Absolutely adore that song and this album. Big part of my adolescence, because my whole family were gorillaz fans (my mom owned demon days and self titled CD so I basically grew up listening to them).
This is one of the albums I keep coming back to over and over again. It delivers on the themes consistently, while doing so in a way that doesn’t ever get repetitive. It’s experimental, it’s vibrant, and it’s emotional. Love this one, and I’m glad you decided to check it out!
I'm not sure If they intended another possible meaning but with global warming the sea life is diminishing but jellyfish population only increasing with warmer seas causing that to be a "main source of food" later on.
@@Luka-jk5ww It's both. Firstly, it's an ad in the middle of the album - but the ad is also a futuristic one where obviously climate change has affected food supply so much that people are needing to eat jellyfish. But the underlying message is that instead of working to fix the problem, companies will spend more time trying to sell the problem to consumers.
Honestly sweepstakes is one of my fav gorillaz song. it rly shows how music cant sound good if its not complete and it kinda sounds horrible at the beginning but upon adding instruments and new beats it becomes complete and is such a bop and to prove it again they remove everything from the music and it sounds bad again
I really like Stylo but I dont find many others that do. Its not their *greatest* song but I really enjoy it when paired with its video. Although it might be confusing if watched by someone that didn't follow along with the story thing they had going on at the time.
I've always loved how Gorillaz have been simultaneously consistent and versatile with their music and I feel that Plastic Beach embodies that. Along with it's subtle messages and great collaborators, its definitely my favorite album from them.
Definitely one of my favorite band! And I must say I like your commentary on the album. Keep up the great work! Straight fire video 🔥🔥🔥...much love from Houston Tx!
Can't wait for you to check out Humanz, The Now Now, and Song Machine now They all have some of my favourites in, Souk Eye and Andromeda are two of those
Gorillaz is my favourite band by far and this album just........it's really special. This is probably the only album ever that I can say I love in it's entirety. I will drop everything to listen to this whole album.
Oh damn I was waiting for this one. This album came out when I was at the end of high school and It has consistently been one of my favorites ever since.
gorillaz music is honestly just timeless, they somehow cater to all kinds of tastes, and are very tasteful and definitely follow along what's popular at the moment. their recent music is something that could be listened to in the beginning in the beginning of their career, and their old music doesn't ever feel old at all, in other words, like i said - timeless.
The first video I watched in this channel is coincidentally the reaction of Demon Days, and the YT recommendations bring me to this reaction! Lucky to be here and thanks for doing this, Gorillaz is one of my favorite bands and I like Demon Days a lot! Great album for a great band for sure! Greetings from Brazil
Gorillaz played live in my country, Argentina, this year. Though I had known them for a long time, never paid enough attention to their music. So I started with Plastic Beach, whose sounds, images & feelings carry us to so many worlds.
I would really recommend the album Songmachine if you want to listen to more Gorillaz. It’s an album with a different musical guest and Genre on every song. Humans and the Now Now are also good but a little inconsistent. Really loved your reaction. This album has aged so well.
I'd understand if you skipped gorillaz next album The Fall because most gorillaz fans don't consider it a real gorillaz album, but Humanz is another worldly experience. It's very jarring upon first listen but I don't think another album has ever grown on me like it has
@jolopolo4761 oh I love the fall, I got it on vinyl a couple months ago, I just know that most gorillaz fans and reaction youtubers pass over it cause there's too many instrumentals
If you liked this album, you should check out Dela Soul's: And the Anonymous Nobody. Dela have been one of Gorillaz most frequent collaborators and this album features Damon Albarn of Gorillaz on one of the best tracks. Good review 🤘✌
I’ve only just recently started listening to this album. LOVED stylo since it came out and I’ve only just heard on melancholy hill!!!!!!! OMG how have I never listened to this album yet Gorillaz actually make beautiful music
I know that you only listen to music on the channel, but you just have to watch clips for those songs that you have already heard, you miss such a beautiful part of gorillaz, their clips works of art
it's wild seeing how long it has been since plastic beach came out and nothing about the world changed, in fact it has gotten worse. The album is called Plastic Beach, a beach literally made out of plastic waste in the middle of the pacific ocean and most of the songs take jabs at how much our world and life style is screwed up consumerism wise.
I love the band and this album, but this took a little while to grow on me. Like there are spectacular songs, but I did need to warm up to other tracks. I think there is some overproduced songs. Where previous albums had layers, this album purposely crashes transitions from one track to the other. Overall I do enjoy this album.
First video of yours I've watched and love your commentary and reactions. You may aswell continue in order and react to Gorillaz next album 'Humanz' soon please
I would really love to hear what you have to say about humanz by gorillaz, even though it isn’t a favorite among people I think there are a really good few songs on there that give it a chance!! 🥰♥️
I know humanz is disliked by a lot of people, but if anything it introduced me to a lot of artists I otherwise wouldn't have heard. If you check it out, at least listen to it for that. Benjamin Clementine is a great singer, and I wouldn't have heard of him without Gorillaz.
It’s a good album but Albarn was in his post peak years by 2010. It was self produced and could have used someone else’s input on cutting down that track list. A few stunning moments and a couple shockers it should have been their first number one in the us, but didn’t get there. It didn’t go Gold there either. This was the last hurrah for Damon Albarn for me.
Definitely the last hurrah for me, too. And I feel the same way about it being self-produced. To be honest, as a HUGE Gorillaz and Damon fan who was with them since 2001 and couldn’t shut up about them, I lost interest in them by the time this album came out, and have only been revisiting “Plastic Beach” in more recent years. I think a lot of people in general have been slow on the uptake with Gorillaz, though. The vast majority of Gorillaz fans these days became fans years after the fact. In recent years, “Plastic Beach” seems to have almost surpassed “Demon Days” in familiarity for most people. It’s kind of weird.
@@irenareena referring to it being self produced and letting too many duds slip on the album, notably white flag, the awful sweepstakes, the finale that could have used some tightening and maybe glitter freeze. Sales dropping here for Albarn was indicative because he actually began turning shit. With the exception of the magic whip he hasn’t been involved in a great album since.
@@latenightlogiclol You’re actually calling the experimental moments on the album “duds”. Damon lost his touch when he stopped experimenting. I’d actually revise my original comment, and say “The Fall” was the last hurrah.
