Gotye
 

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I can't seem to get enough of this song. Absolutely brilliant.

It kicks in at 1:33 and the killer exchange is at 3:01.

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I know what you mean. It's a great song; at the same time catchy, but really very intense. I have both his second album (Like Drawing Blood) and his newest (Making Mirrors) and while nothing quite lives up to Somebody That I Used To Know, both have a lot to offer and I'm appreciating more with each subsequent listen.

There's also some pretty good covers out there as well:

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"Somebody That I Used to Know" has to be one of my favorite songs of the last few years or more.

Walk Off the Earth(the 1st cover of it) are from my city :)

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I was a special co-host a couple weeks ago on my friends' local radio show and he played Gotye.

We joked around about how you actually pronounce the name, but it was good stuff.

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I loved this song until a woman on a flight recently played it on repeat for an hour and a half. Now, I don't need to listen to it.

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That woman was Kimbra and she was just proud. :mad:

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In the risk of sounding biased, I prefer the Walk off the Earth cover.

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Funny. I'd heard that song, and the guy's name, on BBC radio a bunch of times, and seen that video linked on people's facebooks, but this is the first time I've linked the two.

It's really quite perfect. A more melancholy version of The Postal Service's "Nothing Better".

It's pronounced "Go-tee-yay", like Jean-Paul Gaultier.

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He reminds me of the lead singer of Red 7.

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I bought the album when it came out in January and think it's pretty great - lots of good songs, a variety of sounds too. Seeing him at the end of this month, although a friend of mine met him 3 weeks ago and already got my Making Mirrors album signed for me :)

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Just bought this album MP3 today on Amazon out of curiosity, though I'd heard the single a couple of times. I really like the album. It has kind of a Peter Gabriel / early Phil Collins solo vibe with a little late Police and Steve Winwood elements as well. As a fan of all those artists, I immediately took to this album. I don't know how it's selling overall, but it's been at the top of Amazon's MP3 album chart all week, so he's probably doing okay.

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Another cover:
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Wow, did <i>not</i> expect that voice to come out of her. Cool, but a bit shaky on the chorus part.

And is it just me, or is the guitar player out of tune?

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That's a good song, but only as a duet. Singing it solo collapses it down to a whiny breakup song. It loses the dimension of the first singer being at fault as well, but not recognizing it.

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Honestly I didn't know who this guy was until I saw him on SNL. While watching I thought the music was a bit pretentious.

But now that I heard the song a couple of times it's growing on me.

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Friend of a Friend posted this on facebook - Gotye is playing in SF

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Brilliant song and the album is pretty great. I'm diggin half of it and the rest is growing on me.
The song is becoming the new Adele as far as hearing it constantly and you just can't seem to get away from hearing endless covers. good for him. I say "Goat-e" because it make me laugh.

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from Glee last week... the characters singing are estranged brothers

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Much prefer the Walk off the earth cover. Love what they are doing there with that guitar. Checked their other videos too, but was not as impressed. This and the Carmen Look at me now cover are my 2 favorite youtube cover songs.

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Anybody else think In Your Light kinda rips off Stephen Still's Love The One You're With?

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Me too. I prefer the vocal work as well.

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I enjoy most of this album. There are a couple ungodly horrid songs, but the overall rhthym is good. I really dig "State of the Art"; it reminds me of old Jurassic 5.

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Chris Martin is jealous


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Photo's dark but here he is at the bar while we're waiting for Janelle Monaé to take the stage.

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Anyone else think he sounds like Sting? When I first head "Somebody that I used to know" on the radio I thought Sting was making a strong comeback.

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Maybe since the young people probably never heard of Sting or Peter Gabriel so they latched on to Goyte.

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First time I listened to the song, I didn't understand why it was so popular... then it got to the Peter Gabriel part.

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The first time I heard the song on the radio, which was only about 2 months ago (I don't listen to the radio much), I immediately thought of Peter Gabriel.

Making Mirrors is the Amazon MP3 album of the day, by the way. It's $4.99 today. I listened to the samples and don't like enough of the other songs to buy it, though.

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I think Somebody that I used to Know is great, but also don't care for the rest of the album.

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My wife has had this song on for the past month or so, constantly playing it. Although I knew it wasn't Sting I asked her why this guy sounds like Sting. She didn't really hear it but after listening a few more times she heard it too.

Very Stingish.

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First time I listened to the song, I didn't understand why it was so popular... and after hearing it constantly since, I still don't.

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It is definitely all over the place.

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I knew about it for a while from the buzz, but didn't really listen to it. When I did, I was hooked, and have been since. I just love it.

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Thanks! I was just looking to get this earlier tonight. Didn't want to chance it for ten bucks but this is worth it.

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It's a great record and worth the $5 for sure. To my ear, Gotye definitely has some Sting qualities on some of his songs and yet Making Mirrors also dives into several genres of music. One song feels like Beck, another has a Stevie Wonder vibe, and so on. I dig his exploring different ways of doing music and offering up something diverse all on one album.

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What's up with the remix version being the only version being played on the radio these days though?

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Crazy huh? The remix is a novelty but I'm surprised it's the cut played.

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I didn't like anything I heard from Goyte. one of the worst things out in music right now IMO.