Monkey Bee: A Short Film by Jamie Hewlett

[gorillazmudz]

Anyone got the lyrics in English, or the language this is in? (Chinese / Japanese, which one D:)

[blackpaperplus]

@gorillazmudz This is Chinese. Talks about a fairy tale in China which name is "西遊記" (Si-Yuo-Ji), or in English version, it's called "Journey to the West".

[gorillazmudz]

@blackpaperplus Awesome!

Thanks for telling me! :-D

[Emilybudgie]

@gorillazmudz You should also know that this is in Mandarin..

[gorillazmudz]

@Emilybudgie OK, thanks!

I didn't know that!

Thanks again! :-D

[Sigurma]

ГЕ-НИ-АЛЬ-НО!!!

[machastro]

I cried when I was young and never got to see the show, I saw this on C4 I loved it.

[14ryuzaky]

2:15 but I like this part because they put more rhythm to the song but whatever is great and awesome

[jerichoduke]

What drugs could ever...

[aguscao]

This is from the "Journey to the West" episode "Mountain of Fire and the Lady of Iron Fan" ...

[Gylfaldo]

I was getting so exiting in the end

[needsmoremilk]

For a moment, I really wished that there was a follow-up video so that I could see how the battle ended. Then I remembered that this is Sun Wukong fighting, which means that it'd naturally end with him winning. XD It'd still be nice to see how Jamie Hewlett interpreted the rest of the battle, though!

[Zampire95]

my dad is Jamie Hewlett!!!

[Atheneastro]

@Zampire95 Well, Sweeney (or are you Denholm?) I genuinely admire his artwork. I do artwork, too.

[RedRiverPanda]

@Zampire95 so is ur mum

[wafflekitty11]

@Zampire95 really?

[WillyLemon]

@Zampire95 Really?O_o

[essiehcS]

Princess Iron Fan is so beautiful!

[Ovidiu534]

OMG Zooombiiiiiies!!! Wukong u will do it!!

[kittyaurorasan]

I love how they filmed this like the old chinese movie are ffilmed XD all over dramatic and colourful x3 gives a wonderful feel to the video, once tried to learn all the lyrics to this XD it was no an easy job.

[KidVlogger317]

@kittyaurorasan LOLOLOL XD XD XD XD WAFFLES

[MrBubbleGume]

O kurwa moja bania...

[TheFuchsiaGroan]

Genial!

[rjc0234]

lol. cant even get google translate to do anything, somthing about super-powerful octagon, and turn before he dies.

[IVANNCHESNOKOV]

I have no idea how i found this, and I'm pretty high xD

[Aves114]

I think the fan the woman is holding is the same one that 2D has in his underwater room on Plastic Beach!

[saidivhs]

i saw Jackie Chan!

[DDofCourage]

Why so many dislikes? It's awsome, who doesn't like Monkey?

[xXgorillazboosh11Xx]

....i dont understand what just happened....

[franziiii]

Whats the name of the guy who plays Sun WuKong?

[afairo1223]

what language is this?

[drunkensaint714]

If you don't understand the story all too well... watch this series... it's only a billion awesome hours of entertainment, but it's something I grew up watching:

Journey to the West (1986) it's on youtube

If you have a problem with the fantasy aspect... don't watch/read Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, ANY comic book series, and go work in a cubicle as a Robotron 3000. =)

[cscdigitalgraphics]

I am still trying to understand this.....

[SilverGorillazFan]

I think this would have been better if it was animted, music is still kick ass though!

[3Oh3LOVERINJAPAN]

-.- im scared to watch this, its so retarded

[tabbit101]

@3Oh3LOVERINJAPAN i mean, look at your fucking youtube alias. you don't deserve to have an opinion.

[TheIloveflapjack]

@3Oh3LOVERINJAPAN look at your user name though

[Th3ba1r0n]

KICK THEIR ASS!

