The guys at Gorillaz-Unofficial have come up with the following about the meaning of the Feel Good Inc. Video:

 

Gh0st wrote:

Feel Good Inc, could represent modern decadence. The 'Inc' on the end makes it seem like artificial happiness. The three boys are trapped ambiguously in the heights of a tower of decadence, they obviously get all the girls and partying and probably drugs they want, but 2D realizes that it's not enough to bring true happiness. Noodle is outside on her 'Skyland' simply enjoying nature and freedom, perhaps a little sad that the guys have not come out with her.

 

This is an excellent interpretation. I agree with this wholeheartedly.

 

2-J wrote:

It is really reminiscent of Laputa aka Castle In The Sky. I love that film. It's one of Jamie's all-time favourite films and inspirations too. I haven't thought that deeply about the video but there's obviously that them of Noodle being pure and floating above the world's sins below, who are caught up in struggle for material gain and exploitation...

 

2-J is a poster here too :) :)

 

What does anyone else think??

Channel4.com has this to say about Laputa (Castle in the Sky):

 

Castle In The Sky (Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta)

 

 

120 minutes

Japan (1986)

PG

starring Mayumi Tanaka , Keiko Yokozawa , Kotoe Hatsui , Minori Terada , Fujio Tokita , Anna Paquin , James Van Der Beek , Mark Hamill , Cloris Leachman , Richard A Dysart , Jim Cummings

 

directed by Hayao Miyazaki

other credits

 

CASTLE IN THE SKY FILM REVIEW

 

An orphaned boy and girl go in search of the mysterious floating kingdom of Laputa in this engaging animated feature from Hayao Miyazaki

 

 

Possibly the most quintessential adventure from Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, Castle In The Sky (aka Laputa: Castle in the Sky) distils the artist's key obsessions into a story that takes Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' as its starting point and then spirals off in all kinds of directions that would leave the eighteenth century satirist reeling in (possibly delighted) shock. With its understated ecological message, asides on the importance of gainful employment, orphaned pre-pubescent hero and heroine and overarching belief in the liberating power of flight, this is the film that sums up the exhaustingly inventive beauty of Miyazaki's work.

 

http://www.channel4.com/film/media/film/2l/C/castle_in_the_sky_lg_01.jpg

 

Young orphan girl Sheeta (Yokozawa; or Paquin in the US dub) discovers that she is the heir to the throne of an ancient airborne society. She hooks up with another orphan, a young member of a mining community named Pazu (Tanaka; or Van Der Beek), and together they try to elude the military forces pursuing Sheeta and make their way to the lost kingdom of Laputa.

 

It's easy to see the influence of the animator's left-leaning politics in this fable. For starters, there's miners - moustachioed characters who seem to have stepped out of a Soviet era mural; then there's the ecologically aware subtext and the historical setting that plays like a Marxist critique of Industrial Revolution era society (all steam engines, windup automobiles and magnificent men in their flying machines).

 

While story and animation may not be quite as sophisticated as that found in Miyazaki's masterpiece Spirited Away, the seriousness of the underlying themes is often quite surprising. Yet what is really amazing is just how much imagination Miyazaki expends on filling in the details of this strange new world, sketching away at airships, rampaging robots and cloud-covered floating cities with a visionary flourish that's frequently astonishing. Like Leonardo Da Vinci sketches come to life, Miyazaki's flying contraptions are a sight to behold, rivalled only by the film's epic sweep and non-stop parade of action set-pieces.

 

 

Verdict

A sprawling airborne adventure, this is one of Hayao Miyazaki's most characteristic films with an action-packed storyline and a range of quite remarkable visual flourishes bolstering his customary thematic concerns.

Some people take music WAY too seriously :lol:

Makes interesting reading :D Nothing wrong with taking music seriously Andre ;)

Makes interesting reading :D Nothing wrong with taking music seriously Andre ;)

Seriously yes, that seriously - NO! :lol:

I think it's quite interesting though what they're saying :lol:

I think its very interesting too, its good to give some thought behind a music video, rather than just accepting it as a promo for a song!

Well it has to come from SOMEWHERE :lol: It's not like "oh lets put a windmill in it" :lol:

Well it has to come from SOMEWHERE :lol: It's not like "oh lets put a windmill in it" :lol:

Hmmm, im sure some videos are like that though!!

Damon: Let's have a walking milk carton in our video

 

All: What a great idea!

 

:rofl:

Damon: Let's have a walking milk carton in our video

 

All: What a great idea!

 

:rofl:

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How else do you explain it? :P

How else do you explain it? :P

Erm, milk goes with coffee?! :rofl:

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LAME -_-

:rofl:

LAME -_-

<_ lame yourself.>

<_< LAME yourself.

I didn't think of a LAME excuse :P

I didn't think of a LAME excuse :P

Dont be so critical! :cry:

Dont be so critical! :cry:

Sorry :P

I think in their next video they should have them playing the song :o

I think in their next video they should have them playing the song :o

How imaginative :o