{"id":722,"date":"2012-10-11T20:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=722"},"modified":"2015-10-13T16:50:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T16:50:58","slug":"gotye-woodlands-pavilion-spring-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/11\/gotye-woodlands-pavilion-spring-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Gotye – Woodlands Pavilion – Spring, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Marc McKinney <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 11, 2012 at 08:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"Born, Wouter “Wally” De Backer, a.k.a. \u201cGotye\u201d, a drummer and multi-instrumentalist, showed his superior musical abilities at The Woodlands Pavilion Thursday night.\u00a0 For those whom had never seen or heard him perform, were either in pure amazement or fell asleep.\u00a0 Gotye\u2019s indie style-genre can be \u201csleepy\u201d for some, I, however, thoroughly enjoy it.\u00a0 It\u2019s more like an ambient mood-setting style.<\/p>\n

Gotye\u2019s intricate set was orchestrated to a tee. Acclaimed animation teams faultlessly backed his music and lyrics with jaw dropping, dizzying, and at times creepy, but always emotive visuals. Brendan Cook\u2019s endowment \u201cEyes Wide Open\u201d was the perfect spearhead for the visual banquet. The audience sang along proudly as Gotye\u2019s musical phalanx materialized our aural memory of the track.\u00a0 Other animation amazements included the distorted delight \u201cState Of The Art\u201d, one of my fave\u2019s, a Disney-1950\u2019s-circa animation which was tailored especially for the track.<\/p>\n

When Gotye\u2019s is showing his best abilities, the songs have a way of warping old ideas into something fascinating.\u00a0 \u201cHearts A Mess\u201d was another emotional rollercoaster as Gotye turned the less than full venue into an intimate setting.\u00a0 Taken from second album \u201cLike Drawing Blood\u201d, the 2007 track painted Gotye as more than a musical genius but also a beautiful singer with an impressive vocal range.<\/p>\n

But for all his rangy instrumental talents and un-teachable ways around a chorus, Gotye has a big streak of beach-dude earnestness.\u00a0 He busted out with the new-agey coos of \u201cSave Me\u201d by asking for a communal audience call-and-response, they responded well.<\/p>\n

Hitting the # 1 spot on the charts in the U.K and now exceeding 332 million views, \u201cSomebody that I Use to Know\u201d, came at about the one hour mark of his performance; most of the audience was unable to stay seated \u2026 I again was gripped at his performance<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the \u201csleepy\u201d ones vacated the pavilion after that song, leaving the arena with only a handful of devotees.<\/p>\n

Get back to H-Town soon, De Backer, I was positively impressed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Marc McKinney Oct 11, 2012 at 08:00 PM Born, Wouter “Wally” De Backer, a.k.a. \u201cGotye\u201d, a drummer and multi-instrumentalist, showed his superior musical abilities at The Woodlands Pavilion Thursday night.\u00a0 For those whom had never seen or heard him perform, were either in pure amazement or fell asleep.\u00a0 Gotye\u2019s indie style-genre can be… <\/p>\n

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