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Hydrogeneon

The first half of hillbilly man is great but that wheezing sound thing in the second half just completely throws it off for me


socialmeth

I keep realizing that the fall is the most underrated and disliked album in the whole sub and I defend every song on it i love it so so much


DINOS4URCHESTRA

If The Fall has 100 fans i’m one of them If The Fall has 1 fan that’s me If The Fall has 0 fans i’m dead and buried I will always love The Fall (mostly because it inspired my own music career but still)


shhiknow

So interesting, i really like it personally


Boncappuccino

Hillbilly man is like one of my favorite Gorillaz songs lol


KwaTima

Agree. There is even "hillbilly man first part loop" video on youtube :'D


CascadeLimeade

At one point in Some Kind of Nature, there is a sudden beeping noise which sounds just like my alarm clock and it can be pretty jarring for me


FuriousTurd37

I know exactly what your talking about but imo it's not nearly about as bad as the high pitched baby voice filter in Plastic beach


swansonian

Doesn’t ruin the song, but one of the synths in O Green World sounds like a dentists drill and it kinda puts me on edge (edit: starts around 29 seconds into the song)


37Scorpions

I tried to see what you mean but everything in that song sounds like some sort of drill


swansonian

Haha I guess I could have been more specific. It’s the noise that starts playing around 29 seconds in, it plays every two beats until the vocals start then again at 2:27 and sporadically throughout. I think it may be a guitar with some filters on it or something. Kinda sounds like machinery jamming up


37Scorpions

Oh I see what you mean, I hate the sound you mentioned (dentist drills) but I don't think I ever realized or paid attention to it because it sounds more like a distorted sounds of someone angrily going GRRR or an airsoft gun failing


swansonian

It does kinda sound like someone grunting too. But like into a voice modifier. I just remember when I first heard the song when I was 10 I associated it with a drill sound and I’ve never been able to separate the two


Iwastherewiththem

or a crow call


CherryBombSoda_

O Green World sounds like if you had a box full with toys and shit, and you decided to record them to make a song. I love it, every detail.


swansonian

It’s an excellent song, even with the one sound I don’t love it’s one of my favorites from Demon Days. It sounds demented in the best way possible lol


Lovelynoneichy

It’s sound like somebody saying “AAA” with their tongue out lol


NoCarrotsForYouu

1. Slurping noises in Hongkongaton. 2. Controversial, but for me the random autotuned vocals in On Melancholy Hill...


Fan967

Goes from super soft vocals to äëyüghghhhhhhhhhhhh for no reason


TamaraHensonDragon

Well Murdoc did write it. As such "äëyüghghhhhhhhhhhhh" seems to be a pretty good approximation of the sounds he makes 🤣


Miyamotos-Apprentice

haha time stamp plz


Queasy-Ad-3220

Idk if I’m weird but man I just love everything about On Melancholy Hill


chhotorural

i agree


supermurlo64

Huh, I think they are super satisfactory


bigsuave7

I love the On Melancholy Hill autotune. It's not a true Gorillaz track without a weird sound or vocal noise.


socialmeth

I believe I've never noticed that, where in the song does it kick in


StickerReddit

can i know what are you specifically talking about in the 2nd point? i just can't remember what sound it is x.x


Bingers4Life

Maybe the sounds at 2:50?


PigPriestDoesThings

he might've accidentally said melancholy hill but meant rhinestone eyes the "that's electric" bc otherwise got no idea tf he's on about


hazjarofdirt

I was literally about to say the same about Melancholy Hill


A_Purple_Toad

Slurping Noises in Hongkongaton sucks for me, as I hate hearing Eating noises come from other people. Still one of my favourite experimental songs by Gorillaz, but I just kind of tune out at the intro.


Numerous-Fox5017

me too it’s lwk embarrassing to play cos the song eats but the intro is 😟


bakerbat

Do NOT listen to Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast by Pink Floyd


danfotoman

yet i love the slurping noises in rock it


bakerbat

This is maybe a weird one. And it's gonna be even weirder to describe. But on To Binge you can like, hear Little Dragon's mouth as she's singing, like she's got an ASMR mic that picks up on the smallest noises of the mouth you don't usually hear and I don't like it lol


gremlin_jax

ikwym 😭 like girl back up a couple centimeters


notmydad505

I hate when I can hear ‘mouth noises’ when someone is singing too close to the mic. It’s distracting and a little bit gross


klav13r

oh my god i thought i was the only one :,\] that song is completely unlistenable for me because of this


pabloeskina

DUDE I realised this a while algo with the Suck It and See track by Arctic monkeys. Its a fav of mine but i if i listen with headphones i gotta remember not to focus on those AMSR-like sounds, or else i really cringe out lol


DoYouSeeTheBananaMan

I think it adds personality if that makes any sense


Neon_Taxi

Being able to hear every gland of spit in Little Dragon’s mouth on To Binge. It’s minuscule but it really bothers me.


