The presidents by Jonathan Coulton

[HyrulianSpartan]

Wow. People who hate Obama are usually REALLY uninformed. He's not amazing, but the man IS doing a good job.

[Ygdrasel]

@HyrulianSpartan

Except for the whole "backing off from every promise he ever made to bend over and get fucked by the Republican opposition" thing...

[deathmelon6789]

"W wasted billions against the (middle) east, and obama's term at best is just sub-par." I guess you could end it like this. :P

[Marshillboy]

At least he's got all the presidents that matter in there.

[MikeSopespian]

This is ridiculous. Grant was not a drunkard during his presidency. Garfield was killed in 1881, not 1882. Further, it was insensitive to point out that Reagan "lost his mind". His legacy is much more than that.

[B1o2e3rg4e5r6]

@MikeSopespian

1) Grant DID drink.

2) Coulton posted an edit to change the assassination date from 82 to 81

3) Reagan going crazy is a VERY famous thing.

[MouthGrape]

thumbs up if watching either of the portal end songs brought you here

[ShadowSoulKeeper]

3:07

Carter lusted in his heart for penis.

[SamusMcQueen]

never has my avatar been more relevant

[MrMarett1]

@svuber Why does that deserve a thumbs up. Just makes you look like a jack ass asking for thumbs up.

[WonderfulLizardOfOz]

I love the last line. :D

[xHitoChanx]

@TheNationofPedro He has, several times. "W's legacy's a work in progress.

That is all the Presidents so far.” was replaced by:

After the 2008 election- "W’s reign of terror is finally over

Obama's been pretty excellent so far."

On March 27th 2009:

"W decided he was the decider.”

On September 26, 2009:

"W decided he was the decider

Obama has a peg-leg and a scar."

[KnightxxArrow]

There was a lot of bad Presidents: Obama, Bush, Grant, Tyler, Hoover, Johnson, Harding, Buchanan, Carter, Lincoln.

[xHitoChanx]

@KnightxxArrow I feel that throwing Lincoln in with Hoover was a bit harsh, not to mention the rest of the list. He won a war that many thought he would lose, plus, you know, the whole slavery thing. Even if that was incidental to the war effort.

Anyway, where’s Jackson? He collapsed the economy twice, basically introduced political corruption to the gov., retarded the development of the American economy and educational system, killed a ton of Native Americans, shot his rivals... I could go on.

[Nejifan101s0]

This song saved my mid-term grade...

[svuber]

Do you have this problem: You love Jonathan Coultons music and think it's great, but none of your friends seems to know him? If you have this problem, then thump up! :D

[Candypirate11]

This is actually pretty helpful in history class.

[Sporeadam]

the rest of the world says we have no class

out debt with china is growing

and Obama has his thumb up his ass

[TheOperative2K]

I love how you used Nixon as the picture for "liar".

[D7Sl]

lol that sherman anti trust act had nothing to do with sherman tanks

[fernozzle]

LIteral music videos are the worst.

[darkblood626]

2011 and where out of money still

Jorge Bush Junior was and still is a joke

And president Obama is a corporate shill

And again that about sums it up

And if you don’t like it you can always take a pill .....at $10 a pop after getting written permission of course

[karnman]

I think you have the wrong Perry...

[Blochloch]

@karnman That is the right Perry...

[signer007]

@Blochloch It's actually the wrong Perry. President Fillmore give Matthew C. Perry black ships to force open Japan.

[Blochloch]

@signer007 I keep getting my Perry's mixed up.

[tlchimes]

2011 and we are still out of money..... I would love to hear an updated version.

[swordo21]

Here in 2049 We're STILL out of money

[benpl14]

@swordo21 But in 2050 I will be presidents and fix ever thing!

[gypsiecat1]

@benpl14 you do that

[Araclain]

@TheNationofPedro He did.

[NateFroClassic]

Anyone else anticipate another line after "I don't like to make political statements" the first time you heard this?

[dreaminvasion]

@NateFroClassic Yes that's the point :P

[s0m3gu7]

Whoever told Commador Perry to control the U.S Navy he interrupted over 400 years of Japanese feudalism and Civil Wars with his crazy ass threats and fake 38 ship navy....

[CupboardNinja]

@TheNationofPedro Maybe in a couple presidents.

[SitOnYouProductions]

@TheNationofPedro "JoCo"?

[lifeofanidiot]

@SitOnYouProductions Old name. Pre-Videogames.

[flailingwings]

I love the ending. X3

[Vendrof]

Notice how for Nixon, when Jonathan says the word liar it show's a picture of Nixon. I found that awesome.

