SwankiVY Sings "Still Alive" from Portal by Jonathan Coulton

[WebHz]

Good job! My ears aren't bleeding, so that is usually a plus.

[Hydorior]

You just scored a bulkload of nerdpoints :D You are awesome!

[swankivy]

@Hydorior Thanks. I'll do the other Portal song (from Portal 2) when I get around to it.

[x058606x]

Wow, you do sound almost exactly like GLaDOS!

[swankivy]

@x058606x Heh, thanks. Even my mom thinks so.

[limtc]

I actually prefer this version over the Jonathan's version as singer! Can't wait to compare your performance of Portal 2!

[swankivy]

@limtc Thanks, I appreciate it. I just don't want to do exactly the same kind of thing again with the video, so I have to think of something to do while I sing it.

[limtc]

Amazing! This really sound like GlaDOS.

[swankivy]

@limtc Haha really? Thanks. I'm going to do a Portal 2 song too, but I have to figure out what would make it visually interesting. I've already recorded the song. :)

[TempleOfSin]

Have you considered doing a short film as Caroline from the game? The portal community might be receptive to the idea.:)

[swankivy]

@TempleOfSin I'm afraid I have no idea who Caroline is and don't know anything about the game, so that's not feasible. ;)

[sydbarrett1994]

:D I <3 This.

[swankivy]

@sydbarrett1994 Oh, thank you so much!

[LuekalanunFerdalan]

oh my fucking god its asexual GlaDos!

very good work... :)

[swankivy]

@LuekalanunFerdalan LOL, as opposed to sexual GLaDOS? Thanks.

[freddiecintron]

neat. 

[otakursed]

Just played the first game through, and sweet heseuss is it a fun little gauntlet. Quite a contrast to all the gritty violence and fantasy related games I've run across. And now I get the context far better. And yep, your voice is pretty much a carbon(if less so) copy of GLaDOS's :)

[swankivy]

@otakursed Glad you liked. I watched a few Portal YouTube videos (especially the end scene) so I could get some context.

[Winstonsicle]

You should sing "Want You Gone" from Portal 2 :)

[swankivy]

@Winstonsicle I guess whenever I hear it and whenever I dig up a karaoke track, maybe I will. :) (I've never played either game.)

[TheChaoticGood]

Ellen McClain would be proud.

[swankivy]

@TheChaoticGood ^___^

[HHog]

(Portal's plot in a nutshell)

GLaDOS is an AI at "Aperture Science labs", which is running tests on a prototype Portal Gun, a device that fires a set of Black Holes which can be teleported between. GLaDOS grows increasingly deceitful and violent to its test subject Chell, and after several attempts on her life under the guise of tests, she eventually manages to reach and destroy the computer controlling GLaDOS and escape the lab. Then at the end the song plays, revealing it's... 'Still Alive'...

[swankivy]

@HHog Yes, before I sang the song I looked up what I might need to know about GLaDOS and watched quite a few versions of her hilarious dialogue and the end battle scene from a few different perspectives. I just have not played the game and know nothing about the game play.

[HHog]

That was a rather uncanny likeness of the original "GLaDOS" voice!

Very well done, and it's fun to see how not knowing the context of the song at all doesn't deter you from performing it anyway. =)

If you're at all driven to know the context without playing the game yourself, I'll post the plot in a nutshell in another comment so you can get the basic gist of it, at least. If you don't care to know it, then go right ahead and ignore said comment, haha. =P

But again, nice job!

[swankivy]

@HHog Thank you for the compliment on my singing.

[lugiasian]

I knew it! You ARE GlaDOS. it was incredible. your voice is lovely C:

[woodsprout]

Not familiar with the song but I can see why you sang it. Taunting lyrics. I like how you are posed so symmetrical. and the crop ...and all the effects. ...and when you were burning you were actually becoming golden. ...that'll teach 'em, hahaha. Nice production. As always you add lots of great touches. Intended or not, loved that last split moment when your eyes shut.

[swankivy]

@woodsprout Thanks, glad you liked it. I'm not sure what it means to be "posed symmetrical," but I did try to be centrally located and tried not to move. :) I did intend for the eyes-closing bit at the end, so I'm glad you appreciated it.

[zru2u]

very cool

the singing was just spot on an dandy...and i noticed that the video effects went along with some of the lyrics too :)

also> youtube definitely seems to vouch for you, without question.. you have GLaDOS on the brain

[swankivy]

@zru2u Thanks for checking it out.  Yep, I tried to make the effects match somewhat.

[xXRoBeRtXHaYdNXx]

It's very strange. Earlier today, i looked up several American Sign Language versions of this song, and then I found you by looking for some things about asexuality. Then, lo and behold, i find this song on your channel. You probably don't even care, but I thought that was a crazy weird happenstance.

[swankivy]

@xXRoBeRtXHaYdNXx Wow! What a crazy random happenstance! :)  Yeah, coincidence is a very strange thing sometimes. I hope you enjoyed it even though you found it while looking for other things. :)

[xXRoBeRtXHaYdNXx]

@swankivy Don't worry; i definitely enjoyed it! One question... was that a dr. horrible's sing-along blog reference or were you just going along with what I said? i dunno. maybe i'm overthinking things.

[swankivy]

@xXRoBeRtXHaYdNXx Yeah, that was totally a Dr. Horrible reference. (What you said made me think of it, 'cause it was very close.) I have performed the song "My Eyes" from Dr. Horrible, but not on YouTube.

