First time hearing Gorillaz "DARE" Reaction | Asia and BJ 

The guy was saying “it’s there” but his accent made it sound like “it’s dare”. Damon liked it better as dare so it stuck.

It's basically a solo project from Damon Albarn of Blur, and animation character design from Jamie Hewlett. The rest are a rotating cast of guest stars--De La Soul, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, and others. In this song, the man was Shaun Ryder from the UK band Happy Mondays, with Rosie WIlson.

This is a great song. They have so many others, this is a rabbit hole that's totally worth it! One song that doesn't get checked out much from Demon days is "Fire coming out of the monkeys head" so unique!

The guy saying 'It's Dare' is Shaun Ryder from 'The Happy Mondays'. They were a big band from Manchester in the 90s. You should listen to 'Kinky Afro' or 'Step On' from 'The Happy Mondays'. The person singing is actually a guy. It's Damon Albarn (front man of 'Blur' and 'The Gorillaz'). Blur were a huge Brit-Pop band (also from the 90s). Blur have a large catalogue of music you could wade through too. :) ***Edit*** It is also a woman singing on the track. Her name is Rosie Wilson (another guest on the track) ... I'd always thought it was just Damon with some effects (every day is a school day).

The musician behind Gorillaz (Damon) is also the lead singer in a band called Blur. Their biggest song (in the US anyway) is called Song 2. You should look it up, you might recognise it!

Every character and the animated band itself has a super rich back story and it's crazy. It's like a whole anime that we only get glimpses of. Damon (the music guy) and Jamie (the illustrator) are geniuses. basically Damon and Jamie make a general storyline or theme up, then Damon goes in the studio and writes all these awesome songs, and he and the producer of the album get lots and lots of guest artists, like the girl in this song, and make tons of songs and ideas and then find which stuff fits best with the original concepts they had, and then they make videos to go with it. That's why you'll hear lots of guest singers and rappers and such. There are videos on RU-vid explaining the entire storyline of the animated band and it's a whole rabbit hole.

Also, sorry for making another comment, "Stylo" is another great song by them. It's even got Mos Def as a guest. It's damn good.

The Legend that is Shaun Ryder.... definitely need to check out The Happy Mondays- 24 hour Party people, Step Up , Kinky Afro to name a few . Shaun and the Mondays were influential in the Madchester scene and vital in both Factory records and the Hacienda. A real rock n roll story from dosing pigeons with E to blowing there recording budget on weed and brown in Jamaica, crashing their jeep. Had the pleasure of meetings Shaun when I was working nextdoor to his house and met his Dad and brother a few times at gigs in Manchester in the 90s

Noodle is a girl, she's roughly 13 in the Dare video. She's also the youngest member of the band as a whole. with Murdoc being around 40 at the time of the video, 2-D in his low-mid 30's, and Russel in his mid 30's. She's also the only regular female member of the band (not counting her android duplicate "Robo-Noodle" from the Plastic Beach album.

The " talking head " is the magnificent Shaun Ryder of the Happy Mondays - who BTW is actually singing " IT'S THERE " not It's dare

(Mmmhmhm clears throat) He is actually saying "It's There" but his brit'ish accent is so thick it comes out Dare. So they called it that on the Album. Ha! Love it That detached head has his own band too...Happy Mondays. His name is Shaun Ryder. ✌️

We definitely danced to this at clubs in the 2000’s - it was fantastic!!! Great memories! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔥🥰

The Band Is Four Main Characters,, "2-D" Does Vocals & Keys,, "Russel Hobbs" On Drums,, "Noodle" Vocals,, Guitar & Keys,, "Murdoc Niccals" Bass Guitar.

Gorillaz have featured many female artists with them including Nenah Cherry, Tina Weymouth, the mighty Mavis Staples, Fatoumata Diawara, Carly Simon… one song you should check out is Charger, which features the legend Grace Jones

This whole album is great! I listened to it over and over when I was 17.

Shaun Ryder the legend. Happy Mondays and all the other Manchester music never gets enough attention and what a great rabbit hole to go down.

This was the song that got me hooked. Thanks for discovering them!

Some favorites are: “Stylo” featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack! “Empire Ants” (especially live on the BBC - Later Archive 2010), and “DoYaThing” featuring Andre 3000 of OutKast & James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. The DoYaThing video (like Stylo) is so good!

Always admire the artistic angle they come from. Putting a football helmet on her to show playful innocence? Where does that come from? But it works...

