Another element is the strings which has a distinct keyboard sound throughout this piece, which is said add to the “old western” feel the title alludes too. Although, through out the verses small drum samples were later added by American producer, Dan the Automater, which gives the piece a deeper root in the hiphop world. A four bar introduction, that includes a two beat drum fill to set the initial pace, recorded on an drum machine, as opposed to recording a live set. The song structure goes as follows.Īnalysed using ProTools marker tool, this constructs the sequence of all choruses, verses, bridges and both the vocal outro and instrumental outro (taking up roughly a third of the tracks total run time).
#GORILLAZ CLINT EASTWOOD GENRE MOVIE#
Studying the original mix edit version, the only emission being the introduction which includes samples from an old Clint Eastwood (the actor, not the track title) movie and the animated character Murdoc laughing manically. But with this spaghetti western like vibe coming from the main synth, the cross genre elements in the composition become apparent when u compare this to the very dub/reggae inspired beat being put down by both the drums and piano. According to Albarn, this is due to the interpolated sample to the piece sounding like the theme to the movie “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”.
Called Clint Eastwood not after the actor, but rather his roles in old spaghetti westerns. In terms of the Clint Eastwood track, the featured artist is Del the Funky Homosapien, a California based rap artist, who raps all of the verses whereas Albarn is singing the chorus. You can find both rock and experimental house all within the same album, or like the case from tracks like their track “Empire Ants” which progressed from a standard ballad to a house like dance record, sometimes within the same song. To address to image issue, Albarn is quoted in his book “Rise of the Ogre” to saying “In a world where everything is a virtual copy of itself, Where theres nothing but image, Where publicists have publicists and where the celebrity is bleakly industrial, its inevitable that “image” begins to collapse on itself.” The basis of the band is to challenge the music industry, destroying concepts of image but also of genre as they do not stick to a uniformed genre or even band members. This isn’t the only instance of ambiguity to the audience, as the band isn’t confined by genre either. This was done by Jamie Hewlett, who is in charge of animation, designing four virtual band members he felt spread amongst what represented what was being seen in the music industry to that day. In direct response to the MTV age where image of an artist was of higher importance than ever before, this was to delete the actual musicians behind the music. With these normally being for comedic reasons (like Adult Swims Dethklok) the concept of the animated band, according to Albarn, is to ironically destroy the role image has on music. The concept behind this virtual band was not the same as many virtual bands of our era. The British virtual band called the Gorillaz was created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, release the single Clint Eastwood in 2001. No squealing, remember that it’s all in your head So I’ma stick around with Russ and be a mentorīust a few rhymes so motherfuckers rememberįeelings, sensations that you thought was dead You perceive with your mind that’s the inner Y’all can see me now, ‘cause you don’t see with your eye I see destruction and demise, corruption in disguiseįrom this fucking enterprise, now I’m sucked into your liesīut the percussion he provides with me as a guide I’m in them, every sprouting tree, every child of peaceĮvery cloud and sea, you see with your eyes
Rhythm, you have it or you don’t, that’s a fallacy The essence, the basics, without it, you nakedĪllow me to make this, childlike in nature Psychic among those, possess you with one go You like it? Gun smokin’, righteous with one toke Priceless to you because I put you on the hype shit
Lifeless to those, the definition for what life is Mystical? Maybe, spiritual hero who appears in you Like you lit the fuse, you think it’s fictional Picture you getting down in a picture tube Pick and choose, sit and lose, all you different crewsĬhicks and dudes, who you think is really kickin’ tunes? Panoramic view, look, I’ll make it all manageable Intangible, bet you didn’t think, so I command you to I’m good at repairs, and I’m under each snare Nah, I couldn’t be there, now you shouldn’t be scared Now, time for me is nothing, ‘cause I’m countin’ no age Duration: – 5:41 mins (album version)/ 3:44 mins (original mix edit)
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