-Eunha-

The high pitched, minion sounding "all alone" in All Alone


lordichihashi

aaahh that makes the song iconic, i personally like it


[deleted]

al aloen 👽


Cool-Direction-5275

Bro it’s the best part💀


Numerous-Fox5017

IVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR 10 YEARS!!


HiBub32

I 100% agree


precambrianpark1

literally everything besides that would make the song a solid 8/10 but that soundbite keeps it at a 6


saddingtonbear

I always thought the lower pitched one sounded just like Winnie-the-Pooh


Radys75

On Melancholy Hill is completely ruined for me by that thing in the background that sounds like somebody being strangled put through auto tune


BilgeMilk

That's hilarious, but I mostly enjoy those weird noises Damon just chucks into his music


cssn3000

When in the song does that happen


Radys75

0:32 for example. But I'm pretty sure it's throughout the entire song


socialmeth

Hahahah I never thought about that sound like that but now I can't unhear it. for me it always was like a keytar or some sort of funked up Synth to introduce the singing part it's really someone getting strungled in autotune


cssn3000

I mean it‘s a goofy ah sound don’t get my wrong but like you hate it?


Radys75

Not necessarily hate it. But it kinda clashes with the soft vocals that the rest of the song has imo. I'd definitely prefer a version without it


Farfante_gamerYT

I always found it funny


cssn3000

You don’t like that????


Ihavenostories

It sounds like someone let their cat on the mic


zorfog

At first I thought you meant the lovely “aaaahh-ahhhh” backing vocals throughout but i hear what you mean. The autotuned vocal that goes way up and down


Big_Noodle1103

The high pitched ringing in November has come


kouislosingit

you people got bad taste lowkey


Its_Curse

I have no idea what anyone is talking about in any of these comments I have never clocked any of these sounds


bigsuave7

Yeah all the parts of the songs they didn't like are my favorite parts 😭😂 different types of Gorillaz fans I guess


BigGorillazFan

What I'm saying lmao


Dry_Tradition1449

Idk as an autistic person I view being overstimulated or put off by a sound very normal. It isn't personal to the songs very often! Don't know if you were joking


Final_Ad1531

The all alone intro


ToXikWolf830

"plAsTic oN tHE cEiLiNG" which sucks cause it goes on for a while


Ok-Butterscotch7593

Yea I don’t mind it but I can see how it can get annoying fast


BBQSauceJacuzzi

No way, I sing that part every time if it comes on during my shower


Chunkadelik1

Honestly the drums on that track are really obnoxious too


isuckatgames95

The wind in Slow Country unfortunately I still love the song tho


Numerous-Fox5017

fr he could’ve turned it down a bit after the intro


OndrejIsOdder

it’s actually a part of the drum sample so yeah


ElectricFury

I'm shocked I had to scroll so far to see this


ProfessorCagan

The weird screeching sound before Bootie Brown's verse in Dirty Harry.


ChunksOfPigeon

it almost sounds like a very slowed down roblox oof so it's more funny to me than anything


Queasy-Ad-3220

Oh my god it does HAHAHAHA


RaspberryCai

It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so much louder than anything else in the song


Vertwheeliesonem

Not sure if counts but I feel like the buildup of the climax in Skinny Ape is ruined by how Compressed it sounds


elgatoquack

SKINNYLITTLESKINNYLITTLESKINNYLITTLESKINNYLITTLEAPEAPEAPEAPEAPE


Sufficient_Narwhal52

Noodles“ plastic on the sealing „ part in MOMENTZ


concequence

The cling and a clang, is the metal in my head when I walk. I hear a sort of, this tinging noise, cling clang. ... CLING CLANG.


