On Melancholy Hill (Music Video)

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On Melancholy Hill

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Author

Gorillaz

Released

12 June 2010

Format

DVD • Streaming

Length

4:27

Language

English

Animation

Passion Pictures

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The official music video for the Gorillaz song On Melancholy Hill, third single of the album Plastic Beach. It was released on 12 June 2010 along with the single itself and was produced and animated by film production company Passion Pictures.

Synopsis[]

A huge ocean liner, (the M. Harriet), is under attack by two planes. A ship attendant finds Noodle in her room, offering to escort her to the lifeboats, but she opens a gun briefcase and walks down the hall past the attendant with a Thompson Submachine Gun. The song begins with Noodle shooting at the two oncoming planes that are attacking the ship. She manages to shoot one plane down but doesn't have enough time to shoot the other. The other plane drops a bomb on the ship. As the ship sinks, Noodle survives and climbs into a lifeboat with only her guitar and some supplies. We then see Murdoc, 2-D and Cyborg Noodle traveling through the deep ocean with a fleet of submarines, crewed by all of the collaborators that featured on the album (e.g. De La Soul, Snoop Dogg, and Gruff Rhys). They rise to the surface, where a large manatee is sitting atop a tall plateau. We then see a gigantic version of drummer Russel Hobbs lift out of the water underneath Noodle's lifeboat. Some believe that Russel's massive size is due to pollution causing radioactivity on the long swim he had when going to Plastic Beach. Back with the rest of the band and collaborators, Murdoc spots the Boogieman character leaning over the creature and orders Cyborg Noodle to attack it. Cyborg Noodle shoots at the Boogieman but the bullets do him no harm. He grabs the manatee and dives into the ocean, sinking with it. When the fog clears, it reveals Plastic Beach.