^ these songs seem to appeal to a pretty wide age demographic too.
― owenf, Friday, 9 March 2012 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
I've only heard the song on the local AAA station, so it didn't stand out as being crazy-different. But I think it must be getting spins on the Adult Top 40/Hot AC station here, too. Not yet on Rhythmic or Mainstream Top 40.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Friday, 9 March 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
The Police, "King of pain"
Also, "Angel eyes" Roxy Music.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:41 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/h0rgK.png
― dayo, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
lol what the hell
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
'some bobby that I used to know' is the punchline iirc
― dayo, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:33 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
there's even that part when he goes "your looove"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:19 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
i mean kimbra's cute (so is gotye per my gf) but....
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
I still think her album is good. Nyeh.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 17:32 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
Gotye + Chaki:
http://i.imgur.com/TUlaK.jpg
― ♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
is that really him
― markers, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
now he's just somebody that we used to ban
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
rip
― markers, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
you didn't have to gut me up
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:38 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
why?
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:51 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
i thought it was like "Goat-Yay"
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
goatse featuring kimbra
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:59 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
regret goiter gis
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:06 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
too many syllables
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link