[AsiaNeko]

This makes me want to watch the Animaniacs President song.

[jasmurful]

Listening to this song was the extent of my study for my AP US History exam last year. I got a 4.

[segould]

Earlier today, I was recalling the lyrics for this song. Suddenly, I realized that I couldn't remember what McKinley did. Unable to access a computer, I spent an hour trying to remember. Finally, I listened here and am glad to hear that "McKinley kicked the Spanish out of Cuba."

[TheRain316]

you need $1,000 for this incredible video love your singing

[EvilGamerX5]

@TheRain316 this isnt him this is just a clever slide of the song. jonathans channel is Gle3nn so you might want to say that there

[Kazuhiro808]

I really like the ending to this song.

[dalpezzo13]

Lol JFK was killed by a magic bullet.

[Fab4Sunrises]

Cool ending for the song though.

[evev6734]

here in 2011, were STILL out of money

[bridaco]

@evev6734 And ALWAYS will be. It's paper. We haven't had the gold to back it up in a long time.

[NovaGreenGaia]

@evev6734 and running out of EARTH

[FalloutToaster]

Nixon was such an ass. :P

[srdustin]

@FalloutToaster

Nixon was a great president what are you talking about?

Yeah sorry, couldn't keep a straight face either.

[FalloutToaster]

@srdustin xP ikr

[GundamX67]

@FalloutToaster He looked like one, too. HEY-O

[FalloutToaster]

@GundamX67 HAhaahhahaah!!! Damn straight.

[fadingshadow122]

am i the only one who actually found this

REALLY useful in APUSH? XD it worked great

learn the lyrics it helps soo much on the exam.

[SpocKaren]

I have to take a test on all of the presidents on the first day of school in US History... I have to say, this song is gonna save my life.

[tman09iner]

HAHAHHAHAHA

[tman09iner]

HAY  HAY

[c0smicat]

I like how the picture for "liar" is Richard Nixon again.

[beanodonnell]

in the year 2005 were out of money now its almost 2012 and were still broke as fuck

[IINS519]

Between this and the animaniacs song... I know everything I need about the presidents.

Wait... Obama who?

[ProblemStick]

favorite parts:

* taft was big and fat and had a mustache.

* nixon was a sweating filthy liar.

* clinton gave an intern a cigar.

[Lionheart538835]

@forsurenoob it's hail to the chief

[forsurenoob]

@Lionheart538835 thanks!

[meshumekha]

The Indian at Jackson's portion looks suspiciously like Steve Armisen in an Indian costume.

[forsurenoob]

what's the tune from 1:05 - 1:20?? pretty sure I know it from somewhere...

[Drew1749]

@forsurenoob It's a american classic. Not sure the name but I know for a fact it's on the fallout 3 soundtrack. Google it and it has a list of the songs. :D

[forsurenoob]

@Drew1749 yeah but I need the name of the original...

[magnamerda1]

Wrong Perry, dog. You wanted Matthew, not Oliver Hazard.

I'm a horrible person.

[Dalesdeadbug123]

@chrisupdate Finally, someone who isnt a bitchy moron.

[chrisupdate]

Many years from now Obama will probably only be known to the masses as the first black president. Not much more, not any less

I hate how everyone hates on presidents because of political party or imperfection. You've got to look at them as people exclusively, and realize that they're always under a lot of stress while trying to balance every little problem we have to whine about. If you want to hate on someone for our problems, look to congress; it has more power than the Pres. does or has.

[MejaisSoulstealer]

@chrisupdate This is new. A rea logical and valid point. Pres. can't do anything because of checks and balances. Not about most problems anyway.

[chrisupdate]

@MejaisSoulstealer

If more people took the time to realize that, then I could see everything moving in the right direction toward improvement. But that probably won't happen anytime soon, people hear what they want to hear.

[merlinh13]

@chrisupdate and he's not even black..

[Drreviewman]

@chrisupdate Your extremly opinionated for sheep. Maybe instead of making an opinion like that, you go work out and strive for a higher pay grade. Negative responses about something you have no part in makes americans like us look like ass holes.

[lordaumerle]

@Drreviewman "making an opinion"? brilliant.

[Drreviewman]

@lordaumerle Whats wrong with my wording?

[SisterOfWar]

@Drreviewman Well, seeing as you actually asked, I'll point out the following: Your is possessive, you're is the contraction of "you are." One does not "make" an opinion - it is not a chair. One forms, has, and/or states an opinion. Unless @chrisupdate is a personal trainer or weightlifter, I doubt that suggesting he "go work out" will earn him greater pay. Americans should always be capitalized and assholes is one word. That is what is wrong with your wording in your previous post.