GOTTA LOVE SHAUN RYDER!!!! (the head) He's a f**kin legend in the UK - He was the lead singer of The Happy Mondays - they exploded onto the 'BritPop' scene in the 90's and TOOK OVER! Mainly because of good toons, Bez (their 'dancer' - another legend!) and the undeniable amount of drugs they consumed! 🤪 If you think Ozzy Osbourne has some hard-core drug stories, you should hear Shaun's - it is a MIRACLE that he survived & is still alive today. Their song 'Step On' coined 2 catch phrases in the UK - "You're twistin my melon man" & "Call the cops"🤣 You should listen to 'Step On' and their classic 'Kinky Afro' - both from their album 'Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches' - YOU'LL LOVE 'EM! (PS, DARE was originally called 'THERE', but Shaun's northern accent, meant his pronunciation was ‘dare' - so the and changed the title!) REACT TO GORILLAZ - 'STYLO' NEXT - brilliant video! Gorillaz are a trip - their whole concept - even their 1st concerts were animated projections! They're UK based and even we didn't know who the band members were for a while. Most of their stuff is chilled, funk, trip hop, rap/rock, but their videos are always second level and SOOOO creative. The main singer is Damon Albarn from a band called 'Blur' that were big in the 90's as part of the 'BritPop' scene. He was the only permanent member of Gorillaz with other members coming and going and loads of guest artists. Check out them at Glastonbury when Snoop comes out and raps on Clint Eastwood - audience members mind blown!🤯🤣 (traditionally intoxicated on whatever to make 'em 'Feel Good')

Got to love Gorillaz I envy them seeing this for the first time !

BTW Asia the female voice is London R&B singer Roses Gabor

Gorillaz are unique.

If you do the official video of Song 2 by Blur, you'll see who the lead singer / creator of Gorillaz is, Damon Alburn. You'll know the song too, I'm sure.

Wasn’t a female singing, it was Damon. The character, Noodle, is the female in Gorillaz and this was her song. With Shaun Ryder from The Happy Mondays

You guys keep picking great tracks much appreciated🔥🔥🔥🔥

I can hear this song being played at Studio 54 in 1974, now, and in the future 💜. Such a cool song that will forever be in my rotation

The demon days album is literal perfection every song is amazing . it's a concept album so listening from beginning to end . maybe you could do a live stream of that . also watching a live song is a trip . I've watched the live in Manchester on DVD and it was amazing

Great observation about the mixture of musical styles. I've always thought of them as kind of a mix of alternative and electronic and Hip-Hop and Club.

Yeah “Noodle” is the female gorilla…the other 3 are males….

I am so glad you guys did this song. Awesome.

Anytime I hear this it's in my head for days

Shaun Ryder is the guy who sings "It's There" and the other singers are Damon Albarn who is the Gorillaz founder and lead vocalist and Rosie Wilson. This song got to number 1 in the UK and is the Gorillaz only number 1 hit. Damon Albarn had another UK band called Blur before he founded the Gorillaz and Blur were in a battle with another huge UK band which you might have heard of called Oasis back in the 90's. Oasis are also worth checking out. You might have heard their most famous track Wonderwall. If not its definitely worth a reaction to it.

Fun Band, I saw them live here in Lawrence Kansas in a fairly small venue several years ago and it was sold out and really fun.

Please listen to Gorillaz 19-2000. You'll get to hear Noodle again and maybe you'll get the cool shoe shine. 😁

It's Damon Albarn (lead singer of the band Blur) he has that ability to have that sort of feminine voice. In this song it's a bit more falsetto than his parts in "Feel Good Inc" (for example) -- which I think you guys already reacted to.

Yoooooooooo I’m glad that your first song was DARE! It’s my all time favorite.

Loved this band (and the animated characters. Noodle/2-D/Russel/Murdoch) since Clint Eastwood was released and still listen to them religiously. Their wide range of different genres makes them enjoyable to listen too whatever mood you're in

Listen to the whole concept album Demon Days that this comes from. Then it will make more sense. It’s one long story that connects and runs through each song, and the whole album is incredible. Not one skippable track. Very creative storyline. Every track is 🔥🔥🔥 too.

It's hip-hop with electropop and rock and a bunch of other stuff. They are always fun and interesting.

This song is such a vibe

My fave Gorillaz song even tho they got tons of crazy-good tunes...even white boy want to dance to this one. ;) Thanks guys, loving the hustle lately.

Tune!!! Absolute tune! Bloody love Gorillaz 🥳

I love the Gorillaz! Yes Rose is awesome. This is one of my favorite Gorillaz song. I played this CD some much I'm it's not worn out. Glad I seen your channel. Subscribed.✌

I've never heard this and it was super fun, thank you!

I'm glad you guys watched this, I can't believe I haven't heard this before.

This is my favorite Gorillaz track. It just gets me moving every time I hear it.

Just so u know . The lady singing is African British

The big head is Sean Ryder, lead singer from the Happy Mondays, a huge band from Manchester in the early 90s that kicked off the Acid House Indie scene that gave you so many huge acts. New Order; The Smiths; Stone Roses; James; 808 State etc

Hey guys! I'm typing this before I watch the vid, just wanted to say I'm happy to be here! This is the only band to ever personally insult me, which was pretty surreal to be honest, but I still enjoy their music 😅 You two are awesome 😁👍

The 'head' is Shaun Ryder from The Happy Mondays. You should check them out also. Step On is a good place to start.

The level of talent between Albarn and Ryder cannot be overstated!

Bj and asia, the guy who's says 'Its Dare'..is a local boy who i know quite well, from back in the day, his name is shaun ryder from the band 'Happy mondays' who were/are massive over here. he is a absolute legend here in manchester. and a total animal, back in the day. the budget from factory records for the happy mondays second album, they had 250 thousand pounds and blew the whole budget in a few weeks in jamaica on drugs and girl and booze.. you should react to kinky afro, then you will see how good they really are, and how good he is..

