One guitar, ten hands and a beautiful woman

Basvarken · January 07, 2012, 07:46:25 AM

Awesome!

Dave W · January 07, 2012, 08:37:19 AM

Cool video and a good song. Reminds me of XTC's Senses Working Overtime.

OldManC · January 07, 2012, 02:49:29 PM

That's really cool. Going up on Facebook!

chromium · January 07, 2012, 05:16:05 PM

That's awesome! Love the vocalists in that cover, and the song is very good.

Shame that there's actually some good talent out in the pop world, and still the only popular music that they select to market here on the radio and award shows is crap like LMAFO, Katy Perry, Flo Rida, etc...

Dave W · January 07, 2012, 05:28:24 PM

From the info beneath the video, looking at their FB pages, the woman is Sarah Blackwood, she doesn't seem to be a regular member of the band but she has her own page.

Basvarken · January 08, 2012, 02:34:01 AM

The band is called Walk Off The Earth.
They play cool cover versions of well known hits.

The original version of the song Somebody That I Used To know is one of the biggest hits of 2011 in The Netherlands.
The original artist Gotye (pronounced like Gaultier = french for Wouter!) is from New Zealand but he has Belgian roots.

Barklessdog · January 08, 2012, 05:15:23 AM

Excellent reminds me of Three Days Grace. There are still a lot of great rock bands out there, you just have to do a little digging.

Dave W · January 08, 2012, 09:39:19 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on January 08, 2012, 02:34:01 AM
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The original version of the song Somebody That I Used To know is one of the biggest hits of 2011 in The Netherlands.
The original artist Gotye (pronounced like Gaultier = french for Wouter!) is from New Zealand but he has Belgian roots.

I like the original version even if he's a Belgian Wouter.

Is Bettie Serveert still going strong in The Netherlands?

Basvarken · January 08, 2012, 10:02:36 AM

Quote from: Dave W on January 08, 2012, 09:39:19 AM

Is Bettie Serveert still going strong in The Netherlands?

I think they still exist, yes. But I'm not really following that band.
I fact I just don't care for those kind of bands which are a display of poor musicianship... $:-\$

That Kotye song is a nice exception to the stuff you hear on the radio today.
I think it has a Peter Gabriel vibe to it.

Dave W · January 08, 2012, 06:48:21 PM

Uh oh, the Betties must be a sore spot with you. They got indie airplay here in the 90s.

Basvarken · January 09, 2012, 02:44:25 AM

Nah, not a sore spot. I just don't care for them. It is pretty easy to avoid them

Dave W · January 09, 2012, 08:49:31 AM

Yeah, it's easy to avoid listening to what you don't like. Makes me shake my head when I see band hate threads at other forums (like Nickelback haters). Waste of time. Just tune out if you don't like the music.

Basvarken · January 09, 2012, 09:07:00 AM

Hear hear.
Same goes for all those Justin Bieber haters that see it as their calling or dayjob to tell anyone on YouTube how awful the boy is.
I have no issues with Justin Bieber. I don't listen to his music. Him and his music are no part of my life.