[Drreviewman]

@SisterOfWar I said work out AND strive for a higher pay grade, not TO get a higher pay grade. To "form" is to create, or make, an opinion. Assholes isn't a word at all you fool, it refers to the hole in the center of some1s ass.

[SisterOfWar]

@Drreviewman The structure of your sentence implied a correlation between working out and getting a higher pay grade. My apologies that I misunderstood you. While make and create are synonyms of form, they are still incorrect in American idiomatic English when coupled with "opinion" as the object of the verb. And asshole is actually a word, first seen in the mid-1930's, meaning a contemptible thing or person. It comes from "arshole", which originates in Middle English between 1350-1400.

[chrisupdate]

@Drreviewman

I feel like I'm making a reasonable observation, as I'm not really being biased in a political sense (liberal or conservative). I don't know what you're talking about (negative responses, work, higher pay grade?)

[Drreviewman]

@chrisupdate I'm not talking about your opinion on Obama. This is a music video on youtube. You have some serious balls to randomly change subject like that with some form of mid-point leading to it. Not to mention you ASSUME you know what every1 thinks and will think in the future? Why don't you go do something better like work out or learn to make more money? Even better, actually take part in the media or surveys. Even better yet, stay on topic ass-hole.

[CriticalMoose]

@chrisupdate But he signed up for the job and he needs to be able to handle it. If he can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. And you can't look at them as people because they don't show their true side to anyone.

[Nationofhonor]

@chrisupdate Obama is still a dick regardless of his party.

[jkornacki1]

@chrisupdate that is so true

[InFlam3sW3Trust]

@chrisupdate The president is like every other politician, a corrupted liar overcome with hubris. The president is a figurehead, his only damn job is to go up in front of everyone and say what the puppeteer tells him to. Stress my ass. Someone willing to become president is pretty damn confident in how he is going to attempt to screw everyone over. Politicians are bad people. You can't become anything in politics if you're anything but.

[lugialover09]

@InFlam3sW3Trust So are you saying that we shouldn't have any more politics if everyone in it is corrupt? Just trying to clarify.

[InFlam3sW3Trust]

@lugialover09 We don't really have a choice but to try and keep politics afloat, as futile a system as it is. It's the only thing that gives us some semblance of organization. But, if you want to narrowly look at it from a purely logical standpoint, politics should indeed be thrown out the window due to the inevitable mass corruption that comes with it. However, when looked at in a broader sense, politics are necessary.

[Ygdrasel]

@InFlam3sW3Trust

How are they necessary?

[Ygdrasel]

@InFlam3sW3Trust

"Politicians are bad people." - Washington, Lincoln, Clinton...One built the country, one freed the slaves, one brought us an economic surplus (that Bush promptly raped but I digress).

[DEVGRUxDELTA]

@Ygdrasel I agree with Washington and Lincoln,but Clinton? Economic Surplus? Um.... what about NAFTA? Yes, Bush did destroy the economy fast slice, but Clinton implanted stabbing wound that slowly bled the working class of jobs.

[Ygdrasel]

@DEVGRUxDELTA

Yes, economic surplus. Some three trillion dollars, matter of fact. Which Bush blew through (plus another 3 trillion, putting us in debt) for the war or some shit over his term.

What about NAFTA? It's irrelevant to the point: Clinton helped the economy thrive and Bush killed it.

[DEVGRUxDELTA]

@Ygdrasel I was saying that he wasn't as good to the economy as you made him out to be. Yes, he was good at the time, but after time passed, it showed how bad the plan was. The past 3 presidents were/are bad.

[Ygdrasel]

@DEVGRUxDELTA

I said we had a surplus during his term. That's all I said. And that was true. It's also true that this surplus was maintained as time passed, only draining away when he left. Conclusion: He was good to the economy.

[DEVGRUxDELTA]

@Ygdrasel For his term yes, but i say good for economy as in good for future generations. Then again, it's hard for a good economy to persevere against Bush :)

[Ygdrasel]

@DEVGRUxDELTA

It was good for the future...Until Bush started a war and used all the money.

[DEVGRUxDELTA]

@Ygdrasel Oh Bush. Now we are in a terrible situation in the domestic life AND we won't be leaving the Middle East probably for a good 10-20 more years.

[GentleDementia]

@chrisupdate

SHUT UP WITH YOUR CALM LOGIC AND REASONABLE ARGUMENTS!

THIS IS THE INTERNET AND SOMEONE MENTIONED POLITICS!

[Baurles]

Ronald Reagan and George Bush Senior looks, identical...

