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The Olympics 08.08.08 http://www.bbc.co.uk/monkeyolympics
BBC Sport's marketing campaign and titles for the forthcoming Olympic Games are based upon the traditional Chinese folklore 'Journey to the West'. The animation and music were specially produced by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn.

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Man this music ... ( 3 days ago by lobitonmattmoo)

Man this music rocks!

Am I high? ( 2 days ago by Bromguardian)

Am I high?

lolssssssss " ... ( 2 days ago by Cotteswe)

lolssssssss "Gorrilaz"

I love Gorillaz ( 2 days ago by VulcanInsanity)

I love Gorillaz

MONKEY KING!!!!! ( 1 day ago by OwnerXXX)

MONKEY KING!!!!!

DB IS Based Off " ... ( 1 day ago by DBZOfficialNews)

DB IS Based Off " Journey to the west ". From Wikipedia " Akira Toriyama began work on Dragon Ball he decided to loosely model it on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.

same here. i wish ... ( 1 day ago by 89stec89)

same here. i wish this version was on the album as well. i love monkey bee though. best song on the album lol

get the album. ... ( 1 day ago by 89stec89)

get the album. Monkey Journey to the West. its well good

Yes, you are ( 1 day ago by Orenjiday)

Yes, you are

Such a great ... ( 1 day ago by everdamp)

Such a great animation.

Gorillaz really are ... ( 1 day ago by hydrasin1)

Gorillaz really are da best

check out my videos ( 1 day ago by preacherbrandon)

check out my videos

否 ( 1 day ago by freddyintrouble)

否

I love this. the ... ( 1 day ago by freddyintrouble)

I love this. the song is pretty awesome!

Dragon Ball Z? ( 18 hours ago by Rafabianco9)

Dragon Ball Z?

Beautiful Animation ... ( 17 hours ago by NinjaOwls)

Beautiful Animation..

the animation ... ( 13 hours ago by lupinewarrior)

the animation reminds me of the gorillaz music video's

Monkey Journey to ... ( 12 hours ago by cookiedarkfang)

Monkey Journey to the West is so good!?

that's because the ... ( 12 hours ago by Skycamper)

that's because the music and the aniamtion is from Gorillaz creators Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albern ^^

Damon AlbArn sorry, ... ( 12 hours ago by Skycamper)

Damon AlbArn sorry, i wrote Albern..

oh thats awesome x3 ... ( 11 hours ago by lupinewarrior)

oh thats awesome x3 iv always loved gorrilaz animation

best thing to come ... ( 10 hours ago by revengeguy)

best thing to come out of the olympics =D

i heard this song ... ( 9 hours ago by dbgrinder77)

i heard this song at a club you know like the digitaley bit lol i was just wondering if anyone knew the name of the track just like the digitaley bit i know i sound like 5 calling it that lol but i dont know how to describe it :)

很好玩啊，呵呵 ( 24 minutes ago by wazgrm)

很好玩啊，呵呵