I really like this song. I've heard it on the local Alternative Rock station. I can't really categorize it...anything else in the genre?



Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
And I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
And you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Somebody
(I used to know)
Somebody
(Now you're just somebody that I used to know)

And now for something completely different...

I had heard the song recently and wondered who sang it.

Such a simple melody and catchy tune.

Thank you for posting.

i wished Kimbra had a bigger part in the song. the first couple of times i listened to it i said that women is just perfect for this song. then i watch the video and i love how she slinky her way over.

The first time I heard a piece of this song on the radio, I thought it was perhaps Peter Gabriel or Sting doing the male vocals. I googled the few lyrics I could remember and eventually found it on YouTube.

Here's my favorite version of the song. Same vocalists, Gotye and Kimbra, but this particular version is done in a studio. I love watching Kimbra's hands while she sings. She really gets into the song!

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Pretty cool! Thanks!

As none of the videos show up for me, I can't tell if this is the same group or not. Cliff posted this a little while ago, a group of people singing the same song, but all of them playing one guitar. Give it a look....

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum6/HTML/090672.html

quote Originally posted by litespd: As none of the videos show up for me, I can't tell if this is the same group or not. Cliff posted this a little while ago, a group of people singing the same song, but all of them playing one guitar. Give it a look.... https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum6/HTML/090672.html

That's the same as the second video that AntiKev posted, but it's a cover version of the song originally sung by Gotye and Kimbra that AntiKev first posted (and then I posted a studio version of the same song also sung by Gotye and Kimbra).

I have to admit that the four guys and a girl on the same guitar is entertaining, but musically not as good as Gotye and Kimbra.

I heard the Gotye and Kimbra version on XM radio the other night...first time I'd heard it other than the second video which Cliff originally posted. I will agree that it's not as polished as the original song, but I actually liked it better. Probably because it was the first version I'd heard.

quote Originally posted by Patrick: I love watching Kimbra's hands while she sings. She really gets into the song!

heh, she keeps grabbing for that floating kitten... so she can pet it...or keep it in that one spot...

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quote Originally posted by Patrick: The first time I heard a piece of this song on the radio, I thought it was perhaps Peter Gabriel or Sting doing the male vocals. I googled the few lyrics I could remember and eventually found it on YouTube. Here's my favorite version of the song. Same vocalists, Gotye and Kimbra, but this particular version is done in a studio. I love watching Kimbra's hands while she sings. She really gets into the song!

That's a really cool version. I'm digging this song. And to think...I totally ignored its existence when my ex posted it on her Facebook wall two months ago (right after we broke up) .

LOVE that song! Both the Gotye and the WOTE versions.

The Key of Awesome did a pretty funny parody of it recently:

HAHAHAHHAHAAAAA

quote Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist: HAHAHAHHAHAAAAA

Ditto!
Priceless!

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That title reminds me of an old country song called “Just Someone I Used to Know” sung by many as a duet but it was originally a big song for George Jones titled “Just a Girl I Used to Know” written by Jack Clement:

I don't care who you are - That there was funny!

quote Originally posted by OKflyboy: LOVE that song! Both the Gotye and the WOTE versions. The Key of Awesome did a pretty funny parody of it recently:

quote Originally posted by AntiKev: I really like this song. I've heard it on the local Alternative Rock station. I can't really categorize it...anything else in the genre?

I believe Gotye is categorized as pop music actually. Here they only play it on the alternative rock station as well but when you look through his other videos they are more pop than anything. I heard some okay music of his but this is by far the best song and also one of my favorites right now. Kimbra is so hot in the music video and not only because shes naked

-Joe

quote Originally posted by joesfiero: I heard some okay music of his but this is by far the best song and also one of my favorites right now. Kimbra is so hot in the music video and not only because shes naked

I looked up other music videos by both Gotye and Kimbra. I found nothing I liked by either one of them, but this particular song is... pure magic!

This is one of the most overrated and annoying songs in the history of pop music. Seriously..I hate it. A lot.

quote Originally posted by fogglethorpe: This is one of the most overrated and annoying songs in the history of pop music. Seriously..I hate it. A lot.

That's about how a lot of us feel about your opinions.

