Not too long ago a song on the radio started to become popular and has now become mind-numbingly annoying because it has become so popular that many stations are playing it in heavy rotation. The artists are also getting a lot of recognition — much of it they really don\'t deserve.
The song in question is by Gotyee (Go-TEE-Ay) and is titled "Somebody that I used to know." the song, which I think is just OK, is ridiculously popular now and has recently been featured on an episode of "Glee," a TV show that takes popular music and incorporates the tunes into a musical-style show. The weird thing is, Gotyee, decided that the show\'s rendition of their song was horrible and felt that they needed to vent.
Venting about somebody "doing you wrong," as the band said in an interview with The Sunday Mail, an Australian newspaper — where the band is from — is one thing if the cover was bad, but something entirely different when it\'s good. This makes me think that the band feels they\'re so famous and untouchable that nothing anyone can do is good enough.
They have one hit single and top-selling record. "Glee" covers many famous, proven artists as well as new ones, and, is watched by millions of people, I\'m not one of them but I still have to call foul on Gotyee for having the nerve to say such things.
Whatever happened to mimicry being the best form of flattery?
The band, a few days later, would eventually retract their statements and pretend to shrug off the comments as something blown out of proportion by the media. Gotyee said, "I thought it was really clever ... It was a great idea."
I get the feeling that people with power and influence jumped in and slapped these guys around and asked them "Just exactly who do you think you are?"
I neither watch the show nor care for the band but I have to call out these guys just the same.
From Spin Magazine
http://www.spin.com/articles/gotye-bummed-glee-did-him-wrong
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