Check out Gorillaz at The Apollo or at the Roundhouse UK. You’ll be amazed by their live performances.

Shaun Ryder,a Manchester scallywag pronounced the word ‘there’ as ‘dare’ in his thick Manc accent.

Love Gorillaz and love that y'all did a reaction for Dare! Another one I'm sure you'd dig is Empire Ants

Wow... getting into the eclectic music now... Gorillaz is an amazing group though!

I love the world they create.

Shaun Ryder from the happy Mondays is featured in this song....try out "wrote for luck" by the happy Mondays ,possibly one of the best songs they ever did !!

The song was originally going to be called "It's There," but it was altered because Shaun Ryder's broad Mancunian accent made it sound like he was saying "It's Dare."

@Asia and BJ , Yes Asia called it , the dancer is Noodles and is female . The big head is Shaun Ryder the frontman for The Happy Mondays .

2d was the falsetto male singer not female. In the animation. Murdock was the guy telling the human to go to back to sleep dear, at the end of the video. When "Russell " the drummer sings he does rap most often. Noodle that wasn't in this video is the only female character.

Love these songs and videos. First time I saw Clint Eastwood,I was hooked

one of their best videos.exclusive animation.

Male singer - Damon Albarn

My fav Gorillaz track! Great reaction.

When you watch feeing good Inc the charities that plays the guitar on the flying windmill is the one who is singing in Dare . I don't know if it's true but it's said the group considered itself too ugly to appear in videos so they made cartoon avatars that resemble Gorilla's as that is what they thought they looked like in the animal Kingdom and that's why they call themselfs Gorilla's because at the time there was an advert on TV where a Gorilla's played the drums to something in the air tonight and there drummer looked the same and he said they the others don't look much better and this gave them the idea of the bands name and the use of the avatars as an onstage personal

The great Shaun Ryder, check out the Happy Mondays.

Damon Albarn was in a group called Blur, one of the biggest bands in the UK. Try their songs "Tender", Song 2, Parklife..

Gorillaz are an awesome band love them, also love shaun being in this his voice suits the sound so much I always sing it like him

Noodle... just kickin' it! Love this tune! : D PS - it's awesome when you guys are just groovin' away! LOL keep it up!

neo disc when its done great f---- luv it

Can't go wrong with them. Good stuff.

North American tour starts in the fall. The Family and I with some friends are going to see them when they come to Dallas Texas in October. We already bought tickets. Y’all don’t understand they never ever perform Live. They probably won’t again after this tour. Don’t miss it y’all. Gonna be epic

More Gorillaz, they are finally touring!

LAWL I love Noodle, shes so bad ass. And that bass line is funkalicious.

great track the big head was the happy mondays lead singer shaun ryder

Always a right pick!!!

If you want to hear more tracks from Gorillaz with good female vocals I can highly recommend Empire Ants. It's one of my absolute favorite tracks of theirs. The singer is Yukimi Nagano from Little Dragon.

The singer is Damon Albarn lead singer of the 90s band BLUR. Please react to Blur songs. Enjoyed. The guy with glasses is lead singer of the band Happy Mondays.

uhh! I felt like going to a bowling alley to dance all night!!! A good reaction video, greetings from the city of Salta-Argentina!

It’s coming up it’s coming up it’s coming up it’s Dare

Gorillaz.... Genius.

The head is Shaun Ryder is part of the reason you know that dancing music

Gorillaz are so fun.

this song is fire

sooooooo goooooooooodddddddddddd, you have to watch more please 🙏

Gorillaz are amazing. I would love to see you react to their song Desole, it's one of my favourite Gorillaz songs👍

Hey guys, don't watch many reactors but i really like your energy and knowledge. I know these channels work mainly by reacting to most popular or sub or Patreon request but here are 2 less well know songs i thought I would share as whet you react to them or just listen by yourself, i think you would fall in love with. The Drop - The Nextmen feat Joe Dukie Fat Freddy's Drop- Roady

Dare to be yourself and dare to be you without substance assistance. A double entendre

Plastic Beach and Rhinestone Eyes are both great.

Also gorillaz music videos almost all go together and have a story line. And that is a female singing also. 2D adopted her I think (one with blue hair)

This song was supposed to have been called 'There' not 'Dare', but Sean Ryder (the big head guy singing in the video) could not say the word 'There', it always came out as Dare because of his northern England accent.

I can’t believe Billie Eilish 😍 led me to gorillaz, from a top notch couple. Love y’all!

It is a female singer her name is Roses Gabor.

Melancholy Hill and Desole. An oldie and a newbie.

Rock The House!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wife here...Yes..Quiet interesting Musicality in this song..Such a vibe..Electric Pop..Great Discription!!..You two ADORABLE as always..Cool Review..Thanks!!

After the hype media stuff he went through with Blur Damon was not doing that again so we got Gorillaz

Here's another super groovy tune 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix) Thanks 🎶