This song (and its consecutive video) will become your everything. Gotye

I just like the guy at the head of the guitar. He's got a great job.

Oh, you mean Eric Cantona, yeah he's great.

huh

Alright this song is getting way overplayed.

Bought this album last week. Loving it. State of the Art has pretty much the best lyrics ever. The rest of the tracks keep growing on me. Smoke and Mirrors and Giving Me a Chance stood out to me on this particular listen.

got tickets to see Gotye and Kimbra.

SO FUCKING EXCITE

Seeing him tonight in Munich with my womang

I'm seeing him on Wednesday, so excite.

only a few stages left

Yeah, I can't wait until only terrible songs are getting overplayed

Neat

Dude has awesome videos.

So yeah, the gig was short but sweet.

They played(not in correct order)

Eyes wide open
The only way
Thanks for your time
Hearts a mess
Smoke and Mirrors
State of the Art
Somebody that I used to know
I feel better
In your light
Don't worry we'll be watching you(this had the best background film ever, holy shit did it give me goosebumps at times)
Save me
Bronte
Easy way out
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Sadly, no Kimbra at all cause she apparently caught the flu. Fucking BUMMER.
Overall this was my first concert that used lots of sampling and therefore the performance was not that impressive when they were just pushing buttons. Gotye's drum solos - and I would've never though I'd say this ever - were one of the highlights. Nigga knows how to go wild on a drumset.
Pretty much all background videos were cool but the one I already mentioned was out of this world. So fucking moody. My girlfriend liked the one for Bronte best.
Also, there was some neat audience interaction in Thanks for your time(the "oh--OH!" parts got split to left and right side audience) and during Kimbra's verse in 'Somebody' they somewhat turned the music down and I think pretty much every girl in that fucking room sang the lines.
Before Hearts a Mess he asked like "Does someone in here know the album Like Drawing Blood? This one's for you..." and I felt like a fucking king because we were in the clear minority.
Oh yeah, and the set was really short and when he announced that they'd end the show with a soft song(Bronte) a guy yelled "JUST KEEP PLAYING" to which he said "Uh, well we would've come back for an encore but yeah, we can cut the bullshit if you guys like". And so they did. Never seen that happening before.

Somehow I thought I'd be more enticed to dance to songs like The only way and such but State of the Art was the only one where we kinda did. Also kinda disappointing that lots of the background vocals were straight up sampled. The concert didn't fully grab me, it was weird. But cool nonetheless.

weird, very few backing vocal parts were from recordings when I saw him. vocals were the highlight of the entire show, the depth of them rather

Man, I hope Kimbra is better by Wednesday.

Anyway, I think 'Don't worry' is currently my favorite. The guitarist kinda beefed it up a little and the end, it was kind of hynotic. Really cool.

That crazy synth swell in Dont Worry fucks me up every time. So brilliant and perfect

I saw pretty much the same the show last year. Really short set, very heavy on samples; disappointing because Wally's live vocals were amazing, but the whole thing sounded like he was singing on top of Garage Band.
Funny thing: some girl who had just arrived at the show asked me if they had played "Giving Me a Chance" yet, I said no, and ten seconds later the show was over

This was amazing, but the set was too short, as was Kimbra's (4 songs, wtf). Plus there were a whole bunch of dicks who seemed to talk over most of the show, and were obviously only there for the one popular song.

On the radio here in Georgia. Definitely reaching Saturation(which fucking rules, because he deserves it).

omg the tour starts tomorrow and i'm seeing him Sunday

gonna shit maself

omg im going sunday too! probably wont be as good as at Bowery Ballroom, but should still be awesome

why won't it be as good?

lol @ the last page, are you people serious? You complain about how shitty the radio is and then get mad when good music gets popular? Fuck you.

On a converse note, my one ditzy friend loves the song and bought tickets to see Gotye 2 hours away just because of it. She will surely be bored the whole time until "omg that song <3" comes on.

Ballroom is a more intimate venue with better sound. Also this Terminal 5 show will definitely have more fans of 'Somebody That I Used to Know', than fans of Gotye. That means a crowd full of cellphone filmers and people who scream their extremely unique/interesting sentiment whenever any slight break or quiet section of a song rolls around

also SNL, April 14th.
yup

Why?

so has anyone been to either of the shows so far!?

Yeah, it only took the rest of the world anywhere between 2 and 9 months to catch on :-p

my sister and her kids have just started singing pumped up kicks; that song came out nearly two years ago

I hope he is the catalyst that FINALLY changes the mainstream music industry for the better, but I think that ship might have sailed.

Anyways, this video is fucking SAD

I miss when REAL music like gangsta rap and techno was played on the radio. Now its just a bunch of prog forum shit with lyrics about first world problems.

Incredible. Bronte is so fucking powerful.

fuck yes. that short plays in the background live. I was nearly crying the first time I heard him perform it while I watched that

Bronte is like the only song I don't really get on the album.

holy fuck, nigga

really? that song is so sad and beautiful

I don't get the sad part. It's a soft song and it's good, but it doesn't hit me emotionally. Same goes for the video.

Giving Me A Chance, though, that song I'm like 'Wow'.

really? that's probably my least favorite one, if i had to choose.

this band is played on mainstream top 40 radio. fuck 'em.

Every week at the karaoke bar somebody insists on singing this and it totally kills the party mood

Do they sing Kimbra's verse, too?

How can you listen to his words and not get the sadness of the song?

Get ready for angry backlash: they will be singing this on Glee tomorrow night

Not even being a Glee hater, but this fucking sucks.