And now for something completely different:

quote Originally posted by AntiKev: And now for something completely different: Muse - Madness

I heard the last half of this song on the radio just a couple of days ago. Interesting "sound" to this song, but I really like where it's going at the 4:00 mark. Good stuff.

quote Originally posted by Synthesis:

I still like the song. But, I wonder why Bill Murray is sitting there with his guitar?

Tony

Muse is awesome. I have always loved their stuff.

quote Originally posted by Tony Kania: Muse is awesome. I have always loved their stuff.

I guess I've been out of touch with a lot of recent music because I had never heard of Muse until a couple days ago. After listening to the song of their's posted above, I clicked on another one of their songs, Resistance. I immediately knew who they reminded me of... Ultravox from the '70s-'80s. I'd be so surprised if Midge Ure hasn't had some kind of connection to these guys, even if just "spiritually".

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quote Originally posted by Patrick: I guess I've been out of touch with a lot of recent music because I had never heard of Muse until a couple days ago

Yes, yes you have! I remember listening to them in the early millennium years. I haven't heard one of their songs in a long time though, so this was a treat for sure!

quote Originally posted by Patrick: That's about how a lot of us feel about your opinions.

My opinion about a song is a personal affront to you? That says more about you than it does about me. Even if it was true, so? I do not need the approval of strangers on the internet to get through the day.

All that being said..I doubt that "a lot" of members here consider you their spokesperson. So bite me.

quote Originally posted by fogglethorpe: My opinion about a song is a personal affront to you? That says more about you than it does about me. Even if it was true, so? I do not need the approval of strangers on the internet to get through the day. All that being said..I doubt that "a lot" of members here consider you their spokesperson. So bite me.

You step into a thread about a song that many of us have expressed that we just love and you purposely troll for a response.

You got a response, so go "bite" yourself.

No, I don't speak for anyone else here, but I do know what many PFF members think of you.

Your dad is a well respected member of this forum. You, on the other hand... aren't.

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quote Originally posted by Patrick: You step into a thread about a song that many of us have expressed that we just love and you purposely troll for a response.

Your definition of a person with a dissenting opinion is "troll"? Again, I doubt that you speak for the majority.

quote You got a response, so go "bite" yourself Yes, I got a response. Thank you. [quote]Your dad is a well respected member of this forum. You, on the other hand... aren't.

So you have taken a poll? Yes, my Dad is respected here. Any jerk can namedrop.

quote No, I don't speak for anyone else here, but I do know what many of them think of you.

So you have taken a poll then?

I'm convinced that they pirated the sound trac for the 50s sci fi movie Forbidden Planet for the back beat.

quote Originally posted by fogglethorpe: This is one of the most overrated and annoying songs in the history of pop music. Seriously..I hate it. A lot.

Yup. It reminds me too much of some new wave tunes from the 80's.

quote Originally posted by fogglethorpe: This is one of the most overrated and annoying songs in the history of pop music. Seriously..I hate it. A lot.

See, and I was thinking the other day how it was one of the better one's of the "new" stuff.
Really.

Completely different then "Somebody that I Used to Know" but equally as awesome:

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Read my Earthship thread in Totally O/T
si vis pacem, para bellum

"The said constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." - Samuel Adams

What part of "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" is so hard to understand?!

quote Originally posted by Toddster: I'm convinced that they pirated the sound trac for the 50s sci fi movie Forbidden Planet for the back beat.

Maybe, or something you might hear on a short wave receiver.

Here is a great parody of the song for all the Star Wars Fans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlbPXZEpRE

quote Originally posted by fogglethorpe: My opinion about a song is a personal affront to you?

Its overplayed here too, on pop stations.
But yeah, everyone has different tastes.

The one thing I thought was kind of cool about the song is the singer sounds a bit like the singer from The Samples.

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quote Originally posted by 1988holleyformula: Yup. It reminds me too much of some new wave tunes from the 80's.

I never thought of that..but yes, it does a little.

It sounds pretentious. The lyrics are full of cliches. The vocals are whiny. And the music is just self indulgent and gimmicky.

Besides..it's on the radio every ten minutes.

quote Originally posted by fogglethorpe: The singers sound like they have talent..I am not denying that. It's the song I don't like. Perhaps if I heard something else from them, I would like it.

quote Originally posted by OKflyboy: Completely different then "Somebody that I Used to Know" but equally as awesome:

I agree, overplayed. But I still like it.

I enjoy this song to drive to...


Another different style...


Tony