Jonathan Coulton - The Future Soon

[KsathraRedFox]

Surprisingly close sounding voice to the singer of I Fight Dragons

[KeydriaTheMage]

soo quiet

[TheGmodkilla]

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[youmemydicksucked]

i want his killer facial hair its my dream

[katchison045]

oooooor is it?

[Gruegirl]

This is my favorite performance of this song, you can tell at the start how nervious he is, and he gets totally into it by the end.

[TimeWastingVideos]

You ask why he builds the robots with weapons? What kind of mad scientist would he be if he didn't cure world hunger just as quickly as creating a race of death robots?

[DavidSousa22]

Didn't got the SPAAAAAAAAACE joke

[nyooman]

this song makes me experience a number of distinct emotions in rapid succession

[Twidleythegnome]

@nyooman  same :)

[Gunman610]

It's really cool seeing him perform before he hit it big with 'Portal'.

[sk92989]

damn right

[machinamawatcher]

its gunna be the future soon... and JoCo will have long hair.

[HPMatthew]

yea lol love this song 

[HPMatthew]

yea lol love this song 

[8bitheroics]

WTF JOCO WITH SHORT HAIR i dont want to live on this planet any more

[IamTheiPhone]

SO OLD. SO EPIC

[Henoik]

Guilty.. Of being in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!­!!

[Henoik]

It does totally not seem like Jonathan Coulton! But it ¨sounds like him.

[Tehjakezorz]

Going to See Johnathan Coulton and They Might Be Giants soon!

[Dolldarian]

GLaDOS needs to sing this... i don't care when, it just must happen :D

[Henoik]

@Dolldarian Haha!!! Agree

[srdustin]

15 lost their eyes during the robot wars.

[idividedbyzer0]

He looks so much like my old guitar teacher here.

THAT TEACHER'S A SPY!

[AveryChu]

Space...I`m in space........SPPPAAAAAACCCCCEE­EEEE

[OceausPhoenix]

IN SSSSSPPPPPPAAAAAACCCCCEEEEEEE!­!!!!

[1linty]

Love him with short hair. He cut it again in 2009 check out the song Madeleine for the spizzwinks(?) reunion, looks like he took a joco gets nerdier pill. Love the monkey man.

[spambox1971]

15 people need to be destroyed in the robot wars!

[cerithiel]

<3

[DrVader12345]

This could be my new theme song

[ePalry]

Gordon Freeman!? xD

[Gruegirl]

This is the most heartfelt performance of this song ever.

Gives me tears every time. You can see he's hesitating about it, not used to being so talented.

[CenaLuver394]

<3

[MultiLOLFilms]

Sorry, but I Fight Dragons' version of this song is way better. :P

[crocen0]

@MultiLOLFilms while i love(or loved maybe is a better word) no, their version is not better then jocos.

[rozar142]

@MultiLOLFilms that's like saying target cake is better tasting then hard made cake you get at a wonderful awsome bakery. All it does is copy.

[borrowedonly]

he looks so different without hair!

[Pudabudigada]

Wow, he looks completely different now.

[staggo3000]

JONATHAN COULTON RULES!!!!

[TheprojeckT10]

There'ssomthing I dont understand... Why is there no crowd howling with laughter like I am? :S

[SoulRippster]

@TheprojeckT10 Cause in the end... it's a melancholic song... as most of JC's music. That's why i love it...

[chaz618]

WOOT! im a nerd too, not that smart kind of nerd that gets straight A's, that kind of nerd who's up at 2:00 a.m. playing world of warcraft with a dorito moustache on the weekends :P

[MsBickle76]

i'm not trolling. with alot of respect i have to ask.... at the end of Braid (my favorite game ever) Jonathan Blow (a person i respect alot) gave his "special thanks" to Jonathan Coulton when he had nothing to do with the game. this man that i respect a lot must see something great in mr.Coulton.... what is it? i would care to find out. portal was great! and its ending the greatest ever, b/c of the song. but why is jon coulton so respected, why do alot of people like it. what has he done?