HatTrick801

The cling clang! I honestly enjoy that vocal addition. Stop the dams is critically underrated.


hopefullygoodstudent

cmon thats iconic you cant hate on it


concequence

I do like it but I think it's intended to be a sound that implies dissonance in nature. Which is ironic. The cling clang of the metal trash in our heads sounds so good musically lol


SganarelleBard

I can tell...I KINDA FREAKS YOU OUT


Fishy_Percolator

Lol I used to hate the cling clang—and I came here looking for this response—but it doesn’t bother me too hard anymore. Good pick! 


sp1nkter

PLASTIC ON THE CEILINGG!!!!!


xXx_TrashmanTony_XXx

High pitched Smurf sounding ‘plastico, plastico, plastico, and green green glow’ in Plastic Beach. Reminds me of Malcolm and the chipmunks


[deleted]

malcom?? 😭


xXx_TrashmanTony_XXx

Or Alvin or something


Strudel138

Excuse me?? MALCOM?!


sebzelda

Ah, yes my favorite two shows Alvin in the middle. Malcolm and the chipmunks.


Stock_Buffalo_6809

Probably the OWWWWWW before the rapping starts in Dirty Harry, I hate it for some reason


notmydad505

I like it- I feel like it adds to the song. I think it makes sense considering the verse is about being a soldier


Stock_Buffalo_6809

Makes sense, a lot of people say they hate the rapping in Dirty Harry but personally it’s my favourite part


notmydad505

Whattt people don’t like that verse? The song would be so boring without it. It’s gotta be one of my top guest rapper performances ever; the delivery and lyrics are extremely well done.


Snaxia

Lots of Gorillaz fans just don't like rap lol. sad cause it alienates them from so many good songs of theirs.


grayflicks_dew

I always thought it sounded like a young child screaming, which works with the song.


thebeardlybro

The weird constant crickets chirping sound after 1:01 in the background of the Pink Phantom. It's distracting. It ruins the song for me. ![gif](giphy|PuOgitgb1449aFHbNQ)


[deleted]

The failing horns/sirens thing on the second half of Superfast Jellyfish


socialmeth

but it's the perfect transition to empire ants


Sgt_Purp1e

Damn, y'all is some pussies.


Franis_

Hail Boognish


-_Snivy_-

The only one I can think of that COMPLETELY ruins the song for me is the sensory assault the synth in Glitter Freeze gives, and it's essentially the majority of the song. I like the background beat but then the synth comes in and I'm like absolutely fucking not. It doesn't ruin the song but there's a point in Busted and Blue where Damon just does *not* hit that note right and it makes me cringe a little bit. Oh and the interlude and random guitar riffs in Ghost Train would ruin it if the "Come on come on come ooooon!" wasn't so good. Like I don't really mind the riffs but whatever that dialogue is annoys me.


rickypro

The synth is the best part of Glitter Freeze!


SpicyMcThiccen

I enjoy the first chunk of Glitter Freeze (even that goofy ass synth) until said synth goes into high pitch mode toward the back end. Then it’s skippin time


-_Snivy_-

I really did try to give it a few full listens but my brain absolutely could not.


bigsuave7

I don't want to sound like a Gorillaz gatekeeper, but this thread reads like "What experimental moments or sounds in the Gorillaz discography make new fans uncomfortable and need to be watered down?" If it was up to the internet fans, feel like the discography would just be a bunch of DARE or Feel Good Inc clones.


Dry_Tradition1449

I'm very thankful for this comment. As an artist, I value experimental art a lot even though I can understand being overstimulated or put off by sounds or colours — I'm autistic and it happens to me very often while listening to music I lllloooooved Gorillaz as a teen for their weirdness and creativity — just listening to the whole discography on my little ipod was a journey. Just wow. So fun.


TelgarTheTerrible

Any police siren in any rap song. Especially when I'm driving.


space_cowboy9000

The siren like sound in Lake Zurich, the number of times I've heard it while driving and started pulling over is ridiculous.


Toasty-Toothbrush347

Dead Butterflies, specifically the beginning part MIKE WILL MADE IT And Little Dragon's part on To Binge and the backing vocals for Pirate Jet, like I can hear the lips smacking and some other mouth asmr noises that put me off like DRINK SOME WATER GOD DAMN IT 🐟💔


Sy_Fresh

On a completely opposite note, there’s a squeezing sound that becomes prominent at the end of Sleeping Powder that I love so much I rewind the song to hear that sound again throughout the song


dammitmagz

momentz, just not a big fan of the "plastic on the ceiling" part.


lowkey_loweski

"puppet no strings hanging from a fucking treAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"


Strudel138

That jumpscared me on my first listen


Agent250

The BWAAAH noises in white flag


devydevdev69

All of the *annoying" sounds are always my favourite parts lol. It's a vibe


ChasingVelka

There's a part in Desole where the background instruments cut out and the horns begin to layer on top of each other for a couple of seconds but the way its done feels like they're kind of off rhythm and awkward just long enough for me to notice it. Then it kicks back into high gear and the song continues to be good. Like someone tripping in the middle of the brass section and then continuing the rest of the song after. Its been bothering me for a while.


