The heart of “The Pink Phantom” was in the vocals, which were also a source of confusion for many fans. To wit: the main chords, beat and style of the track was centered around a concept similar to Elton John’s 1973 classic “Benny and the Jets.” From there, it seemed Albarn and Sir Elton had a lot of fun with their battling pianos and avant-garde composition. Elton John’s larger-than-life vocals and piano skills definitely added his flare and style to the track but didn’t take over. Musically, “The Pink Phantom” was quite different than your average Gorillaz song, mostly because of the collaborators it involved. We start, as one must when linear time is involved, with “The Pink Phantom,” the video that was released just a week or so after “Strange Timez” and the last video before the album/season dropped. Rest assure, however, that as soon as the next video for “The Lost Chord” featuring R&B legend Leee John is up, we will be hear to over-analyze it. Finally, shortly after the release, the next video for “The Valley of the Pagans” featuring Beck popped up in a GTA-style run through LA while Beck and 2-D alternate berating the city’s vapid populace.įar from being caught up, Song Machine Episode One: Strange Timez has a full ten more tracks so in the interest of saving wordcount, we’re only going to cover “The Pink Phantom” and “The Valley of the Pagans” in tihs article. When the album finally did drop, Gorillaz held a live “Song Machine With Friendz” Zoom listening party with Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett and many of the artists featured on the album such as Leee John, Kano and St. The beloved virtual band announced that Song Machine would be made into an album or rather a “season,” called Strange Timez. Before it released on October 23, the video for “Pink Phantom” featuring rapper 6lack and Elton John.īefore the album dropped, the heavily-anticipated, band member-curated “Song Machine Mixes” finally showed up on YouTube. So much has happened with Gorillaz and their magical song machine since the release of the video for “Strange Times” and our wordy review of the Robert Smith collab.
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