[staplezlleachoo]

@MsBickle76 gave us great music bro

[adamtried]

@MsBickle76 Why do people thank certain people when they get some rewards

[SchizoFilms]

@MsBickle76 He may not have done anything for the game, itself, but he has written great music, and inspired many a nerd (especially us programmers). Almost every day, come lunch break, my friend and I play a few songs by JoCo, in homage to this guy, who's so famous for his awesome music.

[WittyKoala]

@MsBickle76 Not sure man, I've been wondering the same thing. But his music is kind of funky (with more than just his guitar of course)

Code Monkey is the favorite.

I think why he get so much attention is because he's so down to earth as you can be x)

(most likely something else though ... )

I still wonder! (ô.Ô)

[blackheavenwolf]

@MsBickle76 Seriously? He wrote still Alive. You know the song Gladious sings at the end XD

[staggo3000]

@blackheavenwolf gladious? its GLaDOS.

[stonersLunchbox]

@blackheavenwolf

**GlaDOS. :3

[VisioninScience]

beautiful music

[mercury199runner]

This is definitely the story of my life .... * sarcasm*

[TheOneRebornElyrize]

tho.. means he wud rather force her..? pft.. nerd will samrt themselves to death eventually xD

[nibar1]

@TheOneRebornElyrize

thats the moral of the song. tard

[TheOneRebornElyrize]

@nibar1 oh whos a tard? not the one not trying to offend people.

[nibar1]

@TheOneRebornElyrize cry about it. i hope you get cancer

[TheOneRebornElyrize]

@nibar1 and ironically youre prolly the one to get it xD

[NoxInvictus777]

*waves lighter* WOOOOOO!

[VincentAvion]

@NoxInvictus777 When I was at PAX a few years ago we used DS's.

[NoxInvictus777]

@VincentAvion I like to keep it old school. I'll just bring a blowtorch lol

[intelligentignorance]

15 people have been targeted by the warrior robot army.

[Yojizu]

Hmm... this is a great video indeed! Wait, why is my credit card suddenly down $58? "Thing a Week Box Set"? That doesn't sound ri- oooooooh...

[spectred88]

I'm pretty sure the things that made JoCo weak and strange have been engineered away... just sayin'

[reddawn5]

ALL WILL BOW BEFORE THE NERDS AND OUR ROBOT ARMY

[MandaPandaAJ]

I just wanna thank JoCo for the inspiration his music brings me :D

[MrAndrew201]

man he can sing what an awsome voice

[TheEftelingFan]

This guy is truly awesome! He must be in the top ten of most awesome nerds in the universe. Great song btw.

[fuzzymanpeachable]

how the smeg does this only have 147 743 views this guy is so cool

[MrAndrew201]

@fuzzymanpeachable fing justin beber

[gaara12sm]

Es el futuro que os aguarda (8)

arriba jonathan coulton, saludo desde españa!

[zeroG131]

@BreakingSCOTLAND Wat?

[tthief101]

@BreakingSCOTLAND well, no, not really

[fr4nkfurt3333]

@BreakingSCOTLAND how?

[wtfitzmike]

so gordon freeman was the one who sang still alive while he took in some helium??

711 rebels with crowbars liked this

15 headcrabs jumped on the dislike button

[Fusseliko]

I bet Gordon Freeman was a Nerd too :P

[zdavis2010]

looks like gordon freeman and seth rogen had a kid. not my favorite song of his, but still funny.

[purplefurball]

who is this guy???? he is brilliant!!!!!

[jdsuperjive18]

Such a great song

[kevinlech]

this guy's fucking awesome.

[ShinChan56798]

GORDON FREEMAN >:3

[TheInedibleHunk]

He makes forced marriage/rape sound hilarious. 

[2112limelight]

well hello..doctor..Freeman

[JAM3SKILLZON31010]

he looks like a bit like gordan freeman like that plus hes talking about space and future

[adhesivemedstrip]

JoCo during his Amish period.

