A song that makes me laugh
Yeah, I got one, but it wasn’t intended as a smileathon record.
In the early summer of 2011, a Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter called Gotye released an unremarkable composition called Somebody That I Used to Know.
The song took itself far too seriously, but it was adequately performed by Gotye, and exceedingly amusingly accompanied by an above-average backing singer called Kimbra.
I heard it a few times throughout that summer, but quickly went off the self-involved lyrics.
And then one day a cover version/remix dropped into my inbox.
The first time I pressed the play button I knew I had the antidote to the tediously average original.
Right from the massively overblown drum’n’bass riffs ripping thgrough the over-edited post-production, I couldn’t stop giggling like a child.
As unmemorable and self-obsessed as the original is, this version is the ultimate parody.
The wheels start coming off at 41s but hold out for the giggles at 1m25s and the wonderfully amusing drop at 1m52s.
I had no idea of what song you were talking about, until I pressed the play button. Then I recognised it.
Isn’t this just some sort of Ibiza mix of the original?
I’m afraid it raised not a titter, here at Masher Towers.
Perhaps the amuse comes from the mediocrity of the original.
Indeed, a wry smile certainly crossed my face. What it needed at the 1.52 drop was a two second interval followed by either a ships foghorn or a factory whistle and then back into it. It’s a definite improvement over the origianl though.