[spacemarine445]

nothing but how he described it is and really turn the Vietnamese would put booms in a woman's hat have her run up the soldiers and explode wouldn't you shoot anyone else who ran toward you if you saw that

[spacemarine445]

cool song but about Vietnam not cool 

[DrTrurl]

@spacemarine445 So what was cool about Vietnam in your opinion?

[cshaugh214]

you should update this song with obama

[109jfkpt]

Garfield was not assassinated in 1882 it was 1881 come on.

[Lionheart538835]

@Vlaeder  the line he said is from a movie.....monty python and the holy grail

[Lionheart538835]

and Garfield got killed in '81!!

[jfabproductions]

Clinton gave an intern a cigar

Dubya's reign of terror's finally over.

And Obama's spenden all our doughl

[magmos]

Why did our presidents stop growing facial hair after Taft?

[jfabproductions]

@magmos cuase the saftey razor was invented and it made it easier for people to shave their facial hair without going to a barber

[Lionheart538835]

@ilikeiamfighter How can you say Obama is in any way positive? the US is still going downhill, and he's an idiot..anyone who says he is a good prsident has no comprehension whatsoever of even the most basic politics

[magmos]

@Lionheart538835 And yet he's still better than Dubya.

[DorianWalrus]

In 2011, we're still out of money.

[CyareMordmin]

lol, I love how it shows Nixon's picture again when it says liar.

[109jfkpt]

BTW Kennedy was not killed by the magic bullet he was only wounded by that one

[tehbrave1]

lmao funny an educational at the same time gotta love Jonathan Coulton

[ilikeiamfighter]

W's reign of terror is finally over

Obama's pretty excellent so far

[Christianrocker1990]

@ilikeiamfighter I guess you missed the 14 million in debt part.

[Boredpersons55]

@Christianrocker1990

trillion* 

[Christianrocker1990]

@Boredpersons55 Thanks, one should comment at 4am. :S

[monkeylx1]

Aww. The bird at the end looked exactly like my old one that died recently. :(

[Algormortis9]

"I don't like to make political statements..." - brilliant!

[danerman73]

This is the best of the presidents songs I've heard. I especially like "James Monroe told Europe they could suck it", "Taft was big and fat and had a mustache", "Hoover screwed the pooch in the Great Depression", "Johnson murdered kids in Vietnam", "Nixon was a sweating filthy liar", and "Clinton gave an intern a cigar"

[ghandisandal]

@danerman73 I think you will find Hoover screwed the 'Hooch' in the Great Depression, despite what this video might show!

[andygriff1987]

@ghandisandal Nope, definitely the pooch! Tis a common phrase!

[philnoll]

Out of all the president songs I've listened to, this may be the only one that I will remember.

[Fab4Sunrises]

Taft was big & fat & had a mustache.

Oh yeah.

[ErisedDawn]

I taught US History this past school year. A student wrote the lyrics to this song as an essay response. He got an A.

[Firething26]

@ErisedDawn You gave a student an A for plagiarism??

[Sylreana]

@ErisedDawn XD you sir...Get a cookie.

I also like the they might be giants song about Polk, our 11th president :P

[sheik530]

@ErisedDawn That's epic!!!!! I want a teacher like you, I am 12, see.

[j9eerit]

@ErisedDawn wow, that's really sad...

[PapagenoJuan2]

@ErisedDawn You should have given him an F. That is stealing and unoriginal

[MrThePandaman]

@PapagenoJuan2 Yeah, what the fuck is a joke?

[SimuLord]

@ErisedDawn "Plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize! But please to remembering to always be calling it research." - Tom Lehrer

[Baronstone]

@ErisedDawn Best. Teacher. Ever.

[pidman009]

@ErisedDawn I love teachers like you. Keep doin' what you're doin'. :D

[thesmartass98166]

@ErisedDawn Thats cool but your still a horrible teacher. Need to teach them kids that plagiarism isnt cool.

[Shadownite15]

@thesmartass98166 Those English teachers really need to teach the difference between "your" and "you're".

[thesmartass98166]

@Shadownite15 Damn I always screw that up, pretty good come back though.

[darknight9364]

@ErisedDawn Hell yeah!

[reedforcongress]

@ErisedDawn Your student plagiarized a Jonathan Coulton song that's 6 years and one president out of date and you gave him an A?

[ErisedDawn]

@reedforcongress He had already had an A in the class. It's called bonus points fella. Now, gently ease that tampon out of yourself. Alrighty?

[reedforcongress]

@ErisedDawn So it's okay to plagiarize if you're an A student? What kind of language is that for a teacher to be using?

