Damon was probably the best songwriter of the 2000's. And also one of the coolest in the 90s as well

3:14 Damon is just straight up vibing.

This is for me by far the best Gorilaz song. To mix Sadness and melancholic sounds is not an easy task,it require to be mature as a musician and this song has it all..Its an underground masterpice

Her dance move during “working the machine” is iconic. How can you not do it every time during that line now? Lol

I love how everyone's groovin' out. What a chill atmosphere.

Her voice sounds like a more mature, experienced version of Kali Uchis. It hits hard and smooth. Amazing voice.

Do you think those audience members realize how lucky they are?

0:16 did anyone else notice the mom giving her son a kiss in the bottom left? very wholesome

Damn this Damon Albarn guy sounds a lot like 2D

DAMON'S DANCING WHEN LITTLE DRAGON IS SINGING IS GOLD

‘My little feet working the machine’ is shout to everyone making this shit work forward! We are the Empire of Ants!💜

This arrangement of Empire Ants is so amazing.

By far my fav song off that Plastic Beach album ... when it released i played it in my car, my house, my headphones ... everywhere ... and now i will again!

Yukimi is incredible...never heard a voice like hers. Otherworldly.

I'm sitting on a hospital bed. Anxiety through the roof. Ekg machine hooked up. Need to relax. This song... the melody... is all I need.

I'm so glad they jammed for longer than the record version for this song. I always love when theat synth line comes in at the end and want it to keep going longer.

I love how Damon is dancing and enjoying the music!

Little Dragon is what I imagine live-action Noodle looking like.

Empire Ants, Broken, To Binge are the most feel-good/badman songs from the album

I had a small understanding of gorillaz up until the last few weeks. Then I fell down the rabbit hole of the story of the animated band and WOW!!! So much FANTASTIC music. This song is UNBELIEVABLE. I am now a Gorillaz FREEK!!!

I don’t think there’s ever been a live performance that’s ever soothed my mind as much as this, the violin and instrumentals of the beat transition calms my mind like crazy. Thankyou Damon!

I value the input of Damon on this one enormously. You can really see he's matured as an artist. This is his best work so far.

You can't hear gorillaz, you can't sing gorillaz, you just need to feel it.

12 years later I am STILL watching this, and will forever more!

I'm listening to this in my shed and theres a storm outside - at exactly 2:31 A flash of lightning followed by a huge crack of thunder erupted nearby. Couldn't have felt more perfect (and terrifying)

Seeing her sing on this tour was amazing. She'd look up at the lights and blast these notes like there was nothing else in the universe but just her and the sound in that eternal moment.

Its crazy how much this sounds like the album version. and every single sound is you hear in this somebody is playing live. just amazing!

They all having so much fun while performing. It doesn`t even seem like they are there for the audience and more for themself, all enjoying some amazing tunes and vibing through the night

Damon is the ONLY musician on earth who can have both Mick Jones and Paul Simonon with him on stage just with a phone call... What a genius he is !

Nobody is talking about how the bassist is so immersed into Murdoc. I love him!

Yukimi's voice is so beautiful

It’s always breathtaking to watch people come together and make something exquisite with instruments.

With Mick Jones and Paul Simonon from the Clash !!

3:14 dat damon dancing in the background like xD

Oh joy's arise The sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the whole week The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here And if the whole world is crashing down Fall through space out of mind again Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling alcohol empire, is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted 'til it sleeps Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on

I personally think this is one of the best gorillaz albums ever made, the featured artists, the production value, and the blend of genres perfectly mix together to create a fantastic experience and this is just one of the songs that proves it.

Q hermoso!!! , como me hubiera encantado estar ahi, tengo años escuchando esta canción y siempre me hace sentir algo especial dentro de mi.

I love that Damon always thinks about music being real. No matter if it doesn't sound like the studio - it's real!

I love how you can just seen Damon jamming out in the background.

its insane how the live and album versions literally sound the same. pure talent. Gorillaz is incredible

Damon's Head: Oh man, i like this song... Damon? Damon: 3:11

Her voice its beautiful

3:11 lol, i was just looking down in the comments and i look back up and damon is just rocking out in the back

It’s 2022 and this fantastic tune is STILL DOING IT!! Damon- you’re one of our nation’s true geniuses 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

3:14 Aw Damon in the background dancing is just everything to me

If your here in 2020 you know what beautiful music sounds like Good Vibes🤙

Quite easily one of their top 10 in terms of realizing who they were as a band in retrospect. Absolutely beautiful track.

This masterpiece is still out of this world. Damn...

The Bass is amazing in Little Dragon's part of the song.

Si al entrar al cielo habría una canción, definitivamente, esta sería.

I'd love to see Little Dragon on the new album again :D

I love how much all of them are feeling it.

