I love their “B-tier” songs – ones that are a bit too unique for radio play, but none the less amazing.
That’s not a bad thing for me personally. Pac-Man is more reminiscent of songs like November Has Come or Superfast Jellyfish than Gorillaz’ big radio hits like Feel Good Inc or Clint Eastwood. There’s no obvious synth hook going on, although the same melody from 2D’s part plays in the background while ScHoolboy Q raps. Most melody in the song comes from 2D’s singing. The line “I’m stressing out” is repeated several times in two spots, but I’d be hesitant to call it an actual chorus. Breaking out from generic pop conventions, there’s no clear chorus. It’s a very poppy little tune that split pretty clearly in the middle, with 2-D singing in the first half and ScHoolboy Q rapping in the second. If anyone has any background info on the story, please do let me know in the comments. In this video he almost seems to have pupils for a moment, but they’re just reflections of the game he’s playing. This hasn’t been addressed anywhere as far as I’m aware, and his eyes have again been white ever since. In the Humility video, we can see Murdoc tripping the roller-skating 2-D, and after the impact his eyes turn into solid black again. Ever since The Now Now, his eyes have instead been solid white. The biggest question I have is, what is up with 2-D’s eyes? He originally had solid black eyes, a result of Murdoc fracturing both of his eyeballs and causing his pupils to be constantly dilated. Maybe we’ll get back to the reality-bending arcade machine in future Song Machine entries. It’s also good to see them animated and messing about their studio again, like they used to in the days of the original Kong Studios. There’s some story building going on, which I feel has been missing for a long time from the band’s music videos. The video really reminds of the older self-titled/Demon Days era Gorillaz videos. She unplugs 2-D’s game console and everything presumably goes back to normal. The video ends with Noodle hurrying into the studio basement. Then, ScHoolboy Q begins to rap into a microphone in a recording room that seems to be the same one that was featured in the Momentary Bliss video. The colors in the video get psychedelic, Russell seems to fall into some kind of a trance, Murdoc peeks out of his closet looking concerned, and Noodle begins to turn younger. With the game’s sprites reflected on 2-D’s pupil-less eyes, weird things begin to go down as his Pac-Man gobbles up the ghosts. The ghosts in the game are replaced with similar depictions of the different band members. Russell is exercising with a punching bag, Murdoc is hunkered down in a closet, and Noodle is hanging out on a couch with ScHoolboy Q.Īs 2-D keeps playing the game, things start getting wonky. The video is intersected with clips of the other band members engaged in their daily activities. Dancing to the beat, he begins to sing as he plays the game. The singer 2-D sneaks into a room and slips a coin into a Pac-Man arcade machine as the song comes on.
Pac man gorillaz zip#
We then zip inside Gorillaz’ New Kong Studios. Having lived in Kent and London for five years, that dirty, stained brick and green metal fence have been burned into my retinas for the rest of my life. It begins with a shot of an oh-so-British railroad and surrounding buildings. The VideoĬontinuing with the format I established in my previous entry on the series, I’ll start by looking at the video. So, without further fanfare, let’s get into dissecting this song. I’m excited about this new tune since it’s named after one of my favorite arcade games of all time.
Pac man gorillaz series#
I wrote about the previous entry and the series as a whole earlier in June, and I’m planning to keep doing these reviews for each new song they release. The bleeping and blooping thing just today spat out a new single – titled Pac-Man – in Gorillaz’ ongoing music series. The Gorillaz Song Machine has been turned on again.
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