Web Celeb Jonathan Coulton discusses his musical inspiration

[siafhir]

RE: creative commons license: it's true--I found him via the kinetic typography animation of Shop Vac.  I'm waiting for CDBaby to get more of the Thing a Week CD boxsets in (I still like my hard-copies). Jonathan, when are you coming to Winnipeg? :)

[Araclain]

"You suddenly realize you can't get high and play xbox all day!" Oh man, I can't stop laughing.

[Keyaaaah]

<3

[MsAwesomestever]

Jonathan coulton is jesus christ in disguise.

1) hair

2) facial hair

3) J.C.

4) huge following

5) Inspiring awesomeness

[xtreme666bio]

@MsAwesomestever I had never noticed that until now, woah.

[joshyman12312]

Dude, seriously, that stache is no bueno. you arent a porn star or a 70s cop

[F0xyTh3F0x]

@joshyman12312 or a cop in a 70's porno for that matter.

[DashCat9]

"A giant squid that hates himself, because he can't stop crushing boats. But he loves boats!"

It's song premises like this that perfectly capture why I am obsessed with Jonathan Coulton's music.

[dremora92]

Love Jonathan Coulton and his work :) I see people reacted when he said he uses a mac, but there's a logical explaination. I also use a mac when I'm doin' my music, but that's the only time I use a mac. If you're not a musician (or a prudocer of some sort), you may not understand what I'm talkin' 'bout, but if you are, give me a thumbs up :) Oh, and that's the only thing mac is good for btw, so don't hate on me :o

[SuperJosephVincent]

the interviewer would look like Rob Dyrdek if he shaved his mustache

[maxaslagolis]

I want to grow a beard like his!

[koletha]

I don't think that George "forgot his sense of humor", he's clearly smiling and enjoying himself, just because he isn't falling out of his chair laughing doesn't mean he doesn't have a sense of humour :-p

[GeekStop1]

Dammit. That interviewer needs to find a decent sense of humour.

[WingedGuardian11]

Shameless plugging of an awesome brand + Nerd Singer = WIN

[TheGeeHak]

Im a PC

[Drummajorofdoom]

haha...yes...It's easy to find him with videos...but you know an easier way...

Finish the game "Portal" from Valve. haha

[tommo39]

Hahahahahaha loving the deliberately shameless and cheesy apple promos!

[GivenWillingly]

yay They Might Be Giants :)

[m0r0n101]

I LOVE THIS GUY

He is my musical inspiration

[mawster88rsname]

I wonder what Jonathan Coulton looked like as a kid...

[latestranger]

@mawster88rsname That's a weird concept... I can't picture him without facial hair.

[mawster88rsname]

@latestranger Exactly! His face we all know and love, it's impossible to picture him shaven :P

[Vadergeek]

Tom Lehrer? JoCo, your nerdiness is astoundingly awesome.

[XKfeildX]

"Now I can't get high and play xbox all day"

[seesoosaa]

i lost so much respect for jon when he said he used mac

[cody13smith]

@seesoosaa

It's a fucking personal preference,

that's sad that you would actually

lose respect because someone

prefers a different company.

[Brandt761]

@seesoosaa well, he plays XBox, so it's not like he hates Microsoft...

[lawlsimpopular]

@seesoosaa Good thing your respect isn't worth much.

[rokyn2000]

Wathced the whole thing.. o.O

[TyMan210]

"That one's for free Steve." :)

[Angus666Young]

lmao get high and play xbox all day. me and joco are the same person!

[HeizenXD]

i think all artists should let people use there things in a non profit way i mean i found jonathan coulton though anime music videos on youtube and now i plan to buy all of his CDs

[digiridave380]

i love how halfway through the video a text thing appears that tells you jonathon's a musician, it's like "oh hey, in case you didn't notice by now, this guy's a musician!"

[seto221227]

god that guys stash is just terrible!

[NoMoreDomainNames]

The interviewer could be a stunt double for Morgan Spurlock

[NessDark]

assuming the fact he can perform stunts better than hi

[Guzzen1]

Guys, that moustache is awesome. Quit ragging on it.

[mapdragon]

Yes. he's legally forced to inform you that "his mustache is awesome".

[NessDark]

whose?

[Guzzen1]

Both I guess :P But I was referring to the interviewer.

[SCClanXBL]

interviewer has the douchiest mustache ever.

[correip]

Interviewer is Jeff Foxworthy's accent-less cousin.

[SCClanXBL]

The Beatles and They Might Be Giants suck?

[Fredmaking]

Love how the soundguy laughs of all of JoCos jokes

[Dakarn]

I feel sorry for Mr. Coulton. He's bein' himself, and saying a bunch of hilarious stuff... and the interviewer is sitting there like he forgot his sense of humor at home.

[theantiantichrist]

lol. Check out pretyt much any interview with michael mcintyre...

[olahenri]

naaah, its his look.

[zik228]

the interviewer does

[icanmakeaname]

Yeah, the interviewer needs to shave, that mustache is a beast.

[OZeitona]

hauehauehuaehuaheuahauhauhe

the pseudo-mac ad there was so freaking awesome

[TomasPaalman]

Am i the only one who thinks that mustache guy looks a little bit like Steve Zahn?

[zachariahsmith000]

That one's for free Steve

lol

[Zactar2]

Anyone inspired by pirates and zombies is A-OK in my book.

[RectalDiscourse]

lol this guy is such a damned genius

rock on

[superxbetatester]

long-life code monkeys

[cowsgomoo62]

"Some one in this video needs to shave their mustache, not saying who,I'm just sayin. "

I thought the same thing! I was watching that thinking, should I comment that? Nah, I'd be too embarrassed. It looks so fake lol!

Anyways, great video! Awesome insight on JoCo.

[fajorne]

Some one in this video needs to shave their mustache, not saying who,I'm just sayin.

[elrapido5150]

Yeah, that guy interviewing Jonathan really let his facial hair go.

[SVKmellow]

@fajorne maybe it's his gay-tag or something ... they need to get laid too you know :)

[Infidelnumber1]

JoCo is the new age Tom Leher!

[HoodEmpire]

Get high and play Halo, this guy knows what hes talking about.

[RoyaleCafe]

Get high and play xbox.

[HoodEmpire]

Same difference.

[RoyaleCafe]

No, what if he likes playing madden? Halo sucks. Gears of war/Bioshock/callofduty are way better games that halo shit.

[phishwithextracheese]

love this guys songs. "The Future Soon" is my fav, hands down, but all his songs are great

[GameAddict2013]

Still Alive, Code Monkey, Skullcrusher Mountain, so on, hes great

[CupcakeAndTea]

love him

[WSwan]

Agreed. But this George fellow with his dumb mustache gas got to go.

[Laughing193]

Yeah what makes his nose so special he has to underline it?

[WSwan]

Well, it's an alright shape, I guess. But JoCo's nose, on the other hand...

JoCo's snot is like ambrosia from freakin' Mount Olympus.

[givingupismyoption]

Code Monkey!

Haha, that one and Creepy Doll are my favriotes!

I love him, hes so...

[knuckels17]

hes so awsome!

[7060o0]

THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!

[BradOFarrell]

I'm so into you but you're way too smart for me :(

[TrustNo121000]

hehe, yay! skullcrusher mountain

[LordZope]

but backwards.

[acelikespie]

this guy is an absolute genius skullcrusher mountain is his best song

[RebelYellHim]

JoCo is the man!

[bunglermoose]

Love that guy -- one of my songwriting heroes.