Gorillaz Do It Again!

The first single off of the Gorillaz latest album ,"Plastic Beach" dropping in the USA on March 9, 2010, has probably the best chorus hook of the millennium. It's sung by Bobby Womack of "I wish he Didn't Trust Me so Much" fame. The song is titled "Stylo" and if it is any indication of what this album is going to sound like dance halls, clubs and djs beware this album is going to be in heavy rotation! The song is like a jolt of dance dirty magic. The groove is so thick and the bass line is infectious. The beat is on point. Damon Albarn's voice is just as rock and roll as ever. Mos Def has an almost inaudible contribution to the song just filling in the gaps.

All this is great, but it's the chorus that is the most impressive. It's totally original. The story goes that Bobby Womack was against the project until his daughter said that she really liked the Gorillaz and thought it would be a good idea for him to collaborate on the track. He went into the studio and they told him just to sing whatever he felt. He decided to really just let it all out about politics, love, the world everything. He was in the studio for about an hour when he suddenly fainted. Bobby is a diabetic and it seemed that his blood sugar was low, so they gave him a "banana" and he woke up after a few minutes.

This is what he sang:

there’s only one way,
let it pray a little while longer,
it’s got a way of passing through man and woman,
in another world,
in another world in the universe.
ooohhhhhh
right now here’s what we got to do,
it’s its love of electric,
it’ll be flowing on the streets,
night after night,
just to get through the week,
sometimes it’s hard.

The story already seems legendary. Give the song a listen and see what you think.









Watch the "Stylo" HD Video starring Bruce Willis.


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