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		International pop star Gotye shows up to pub trivia night at a tiny bar in San Francisco. Proceeds to dominate hipsters with encyclopedic music knowledge (blogs.sfweekly.com)		55
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AzDownboy		2012-04-19 08:27:36 AM

Now he's just someone they used to know

AzDownboy		2012-04-19 08:28:58 AM

Now he's just some~~one~~body they used to know

/facepalm

SJKebab		2012-04-19 08:48:06 AM

Not surprised at all. The guy has been living and breathing music for years.

On a side note, he's the first act I've been able to go all hipster on since I was a teen. By that I mean, I was into his stuff before it was cool.

AdolfOliverPanties		2012-04-19 09:43:10 AM

Name is too close to Goatse. Awkward.

vernonFL		2012-04-19 09:43:33 AM

Subby, you're not allowed to mention that name here!

Doctor_TeethMD		2012-04-19 09:48:21 AM

I had to google Gotye to figure out if he was the skinny one or the fat one.

The All-Powerful Atheismo		2012-04-19 09:56:12 AM

When he was done schooling them, did he shout "GOT YA!" and emit a maniacal giggle as he ran out into the street dancing like a leprechaun?

No? Damn.

stupiddream		2012-04-19 09:56:57 AM

How do you pronounce his name? Got Ye? Go Tye?

for good or for awesome		2012-04-19 09:59:03 AM

His wiki page says his name is:(pronounced /ˈɡɒti.eɪ/), well thanks for clearing that up.
Pops star and extreme anal insertion devotee. Can't be the first time.

SJKebab		2012-04-19 09:59:52 AM

stupiddream: How do you pronounce his name? Got Ye? Go Tye?

I've always gone with Gor-tee-yeah

delathi		2012-04-19 10:03:59 AM

SJKebab: stupiddream: How do you pronounce his name? Got Ye? Go Tye?

I've always gone with Gor-tee-yeah

Gaul-tee-ay

PC LOAD LETTER		2012-04-19 10:06:18 AM

Am I supposed to be old, out of touch musically and irrelevant because I don't know him or am I supposed not know him because I am old, out of touch musically and irrelevant?

xalres		2012-04-19 10:10:34 AM

He strikes me as the kind of person hipsters wish they were, actually interesting and talented.

Piscator		2012-04-19 10:13:12 AM

A "gotye" sounds like something that's infected and needs to be lanced... christ...

Broktun		2012-04-19 10:17:00 AM

I like "Somebody I Used to Know", and he pulled it off live on SNL this past weekend.

I'm not a fan of pop music, but I really like his song.

SJKebab		2012-04-19 10:25:04 AM

PC LOAD LETTER: Am I supposed to be old, out of touch musically and irrelevant because I don't know him or am I supposed not know him because I am old, out of touch musically and irrelevant?

yes

exparrot		2012-04-19 10:31:26 AM

R.I.P. Dick Gautier

sweetlenny		2012-04-19 10:34:13 AM

go-tee-yae

goatee? yay!

Bo Giggity		2012-04-19 10:35:22 AM

who did what we don't care about?

Freakin Rican		2012-04-19 10:39:46 AM

Broktun: I like "Somebody I Used to Know", and he pulled it off live on SNL this past weekend.

I'm not a fan of pop music, but I really like his song.

love that song. DL'd it first time i heard it.

im gonna listen to it now so i can get a kick.....

LDM90		2012-04-19 10:41:14 AM

stupiddream: How do you pronounce his name? Got Ye? Go Tye?

Sting. No wait, sorry. Go-ti-ay.

State_College_Arsonist		2012-04-19 10:42:27 AM

The first time I heard "Somebody I Used to Know" on the radio, I thought that Sting and the Police had debuted some sort of reunion album.

towatchoverme		2012-04-19 10:49:41 AM

State_College_Arsonist: The first time I heard "Somebody I Used to Know" on the radio, I thought that Sting and the Police had debuted some sort of reunion album.

Closer to Peter Gabriel, i think.

ElusiveWookiee		2012-04-19 10:52:04 AM

State_College_Arsonist: The first time I heard "Somebody I Used to Know" on the radio, I thought that Sting and the Police had debuted some sort of reunion album.

Similar thought here. I thought Sting was doing some sort of experimental project.

perigee		2012-04-19 10:57:52 AM

I went to music trivia with Goatse, but he just kept pulling answers out of his ass.

Contrabulous Flabtraption		2012-04-19 11:03:53 AM

Who the f*ck is Goat?

KatjaMouse		2012-04-19 11:08:42 AM

This should become oblig in Gotye threads.

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luckcat		2012-04-19 11:19:52 AM

I saw him a couple weeks ago, he does put on a hell of a live show. I think he played pretty much every instrument on stage.

Nana's Vibrator		2012-04-19 11:37:19 AM

Does it not strike everyone as odd that the second verse of Somebody... is sung by a female? I'm a straight male but that song is not written by a straight male...let's just say no one should be surprised he was in San Francisco. NTTAWWT etc etc

Jjaro		2012-04-19 11:49:03 AM

God, hipsters are ugly.

Opiate of the Lasses		2012-04-19 11:49:36 AM

AdolfOliverPanties: Name is too close to Goatse. Awkward.

