A rare occasion on which I rant about music
Someone (probably some random douche bag in the radio morning show) said that you know an album is really good when it sorta slowly grows onto you. You know, first there are a couple of songs that kick ass and you listen to them over and over, and then you slowly start to discover the other songs, and find new favourites until you just find yourself loving the whole album.
That's exactly what happened to me with Gorillaz's Plastic Beach.
I've been a fan of Gorillaz ever since I heard Clint Eastwood in the summer of 2000 (and saw the video. It was a cartoon band! What's not to love?) and so far I've bought all of their albums except for The Fall which I still haven't got my hands on.
The first album was instant love, as well as Demon Days, but Plastic Beach... well, I mostly bought it for Stylo, which still remains one of the best f'ing songs ever, and because it was a Gorillaz album.
At first I thought (aside from Stylo and Superfast Jellyfish) that it wasn't very good. It was different from the former albums and more serious in a way. Almost laborious to listen through.
I did like the environmental theme though, despite not being an environmental nut myself. I do drive a car and eat mass-produced food and so forth. But that doesn't mean I don't give a shit, and the message of Plastic Beach definitely spoke to me.
I added the album to my Spotify playlist, and proceeded to not think about it much.
Then came a seriously angsty phase in my life and suddenly songs like Broken and Cloud Of Unknowing started feeling very personal to me. I guess that was when I stopped clicking "next" when a not-so-danceable song from Plastic Beach started playing. I discovered Rhinestone Eyes and On Melancholy Hill. And Empire Ants. Holyshit, why didn't I give that song a chance at first? It starts off okay, and at 2:15 it suddenly goes straight to Awesome.
"Little memories marching on
your little feet
working the machines
will it spin? Will it soar?
My little feet
working the machines"
With the thought of "I suppose I was wrong", I started listening to the whole album again, and found myself liking songs that I at first thought weren't my kind of songs at all, like Pirate Jet (another one with awesome lyrics) and even Sweepstakes, which is mostly about gambling and money. Yeah, didn't think I'd go for that.
I guess what I'm trying to say with this all is that I've fallen in love with Plastic Beach, and it's restored my faith in the awesomeness of Gorillaz.
Maybe The Fall will turn out to be better than just a couple of good songs (namely Little Pink Plastic Bags and Revolving Doors) -type of thing it is to me now.
With that out of my chest, I think I will head to bed, with Pirate Jet playing in my head.
"It's all good news now
because we left the taps
running for a hundred years"
That's exactly what happened to me with Gorillaz's Plastic Beach.
I've been a fan of Gorillaz ever since I heard Clint Eastwood in the summer of 2000 (and saw the video. It was a cartoon band! What's not to love?) and so far I've bought all of their albums except for The Fall which I still haven't got my hands on.
The first album was instant love, as well as Demon Days, but Plastic Beach... well, I mostly bought it for Stylo, which still remains one of the best f'ing songs ever, and because it was a Gorillaz album.
At first I thought (aside from Stylo and Superfast Jellyfish) that it wasn't very good. It was different from the former albums and more serious in a way. Almost laborious to listen through.
I did like the environmental theme though, despite not being an environmental nut myself. I do drive a car and eat mass-produced food and so forth. But that doesn't mean I don't give a shit, and the message of Plastic Beach definitely spoke to me.
I added the album to my Spotify playlist, and proceeded to not think about it much.
Then came a seriously angsty phase in my life and suddenly songs like Broken and Cloud Of Unknowing started feeling very personal to me. I guess that was when I stopped clicking "next" when a not-so-danceable song from Plastic Beach started playing. I discovered Rhinestone Eyes and On Melancholy Hill. And Empire Ants. Holyshit, why didn't I give that song a chance at first? It starts off okay, and at 2:15 it suddenly goes straight to Awesome.
"Little memories marching on
your little feet
working the machines
will it spin? Will it soar?
My little feet
working the machines"
With the thought of "I suppose I was wrong", I started listening to the whole album again, and found myself liking songs that I at first thought weren't my kind of songs at all, like Pirate Jet (another one with awesome lyrics) and even Sweepstakes, which is mostly about gambling and money. Yeah, didn't think I'd go for that.
I guess what I'm trying to say with this all is that I've fallen in love with Plastic Beach, and it's restored my faith in the awesomeness of Gorillaz.
Maybe The Fall will turn out to be better than just a couple of good songs (namely Little Pink Plastic Bags and Revolving Doors) -type of thing it is to me now.
With that out of my chest, I think I will head to bed, with Pirate Jet playing in my head.
"It's all good news now
because we left the taps
running for a hundred years"