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Gotye (Music)
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Gotye | |
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Describe Gotye here. He's somewhat tall, Belgian-Australian, male...Wouter "Wally" De Backer (born 21 May 1980), better known by his stage name Gotye, is an indie/alternative rock singer song-writer best known for his #1 hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" though other songs of his have charted such as "Eyes Wide Open" which got to #96 on the Hot 100 and "Hearts A Mess" charted #8 on Triple J Hot 100 of 2006. His singing style has been compared to Sting and Peter Gabriel, while his music videos were once described by Todd in the Shadows as, "Like happier versions of tool videos." Discography Boardface (2003) Like Drawing Blood (2006) Making Mirrors (2011) | |
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Title Track | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_23b0d78 | comment |
Title Track: Both Like Drawing Blood and Making Mirrors have a short one at the beginning. | |
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Gender Bender | |
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Gender Bender: There was a rumor that he was gonna get a sex change. Gotye said, “Do I have to? Maybe it’s fun keeping it open.� | |
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Auto-Tune | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_315f7f2c | comment |
Auto-Tune: Used on "State Of The Art." Gotye sang the whole thing in a monotone, then manipulated it until it sounded completely alien. | |
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After the End | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_334e48a1 | comment |
After the End: A possibility to the video for "Eyes Wide Open" | |
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PostModernism | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_48f0ca7f | comment |
Postmodernism: "State of the Art" is a song about making a song on the state of the art synthesizer. | |
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| Gotye (Music) / int_50f848cc | type |
Technology Porn | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_50f848cc | comment |
Technology Porn: "State of the Art", both the song and the video, are built around hyping up the functions of a very advanced synthesizer. Word of God points out that it's specifically about a second-hand 1980s organ that Gotye once bought. | |
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Sampling | |
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Sampling: Something Gotye is very fond of. | |
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| Gotye (Music) / int_5967d6df | type |
Melismatic Vocals | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_5967d6df | comment |
Melismatic Vocals: Occasionally. | |
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Non-Appearing Title | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_67784113 | comment |
Non-Appearing Title: "Bronte" and "Like Drawing Blood". | |
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| Gotye (Music) / int_7cfe042d | type |
Alternative Rock | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_7cfe042d | comment |
Alternative Rock: Also Indie Pop. | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: He's on the receiving end from Kimbra in "Somebody That I Used to Know." | |
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| Gotye (Music) / int_898ff050 | type |
Villain Protagonist | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_898ff050 | comment |
Villain Protagonist: The main character of "Somebody That I Used To Know" is a passive-aggressive, guilt-tripping, douchebag whose ex likely broke up with due to extremely poor behavior. Kimbra, playing the ex, rightfully calls out his bullshit in the third verse. | |
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Earthy Barefoot Character | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_8ddd2bb5 | comment |
Earthy Barefoot Character: In the music video for "Bronte", the Girl used to be one of these, wild and untamed and running around barefoot, playing with bison in the forest. However, as she gets older, she becomes gentrified. One day, when she has matured into a young college age woman, she spies her beloved forest again, instinctively abandons her shoes and trades them for bare feet. The scenes focus on her shod feet, sneakers left behind in the grass, and her bare feet crossing over a low-lying tree branch. It suggests she has freed herself from society to run wild again. | |
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Retraux | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_92dfffae | comment |
Retraux: "Somebody That I Used To Know" fits this. This then reaches its natural conclusion care of a YouTubernote named TRONIX making a 1980s remix of it, followed by a convincing and creative 1980s-style music video by another YouTuber note named Alphaweb. | |
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More Popular Spinoff | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_9d4be0e | comment |
More Popular Spin Off: Gotye is, well was at least until their hiatus ends in 2014, in a Rock band called The Basics, but chances are you only know about them because of Gotye who despite being the drummer could be called the face of the band. | |
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For Inconvenience, Press "1" | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_a4328a91 | comment |
For Inconvenience, Press "1": The subject of "Thanks For Your Time." There's even a spoken-word breakdown in which the singer is put on hold by an obnoxious automated answering system. | |
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Cool Train | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_a632f7fa | comment |
