Right now Damon (or 2D) feels useless, but soon enough in the near "future," the drugs he has taken will go into effect or "come on" and he will feel better. Damon's main hook is about a depressed stoner who has his drugs or "sunshine" in a bag. But thats a story for a later entry, all that was left to do for "Clint Eastwood" was write a hook for the song and then it would be ready to go. Dan The Automator and Kid Koala were working on an album with Del ("Deltron 3030") and Damon at the same time giving both albums a similar feel and vibe. His dubby and heavy bass sounds provided a more authentic reggae element to the tracks which Damon was looking for.įinally, Dan The Automator suggested that he send some of the tracks over to rapper Del The Funky Homosapien to see what he would do with them. Junior Dan was one of the original Jamaican Studio One musicians who played bass with Bob Marley, Lee Perry, King Tubby and Agustus Pablo. Another new recruit was bassist Junior Dan. Cass Browne, drummer of British punk band The Senseless Things and a member of the Gorillaz writing staff, was hired to play drums on the album to fill out any spaces that couldn't be filled by just a drum machine or a sampled drum loop. "Clint Eastwood" is the song where Gorillaz became a band and not just Damon mucking about in a studio with a group of producers. America has a history for latching on to cowboy influenced songs by odd bands and turning those songs into fluke hits (such is the case with Wall of Voodoo and DEVO.) However, Gorillaz "Clint Eastwood" proved to be a song that shifted the way music was going in not only the underground world but the mainstream world as well. In 2001, a song that combined dubby reggae with hip hop and old timey western soundtrack music became a hit in America. Clint Eastwood (Live with Holograms, 2002)Ĭlint Eastwood (Del The Funky Homosapien live cover, 2006)Ĭlint Eastwood (Escape To Plastic Beach Tour)Ĭlint Eastwood (Snoop Dogg live cover with Damon Albarn)Ĭlint Eastwood (Damon Albarn live with Del The Funky Homosapien, Dan The Automator, Snoop Dogg and backing band The Heavy Seas)Ĭlint Eastwood (Africa Express live, 2015)Ĭlint Eastwood (Humanz Live, with Del The Funky Homosapien)
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