History Music / DemonDaysAlbum

* ContinuityNod: A school choir sings the refrain of "Dirty Harry": ''I need a gun / to keep myself from harm.'', which is similar to "Kids with Guns"' theme.

* HomoeroticDream: Murdoc's dream in "DARE"'s music video, in which he wakes up next to Shaun Ryder.

"Dare," "Feel Good Inc." and "Dirty Harry" were released as singles, each respectively reaching #1, #2, and #6 on the UK Singles charts, with "Feel Good Inc." going on to become not only one of the band's {{Signature Song}}s, but one of the most popular songs of the 2000s.

--->''There was crack on the corner and someone dead,''\\
''and fire coming out of the monkey's head.''

** Despite Noodle's eccentric way of dancing during the music video of "Dare," she is still a marvel to look at.

* DreamWithinADream: "Dare"'s music video shows that the entire thing was a dream of the head in a jar, who is sleeping safely next to Murdoc. Then Murdoc wakes up frightened.

** The colossal face without a body in the music video of "Dare."

* PunBasedTitle: "Dare" has the opening line: "It's Dare!" which sounds like "It's there!"

* ShakingTheRump: Noodle does this in the music video of "Dare."

** The music video of "Dare" shows the statue of Pazuzu, a reference to ''Film/TheExorcist''. Ryder's head being kept alive is a shout-out to ''Film/TheBrainThatWouldntDie'' and Russel's newspaper has the line "Cannibal Massakren," the Danish title of ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''. The zoom on Noodle's eye is a reference to ''Literature/{{TheRing}}''.

** Shaun Ryder from Music/HappyMondays sings "Dare" and appears as the head in the music video.

''Demon Days'' is the second studio album by virtual rock band Music/{{Gorillaz}}, released in 23 May 2005.

* AllJustADream: The music video of "DARE" turns out to be a nightmare Murdoc was experiencing.

->"In these demon days, we're so cold inside\\

turn yourself around to the sun..."\\

-> "In these demon days, we're so cold inside\\

"Dare," "Feel Good Inc." and "Dirty Harry" were released as singles, each respectively reaching #1, #2, and #6 on the UK Singles charts, with "Feel Good Inc." going on to become not only one of the band's {{Signature Song}}s, but one of the most popular songs of the [=2000s=].

!! Tropes Coming Out of the Monkey's Head:

--> ''And then came a sound. Distant at first, it grew into castrophany so immense it could be heard far away in space. There were no screams. There was no time. The mountain called Monkey had spoken. There was only fire. And then... nothing.''

-->''I saw that day,''
-->''lost my mind.''

* OnlySaneMan: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe - Noodle penned the song "Last Living Souls" out of the feelings of isolation she gained from hearing the dreadful state of pop culture at the time. The song itself deals with the idea of being the only compassionate beings left in an increasingly cynical world.

** The album cover is a homage to the one on Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/LetItBe''. Inside the booklet the song "Every Planet We Reach is Dead" has another shout-out in which the band members strike poses that mimic the album cover of ''Music/{{Help}}''.

* AllJustADream: The music video of "Dare" [[spoiler:turns out to be a nightmare of Murdoc]].

* CelebrityIsOverrated: "Feel Good Inc." where the band's success has taken a toll on them.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This album sounded more dark and edgy than their debut album, with lyrics about death, despair and gun violence among children. Even the album cover illustrates this.

* HomoeroticDream: Murdoc's dream in the "DARE" video, in which he wakes up next to Shaun Ryder.

* CallBack: "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" gets name-dropped in the next track, "Don't Get Lost in Heaven".
-->''There was crack on the corner and someone dead,''\\
''and fire coming out of the monkey's head.''

* AllADream: The music video of "Dare" [[spoiler:turns out to be a nightmare of Murdoc]].

* AllADream: The music video of [[spoiler: "Dare" turns out to be a nightmare of Murdoc.]]

''Demon Days'' is the second album by the virtual rock band Music/{{Gorillaz}}, released in 2005.

* BlindingBangs: Noodle was re-designed for this album with her hair hanging in front of her eyes most of the time.

“Dare”, “Feel Good Inc.” and “Dirty Harry” were released as singles, each respectively reaching #1, #2, and #6 on the UK Singles charts, with “Feel Good Inc.” going on to become not only one of the band’s {{Signature Song}}s, but one of the most popular songs of the [=2000s=].

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".

* AfterTheEnd: "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".

* AlbumIntroTrack: The first track, fittingly titled "Intro", sets up the general tone for the rest of the album.
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Demon Days".

* BrainInAJar: Shaun Ryder's head in the music video of "Dare".

* ChekhovsVolcano: In "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head", the mountain called Monkey [[spoiler:turns out to be this.]]

** Despite Noodle's eccentric way of dancing during the music video of "Dare", she is still a marvel to look at.

* TheDeadCanDance: The line "now everybody's dancing the dance of the dead" from "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".
* DeathMountain: The mountain Monkey in "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".

** "Feel Good Inc.", in which everyone is locked up and 2D appears desperate to get out in the music video.
** "Every Planet We Reach is Dead".

* DugTooDeep: The Strangefolk in "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The last spoken verse of "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".

* EyesNeverLie: The Happyfolk and Strangefolk in "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".

