Gotye es un músico belga-australiano que se ha hecho famoso por la canción «Somebody that I used to know» (alguien a quien solía conocer).
De la canción original se han hecho multitud de versiones o cover (aquí puedes ver unas cuantas), sirva como ejemplo esto, aunque pueda parecer una tontería, como un argumento más contra los derechos restrictivos de autor que algunos quieren imponer. Sirva también como ejemplo lo que ha hecho Gotye, que lejos de denunciar estas imitaciones como hacen otros artistas, ha recopilado todas en un videoclip (al final del post)
Canción original «Somebody That I used to know:
Versiones:
Acapella versión
Versión Walk off the earth
Versión de Versión a lo árabe:
Videoclip
Versión Coral
Dibujos animados:
Parodias:
Recopilación de las mejores versiones de Somebody That I used to know en una sola:
Letra:
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
But 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
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
Somebody, I used to know
Somebody, 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
I used to know
That I used to know
I used to know
Somebody
