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Left Hand Suzuki Method is the ninth track from Gorillaz' first compilation album, G-Sides. It originally appeared as a B-side track to the single "19-2000". This track is instructing a Japanese music recording method explained by Noodle. In two parts of the song, she speaks English very poorly, most likely translated through Russel.
The song was also featured as a US and France-exclusive bonus track of the band's debut album, Gorillaz.
Exhumation[]
Exhumation is the name of the original version of the song. This version was included on the Gorillaz Un-mastered Tracks and Instrumentals Promo CDs, but was re-named to "Left Hand Suzuki Method" on later releases. It is much longer than the well-known one, with a length of 5:16 instead of 3:12, and without the fade-out in the end. The lyrics remain the same on both versions.
Lyrics[]
Feel the impact!
[Miho Hatori]
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[Katei de mainichi gakushƻ-yƓ no rekƓdo wo kikasete ongaku-teki-sensu wo sodateru]
[Sore ni yotte, jƓtatsu mo hayai]
The most important thing is listening to the recording of the music, it makes them get an...um...musical sense and gets to the point of the... fast progress
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[TonarizĆŖsyon wo mainichi ressun shidĆ“ shite, oto wo rippa ni sodateru]
And also... every day, every lesson, we have to make sure they learn about tonalization
English Translation[]
Welcome! Let us play a record and build up a sense of music (musical vocabulary). That way, it will come to you quickly.
The most important thing is listening to the recording of the music, it makes them get an...um...musical sense and gets to the point of the... fast progress
Do not hesitate to make mistakes to learn from, so that you can fine-tune the tonal quality of the music.
Also, everyday, every lesson. We have to make sure they have to learn about tonalization.
Video[]
Trivia[]
- This the first song that is fully spoken word.
- The drums and bass were sampled from "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters.
- The violin instrumental featured in the song is from "Long, Long Ago", written in 1833 by English composer Thomas Haynes Bayly. "Long, Long Ago" is one of the songs featured in the Suzuki Method of violin education and the Suzuki book 1 for stringed instruments, hence its presence in this song.
- In the clean version of the track, the bong sounds were cut.
- According to the band on the Rise of the Ogre book, the opening sounds for the song were actually Russel blowing bubbles in his milk glass through a straw shoved up his nose. "Freaked out parents would say that he is hitting a bong."
- The song retained the name "Exhumation" on a short version available in Noodle's Room on the Kong Studios website during Phase One, named "Exhumation Vox".
- Another song featuring main vocals by Noodle in Japanese was also present on the un-mastered and instrumental promos. Faust, which was later released as a B-side to the "Rock the House" single, also had its own short version available on Noodle's Room, also titled "Faust Vox".
- Interestingly, 2-D's backing vocals are not present on this version of the song, only Noodle's.
- Another song featuring main vocals by Noodle in Japanese was also present on the un-mastered and instrumental promos. Faust, which was later released as a B-side to the "Rock the House" single, also had its own short version available on Noodle's Room, also titled "Faust Vox".
- This track was once referred to as "Suzuki Left Hand Method" by the Cafe Cat in the cafeteria during MEL's Kong Studios tour.
- The song was eventually given a music video in 2006 titled "Monk's Montage" on the Phase Two: Slowboat To Hades DVD which paired it with several clips of music videos, G-Bitez, visuals and idents from Phases 1 and 2.