Download me
Make up for the time you've wasted
Come slowly
And claim back the boy you left behind
Close the white book
Unplug the brain from the game
Cause it's time to wipe out
till the stars get on the fame

The song is not the same when we're all
played out, played out, all played out
They say the memories
all fade out, fade out, all played out
tell me did you feel that?

Don't slow down
even if it's only to escape
Just download now
Before somebody steals your place
Close the white book
unplug the brain from the game
'Cause it's time to wipe out
till the stars get on the fame
And the conversation's over

We're all played out, played out, all played out
(talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
You'll see the memories all fade out
fade out, all played out
(talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
Tell me did you feel that?

Doncamatic

Download me
Make up for the time you've wasted
Come slowly
Claim back the boy you left behind and
Close the white book
Unplug the brain from the game
It's time to wipe out to the bar get on the fame

The song is not the same when we're
all played out, played out, all played out
(talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
You'll see the memories all fade out
fade put, all played out
(talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)

The song is not the same when we're all
played out, played out
(talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
The song is not the same when we're all
played out, played out, played out, played out
(talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
tell me did you feel that?



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Doncamatic (All Played Out) song meanings
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  • +2
    General Comment:"Just download now, Before somebody steals your place" - People don't stop to THINK about and appreciate music. Just download anything and everything, more 'stuff' - less attention span.
    "And the conversation's over" - Long ago an album was a collection of songs to be expored in context - a 'conversation' with the artist, a connection with the artist. No more.
    "talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me" - Close the Macbook, slow down, reconnect.
    Flag JeffMcClintockon October 27, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:hmm. plastic beach... the physical footing for exiles. Its a standing ground based on acceptance. ideally.. with organic angst and error. its bad now....things...yep .. embarrassing.. Alot of the tools being use are of the whole, but there is a very nurturing quality to the music. living.. is changing, not based on rubrics, but experience and acceptance. its harsh for true originality. this song is another regiment, to me. im in ..and hungry
    Flag soundromanseon January 06, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I don't know about you guys, but I like the version where it's live better - where it has the xylophone (youtube.com/…). It just sounds way better to me.

    Flag whorecruxon December 11, 2010   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning:I think what Gorillaz as a group are saying is that they are all played out, it's not the same singing their songs anymore, they're ready to retire, or have a break, - leave things at a good note after releasing Plastic Beach, come back a good few years later..? And naming it "Doncamatic" just seems trippy for this age, who the hell knows what doncamatic is. I think they want to be remembered for making a generation of the world love their music.. maybe.. i don't know, i might just be too stoned trying to analyse music right now, woops.
    Flag jacobw101on December 10, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:has anyone noticed that the video for this song is total parody of graham coxon, guitarist of blur.. first glasses, striped shirt, and most important whole video is placed underwater as in that movie the abyss, which sign graham used to wear on shirt occasionaly... and there are lyrics in this song which could refer to blur and damon and graham f**ked up relationship over time...
    Flag blackyoghurton December 08, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I just don't understand the 'talk to me' part. anyone?
    Flag lucifordon December 05, 2010   Link
  • +3
    General Comment:I found this on YouTube. it was a comment from 'ltvg4g';

    Damon in a recent interview:

    "I just wanted to make a pop song; I just wanted to get back on the radio. I was just fucked off no-one was playing me on the radio. When Melancholy Hill came out in England Radio One said ‘Oh no we are trying to keep our core audience under thirty’ and I was like well ‘fuck you then!,’ and radio two said ‘Oh no this is way to edgy for our over 30 audience’, so I found myself totally barred from radio and I was like, that’s not fair."

    in essence, everyone who's said it's about the music industry is pretty spot on. it's a generic pop song, but I think it still stands out & is a lot better than the rest. funny thing is, people don't always pay attention to the lyrics, & I think Damon knows that so this song is pretty clever.
    Flag lucifordon December 05, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:This song is awesome. If Damon's vocals played a bigger role in the song, it would have been even better. I love the messages in this song too.
    I think the song talks about the way songs no longer require skill to be made to be successful. The industry has become so mass-produced, and there seems to be a formula to every successful pop song, but the writer(s) are calling for people to write music from the heart. Song-wirtinf should be a lot more spontaneous ("unplug the brain from the game") than it is these days.
    I think it also talks about how artists mime a lot of their music, and have their voices auto-tuned to hide their lack of talent, contradicting the whole point of singing live and the live-performance experience. (The song is not the same when we're
    all played out...talk to me, talk to me...)
    With shows like the X-factor, and the decline of pop and alternative music in the UK, I've been thinking about the same things too, and I love this.
    Flag SoftMinton November 25, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I thought of a netbook or e-reader or something of the like in regards to the 'white book' too. I interpret this as another song about disposable culture and disposable music. I like the beat and the vocals, but then I like pop music in general - or, I should say, I don't automatically dislike pop music. Just because something falls under the remit of pop doesn't make it inherently cheap and meaningless. It's just the corporate-backed prancing models who give the genre a bad name. This song seems to have a similar idea to it, that the creative minds in pop are shunted out by Simon Cowell types who reduce ideas down to their lowest common denominator components and stick them on a pretty face, the copies thus outselling the innovators.
    Flag stygimolochon November 23, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I agree that this song is about pop music's homogeneity, but I think it's also directed our *taste*--many look for the "played out" sound, style, demeanor that pop culture presents. The lyric "WE'RE all played out" addresses those that don't try to move on to something new. The line "tell me did you feel that?" could suggest that there's no emotion in mainstream songs..or in our response to them.

    Does anyone else think the "white book" is a macbook? Used in reference to using computers to synthesize music? It's a clever parody, and damn catchy. I think "take back the boy..." refers to the sexually driven or serious nature of male singers. Seriously, where has humor gone?

    In response to Polyphonic, I think this is closely related to Gorillaz' latest sound. The beat is reminiscent of "Stylo" or even "Dare." And Daley provides an emotional contrast to Damon's usual deadpan. From what I heard, Plastic Beach is Gorillaz "final album" so I'm not sure if it's appropriate to imply that their sound is heading in one direction or another. They just sort of step on the scene, give everyone a good shaking, and return to the depths. Love it.
    Flag Shazzer7on November 20, 2010   Link

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