* FluffyTheTerrible: A mountain called "Monkey" sounds cute, right? Not when you listen to "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".
* GratuitousSpanish: The title of "El Mañana". Averted in the actual song.

** Trip-hop ("O Green World", "El Manana")

** Psychedelic rock ("Every Planet We Reach Is Dead", "White Light", "Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head")

** Gospel ("Don't Get Lost in Heaven", "Demon Days")

* LimitedLyricsSong: The lyrics to "White Light" consist entirely of {{Title Drop}}s, interspersed with "Alcohol, alcohol, alcohol". Fortunately, it's only two minutes long, with an instrumental break in the middle.

* MonsterShapedMountain: "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".

** Murdoc's close-ups in the music video of "Feel Good Inc." The way 2D turns around in "Feel Good Inc.", jerkily twisting his body around until his head is on completely backwards before he finally turns it too.
** Russel's creepy look at the camera while driving the car in the music video of "Dirty Harry".
** The colossal face without a body in the music video of "Dare".

* NonAppearingTitle: "Every Planet We Reach is Dead", "Dirty Harry", "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".

* OneManSong: "Dirty Harry".

* PerfectlyCromulentWord: In "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head", [[TheCameo Dennis Hopper]] describes the eruption of The Mountain Called Monkey as "a castrophany". Presumably, this is a {{portmanteau}} of "cacophony" and "catastrophe".

* PunBasedTitle: "Dare" has the opening line: "It's Dare!", which sounds like "It's there!".

* ShakingTheRump: Noodle does this in the music video of "Dare".

** "Dirty Harry" is a titular reference to ''Film/DirtyHarry'', continuing the Creator/ClintEastwood imagery that started with the song "Clint Eastwood" on their first album "Gorillaz". The image on the musical single is a helmet, referencing the poster of ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.
** The music video of "Dare" shows the statue of Pazuzu, a reference to ''Film/TheExorcist''. Ryder's head being kept alive is a shout-out to ''Film/TheBrainThatWouldntDie'' and Russel's newspaper has the line "Cannibal Massakren", the Danish title of ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''. The zoom on Noodle's eye is a reference to ''Literature/{{TheRing}}''.

* SiameseTwinSongs: "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" and "Demon Days", strung together by a gospel choir.

** "Dirty Harry", with the exception of Bootie Brown's rap at the end.

** Creator/DennisHopper reads the story during "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".

** Bootie Brown from Music/ThePharcyde has a cameo during "Dirty Harry".
** Music/NenehCherry has guest vocals during "Kids with Guns".

You numb yourself with drugs and TV.\\

* AllPartOfTheShow: Nobody noticed that the helicopters in "El Mañana" [[spoiler:were genuinely trying to kill Noodle until after the filming was finished]].

** Despite Noodle's eccentric way of dancing during the music video of "Dare" she is still a marvel to look at.

-->'''2D:''' The palace we built has become a prison... That's what the song's about.\\

** The album cover is a homage to the one on Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/LetItBe''. Inside the booklet the song ''Every Planet We Reach is Dead'' has another shout-out in which the band members strike poses that mimic the album cover of ''Music/{{Help}}''.

** "Dirty Harry" is a titular reference to ''Film/DirtyHarry'' continuing the Creator/ClintEastwood imagery that started with the song "Clint Eastwood" on their first album "Gorillaz". The image on the musical single is a helmet, referencing the poster of ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.

* SingleStanzaSong: "Dirty Harry", with the exception of Bootie Brown's rap at the end.

* StandardHollywoodStrafingProcedure: The helicopters trying to kill Noodles in "El Mañana" used this tactic in their opening atack volley.

** [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Choir-rap]] ("Dirty Harry")

* {{Mondegreen}}: How "DARE" came about. The lyric was originally "It's there", but Shaun Ryder kept pronouncing it like "It's dare", so they decided to make that the name of the song instead.

* PunBasedTitle: "Dare" has the opening line: "It's Dare!", which sounds like "It's there!". See Mondegreen above.

# “Intro” (1:03)
# “Last Living Souls” (3:10)
# “Kids with Guns” (3:47)
# “O Green World” (4:32)
# “Dirty Harry” (3:43)
# “Feel Good Inc.” (3:41)
# “El Mañana” (3:50)
# “Every Planet We Reach is Dead” (4:53)
# “November Has Come” (2:41)
# “All Alone” (3:30)
# “White Light” (2:08)
# “DARE” (4:04)
# “Fire Coming Out of the Monkey’s Head” (3:16)
# “Don’t Get Lost in Heaven” (2:00)
# “Demon Days” (4:28)

--> ''Now everybody's dancing the dance of the dead, the dance of the dead.''

--> ''All I wanna do is dance!''

--> ''Now everybody's dancing the dance of the dead, the dance of the dead.''

* HopeSpringsEternal: The ultimate message of the album and of the titular track, despite the DarkerAndEdgier leaning. As described by Russelin ''Rise of the Ogre'':

--> '''2D''': ''The palace we built has become a prison... That's what the song's about.''
--> '''Murdoc''': ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Looks like a good party to me.]]''

--> ''The war is over / so said the speaker / with the flight suit on''

* EpicInstrumentalOpener: The intro.

--> ''Everybody is doing the dance of the dead, the dance of the dead.''

** Neneh Cherry has guest vocals during "Kids with Guns".
** De La Soul performs the rap (and the laughter) in "Feel Good Inc."