But you need to return home and spend time away from the muse too. In the video, this is conveyed by Noodle worrying about 2D and appearing somewhat frustrated with their joyride shenanagins. Just day after day, you never leave the muse’s side. In many ways, that muse can become addictive, to the point it feels like you’re “falling into it”. If you cut the muse out of your life, you also lose the revelations and perspective it might offer you. The muse only functions when you’re there to tap into it. However, to understand the lyrics of 'Clint Eastwood', we need to understand the backstory of Russel and Del tha Ghost Rapper. The song became massively popular, and set the world up for the rest of the Gorillaz legacy. >I can’t play a happy tune on my own, so stay by my side 'Clint Eastwood' by the Gorillaz promoted the first Gorillaz album. While you’re going through the motions of life, unable to (or maybe, chose not to) partake in the ‘muse’, that muse is out there somewhere, waiting to be visited again. Many artists fall into this cycle, using the high tide of a drug trip to ‘read the world and see where they’re at’.Īnd even though you’re far away, can you see my red light? Suddenly you can sort of deconstruct and evaluate the mess you’re in.
So you turn to your muse (a drug, in this metaphor). Imagine your life sucks, you’ve lost perspective, you can’t make sense of anything. Trying to read the world today and see where you’re at When you tap into it, it can sometimes ‘articulate’ the meaning of your life and help you do things like ‘play a happy tune on me’. That muse can be anything, perhaps an astrological sign (aries), or perhaps (portrayed by 2D) a substance/drug. The first two singles from that project are as follows:Īries is about a muse. This track was released on 9 April 2020 as the third single from the Gorillaz’ animated-musical project entitled “Song Machine: Season 1”. Hook provides vocals as well as bass on the track. It is also the first time the band and Hook are working together musically. This is the first time the Gorillaz have collaborated with Georgia. Meanwhile the entire band produced the track – which individual credit given to Kabaka – alongside James Ford. And of course Gorillaz’ members Damon and Remi Kabaka also co-wrote “Aries”.
“Aries” was written by P2J, Peter Hook (of Joy Division and New Order fame). people who fall under that astrological sign) as being “highly-impatient and competitive”, with many of them possessing “the fighting spirit of your mythological ruler”. And the latter statement would obviously be an allusion to Aries, the Ancient Greek god of war. Gorillaz’ guitarist Noodle got both astrologically and mythological in explaining the meaning of this song. He refers to Aries (i.e.