Jonathan Coulton 5-14-09 - Shopvac

Jonathan Coulton starts his set with suburban angst

We took the freeway out of town
We found a place to settle down
We bought a driveway and a swingset and a dog
You got your very own bathroom
I got my very own workshop in the basement

We sit around staring at the wall-to-wall
Take field trips to our favorite mall
Waiting for the day when all the kids grow up and leave us here

If you need me
Ill be downstairs
With the shop vac
You can call but I probably wont hear you
Because its loud with the shop vac on
But youll be OK
Cause youll be upstairs
With the TV
You can cry and I probably wont hear you
Because its loud with the shop vac on

We hung a flag above the door
Checked out the gourmet grocery store
I bought a mower I can ride around the yard
But we havent got real friends
And now even the fake ones have stopped calling

Maybe if you forget to hide the keys
Ill take a ride to Applebys
Ill come home drunk on daiquiris and throw up on the neighbors lawn

If you need me
Ill be downstairs
With the shop vac
You can call but I probably wont hear you
Because its loud with the shop vac on
But youll be OK
Cause youll be upstairs
With the TV
You can cry and I probably wont hear you
Because its loud with the shop vac on

I like the Starbucks here thats better than the other one
Cause the other ones not as good
They really need to put a light there cause its hard to turn
Its hard to make a left turn

And when its time to go to bed
Im still awake inside my head
Im floating up above the house and looking down
I guess I gotta go back there
I guess there never was any other answer

And as the freeway hums the cars go by
The headlights roll across the sky
Many miles away but I can see them speeding through the dark

If you need me
Ill be downstairs
With the shop vac
You can call but I probably wont hear you
Because its loud with the shop vac on
But youll be OK
Cause youll be upstairs
With the TV
You can cry and I probably wont hear you
Because its loud with the shop vac on

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jonathan
• coulton
• joco
• shovac
• live
• concert
• gle3nn

[Skulanus]

I love when an audience knows exactly when to clap. Listen close, and you can hear the backup singers, too.

[InsideAnAsiansHouse]

Jonathan Coulton's is just an all-around feelgood feeling; because of his vocal style... whenever I hear him, it just makes me want to cry (but you wouldn't hear me, cause it's loud with--).

[Memoria777]

I like the lil hip-wiggle thing he's got going on :D

[almussalix]

@Vadergeek Please, do go on.

[Vadergeek]

@almussalix Let's see... you've got Always the Moon, I'm Your Moon, When You Go, arguably Big Bad World One, Under The Pines in a way, I could go on.

[almussalix]

@Vadergeek Is that all you got bitch?

[Vadergeek]

@almussalix All of them? Are you saying that I Crush Everything and Space Doggity are upbeat?

[almussalix]

@Vadergeek His songs are played up-beat even when they have angsty themes. He'll sing about something really emotional but he does it in a fun way, which gives it comedic irony, which makes people feel good. Stop being such a downer. You are the most 1337 joco fan Vandergeek. Nobody questions your supremacy. Truly you are the only one who rrreeally understands the poetic waxings of Jonathon Coulton. Forgive us.

[VolcanicLink]

@Vadergeek I guess his songs are "played positive" like this, and Betty and Me. But most of the themes are sad.

[Vadergeek]

@InsideAnAsiansHouse Jonathan Coulton? Feelgood? Have you listened to... any JoCo song? The banter before Blue Sunny Day? The discussion about Paul & Storm's Live? In their words, the only happy songs he does are covers.

[Agnesiasta]

cudowna piosenka ;DD