I'll be the first to admit that I'm not very up on new music. Actually, I'm not very up on new anything much anymore. So, it should come as no surprise that I had not heard of the song Somebody that I Used to Know by Gotye until this week. Hell, I'd never before heard of Gotye.
My first brush with the song was somewhat unknowing. I was shopping for a refrigerator last weekend at Best Buy and the video for the song was on all of the televisions in the store. The sound was down, of course, and I didn't even know that it was a music video. However, it was very eye-catching and I watched some of it as a result. (It was a great indicator of television performance!)
Then, Tuesday night, Glee featured the song in an episode. While it was a bit weird having two brothers singing it to each other, I liked the version a lot. My wife mentioned that she was familiar with the song and really liked a cover by a Canadian band "Walk Off the Earth." So, last night I finally saw all three versions of the song and their videos on YouTube.
It is a good song and I like both covers very much. I'll throw in an appearance by Walk Off the Earth on Ellen as a bonus. Enjoy.
Original
Walk Off the Earth
Glee
Ellen
13 April 2012
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