Talk:Clint Eastwood (song)

Noodle
I'm removing this particular portion: (EDIT: according to the MTV cribs Gorillaz edition, Noodle is a he, and this also correlates with the website -gf)

Because Noodle is simply NOT a male. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.135.117.83 (talk) 07:06, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Subliminal Message?
gorillazmessage.ytmnd.com im not sure if it is real or not, but if it is, it should be in the article


 * If it's intended, it makes no sense. Not noteworthy. --Kitch 00:33, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Not intended. It's just a ytmnd. --ACK-OA

Alternative music video description
--Kitch 00:33, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

The video is animated. It was directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland in 2000. It starts with the Gorillaz logo in red against a black screen, and the following quote from the movie Dawn Of The Dead: "Every dead body that is not exterminated, gets up and kills. The people it kills, get up and kill" in Japanese then in English. This phrase was deemed offensive in some countries and a censored video was produced that omits this intro.

The band is seen playing their music against a completely white backdrop. Russel's cap then begins to mysteriously rise on its own, and the ghost of Del emerges from under it. He begins to rap, leaving the Gorillaz dumbfounded

With a jump, Del rips a glowing chasm into the earth leading all the way to 2D's feet. The backdrop becomes a cemetery, with tombstones sprouting out of the ground, and thunderstorms brewing in the sky. Soon, arms start popping out of the ground. One grabs Murdoc by the groin and pulls him down to the ground. Eventually zombie gorillas pop out of the cemetery, and Murdoc runs, the gorillas giving chase.

Murdoc eventually stops and turns to the gorillas, frustrated by his inability to escape. The gorillas do a Thriller-esque dance routine, their claps thunderous, and lightning strikes in front of Murdoc, knocking him down. Noodle is then shown joyfully skipping along, almost as if she is completely unaware of her surroundings, and in her playful skipping, she delivers a hard kick to one of the zombie gorillas in the face.

After that, Del is sucked back into Russel's head. The gorillas all disintegrate, and the band members are left standing in the cemetery, the storm clouds breaking into daylight. The video then concludes with a split screen showing each of the four band members and their names.

In the video, 2-D wears a shirt that appears to say "T virus," possibly referencing the T-virus responsible for creating the zombies in the Resident Evil videogames and movies.

Thriller
Why does it mention that the gorrila dance routine is similar to Thriller twice? Changing. Highlandlord 17:01, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Link to Google Video
This does not appear to have been officially posted. Should Wikipedia be linking to illegal content?

The name
I thought Clint Eastwood was a reference to the Dub Reggae star, hence the dub B-side.

Drug Reference
I think we should put in this article that the song refers to LSD, Weed, and LSA. User:Combat52

Umm, No, we shouldn't, because it doesn't.The Swagga 03:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Ŕ The song obviously contains drug references. "Sunshine in a bag" ain't a reference to money. BlackFlag30 (talk) 05:53, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

To be fair : He does seem to refer to a drug, a legal one : Ritalin (or Adderall, whichever amphetamine salt fits you)

"I've got sunshine in a bag" "The Future is coming on" "I'm useless but not for long"

These drugs take a certain time to come on, you can feel it, they are intended to improve your future (through being able to focus in a fare easier manner). "Useless but not for long" may refer to the fact that a person affected by ADHD is usually considered unproductive or less productive than a person without. (Type Adhd and productivity in google and you'll find a plethora of sites offering help to increase productivity) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.23.207.124 (talk) 11:42, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

"Other" Lyrics
There are some lyrics in this song that I can't find and can't find listed anywhere. they start at about 51 seconds in and say things like "saucy" and "ooh yeah" (possibly "all wrong"). It is referenced on http://www.mhennessy3.f9.co.uk/rogers/ls58.htm website, saying "Not my usual thing, but the album-version of Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz) is fun. Unbeknown to the majority of its' intended audience, there is an amusing sub-50Hz bassline that simply isn't there with LS3/5a's" So i'd be interested to know what everyone else makes of it. They're really quiet and quite low down the register, but once you know they're there, you can ear them even on cruddy laptop speakers. dreamcatcher23 17:51, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

