Gorillaz Musical Journey! Phase 1 - '19-2000'

We are BACK watching the Gorillaz animated videos! Editor Hubby and I are huge fans of the Gorillaz music, but I have never seen the music videos before! The Copyright Gremlins finally released the Phase 1 videos, so we are going back to those.

Reacting to Gorillaz Phase 1: '19-2000'!

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"19-2000", sometimes written "19/2000", is a song from the British virtual band Gorillaz' self-titled debut album Gorillaz. It was the second single from the album, released on 25 June 2001 in the United Kingdom. "19-2000" reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and number 34 on the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. It was particularly successful in New Zealand, where it reached number one for a week in September 2001.

The video, directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland, is animated, both in 2D and 3D. It features Gorillaz riding in their Geep (as mentioned in the band's 2005 MTV Cribs episode) along a twisted highway, encountering roller coaster style loops, a killer UFO, and – when Murdoc decides not to take an exit leading toward a church – a giant moose. Murdoc tries to blow up the moose with a pair of missiles, but the moose sneezes right before impact, sending them back to the car, which explodes and skids along the highway on fire. 2-D, Noodle, Murdoc, and Russell appear to have black ash all over them from the blast. In between these various encounters, they pass and perform things in time with the rhythm — such as a field of nodding donkeys or the light posts passing them at the beginning and a couple of sections where the buggy does several versions of the wheelie (including side wheelies, otherwise known as Skiing) and even appears to break the sound barrier. There are two versions of this video, one to fit the original mix and one to fit the Soulchild remix. The videos are almost identical, except for a few minor changes in order for the two songs to sync up with the video. On the motorway, there are signs to Amity, a reference to Jaws, the Overlook Hotel, a reference to The Shining, and Camp Crystal, a reference to Friday the 13th. It was shown in the MTV Cribs tour of Kong Studios that the buggy actually survived the blast and now sits in the Kong Studio's parking lot.