History TearJerker / Gorillaz

-->''I saw that day,''
-->''lost my mind.''
-->''Lord, I'm fine.''
-->''Maybe in time,''
-->''you'll want to be mine.''

-->'''Murdoc:''' Bobby Womack's performance on this song can also bring tears to one's eyes. That mixture of hope and uncertainty in his voice -- the age and the experience, the fear and the joy...

-->At night I hear the shots
-->Ring so I'm a light sleeper
-->The cost of life,
-->it seems to get cheaper
-->out in the desert

---> ''The war is over, so said [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush the speaker, with the flight suit on]]'' \\
''Maybe to him I'm just a pawn, so he can advance...'' \\
''Remember when I used to dance...'' \\
''[[HeroicBSOD Man, all I wanna do is dance]]...''

->''The radio station disappeared''
->''Music turning to thin air''
->''The DJ was the last to leave''
->''She had well-conditioned hair''
->''Was beautiful but nothing really''
->''Was there''

--->''The door slammed behind him. And with that final kiss-off, Murdoc checked out of the hotel, checked out of the rented house and checked out of the band.''

--->''[[WhamLine Gorillaz were over.]]''

* "El Mañana" from ''Music/DemonDays'' is probably the saddest song they've written.

* It might be hard to decide between cringing and crying when listening to the iTunes session interviews. That pathetic sound [[TheWoobie 2D]] makes when Murdoc strikes him can tug one's heartstrings, and the chloroform scene is just too brutal. The worst part, though, is when he says he just wants to go home. You can't help but want to hug the poor guy... And maybe beat the crap out of Murdoc.

* Also, remember those harmless and apparently sentient Superfast Jellyfish? They're apparently regularly being frozen, boxed up, microwaved, and eaten.
** Possible allegory for those cute critters dying out across the world?
** Which makes the song "Superfast Jellyfish" terrifying.
-->"All mixed in the pot for momma's homemade from scratch, but not quite, toasted over flames, they be tasting quite right." *shudder*

** YMMV on how upsetting the chloroform in the iTunes interview is, but when it happens again on Pirate Radio 4 it's pretty horrible, especially as before that 2D was yelling for help. This was the first time many fans genuinely disliked Murdoc, because most of the time the awful things he does is put across in a way that makes it hilarious so he's still likeable; this just made him look like a messed up, abusive bastard with no redeeming traits.

* One might have had trouble sleeping upon learning that [[spoiler:Noodle was thought to have been in Hell]].

** The song's music video encapsulates its sorrow perfectly. What starts off as a normal, happy moment with Noodle relaxing on her windmill island, goes to full blown MoodWhiplash with [[spoiler: two fricken helicopters ''firing'' at her, causing immense damage to the island and causing it to fall to the earth, with '''Noodle still inside it'''! To see those choppers come in and smash into two of the sails and then see the windmill island burning, especially Noodle's complete BreakTheCutie expression, is just devastating..]] Don't be surprised that you end up with some tissues next to you.

** The news that [[spoiler:Noodle had apparently ''died'' after "El Mañana" can shock one to no end, especially how she was apparently ''replaced by a freaking robot!'']] And if you've visited the "Plastic Beach website, [[spoiler:in a closet filled with weapons, we see what ''looks'' like Noodle, only there are tubes coming out of her!]] And on the same site, we can find poor 2D, [[spoiler:whose normally dark eyes are completely white, and he's trembling in fear of the giant whale outside his room. Just seeing him in that state can make you want to give him a hug...]]
* It might be hard to decide between cringing and crying when listening to the iTunes session interviews. That pathetic sound [[TheWoobie 2D]] makes when Murdoc strikes him can tug one's heartstrings, and the [[spoiler:chloroform scene]] is just too brutal. The worst part, though, is when he says he just wants to go home. You can't help but want to hug the poor guy... And maybe beat the crap out of Murdoc.
** YMMV on how upsetting the [[spoiler:chloroform]] in the iTunes interview is, but when it happens again on Pirate Radio 4 it's pretty horrible, especially as before that [[spoiler:2D was yelling for help]]. This was the first time many fans genuinely disliked Murdoc, because most of the time the awful things he does is put across in a way that makes it hilarious so he's still likeable; this just made him look like a messed up, abusive bastard with no redeeming traits.

* One can't help but feel really bad for [[spoiler:what happens to that poor cop]] in the "Stylo" music video -- especially when he was desperately crawling along the ground after his doughnuts. And the fact that we don't really know what exactly the Boogieman did with him doesn't really help things.
** [[spoiler:A blog on the Gorillaz website pretty much stated that SMS is actually a demon, and Murdoc claimed that part of his deal was to grant the Boogieman access to the "souls of innocent kids and stuff".]].
** One of the inserts for the Experience Edition of ''Plastic Beach'' shows [[spoiler:Noodle with a black eye looking sadly at the viewer. You'd have to be heartless to see that and not want to give her a hug.]]
* Murdoc said in the promotional radio show for Gorillaz's Singles Collection that [[spoiler:the last he'd seen of 2D was when a whale bit a chunk out of the island, including 2D's room, which he was in at the time. 2D MIGHT BE DEAD.]]

* Also, Murdoc said in the interview that [[spoiler:Real Noodle destroyed Cyborg]], which is pretty sad.
* With [[spoiler:Cyborg and Plastic Beach destroyed, [[KillTheCutie 2D possibly dead]], [[DirtyCoward Murdoc escaping to his new home in Hawaii]] and Russell and Noodle still apart from the others, there's a horrible feeling that it's not just the [[EndofanAge end of Plastic Beach]], but the end of the actual band, too.]]

* "On Melancholy Hill". Especially "Well, you can't get what you want, but you can get me." and "Cause you are my medicine, when you're close to me. When you're close to me." It's one of those rare songs that's neither [[IntercourseWithYou amorous]] nor [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine,]] just sweet. It's basically saying, 'nothing's perfect, but I'll do whatever I can to make it ''better'', because I feel like I'm a better person when I'm with you.' Cue innumerable fans sobbing like babies.

** One of the lyrics' interpretations would have to be about a person who lives behind a barrier -- rejecting the outside world, its misery, dullness and sorrow. How gravity is the only thing keeping this person down-to-earth, physically -- and, as much as they hate being psychically dragged down from their Eden, there still is something that causes them to. [[CompletelyMissingThePoint They blame that thing/person for it.]]

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQ8Bx99X_0 live version of "Cloud of Unknowing"]], with Creator/DamonAlbarn on vocals, can make some people tear up. The acoustic, sincere sound of the live version with Albarn's delicate voice that does not overwhelm the song and merges with it perfectly is undeniably brilliant and absolutely touching.

** It's even more depressing because the motorcycle ride was an attempt by 2-D to ''make up'' for leaving behind Murdoc during the "Désolé" music video. He wanted to do something nice for Murdoc because he knew that he upset him (and you can tell that he did it without alerting the other band members judging by their panicked reactions when they realize that the two are gone, likely because he figured they wouldn't approve), and this is how he gets repaid for it...

** [[FreezeFrameBonus If you listen closely around the 4:06 to 4:10 mark,]] [[MicDrop you can hear the sound of 2-D dropping his microphone,]] [[TryingNotToCry then letting out a small sniffle.]] Poor guy.