Relative Something

There is a risk in posting a referral that already has millions of views (was over 9 mil, now almost 24M!), that the reading audience will have already been there, done that. In my case, I’m taking the chance that at least a few of the usual visitors here at Relative Something have yet to experience this one.

Several times in the recent past, my ear has been grabbed by one particular song on my radio station, 89.3 The Current. The artist is a Belgian-born Australian named Wouter “Wally” De Backer who performs under the stage name of Gotye. The song is, Somebody That I Used To Know, and features New Zealand singer/songwriter Kimbra.

However, they aren’t the ones who finally connected me with this song. That honor belongs to a group of Canadians performing as Walk Off The Earth, who have recorded a cover version of the song, with all five members playing the same guitar simultaneously.

Watch the video on youtube.

Take some time to explore the variety of videos that Marshall & Gianni and friends have posted at the Walk Off The Earth (WOTE) site. They demonstrate a good playfulness and fine sense of humor, a bit reminiscent of the videosong art of the duo Pomplamoose that I was shouting about last year.