I remember how jarring it was to hear Kanye's "808s" stuff in rotation, too. Most radio stuff is so dense with information. It's nice to have some breathing room built in.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 March 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
I also heard the Police/Sting comparisons and am glad I wasn't alone. I think it's because of how he emotes the chorus a lot more intensely than the verses and it has a somewhat unique rhythm, which reminded me of the pseudo-reggae/Clash rhythms of the early Police stuff that stood out among the rest of the pop at the time.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 10 March 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
Right, have heard the album
adqt
― Mark G, Saturday, 10 March 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
aw, I was totally going to BLOW MINDS with my "Beck pastiche" analysis of this album and I see ppl have been talking about that for the past 4 months
;_;
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
also they were GREAT on SNL; the backup harmonies were so tight that on my first view I thought they were all pre-recorded (mostly because the camera work was all in close-ups and didn't show the other other three people singing)
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
The Police, "King of pain"
Also, "Angel eyes" Roxy Music.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah granted i've only ever seen them play one song (on a couple different shows now), but his entire backing band/live setup is really really good.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
quite honestly this dude and his backing band may be my favorite singers I've discovered this year
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
just watched both snl songs, it is in fact possible to sound really good on that show i guess.
i really like his singing too, ultimately i couldn't quite get into the album but i have absolutely no issue with this guy blowing up.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
Same here. A lot of the album doesn't really work for me, but the songs I like I really like.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
my first listen to the album was basically "this isn't really hitting me, but I don't hate this"
listening to it now and it still doesn't hang together but it's more enjoyable than my first listen
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/h0rgK.png
― dayo, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
lol what the hell
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
'some bobby that I used to know' is the punchline iirc
― dayo, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
three? i only saw one of the other dudes singing backup, pretty sure there were some backing vocal tracks. like this one is obviously stuffed with pre-recorded vox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YzGOq42zLk
it doesn't really bother me, just saying.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
the drummer was singing and so was the dude with the xylophone; the guitarist had a mic but I couldn't tell if he ever sang or not
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
I read that the single was the guy singing on one note, and the melody was all manipulation.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
Same them live a week or two ago, and they were surprisingly solid. It's a seamless mix of live instruments and samplers, a bunch of pre-recorded stuff being triggered and manipulated, plus guys strumming and hitting things.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
i enjoy the "band in little room" thing with everyone singing. not perfect but fun imo- for comparisonhttp://vimeo.com/39793881
― a single goddamn marshmallow fucked me for LIFE (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
The SNL performance sounds pretty good, even given the crappy audio quality of the youtube clip I'm listening to.
(FWIW, I liked the solo Kimbra album from last year a whole lot. Not that I haven't said it before, but with Gotye hitting SNL with Kimbra, I thought I'd mention it again.)
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
Not that she particularly stole the show. Actually, he sounded a lot better. (Not that she should steal the show on his song, but again, she just sounded okay really.)
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
haha I just wanted to go back to this because I am thinking back to the whole Lana Del Rey argument and going "JUSTIFIED!" to myself
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
lol yeah that was what i was thinking of (as the most recent example at least)
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
i was too busy thinking of The Outfield and Lou Gramm to considering the Police when this guy was on SNL
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
there's even that part when he goes "your looove"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
lol on my plane ride back home the other day i was sitting next to a woman with a young kid and when this video popped up on the tv screen she shielded it with her hand so the kid wouldn't see it
― y'tulip, y'pea-brained earwig (donna rouge), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
i mean kimbra's cute (so is gotye per my gf) but....
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
I still think her album is good. Nyeh.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
she shielded it with her hand so the kid wouldn't see it
That video is about as scandalous as a Wendy's commercial.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
Gotye + Chaki:
http://i.imgur.com/TUlaK.jpg
― ♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
is that really him
― markers, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
now he's just somebody that we used to ban
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
rip
― markers, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
you didn't have to gut me up
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
even Gotye is suspicious
good work some dude, b/s/j. *slow clap*
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
i will never give this artist a chance because of his name
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
why?
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
i assumed it was said like "gotcha" until SNL revealed it was pronounced like "gaultier"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
xxxpost tbf "your love" cops a police sound pretty shamelessly
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
i thought it was like "Goat-Yay"
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
goatse featuring kimbra
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
true re: police/outfield, i guess the lyrics just weren't pretentious enough for me to think of sting
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
i figured it would be pronounced like "goiter" but without the "er"
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
I started a dumb thread once about the singer from The Outfield vs. Sting vs. someone else with that kind of voice (can't remember who, now).
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah, Colin Hay!TS: Colin Hay (Men at Work) vs. Tony Lewis (The Outfield) vs. Sting (The Police)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
regret goiter gis
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
It's pronounced more or less like "goat-ee-yay," like Jean-Paul Gautier. Per Wiki:
Wouter "Wally" De Backer (born 21 May 1980), also known professionally by his stage name Gotye (pronounced /ˈɡɒti.eɪ/) is a Belgian-Australian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter. The name "Gotye" is derived from "Gaultier", the French equivalent of "Wouter" ("Walter" in English).
So it's sort of this weird Anglo-French colloquial nickname or something. Wally to Walter to Wouter to the French equivalent of Wouter, or Gaultier.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
too many syllables
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
It looks like it should be pronounced "Goat-y" but I guess it kind of functions as a shibboleth for those who are hip to the Goatye phenomenon, whether they know how to pronounce it correctly.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
lol Gotye won the trivia nite that Chaki hosts every monday nite at a bar in SF:
(10:14:19 AM) chaki: So last night @ trivia this nerdy dude comes in and proceeds to answer every question right. I'm like who the fuck is this guy and we end up talking about old exotica records for hours. It turns out it's international pop star GOTYE. Dude knows his shit.
― ♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link