GOTYE

[antrocles]

just got turned on to this AMAZING artist named Gotye from Australia. imagine Beck and Radiohead and you're only starting to scratch the surface.... anyways, go to youtube and check out this guy's videos if you get a sec. so inspiring to see straight-up artists like this. hope you all enjoy!

with the deepest love and gratitude!!

 

[CosmicFool]

Gotye is nice, I heard that he records all the instruments by himself

 

[polytrip]

Realy nice music, and cool video as well.

 

[DoctorMantus]

This is pretty sweet, like the lyrics to the songs.

 

[Vodsel]

Thank you, Antrocles, cool discovery. Nice video, and music with personality. Reminds me of early Björk

 

[antrocles]

ya...i was really quite blown away that i had never heard of this guy before. i was truly floored the way i was when i first heard radiohead or bjork.....such a profound sense of artistry behind it all....from the great music to the great lyrics to the great videos. it's so inspiring to me to watch a true artist that has reached a point where they can simply manifest what is in them. bjork got to that point and had michel gondry making those super cool videos of hers... and to hear that he writes ALL the music for ALL the instruments himself is, well, more affirmation that this is an artist that is genuinely living his gift.

and it becomes a gift for us all!

LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE....

...and gratitude!

 

[antrocles]

a nice cannibis ceremony and a goodly collection of super-fun gotye videos.... makes my heart smile! enjoy!

L&G!!

 

[Lichen]

I'm seeing Gotye next year been following him for years (I used to live in Australia) and I agree he is riiight up there with one of my favourite solo artists of all time.

 

[polytrip]

It´s funny...for some reason i thought he was from belgium.

 

[teotenakeltje]

thank you thank you thank you

I heared this song (somebody i used to know) on the local radio station yesterday, and I was pleasantly surprised to actualy hear a song i LIKE on this particular station (mostly very annoying mainstream sound). But I didn't catch the name of the artist....

till today

 

[Lichen]

Polytrip - He was born in Belgium and moved to Australia when he was two.

 

[antrocles]

look at you guys with all your gotye knowledge....

yeah...the first vid i saw was the 'somebody i used to know' vid and i was blown straight off the cliff. then i watched 'heart's a mess' and that sealed the deal. genius. artistic genius. i was having visions of radiohead (the whole band) and beck having some kind of love child with bjork and letting michel gondry be it's step father for the first dozen years or so. i can't tell you how much it moves me to see people FULLY express themselves artistically like this.

gives me hope in humanity to be quite frank..

L&G!

 

[polytrip]

look at you guys with all your gotye knowledge....

yeah...the first vid i saw was the 'somebody i used to know' vid and i was blown straight off the cliff. then i watched 'heart's a mess' and that sealed the deal. genius. artistic genius. i was having visions of radiohead (the whole band) and beck having some kind of love child with bjork and letting michel gondry be it's step father for the first dozen years or so. i can't tell you how much it moves me to see people FULLY express themselves artistically like this.

gives me hope in humanity to be quite frank..

L&G!

Good artists can change the world.

 

[Lichen]

I remember the first time I went to Thailand, the end of a great week (my first time scuba diving, first time mushrooms, LSD) - it was one day before I was due to fly home. There was a beach bar that was part of the dive centre, and I ordered a juice. Sitting there watching over the water and beach in front of me, I had my headphones and was listening to Gotye, incidentally, Hearts a Mess. I was in another world when my drink arrived with tears in my eyes.

 

[Shaolin]

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Lovin' it.

 

[Lichen]

Saw Gotye live a few nights ago, it was absolutely spectacular. He had some amazing animations playing behind each song, and to my complete delight, they're on youtube. I found this one particularly incredible, it remindeds me a lot of something from Pink Floyd: The Wall and The Black Paintings by Francisco De Goya.

[YOUTUBE]

This one is also superb:

[YOUTUBE]

These are probably my favourite two songs on the album. He's an amazing artist live, flawless in his musical performance and an incredible and moving singer.


Enjoy!