Walk Off The Earth Follows Viral Hit with the Beatles' "From Me To You"

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Feb 242012

Back in early January when we first posted Walk Off The Earth‘s unique cover of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” the video had around 30K views. Now, less than six weeks later it has over sixty million! If you have one of the fastest growing viral videos ever on YouTube, what do you do next? The answer is easy: you figure out what made the viral craze great and you capitalize on it. Walk Off The Earth have nailed it on their follow up, as they have released official ‘Beard Guy’ t-shirts and turned him into ‘Epic Beard Guy’ with the addition of a smoking pipe in the latest vid. Continue reading »

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The Best Covers of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” (So Far)

Posted by Ray Padgett at 5:00 pm 6 Responses »
Feb 072012

Best (So Far) finds the finest first-round covers of the latest pop hits.

Gotye’s über-ctachy breakup jam “Somebody That I Used to Know” first hit the web last summer, but it’s only taken off stateside in the past few months. A small part of that popularity comes from Walk Off the Earth’s stunning viral cover. Lots of other artists have covered the song too, many delivering takes at least almost as memorable. Continue reading »

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Walk Off the Earth Bring Five-Person Gotye Cover to Ellen

Posted by Ray Padgett at 2:00 pm 3 Responses »
Feb 062012

When we posted Walk Off the Earth’s brilliant cover of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” at the beginning of the year, one commenter wrote, “uugghh. they are lipsyching & guitarsyching to a pre-recording which defeats the purpose of this video.” Well, smart guy, here’s a counter argument: their performance on Ellen. Continue reading »

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Walk Off the Earth Cover Gotye with Five People on One Guitar

Posted by Ray Padgett at 11:00 am 4 Responses »
Jan 092012

If you haven’t seen this yet, it’ll make your Monday. Ontario quartet Walk Off the Earth posted a cover a few days ago where they all play Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know.” Specifically, they all play it on a single guitar. With area singer Sarah Blackwood joining in on the Kimbra part, that’s 10 hands on one acoustic guitar. Continue reading »

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