Bananaz Page #2

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Clearer.

Even clearer.

So this bit in the middle, that's all we need.

It just needs some little thing

in the second verse, on the gaps.

I wonder what.

F***ing wicked.

F***ing great. Yeah.

So what we've got here

is a LA hip-hop producer,

a Jamaican old-school dub bass player,

and a... twat from Leytonstone.

One day a gentleman called

Junior Dan knocked on my door.

And he'd heard me playing the melodica,

and he came in and introduced himself,

and he's a sort of 60-year-old Rasta,

so I...

I was immediately very intrigued

about why he'd be interested

in playing on my record.

It transpired that he's one of

the original Studio One musicians,

and has worked with everyone

from Bob Marley to Augustus Pablo

to Lee Perry to King Tubby.

And from that point on,

this sort of heavy baseline

was sort of appearing on all my tracks,

and then I kind of got sort of 75

per cent of the way through the album,

and then found I couldn't really

go any further.

So I rang Dan up, and he brought some

amazing characters into the picture,

like Del Tha Funkee Homosapien,

and Miho from Cibo Matto.

And sprinkled a bit of

Dan Nakamura fairy dust over it.

And Gorillaz was created.

And your jacket, and your jacket.

And your bag.

And my bag. Can't get my bag in here.

Get your bag in here.

Typical. Two weeks to animate...

They've had eight weeks to choose a song.

Don't you think that's enough time?

What, two weeks to animate a video?

What do you think?

Do you know how long it takes to animate?

Peter can only animate 2-D's mouth

singing the lyric

and his eyes blinking a bit, that's it.

Can't have him moving his body,

can't have him nodding his head.

Can't do anything like that.

We're both in agreement

on what should be the second single.

Well, the first proper single,

'cause this is supposed to be

a low-budget video,

and kind of a small release.

So what's the first proper single, then?

Clint Eastwood.

Russel, he's not based on anyone,

but he's got a lot of the things

that we like about hip-hop

from being sort of outsiders,

and looking into that world, you know?

And we gave him this special power

where he could summon up the spirits

of musicians dead or living.

With Del, he's alive,

but he's got a fear of flying,

so it's necessary to have Russel

as a conduit for him.

But in the future... Sorry, I've got hiccups.

In the future, I think Russel could,

you know, work with anyone from 2Pac

to Vanilla Ice, you know?

I've been talking to Nick Gold

from World Circuit Records,

who handles Buena Vista Social Club,

and Ibrahim Ferrer is gonna come down

and sing on the Latin track,

which is good.

Once it's got the clear track without me,

just feel it, the way that he wants to do it.

It's not my... Once he sings it,

it's not my song, it's his song.

A new phrase.

But a bit more...

It's nice, you know, it's...

73 years old, for a 73-year-old

to try something different for him.

Tom, if he's gonna carry over

onto the second verse,

then whatever the second verse,

it's gonna have to be

on different tracks, OK?

- It worked!

- It's good, though.

This is extremely important, Jamie.

Says he who hasn't got

his f***ing trousers on. Look at that!

I wouldn't worry about

putting on funny accents.

Doesn't matter. Not important. This guy...

We're supposed

to be the characters, aren't we?

- We'll just be...

- Be the character.

I mean, a little bit.

You've got to be 2-D,

so you've got to act like him, he's got to be...

They're not going to get it like that.

Trust me.

They don't get it in that way yet.

So it's important...

- in the picture...

- Yeah, of course, it's a serious interview.

And we will answer

all the questions seriously

and try to do a funny, cool interview.

But the characters have characters.

And you have to sort of

portray that character a bit.

- 2-D isn't that smart, so, you know...

- No, sure, sure, sure.

You've got to be a little bit, f***ing,

"Duh, what?"

He knows what his character is like,

and I've got to be Murdoc, who's Murdoc.

So I've got to be a bit f***ing...

You know. Like Murdoc.

I'm gonna talk like this. "Murdoc here!"

Is that all right? Or is that a bit too...

Hello, how you doing?

I'm very well.

Been waiting for your call.

We thought you'd forgotten about us.

I'm all right, yeah. A bit disorientated.

Hello?

Yeah, who the f*** is this?

What's funny?

Well, we don't fight crime, but, you know...

What? Who the f***

is comparing us to boy bands?

Have you seen the... What are we? A1?

Hang on a bit.

Some dude,

Damon Albarn's coming in here.

Mark. Hello, it's Damon.

Tit!

"It's not working. I'll be me, I'll save it."

Cheers. Bye.

Just had to explain it to him. It's

all right... -You blew that, didn't you?

- What?

- You totally f***ing blew that.

That was going fine, man.

Just 'cause you panicked,

'cause you couldn't think

of anything to say as 2-D,

you had to step in as yourself.

He was doing great, I was doing all right,

we were just easing into it

and you stepped in.

It was almost like you were saying,

"I'm sorry, OK? We're not really real.

"But I'll talk to you."

It was going absolutely fine, man.

- Fine.

- Oh, for God's sake.

He hadn't got it, all right?

This is the first piece.

He's gonna talk about this new band,

great music, great images,

with these characters and the whole thing.

Yeah, but I think we need to get this,

sort of...

- I totally agree with you! My God!

- ..interview over the phone down to a T,

because, you know, we're in...

Jamie, I've been talking about this!

I've spent all that...

- I've been, like, on, you know!

- Stop f***ing nagging!

- I'm just saying what I think.

- Can you just understand this? Right.

I'll say this once. OK.

This is an organic thing.

Every week something comes up.

You know, Rolling Stone

might decide tomorrow

that they want to do

an interview the next day, you can't...

That's the level we're working at,

that's why I was saying to you,

how important it is that we get...

You get a group of people who are all

very confident about their characters.

Well, Remi's fine,

and I think we should get Nelson,

'cause he was really good as 2-D.

- Yeah, and I'm sure...

- You two have got a bit of repartee, so...

- Phil Cornwell will be excellent as well.

- Yeah.

But, you know, just to say that I f***ing,

you know...

All right, I'm sorry I said you blew it.

You didn't blow it.

- It's fine. It's just, you know...

- Jamie.

I spent years not explaining myself

and just expecting Americans to get it.

They didn't. Americans like you to be nice.

They like you to explain things clearly,

they like to feel that they're...

You know, they don't wanna feel cond...

You know what I mean?

They have a real problem

with English people to start off with,

and the people that do well in America

are the ones that go

and f***ing explain it all, you know,

and play the game that they, you know...

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