Lyrics: Oh joy's arise The sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the whole week The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here And if the whole world is crashing down Fall through space out of mind again Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling of the whole empire, is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted 'til it sleeps Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave, empires will fall And closing in on you they're going on Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on

4:47 could be such a cool way to segway into stylo

Christ it makes me SOOO happy to see people are still commenting on this……

This is Gorillaz's masterpiece and I'm not going to argue

The sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the week The polyphonic prayer is here, It's all around you It's all around you out here And if the whole world is crashing down on you Fall through space out of mind with me Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling of the whole empire is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted till it sleeps Little memories marching on Your little feet working the machine Say will it spin, will it soar My little dream working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on Little memories Your little feet working the machine Say will it spin, will it soar My little dream working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on

her voice is so good to listen to. i think i've heard it ten thousand times and this is the first time i've seen her. super cool, what a killer song.

Damon just after when he did his job just start to vibin . The best song I ever heard .do more that kind of songs

something about this performance. probably my favorite rendition of the song. brings a tear to the eye

bro this song fucking touches my soul. i love it so much this is the one song i wouldn't mind listening to whenever it's amazing. thank you for making this wonderful masterpiece.

I still get goosebumps from this song, so pleasant and melancholic. IM CRYING!!!!

The orchestra’s giving me goosebumps😭

Little Dragon isn't Noodle you guys.

I was born in the right generation

Song takes me to a special place in my mind of being at peace.

Every now and then over the years I keep coming back to this performance. I think I love this more than the studio version.

Live music at its best! Song is magic in this version.

Everything balanced and off set to each other, perfectly harmonized and chaotic yet sweetly ironic, this song has many depths and reveals its secrets the more one listens and yes watches as it is visibly juxtaposition-ed with opposites. Superb, bordering on perfection.

Wait a second. Are they made of flesh and bones? My entire childhood was a lie!

Absolutely amazing. Both the performance, the sound... and Damon's dances in the background)

THE CHILLS

I miss when people can gather n witness art like this 💔

working the machine

4:47 The Violinists and the Cellist going crazy😂😂😂😂😂

started getting chills at 2:25

Amo la vibra que transmite esta canción.

This is the song that introduced me to Little Dragon, and I have loved them ever since. Yukimi has such a lovely unique voice.

I said the same thing on another video, the Gorillaz songs with Yukimi in it are so rare, it should be performed live more often, like To Binge and Empire Ants. I would kill to see them perform it live.

Inside and outside of BLUR Damon still manifests his GODLINESS. DAMON IS A GOD OF MUSIC.

heheh little dragon surprised me she sold it alot more then i felt she would. just from her tone on the album i guess it made me think shed be a bit more withdrawn on stage. you can really tell they love working up on stage together too.. look at those jerks having all that fun! i wanna join >:(

[Verse 1: 2-D] Oh, joys are us, the sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the week The polyphonic prayer is here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here [Bridge: 2-D] And if the whole world is crashing down (on you) Fall through space out of mind with me [Verse 2: 2-D] Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away Is The falling of the whole empire, is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted till it sleeps [Hook: Yukimi Nagano] Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Say will it spin, will it soar? My little dream, working the machine Soon, like a wave, empires will fall And closing in on you, they're going on Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Say will it spin, will it soar? My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave, empires will fall Closing in on you, they're going on

The fkn unbelievable talent of all of them….

this song hits me so hard, allways calms me down or gets me happier, absolute masterpiece.

To everyone expecting Gorillaz to come back this year, they are not. The Album has been delayed to 2017

Little Dragon's stage presence is so awkward that it makes it fantastic.

Insane how much this live performance sounds like the track it's amazing

Can we give a shout to how cool Paul Simonon is in this? Basist from the Clash just working the vibe not showboating.

is this when the fake gorillaz went on stage and murdoc, 2d and cyborg noodle was trapped in the room?

It's 1:30 in the morning 6 years later and I'm here still trying to figure out what Little Dragon is saying at the end ("soon like a wave empires will fall...closing in on ???? They're building a wall"???) no matter I still love her and Damon to bits

the symphony, love when musicians incorporate.... lovely! reminds me of good old fashioned trip hop....

i like how everyone is so into the music im groovin along with them. and i was upset the new album was moved to 2017 but not anymore, it's being released on my birthday,, april 28th and its wow best birthday gift ever

This has been one of my top 3 for so many years It just keeps coming back to me ❤️

Such a great album Plastic Beach was. My personal favorite Gorillaz album so far and I love them all.

I believe this is the most meaningful and calming song Gorillaz made to date. This song always gives me in a good feeling even on rough days. Sometimes it gets me dancing haha. I do recommend this song to everyone who wants to have a good feeling if your having a rough day or just having a great day. Keep those 2010's beats rolling! ✌

gorillaz always sounds more powerful live

Love the backup singers and players, takes it to a higher level.

That one shot of cyborg noodle at 1:32 goes hard. PB was def peak creativity and storytelling of Gorillaz and i hate that i didn't get into it when it came out mostly due to being in middle school and not really thinking that my computer access could've gone beyond flash games lol.

His voice is so beautiful

"Empire Ants," in combination with some yellow stars aligning, made me feel a sense of life I thought I lost two long years ago. I've known of Gorillaz since the beginning, but kind of scoffed at the sudden and quick rise in popularity. But someone I love very much happens to very much love Gorillaz. I checked in on her on Spotify, clicked what she last played to try to get the feeling I get when she and I manage to meet up over vast distances, which I haven't felt in all this time. Not until hearing this. Thank you.