One-Word Title: The album is named after the band.Non-Appearing Title: "5/4", "Clint Eastwood" (its name is derived from a recurring sample from the theme of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), "19-2000," and "Slow Country.".New Sound Album: All of them, really: Gorillaz laid the foundation of the band's sound.Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly: Nothing sounds quite like them a good approximation of their sound is "alternative hip-hop electronica." There's also a bit of Genre Roulette from song to song.
Mood Whiplash: The clanging, ominous "Man Research (Clapper)" is followed by the frenzied and upbeat "Punk," which in turn leads into the slow-building, dub "Sound Check (Gravity).".Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Parody: The gorillas in the music video of "Clint Eastwood" at one point perform a small portion of the dancing in Jackson's famous music video.Indecipherable Lyrics: 20+ years on and still no one can figure out just what 2D is singing in "Punk.".The "Rock the House" video - at least Murdoc got to wear a protective cup for that one, but 2D didn't.According to him in Rise of the Ogre, it hurts rather a lot. In the "Clint Eastwood" video, a zombie ape reaches up from the ground, grabs Murdoc's crotch, and yanks him down.Gratuitous Japanese: The phrase "get the cool shoeshine" in "19-2000" is subtitled in Japanese in the music video.
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