| “ | Well you know November has come when it's gone away... | „ |
November Has Come is a song by Gorillaz and the ninth track on their second studio album, Demon Days. It features rap verses by hip hop artist MF DOOM. Like other tracks from the album, it was produced by American musician Danger Mouse.
Background and Recording[]
According to Noodle on Gorillaz' autobiography, Rise of the Ogre, MF DOOM came onto the record through Danger Mouse (who, at the time, was also working with him on Danger Doom).[1] Russel later stated that Murdoc contributed to getting him on the record, and 2-D commented that the beginning of it was similar to a Wham!W song.[2]
| “ | He was running around with his ‘talent-catcher butterfly net’ ensnaring unsuspecting musicians that lay momentarily dormant. He would creep up, put the net over them and then spray them with his homemade seduction spray, ‘Ambition for Men’. That was it. They were hooked. | „ |
| ~ Russel Hobbs |
| “ | When Doom recorded this vocal, I had a stopwatch and I said ‘see how many words you can say inside the first 30 seconds’. Boy, oh boy, did he deliver! | „ |
| ~ Murdoc Niccals |
Live Visuals[]
The Live Visuals.
The live visuals for November Has Come features MF DOOM as if he had hijacked the group's visuals while singing along to the track. In the parts he is absent, audio frequencies of the song are instead shown, with Damon Albarn/2-D singing instead.
The video was produced around mid-2005 for the Demon Days Live concerts and, according to the back of the Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House DVD (where it was eventually released in 2006), it was shot by C. Nito.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: MF DOOM]
Slow it down some, no split, clown bum
Your gold hit sound dumb, hold it now!!!
Crown 'em
Where you found them at?
Got 'em 'round town, could've drowned in it
Would have floated, boated, voted
Sugar-coated, loaded hip shooter
Draw for the poor, free coffee at the banks
Yip through the straw, none more for me, thanks
That blanks the raw, that dank sure stank lit
Sank past the pit for more hardcore prank spit
Crank it on blast, roll past Front Street
Blew the whole spot like some old ass with skunk meat
These kids is too fast, juiced off a junk treat
Who could get looser off a crunk or a funk beat?
[Chorus: 2-D]
Something has started today
Where did it go or you want it to be?
Well, you know November has come
When it's gone away
(Oh, what they say)
Something has started today
Where did it go or you want it to be?
Well, you know November has come
When it's gone away
[Verse 2: MF DOOM]
Bye, can you dig it like a spigot?
My guess is yes, you can, like "Can I Kick It?" Wicked
Lick a shot if you happy and you know it
As you clap your hands to the thick snot of a poet, flow it
Grope a pen and I'm in cope hymen
Doper rhymin' more worth it than the Hope Diamond
Acquired off the black market
A wire tappin' couldn't target a jar of spit
The rapid-fire spark lit
(Zit!) A rapper bug zapper
And it don't matter after if they's a thug or dapper
Plug your trap or it's maximum exposure
The beast got family members askin' them for closure
Aw, send 'em a gun and tell 'em, "Clean it"
Then go get the nun who said her son didn't mean it
She wore a filled-in thong of Billabong
And said, "Nah, for real-er? The villain on the gorilla jawng?"
[Chorus: 2-D]
Something has started today
Where did it go or you want it to be?
Well, you know November has come
When it's gone away
Something has started today
Where did it go or you want it to be?
Well, you know November has come
When it's gone away
[Outro: 2-D]
When it's
When it's gone away[3]
Video[]
Availability[]
Song[]
- Demon Days (all editions).
Live Visuals[]
- Demon Days Live At The Manchester Opera House DVD (note: certain editions include audio from the live performance while others are from the studio recording);
- Unofficial YouTube reuploads.
Gallery[]
Wallpapers[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Trivia[]
- The song artwork is a reference to the opening scene of the 1985 film Day of the DeadW.
References[]
- ↑ Browne, Cass; Gorillaz (October 26, 2006). Rise Of The Ogre, p. 186. Penguin Group. ISBN 1-59448-931-9.
- ↑ Browne, Cass; Gorillaz (October 26, 2006). Rise Of The Ogre, p. 197. Penguin Group. ISBN 1-59448-931-9.
- ↑ Smith, Mike; Gorillaz (29 November 2005). Demon Days PVG, p. 59-65. Faber Music. ISBN 0-571-52453-2.