
I always took this song more about colonization and how we disrupt whole societies by forcing them to live a different way and stealing their resources.
oil doesn't come from mountains, lithium does. Also, dude; I hope you have learned to speak more slowly and intelligibly in the last couple years. You're obviously into it...good job, but I don't think you got it here.
Tragic but described beautifully and made really well. Real eye opener.
personally i always thought that the monkey had to be a volcano, inactive one. My interpretation was always that in mining the gems of the caves, they destabilized the monkey (you can see smoke coming from it in a few parts of the video) and caused it to become active again.
It's about oil mining but this is a good analysis.
this afternoon i listened to this and because i'm not english i decided to check the lyrics and i don't know why but the end scared me to death so i didn't wanna listen to this anymore, but your videos are so interesting that i learn more about this song!
I JUST LISTENED TO DON'T GET LOST IN HEAVEN AND ONE LINE IS " And fire coming out of a monkeys head' OMG THEY REFERENCED IT
This album came out when I was 15. It was the most impactful album in my life.
I really feel this speaks to this era.
If they want to perform the song live, I feel like Robert valley would be a great replacement for Denise hopper, I mean they sound so alike
I mean... Giorgio Moroder is also right there... Talk about a legendary stand-in...
i interpreted the song to be about the invasion of Africa and the start of the revolution. Most of the gorillas songs have an eerie note of impending doom, so to me it seems like it’s about the way that people have turned against other people and will eventually cause the world to end.
This one always stuck to me, it was so differnet and poignant
I remember when the Album came out. This song really intrigued me. It wasn't usual Gorillaz's song.
One's Of My Favorites!
Fr this song was my childhood
It was mine as well literally i was born when this album came out. But I didn’t know about Gorillaz back then
@@insideptsmind less goo my fellow 18 year old
There's also a lot of "alchemical kaballah" style mysticism in this song
The strange folk made it to the top of the holy mountain and used what the learned to destroy anything beautiful
Really tragic honestly
Sweet
I always took this song more about colonization and how we disrupt whole societies by forcing them to live a different way and stealing their resources.
It’s just..people don’t mine for oil, they drill for it. Songs about capitalist greed and warmongering for resources but not specifically oil.
This song is about something much bigger than the war in Iraq. Good interpretation though.
oil doesn't come from mountains, lithium does. Also, dude; I hope you have learned to speak more slowly and intelligibly in the last couple years. You're obviously into it...good job, but I don't think you got it here.
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