[xXRoBeRtXHaYdNXx]

@swankivy Awesome! It's nice to know that there are other people who think like me. (Is that a creepy thing to say?) also, another (possibly offensive) comment. It's nice to see that you can enjoy a movie with lot's of sex jokes. The only other asexual person I've known in real life was like one of those annoying straight-edge idiots who complain every time someone makes a joke about drugs (except for sex). She would always complain whenever someone made a sex joke or something.

[swankivy]

@xXRoBeRtXHaYdNXx It's always a pleasant surprise, when one thinks in an unusual way, to find out that someone else does the same. :) In defense of the squicked asexual, I'd say there are sexual people who are put off by sex jokes too . . . just so happens that actually most asexuals have a live-and-let-live attitude about sex, as long as someone isn't trying to make it involve them. Some people do it to get attention, too--objecting just to draw attention to their supposed purity, I guess.

[xXRoBeRtXHaYdNXx]

Sorry. I ran out of characters (i'm really rambly today). anyways, perhaps you should record "my eyes" on youtube. I can tell you I'd sure enjoy it.

[swankivy]

@xXRoBeRtXHaYdNXx Oh, and I'm always running out of characters when I'm trying to type on YouTube. Maybe one day I'll try "My Eyes" on YouTube, but for now I just have a recording of it on my website. I actually have a small section where people can download my half of a duet and sing with me.

[xXRoBeRtXHaYdNXx]

@swankivy Yeah. Exactly. That's kind of the attitude I have about it. "I don't care about sex as long as I'm not a part of it." Anyways, I've been on your site for about an hour now, and it is thoroughly awesome! I especially enjoyed the religion page. Being an atheist, I like hearing about other people's beliefs. It was also refreshing to read the part about how "Even if spells just calm me down and there's no other effect, it still helps" you seem very open-minded, and that's a good way to be.

[swankivy]

@xXRoBeRtXHaYdNXx Cool, thanks for checking out the site. I'm basically an atheist myself (since I don't believe in any conscious gods), but my study of Paganism has left me with some respect for folk traditions. I just don't like when they lead people to believe things that don't actually reflect reality. My site probably exists more for other people's reference than my own, now, but I made it more than ten years ago. :)

[MyAction5000]

good grief, you sound just like her! great stuff :)

[swankivy]

@MyAction5000 Neat, thanks, I appreciate that.

[hslicee813]

this is the first time ive ever heard that song...your voice is awesome!

[swankivy]

@hslicee813 Thanks for checking it out and thanks for the compliment!

[insanemoose16]

D; Oh My!!! You sound very very similar to GLaDOS indeed!! This is epic and beautiful. Thank you very much for sharing :) You rock!

[swankivy]

@insanemoose16 Haha, I thank you! It's funny that so many people have thought so!

[insanemoose16]

@swankivy You are very much welcome. It was an incredible performance.

[RandomDisinformation]

That was awesome...You really do sound like her. Awesome game, awesome song, awesome version. All around awesome.

[swankivy]

@RandomDisinformation Neat, thank you. I haven't played of course but I went and looked at some videos about it so I could hear some of the funny dialogue. GLaDOS is kinda creepy.

[singingturtle]

Awesome job! ^_^

[swankivy]

@singingturtle I appreciate that, thank you!

[artman2oo3]

@swankivy No no, you still have to look at my book, which I'm about to send. lol But seriously if you ever died before I did I'd have to resurrect you. And that would require buying a plane ticket, a shovel, a dark magic book, eye of newt, and just messy messy business. Plus you'd come back all evil or something probably.

[oneofthefew82]

Time to go viral... you win, as always :D

[swankivy]

@oneofthefew82 I'm thinking it's unlikely this will go viral, but hey, maybe someday one of my videos will.

[magmadragon92]

You look like an Angel. :-)

[swankivy]

@magmadragon92 Ah, thanks.

[Sikosm]

Wow, your voice is soooo similar! I think it might be a little softer and less robotic (thankfully lol) but totally awesome and so close the original it's insane lol

[swankivy]

@Sikosm Thanks. I guess the people who recommended I do this song knew what they were talking about!

[Iced1992]

Next up: "Still alive" by Lisa Miskovsky.

[swankivy]

@Iced1992 Heh, sorry, don't know that one.

[artman2oo3]

I'm so very glad you're still alive... well at least long enough to give the world this awesome video.

[swankivy]

@artman2oo3 LOL, well at least I know it's cool with you if I go die now. :D

[TH4TCHER]

ZOMG!! WOW!!

[iiSnarkyShark]

Day Made.

DAAAY MADEEE

[swankivy]

@iiSnarkyShark Seriously? Wow!! :D

[violetinspired]

brilliant as always, loved seeing all the different effects too :)

[swankivy]

@violetinspired Thank you a bunch. :) I had fun playing with the different filters which I probably would never have used otherwise.

[gabrielcrimson]

haha very lovely swank.

[heavensjoke]

:) As always, a nice surprise when I find a video from you in my inbox. I loved the song as I did the visuals. Good work swank, keep it up!!

[swankivy]

@heavensjoke Cool, thank you. I'm glad you liked it.

[6thhokagephil]

You gave GLaDOS a lot of life....I like it. ^-^ .....less electronic synth..

[swankivy]

@6thhokagephil Less? Heh. . . .