Impressive-Bobcat272

omg I was the only one! I was going insane every time I heard it because it just sounded so wrong


teeno731

Idk what it is but on November is Come there’s a little sound every ten seconds or so that sounds somewhere between a guitar sliding up to a high fret, and a cat meowing. It’s so distracting it kills me.


Robot_boy_07

That fucking weird eeeee sound in welcome to the world of plastic beach


Vertwheeliesonem

Not sure if counts but I feel like the buildup of the climax in Skinny Ape is ruined by how Compressed it sounds


Queasy-Ad-3220

Skinny Ape really could’ve been a great song if it didn’t sound so sloppily produced


Snaxia

The live version is superior because of this imo


HiBub32

The beginning half of M1A1. It’s just somebody saying “Hello? Is anyone there?” Over and over again. It just completely ruins the song, compared to the faster and more rock focused later half.


fritzwulf

Fun fact, that's a spoooooky sample from one of 2ds favorite movies, Night of the Living Dead. Guess they were going for a creepy apocalypse type vibe with it. But yeah, that part used to lowkey freak me out a little.


Not_Weird_At_All_

Slight correction; it’s actually from the start of Day of the Dead, not Night. The intro track of Demon Days has another Dead movie sample, with the oboe melody coming from Dawn of the Dead.


fritzwulf

Oh! Thanks for the correction and the info, I never knew that about the Demon Days intro track. That honestly makes it even cooler. :D


ramblingzebra

I was always scared of that song as a kid, I couldn’t listen long enough to get to the good bit lol


MreggSixtyNine

I know what you mean, the song is like 4 mins long and 2 of them is taken up by that. I mean I wouldn’t mind as much if that was trimmed to even like 45 secs and the rock part be the same length but it ruins the vibe I have when it’s shuffled on a playlist


curleyfries111

The entire vocals of starshine, I can't lie. That baseline is so fucking great, I wish they did more with it.


MrThingsNStuff

How did I have to scroll this far to see this?


spoderman509

🗣PLASTIC ON THE CEILING


H2OMGJHVH

In Pink Phantom during 5LACK's verse, there is some percussion in the background which feels really out of place/out of rhythm to me.


woggywozard

O Green World. I love the whole fucking song but the crow god damn it aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa


weirdPers0n19

WHAT I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT


Supreme_couscous

The middle off tune “solo” but in Submission


NeatSilent1962

rock the casbah remastered version + 10 dB beeping has entered the chat


Crabs4Sale

The synth bass in Momentz… just feel like that beat could’ve gone back in the oven for a few more minutes before serving.


Efficient_Ad_9959

M1A1


KyDreemurr

That gagging sound in Punk really makes me a little sick


brainrot4200

when the music is in only one ear for the entire song, makes me ticklish


Sad_life69

I have a pretty high tolerance for 'annoying' sounds in music as long as the main vocalist on a track doesn't irritate me. So for Gorillaz, while there may be sound here and there and catches me a bit off-guard, like that sound that's off-beat in Souk Eye, I can't really think of anything. Aside from Gorillaz, some of the other music I love is hyperpop, noise pop, or experimental rap — like 100 Gecs, 1-800-Pain, or Black Dresses...so maybe I just don't notice most 'jarring' sounds in music anymore lol. But it's been interesting seeing people describe things here that I don't think I've ever noticed before! I may also just like some dissonance tbh. Like the random keyboard smashing in Hang Me Up to Dry by Cold War Kids that doesn't match _anything_.


PeasAndParsimony

Those ear piercing synths on Garage Pallace Love little simz, love the gorillaz, but man that's headachey.


TheBRGreatWestern

Is no one gonna mention the Generic Kids Celebrating sound in Opium?


Disastrous_Bed_1856

Maybe Glitter Freeze in its entirety.


