I really cannot stand how good this is. It's simply fantastic. Either this or Down Today have to be my favorite from the current album. This is certainly my favorite video. Keep up the great work, sir.
@ChingParr It's a monome device. They're made in limited stock if I remember correctly and they let you assign all kinds of functions to the different buttons, not just stuff like audio samples. Google it up, you should find the website there.
This song reminds me strongly of "When You Go." The subject matter, the ritard and caesura in the middle... And just as beautiful, but in a different way =) love it!
"Holes in the bellows, and blood on the keys." Such a hauntingly melancholic metaphor. Beautiful song that does such a great job of capturing that tortuous place into which we often put ourselves.
I can hear Tom Waits having a go at this. It's very "Last Leaf On the Tree" in the sense that it's sparse, poignant and just quirky enough to charm without taking away the emotional impact. Lovely.
@adhesivemedstrip Ha! Too cute. Did you smoke a case of cigarettes, gargle with broken glass and razor blades and wash them down with a whiskey to get that Waits-y effect? (More to the point--how long were you vocally crippled after your performance?)
i listened to this a few times, but i cant understand what this song is about. is he singing to a person or a part of himself. further more is he singing as a human or some kind of robot? His songs are never as simple as "a guy loves a girl" unless the guy is also a werewolf.
@Mudfrog72 what i think this song means is that he commited sucide by falling off a fire escape because he loved someone but she didn't like him that's what my idea is anyways.
Now if only Flansy could get back to actually making good music videos for TMBG. These are great for JoCo. because he never has music videos, so anything is great for him. But with TMBG, who used to make great videos like Ana Ng and Don't Let's Start, now making crap like The Fellowship of Hell and O We videos, it gets disappointing. I understand that they're touring, so they can't make great videos, but in that case, just don't make videos until you're done, because a song on a time lapse sucks
@MrSpeakerCone Hmm. I figured as much at first (before I heard "keys") - that bellows would make a good diaphragm replacement in an artificial man (one who would own an artificial heart).
This was a triumph
NintendoHighSchool 2 days ago
This song really moves me. It's so entrancing
instantstar16 1 week ago
Sublime.
YoungJim409 1 week ago
it sounds like tobuscus, awesome :P
MrChubi123 1 week ago
1 person's finger obviously slipped when they were trying to hit the thumbs up button!
Strawlighte 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I really cannot stand how good this is. It's simply fantastic. Either this or Down Today have to be my favorite from the current album. This is certainly my favorite video. Keep up the great work, sir.
marouchoc 3 weeks ago
Hey Jonathan, what camera did you guys use for this? The low light performance is amazing!
NeverwaY 1 month ago
@NeverwaY If I had to guess it would be a Canon 5D
LookslikeOwen 2 weeks ago
Comment removed
dontlookatme011197 1 month ago in playlist Flere videoer fra jcoulton
Gracias! Me Gusta La Cancion! :)
fairyzoe 2 months ago
Happy belated birthday Jonathan. Mine's on Friday.
josda1000 2 months ago
@josda1000 happy belated b day to you :D
SemisonicNerdfighter 2 months ago
I have to say, this song is just awesome, and is, I'm afraid to say, the only track I've bought from the new album... but it is sensational :D
spoco2 2 months ago
What is that thing he's um... Playing I guess...? lol
ChingParr 3 months ago
@ChingParr looks like a monome. it's controls a computer.
goodtimesontehreg 3 months ago
@ChingParr It might be his Zen drum, dunno.
Araclain 1 month ago
@ChingParr It's a monome device. They're made in limited stock if I remember correctly and they let you assign all kinds of functions to the different buttons, not just stuff like audio samples. Google it up, you should find the website there.
Destructides 1 month ago
This so haunting, sad, moving, beautiful...can't get enough.
instantstar16 3 months ago
This song reminds me strongly of "When You Go." The subject matter, the ritard and caesura in the middle... And just as beautiful, but in a different way =) love it!
phoenixfreefall 3 months ago
Such a beautiful song. My favorite from the album, by far
Epiczx 3 months ago
"Holes in the bellows, and blood on the keys." Such a hauntingly melancholic metaphor. Beautiful song that does such a great job of capturing that tortuous place into which we often put ourselves.
morose1 3 months ago 5
Will JoCo come to Germany? :D
sachsenpower1 3 months ago
This is beautiful. Simplistic, entrancing.... Thanks for this :)
oreosarecrack 3 months ago
I can hear Tom Waits having a go at this. It's very "Last Leaf On the Tree" in the sense that it's sparse, poignant and just quirky enough to charm without taking away the emotional impact. Lovely.
ivymcallister 3 months ago
@ivymcallister You mean like this? soundcloud . com /jutze/ nobody-loves-you-like-me
adhesivemedstrip 3 months ago
@adhesivemedstrip Ha! Too cute. Did you smoke a case of cigarettes, gargle with broken glass and razor blades and wash them down with a whiskey to get that Waits-y effect? (More to the point--how long were you vocally crippled after your performance?)
ivymcallister 3 months ago
i listened to this a few times, but i cant understand what this song is about. is he singing to a person or a part of himself. further more is he singing as a human or some kind of robot? His songs are never as simple as "a guy loves a girl" unless the guy is also a werewolf.
Mudfrog72 3 months ago 4
@Mudfrog72 what i think this song means is that he commited sucide by falling off a fire escape because he loved someone but she didn't like him that's what my idea is anyways.
IllDieInThisCorner 3 months ago
Now if only Flansy could get back to actually making good music videos for TMBG. These are great for JoCo. because he never has music videos, so anything is great for him. But with TMBG, who used to make great videos like Ana Ng and Don't Let's Start, now making crap like The Fellowship of Hell and O We videos, it gets disappointing. I understand that they're touring, so they can't make great videos, but in that case, just don't make videos until you're done, because a song on a time lapse sucks
ninjaguy79 3 months ago
That is a pretty freaking sweet machine!!! :)
07wickedchic 3 months ago
TAKE THAT OWL CITY!
luchdim13 3 months ago 3
This was obviously filmed in John Hodgman's secret underground lair.
MrCraigjclark 3 months ago 47
@MrCraigjclark I think John Hodgmans underground lair is one of those no Coultons allowed sort of deal
Vampericlegends 3 months ago 3
@Vampericlegends Depends on whether there are any cats.
Vadergeek 1 month ago
Another lovely song by Mr. Coulton. Fact.
xatczik 3 months ago
holy shit. i need to start listening to jonathan coulton. (and bellows and keys? is an accordion accomplice to a killing?)
j2n 3 months ago
@j2n the previous line references lungs. might be metaphorical.
MrSpeakerCone 3 months ago
@MrSpeakerCone Hmm. I figured as much at first (before I heard "keys") - that bellows would make a good diaphragm replacement in an artificial man (one who would own an artificial heart).
j2n 3 months ago
Keep the videos coming.
Spintown7 3 months ago
this has its own little atmosphere that i can't help be addicted to, i love this
MrNoknownidentity 3 months ago
I agree. This is one of my favorites from the new album. This and My Mustache.
GLue02 3 months ago
These videos (this and Nemeses especially) are awesome!
Please do one for Today with Your Wife.
JackHarteveld 3 months ago 2
But Halloween was like two weeks ago...
BoringManagerFree 3 months ago 2
launchpad?
cool.
FaceofFrequency 3 months ago
This is by far my favorite song from the album.
NickisanEnigma 3 months ago 51