{"id":19885,"date":"2020-03-20T13:12:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T20:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=19885"},"modified":"2020-03-20T13:30:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T20:30:35","slug":"plastic-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?p=19885","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-video avia-video-16-9   av-lazyload-immediate  av-lazyload-video-embed  '   itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p0OVD0_YJnU' ><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome to the World of Plastic Beach\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p0OVD0_YJnU?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Tracks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. &#8220;Orchestral Intro&#8221;<br \/>\n2. &#8220;Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach&#8221; (with Snoop Dogg)<br \/>\n3. &#8220;White Flag&#8221; (with Bashy and Kano)<br \/>\n4. &#8220;Rhinestone Eyes&#8221;<br \/>\n5. &#8220;Stylo&#8221; (with Mos Def featuring Bobby Womack)<br \/>\n6. &#8220;Superfast Jellyfish&#8221; (with De La Soul and Gruff Rhys)<br \/>\n7. &#8220;Empire Ants&#8221; (with Yukimi Nagano)<br \/>\n8. &#8220;Glitter Freeze&#8221; (with Mark E. Smith)<br \/>\n9. &#8220;Some Kind of Nature&#8221; (with Lou Reed)<br \/>\n10. &#8220;On Melancholy Hill&#8221;<br \/>\n11. &#8220;Broken&#8221;<br \/>\n12. &#8220;Sweepstakes&#8221; (with Mos Def)<br \/>\n13. &#8220;Plastic Beach&#8221; (with Mick Jones &amp; Paul Simonon)<br \/>\n14. &#8220;To Binge&#8221; (with Yukimi Nagano)<br \/>\n15. &#8220;Cloud of Unknowing&#8221; (featuring Bobby Womack)<br \/>\n16. &#8220;Pirate Jet&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(c) 2010 Parlophone and Virgin Records<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>Plastic Beach<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Gorillaz<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">2001<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Damon Albern, the creator of the virtual bad Gorillaz, was inspired to create the album Plastic Beach while walking on a local beach.\u00a0 In an interview with The Guardian, he noted that &#8220;[he] was just looking for all the plastic within the sand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The album draws on the musical talents of artists ranging from Snoop Dogg to Clash lead singer Mick Jones and beyond to weave a meditation on humanity&#8217;s place in the world in relation to the environment and how our actions impact the planet.\u00a0 Plastic features heavily in the lyrics, including in Lou Reed&#8217;s contribution to the song Some Kind of Nature:<\/p>\n<p><em>Some kind of nature<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some kind of soul<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some kind of mixture<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some kind of goal<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some kind of majesty<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some chemical load<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some kind of metal made up from glue<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some kind of plastic I could wrap around you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The title track offers up a mantra-like reflection on waste and its impacts, intoning phrases like &#8220;to the dark dark seas comes the only whale&#8221; and &#8220;It&#8217;s a Styrofoam deep sea landfill&#8221; before a descent into an electronic break hinted at by prior references to &#8220;automated computer speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The overall message is that of a lament, pleading for forgiveness. 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