>:D

[Ontologicalist]

铁：芭蕉宝扇 ，威力无比　八万四千 ，转身回次　为何泼猴 ，竟扇不走　再扇三次 ，翻转宇宙

猴：我保唐僧取西经　借你宝扇用一用　用完了就还给你　别那么小气嘛

观：悟空恭喜　取经来了　师傅唐僧　在哪　送你一粒避风丹　悟空恭喜　取经来了　师傅唐僧　在哪　送你一粒避风丹

婢：奶奶外面有　个齐天大圣要　借芭蕉宝扇　奶奶外面有　个齐天大圣要　借芭蕉宝扇

[buttoux]

1:14 is my reaction to this video

[carpooler]

Lyrics: 1.Princess Iron Fan's Servants: NAI NAI WAI MIAN YOU GE QI TIAN DA SHENG YAO JIE BA JIAO SHAN Princess, a monkey called "Equal to Heaven" wants to see you (repeat throughout) Princess Iron Fan: BA WAN SI QIAN How can you be back so soon? WEI HE PO HOU You impossible monkey! ZAI SHAN SAN SHAN FAN ZHUAN YU ZHOU I will impel you away again with my fan, churning the universe over and over (repeat)

[carpooler]

2. Monkey King:

WO BAO TANG SENG QU XI JING

I'm guardian Tripitaka on his way to India for the Holy Scriptures

JIE NI BAO SHAN YONG YI YONG

Could you please lend me your fan

YONG WAN LE JIU HUAN GEI NI

I will return it to you as soon as we're done

BIE NA MUO XIA QI MA

Don't be so stingy (repeats x4)

[carpooler]

3. Guan-Yin: WU KONG GONG XI Congratulations Monkey QU JING LAI LIAO You have come to retrieve the holy scritptures SHI FU TAN SENG ZAI NA Where is Tripitaka? SONG NI YI LI DING FENG DAN Take this magic pill so she will not be able to blow you away again May your hearts flutter in content.

[GtaZockerification]

LooooL :D :D

[cobaltpterodactyl]

Can anyone tell me what they're saying?

[IVANNCHESNOKOV]

@cobaltpterodactyl The monkey is asking the princess for her fan, and she is angry as she keeps blowing him away with it for him to come back, The white spirit gives him the magic pill so the princess cannot blow him away,

[cobaltpterodactyl]

@IVANNCHESNOKOV Thank you!! I decided to read the book a month ago. It's pretty good, and now I know what's going on too. :D



[GHOST1130166]

@cobaltpterodactyl I doubt it'll make more sense knowing what they were saying.

[Ruttie2]

@cobaltpterodactyl Look it up, smartass.

[linan0827]

@cobaltpterodactyl

Wo Bao Tang Ceng Qu Xi Jing.

我 保 唐 僧 取 西 经。

Jie Ni Bao Shan Yong Yi Yong.

借 你 宝 扇 用 一 用。

Yong Wan Le Jiu Huan Gei Ni.

用 完  了 就 还 给 你。

[connorsayswhat]

@cobaltpterodactyl

Narrator: Princess, a monkey named Equal to Heaven is here to see you

Princess-"Stop this nonsense"

Monkey "princess, i need your iron fan

princess- Stop this nonse

Monkey- I will return it when I am done

Princes- STOP THIS NONSENSE

monkey- Stop being so stingy.

[KidVlogger317]

@cobaltpterodactyl It's an almost extinct language, Mandarin, not many people know it...

[thatasiankid45]

@KidVlogger317 i hope that's sarcasm...

[Niggroid]

@cobaltpterodactyl The Monkey wants to borrow princess Iron Rod's Fan so that Monkey and his friends can conjure up a wind (or a light rain) to put out the fires of the volcano mountains and get to some place, I can remember well. There was a whole episode of it on "Monkey Magic" and I bought the album that came with the lyrics in english. I thought it was pretty cool.

[Kool2CU]

White people should leave Sun Wu Kong alone. They've done enough with DB: Evolution.

[PredatorFilmsInc]

@Kool2CU well the music and art was by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett (white English people) but it was directed by Chen Shi-zheng (Chinese person), what's wrong with people of different cultures celebrating and paying tribute to something from somewhere that isn't their country?

[Kool2CU]

@PredatorFilmsInc

Familiarity...

