#Pac man gorillaz lyrics series

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. 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 lyrics 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.