SwankiVY Sings "Still Alive" from Portal by Jonathan Coulton

I'm singing "Still Alive" from the Portal game. Apparently I sound like GLaDOS even without any electronic manipulation on my voice. Do you think so?

I was told I sound like GLaDOS from Portal when I sing, so it was natural that this song got recommended to me. At the time I first heard this recommendation, I had no idea what Portal was. However, since then (through completely different channels) I ended up becoming a Jonathan Coulton fan, so I ran into the song and realized "OH, that's what they were talking about." It wasn't until quite some time later that I actually found a karaoke version of it to make this video. Obviously there's a lot of fun effects applied to the visuals, but I didn't do any auto-tuning or anything to the vocals except what I had to do to add some vocal harmony in a few places. I've never played Portal or seen it played, but I hope the people who do know the context for this song don't think my portrayal is stupid. :)

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• portal
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• coulton
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[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.

[WebHz]

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

[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. :)

[limtc]

Amazing! This really sound like GlaDOS.

[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. ;)