Cool Train: One with hologram windows and a propellor in the backing visuals for "Dig Your Own Hole". | |
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Stage Names | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_ae50ca8f | comment |
Stage Names: "Gotye" is a phonetic spelling of "Gautier", the French equivalent of his real name Wouter (which is Dutch). | |
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| Gotye (Music) / int_b067ddfe | type |
Animated Music Video | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_b067ddfe | comment |
Animated Music Video: "Hearts A Mess", "Learnalilgivinanlovin", "Bronte", "Thanks for Your Time", "State of the Art", "Eyes Wide Open", and "Seven Hours With A Backseat Driver". | |
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Break-Up Song | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_b28a8d0a | comment |
Break-Up Song: "Somebody That I Used to Know" | |
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Ignored Expert | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_ba5bd7 | comment |
Ignored Expert: "Eyes Wide Open" alludes to the devastating effects of climate change, and what would happen if humanity continued to ignore scientists' warnings about it. | |
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Last Note Nightmare | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_bda474d2 | comment |
Last Note Nightmare: The album version of "Giving Me A Chance" end with a brief silence after the track ends, then a quiet sonic mass builds up to a sample of the, "Don't worry" from "Dig Your Own Hole". | |
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Shout-Out | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Possibly to The Wall in the video for "Hearts a Mess". At the 0:27 mark, the marching long-legged creatures look identical to the marching hammers in "Waiting for the Worms". The bows that appear during the string part of the "State Of The Art" video resemble the ones from the "Toccata and Fugue" segment from Fantasia. | |
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Innocence Lost | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_c9a71d47 | comment |
Innocence Lost: A possible interpretation of the backing visuals to "Seven Hours With A Backseat Driver". | |
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| Gotye (Music) / int_caa28b82 | type |
Cloudcuckoolander | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_caa28b82 | comment |
Cloudcuckoolander: To say the least. Just read his biography on his website. | |
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Genre Mashup | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_cd3703a2 | comment |
Genre Mashup: There are elements of Reggae, Jazz, Worldbeat, Rock and Latin all over his music, but none of those ever appears in pure form. | |
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| Gotye (Music) / int_cff53786 | type |
Cover Version | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_cff53786 | comment |
Cover Version: While Gotye himself hasn't covered anything, "Somebody That I Used to Know" has been covered by many artists such as Miley Cyrus, Fun's front-man Nate Ruess with Hayley Williams, Matt Bomer, Phillip Phillips, Glee, Walk Off the Earth, Pentatonix, Three Days Grace and 210,000 Youtubers. Gotye himself then remixed a plethora of the aforementioned YouTube covers into one super-version of the song, titling it Somebodies. | |
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Mundane Made Awesome | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: Like Drawing Blood was named after an injury he sustained while licking an envelope. | |
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Album Title Drop | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_dbc664dd | comment |
Album Title Drop: In Making Mirrors, he does one with the song of the same name. | |
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Bizarre Instrument | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_dd56e9b9 | comment |
Bizarre Instrument: From near the ending to "Save Me", he has found out how different an auto harp sounds when each plucked note is quickly sampled and played back on a MIDI keyboard, as opposed to being played on the actual instrument. Hear that low, piano-like sound in "Eyes Wide Open"? It isn't a piano. It's a recording of this. Most of "State of the Art" is played on a Lowrey Cotillion, a 70's home organ (famous for being used by The Who on "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again"), which is also what the song is about. | |
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Body Paint | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_e1f90397 | comment |
Body Paint: He and Kimbra in "Somebody That I Used to Know" | |
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Self-Backing Vocalist | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_e6dea5bf | comment |
Self-Backing Vocalist: Does this too many times to count, and it is glorious. | |
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| Gotye (Music) / int_e7e558 | type |
The Oner | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_e7e558 | comment |
The Oner: The "Easy Way Out" music video. In stop motion with multiple Gotyes, no less! | |
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Crossover | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_eb7c34cf | comment |
Crossover: With Kimbra in "Somebody That I Used to Know" | |
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Christian Rock | |
| Gotye (Music) / int_ed567db9 | comment |
Christian Rock: "In Your Light" is about how thrilled Gotye is to have God in his life, though this is his only really religious song. | |
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