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“Hip Albatross” is the eighth track on Gorillaz’s first B-side album, G-Sides. It includes quotes and zombie noises from George A. Romero’s “Day of the Dead”. Samples from this franchise would reoccur in two other Gorillaz songs. Those are “M1 A1” from their debut self-titled album, and the intro to...
[Announcement]
Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!
[Sample from "Dawn of the Dead"]
"Why is it?"
"Because they still believe there´s respect."
"Hello Captain."
[Simultaneously with Verse 1]
"The normal question, the first question is always; are these cannibals? No, they are not cannibals. Cannibalism in the true sense of the word implies an interspecies activity. These creatures cannot be considered human. They prey on humans. They do not prey on each other! That's the difference. They attack and they feed only on warm human flesh."
[Verse 1: 2D]
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I
I-I-I was born
A zombie
From mercury
I just sleep
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I
I-I-I was born
A zombie
From mercury
I just sleep...
"You got an alternative?"
"Yeah yeah, I got an alternative! Let´s get in that old whirlybird here, find us an island someplace, get in there, and spend what time we got left soaking up some sunshine
How´s that?"
Hip Albatross was written by Damon Albarn.
Hip Albatross was produced by Tom Girling & Jason Cox.
Gorillaz released Hip Albatross on Mon Mar 11 2002.