Comments | filkertom: Baby Got Back (In The Style Of GLEE)

filkertom

Baby Got Back (In The Style Of GLEE)

Jan 27, 2013 20:38

You all remember the brouhaha that erupted online several days ago, regarding Glee lifting Jonathan Coulton's unique and hilarious arrangement of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" and not crediting JoCo. Well, the celebrated Mr. Coulson has retaliated in the best possible way:I’ve released this track as a single - it should be on iTunes, Amazon, and ( Read more... )

signal boost, help and hope, music, joco

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jannyblue January 28 2013, 02:15:40 UTC

Jonathan is a classy guy. I want to be like him if when I grow up.

filkertom January 28 2013, 02:41:13 UTC

I just wish I'd written "Code Monkey".

And "The Future Soon".

And "Someone Is Crazy".

And about a dozen other of his songs.

palenoue January 28 2013, 07:32:13 UTC

Well, what's stopping you from writing songs Coulton wishes he wrote? You're not dead yet, you've got oodles of friends to help, you got the mad skills needed to tame the technology beasts, and you can craft puns that could bring Comic Con to it's knees.

So, you know, make more music.

gardnerhill January 28 2013, 14:09:35 UTC

I love his cover of "Baby," and "Re: Your Brains." But "Code Monkey" creeps me out.

To me, "Code Monkey" sounds like Part 1 of "Skullcrusher Mountain" - the same whiny, entitled dude ("I offered to buy you a soda and creepily hang around your desk while you're trying to work, why won't you go out with meeee?") makes a killing at long last and uses his newfound wealth for evil. ("So you won't accept my soda, bitch? How about a stay at my wolf-riddled villain's lair?")

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zellion January 28 2013, 04:08:32 UTC

I wish I had written a catchy song about my favorite NPR voice.

From another admitted JoCo fan... ext_1620397 January 28 2013, 19:55:42 UTC

But I have to admit that I wish he'd do more. Took him several years to put out 'Artifical Heart', after only the odd one-off here and there.

It's a shame since he's quite talented, but it really seems that once he became a 'Geek Darling' after the Thing-A-Week series he coasted without any further effort other than self-promotion for... what, almost a decade?

Not that there's anything 'wrong' with that mind you... I'm all for him making as much of a living as he can, just like I wish you and your circle the same success. I'd just like more stuph. :)

Glad to help 'get back' at Fox a tiny bit though. Really classy move there that they pulled.