Bananaz Page #6

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That would really be f***ed up!

It could be a soundtrack

with pop songs.

The next stage of this,

really for us,

is right back to the attitude

we had with this one,

which was like...

We're gonna have

to convince everyone again.

That's what we thrive on.

That's why we make really good stuff.

You have to go into the wilderness,

so to speak, really,

to come up with really good ideas

and then you come back.

If I'm like that... got it like that...

I reckon that'll be all right.

Listen, you've gotta try these things.

It won't be too loud in my ear,

though, will it?

Yes, mate. It'll definitely...

ear off your head, yes.

- Do you think it'll feed back as well?

- Obviously.

OK.

F***ing hell!

You know when they come out

with a new eyeliner,

they don't necessarily test it

on rabbits, do they?

'Cause it's already been tested.

You know what I'm saying, dude?

- Yeah, yeah.

- You know what I'm saying?

Well, do you?

- Are you wearing lipstick?

- F*** off!

C*nt!

Look, if you're gonna try

and do something, right,

that is a bit of cartoon magic,

you've got to be somewhere,

you know.

- You can't...

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

- Can you cope with that, Tim?

- That one? Yeah.

Well, he's already on the net.

It's so nervy using producers.

You get it right, it's a breeze.

You get it wrong, it's hell on earth.

Yeah, but last time

we didn't know that with Dan either.

- I know.

- And it just happened to work.

You've got to make

some sort of calculated risk.

But I always like the idea of

just adding something to what we do

and then adding a bit to it

so it's a joint...

It has to be a co-production,

whoever it is.

Yeah. I know, of course, yeah.

Exactly.

I think you've pretty much taken...

A lot of the songs

are pretty much there, anyway.

It was almost quite loose

on the last record as well, I think.

Yeah, but I think I've got some...

- That's what I'm saying...

- If I don't mind saying so myself!

No, but it feels much tighter.

There's fantastic stuff in there

and I haven't really started on it.

That's what I mean. It feels much

harder, much tighter on this already,

from what I'm hearing.

That's just the musicianship's

improved a bit, you know?

- A bit?

- Yeah.

Not enough to put on...

you know, on your passport,

"Occupation:
Musician" but...

We're getting there.

I was born in Whitechapel Hospital.

OK. Fair enough.

I was born in f***ing... hell!

Could you hold that

while I light my cigarette, please?

- Could you roll me one as well?

- Yes, of course.

If you hold that for me

because I'm not an octopus!

- Don't be daft!

- Let me just have a sip.

Don't be spilling coffee all over my

f***ing nuts before we get to the shoot!

Just relax. Learn how to relax.

I am relaxed,

except for when I'm with you.

When I'm not with you, people

think I'm on Valium, I'm so relaxed.

I'm like all the bones have been

removed from my body. I'm like...

As soon as I get near you...

See! Look, this...

I'm not happy about this!

You've just got to believe

it's gonna be all right.

That's that laugh.

Yeah, something like that.

Do you know where

that laugh came from?

You just laughing at the music

that was happening that day.

You were just laughing at it.

'Cause it was making you feel like that.

You, too, though.

You were making me laugh, too, though.

Your mannerisms. You're funny, man!

You really make me laugh!

You, too, though.

No, you, in the day...

You're different in the day

than you are at night.

That's 'cause I'm sober in the day.

Are you really?

They had recorded

a bunch of stuff already.

All played like he did first time.

And when I sat and listened to it,

a lot of it was great.

Then the first single we worked on

was Dirty Harry.

We got along and it worked out OK.

He's our greatest rapper.

Even though it's...

You know, people like

The Streets and thing...

would never ever have happened

if he hadn't...

He did those...

It starts with Ian Dury

and then it's Shaun Ryder,

and then everything after that

is a composite of those two things.

If you can pull this off, then you've

really earned your producer stripes.

You really have.

- I don't know.

- No, you really have.

If you can do this,

then you really have.

You can work with anyone.

I don't really remember doing this,

you know.

Am I...? Am I doing this all in one take

or am I doing my vocals again?

No, we're doing one take live.

'Cause I don't know what the lyrics are.

Just make 'em up!

- Get an album copy.

- I have no lyrics! It's all made up!

No, we're not gonna

do the vocals again.

I know!

- You don't know what the lyrics are?

- No!

That's a problem, really.

- Sorry about this.

- He's not done his homework!

- What are we doing?

- We're doing a take.

We're actually now ready

for doing takes, so...

Well, shouldn't there be

someone singing?

- Yeah, there should but...

- He doesn't know the lyrics.

We were saying that "castrophony"

could actually be

a whole new word that you've created

and maybe we should leave it in.

That's what's...

Of course it's staying in there.

Don't pull that face!

We're just saying you created that word!

I deliberately created

a new word called "castrophony".

- Castrophony.

- Castrophony.

Then there came a sound,

distant at first,

that grew into a castrophony.

So immense,

it could be heard far into space.

OK, now... now...

But we just want you to say it how

you'd say it. Do you know what I mean?

Once upon a time,

at the foot of a great mountain,

there was a town where the people

known as Happy Folk live.

Their very existence,

a mystery to the rest of the world,

obscured as it was by great clouds.

Here they played out

their peaceful lives...

I'm so nervous

I can't smoke my f***ing joint!

Can I have a light off someone?

F***ing come on! F***ing...

- Calm down, mate.

- I can't.

You've gotta ask, ain't you?

"Spirit of the mountain called Monkey,

was enough."

You know when it moves to a...

That sort of spooky,

Morricone kind of thing...

That's when the camouflage,

that's when the strangers...

Yeah, I think that's...

"Then one day, strange folk..."

If we could get to that and then

when that starts, then this bit starts, so...

For the first time,

the Happy Folk felt fearful

for they knew that soon the monkey

would stir from its deep, deep sleep.

Then there came a sound,

distant at first,

that grew into a castrophony.

So immense

it could be heard far away in space.

There were no screams.

There was no time.

The mountain

called Monkey had spoken.

There was only fire.

And then... nothing.

That's it. That's your lot.

End of album, boys.

OK, gentlemen, thank you very much.

- It's been lovely knowing you and...

- Bloody hell!

It'll have to be sung a cappella.

What?

Jolly good!

Yes.

Well, anyway, the best of luck

to you all and bye-bye.

Demon Days,

the new album from Gorillaz,

featuring the single Feel Good Inc.

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