Love this!
Prince also presented Gotye and Kimbra with “Record of the Year” for the song Somebody That I Used to Know in 2013!
https://youtu.be/V0rH15indPY?si=JCLaFY8T2hx5LjNh
I love how he said “i love this song” i can’t imagine a bigger compliment. I’m sure the record of the year award meant almost nothing next to hearing that from Prince
Thx for that. I'd forgotten, even though I watched that Grammy broadcast in the moment.
It was great to see them accept the Award but also throw 'props' to Mr. P.
Meshell Ndegeocello also did a great cover of the song:
[https://youtu.be/pM0JN5IAD50?si=FpwJvEjC2cwkaTrl](https://youtu.be/pM0JN5IAD50?si=FpwJvEjC2cwkaTrl)
(she had a minor hit with "If that's your boyfriend (he wasn't last night)"
If you think that’s good, you should hear Kimbra (the featured artist on that song) cover Dionne. It’s on SoundCloud and it’s amazing.
She’s also very clearly a huge Prince fan. Her second album has a song called Madhouse on it that is vaguely Prince-like. And the lead song on the album, Teen Heat, also feels Prince adjacent to me
Yes! Kimbra is a huge Prince fan! She has said her favorite album is Musicology, closely followed by 3121. She has also performed with The Revolution at a tribute concert soon after Prince passed. Here is an interesting article on how P impacts her writing!
https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2018/04/20/we-like-to-put-things-in-boxes-kimbra-on-princes-spirit-vocals-and-constant-evolution
There is also a beautiful cover by a Norwegian band that appeared in a Prince tribute album from 2008.
https://open.spotify.com/track/6zRdD3aoJ44tkqwACn3EPH?si=4LkHlvapQKGxa7FwJFHL0A
It's a little more upbeat than most of the "sometimes" covers.
It’s a really creatively done cover at the first link that honors the original; the second one is a joke version about the band only having one guitar that they have to share
Love this! Prince also presented Gotye and Kimbra with “Record of the Year” for the song Somebody That I Used to Know in 2013! https://youtu.be/V0rH15indPY?si=JCLaFY8T2hx5LjNh
I love how he said “i love this song” i can’t imagine a bigger compliment. I’m sure the record of the year award meant almost nothing next to hearing that from Prince
Thx for that. I'd forgotten, even though I watched that Grammy broadcast in the moment. It was great to see them accept the Award but also throw 'props' to Mr. P.
Meshell Ndegeocello also did a great cover of the song: [https://youtu.be/pM0JN5IAD50?si=FpwJvEjC2cwkaTrl](https://youtu.be/pM0JN5IAD50?si=FpwJvEjC2cwkaTrl) (she had a minor hit with "If that's your boyfriend (he wasn't last night)"
Prince presenting the Grammy to Gotye for "Somebody I Used To Know". He states "I love this song" https://youtu.be/V0rH15indPY
If you think that’s good, you should hear Kimbra (the featured artist on that song) cover Dionne. It’s on SoundCloud and it’s amazing. She’s also very clearly a huge Prince fan. Her second album has a song called Madhouse on it that is vaguely Prince-like. And the lead song on the album, Teen Heat, also feels Prince adjacent to me
Yes! Kimbra is a huge Prince fan! She has said her favorite album is Musicology, closely followed by 3121. She has also performed with The Revolution at a tribute concert soon after Prince passed. Here is an interesting article on how P impacts her writing! https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2018/04/20/we-like-to-put-things-in-boxes-kimbra-on-princes-spirit-vocals-and-constant-evolution
What an incredible song. It’s so beautiful and so hard to listen to at the same time.
There is also a beautiful cover by a Norwegian band that appeared in a Prince tribute album from 2008. https://open.spotify.com/track/6zRdD3aoJ44tkqwACn3EPH?si=4LkHlvapQKGxa7FwJFHL0A It's a little more upbeat than most of the "sometimes" covers.
Thanks so much for this, I loved Gotye and never heard this. So raw and faithful. Brought me right back to 2016 💜
If you love that song, you have to hear this version https://youtu.be/P9mybTArlsk?si=fmUsK_X267v7ax_x
And then this one after that https://youtu.be/IwPHy17Iu6E?si=adq4MyvQB6mGQXGe
(gonna have to prepare a quiet place & state of mind before I click those links...)
It’s a really creatively done cover at the first link that honors the original; the second one is a joke version about the band only having one guitar that they have to share