[KoalaOdder]

This was before he had perfected his ""Hair-and-mustache-thingy" that makes him so iconic.

[ScaryMary35]

<3 <3

[GonegalRose]

HE DOESN'T HAVE LONG HAIR! IT'S NOT RIGHT!

[mrcrusher388]

@GonegalRose I tink he took his "Hair Get Shorter" pill xDD

[rabidbunnies2]

@mrcrusher388 he must have mixed it with his beard gets longer pill.

[ignamatador]

I just wanna say how great is your music, and thinking you're a nerd or geek. Im a gamer we could say but you show the people that we dont just know how to use a PC. You inspire me a lot. Thanks.

[MrVictorClark]

I absolutely love his music! I'm slowly getting my Stepdad into this as well.

[ColeMcdoi]

OMG all videos I've seen with JoCo he's as good live as in the albums.... Not many artist are able to pull that off. JoCo is amazing

[KRSONMar]

I have to say,I watch JoCo videos on YouTube all the time,and this is probably the best version I've seen of this song.The song it such a good,plaintive,earnest nerd ballad,and it comes through best in this video.

Also,OMG HE HAS SHORT HAIR WHAAAA????(Really,I'm surprised no one else has said it,lol!)

[mith59]

I Fight Dragons do an amazing cover of this.

[christine2918]

i frikin love diz sonq ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥itz in ma head like 24/7 ♥lolz

[JtheEpic]

@christine2918

I guess spell check was kinda wasted on you eh?

[TheDatowne]

@christine2918 Learn to read, or spell... Whatever.

[matmann96]

i just noticed this but has anyone noticed that the main character of half life looks almost exactly like him thats amazing

[ROCKaSKULL]

@matmann96 I never thought about it but yeah he does

[BoredChick]

@matmann96 Here, yeah. His hair is long now so not so much. I've had a crush on Gordon Freeman for 10 years and it makes me giggle to think JoCo looks like him, since I love him too!

[LawrieDriverStudios]

@matmann96 Value do work with his music. 'Still alive' he wrote it, in left for dead 2 you can hear this song. Gorden Freemen could be based on him... Just a thought...

[undercoveractor]

So that's what he looks like...

[SpeedingHedgehog]

This song makes me think of Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes.

[AcmeMonkeyCompany]

@SpeedingHedgehog Yeah, only he hated Suzie most of the time.  They had a remarkably complex relationship for a comic strip.

[SpeedingHedgehog]

@AcmeMonkeyCompany Yeah, they did. That, I believe is the best of comic all time.

[JapanRus]

i dint know space labs were in space!

[reducedtonothing]

I love this song, little tricky to play tho, but great to play to others! :D

JOCO RULES!!

[smalldudesam]

i love this guyz songs..... the funny and slightly nerdy and thats what i love about them!

[monwoo10]

@smalldudesam lol me too

[bigwowgamer]

Coulton is my hero!! Your music makes me happy/proud to be a nerd.

Larrylarp I'm with you 125%

[ClassicSax5]

@1999travis Who do you think you are man? Are we in 6th grade or something?

[Johnwatsis]

Man, JoCo with short hair. So surreal.

[fjrsm]

There should be more like this guy... amazing..

[NuiMaster]

Hmmm.... Dr. Horrible?

[BigGunFan323]

Lols :D

[narutolame]

LOL you're right, this does remind of Dr. Horrible. You are talking about the guy from "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog", right?

[NuiMaster]

@narutolame of course :)

[raulbcd554433]

He looks so different here from how I've usually seen him.

[JustTypico]

I love this song. lol

[mishmosh95]

he sings like a ton of my fave songs still alive, RE:your brains and this one!

[Larrylarp]

Coulton is my hero. Your music makes me proud to be a nerd.

[RaineBJayhawk]

i donnt know why my dad likes it

[reducedtonothing]

I like this version better than the Non-acustic version.

[jojo13jojo233]

He's so subtle with his memes.

"Building inventions in my space lab in space"

[metabog]

@jojo13jojo233 Lmao.

