Hallelujah Money (feat. Benjamin Clementine) - Gorillaz - General

Apparently it's a standalone single in the vein of DoYaThing and won't be on the next album [url]https://i.redd.it/yfj9pady9qay.png[/url]

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;51694538]Instrumentation-wise it's definitely a Gorillaz song, but the vocals feel pretty different from their usual stuff. I can dig it like a spigot, though, it's always been cool how Gorillaz can do all sorts of tones and moods through their music. Reminds me of Plastic Beach (which personally I like more than Demon Days, don't @ me) in the production and synths with a bit of Demon Days in the more choral parts. They've definitely still got it.[/QUOTE] Plastic Beach is great, I don't know why it's looked down on

[QUOTE=surfur;51695461]I love super fast jelly fish! My friends and I would sing it all the time in highschool. It's just a silly fun song. It did take me a little bit get into Sweepstakes but once I figured it out I really began to enjoy it. The best thing about it really is the entire song is a build up for the last 20 seconds or so. It just steadily gets crazier and crazier, more and more mental as the song goes on.[/QUOTE] Speaking of Superfast Jellyfish, here's the commercial sample: [video=youtube;w2BCG4YZy8Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2BCG4YZy8Y[/video]

I think people here (and on youtube) are missing the point of Gorillaz. They are not, and have never been, a band with a particular style. Hell, they're not even "experimental." The purpose of their creation was to open people up to the many different genres of music and their sub-genres while eliminating the idea of an "artist" in favor of putting the music itself in the spotlight. We may not get another Feel Good Inc, Clint Eastwood, Kids with Guns, Last Living Souls, etc because that's a genre of music they already covered. It's been like that for every Gorillaz album. And sometimes they genre-blend to come up with a new style. You not liking this song doesn't make Gorillaz or the song bad, it just means it's not your taste in music and it's okay to not like it. There's bound to be something else you'll like on the album.

I didnt like it at first but it is without a doubt a very original and creative piece.

[QUOTE=Yogkog;51695729]Plastic Beach is great, I don't know why it's looked down on[/QUOTE] I think it's because the album is [I]extremely[/I] guest heavy, there is very little of Damon singing. I still love it as much as Demon Days but I can understand why more diehard fans consider it their weakest album

Oh God this is exactly what I wanted Jesus I'm so happy right now, if you've been listening to the characters playlists, this is CLEARLY based on them. Can't wait for the rest hnnng

gorillaz isn't a band it's just damon albarn's visionary and if you look into his collaborative works it is really varied

I feel like I had a stroke trying to listen to this but still excited for the album

Not really a fan of this at all

what the fuck was this shit

[QUOTE]Ehh I won't say it was bad but it definitely still has to grow on me. Also, I think doncamatic was probably in a similar vain as this one where if the YT comment's section is to be believed, a lot of people don't believe it to be truly gorillaz, although I dunno since I personally loved it and vocal minorities or whatever the phrase is are a thing so yeah.[/QUOTE] Ok so I've relistened to it and I think the reason so many people have such a hard time with the song (including myself) is that it has somewhat of a rocky start between 0:00 and 1:00. By 1:30 it's definitely found it's rhythm or whatever you want to call it but by 3:00 everything kinda goes to hell. Towards the tail end it slightly recomposes itself into something vaguely like 1:00-300. I dunno it's just what I thought about the whole thing. Perhaps it's a metaphor for the US right now or something.

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People were like what the fuck is this when Blackstar came out too, although it was a bit easier to swallow since it was Bowie. Gorillaz has always been weird and it's rumored they had Bowie on one of the songs in their album, so I'm eager to see how it's gonna go. I'm expecting an absolute clusterfuck of genres, but in a good way.

[QUOTE=T-Sonar.0;51695841]I think people here (and on youtube) are missing the point of Gorillaz. They are not, and have never been, a band with a particular style. Hell, they're not even "experimental." The purpose of their creation was to open people up to the many different genres of music and their sub-genres while eliminating the idea of an "artist" in favor of putting the music itself in the spotlight. We may not get another Feel Good Inc, Clint Eastwood, Kids with Guns, Last Living Souls, etc because that's a genre of music they already covered. It's been like that for every Gorillaz album. And sometimes they genre-blend to come up with a new style. You not liking this song doesn't make Gorillaz or the song bad, it just means it's not your taste in music and it's okay to not like it. There's bound to be something else you'll like on the album.[/QUOTE] It's not that though, it just isn't really a good track.

This track is not conventional, but neither are the Gorillaz. If they released another Stylo type song, I would have been underwhelmed, but this excites me because it sounds like Gorillaz has a bit more substance, which is something I appreciate from them. Also, being completely honest here, this is not a bad track on a musical level either. It's just not what a lot of people wanted.

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I can respect what they've done here, and I'm certainly not [I]upset[/I] about it, but it's not something I'd probably listen to normally. As others have said, Gorillaz are constantly changing their style; I probably set myself up for disappointment by hoping they'd to their Demon Days style.

