I actually like this version better than the album version, which is rare for me. I love how she fades out her voice by literally pulling away from the mic.
Isn't it crazy? There are these songs out there you heard a thousand times and everyone knows them but yet I am sitting here and I am totaly smashed by the talent and realy cool composing which I never thought about before. Never saw this or even the normal music video for this one, if there even exist one. Thank you for checking it out. Love to be on board on your reaction train. Greetings to you Italien Plumber Boys. ;-)
I've watched a lot of reaction videos of this song, but you are the first one to react to my favorite video of this song. I love Kimbra's movements and voice, also his. I have been a fan of music for at least 65 of my 72 years, and I conclude that this is my favorite song in my life.
Watching Wally & his band perform the Gotye music live is phenomenal - esp knowing the creation of them was just him in his room & it takes so many to do it dull justice live. & they always sound incredible.
Gotye, pronounced "gow · tee · ay" is an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who, on occasion, performs solo, or in this case a duet. His full-time gig is with the group "The Basics". My analysis of the meaning of the song is different than most. There are 3 individuals depicted here. He and 2 women. He sings about the first one in his opening stanza. He told himself she was right for him but still felt lonely in her company and that's an ache he still feels to this day. He got addicted to the sadness of knowing it was going to end and when it did she promised they would still be friends. She lied, she just wanted to get away from him. Why? When they broke up she did everything she could to distance herself from him. He begins whining about how unfair and hurtful that was. He tries to comfort himself by saying he doesn't need that aggravation. Enter girl number 2, Kimbra. She got involved with him after his breakup with girl number 1. At this point, they have already separated. Why? He kept screwing her over and making her believe it was her fault. This is probably the same reason girl number 1 dumped him. She didn't want to live with someone like that. On top of that, he said he could let his breakup with girl number 1 go and she "wouldn't catch him hung up on somebody that he used to know". She could read into the words he said that he obviously could not. So he dumped him too.
In regards to your question about how Goyte knows what he's playing, there being so many buttons etc I thought I'd give some info based on using the same things. He's playing a Launchpad there that would be driving a VST in his DAW and he's got the Launchpad in notes or keyboard mode and set to the scale of the song. Doing that then means that whatever button he presses will be in the right scale and you know where C0 is (usually bottom left button if you haven't shifted octaves up or down) so then it's pretty easy to know what note you're hitting in the same manner as if he was playing keys.
Great reaction. I’ve bee an even bigger fan of Gotye when I discovered his other stuff. Hearts a Mess is one, with great video. Although the song is easy, as you said, there are always a lot of interesting layers in his compositions. There is a docu on his channel where he explains how he samples natural sounds, even a huge wire fence for a bass line of one of his songs. He collects old organs and other unique instruments. He is a sound artist. The female singer, Kimbra, has great own music, too.
Good does not come close. This is the greatest song. It touched my heart in so many levels. I’ve watched most of the videos of it and never get tired of it. Another great song is “ Jerusalema”. Out of South Africa. Comes with a catchy dance.
I enjoyed your thoughtful review of this -- you both notice detail. The female singer here is Kimbra who has incredible performance presence. There is a reason why her video cover of Nina Simone's "Plain Gold Ring " has 6 million views ;and the 3,000+ commenters are not just jazz lovers. This would be a fascinating video to react to - "Kimbra - "Plain Gold Ring" (Live at Sing Sing Studios)" .
Not sure but I think the bassist is also singing. Theres another live video of this song and you see him singing in those moments you pointed out, so yeah...
This was before auto tune become a destroyer of music. But perhaps autotune will be fast replace by regular AI music, it seems to more of them every day. Maybe it will be a good thing.
i like how guy says in first 10 seconds " we obviously all heard this " lmao not like other reactors acting al lshocked and shit when song has 5 bil views lol,good one boys stay true! good fkin song tho
Unfortunately goat tee yea .is his Dutch name. He gave away most of the money because he didn't feel worthy. He went back to his old friends called basic. They haven't done much. But kimbra the girl singing has made a lots of videos and songs. She's outstanding, but only well-known in Australia. Listen to some of her stuff. Unfortunately you won't find any new stuff from goteye .really sad .Reminds me of Randy Vanwarmer . He was chronically shy. Only one worldwide success. He wrote loads of music for other's. Both myself and my husband met him and his family just before he passed away. Check out Randy Vanwarmer . 1 hit. So very sad❤
Kimbra is from New Zealand. So is also well known there. Gotye was born in Belgium. However his parents moved to Australia when he was very young. So he is Belgian / Australian.