IF your talking about the small voices in the background, there are some. I've heard "Allstar" "View" and "CENSOR it" < during the part Del was near the Mother part. Srao (talk) 21:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Sunshine in a Bag
Urban Dictionary suggests that "sunshine in a bag" may refer to illegal drugs in particular marijuana both because cannabis draws it's energy from the sun and because of the uplifting effect. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sunshine+in+a+bag Also it may be worth mentioning that this song is commonly mistakenly titled "Sunshine in a bag" --ASA-IRULE (talk) 02:13, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Just because a phrase taken from a popular song is used to reference something doesn't mean that's how it was initially intended by the writers. An example of that would be Puff the Magic Dragon. The song never actually was a reference to use of drugs, but many people used the phrase afterward and insinuated that that's what the song meant. Another example would be "Getting jiggy". The term has often been used in media to imply something of a sexual nature. When Will Smith himself was asked what jiggy meant he said he wasn't really sure. The word jiggy was actually in some common use in certain regions as an equivalent to the word cool well before the song was released. Also, keep in mind Urban Dictionary isn't a reliable source, as all entries are posted by the user base and then voted on by other users. 75.121.169.64 (talk) 05:48, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Albarn himself said it was a nod to marihuana. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.188.59.251 (talk) 00:12, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Alternate Versions section
Lots of mistakes in that one, clearly needs editing. -De La Soul did not appear on Dirty Harry, that was Bootie Brown. -Clint Eastwood wasn't played at all on the Demon Days tour, the only exceptions here being the Demon Detour radio session for which the song was recorded with De La Soul and I believe Jamal Grey, though the latter could also have been a soundboard recording. -Eslam Jawaad did only perform the song once in Syria, and didn't appear on any other dates. -MF Doom's surprise appearance at one of the gigs is completely missing. -Snoop Dogg performing Tempah's verses? Really?

Please fix these mistakes, or I will delete the paragraph. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.133.40.148 (talk) 22:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Sunshine in a Bag 2 - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly electric boogaloo
The idea that the phrase "Sunshine in a Bag" is a line from the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is false. I've just watched the film and Eastwood does not use that phrase (no one does). [Proof http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/g/good-bad-ugly-script-transcript.html ]

The link provided does show that the song was influenced by the film's soundtrack. But the line itself was not uttered.

--One Salient Oversight (talk) 02:54, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

The hook/refrain from this song is a sample from the Clash
I think it is important to mention that the catchiest portion of this song, the melodica part is lifted straight from a Clash song. This should at least be mentioned somewhere to illustrate how the song fits into musical history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.146.21 (talk) 01:37, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

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Source for credits
On the album Gorillaz, the song credits appear like this:
 * All tracks written & performed by GORILLAZ (2D / Murdoc / Russel / Noodle) EXCEPT:
 * Track 1: ...
 * Track 5: Rap by Del Tha Funky Homosapien.
 * Track 10: ...
 * Track 11: ...
 * Track 12: ...
 * Additional vocals by Damon Albarn.
 * Produced by Dan The Automator / Gorillaz (with the exception of Track 13 ...
 * Co-produced by Tom Girling & Jason Cox.
 * Engineered by Tom Girling & Jason Cox.
 * Pro-tools: Tom Girling.
 * Recorded at Gee Jam Studios, Jamaica.
 * Assistant Engineer: Toby Whelan.

I have used ellipses to remove irrelevant info from the above. These credits go on to say that this song (which is Track 5 on the album) was published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., and WB Music Corp. There is nothing in the album credits about Tim Burrell mastering the song, or Albarn playing guitar, etc. AllMusic's review says that Dan "Tha Automator" Nakamura is very involved musically, doing the beats. SOS magazine said that Cox and Girling did all the sound effects on "Clint Eastwood", and they said Nakamura did the kick and snare from a drum machine, some other drum sounds from a sample CD, and a programmed electronic drum loop. There's also a bag of drum hardware being shaken as a percussion instrument. Albarn plays the melodica. SOS continues by listing a real upright piano, a keyboard bass line from a Moog Rogue plus a Roland JV, and some string sounds from the electronic Solina String Ensemble device. Britishers Phi-life and Cypher performed the first version of the rap, but the tracks were taken to the US where Del Tha Funky Homosapien (Teren Jones) totally replaced them with his own rap. Burrell is credited as mastering engineer for G-Sides the next year, but I am not seeing a reliable source saying he did Gorillaz.

The album credits list Gee Jam Studios but there was also Studio 13 in London before Jamaica, and The Glue Factory in San Francisco for Del Tha Funkee Homosapien's rap vocal recording (the same studio as his album Deltron 3030 because it was an extension of the same session.)

, the personnel section of the article should be based on the best possible sources. I hold that the best sources we have are the credits published in ink on the album paper, and the detailed recollections by people who were there, for instance the SOS magazine piece about the recording process. I don't think a YouTube video page can be counted as reliable, especially since we can see it lists Albarn for "all instruments" even though Nakamura certainly did the electronic drums, and the producers all had a hand in playing instruments, without specific credits parceled out. Binksternet (talk) 05:28, 5 October 2020 (UTC)