Doctor_TeethMD: I had to google Gotye to figure out if he was the skinny one or the fat one.

These.

/just turned 30
//apparently ancient and/or unhip

Inaditch		2012-04-19 11:50:17 AM

If you haven't already, check out Kimbra's cover of Plain Gold Ring. All kinds of sexy and awesome.

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Inaditch		2012-04-19 11:51:16 AM

Looks like I screwed up the link. Posting from my phone. Just search YouTube. It's worth the effort.

The Incredible Sexual Egg		2012-04-19 11:51:55 AM

it's lisa e.		2012-04-19 12:02:14 PM

towatchoverme: State_College_Arsonist: The first time I heard "Somebody I Used to Know" on the radio, I thought that Sting and the Police had debuted some sort of reunion album.

Closer to Peter Gabriel, i think.

vocally, i'd agree - definitely more Peter Gabriel than Sting, with a touch of James Mercer from The Shins, coupled with a hint of the musical stylings of Andrew Bird.

th0th		2012-04-19 12:07:27 PM

Nana's Vibrator: Does it not strike everyone as odd that the second verse of Somebody... is sung by a female? I'm a straight male but that song is not written by a straight male...let's just say no one should be surprised he was in San Francisco. NTTAWWT etc etc

It's a farking duet. Ergo, SOMEONE has to sing the counterpoint, you ignorant slut.

My understanding is that whether straight or gay, the person you dump can still be justifiably cold and cut you out of their life for your superdickery, even if you feel all crappy and remorseful about it later. I've seen about 3 dozen posts of that song on various Facebook and Tumblr pages, straight and gay, male and female. It has universal appeal.

Get over the ghey fear and just enjoy the farking song...

Mangoose		2012-04-19 12:17:16 PM

tortilla burger		2012-04-19 12:24:55 PM

Yeah I've also heard he's some kind of musical savant

e5wsf		2012-04-19 12:30:42 PM

DJ Qualls?

chechcal		2012-04-19 01:04:29 PM

If you haven't really heard of him, don't feel bad. He's a relatively recent thing, so much so that his show in San Francisco was originally scheduled for a 500 person venue (The Independent) then had to be moved to the Bill Graham Auditorium (8,000 person capacity).

FormlessOne		2012-04-19 01:09:16 PM

Music specialist knows about music. Um... OK?

That's like being surprised when Stephen Hawking owns a trivia contest on theoretical physics.

Gaylord Q. Tinkledink		2012-04-19 01:13:08 PM

R.I.P. Goiter

vudukungfu		2012-04-19 01:35:45 PM

Attention obese women.
Putting on thick framed glasses, too much lipstick, M&M candy colored nail polish and getting crappy tattoos doesn't make you a hipster.
It makes you look like an obese woman who has poor impulse control.
But we knew that because you are fat.
Glamming it up is like putting the Trans-Siberian orchestra light show on a humble manger scene.
With a disco ball.
Fattie.

URKiddinMe		2012-04-19 01:36:12 PM

Hi rest of the world, glad you caught up to how awesome Gotye is. You really should see him perform live if you can, it's certainly what got me hooked.

anyway, my favourite song from his first album

Link

factoryconnection		2012-04-19 01:38:15 PM

delathi: SJKebab: stupiddream: How do you pronounce his name? Got Ye? Go Tye?

I've always gone with Gor-tee-yeah

Gaul-tee-ay

He's Belgian and his name is Wally, from Wouter. That would be Walther in English, or Gaulthier in French. "Gotye" is spoken like Gaulthier, which made me feel good thinking that his was some sort of French act.

luckcat: I saw him a couple weeks ago, he does put on a hell of a live show. I think he played pretty much every instrument on stage.

This short documentary puts it all together; the guy is really impressive musically and this song has gotten me into his back catalog with great happiness.

chachi88		2012-04-19 01:50:55 PM

vudukungfu: Attention obese women.
Dyeing your hair back, Putting on thick framed glasses, too much lipstick, M&M candy colored nail polish and getting crappy tattoos doesn't make you a hipster.
It makes you look like an obese woman who has poor impulse control.
But we knew that because you are fat.
Glamming it up is like putting the Trans-Siberian orchestra light show on a humble manger scene.
With a disco ball.
Fattie.

FTFY

factoryconnection		2012-04-19 01:53:23 PM

URKiddinMe: anyway, my favourite song from his first album

Ahh the "robot song" as my son refers to it, because of the animated robots in the video. "Thanks For Your Time" is known as "the telephone song." Love 'em both.

Mangoose		2012-04-19 01:53:40 PM

URKiddinMe: Hi rest of the world, glad you caught up to how awesome Gotye is. You really should see him perform live if you can, it's certainly what got me hooked.

anyway, my favourite song from his first album

Link

You are by far the coolest person I have ever encountered on the internet and demand that you create a website that details your cool ways and life and the things that you like that make you so extraordinarily cool. Think of all the good you could bring to humanity.

Infernal Wedgie		2012-04-19 02:24:49 PM

I love Sting and Peter Gabriel. They were some of my biggest musical influences growing up. Now I have hipster taste in music, yet, I absolutely cannot stand Gotye.