Oh wow, I just saw Dawn of the Dead (the original George A Romero one) and boy is it creepy. This song fits PERFECTLY with it.
According to some research I did, albatrosses are said to be the "bad luck birds", apparently.
Crows are bad luck on land and I guess albatross are bad luck by sea.
Maybe its a metaphor for like a "sea of zombies?"
Just as a side note, Gorillaz seems to really like this movie b/c they use a musical number from it as the Intro for their new album "Demon Days" (its the part where the two guys are outside the mall, getting ready to drive two trucks and block off the entrance, and the zombies are all crowding around the trucks).
Yes, Jamie Hewlett has repeatedly stated in interviews that Dawn of the Dead has had a huge impact on him when he saw it as a child, and since then he developed a life-long fascination with zombies. As a result they made the character 2D also have such a fascination with said movie and zombies (expressed in many of Gorillaz' interviews as well as their bio, "Rise of the Ogre").
Yes, Jamie Hewlett has repeatedly stated in interviews that Dawn of the Dead has had a huge impact on him when he saw it as a child, and since then he developed a life-long fascination with zombies. As a result they made the character 2D also have such a fascination with said movie and zombies (expressed in many of Gorillaz' interviews as well as their bio, "Rise of the Ogre").
The phrase "To carry an albatross around one's neck", which is often shortened by just making a reference to an "albatross," is often used, especially in Britain, as...
The phrase "To carry an albatross around one's neck", which is often shortened by just making a reference to an "albatross," is often used, especially in Britain, as a metaphor for carrying a heavy burden of guilt. It originates from a famous narrative poem by Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
Oh wow, I just saw Dawn of the Dead (the original George A Romero one) and boy is it creepy. This song fits PERFECTLY with it.
According to some research I did, albatrosses are said to be the "bad luck birds", apparently.
Crows are bad luck on land and I guess albatross are bad luck by sea.
Maybe its a metaphor for like a "sea of zombies?"
Just as a side note, Gorillaz seems to really like this movie b/c they use a musical number from it as the Intro for their new album "Demon Days" (its the part where the two guys are outside the mall, getting ready to drive two trucks and block off the entrance, and the zombies are all crowding around the trucks).
Yes, Jamie Hewlett has repeatedly stated in interviews that Dawn of the Dead has had a huge impact on him when he saw it as a child, and since then he developed a life-long fascination with zombies. As a result they made the character 2D also have such a fascination with said movie and zombies (expressed in many of Gorillaz' interviews as well as their bio, "Rise of the Ogre").
Yes, Jamie Hewlett has repeatedly stated in interviews that Dawn of the Dead has had a huge impact on him when he saw it as a child, and since then he developed a life-long fascination with zombies. As a result they made the character 2D also have such a fascination with said movie and zombies (expressed in many of Gorillaz' interviews as well as their bio, "Rise of the Ogre").
The phrase "To carry an albatross around one's neck", which is often shortened by just making a reference to an "albatross," is often used, especially in Britain, as...
The phrase "To carry an albatross around one's neck", which is often shortened by just making a reference to an "albatross," is often used, especially in Britain, as a metaphor for carrying a heavy burden of guilt. It originates from a famous narrative poem by Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."