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"Dare" is the greatest thing Gorillaz has done since their debut of "Clint Eastwood," & it's also the most exciting to see performed on the live album.īut the essence of the band is not to be found by watching the actual humans behind the animation. In the video she's supposedly doing the falsetto voice of Gorillaz's girl lead guitarist, Japanese pre-teen Noodles. Rosie Wilson also performs on this number, a pure sweet voice providing a heavenly counterpoint to Shaun's demonism. To see him actually live on stage singing this excellent song is shocking in its beautiful ugliness, as he really is one of the most beautiful ugly men on earth, with the voice of a fallen angel.
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The most winning performance is guest lead Shaun Ryder on "Dare." In the 2005 video Shaun is shown only as a head kept alive artificially, a typical bit of Gorillaz-macabre. This number was from Gorillaz' debut album, & reprising it in this context with Ibaham on the film screen was a very moving tribute. The closing song in Spanish "Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)" is sung with a recording of Ibrahim Farrer (1927-2005) who was no longer alive to participate in the live concert. There are other guests & much else that is pleasant enough including a reprise of "Hong Kong" from an earlier album, & Swedish girl hiphopster Neneh Cherry out front on "Kids with Guns." Damon Albarn (usually the voice of 2-D is himself kind of exciting even just as a silhouette in the back. The audience is obviously enthused when Ike Turner comes out for "Every Planet We Reach is Dead." Dennis Hopper reads the text for "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head." The Manchester children's choir supplants the Demon Days studio album's Childrens Choir of San Fernandez on "Dirty Harry." The kids are somehow more thrilling than guest lead, rapper Booty Brown. In the foreground are sundry & numerous musical guests of the Gorillaz, putting on one hell of a great show. Through the various numbers we do catch glimpses of the human band members but mainly they're kept in the background as shadows only. Though potentially dissappointing for animation fans & fans of cartoonist Jamie Hewlitt, on the other hand, it's good to know that it's not all purely studio mix & Gorillaz' music can be performed live (more or less some of it is certainly recorded & not "live" at all). This Maconcert can be annoying for anyone who wanted to keep the animated images of the band in mind. The performers are seen only as silhouettes so as not to contradict the well-constructed image of the band that has been established by animation, comix, & puppetry. This "live" performance by the virtual band begins with a "Lost Living Souls" performed by the actual guys who voice the animated band, but not the animated band. The jewelbox for the Gorillaz dvd Demon Days: Live at the Manchester Opera House shows one of the cartoon bandmates, 2-D, which is definitely misleading. Top performers have struggled for decades to find a comfortable marriage between sound and vision, but here they were perfectly matched." Daily Telegraph, UK.DEMON DAYS: LIVE AT THE MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE. DVD features appearances from Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn, Neneh Cherry, Bootie Brown, De La Soul, Ike Turner, Shaun Ryder, Roots Manuva & Martina Topley-Bird and pre-recorded contributions from MF Doom, Dennis Hopper and Ibrahim Ferrer. Filmed at the Manchester Festival in November 05, bringing Gorillaz' smash hit second album Demon Days live onstage experience to the small screen for the first time.