Am I the LAST person on Earth to Hear Kimbra/Gotye do "Somebody"?

So which one is Kimbra and which one is Gotye?

Kimbra - girl
Gotye - boy

I saw on the 20/20 piece (Australian TV) that Mark Richardson of Forum 5 Records not only paid for the making of Vows, but also paid all of Kimbra's living expenses for FOUR YEARS. Other sources claim that Mark joined others in pressing Kimbra to hold off on releasing Vows until she had her point of view down in her music. This is SOOOO unlike what remains of the American record industry, which is largely unwilling to invest time or money into new artists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5rj4oM5lL0&feature=related 7:30

American Idol does take most of a season. How can you say that they don't invest time?

Although the list of Gotye parodies is long, this one is worth a watch.

Some QB that I used to know (about Peyton Manning)

For the Kimbra fans out there, here is her first recording from ten years ago

Sad to say Kimbra whiffed this one...chart placement has gone 14, 47, 129. Gotye is at 24 after 24 weeks on the charts.

I have a teenager and she played it for the first time months ago - in the meantime I've heard it ad nauseam. One of our local radio stations plays it about every hour or so.... why do they have to play everything to death?

Because it is extremely popular with audiences. Dont get me started on how dismal American radio has become though unless you want to hear me say yet again that America is in steep decline, or that capitalism as it is currently practiced is fatally flawed.

"Somebody" is currently the #2 pop song in America after 15 weeks on the charts.

Kept hearing it all over Portugal and France too, which was weird because I thought it was just a local Oz hit, that had already peaked here. Biggest Oz hit since Men At Work? Mrs Hinge loves it. I prefer Hearts A Mess.

Biggest OZ hit ever by one messure.... I think it was weeks @ #1. I am pretty sure too that Kimbra must be about the most successful Kiwi pop artist ever already.

Is it time yet??

A pretty good parody.

A few years ago I went to the local folkfest. Colin Hay was one of the headliners. He broke a string paying Down Under. He stopped playing and the crowd kept singing, the entire song. I was back stage, later we sat together and talked. He choked up when he recalled the moment. He knew the song had been popular here, but he had no idea to what account.

Men at Work was the first concert I ever went to as a teenager - at our local sports centre in 1982.
The death of Greg Ham earlier this year was very very sad.