Gotye - Somebody that I Use to Know (feat. Kimbra)

[Zooropa man]

I think I can share this here. Anyhow since there is no new U2 news... man, this song is so powerful and it speaks to me cause I was in this situation years ago. It rings truth.

Gotye- Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)- official film clip (HD) - YouTube

 

[mobvok]

Yeah, cobl04 posted this video in the Random Music Talk thread a few days ago and I enjoyed it greatly.

Sounds a bit like Sting....

 

[corianderstem]

Huh, that was interesting. I'm pretty sure I liked it.

 

[intedomine]

Well over it, but I was never really into it though. Never understood the fuss. Don't like his and her voice.

Heart's A Mess, his other "hit", was really good though.

 

[cobl04]

Huh, that was interesting. I'm pretty sure I liked it.

That was my first reaction too. Its home, Making Mirrors, is the best Australian album I've heard this year and you should all give it a try.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Gotye has the occasional interesting song but then he has many a bland, terribly unintersting song too. One of the new ones 'I feel better' (I think is the title) is so lame it could as well be a jingle for Medibank Private. And no, not just because of the name.

He's trying too hard.

On the other hand, some of the stuff he put out a few years ago is pretty good.

 

[cobl04]

I really like that song. Got a real retro soul vibe going on, could easily have fit on Cee Lo's The Lady Killer.

 

[Kieran McConville]

I get the vibe (he namedchecked the young steve winwood re. vocals, in a recent interview), and ok it has a rather nice horn arrangement... but jesus the lyrics are trite.

 

[bono_212]

I didn't care much for that cut off right at the end, otherwise, great song, I like it quite a bit. She was a lot weaker than he was, but eh. Anything passed the one song worth listening to?

EDIT: that's what I get for reading closely. I'll give the album a go at some point.

 

[Axver]

I'm surprised that I hadn't listened to this song until now, because 1. of how much friggin' Cobbler has been touting its virtues and 2. I've been following Kimbra's career since seeing her put on an amazing show in a tiny club last year. She's incredible live ... and probably the better of the two in this song, even if it doesn't show off the extent of her vocal talent. She's going to be huge if her surge in popularity over the last few months is anything to go by.

Anyway, that's a good song, I can only presume Triple J can barely contain itself.

 

[cobl04]

There's better songs on the album, but yeah, it's going to win the Hottest 100 by about a million votes.

 

[bono_212]

Heart's A Mess, his other "hit", was really good though.

I didn't care as much for this song. It was alright, but nothing to write home about.

 

[Axver]

There's better songs on the album, but yeah, it's going to win the Hottest 100 by about a million votes.

At least it's better than last year's snoozefest.

 

[cobl04]

At least it's better than last year's snoozefest.

That, combined with about five shit-hop songs placing higher than Shutterbugg at #77 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), made me violently ill. Big Jet Plane was just awful.

 

[Kieran McConville]

I reckon you're all wrong; 'someone I used to know' is good actually, and may get close, but no banana. I predict that the Triple Jay Hottest 100 Number One will go to that atrocious 'its nice to be alive' song by Ballpark Music.

Dude read one Dawkins book and suddenly he's a philosopher.

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Either that or... say, whatever happened to Missy Higgins? Wasn't she supposed to be the great white hope of music?

 

[bono_man2002]

This song will be taking home the "More annoying than hearing Adele 100 times a day on the radio award" at the next Arias.

 

[cobl04]

I'd never heard it until just then.... UGGHHHHHHH it's right up the j-fag alley.

 

[intedomine]

Either that or... say, whatever happened to Missy Higgins? Wasn't she supposed to be the great white hope of music?

Probably giving something back to Geelong Grammar, and teaching music to the Grade 1/2's... or playing the "is she/isn't she a" lesbian game in the publicity lead-up to a new album.

Glad she fell swiftly off the radar. Her voice sounded atrocious.

 

[cobl04]

I loved Scar back in the day.

 

[bono_man2002]

Pretty decent second album, awesome live. Thus, my avatar probably suggestes I'm bias.

1. She plays Piano
2. She is Female

"My one weakness, My achilles heel, if you will."

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I loved Scar back in the day.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I reckon you're all wrong; 'someone I used to know' is good actually, and may get close, but no banana. I predict that the Triple Jay Hottest 100 Number One will go to that atrocious 'its nice to be alive' song by Ballpark Music.

Not a chance, I'd say. The Gotye song's been playing like mad on JJJ, Nova and at least one of the big popular stations, if my channel surfing has been anything to go by. I would be very, very surprised if it doesn't get to number 1.

I don't mind it, personally, took me a while to grow to it though.

As for Missy Higgins I hope she was left in the Pilbara somewhere after the filming of Bran Nue Dae.

 

[cobl04]

All 10 of my votes are going to Joe Goddard's Gabriel.

 

[The Sad Punk]

At least one of mine will go to that.

Polish Girls will be my number one, though. :THEREISNODROOLSMILEYBIGENOUGH:

 

[cobl04]

Is that M83? Or Neon Indian? I haven't scumbo'd either album yet.

 

[The Sad Punk]

Neon Indian. Haven't heard the M83 album yet.

I think the NI album was meant to come out here today but even your beloved JB's didn't have it.

 

[The Sad Punk]

This thread is now "Friggin' Aussies talking about BJ Hi-Fi."

 

[cobl04]

This thread is now "Friggin' Aussies talking about BJ Hi-Fi."

I might change my username to this.

 

[The Sad Punk]

Do dat shit

I gotta get Premium so I can sig Laz's Acrobat pastiche in the National thread.

 

[Cin]

This song will be taking home the "More annoying than hearing Adele 100 times a day on the radio award" at the next Arias.

agreed.

I'm still liking the song for now but need to enjoy it while it lasts, soon I will be sighing "again?".

Adele :rollseyes: suffering badly from overplay, especially on those freakin Underbelly ads.
Also Bruno Mars.....he's always so chirpy and happy but really, all day every day?