Some of their more well known songs include "Clint Eastwood," "19/2000,", "Feel Good Inc.", "Dare" and "Stylo". The band is essentially a Trip-Hop band, but their music also combines other genres such as Alternative Rock, Hip Hop, Reggae, Electronic Music, Punk Rock and Pop. So in creating a detailed fictional backstory and putting so much emphasis on the cartoons, they are proving their point. The virtual band was created as a commentary on MTV on how there is often more of an emphasis on the musician than the music itself. The real people behind Gorillaz stay behind the scenes, and the characters appear to be the real band, acting in music videos and giving interviews. The band itself is made up of four fictional characters, 2D/ Stuart Pot (speaking voice Nelson de Freitas singing voice Damon himself), Murdoc Niccals (Phil Cornwell), Russel Hobbs (Remi Kabaka) and Noodle (speaking voice Haruka Kuroda singing voice on the first album by Miho Hatori and Tina Weymouth).
GORILLAZ DEMON DAYS ALBUM COVER FOR ITUNES FULL
The themes in the single, as well as the themes in the entire album are all based on Damon Albarn’s observations on the state that the world is in today.The helmet which appears on the single cover and the poster for the video, seen in the cinema section of the Gorillaz website, is reminiscent of the Full Metal Jacket film poster.Gorillaz is a virtual Trip-Hop band created by Damon Albarn of the alternative band Blur and Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett, who are the only two constant contributors to the project. In the end of the video the Gorillaz, the children and Bootie Brown depart the crash site in the military vehicle, which breaks down meters away. The song and video feature a guest appearance by Pharcyde rapper Bootie Brown, who leaps out of a sand dune in World War II military fatigues to perform his verse of the song. The survivors keep themselves entertained with the song while awaiting the arrival of rescuers, portrayed by Noodle and Murdoc crewing a South African Defence Force Casspir mine-proof vehicle driven by Russel (who wears a Fu Manchu). Most of the video features shirtless 2-D and an animated version of the Children’s Choir San Fernandez stranded in the middle of a desert, following what appears to have been a helicopter crash. The band was going to use a computer animated desert, but it turned out simply flying the crew and band to the desert was cheaper and easier. “Dirty Harry” is one of the few Gorillaz music videos to be filmed on-location, the others being “Stylo” and “DoYaThing”. Like the video for “Clint Eastwood”, the video for “Dirty Harry” references the Clint Eastwood film of the same name. The video was first released on 25 October 2005 to subscribers of the Gorillaz website mailing list. The single cover is similar to that of the film Full Metal Jacket. One of Gorillaz’s earlier singles is the name of the actor who played this film’s title character, Clint Eastwood. Dirty Harry is also a 1971 film directed by Don Siegel. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” televised speech. The song’s lyrics contain the line “The war is over so says the speaker with the flight suit on”, a reference to George W.
On 8 December 2005 it was announced that “Dirty Harry” had been nominated for a Grammy under the category “Urban/Alternative Performance”, but was beaten by Damian “Jr. An early version of “Dirty Harry” titled “I Need a Gun” was included on Damon Albarn’s album Democrazy. Earlier that year, the song released as a promotional single on iTunes. “Dirty Harry” is a song from British alternative band Gorillaz’ second studio album Demon Days, released as the third single from the album on 21 November 2005.
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