Só lembrando que o arranjo musical é um plágio descarado da música "Seville" do músico brasileiro Luiz Bonfá. Just remembering that the musical arrangement is a blatant plagiarism of the song "Seville" by Brazilian musician Luiz Bonfá.
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No matter what type of music you usually listen to. You have to admit that this song is sincerely beautiful.
Really a piece of art.
I agree I’m a metalhead but I’d never skip this when it comes on 😂
It's amazing how will they work together and they're not even in the same band, she's just a guest.
there are videos only with her voice on youtube and it sounds so great, that i can listen this 20, 30 times in a row...^^
Somebody made the connection of these artists in their mind.
Sort of like 'hey, these two would sound great together"
I actually like this version better than the album version, which is rare for me. I love how she fades out her voice by literally pulling away from the mic.
Isn't it crazy? There are these songs out there you heard a thousand times and everyone knows them but yet I am sitting here and I am totaly smashed by the talent and realy cool composing which I never thought about before. Never saw this or even the normal music video for this one, if there even exist one. Thank you for checking it out. Love to be on board on your reaction train. Greetings to you Italien Plumber Boys. ;-)
that is crazy isn't it??? thank you for commenting and for being here, you're awesome
I've watched a lot of reaction videos of this song, but you are the first one to react to my favorite video of this song. I love Kimbra's movements and voice, also his. I have been a fan of music for at least 65 of my 72 years, and I conclude that this is my favorite song in my life.
Watching Wally & his band perform the Gotye music live is phenomenal - esp knowing the creation of them was just him in his room & it takes so many to do it dull justice live. & they always sound incredible.
These guys sing as pure live as the radio cut
The whole album is a masterpiece. A friend pointed out how good the rest of the album is and it's been a music staple for me since.
This one is even not in my top 3 from the album, lol.
Both his singing voice and Kimbra's gives me warm chocolate chip cookies and cold milk vibes! Simply enjoyable!
Gotye, pronounced "gow · tee · ay" is an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who, on occasion, performs solo, or in this case a duet. His full-time gig is with the group "The Basics".
My analysis of the meaning of the song is different than most. There are 3 individuals depicted here. He and 2 women. He sings about the first one in his opening stanza. He told himself she was right for him but still felt lonely in her company and that's an ache he still feels to this day. He got addicted to the sadness of knowing it was going to end and when it did she promised they would still be friends. She lied, she just wanted to get away from him. Why? When they broke up she did everything she could to distance herself from him. He begins whining about how unfair and hurtful that was. He tries to comfort himself by saying he doesn't need that aggravation.
Enter girl number 2, Kimbra. She got involved with him after his breakup with girl number 1. At this point, they have already separated. Why? He kept screwing her over and making her believe it was her fault. This is probably the same reason girl number 1 dumped him. She didn't want to live with someone like that. On top of that, he said he could let his breakup with girl number 1 go and she "wouldn't catch him hung up on somebody that he used to know". She could read into the words he said that he obviously could not. So he dumped him too.
This song is absolutely immense. Kimbra’s vocals 🔥🔥🔥🔥
In regards to your question about how Goyte knows what he's playing, there being so many buttons etc I thought I'd give some info based on using the same things.
He's playing a Launchpad there that would be driving a VST in his DAW and he's got the Launchpad in notes or keyboard mode and set to the scale of the song. Doing that then means that whatever button he presses will be in the right scale and you know where C0 is (usually bottom left button if you haven't shifted octaves up or down) so then it's pretty easy to know what note you're hitting in the same manner as if he was playing keys.
Heck yeah! This is one of my favorite live performances of a song.
Every reaction video of this dang song draws me in…
I love how you said that live is normally worse but there are those out there that blow you away when u see them
They sound amazing together
Great reaction. I’ve bee an even bigger fan of Gotye when I discovered his other stuff. Hearts a Mess is one, with great video. Although the song is easy, as you said, there are always a lot of interesting layers in his compositions. There is a docu on his channel where he explains how he samples natural sounds, even a huge wire fence for a bass line of one of his songs. He collects old organs and other unique instruments. He is a sound artist. The female singer, Kimbra, has great own music, too.
