Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head (иногда сокращается до Fire Coming Out) — это тринадцатый трек из второго альбома Gorillaz, Demon Days. В записи песни участвовал американский киноактёр Деннис Хоппер, выступающий в роли рассказчика истории.
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Деймон встретил Денниса Хоппера на церемонии награждения в Hackney EmpireW, хотя поначалу Деймон был застенчив и спрятался от него за колонной. Однако, как только он решил, что всё чисто, он столкнулся с Хоппером и решился спросить его о сотрудничестве. Как оказалось, его сын Генри был большим фанатом, и он согласился. Вокал Хоппера был записан в подвальной студии, принадлежащей EMI, рядом с тогдашним театром «Астория»W.[1]
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[Куплет 1: Деннис Хоппер]
Once upon a time at the foot of a great mountain
There was a town where the people known as Happyfolk lived
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
Innocent of the litany of excess and violence
That was growing in the world below
To live in harmony with the spirit of the mountain called Monkey was enough
Then one day, Strangefolk arrived in the town
They came in camouflage, hidden behind dark glasses
But no one noticed them, they only saw shadows
You see, without the Truth of the Eyes, the Happyfolk were blind
[Интерлюдия: 2-D]
Falling out of aeroplanes and hiding out in holes
Waiting for the sunset to come, people going home
Jump out from behind them and shoot them in the head
Now everybody dancing, the dance of the dead
The dance of the dead, the dance of the dead
[Куплет 2: Деннис Хоппер]
In time, the Strangefolk found their way into the higher reaches of the mountain
And it was there that they found the caves of unimaginable sincerity and beauty
By chance, they stumbled upon the place where all good souls come to rest
The Strangefolk, they coveted the jewels in these caves above all things
And soon they began to mine the mountain
Its rich seam, fueling the chaos of their own world
Meanwhile, down in the town, the Happyfolk slept restlessly
Their dreams invaded by shadowy figures digging away at their souls
Every day, people would wake and stare at the mountain
Why was it bringing darkness into their lives?
And as the Strangefolk mined deeper and deeper into the mountain, holes began to appear
Bringing with them a cold and bitter wind that chilled the very soul of the Monkey
For the first time, the Happyfolk felt fearful
For they knew that soon the Monkey would stir from its deep sleep
And then came a sound, distant first, that grew into castrophony
So immense that 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
[Аутро: 2-D]
Oh, little town in the USA, your time has come to see
There's nothing you believe you want
But where were you when it all came down on me?
Did you call me? No
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Интересные факты[]
- Fire Coming Out первоначально имела рабочее название Western.[2]
- Для этой песни Деймон специально придумал слово "castrophony" (catastrophe + cacophony).[3]
- Изначально предполагалось, что в песне примет участие американский певец Том УэйтсW, однако из-за несовпавших графиков коллаборация так и не состоялась, и вместо него был приглашён Деннис Хоппер.[4]
- После смерти Денниса Хоппера его часть исполняется актёром Мэттом Берри, в частности, во время Song Machine Live и Gorillaz World Tour 2022.
Примечания[]
- ↑ We are Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, co-creators of Gorillaz. Ask us anything! (2020-12-10). reddit.com. (архивная копия не проверена!)
- ↑ Gorillaz – Demon Days (2005, CD). Discogs. (архивная копия не проверена!)
- ↑ Gorillaz - Recording Fire Coming Out Of The Monkeys Head (Bananaz). YouTube. (архивная копия не проверена!)
- ↑ TOSHIBA-EMI INTL / SPECIAL - Gorillaz 特集 (япон.). toshiba-emi.co.jp. Архивная копия оригинала на 04.03.2007. (устаревший контент)