[ShiroRyu927]

Sorry, the live version is nice, but I want more animations. :<

[Rubenmon1]

to be continued....

[emill40]

there is nothing good about this...really, its fucking awful

[gameygamey90]

warning:do not feed the troll two lines below me.

[Superspaceify]

this........is perfect. 

[dendelionnum1]

what the hell monkey king is not so ugly!

[Padfreak]

What's the name of the actress playing princess Iron Fan?

[kwizz321]

all im hearing wong sho bi shung???? then dododod shhi then yi yong yiyong yo......i feel left out in the asian cultur.......noooooo

[KillerToastor]

jamie hewlett is great

TANKGIRL IS AWESOME

[stickks9875]

WhAt the he'll are they saying

[x0xRuthx0x]

@monkeyjttw Can you explain the storyline to me? Did Jamie create this video, and he did the on stage opera aswell yes? Is there anywhere I can watch the whole Jamie creation? :)

[tmoraca]

@x0xRuthx0x Damon Albarn of Gorillaz fame did the new stage opera and did all the musical arrangements.

[stickks9875]

Ethier I am way to high or to out of it

[ramonokun]

no full feature, but next year (yeahhh next year) A journey to the west, directed by stephen chow. (kung fu hustle)!!!

[LeBronFilms]

Am I tripping?! 0_o

[dmh1069]

i looooove this song from the album!!! *.*

[yusbarrett]

Just today I finished reading the novel. Wow! really great, gotta admit that it was a long but worth novel reading. Specially for the big picture message.

[xxxtobyx3]

HOLY SHIt! These sounds are from a toy keyboard that me my bro and my cuz would play with! We still have it!

[electricfandeath]

I remember some of the tune from a Yamaha or Casio keyboard I had back in the early 90s. lol

[xxxtobyx3]

@electricfandeath Yeah bro a few AA batteries and we were good to go for hours! XD!

[licksoremasks]

Gladly added to favorite vids!!! I love Jamie, as an artist he is a great inspiration to me!!! This is an amazing play, I hope they do more videos...personally I like confessions of a pig(only second to monkey bee of course)

[xxLoSeRxx101]

446 people are complete cunts.. :) LOVE THIS SONG AND VIDEO SO MUCH!!

[kururugirl]

if you go in 2D's room on plastic beach the palm leaf fan is in there!!!

[JACKOJACKO121]

any one elce play enslaved odsy to the west :P

[celticspark]

Its wonderful! I just wish their were english subtitles

[ThaPlasticJesus]

It' s so funny. Thought the costumes and tunes are s awesome. Ewen Monkeys teeh looks so natuer - ewh xD

[urbangekko]

I'm confused, yet amazed 0_o

[doobiesmoke15]

So where were Pigsy and The Sand Monk?

[Killernation]

this remembers me on "Dragonball" and "Dragonball Z"

[zmsquee]

@Killernation Many of the characters and things from Dragonball are based on Journey to the West. Goku, the power pole, the flying Nimbus, the cloning technique, etc are all from Journey to the West.

[Killernation]

@zmsquee You misunderstood me.

I know that Dragonball is based on journey to the west.

Actually I am a big fan of Dragonball.

[VinceXNoir666]

This song is awesome, and the film clip rocks. Can anyone link me some translated lyrics possibly?

[boy82killer]

chinese movie cheesiness at it's best :)

[villibaby]

This song gave me an eargasm

[Imal00ter20]

Only possible explanation for where this idea came from, is that Jamie was burnt out of his fucking mind.

[scarlotty123]

At first I'm like...."Uh..huh..."

Then slowly it turned into "Holy Wow! This is freaking cool"

[walystra]

this is the most fried thing i have ever seen in my life of being mad fried

[MyuNekoi]

Shit... Now I want to learn Chinese... This wasn't supposed to happen. ;_;

Anyway... Beautiful tune, beautiful video.

[RECordKitty]

The video distracts me from the immensity of the BEAUTY and POWER Jamie created with this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dear God Jamie you are a genius it almost hurts ! <3..