[cristicbz]

@jojo13jojo233 I kept thinking about your comment for a few days. What meme is it exactly? I wasn't able to find it online.

[jojo13jojo233]

@cristicbz It's the redundancy meme, but slightly different, look up X Y is X.

[jdwolfears]

@cristicbz What jojo said. It's like "successful troll is successful"

[pyropsy01]

@jojo13jojo233 wtf is a meme



[out6of6my6mind]

@pyropsy01 seriously?

[jojo13jojo233]

@pyropsy01 

[jojo13jojo233]

@pyropsy01 Hard to explain, but I would best describe it as "A popular internet thing"

go to know your meme.com

[svphink]

@jojo13jojo233 Acctually Memes are cultural and not just an internet thing : D

[yousefamar]

@pyropsy01 lurk moar.

[paskalaja69]

Jonathan coulton > Everything else

[everybodylol2]

This song doesn't sound right without an audience

[cocofojo]

awsome

[AzranTheWarlock]

He looks like Gordon Freeman in this video lol, just needs glasses

[Grahamhakala]

Ah the Free Man

[Sykoze]

He's wearing glasses, just not the same kind Gordon Freeman does.

[xtsru]

The sad thing is I look like a Nerd and also kind of act that way , everyone who sees me thinks im a nerd but I dont really know anything about computers,programming etc (i mean i barely know anythng , you can almost see a big question mark pop up above my head when somebody tries to tell me something about these things)How is my Future going to be?:O

[iamnuff1992]

so your a nerd but without the good parts?

damn that must really suck,

wait... thats me too.

DAMMMIT!

[musashisadler]

it's guys like joco that gives us nerds hope... I salute to you Mr. Coulton, live long and prosper

[Keeion]

and also ftw means good turn around wtf witch is bad

[Keeion]

OMG i love just imagining about wat will hapen

[SomeDudeThatRants]

I LOVE being a nerd.

Heck, without nerds, we wouldn't have cars, computers, video games, etc.

[prede89]

did you know? His space lab is in Space! OMG ;)

[lordlillen]

no way i thought it was on earth

[prede89]

lol

[Torste0908]

look how he just strolls through the song and makes it better than his own studio version

true talent.

[Kdomhearts]

we worship JoCo's facial hair!!!

[lordlillen]

i want that kind of beard its awesome

[Canadaman000]

facial hair FTW

[ninjaairman11]

i swear that song defines how i think...well except the whole robo transform and killing people part.

[TonyWoW01]

i swear that song defines how i think...especially the whole robo transform and killing people part.

[uberlogger]

It will be the future soon. It really will be.

:(

[Spo8]

Jonathan Coulton is just so cool.

[jslizzah]

this song is awesome.

[Shadowsi]

This is lovely. What a great song.

[magicmatt96]

This is the saddest song I've ever heard.

[zazucat]

Heard him do this one during the Rifftrax show last week. Just brilliant!

[george7533]

ya I saw him at the show, I was in Cleveland, he did a great job. I want to buy this and Re:Your Brains too.

[electricbayonet2]

New Jersey for me. Kickass show and an awesome intro.

[electricbayonet2]

I heard it during Rifftrax, too! Completely epic. Re: Your Brains was great, too.

[typacsk]

Yup, that was how I learned who he was. (I'd heard the "Brains" song, but didn't look into it.)

[LightSlei]

Is it me or does he look sort of sad in this video?

[DerFlugenMedic]

Of course he does! Laura lost her eyes in the robot war and it was all his fault. Why wouldn't he be?

[Schutzstaffel23]

how can you not look sad when you're singing/performing a sad song lol

[cycomachead]

Love the song.  It happens to anyone, and it's doesn't have to be a specific note like that.

[TheKingofnoob]

Huh.

So Gordon Freeman gave up being a mute and hero of all humanity and started making awesome songs?

Fair enough.

[Fredrik1ST]

Not only that. He went ahead and wrote STILL ALIVE!