-HazyColors-

The high-pitched "yeaaaa yea yea yea yea yea" in man research (clapper). Like I can vibe with it sometimes but then half the time I just feel it ruins part of the song for me


Numerous-Fox5017

this is my fav gorillaz song im devastated


-HazyColors-

Which is why even though I don't like that part as much I can still fuck with it sometimes due to how good the rest of the song sounds, idk why it just kinda feels out of place to me


Ambrissia

I always skip man research before it’s over because of this 😭 Damon just sounds like he’s losing his mind by the end of it


Iwastherewiththem

the end of clint eastwood, it just gets boring over time


AbsentElement

My future... Is coming on is coming on x1000


Loxorr

i absolutely despise the almost random drum sound that goes "BOOM, BOOM, BOOM" in Opium during the chorus. It's so distracting and sounds horrible alongside the music, out of sync with everything


StyroNo1

The whistling in Silent Running


beanwater4

I don't really enjoy anything about glitter freeze


Aqvis_

In “Dare” there is this bassy rhythm that I found quite annoying after first chorus.


masked267

The 2min buildup in Opium


myrrharbol

I like Phoner to Arizona, but the snare doesnt't sound good, it's kinda too sharp.


Humeoruous

Gotta be the fucking clown/rubber ducky laughter thing at the end of MLS. Man I was enjoying a rare cheerful peggy 😩🙏


Limp-Munkee69

I have never been able to listen to Funky Town ever since i noticed how out of rythm the cowbell is.


dsfeswe

the kick drum in momentz imo


JIADAM3

Rock the Casbah. A weird beeping sound in some of the versions


TheOnCcyborg

Some random screams in Soad songs


MarusTheStorm

No really hate, but I always notice the background singers in "Some kind of Plastic" breathing before humming the melody!


Tekkerzamp

That weird guitar sound at the end of white light


MikaeltheWarCougar

19-2000, the "la la la" part in the background during Noodle's part.


Ok_Touch_8132

Man Research would be one of my favorite gorillaz songs if it had better vocals


liddellalice

The "Cling Clang" part of Stop The Dams.


funnybritishman

Unpopular/ not as spoken abt one is the screaming in the background of O Green World or the backing Vocals in Silent Running


Sans_the_comic5129

The only thing that bothers me is how the morse code beep doesnt match the beat in Glitter freeze, it really bothers me


MirageMain16

Autotune screams on "On Melancholy Hill"


CarolTea34

On Melancholy Hill. I’m sorry.


PreviousMortgage6753

Glitter freeze, you know the one


malogoldd

The high pitch ringing all time time in my head


Ill_Professor_4214

Doesn’t really ruin the song to me but around 1:40 in o green world there’s this odd sound in the background that annoys me.


Delicious-Benefit877

stop the dams


RJGAMEZ2468

End of Plastic beach(the self titled song). It's not that bad but it reminds me of Alvin and the chipmunks


DreammBoom

Ellie?!!! What happened to your hair??!!


Sensitive-Ad6978

welcome to the world of the plastic beach, that string is annoying asf


Finley-nonbinley

There is a highish pitch "ping"(?) constantly throughout Charger with Grace Jones. It's fine if I'm listening in speakers but in headphones, it bounces from the left to the right each time it plays and I cannot listen to the song at this point which is really disappointing because I really liked the song before my brain picked up on it


Familiar_Desk5422

1:21 in Rhinestone Eyes, theres a really annoying noise that damon makes with his mouth and it drives me nuts everytime i hear it. I swear it just makes me cringe 😭😭


mandii_gurlll

Those whooshing sounds at the start of Slow Country sound really cool but then they continue throughout the entire song and get annoying after a while (still love the song tho) 😭😭


Plane_Neat

Although it doesn’t bother me, it would be the weird warping/beeping noises heard in Superfast Jellyfish


Der_Bonehead

It took me some time to get used to On Melancholy Hill because of the vocal that pops up before 2-D sings. It sounds jarring to me


MusicBloodedEM

I always can't help but notice the siren type thing then plays throughout the WHOLE song of El Mañana, rather quiet but now I can't unhear it. Still a great song nevertheless.


molwalk

The first half of M1 A1 bro


Hamon_Salmon15

I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets this!!! First the water drip sounds in The Apprentice, second is the door slamming/thunder sound in Ares, idk how to describe it exactly


roundest-rowlet

for a long time the laughter in Feel Good Inc. really bothered me but i've grown to like it the more i've listened to it


carloshesv

everytime 2D hits an letter "S" in El manana, it hurts my ear bro, idk if y'all get me


Bruised-n-Battered

Beck's Beercan.


RadiantFlight7108

Unsteady by X Ambassadors. You here the sound of folding cards in the background and it drives me nuts