Jonathan Coulton - When You Go

[Yellovvsnovvman]

beautiful thank god they just got it to spotify

[OldManAP]

I really want to work this song into my solo act...but it's really hard to do this one without crying...

[Yzenrider]

This is a beautiful song. If you knew my Grandmother, you'd be crying right now.

[beerjames]

song's great but cameraman...

[obermegalutschoar]

I prefer tuhis version.

Gives me goosebumps...

[DJWidget]

The guitar version is really cool, but I've been an a capella fan for a long time. So the original will always be best for me, but this is still an amazing song on the guitar.

[jkm199]

the guitar version is amazing. the original is great but i prefer the guitar by far

[ShikazePrime]

I agree.

[BoredChick]

This song is so sad, but the misty lights that turned on when he started made me laugh.

[stonerpanda32]

i love this song..

[cooljammer00]

What song did he play before this that used the same key and chords and proved he was a fraud?

[suuuupaadave]

He's talking about I'm Your Moon. They have pretty similar structures.

[fivenumber5]

Yeah, it is in the original recording. I prefer it with guitar.

[SilverChaos06]

I agree, it sure would be nice if we could get a professional recording with the guitar.

[zoroztheg4mer]

@fivenumber5 ooh yes, the live version is a lot better in my opinion too.

[romanerdstrom]

I thought the song was a capella.....

[Virus16th]

He's going against his original orchestration. I remember reading that originally this song was supposed to have a bunch of other instruments and parts, but after listening to it, John thought there was too much going on with the song and cut it down to the vocal part, of which there was enough going on with the vocal parts to carry the melody and the song. Really cool. I just love the a capella version, but John's a musician; he makes every version sound good.