MTV News' #MusicMonday: Gorillaz
Monday
Feb 8, 2010
Really, you should be listening to music every day, but thanks to Twitter, Monday has become the best day of the week to discover new songs, show some love to the tune currently dominating your iPod playlist and quietly judge the listening habits of your closest friends. yes, it's #MusicMonday, one of Twitter's most enduring trending topic. Hence "MTV News' #MusicMonday," a weekly look at the songs we're obsessing about here in the Newsroom.
This week, it's all about one song: the new track by Gorillaz that has been absolutely setting the Newsroom on fire since it found its way to the Internet.
Steven Roberts: "When Gorillaz released their new single 'Stylo' last week, I'm pretty sure everyone said aloud to themselves, 'Bobby Womack?!' They were curious to see how the collaboration would sound. and then there's the question of what incarnation of Gorillaz we would be geting this time around: Dan the Automator's robo-samples and drum machines or DJ Danger Mouse's multi-instrumental dance pop amalgamation? Womack seems to be belting from his throat while riding the cold, machine-like drums like a Cadillac across 110th Street. Mos Def raps as 'Sun Moon Stars,' a new character in the Gorillaz universe, but despite his amazing comeback over the last year, the Might Mos takes a backseat to Womack's guttural vocals."
Joel Hanek: "Gorillaz, in theory, should not work in any way, shape or form. any band that dabbles in genre-bending or eclecticism usually just ends up being a band that is well-rounded in mediocrity. Gorillaz, however, defy the odds by putting out amazing singles every few years. Few groups have been able to master the shape-shifting that Gorillaz can pull off. 'Stylo' is a new wave disco anthem with a pulsating electronic hook will get stuck in your head instantly. Damon Alburn does a better job of reminding you how awesome Bobby Womack is better than Tarantino did with his opening sequence to 'Jackie Brown.' I can not wait for this album: Bobby Womack, Snoop Dogg and a mini-Clash reunion all in one place? yes please! if the single is a glimpse into Plastic Beach, how can it not be good?"
Adam Murphy: "I have a feeling (or at least a flickering hope) that 'Stylo' will be a trend-setting track for 2010. the warm, rubbery bassline and the spacey pad swells take cues from the electrofied R&B of the mid '80s, and the sequenced percussion blips smell of the early days of MIDI. and then, what? Bobby Womack? 'Across 110th Street' Bobby Womack? His wailing changes the vibe to a weird drowsy kind house music, like Visual's classic 'The Music got me.' Mos Def's subdued coda leads you out, and presumably into the next record (which shall for sure be a dark, furtive club creeper)."
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