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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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!💜

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.

This arrangement of Empire Ants is so amazing.

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!

3:14 dat damon dancing in the background like xD

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

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!!!

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

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!

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

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

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!

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 !

With Mick Jones and Paul Simonon from the Clash !!

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.

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

Damn this Damon Albarn guy sounds a lot like 2D

Her voice its beautiful

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

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)

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

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.

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

working the machine

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I love how much all of them are feeling it.

Yukimi's voice is so beautiful

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🤙

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

started getting chills at 2:25

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

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

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

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 >:(

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

3:11 haha watch Damon 😂

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

The orchestra’s giving me goosebumps😭

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

Man gorillaz please come back

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

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

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.

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

THE CHILLS

The fkn unbelievable talent of all of them….

Love how Damon is so delirious into the song .. his dance, gosh .. like he's high on cloud 9 ..

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

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

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.

damon dancing in the background lel

gorillaz always sounds more powerful live

Little Dragon has to be one of the most underrated bands of the last decade

[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

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

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

His voice is so beautiful

Yukimi is so beautiful

i love how everyone there looks like they are having a blast, specially damon.

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

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

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

I was born in the right generation

"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.

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.

2:35 suddenly their all jiving haha. Love IT!

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

5:35 I love how Paul Simonon is just playing bass without a strap so punk

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.

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

Little Dragon isn't Noodle you guys.

...and Paul Simonon on the bass. Albarn knows whom to involve to create MUSIC!

this song is not sad like everybody says, but happy in a certain way. it brings me a good feeling every time i listen to

Albarn has been making hit tunes for 30 years at least. Little Dragon is a gem of a discovery,