Gorillaz Article: I think I understand the hidden meaning of the song "Murdoc is God"!!

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I think I understand the hidden meaning of the song "Murdoc is God"!!

posted by Sprinter23

Think about it...

"Murdoc is God
Murdoc is dead..."

If Murdoc is metaphorically both God and Dead, then that means God is Dead. It's a song about losing faith in religion.
Also, Murdoc is an important symbol for Atheism, as he is a Satanist. True Satanists are essentially Athiests or Agnostics. They do not actually worship Satan. Satan to them is more of a force of Nature, like Karma or Luck.
Obviously, the hard rock sound is representative of Murdoc's musical influences.

Not sure about the whole Johnny thing. I'll have to riddle that out.

rennie-chan, KKRiley039142 and 1 other like this

KKRiley039142 Johnny was 1 of Noodles idol & iforgot who killed him (ithink murdoc). so iguess thats what the johnny thing is about.

Spartan2D23 Hey! I'm an atheist!!!!! hahahahaha!!!!!! "Hail Satan!"-Mudzy Whenever I hear atheist,I don't know why, but I always start playing the song Thoughts of a Dying Atheist by Muse.

freeman10022 I was thinking more about it this way: 2D used to idolize Murdoc right? Therefore, Murdoc is "God" But then, 2D lost his admiration for Murdoc and developed a strong aversion to the bassist due to all the torture and abuse Murdoc put him through, so therefore he wishes Murdoc was "dead" to him, thus "Murdoc is Dead". However, Murdoc is the self proclaimed leader of Gorillaz, so metaphorically speaking, he is a "King" Thereore it explains: Murdo is God Murdoc is King Murdoc is Dead

LaceyNoel WOAH! I never thought of the song that way...

kornlover @ freeman10022 Althought ur answer sounds about right, Last i heard 2-D still idolizes him even though he has put him though a whole lot of crap.