Jonathan Coulton music on Glee
Glee-fan friends: I hear that last night's episode featured a fun cover of "Baby Got Back". I hope you liked it! It's a great parody arrangement written by Jonathan Coulton, one of my favorite singers today. You should check out his music; some suggestions to get you started are here: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/primer/listen/
For what it's worth, the Glee folks were pretty cruddy in the way they treated JoCo. They didn't give him any sort of credit on the show; in fact, they didn't even tell him they were using his work. NPR had a great writeup about it here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/01/18/169706944/ive-heard-that-somewhere-glee-covers-baby-got-back-and-it-sounds-familiar Meanwhile, Coulton's own blog about it is here: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2013/01/18/baby-got-back-and-glee/ As a JoCo fan, I wish that Glee had found a way to express some gratitude to him.
Oh, and a final comment: When Ace Books used a copyright loophole to print an edition of The Lord of the Rings behind Tolkien's back, Tolkien added a note about it to the next authorized edition: "This paperback edition, and no other, has been published with my consent and co-operation. Those who approve of courtesy (at least) to living authors will purchase it, and no other."
If you share that sentiment, here's a direct link to a page where you can buy JoCo's recording of the song: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/Baby_Got_Back
(And, y'know, at least Ace Books printed Tolkien's name on the cover.)
[I'm guessing that a lot of my friends here are more likely to know the JoCo side of this story than the Glee side, but I wanted a more "solid" home for these comments than Facebook.]
For what it's worth, the Glee folks were pretty cruddy in the way they treated JoCo. They didn't give him any sort of credit on the show; in fact, they didn't even tell him they were using his work. NPR had a great writeup about it here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/01/18/169706944/ive-heard-that-somewhere-glee-covers-baby-got-back-and-it-sounds-familiar Meanwhile, Coulton's own blog about it is here: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2013/01/18/baby-got-back-and-glee/ As a JoCo fan, I wish that Glee had found a way to express some gratitude to him.
Oh, and a final comment: When Ace Books used a copyright loophole to print an edition of The Lord of the Rings behind Tolkien's back, Tolkien added a note about it to the next authorized edition: "This paperback edition, and no other, has been published with my consent and co-operation. Those who approve of courtesy (at least) to living authors will purchase it, and no other."
If you share that sentiment, here's a direct link to a page where you can buy JoCo's recording of the song: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/Baby_Got_Back
(And, y'know, at least Ace Books printed Tolkien's name on the cover.)
[I'm guessing that a lot of my friends here are more likely to know the JoCo side of this story than the Glee side, but I wanted a more "solid" home for these comments than Facebook.]