[RunNicky]

Jame you're an inspiration

[Skyclad65]

looking for 2.15 , , ok

[JacKILMatt0]

Monkey kiiiiiing!!!!!!!!!!!! is the best!

[Irresolution]

If anyone can turn 2:15 - end into a fully blown dance tune! I will be your slave for a year or 2!!!

[0bsidianify]

I didn't understand a word.. but it was so beautiful it sent shivers down my spine. Jamie, is truly a creative genius.

[plackonteeth]

i really ony like the ending.where the zombie-like moneys emerge from the ground. haha jamie put in cheap flying effects just like in the tv show he used to wach! ;) nice jamie.

[plackonteeth]

i really ony like the ending. haha jamie put in cheap flying effects just like in the tv show he used to wach! ;) nice jamie.

[NarutoLover2K6]

The music at 2:17 kicks so much ass >:D I love this song!

[goldthylacine]

This song is awesome!!!

[CraitenB]

i bought the disk and im glad i did it

you cant find the songs for download anywhere

its 22 songs

[lizziecarini]

This should have been animated.

[lizziecarini]

quan yen is so pretty

[publicanimalz]

i am in love of chinese girlz now!!!!

[NeoSirLeader]

@mattissius14 lol. The song is Monkey Bee.

[Munujar]

I wish I can get the subtitles in English

[thatshowigame]

damn it!!! i just finished learning about plastic beach,blur,and the famous*damons kiss*!!! now im gonna have to spend weeks online to look this up! F*CK!!! stop doing things im learning more than i do at school! I DONT WANT TO BE A DAMN ENCYCLOPEDIA!!!!!

[Mjolkmaestro]

@thatshowigame sucks to be you ;)

[deadrunks]

@thatshowigame now you gotta learn about The Good, The Bad, and The Queen.

(another band with damon albarn)

[MissNataliesMakeup]

@thatshowigame: Word.

[ivliuscaesar1865]

@thatshowigame i think its some sort of a weird love story

[Bloodlovefreak]

@ivliuscaesar1865 Based on the Chinese classical novel "Journey to the West" written during the decay of the Ming dynasty, Monkey must borrow a magic fan from the ox kings wife in order to put out the fire mountain and continue his journey.

[lexifly]

@Bloodlovefreak It makes me happy to see that there are people here who actually read the novel, or are aware it exists.

[spacemonkey93jm]

@thatshowigame don't try to understand every fucking thing Damon does, just enjoy, would you get crazy if I mention Mali Music? XD

[ProblemsInNumbers]

@thatshowigame Have fun reading up on the wonders that are jamie hewlett...be prepared for weeks of Tank Girl, Monkey Journey to the West and the line of custom Vibrators he made!

Bless that man.

[realderekbrothers]

i hear there whas an actual movie and i remember seeing this movie on spike a man on there world and they take him back to earth and he fell in love with a lady and they were all semi gods or something like that

[oztren]

This monkey king is an exelent performance, and this video is awesome, let send a letter or a mail to Jamie Hewlett and tell him that he has to do the other videos!, i wish to see how monkeys eats the peach of the heaven queen, or be punished by buda

[mouseys1996]

shit

[0mnipotent0verlord]

Oh my. Childhood memories.

[CherryApe]

Awsome!

[MisterBankz]

OMG ! I used to have this keyboard when I was a kid that had almost all the sounds from this video in it ! I cant believe Damon used them it sounds friggen incredible ! :O

[DiscoStorm]

nearly finished reading arthur waleys translation of monkey (inspired to do so by jamie and damon) and im more in love with the story than ever.better than any english book youde care to mention.

[kunsang1989]

@DiscoStorm u might have like it becuase there are lotta elements based from buddhism..

[somethingfunny95]

which song is this on the album?

[SiOTheCaveman]

why couldn't this be on the plastic beach?...

[Vanagander]

Where the hell is our full-length feature film?!

[Irresolution]

Every time I watch this i get a shiver down my spine when it hits around the 2:15 mark, this tune would be my national anthem if i had my own country its that fucking good

[darthkitsu]

even though i dont know what they were saying...i really enjoyed this song, particularly the parts that seemed like banter. beautiful sounding words.