[OceausPhoenix]

@reedforcongress Teachers are human, not perfect. They have lives. Tool

[reedforcongress]

@OceausPhoenix I'm not saying she's inhuman... I'm just flabbergasted that she gave a student an A for plagiarizing song lyrics and then bragged about it online like she did something "cool". Plagiarism isn't cool.

Also, telling someone to take a tampon out of their ass isn't having a life. It's being a child. That's why I was surprised at his/her language... it's not that it's too adult... it's that it's too childish.

[ErisedDawn]

@reedforcongress Kid, get off the internet if you're going to take everything so literally.

[sliver321123]

@ErisedDawn

You are dumb. I could use words with more syllables, I could form an argument, but I won't. I'm just going to say that you're dumb. You're dumb and you should learn how to not be dumb.

Constructive feedback.

[lalaworldofwarcraft1]

best...song...ever....

[tylermcki44]

For APUSH I have to remember all 44 presidents for an exam at the beginning of the year....... *puts into ipod*

[lalaworldofwarcraft1]

@CloneCommanderEcho i wish thAT was in the song

[Theplanetyonx]

@CloneCommanderEcho I think he means "W"

[BLOODELFSRULE]

@CloneCommanderEcho you might want to re think that last line

[tr3yreborn]

@CloneCommanderEcho Yer probably one of the 5% of people that still agree with the orginal voting choice..

[rabidbunnies2]

@tr3yreborn actually his approval rating is 47%. almost the lowest it has ever been. bush's approval rating was 22% when he left office.

[LanceVader]

@rabidbunnies2

I can only think you're talking about Obama, but your numbers are a bit off. According to Rasmussen in July 2011, Obama had 44% Strongly Disapprove and only 23% Strongly Approve of him. This gives him an approval rating of -21. Only 44% approve of him at all. It's been two years since he had a positive approval rating, according to Rasmussen. Gallup reports a smaller divide, with 45% approving and 48% disapproving.

[chubbzpwnz]

@CloneCommanderEcho yeah really, Bush may not have been great but he was a hell of a lot better than Obama.

[TropnevadNitsuj]

@chubbzpwnz I wouldn't say he was bad at all, stupid yes, but he did everything he said he was going to do and thats a hell of a lot more than anyone can say about obama ... btw not arguing with you, justn agreeing.

[RenaultDeChatillion]

@CloneCommanderEcho by what standards is obama doing decent. Do you watch the news? fucking retard.

[uberSPYCRAB]

@RenaultDeChatillion

Those were the official changed lyrics, the song had to be updated to include Obama in there and also change the date of Garfield's death (1881, not 1882).

[polk122]

@CloneCommanderEcho HA! HAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Obama's doing shity! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[MrPirate207]

@polk122 Lrn2not be obvious troll.

[themuffinbuttonman]

@polk122 becase we still need more money ( you and me just wrote the next verse)

[Cerealkiller482]

@CloneCommanderEcho Umm no he hasn't.

[iliketoreplytovids]

@CloneCommanderEcho no he isnt.

[TheJohjaLegir]

I see the mix up. But look, I'm all good with nationalism. I'm proud of being american. But you can't just say other people suck because their not you.

[TheJohjaLegir]

I just read the whole argument and heres my opinion. forsurenoob, you called canada and britain second rate, which I assume pissed off killroy. Killroy, you have a right to be mad, but not at americans in general. I may know that the majority of criminals in new york are minorities, but that doesn't mean I label every black person I see as evil. Which is what you've done to americans here. So, your BOTH prejuduced dicks, now shut up and let me enjoy my song.

[TheJohjaLegir]

@TheKillroyCo, I dont know what your issue with us americans is, but I realize that its not all bombs and terrorists in the middle east. Not all of us are rednecks with burgers and shotguns. Some of us actually try NOT to be assholes, despite the fact that we're bad at it. For instance, I havn't eaten meat in 3 years, not because of religion, but because I think its cruel to the animals. I also KNOW that terrorists genuinly believe that america is evil and that they are gods gift.

[angryrusski]

Did anyone notice that the bridge sections are played with bicycle bells? This is a satire. The song is about how poorly American History is taught.

[angryrusski]

Did anyone notice that the bridge sections are played with bicycle beels? This is a satire. The song is about how poorly American History is taught.

[Anonmanisanon]

You appear to have got the wrong meanings for "railroad" and "pants"

[thumbsup4jesus]

Thumbs up if you got full credit on any question with a President in it in your history tests by listening to this song...

[Handitar]

I would have really liked to have known about this in APUSH...

[MrAaronforpresident]

trying to think of something for an Obama part...