I think she is singing into both mics you see it in the video that maybe where you hear the other voice.
Lov how she's just standing there bobbing her head til she sings
Love this song and the instrumentals! Great singers!
Good does not come close. This is the greatest song. It touched my heart in so many levels. I’ve watched most of the videos of it and never get tired of it. Another great song is “ Jerusalema”. Out of South Africa. Comes with a catchy dance.
Let it be said that Prince (yes the one and only) said at the Grammy´s 2013 that he loves this song...there isn´t much higher praise i think
When two indie artists decide to do pop and it matches perfectly. Gotye is quite a genius as he chose perfectly Kimbra to match his performance
I enjoyed your thoughtful review of this -- you both notice detail.
The female singer here is Kimbra who has incredible performance presence. There is a reason why her video cover of Nina Simone's "Plain Gold Ring " has 6 million views ;and the 3,000+ commenters are not just jazz lovers. This would be a fascinating video to react to - "Kimbra - "Plain Gold Ring" (Live at Sing Sing Studios)" .
The best follow up is that when they won their Grammy, Prince presented it to them.
There’s no third singer it duplicates the female singers singing after her big note
What an amazing voice
I love this song!!!❤
Not sure but I think the bassist is also singing. Theres another live video of this song and you see him singing in those moments you pointed out, so yeah...
Masterpiece 🙌
You guys should circle out the music vid by Sergio Reissue with CDK. FIRE DANCE MOVES!
If you went though hard break up when this song was hot they broke you with how accurate you could resonate with them
I played this song all over again
Love your reactions - it really is a great performance!
Thank you so much!!
haha wtf how can this be so good for real
too good!!
Yeah this one hits hard family..💪🔥
still hits to this day
She was dbz powering up and she fucking nailed it.
One in a million
Man she comes in with some body u use to know so perfect and he picks up bang when she don😅
It’s a brilliant piece of work. You should listen to Australian artists live as they are as good as or better.
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Now you’re just somebody that I used to grow
This was before auto tune become a destroyer of music.
But perhaps autotune will be fast replace by regular AI music, it seems to more of them every day. Maybe it will be a good thing.
Sergio Reis
i like how guy says in first 10 seconds " we obviously all heard this " lmao not like other reactors acting al lshocked and shit when song has 5 bil views lol,good one boys stay true!
good fkin song tho
Wow io non ho parole 😅😂 che grandi!
Great "simple" song
Have yous ever listened to DISTURBED singing the sound of silence
he sounds like Peter Gabriel
6:54 panowie tu nie ma trzeciej osoby rzucił echo na jej mikrofon...........profesjonaliści tak ? no ciekawe
Sounds kind of like Sting....but more so Peter Gabriel
Unfortunately goat tee yea .is his Dutch name. He gave away most of the money because he didn't feel worthy. He went back to his old friends called basic. They haven't done much. But kimbra the girl singing has made a lots of videos and songs. She's outstanding, but only well-known in Australia. Listen to some of her stuff. Unfortunately you won't find any new stuff from goteye .really sad .Reminds me of Randy Vanwarmer . He was chronically shy. Only one worldwide success. He wrote loads of music for other's. Both myself and my husband met him and his family just before he passed away. Check out Randy Vanwarmer . 1 hit. So very sad❤
Kimbra is from New Zealand. So is also well known there. Gotye was born in Belgium. However his parents moved to Australia when he was very young. So he is Belgian / Australian.
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Linkin Park covered this song in 2003.
Baa-baa black sheep.
How do you know what key on a piano eoes what, same logic. You just learn it.
It is really subtle but the underlying tune is Bah! Bah! Black Sheep
Só lembrando que o arranjo musical é um plágio descarado da música "Seville" do músico brasileiro Luiz Bonfá.
Just remembering that the musical arrangement is a blatant plagiarism of the song "Seville" by Brazilian musician Luiz Bonfá.
brainrot
You guys have obviously heard this song before
they literally said they'd heard this song before.
Linkin Park covered this song in 2003.