# Why didn't anyone tell me about Jonathan Coulton? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559 "2009-01-16T05:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/1 "2009-01-16T05:06:13Z")
Huh? Why were you holding out on me? Did you not know that I would enjoy his songs? Or were you plotting against me. again. Skull Crusher Mountain The Future Soon Betty and Me Way better than that Fiest chick. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/2 "2009-01-16T05:17:39Z")
Code Monkey ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/3 "2009-01-16T05:35:32Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Huh? Why were you holding out on me? Did you not know that I would enjoy his songs? Or were you plotting against me. again. Are you Mr Coulton? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Garula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Garula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garula)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/4 "2009-01-16T06:05:27Z")
We all assumed that you had heard the Portal song ā€œStill Aliveā€ and figured if you wanted more, you would have already pursued it. Unless youā€™re one of the 7 people who didnā€™t hear it when it was making the rounds through the internet a year or so ago. But yeah, I like a lot of his stuff. My favorites: Mandelbrot Set Big Bad World One Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance Chiron Beta Prime ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/5 "2009-01-16T06:13:08Z")
Re: Your Brains was turned into an e-mail epidemic at school. The brilliant ode to a man trapped in a barricaded room in a mall, surrounded by zombies. That is, from the zombiesā€™ perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/6 "2009-01-16T06:17:09Z")
Isnā€™t Re: Your Brains a memo to a guy trapped in an office, not a mall? I havenā€™t listened to the original, in English, version for awhile, because itā€™s funnier to listen to in French. (I donā€™t speak French.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/7 "2009-01-16T06:22:44Z")
> [@Leiko](#): > > Isnā€™t Re: Your Brains a memo to a guy trapped in an office, not a mall? I havenā€™t listened to the original, in English, version for awhile, because itā€™s funnier to listen to in French. (I donā€™t speak French.) Itā€™s a little odd, because the singer is addressing an office coworker whoā€™s locked up in a mall. If youā€™re at all familiar with World of Warcraft, and even if youā€™re not, [these fanmade music videos](http://www.youtube.com/user/spiffworld) are a real trip. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/8 "2009-01-16T06:40:31Z")
I didnā€™t play Portal! Isnā€™t it enough that I ruined a pony, making a gift for you? ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/9 "2009-01-16T08:43:47Z")
Because you never asked, silly! šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/10 "2009-01-16T08:44:20Z")
I should make sure this doesnā€™t happen again: you do about Flight of the Conchords, right? And Neil Cicierega (Lemon Demon/Trappezoid)? Also, that time that Neil Gaiman narrated part of Creepy Doll. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/11 "2009-01-16T11:47:39Z")
Damn, thatā€™s some good stuff. You listen to _Skullcrusher Mountain_ and think, Finally, somebody _gets_ me. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/12 "2009-01-16T12:52:54Z")
I love this guy! šŸ˜ƒ My faves: Better Someone is Crazy That Spells DNA and, of course, Re: Your Brains, Code Monkey and Skullcrusher Mountain, as noted above. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/13 "2009-01-16T12:58:51Z")
Gah, missed the edit window. I forgot to add Todd the T1000. That oneā€™s a hoot. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/14 "2009-01-16T13:22:30Z")
I found \*Skull Crusher Mountain \*through this board, so perhaps you have just overlooked the threads beforeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/15 "2009-01-16T14:23:41Z")
I love almost all of his work, although Iā€™ll admit, the song I love the best, ā€œLiveā€, actually puts me into tears sometimes. Dunno why. Even with the silly warcraft gnome video. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/16 "2009-01-16T14:25:18Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Huh? Why were you holding out on me? Did you not know that I would enjoy his songs? Or were you plotting against me. again. Now, now, I didnā€™t do it on purpose. Iā€™m not a monster (except maybe technically)ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/17 "2009-01-16T15:59:04Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I didnā€™t play Portal! Well donā€™t come here a year from now demanding to know why no one told you about Portal. Cause Iā€™m telling you - go play Portal. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/18 "2009-01-16T16:02:37Z")
Because all the cool kids knew about him from going to Dragon\*Con . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/19 "2009-01-16T16:10:09Z")
Different style of music, and even more geekdom - go check out [MC Frontalot](http://frontalot.com/). I recommend hitting the ([MC Frontalot | Songs](http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=mp3)) page and listening there; ā€œIt Is Pitch Darkā€ (an ode to the days of text adventures like Zork), ā€œWhich MC Was Thatā€ (about being an unknown), and ā€œMessage No. 419ā€ (Nigerian E-mail spam!) are good starting points. ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559/20 "2009-01-18T00:09:57Z")
I found him through this board, dunno which thread, and found the perfection that is Re: Your Brains, and Code Monkey. I have added much more to my ipod since. He is a nerdā€™s nerd. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-about-jonathan-coulton/481559.md?page=2)