[QUOTE=matt000024;51698216]It's not that though, it just isn't really a good track.[/QUOTE] holy opinions batman

I like it tbh

[QUOTE=matt000024;51694550]imo the vocalist kind of ruins it. like his voice isn't bad or anything, it is just as if he is singing a different song from the instrumental and not in a good way.[/QUOTE] Personally I thought the vocals worked pretty great as a juxtaposition to the instrumental.

there's liking a song just because it's something new from the gorillaz and then there's actually liking the song itself i'm in both parties, it's something i'd listen to if it popped up in a playlist unlike sweepstakes which i'd skip because fuck sweepstakes

I view this song kinda like [I]Fire coming out of the Monkey's head[/I], where it's more about the narration rather than the music itself. [video=youtube;4nxMrRXHqpo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nxMrRXHqpo[/video]

It took me a few re-listens, but I think I'm digging this song now. I think Benjamin's voice is what was putting me off originally, I wasn't use to him at first. The lyrics are pretty good though.

It sounds like a intro track. Some of the track sounds good, especially near the middle part, before he starts narrating. Along with that, the actor they hired was pretty good with the narration and the script he had to read off. Yet it sounds [U]so fucking bad for a intro track[/U]. If you told me that this was [B][I]THE 5+ YEAR WAIT GORRILAZ ALBUM[/I][/B] intro track, I would call you a liar. I mean Plastic Beach had [B]Snoop Doggy freakin Dogg + a orchestra[/B] do the intro for that album's intro track, and by god Snoop's part was so nice and was a lot more catchy compared to this. Even on my first and second relisten, this track just is not clicking with me. The whole song seems so out there (not in the good way) and doesn't really set a tone for the future album (other than some odd narration that was kind of like some tracks from their earlier albums). I really hope this isn't the tone for the whole album, or if it is they use the stuff here kind of sparingly. Also, what was with the spongebob ending?

[QUOTE=Stroheim;51701537]It sounds like a intro track. Some of the track sounds good, especially near the middle part, before he starts narrating. Along with that, the actor they hired was pretty good with the narration and the script he had to read off. Yet it sounds [U]so fucking bad for a intro track[/U]. If you told me that this was [B][I]THE 5+ YEAR WAIT GORRILAZ ALBUM[/I][/B] intro track, I would call you a liar. I mean Plastic Beach had Snoop Doggy Freakin Dogg + a orchestra do the intro for that album's intro track, and by god Snoop's part was so nice and was a lot more catchy compared to this. The whole song seems so out there (not in the good way) and doesn't really set a tone for the album other than some odd narration that was kind of like some tracks from their earlier albums. I really hope this isn't the tone for the whole album. Also, what was with the spongebob ending?[/QUOTE] It's not part of the new album.

[QUOTE=Skyward;51701544]It's not part of the new album.[/QUOTE] Then what the fuck is this? A protest song? A political song like Dirty Harry? It is both too strange and awkward, and just heavy enough on the metaphors to make it a bit heavy handed with it's message (I mean what was the importance of the puppet part besides "WE ARE ALL PUPPETS IN A SYSTEM", or the obvious references to religion and greed in the chorus), for that to be the case. I mean with Dirty Harry, you get lyrics that play with the imagination and from there, you could tell how the song is about solider's fighting in Iraq/Afghanistan, but here you get lyrics that make you think how bad the track is. This was just a bad track, made worse by the fact that it was the only track the group has released to the pubic in 5 years. I just hope the future album is better than this.

[QUOTE=Stroheim;51701582]Then what the fuck is this? A protest song? A political song like Dirty Harry? It is both too strange and awkward, and just heavy enough on the metaphors to make it a bit heavy handed with it's message (I mean what was the importance of the puppet part besides "WE ARE ALL PUPPETS IN A SYSTEM", or the obvious references to religion and greed in the chorus), for that to be the case. I mean with Dirty Harry, you get lyrics that play with the imagination, but here you get lyrics that make you think how bad the track is. This was just a bad track, made worse by the fact that it was the only track the group has released to the pubic in 5 years. I just hope the Album is better.[/QUOTE] It's called a single. You know, Stylo, Clint Eastwood, DoYaThing, that sort?

[QUOTE=GentlemanLexi;51701636]It's called a single. You know, Stylo, Clint Eastwood, DoYaThing, that sort?[/QUOTE] I understand that it is a single. Though just a FYI, the singles Clint Eastwood and Stylo were released later on in their first album and Plastic Beach, and they are awesome tracks even as singles. The only exception to those two is DoYaThing, but even then it never got a release outside of a promotion by Converse. But unlike DoYaThing, I wouldn't want to buy this song to listen to it again. DoYaThing has energy and just enough odd things about it (the fact that 3 artists worked on it, and Andre 3000 did vocals is a good example of this) that make it a good track to listen to. Hallejuah Money just sounds like a experimental track quickly rehashed to go with the inauguration

[QUOTE=Stroheim;51701685]I understand that it is a single. Though just a FYI, the singles Clint Eastwood and Stylo were released later on in their first album and Plastic Beach. The only exception is DoYaThing, but even then it never got a release outside of a promotion by Converse. But unlike DoYaThing, I wouldn't want to buy this song to listen to it again.[/QUOTE] Rockit was also like this. And Doncamatic