[Krapiky]

^^ 2:42

[Daniidd02]

The beat to this is soo SICK!!! love it XD!!!

[peacockanus]

lol. "dont be so crabby". i love this. OxMan (FanLadys husband) in the cantonese tv series from the 90s is one of my favourite characters from journey to the west. i havent seen all of hewletts monkey stuff but does anyone know if oxman is included at all?

[IchigoIceZ]

This monkey king scares me for some odd reason.... i'm not trying to be mean or anything....

[KingAndrew00]

I must have forgotten about this song for a year, but now I'm back on it like crack. I just don't understand why it's so addictive!

[KayVoorhees]

I could watch this all day. Fer serious.

[takineko]

Zombie monkeys-- yeah this has to be Jamie Hewlett LMAO

[takineko]

@takineko Zomies and monkeys**

[Bakaa24]

Cool!! :D

[urmerm]

This song is great! It's so odd, yet pretty :D

[Danielle1228]

COOL!!

[Misung77]

Women singing in background (Princess Iron-Fan's Servants)

NAI NAI WAN MIAN YOU GE QI TIAN DA SHENG YAO JIE BA JIAO BAO SHAN

Princess, a monkey called "Equals to Heaven" wants to see you

-all translations from "Monkey: Journey to the West" cd booklet.

[Misung77]

glowing lady in white (Guan-Yin)

WU KONG GONG XI

congratulations Monkey

QU JING LAI LIAO

You have come to retrieve the holy scriptures

SHI FU TANG SENG ZAI NA

Where is Triptaka?

SONG NI YI LI DING FEND DAN

Take this magic pill so she will not be able to blow you away again

[Misung77]

monkey king response:

WO BAO TANG SENG QU XI JING

I'm guarding Tripitaka on his way to india for the Holy Scripture

JIE NI BAO SHAN YOUNG YI YONG

Could you please lend me your fan

YONG WAN LE JIU HUAN GEI NI

I will return it to you as soon as we're done

BIE NA NUO XIAO QI MA

Don''t be so stingy

[Misung77]

begins with Princess Iron-Fan BA JIAO BAO SHAN WEI LI WU BI the Palm-leaf fan is powerful BA WAN SI QIAN ZHUAN SHEN HUI CI How can He be back so soon? WEI HE PO HOU JING SHAN BU ZOU you impossible monkey! ZAI SHAN SAN SHAN FAN ZHUAN YU ZHOU I will import you away again with my fan, churning the universe over and over repeat

[lotrhobbitslut]

@Misung77 Thanks for all the translations! I was wondering what they were singing haha

[062977674]

@Misung77

BA WAN SI QIAN = 八萬四千

means extremely numerous, very much

In the video the meaning should be "she could blow him far away"..

[Misung77]

@062977674

sorry. I don't really speak mandarin. I just copied the translation out of the cd sleeve.

Thanks for the correction :)

[Greesovith]

music is great!

[monkeycaramel]

Haha, i Think theyr talkiing mandarin:)

[staszko89]

so hypnotic... I love this!

[geeman4]

Such as an awesome song along with such an awesome video. Like a great tribute to old Wuxia shows.

[jesseclemmons]

this is gay

[kayjames888]

Chinese with cantonese subtitles, great.

[JulienCeder]

Incredible vid

[diablo518]

很强大~~

[stmb1]

my teacher showed us this and it is awesome! i wish i knew what they were saying!

[ResidentUmbrellaCorp]

Monkey is asking the queen or whoever she is if he can borrow her fan, promising to return it later. She is getting annoyed with him, demanding him to leave and he says "don't be so stingy". The goddess congratulates him for venturing out for some sacred scrolls and he needs the fan for the volcanoes or something like that. You can probably find a direct translation somewhere online.

:D I tried lol

[daveleslie64]

许多尊重你的美妙的艺术

[maciejmackiewicz]

genialne

@caucau2323

why do you think they're ugly? In my opinion asian people aren't.

Andy Lau, Jet Li and Dicky Cheung for example. <3