I love that her voice in the song exists primarily to destroy the romanticism of his memories. I also love that the second time he sings "but you didn't have to cut me off," he's interrupting her to shut out her accusations.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Sean K - Apr 18, 2012 2:07:50 pm PDT #5016 of 6445
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
smonster - Apr 18, 2012 2:38:18 pm PDT #5017 of 6445
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I am also on the love trains for Gotye and Kimbra. They toured together a bit here in the States in the last few weeks, and she was at SXSW.
Jesse - Apr 18, 2012 3:01:03 pm PDT #5018 of 6445
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is it wrong that I think I like the Glee version of "Somebody That I Used to Know" better than the Gotye version?
le nubian - Apr 18, 2012 4:10:26 pm PDT #5019 of 6445
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I like the harmonies better with the Glee version.
Sean K - Apr 18, 2012 7:35:24 pm PDT #5020 of 6445
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I watched a bunch of Kimbra videos because of you, bt, and I'm quite taken with her. She likes to live multitrack with herself. That's cool.
billytea - Apr 18, 2012 7:48:03 pm PDT #5021 of 6445
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I watched a bunch of Kimbra videos because of you, bt, and I'm quite taken with her. She likes to live multitrack with herself. That's cool.
I am eminently comfortable taking credit for your Kimbra-related viewing habits.
Sean K - Apr 18, 2012 8:17:00 pm PDT #5022 of 6445
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I particularly enjoyed watching her work the multitrack in this video: [link] She sings the way Brian May plays guitar.
Fiona - Apr 19, 2012 4:33:11 am PDT #5023 of 6445
I would suggest it's not just the singing so much as other things through which Gotye makes people think of Peter Gabriel and Sting. The songwriting: the unsympathetic first-person narrator (Big Time, Moon Over Bourbon Street, Every Breath You Take). And the video: it has so much in common with Sledgehammer that I think I'll show them one after the other in my music video lecture next semester.
It's a GREAT video.
Edited because I did a post-and-run and got some song titles wrong.
Jon B. - Apr 19, 2012 5:08:42 am PDT #5024 of 6445
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Sean -- You've heard tUnE-yArDs, yes?
Sophia Brooks - Apr 19, 2012 5:15:17 am PDT #5025 of 6445
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Weirdly, this cover version also sounds a bit like Sting/Peter Gabriel to me: [link]