paulo

Old55

I think they're talking about the Gotye song.  It had its fifteen minutes of fame.  It got some airplay on radio and TV, but mostly you had to go to You Tube to view/hear it. 

Unless you count the 6.8 million US sales making it the highest selling US single in it's year of release and the 13 million worldwide. Other than that, no-one ever heard of it ;)

For the record:

Ok, as you probably know, I've got a LOT of music (over 1/4 million songs from thousands of artists) and...
 
I HAD NEVER HEARD OR EVEN HEARD OF THIS SONG BEFORE YESTERDAY!
 
I just did a YouBoob search ( HERE'S THE LINK ) and listened to it for the first time just now.  Cute girl!  (I'm so superficial.)  Song was nice too.

Rain
I've reached that point where, after stumbling on what was called Bohemian Rhapsody Star Wars edition, I officially can no longer bear to hear Bohemian Rhapsody.
 
That's it.
... 

There is a lot of stuff by Queen that is far better than that. I always thought that song was a send up to 10CC. It was nice but so what?
 
If you ever have a chance, catch the Behind the Music special on Queen ... it's excellent.

craigb

paulo

Old55

I think they're talking about the Gotye song.  It had its fifteen minutes of fame.  It got some airplay on radio and TV, but mostly you had to go to You Tube to view/hear it. 

Unless you count the 6.8 million US sales making it the highest selling US single in it's year of release and the 13 million worldwide. Other than that, no-one ever heard of it ;)

For the record:

Ok, as you probably know, I've got a LOT of music (over 1/4 million songs from thousands of artists) and...
 
I HAD NEVER HEARD OR EVEN HEARD OF THIS SONG BEFORE YESTERDAY!
 
I just did a YouBoob search ( HERE'S THE LINK ) and listened to it for the first time just now.  Cute girl!  (I'm so superficial.)  Song was nice too.

They're all nice--the first couple hundred times you hear them.    I'm not nearly as tired of it as others here are.  It hasn't reached that level for me, but I can see how it might.  The girl is cute and the video was interesting.  
 
I just listened to your favorite version of Bohemian Rhapsody, it was fun.  He didn't have quite the same range as the guitar solo.  He had to stay at least an octave lower when Brain went for the higher notes.  I couldn't do any better, though.  

 
I bought the 7" single of Bohemian Rhapsody when it came out in 1975 and I was totally blown away; I must have played it hundreds and hundreds of times.
 
As it happens, I still have it somewhere. Do I win a prize

It's not flat yet?  I still remember when I was a DJ (from '80 thru '83) holding records flat so I could look across the grooves.  If they were light grey, the record was dead but, if they were a sparkly black, then the record still had decent grooves and was ready to be used.
 
I also remember spinning them endlessly on the tips of my index finger while another one plays, but that's a different story.

I think they're talking about the Gotye song.  It had its fifteen minutes of fame......Er sorry Old55 you are way off base there!
 
That Gotye song has had years of fame, sold billions, he has toured the world with it and it literally has made him. And he is Australian as well thanks very much. He has taken out major awards too with this and on several ocassions. When you can write a song that is even slightly in that league I will be interested to hear what you and others have to say.
 
It is pretty cool actually. Check out the original carefully and listen to the mix too on a fine setup. You will be amazed. There is so much going on in that it is quite incredible, yet it does not sound like it. Also how many people have written songs that almost thousands in the world on YouTube has attempted a version of it. I realise that many songs have been covered of course by many people but this seems to have struck a chord emotionally with many people from the four corners of the globe. That does not happen that often. Gotye himself compiled this I believe.
 
This is pretty cool:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opg4VGvyi3M

 
Here's the waveform of Bohemian Rhapsody bounced to mono in SONAR (I pinched the idea from Wikipedia):
 

 
To me, it just 'looks' sort of interesting, and makes you want to listen to a song that develops like that.
 
Even the quieter parts haven't been brought up to level it all out. You certainly wouldn't see such a vast dynamic range in most modern productions.

Jeff Evans
 And he is Australian as well thanks very much.

Well, Belgian actually,  but as the press always say, why let the facts get in the way ? Even if he was Australian, there would still be no need to hold that against him. It's the best version of baaa baaa black sheep I've ever heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgd85czNp04

 
When I first heard Somebody That I Used to Know, it reminded me a lot of XTC's Senses Working Overtime in its quirkiness.
 
Am I right or am I right...
 

-v-

 
 
Our James knows about XTC.
 
A little known fact is that Bapsi has an Alembic Andy Partridge once borrowed his rig