The younger brother of Trinity, Brammer took the trend of adopting the names of characters from spaghetti westerns as stage names a step further by recording and performing under the name of one of the genre's most successful actors, Clint Eastwood. Eastwood recorded three albums in 1978 - African Youth and Step It In a Zion for producer Bunny Lee, and Death In The Arena for Channel One. Further albums followed in 1979 and 1980, including Sex Education for Greensleeves Records, Eastwood one of a group of deejays who led the move from 'cultural' chants to dancehall chat and 'slackness'. 1981 saw the release of a live album recorded with Dillinger and the start of a partnership with General Saint. The duo's first release, "Tribute to General Echo" remembered the recently killed slack deejay, and they would later hit the UK chart with their version of "Stop That Train". Both of the duo's albums made the top 5 of the UK Independent Chart.
The song is a mix of electronic music, dub, hip hop and rock. The verses are rapped by Del the Funky Homosapien, portrayed as a blue phantom in the video, while the chorus is sung by 2D (voiced by Damon Albarn). It peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart and number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The single has sold 480,000 copies in the UK according to the Official Charts Company. Rolling Stone ranked it number 38 on its 100 best songs of the 2000s. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 141 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". The magazine also ranked it at number 347 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time".
Recording
Demo versions of "Clint Eastwood" were originally recorded by Damon Albarn on a four-track using a drum machine and guitar. A re-recording similar to these demos were recorded into Logic for use as a backing track. The strings featured in the song are from a string machine, the Solina String Ensemble. According to engineer, Jason Cox, "Damon gave us the OK to set fire to it on stage, but we said 'No, you can't set fire to that! It's a classic!'", and it ended up being used on the song as well as some other tracks on the album. The drums are provided by a drum machine and the main instrument used in the song is the melodica, which Albarn used to make the basic track as well.
Enjoy the Electronic Swing Orchestra's rendition of Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz. This started off kinda bluesy, then travelled into the world of swing, and actually getting a little funky near the end. Needless to say, a must have for Funkadelics' collection.
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published: 09 Sep 2015
Damon Albarn feat. Dan the Automator & Del the Funky Homosapien - Clint Eastwood
Damon Albarn feat. Dan the Automator & Del the Funky Homosapien perform "Clint Eastwood" LIVE for the first time EVER. With special guest Snoop Dogg at SXSW 2014 at the Fader Fort
(Damon met Del in person for the first time that afternoon!)
published: 19 Mar 2014
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Radio Edit)
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Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Radio Edit) · KRS-One
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) EP
℗ 1997 Zomba Recording LLC
Released on: 1997-05-01
Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Producer: Jesse West
Vocal: Keva
Composer, Lyricist: Lawrence Parker
Engineer: Commissioner Gordon
Assistant Engineer: Ted Wohlson
Composer, Lyricist: Deborah Harry
Composer, Lyricist: Christopher Stein
Composer, Lyricist: Harry Palmer
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Enjoy the Electronic Swing Orchestra's rendition of Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz. This started off kinda bluesy, then travelled into the world of swing, and actua...
Enjoy the Electronic Swing Orchestra's rendition of Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz. This started off kinda bluesy, then travelled into the world of swing, and actually getting a little funky near the end. Needless to say, a must have for Funkadelics' collection.
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Enjoy the Electronic Swing Orchestra's rendition of Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz. This started off kinda bluesy, then travelled into the world of swing, and actually getting a little funky near the end. Needless to say, a must have for Funkadelics' collection.
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Damon Albarn feat. Dan the Automator & Del the Funky Homosapien perform "Clint Eastwood" LIVE for the first time EVER. With special guest Snoop Dogg at SXSW 201...
Damon Albarn feat. Dan the Automator & Del the Funky Homosapien perform "Clint Eastwood" LIVE for the first time EVER. With special guest Snoop Dogg at SXSW 2014 at the Fader Fort
(Damon met Del in person for the first time that afternoon!)
Damon Albarn feat. Dan the Automator & Del the Funky Homosapien perform "Clint Eastwood" LIVE for the first time EVER. With special guest Snoop Dogg at SXSW 2014 at the Fader Fort
(Damon met Del in person for the first time that afternoon!)
Provided to YouTube by Jive/Legacy
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Radio Edit) · KRS-One
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) EP
℗ 1997 Zomba Recordi...
Provided to YouTube by Jive/Legacy
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Radio Edit) · KRS-One
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) EP
℗ 1997 Zomba Recording LLC
Released on: 1997-05-01
Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Producer: Jesse West
Vocal: Keva
Composer, Lyricist: Lawrence Parker
Engineer: Commissioner Gordon
Assistant Engineer: Ted Wohlson
Composer, Lyricist: Deborah Harry
Composer, Lyricist: Christopher Stein
Composer, Lyricist: Harry Palmer
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Provided to YouTube by Jive/Legacy
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Radio Edit) · KRS-One
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) EP
℗ 1997 Zomba Recording LLC
Released on: 1997-05-01
Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Producer: Jesse West
Vocal: Keva
Composer, Lyricist: Lawrence Parker
Engineer: Commissioner Gordon
Assistant Engineer: Ted Wohlson
Composer, Lyricist: Deborah Harry
Composer, Lyricist: Christopher Stein
Composer, Lyricist: Harry Palmer
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Enjoy the Electronic Swing Orchestra's rendition of Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz. This started off kinda bluesy, then travelled into the world of swing, and actually getting a little funky near the end. Needless to say, a must have for Funkadelics' collection.
Follow Electronic Swing Orchestra:
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Damon Albarn feat. Dan the Automator & Del the Funky Homosapien perform "Clint Eastwood" LIVE for the first time EVER. With special guest Snoop Dogg at SXSW 2014 at the Fader Fort
(Damon met Del in person for the first time that afternoon!)
Provided to YouTube by Jive/Legacy
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Radio Edit) · KRS-One
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) EP
℗ 1997 Zomba Recording LLC
Released on: 1997-05-01
Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Producer: Jesse West
Vocal: Keva
Composer, Lyricist: Lawrence Parker
Engineer: Commissioner Gordon
Assistant Engineer: Ted Wohlson
Composer, Lyricist: Deborah Harry
Composer, Lyricist: Christopher Stein
Composer, Lyricist: Harry Palmer
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