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This version was released on the CD single of " Dare". For the 2005 Demon Detour Live, a version of the song featuring De La Soul, who have also appeared on " Feel Good Inc." and " Superfast Jellyfish", and Bootie Brown, who has also appeared on " Dirty Harry", was written and recorded. Live versions įor some live performances of the song, alternative rappers are used. Some of the single releases featured an alternative version of the song which featured British hip hop group Phi Life Cypher, who also feature on the group's B-side "The Sounder". The song's instrumental beat originated from the first preset of the Suzuki Omnichord. The drums are provided by a drum machine and the main instrument used in the song is the melodica, which Albarn used to make the basic track as well. According to engineer, Jason Cox, "Damon gave us the OK to set fire to it on stage, but we said 'No, you can't set fire to that! It's a classic!'", and it ended up being used on the song as well as some other tracks on the album. The strings featured in the song are from a string machine, the Solina String Ensemble. A re-recording similar to these demos was recorded into Logic for use as a backing track. ĭemo versions of "Clint Eastwood" were originally recorded by Damon Albarn on a four-track using a drum machine and guitar. The magazine also ranked it at number 347 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In October 2011, NME placed it at number 141 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". Rolling Stone ranked it number 38 on its 100 best songs of the 2000s. The single has sold 600,000 copies in the UK and has been certified platinum by the BPI. "Clint Eastwood" reached number 2 in Germany and charted within the top 20 of many countries around the world. It peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart and number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The verses are rapped by Del the Funky Homosapien, portrayed as a blue phantom in the video, while the chorus is sung by Damon Albarn ( 2-D in the video). The song is a mix of electronic music, dub, hip hop and rock. The song is named after the actor of the same name due to its similarity to the theme music of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. If you've got a great Gorillaz memory you'd like to see up there, leave a comment on the page and we'll add the ones we like best." Clint Eastwood" is a song by English virtual band Gorillaz, released as the first single from their self-titled debut album on 5 March 2001. We're also adding digital detritus all the time to our virtual pinboard at /weare10. If you're an instagram user you might want to follow 'gorillazofficial' - we've got a couple of goodies from the first album up there already and we're looking for more: /weare10. This gem is worked up from Jamie Hewlett's original storyboards - look closely and you'll see the actual drops of sweat that fell from his furrowed artist brow. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (Animatic) (HD)Īnd whilst we're on a Clint Eastwood tip we've also dragged out this animatic version of the original video, featuring a troupe of dancing apes. Superb! Let's have a look, eh, and see what really went on there! Mmmm.nice!" - Murdoc Nicalls, Gorillaz But then this happened, and everything really kicked off big style, so I stuck with my real band 'Gorillaz'.
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'virtual band' that I could get to go do shows and gigs for me. Maybe I should jack in showbiz and go put together some kind of. Up until that point I was this whole Gorillaz band wasn't really working out. What a breakthrough! What a performance! Actually.this really changed everything for us.
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Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (BRIT's Performance) (HD) We'll be sharing a few snapshots from an earlier time and to start with we've pulled out this plum from the archives: Gorillaz made massive, at the first all-live, all-animated performance of Clint Eastwood at the Brits, 2002. Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to meeee.Īs part of our birthday celebrations, we're taking a wander down the cultural cul de sac that is a decade of Gorillaz.